WEBVTT - Leading Off April 2nd, 2025 (Ep. 963)

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome and everybody to Fantasy Bros. MLB. This is leading

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<v Speaker 1>off live. It is me, Joey p Jo P's appear

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<v Speaker 1>with me always, my boy the Welsh and it's all

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<v Speaker 1>turn your turn your keyboard off.

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<v Speaker 2>Callie, CALLI keyboard the live keyboard again. You were just

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<v Speaker 2>trying to put Jay's on all the words leading off

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<v Speaker 2>with a Jay. We could hear you, cal We've.

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<v Speaker 1>Got a j emode. We love our producer Michael Cally

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<v Speaker 1>here too, but every now and then he likes uh.

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<v Speaker 1>I guess he's an official keyboard warrior with that loud typing.

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<v Speaker 1>Would you say yes?

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<v Speaker 2>That would be the thing. He definitely a character. This

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<v Speaker 2>year Cally has turned into a long stint.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, p Nuts and Cracker Jacks. Let's just get

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<v Speaker 1>right after it because we've got a lot going on.

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<v Speaker 1>And again shout out. I saw the did indeed get

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<v Speaker 1>his prize? There? So very excited. John Smoltz Jersey going

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<v Speaker 1>out there to one of our winners. Here we got

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<v Speaker 1>more giveaways too, so again comment below on the YouTube channel.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's talk a little baseball here, let's talk about the

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<v Speaker 1>return of the King. Michael King's first outing was not good.

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<v Speaker 1>His second outing was much, much, much better. Eleven strikeouts

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<v Speaker 1>over five shoutout innings in a win over the Guardians yesterday.

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<v Speaker 1>So Welsh, let's start there, because Michael King, that window

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<v Speaker 1>of panic probably gone, window of buying absolutely gone. Maybe

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<v Speaker 1>it never existed in the first place, but it was

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<v Speaker 1>really good to see for those of you who invested

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<v Speaker 1>in Michael King as a fantasy ace look like the

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<v Speaker 1>dominant Michael King of twenty twenty four.

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<v Speaker 2>We talked about it in yesterday's show where it was

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<v Speaker 2>kind of like, isn't it weird these guys that have

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<v Speaker 2>these weird trends, whether it's like, you know, Bailey over

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<v Speaker 2>in the first game or Happy wins today, or Marcus

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<v Speaker 2>Simeon in the first half. Maybe this is gonna be

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<v Speaker 2>a thing with the start version of Michael King. Michael

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<v Speaker 2>King got blasted last year against the Dodgers. I want

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<v Speaker 2>to say it was the first two starts. This was

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<v Speaker 2>a tough matchup this is a team first off, that

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<v Speaker 2>didn't strike out a bunch. I want to say the

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<v Speaker 2>prop on his strikeouts was so tempting. It was around

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<v Speaker 2>like five and a half because just no one knew

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<v Speaker 2>what was going to go on. But he looked great.

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<v Speaker 2>He struck out eleven Velo stuff was kind of in line.

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<v Speaker 2>He wasn't, which is really interesting here and this shows

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<v Speaker 2>you the swing and miss type of stuff I want

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<v Speaker 2>to throw out. Not only did he have eighteen whiffs,

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<v Speaker 2>which is that's a dominant performance, forty six percent with

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<v Speaker 2>percentage across his pitches forty percent through has change up

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<v Speaker 2>more than anything, forty percent with rate elite, sixty four

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<v Speaker 2>percent on the fastball, ridiculous, sweeper thirty percent, sinker forty percent.

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<v Speaker 2>Those are ridiculous numbers. But he did it against a

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<v Speaker 2>Guardians team that does not strike out a bunch, and

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<v Speaker 2>he was under fifty percent zone percentage for like eighty

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<v Speaker 2>three percent of his pitch, so eighty three percent of

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<v Speaker 2>his bitches were not in the zone and he was

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<v Speaker 2>getting those whists because of movement and the stuff. Michael

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<v Speaker 2>King is back. We should feel very very good about that.

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<v Speaker 2>It was a very tough matchup, even if it wasn't like,

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<v Speaker 2>even if he was good, the strikeouts could have been

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<v Speaker 2>suppressed by the Guardians. But I'm like across the board, thoroughly,

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<v Speaker 2>thoroughly impressed. Wish I had bet at, wish I had

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<v Speaker 2>the kahonas which I wasn't a little gun shy on it,

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<v Speaker 2>but should feel very good that I would say the

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<v Speaker 2>window is definitely closed on any buying opportunity. After the bad.

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<v Speaker 1>Start, I looked at last year's two I found it

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<v Speaker 1>over on stat News. So yeah, first start was against

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<v Speaker 1>the Dodgers three innings, gave up three earned runs. And

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<v Speaker 1>then his fourth start of the years against the Dodgers two,

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<v Speaker 1>where he gave a four earned run, six hits in

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<v Speaker 1>five innings.

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<v Speaker 2>So Dodger's got your number.

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<v Speaker 1>It's tough. It's actually he was even bad again, but

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<v Speaker 1>he was bad against Philly and April. He was bad.

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<v Speaker 1>He's kind of a bad start of the season last year,

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<v Speaker 1>even against Colorado, eight hits, four earned and three and

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<v Speaker 1>two thirds.

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<v Speaker 2>What was that second start after the dog had two?

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<v Speaker 1>He had a Dodgers start. Then he had two Giant

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<v Speaker 1>starts in a row. First Giant start was mediocre, six strikeouts,

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<v Speaker 1>four innings, too, or it was decent, the second one better,

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<v Speaker 1>and then the Dodger one was bad against Milwaukee, he

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<v Speaker 1>got a loss against Colorado, he got a loss in Philly,

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<v Speaker 1>he got a loss, and then then May happened, and

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<v Speaker 1>May was dazzling. May really just kind of took off

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<v Speaker 1>for him. So you know, slow starters sometimes happened. I

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<v Speaker 1>wanted to talk about Wilde's question here. Do we get

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<v Speaker 1>any Kaisa Treks reads today?

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<v Speaker 3>No?

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<v Speaker 1>Not today. You'll have to stay tuned for the next

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<v Speaker 1>Kaisa Treks there. There's also a j emote that's floating

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<v Speaker 1>around there sometime. I know that too. Also, not quite

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<v Speaker 1>eleven strikeouts, but ten Logan Gilbert three runs, ten k's

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<v Speaker 1>over five incredible adding from him and Shane Boz, young

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<v Speaker 1>starting pitcher from the Tampa Raised. There you've got Shane

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<v Speaker 1>bos with ten strikeouts, that's a career high for him,

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<v Speaker 1>six innings in a win over the Pirates. So Bo's

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<v Speaker 1>a guy that a lot of people have expectations for.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, you have Boz, you have Pepio eventually, you

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<v Speaker 1>hope a healthy returning Shane McClanahan. This Rai's rotation again

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<v Speaker 1>is right back in that driver's seat. It is amazing

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<v Speaker 1>what they can do in terms of acquiring young pitchers

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<v Speaker 1>in trades and what they do growing young pitchers too.

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<v Speaker 1>The Rays continue to just be that model there where

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<v Speaker 1>just pitching happens in Tampa.

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<v Speaker 2>Did you see too that the Rays trolled the Pirates

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<v Speaker 2>with this big graphic of like here the starters the

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<v Speaker 2>Pirates could have had, and it was you know, Tyler Glass.

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<v Speaker 2>Now Garrett Shane Boz was one of those. But you know,

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<v Speaker 2>Boz not to like get too like focal on this

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<v Speaker 2>because who cares that the things that I was thinking

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<v Speaker 2>about doing. Boz was another one of those, just because

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<v Speaker 2>we've seen a lot of lack of discipline from the Pirates.

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<v Speaker 2>This was one of those where I was like, man,

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<v Speaker 2>the strikeout potential could be interesting, but it was a

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<v Speaker 2>little wonky in spring. But curveball was ridiculous. He ended

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<v Speaker 2>up having eighteen called strikes and whiffs fifty three percent

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<v Speaker 2>CSW percentage. It looked absolutely elite and it was in

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<v Speaker 2>the zone. His fastball looked really good as well. It

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<v Speaker 2>was you know, setting up the curve and the slider

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<v Speaker 2>was there. Very very encouraged by that start. I still

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<v Speaker 2>think you need to cautiously like walk around with that one,

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<v Speaker 2>but very good. And I'll say on the other end,

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<v Speaker 2>poor Thomas Harrington, Thomas Harrington, get the get to him. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>was not the great start that the rookie was hoping

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<v Speaker 2>in the pirates lower here, but shame bo is definitely

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<v Speaker 2>taking a tier up and you know, teams with like

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<v Speaker 2>lower half of discipline, he's going to be probably a

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<v Speaker 2>phenomenal starter.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. Next up here, Suarez stays hot for the d Backs.

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<v Speaker 1>You Heneo, fifth homer of the year, unbelievable. Here d

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<v Speaker 1>Max who eventually beat the Yankees seven on Tuesday.

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<v Speaker 2>Did you know that he has five hits on the season?

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<v Speaker 2>There are only homers. It's it, that's all that he has.

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<v Speaker 2>Did you know also that you can get like a

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<v Speaker 2>total base prop of two total bases for almost two

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<v Speaker 2>to one today? I mean, I guess you know it's

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<v Speaker 2>only got five hits, but they always go extra base.

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<v Speaker 2>Johnnil Swarez is on a thing right now. Who would

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<v Speaker 2>you rather have rest of season right now? Johannio Swarz

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<v Speaker 2>or Alex Bregman.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll still take Bregman. I swore as just so streaky

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<v Speaker 1>over his career, you know, I.

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<v Speaker 2>Got struggling power. I get it, I get.

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<v Speaker 1>But I expect a bregman. I struggle to You know,

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<v Speaker 1>anybody who's a free agent new place, they tend to

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<v Speaker 1>not off. Getting off the good stars is typically not

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<v Speaker 1>what happens. But someone got paid yesterday too, and it

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<v Speaker 1>was a Padre. So Michael Cally, our producer, very happy

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<v Speaker 1>about this. Jackson Merrill goes from Welsh's pick for rookie

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<v Speaker 1>in the year last year to a nine year, one

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<v Speaker 1>hundred and thirty five million dollar extension. Look, this is

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<v Speaker 1>a great idea by the Padres. You lock him up.

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<v Speaker 1>What are you gonna do? Show us one of your balls?

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<v Speaker 1>Is that what you're gonna do?

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<v Speaker 2>I am going to I'm going to show you one

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<v Speaker 2>of my balls.

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<v Speaker 1>Though, well, I mean, you got so many balls around

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<v Speaker 1>so I figured you'd just this is not.

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<v Speaker 2>A Kisa Treks. This is not a Kaisa Treks.

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<v Speaker 1>Read.

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<v Speaker 2>No, what I'm going to show you is the infamous

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<v Speaker 2>Jackson Merrill plus seventeen hundred card. That that is his.

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<v Speaker 1>Strange and no reflectye right now, Oh there you go.

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<v Speaker 1>That's better.

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<v Speaker 2>That's there is very reflective. Sorry, there it is Jackson Merrill.

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<v Speaker 2>He inscribed his Rookie of the Year odds, and that.

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<v Speaker 1>Is I wish the heat he won that that would

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<v Speaker 1>have been great. You know what, it's even better that

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<v Speaker 1>he didn't because he believed it. There you go. Uh

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<v Speaker 1>so Meryl very smart. You've got Tattisse locked up. You

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<v Speaker 1>got Meryl locked up. You know you've You've got CC,

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<v Speaker 1>you got kid, You've got a core there. Machada's gonna

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<v Speaker 1>start to age out eventually, but h good job by

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<v Speaker 1>here the padres kind of locking up your young superstar.

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<v Speaker 1>Also speaking of young superstars, Casey Myz five and two

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<v Speaker 1>third shutout innings, six strikeouts beats the Mariners Again, Mariners

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<v Speaker 1>still can't hit. So Casey Mice once upon a time

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<v Speaker 1>was one of these Camp miss pitching prospects. He had

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<v Speaker 1>a really good spring. Uh are we looking at Casey

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<v Speaker 1>Myz Finally on the rides?

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<v Speaker 2>We are we one hundred percent are I'll be honest

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<v Speaker 2>with you, I would love it. I don't know if

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<v Speaker 2>one of our guys can run the poll. I would

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<v Speaker 2>love to have a poll up on YouTube. Maybe we

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<v Speaker 2>can run for three or four minutes of Alex Bregman

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<v Speaker 2>versus Suarez. On a smaller element of it, there's kind

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<v Speaker 2>of you know, we're talking positively about Shane boz. I

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<v Speaker 2>love what I saw out of Casey Mice fifteen swinging whiffs,

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<v Speaker 2>and that was in a game where Logan Gilbert was

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<v Speaker 2>absolutely dominant. Twenty two swing and wifs ten strikeouts, does

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<v Speaker 2>what he does. But Casey mis went primary fastball, slider splitter,

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<v Speaker 2>which that's a very very good combo. Last year he

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<v Speaker 2>was thirty five percent fastball, twenty nine percent slider, eighteen

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<v Speaker 2>percent slitter splitter. Be careful about that. Splitter was up

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<v Speaker 2>a tiny bit more. It was one of the most

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<v Speaker 2>ridiculous swing and with pitches it was vintage. Why he

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<v Speaker 2>was the number one overall pick. I'm I'm kind of

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<v Speaker 2>in on Casey mys and I think there might even

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<v Speaker 2>be an argument. Maybe my is over a guy like Boz.

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<v Speaker 2>So where I moved dore up that I'm not say

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<v Speaker 2>were there, but we're close.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not there. But that's that's a very hot take, Welsh.

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<v Speaker 1>That is on a Wednesday, a very hot take here. Also,

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<v Speaker 1>here's a question here where we try to take your questions. Also,

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<v Speaker 1>Dez has a question, what do a casus you hold?

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<v Speaker 1>You hold? You wait? Eventually things will turn around. Boston offense,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, not doing so hot right now?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I would agree with that. Also, we cannot nothing

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<v Speaker 2>slides in this show. In this chante. It was Kaisa

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<v Speaker 2>Trex yesterday, the day before it was the Jay on

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<v Speaker 2>the Names. Today it's apparently my new pitch, the slitter,

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<v Speaker 2>that everybody.

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<v Speaker 1>Is well well, I mean, I was hoping you wouldn't,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, go back to it, but you did. I

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<v Speaker 1>thought we if you want to get past that, I'll

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<v Speaker 1>create a grip for it in the in the realm

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<v Speaker 1>of i' letna see if I can make this transition

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<v Speaker 1>things that should never be seen or heard from. There

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<v Speaker 1>was a list yesterday that went out and I know

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<v Speaker 1>these are click baity lists and I hate that, but

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<v Speaker 1>damn Police Act of MLB network likes to put out

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<v Speaker 1>these lists of the best starting pictures. Now. I know

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<v Speaker 1>the caveat here was April first, right, that was the okay,

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<v Speaker 1>as of April first year, is the best pictures in baseball.

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<v Speaker 1>But if we're gonna say the best pictures in baseball

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<v Speaker 1>to me, you better still add in the best pictures

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<v Speaker 1>in baseball. Zach Gallon not on this list. Spencer Schreider

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<v Speaker 1>who is on his way back not on this list.

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<v Speaker 2>Now.

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<v Speaker 1>I get it. It's all these guys who've pitched now,

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<v Speaker 1>but even the order of this is frickin' yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think it's even about the guys that didn't

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<v Speaker 2>make it. I think it's about number twenty four on

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<v Speaker 2>this list, Marquez, or in the.

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<v Speaker 1>Top twenty five, just saying, and Nick Pavetta, I know

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<v Speaker 1>he had a nice start. I love Jeffrey Springs, but

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<v Speaker 1>this is so silly. I mean, Mackenzie gore at sixteen

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<v Speaker 1>just because he had one really great outing against the

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<v Speaker 1>Phillies and all of a sudden, the sixteenth best pitcher

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<v Speaker 1>in baseball. I mean, the Bryce Miller is arguably the

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<v Speaker 1>third best picture on his own team potentially.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't this looks like the Shredder. You've seen those

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<v Speaker 2>shredder things where oh yeah, yeah, but at.

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<v Speaker 1>Least that's numbers based, and I understand that, like there is,

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<v Speaker 1>there is tangible stuff there.

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<v Speaker 2>What numbers is the shredder using It's like little it's

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<v Speaker 2>like preschool, just little wine three A. It's not I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know what that is. This is the human version

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<v Speaker 2>of the shredder here, and it's it's I'm Brady Singer,

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<v Speaker 2>Brady Singer being a better pitcher than Logan Webb, Chris Sanchez, Max.

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<v Speaker 1>Aaronola Corbyn burns that on this list, I mean, there's

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of guys. The comments section, though, is what

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<v Speaker 1>I run to when I see this list, because let's

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<v Speaker 1>take a look at some of the fun comments here.

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<v Speaker 1>These are two of my favorite ones. I just kind

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<v Speaker 1>of picked them out here. Eric Butler writes, Spencer Strider

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<v Speaker 1>is still alive. I love that, Yes, he is still alive.

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<v Speaker 1>And then just incredible Dan Pleisak would get owned in

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<v Speaker 1>Fantasy Baseball.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes it wasn't just incredible ECW wrestler.

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<v Speaker 1>He was ECW wrestler. I had a little cup of

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<v Speaker 1>coffee in the WCW I believe as well. And I

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<v Speaker 1>want to say did have a cup of coffee when

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<v Speaker 1>they redid ECW also back in the day. For more wrestling,

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<v Speaker 1>check out my latest in This Ring podcast coming out today,

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<v Speaker 1>like that little drop there. Also, we have some live

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<v Speaker 1>look footage two on the off day of Raffaeld Dever's

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<v Speaker 1>BP so I want to show that to everybody too.

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<v Speaker 1>See if we could pick out some of the things

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<v Speaker 1>that are going well for him maybe going a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit better for Raffield Devers. So let's pull this up.

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<v Speaker 1>So here we go. It's not going well.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean this swings looking it's faster. That swing is

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<v Speaker 2>looking faster. Get it, Rocky.

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<v Speaker 1>I agree that the.

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<v Speaker 2>The that's a good. He's like he's trying to like shovel.

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<v Speaker 2>This is a good. I really like the end of it.

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<v Speaker 2>Hold on, This is my favorite part right here. This

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<v Speaker 2>is where the bat speed comes in. Oh and another one,

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<v Speaker 2>another one, Martin.

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<v Speaker 1>It flies.

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<v Speaker 2>It is an I will say this. Mark Durosa did

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<v Speaker 2>a breakdown like a five minute video on MLB Network

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<v Speaker 2>I thought was really really good and it showed some

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<v Speaker 2>of the difference that we're gonna we could probably pull

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<v Speaker 2>this down.

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<v Speaker 1>That's enough humiliate hitting Raphael never for now at.

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<v Speaker 2>Least, or you know what, maybe the whole show will

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<v Speaker 2>be like that, so oh hi or dark. But he

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<v Speaker 2>did this really interesting breakdown. We all know about the

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<v Speaker 2>bat speed that it's down three miles per hour. I

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<v Speaker 2>talked about it in our latest trade video, which you

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<v Speaker 2>guys can check out on the Fantasy Pro MLB channel,

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<v Speaker 2>Joe and I going back and forth on some trade candidates.

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<v Speaker 2>The bats is really prevalent. A lot of people are

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<v Speaker 2>talking about the shoulder, but in the video I highly

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<v Speaker 2>suggested to look at it. It also shows the front

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<v Speaker 2>side of Rafael Devers and how his legs are spread

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<v Speaker 2>out on him, how late he is right now. They

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<v Speaker 2>synced up these two videos, these two at bats from

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<v Speaker 2>twenty four to twenty five, and how late Devers is

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<v Speaker 2>to the movement and his hands at a point of

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<v Speaker 2>explosion when the ball's coming in, his hands are still back.

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<v Speaker 2>So not only is the bat speed worse three miles

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<v Speaker 2>per hour, not only is there maybe a shoulder thing,

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<v Speaker 2>he's late across the board. I still don't know what

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<v Speaker 2>to do about it. Like I feel like if someone's

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<v Speaker 2>selling super low, I might be kind of interested because

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<v Speaker 2>the things are very fixable that we're looking at. But

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<v Speaker 2>maybe they're not fixable.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe it's it's I don't like what I see.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, maybe it's the weight in the shoulder, in the head,

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<v Speaker 2>maybe all the eight I think it's.

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<v Speaker 1>The shoulder strength. I think it's the mental aspect. We talked,

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<v Speaker 1>we had a big talk about it. I don't want

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<v Speaker 1>to take all the time out because there's a video

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<v Speaker 1>right now on the YouTube channel. Fans for os MLB

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<v Speaker 1>where we talked about Raffaeld Devers in depth. It's on

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<v Speaker 1>the latest trade video, so watch that talk about oil cruise.

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<v Speaker 1>Baley over a couple guys in there, so go check

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<v Speaker 1>that out. By the way, speaking of checking things out,

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<v Speaker 1>The Mario hot hat and mustache too for YouTube is

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<v Speaker 1>in my card to Amazon. I'm ready to purchase it

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<v Speaker 1>when we hit twenty five thousand, so I refused to

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<v Speaker 1>purchase it before. I don't want to jinx it. We're

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<v Speaker 1>getting very close, though. Beef is a question here. Raffield

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<v Speaker 1>Dever has been a good enough job of humiliating. Would

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<v Speaker 1>you trade for Vento's or Bregman for him? Interesting? So

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<v Speaker 1>who would you rather have rest of season? Devs or

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<v Speaker 1>Ventos or Bregman? That's right, I would I like Nanos, Bregman, Devers,

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<v Speaker 1>That's right. I said it. That's my order, that's my order.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm okay. I think it's too early to be too reactionary.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna say Devers, Bregman, Vientos. But if we don't see,

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<v Speaker 2>if we don't see like a change that's going to

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<v Speaker 2>happen in over the next like three weeks, it'll go Bregman, Devers, Vento's.

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<v Speaker 2>Ventos is at the bottom of the list.

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<v Speaker 1>I was in a conversation on the YouTube channel with

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<v Speaker 1>somebody and I said, the problem you run into with

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<v Speaker 1>Devers is if this is what I think it is,

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<v Speaker 1>which is an unhappy player in a bad mood, in

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<v Speaker 1>a new routine he's not used to do like this

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<v Speaker 1>is hard. Edgar Bartinez, arguably the greatest DH ever to

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<v Speaker 1>do it, talked about how difficult that transition was from

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<v Speaker 1>being an everyday player to being in everyday DH. It

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<v Speaker 1>was really tough for him mentally and the physical preparation

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<v Speaker 1>of it. So that's somebody who was buying in, and

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<v Speaker 1>this is somebody who's not buying into, who doesn't want

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<v Speaker 1>to do it is even more difficult. The problem is

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<v Speaker 1>you get to the All Star break, right and if

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<v Speaker 1>things haven't turned around, is his values completely shot? To trade?

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<v Speaker 1>You have wasted most of your season and if you're

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<v Speaker 1>in any sort of league that has playoffs, you're really

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<v Speaker 1>in a tough spot. Here. Let's go to MS's question

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<v Speaker 1>or sos Smokes is gonna line up stranded with Tom

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<v Speaker 1>Hanks on an island of vlad Westburg, Riley Paanea, James Wood,

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<v Speaker 1>o'il Cruz, Butler, showe Otani VNP Matt Shaw. So what's

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<v Speaker 1>the I don't understand.

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<v Speaker 2>Is there a question in here? You trying to figure

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<v Speaker 2>which one do you eat? Because you're on an island.

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<v Speaker 2>I thought.

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<v Speaker 1>You, guys, because these two meals.

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<v Speaker 2>You're gonna have a great pickup game on that island.

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<v Speaker 2>Tom Hanks has got to go. He's the least athletic one.

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<v Speaker 2>So Tom Hanks has to go on your island.

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<v Speaker 1>I guess the question? So yeah, I mean, I mean

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<v Speaker 1>the lineup looks pretty good. I'm not sure what the

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<v Speaker 1>question is. Let's continue on here with the rookie. Lookie,

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<v Speaker 1>uh you mentioned him just what two days ago? Nick Kurtz,

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<v Speaker 1>He's back at it again. Three for six, two run

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<v Speaker 1>home or three ribi's he has knocking on the door

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<v Speaker 1>right now, four seventy one batting average. It looks really good.

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<v Speaker 1>Now it's PCL, So again PCL, but this might be

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<v Speaker 1>a stash guy. Jason Dimingez. I got so many questions yesterday.

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<v Speaker 1>What do I do with Jason Domingaz. I'm like, you'll wait,

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<v Speaker 1>it's the first of April. What are we doing here?

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<v Speaker 1>Guess what? Two for three his first homer, So that's good.

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<v Speaker 1>Emiliano Teado struck out four guys, two perfect ginnings. Toyoto

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<v Speaker 1>per Pardon me? So is this a guy to be

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<v Speaker 1>looking at as a potential relief help for this Rangers

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<v Speaker 1>bullpen as the season goes on. I'm not saying he's

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<v Speaker 1>an ad I'm saying maybe he's a watchless guy.

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<v Speaker 2>So if you I'm gonna do a very like you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I've been saying type of thing.

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<v Speaker 1>Like Yo Toyoto.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, So I followed Toyoto for a couple of years now.

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<v Speaker 2>He was in the AFL, not this past year, the

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<v Speaker 2>year prior and was disgusting, but then last year they

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<v Speaker 2>stretch himut as a starter. I interviewed James Treanto's you

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<v Speaker 2>can check Out on Prospect one and I think this

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<v Speaker 2>was a part of that. Was on the CBS show

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<v Speaker 2>that I was doing, and I asked Treontos about Toyoto

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<v Speaker 2>and he said, Tooto is one of the most disgusting

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<v Speaker 2>pitchers he had ever faced, and he was working in

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<v Speaker 2>relief in that AFL. There's one hundred and one, has

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<v Speaker 2>a slider that he can throw for command. But he

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<v Speaker 2>was starting all last year. This year they've made the

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<v Speaker 2>commitment that he's just out of the bullpen. He's a

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<v Speaker 2>future closer right now. There is I suppose room. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't think they would throw him right into it. Boch,

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<v Speaker 2>he's very weird. Boch's going with Luke Jackson, So I

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<v Speaker 2>don't think it's happening. But if you want a top

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<v Speaker 2>list of future closer dynasties, it starts with Montgomery and

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<v Speaker 2>Tampa Bay. That guy is going to be a top

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<v Speaker 2>five closer in Major League Baseball once he's given the

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<v Speaker 2>opportunity throwing one hundred lefty. He's disgusting. Tooto might be

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<v Speaker 2>the same thing, but he's just not. He's not going

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<v Speaker 2>to get the opportunity. But when he does again, he

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<v Speaker 2>pumps into triple digits. He's got a great slider. He's

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<v Speaker 2>an awesome stash. If he comes up to the majors,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know, take a look, because like if Chris

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<v Speaker 2>Martin is stinking and Luke Jackson is stinking, he might

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<v Speaker 2>get some saves, but I wouldn't pick him up in

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<v Speaker 2>like a redraft right now.

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<v Speaker 1>I love Toyoto though, Yeah, certainly a guy worth monitoring

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<v Speaker 1>is a Triple A already Red Sox shortstop prospect Marcelo

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<v Speaker 1>Mayor not to be confused with Mike mahyor one has

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of talent, one has none. Two for four

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<v Speaker 1>Christian Campbell looks like a future rockstar superstar. You've got

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<v Speaker 1>Roman Anthony who is tearing cover off the ball right

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<v Speaker 1>now to start the minor league season. And the Red Sox,

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<v Speaker 1>I know it's only a weekend, are finding themselves at

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<v Speaker 1>the bottom of this division, which is extremely competitive. The

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<v Speaker 1>Blue Jays are going to do everything they can to compete,

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<v Speaker 1>and they have some real legitimate talent. They sign Santander

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<v Speaker 1>in the offseason, Bashet hopefully bounces back, Vlad playing for

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<v Speaker 1>a contract. You've got the Orioles lineup which never quits.

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<v Speaker 1>You've got the Yankees who are always going to be

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<v Speaker 1>the Yankees. And now this race pitching staff again, we

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<v Speaker 1>talked to the top of the show. Race pitching staff

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<v Speaker 1>looks very formidable, and these young kids are really coming

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<v Speaker 1>on quickly, and that leaves the Red Sox in a

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<v Speaker 1>precarious situation because they cannot wait too long in order

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<v Speaker 1>to win games and fall behind, because this division is

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<v Speaker 1>going to be very competitive. I'm not going to say

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<v Speaker 1>they're falling behind in April and panic mode yet, but

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<v Speaker 1>at a certain point there might have to be some

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<v Speaker 1>hard decisions made where a guy like Rapi goes to

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<v Speaker 1>the bench. I know a bra who's hitting right now,

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<v Speaker 1>but is he really your future? I don't know. Yoshida

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<v Speaker 1>eventually is gonna come back and make this even more

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<v Speaker 1>of a mess. Potentially, trades are gonna have to be made,

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<v Speaker 1>Decisions are gonna have to be made, and maybe if

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<v Speaker 1>Raffield Devers doesn't want a DH, maybe somebody else does

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<v Speaker 1>and Raffield Devers gets moved on. All I know is

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<v Speaker 1>the Red Sox don't want to wait too long, maybe

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<v Speaker 1>six eight weeks at most into the season before some

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<v Speaker 1>hard decisions have to get made, and that challenge turns

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<v Speaker 1>into an opportunity for some of these young players, and

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<v Speaker 1>Slash Challengers to learn more. Let's do three up, three down.

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<v Speaker 1>Dustin May one earned run of six strikeouts five innings.

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<v Speaker 1>Beat the Braves. Can't beat the Dodgers. I tried yesterday.

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<v Speaker 1>I couldn't. I lost that bet Logan Webb for sale.

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<v Speaker 1>Damn it. I still couldn't beat the dam one six.

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<v Speaker 2>I think the only winless team in baseball right now.

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<v Speaker 1>Ridiculous, unbelievable. The Logan Web delivered a great performance Tuesday

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<v Speaker 1>over the Astros. One run, five hits over seven innings

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<v Speaker 1>at Nadi Evaldi. What a star from hit you know,

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<v Speaker 1>Nadi Avaldi an incredibly underrated asset going into the year.

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<v Speaker 1>Third career shutout Tuesday, shut out the Reds in ninety

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<v Speaker 1>nine pitches too. So that was like Greg Maddox like.

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<v Speaker 2>Yesterday, Yeah, he was incredible. I mean, would have loved

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<v Speaker 2>a tiny bit more run support for my run line

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<v Speaker 2>of one point five on the Rangers. They won one

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<v Speaker 2>to nothing. But Evaldi has been fantastic. We're seeing strikeouts,

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<v Speaker 2>we're seeing consistency. He is going to be a super

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<v Speaker 2>super sneaky back into the rotation push because most people

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<v Speaker 2>probably got him as an SP five might even potentially Look,

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<v Speaker 2>I just throw it out there, like if someone is

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<v Speaker 2>just really vying for someone that's going to push innings

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<v Speaker 2>and stuff, maybe there's a trade side of it, because

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<v Speaker 2>you know, midyear, I think we're going to tap her

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<v Speaker 2>back down a little bit. But there's a really big

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<v Speaker 2>value for players that can push innings, especially early on

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<v Speaker 2>in the season as much as he did. And this

0:24:06.920 --> 0:24:08.560
<v Speaker 2>team is gonna win a lot with the Rangers. So

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<v Speaker 2>Ivaldi definitely on an arrow tick up.

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<v Speaker 1>So do Braves get a win first or Devors gets

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<v Speaker 1>a hit first? It's a fun question. That's a good

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<v Speaker 1>something good to the show. Thank you.

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<v Speaker 2>How cool would it be if it was the Braves

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<v Speaker 2>versus the Red Sox and it like we can schedule

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<v Speaker 2>when does that happen?

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<v Speaker 1>I am that would be very dangerous. It's a proposition

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<v Speaker 1>both Anthony's if we wait that long. But I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 1>say Matt Braves get a win first. That's what I'm

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<v Speaker 1>gonna say.

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<v Speaker 2>Braves are at the Dodgers. I'm gonna say Devers gets

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<v Speaker 2>the hit. I'm gonna say Devers gets a hit today

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<v Speaker 2>against Eflyn. I'm gonna go with that because the Braves

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<v Speaker 2>have got the Dodgers again.

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<v Speaker 1>So okay, drop it in the comments, everybody. I want

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<v Speaker 1>to know, Braves win, Devors hit, which happens first? Let

0:24:47.280 --> 0:24:49.240
<v Speaker 1>us know? All right? With the ups come the downs.

0:24:49.320 --> 0:24:51.399
<v Speaker 1>Justin Steele, we hate putting our friend on here. But

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<v Speaker 1>four runs, six strikeouts, and six and two thirds. Severarino

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<v Speaker 1>not good in that game either, five earn to run

0:24:56.800 --> 0:25:00.119
<v Speaker 1>six strikeouts over six innings. And Thomas Harrington, who's you

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<v Speaker 1>teased at the top of the show. It was not

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<v Speaker 1>a great first outing for him of twenty twenty five,

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<v Speaker 1>six runs of her four innings. I don't know how

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<v Speaker 1>much of this start you got to see. It was

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<v Speaker 1>major league debut. Obviously there's gonna be nerves there. But

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<v Speaker 1>any takeaways from that Harrington start.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean, not a lot of whiffs in it.

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<v Speaker 2>Consistency was definitely a problem. His fastball. I joke about, like,

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<v Speaker 2>you don't want fastballs to be like thirty percent zone

0:25:24.640 --> 0:25:26.760
<v Speaker 2>because they're not throwing strikes. Well, he was seventy five

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<v Speaker 2>percent zone on the fastball, so it got some stuff done,

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<v Speaker 2>but nobody cared. The secondary's had nothing. He throws a

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<v Speaker 2>splitter thirty five percent zone percentage, sweeper twenty two percent.

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<v Speaker 2>He's throwing a fastball in the zone where no one

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<v Speaker 2>has to worry about the secondaries, and they're teeing off

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<v Speaker 2>on the fastball. He'll get better. Splitter's a really interesting pitch.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, he deadened that thing out. It's got like

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<v Speaker 2>that change up type of life. So it's like a

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<v Speaker 2>really good it's a good pitch. If the sweeper he

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<v Speaker 2>was throwing for command, he'll get there. There's some encouraging stuff,

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<v Speaker 2>but yeah, he got.

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<v Speaker 1>He got.

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<v Speaker 2>He got rocked around a little bit, and welcome to

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<v Speaker 2>the big leagues, dude.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll go to big league son. By the way, we

0:26:03.520 --> 0:26:06.080
<v Speaker 1>have clarity that that question about the lineup was, you know,

0:26:06.119 --> 0:26:08.320
<v Speaker 1>do I start making changes, And the answer is no,

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<v Speaker 1>We're a week into the season. If you have a

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<v Speaker 1>bad week in July, nobody cares. We just go on

0:26:12.680 --> 0:26:15.120
<v Speaker 1>a little crap week and we move on. But everybody

0:26:15.200 --> 0:26:17.240
<v Speaker 1>if their team struggles at first week or two weeks,

0:26:17.240 --> 0:26:19.679
<v Speaker 1>they freak out. If you like the players you drafted,

0:26:19.680 --> 0:26:21.000
<v Speaker 1>and you did a good job drafting them, you have

0:26:21.000 --> 0:26:22.359
<v Speaker 1>a team that's got all tany're like, what are you

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<v Speaker 1>worried about? What are you worried?

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<v Speaker 2>I make minimum I'll make minimal moves, like I get it.

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<v Speaker 1>I've had multiple or things like okay, I've got Rafayella

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<v Speaker 1>playing second base in the deep League and Atto Lopez

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<v Speaker 1>on the waiver wire, like maybe that's a move I'm

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<v Speaker 1>gonna make. Like maybe I'm gonna go make that move

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<v Speaker 1>and see if I can catch lightning in a bottle

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<v Speaker 1>with Lopez. That's the kind of stuff you're doing, right.

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<v Speaker 2>I had a listener hit me up like, hey, Nica

0:26:42.280 --> 0:26:45.000
<v Speaker 2>Horner's on the wire and here's my roster, and it

0:26:45.080 --> 0:26:47.000
<v Speaker 2>was like, get rid of hering GIFO for Horner, Like

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<v Speaker 2>that's fine. I've had people like really concerned about totally

0:26:50.040 --> 0:26:51.360
<v Speaker 2>and it's like, well, hey, listen, if you if you're

0:26:51.440 --> 0:26:53.280
<v Speaker 2>like you don't like what's going on, you want to

0:26:53.280 --> 0:26:55.320
<v Speaker 2>wait it out, Okay, but remember we're not even a

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<v Speaker 2>week into the full regular season. You don't want to

0:26:57.760 --> 0:27:01.080
<v Speaker 2>sit complacent, especially if there's good, viable stuff, but to

0:27:01.119 --> 0:27:03.040
<v Speaker 2>make moves just because it's like, should I blow this

0:27:03.080 --> 0:27:05.159
<v Speaker 2>thing up after ford it? No, you should chill for

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit. Let's get a couple of weeks and

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<v Speaker 2>hopefully it's not a complete disaster. But yeah, you get

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<v Speaker 2>Otani and stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>You're look. I love our audience. They make me laugh.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna you know, this is a little inappropriate, but

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna bring it up anyway. Dever is currently winging

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<v Speaker 1>into two forty or the batting average of two forty.

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<v Speaker 1>So there he goes. He hitting above his weight in

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty five.

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<v Speaker 2>I think he's gonna bounce back. He hit fat Chevan.

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<v Speaker 1>We shouldn't do that. That's not nice. We shouldn't do that.

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<v Speaker 2>I can. I can do it.

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<v Speaker 1>You can't, Okay, fine?

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<v Speaker 2>Well yeah, well thanks.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm fit fat, rude. You know I can go out

0:27:38.800 --> 0:27:40.920
<v Speaker 1>there and I can. I can, you know, run three

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<v Speaker 1>miles and then I'll eat a sleeve of oreoles. I

0:27:42.720 --> 0:27:44.919
<v Speaker 1>can do that. I'm fit fat, That's what I am.

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<v Speaker 1>Although I have trimmed down significantly in the last month

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<v Speaker 1>and a half, I try to take better care of

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<v Speaker 1>myself here, I'm on the program, Welsh, I'm you know,

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<v Speaker 1>working hard. When you see me in a in a

0:27:54.920 --> 0:27:57.480
<v Speaker 1>couple of weeks by the way, that's like two weeks away,

0:27:57.520 --> 0:27:59.480
<v Speaker 1>where well should I will be in the same place

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<v Speaker 1>doing leading off together. That's gonna be wild the first

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<v Speaker 1>time ever?

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<v Speaker 2>Did you know? Did you know that this was brought

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<v Speaker 2>to my attention? Something we should do? And I think

0:28:07.520 --> 0:28:10.800
<v Speaker 2>it's an incredible idea. What if we did like a

0:28:10.840 --> 0:28:14.480
<v Speaker 2>home run derby together and we much filmed it as

0:28:14.480 --> 0:28:17.879
<v Speaker 2>something we should do. Something that torpedo bat, well, torpedo,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know a torpedo bat.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll even hit with the wood if you got it,

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<v Speaker 1>would I don't care. I'll be ready, Simon. Let me know.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not going to travel with the bat. That's going

0:28:25.480 --> 0:28:26.640
<v Speaker 1>to be a pain in the ass. But if you've

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<v Speaker 1>got the.

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<v Speaker 2>Bats, yeah, I don't play. I'm not asking you to

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<v Speaker 2>bring a bat on the plane we'll be going.

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<v Speaker 1>I usually do because I'm Italian. We just travel with

0:28:33.560 --> 0:28:35.679
<v Speaker 1>bats and other things. But you know, we'll see how

0:28:35.680 --> 0:28:35.960
<v Speaker 1>it goes.

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<v Speaker 2>So look out, maybe we'll do that.

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<v Speaker 1>Be on the lookout for my playbook too. If you

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0:29:01.800 --> 0:29:05.200
<v Speaker 1>the injuries here. Yankees Aaron Boone told reports that Clark

0:29:05.240 --> 0:29:07.360
<v Speaker 1>Schmidt is going to make his season debut on April

0:29:07.440 --> 0:29:09.760
<v Speaker 1>fifteen or sixteen against the Royals. He's not sure yet,

0:29:09.760 --> 0:29:13.160
<v Speaker 1>he'll figure it out. Bad news for Raynaldo Lopez guy

0:29:13.200 --> 0:29:15.680
<v Speaker 1>always fading anyway off the brilliant twenty twenty four that

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<v Speaker 1>kind of came out of nowhere. He's gonna miss at

0:29:17.920 --> 0:29:19.800
<v Speaker 1>least a couple of months, maybe even the season with

0:29:19.840 --> 0:29:22.040
<v Speaker 1>the shoulder surgery. So we'll keep an eye on that.

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<v Speaker 1>Get you more updates when we know. Brian Bao charged

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<v Speaker 1>with four runs and two thirds of two and two

0:29:27.040 --> 0:29:30.080
<v Speaker 1>thirds of an inning or two and a third innings.

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<v Speaker 1>Excuse me, a triple A and then Edward Cabrera working

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<v Speaker 1>his way back from that blister one run over three innings.

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<v Speaker 1>I know your boy Lance was really high on Cabrera.

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<v Speaker 1>So is that somebody you're speculating on anywhere?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean, Martins pitches look kind of good right now.

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<v Speaker 2>It's stream, It's it's strictly stream though.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean I was pretty good last night.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, well, yeah, I mean our contrad looks phenomenal.

0:29:51.280 --> 0:29:55.720
<v Speaker 1>But contra Biock, we've got Cabrera possibly, you know.

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<v Speaker 2>You're like, yeah, there's some other guys, some other one. Yeah,

0:29:57.840 --> 0:30:02.000
<v Speaker 2>he's a streamer again like him. You know, higher strikeout teams.

0:30:02.040 --> 0:30:05.160
<v Speaker 2>The Marlins are being sneaky. All credit to them with

0:30:05.240 --> 0:30:07.200
<v Speaker 2>how much I was dogging on them. Their offense is

0:30:07.240 --> 0:30:09.360
<v Speaker 2>doing some stuff, you know, Stours at the top, be

0:30:09.440 --> 0:30:11.760
<v Speaker 2>Zavor Edwards is a super tough out. It's a weird

0:30:11.840 --> 0:30:15.840
<v Speaker 2>constructed goofy team. But they are having tough at bats.

0:30:15.840 --> 0:30:18.520
<v Speaker 2>They're scoring a few runs. So by virtue of that,

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<v Speaker 2>a guy like Cabrera, if he can hold down an offense, great, Now,

0:30:21.600 --> 0:30:23.520
<v Speaker 2>don't start him against the Braves and stuff like that.

0:30:23.560 --> 0:30:26.960
<v Speaker 2>But pirates, you know, a high strikeout team yeah, Canbert

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<v Speaker 2>could be a good streamer.

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<v Speaker 1>I think we get cousin Donnie out there throwing some

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<v Speaker 1>VP to us, we get an l screen and we

0:30:34.000 --> 0:30:35.200
<v Speaker 1>go out there and do I mean, I don't know,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know what the.

0:30:35.680 --> 0:30:39.080
<v Speaker 2>Field situations are, but I mean, oh, we got Arizona, baby,

0:30:39.080 --> 0:30:41.120
<v Speaker 2>their fields left to I might be able to get

0:30:41.160 --> 0:30:43.040
<v Speaker 2>us on the Royals facility in their stadium.

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<v Speaker 1>Right now when I'm ready to go, this old fark

0:30:45.600 --> 0:30:47.840
<v Speaker 1>can still hit. I don't want to run around the

0:30:47.840 --> 0:30:49.440
<v Speaker 1>bases anymore, but I can still hit. How do you

0:30:49.440 --> 0:30:51.320
<v Speaker 1>feel about streaming Birke today against the Twins? I feel

0:30:51.320 --> 0:30:52.640
<v Speaker 1>good about it, tell you truth, because.

0:30:52.400 --> 0:30:54.880
<v Speaker 2>I know Twins. I would I would probably normally be

0:30:54.920 --> 0:30:57.000
<v Speaker 2>maybe a little bit of trepidacious, but the Twins have

0:30:57.080 --> 0:30:59.520
<v Speaker 2>just been like, really really bad to start this season.

0:31:00.240 --> 0:31:03.720
<v Speaker 2>You've got some obviously like strikeout issues there and offensive issues.

0:31:03.760 --> 0:31:05.520
<v Speaker 2>So yeah, Burke looked really good. I would be cool

0:31:05.560 --> 0:31:05.920
<v Speaker 2>with it.

0:31:06.120 --> 0:31:07.960
<v Speaker 1>All right, So we're on board there, two for two

0:31:08.000 --> 0:31:11.000
<v Speaker 1>on that one. Let's get to our favorite segment too,

0:31:11.760 --> 0:31:13.680
<v Speaker 1>because Welsh it's time for the.

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<v Speaker 2>Best Bets of the day.

0:31:16.840 --> 0:31:19.000
<v Speaker 1>With Joey p and the Welsh. Let's take a look

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<v Speaker 1>at these for me. Hunter Green over on the strikeouts

0:31:22.400 --> 0:31:24.200
<v Speaker 1>over six and a half k's and then oh now

0:31:25.240 --> 0:31:30.640
<v Speaker 1>the Jay's back, Zach wheelsher how jiafaja is a high number. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>it's eight and a half, but the jay is returned,

0:31:34.480 --> 0:31:37.160
<v Speaker 1>it's there again, eight and a half k's over. I

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<v Speaker 1>think you can get to ten today in this matchup

0:31:40.680 --> 0:31:44.320
<v Speaker 1>minus one ten Shoey Altani total basis, let's go over

0:31:45.280 --> 0:31:47.120
<v Speaker 1>one and a half at minus one fifteen and Cody

0:31:47.160 --> 0:31:49.360
<v Speaker 1>Bellinger to hit home run today. I know you've had

0:31:49.360 --> 0:31:52.080
<v Speaker 1>your questions about Zach Gallan, and I have some questions

0:31:52.080 --> 0:31:56.600
<v Speaker 1>about Cody Bellinger's torpedo bat. But plus eight hundred that's

0:31:56.600 --> 0:31:59.120
<v Speaker 1>a big number for Cody b to go yard here.

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<v Speaker 1>So I like that. And Welsh, where are your best

0:32:01.080 --> 0:32:02.280
<v Speaker 1>bets of the day today?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I don't hate it. I tapered back, even though

0:32:05.280 --> 0:32:07.680
<v Speaker 2>I'll say this like it kills me. Yesterday, I'm one

0:32:07.720 --> 0:32:10.920
<v Speaker 2>and two from yesterday. I missed the total runs by

0:32:11.080 --> 0:32:13.880
<v Speaker 2>a run. I missed the run line on the Rangers

0:32:13.880 --> 0:32:18.320
<v Speaker 2>by one. Process was good. Absolutely nailed Corbin Carrol on

0:32:18.360 --> 0:32:20.120
<v Speaker 2>the total basis. You got that at plus one p

0:32:20.200 --> 0:32:23.959
<v Speaker 2>fifty and if I had the kohonas to bet the homer,

0:32:24.120 --> 0:32:26.640
<v Speaker 2>it was six to one, so hopefully you guys did

0:32:27.400 --> 0:32:31.120
<v Speaker 2>I paired away. There are so many interesting prop bets today,

0:32:31.200 --> 0:32:33.880
<v Speaker 2>especially in the pitching market. They're so high, They're all

0:32:33.920 --> 0:32:36.080
<v Speaker 2>so high. So what I decided to do was I

0:32:36.120 --> 0:32:39.760
<v Speaker 2>went with the Tigers Detroit first five money line. This

0:32:39.920 --> 0:32:43.560
<v Speaker 2>is backing Tarreek Scooble to dominate through the first five

0:32:44.000 --> 0:32:46.400
<v Speaker 2>push at worse or I'm hoping to take that win.

0:32:46.520 --> 0:32:48.200
<v Speaker 2>And I went with a Nerfy today.

0:32:48.560 --> 0:32:50.520
<v Speaker 1>Paul Skiing, what did you go with a Niffrey?

0:32:51.080 --> 0:32:52.320
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, we have the nerd.

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<v Speaker 1>No freaking runs.

0:32:54.680 --> 0:32:58.400
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, no runs. First inning Pittsburgh Tampa Bay, Ryan Pepio

0:32:58.720 --> 0:33:03.080
<v Speaker 2>and Paul Skeen's The Pirates offense has been a little squirrely.

0:33:03.360 --> 0:33:05.640
<v Speaker 2>I love Paul Skins to dominate the Rays. It is

0:33:05.680 --> 0:33:08.240
<v Speaker 2>a heavy juice play, but it is the one that

0:33:08.280 --> 0:33:10.080
<v Speaker 2>I like the most. So I'm playing a little bit

0:33:10.120 --> 0:33:12.640
<v Speaker 2>easy on the card here today. Might add a couple.

0:33:12.680 --> 0:33:14.360
<v Speaker 2>I got one of the little like strikeout thing on

0:33:14.400 --> 0:33:16.200
<v Speaker 2>the betting pros app but again I'm still trying to

0:33:16.240 --> 0:33:18.920
<v Speaker 2>get my feet under it. So first five Detroit and

0:33:19.200 --> 0:33:21.040
<v Speaker 2>Pittsburgh Tampa Bay Murphy for me.

0:33:21.040 --> 0:33:23.080
<v Speaker 1>All right, let's get to the home run board today

0:33:23.240 --> 0:33:26.640
<v Speaker 1>because it's time. I still can't get on that bad boy.

0:33:26.840 --> 0:33:28.840
<v Speaker 1>Uh so we're up the six still at the day.

0:33:28.880 --> 0:33:33.040
<v Speaker 2>This is disgusting. This disgusts me, and I want this

0:33:33.080 --> 0:33:37.240
<v Speaker 2>fixed immediately. I am at three homers. We didn't put me.

0:33:37.560 --> 0:33:42.120
<v Speaker 2>Look at what that says there? Sure one one other

0:33:42.800 --> 0:33:48.000
<v Speaker 2>is me. I should be ten on this board. Corbyn

0:33:48.120 --> 0:33:52.440
<v Speaker 2>Carroll smashed a homer. Disgusting the hate and the.

0:33:52.400 --> 0:33:55.920
<v Speaker 1>Disrespect you did get the Carrol. Wow, you're a good start.

0:33:56.760 --> 0:33:57.720
<v Speaker 1>I have been a great start.

0:33:57.760 --> 0:33:58.320
<v Speaker 2>I should be ten.

0:33:58.400 --> 0:34:00.280
<v Speaker 1>Everyone gave me crap last year because I have any

0:34:00.320 --> 0:34:02.560
<v Speaker 1>home runs and I started taking you know, Judge and Otani.

0:34:02.640 --> 0:34:06.160
<v Speaker 1>So today I'm gonna take Otani. That's right, That's what

0:34:06.200 --> 0:34:08.360
<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna do. Shoey ol Tani two to one for

0:34:08.400 --> 0:34:10.520
<v Speaker 1>a home run, give me a show. Hey, and you're

0:34:10.560 --> 0:34:12.920
<v Speaker 1>going with a torpedo boy, aren't you.

0:34:13.120 --> 0:34:15.240
<v Speaker 2>I am going Look at Mike Marriers saying I support

0:34:15.280 --> 0:34:17.960
<v Speaker 2>Welsh being the plus one. I am the plus one

0:34:19.200 --> 0:34:20.719
<v Speaker 2>that fixed for tomorrow. I want to I don't know

0:34:20.760 --> 0:34:22.879
<v Speaker 2>how often I'm gonna be on that board. This year. Yeah,

0:34:22.880 --> 0:34:25.280
<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna go with Ellie day La Cruz and the

0:34:25.320 --> 0:34:28.680
<v Speaker 2>torpedo bat. That is a very very early game in here.

0:34:28.719 --> 0:34:32.000
<v Speaker 2>But Ellie, actually I think it actually might be going

0:34:32.040 --> 0:34:35.360
<v Speaker 2>on here in just one second. But Jack Lighter obviously,

0:34:35.440 --> 0:34:37.560
<v Speaker 2>when that fastball sits around the zone, I think Ellie's

0:34:37.600 --> 0:34:40.000
<v Speaker 2>gonna turn on it. And so yeah, get me, Ellie,

0:34:40.080 --> 0:34:42.239
<v Speaker 2>get me four on the board. So they don't even

0:34:42.239 --> 0:34:44.600
<v Speaker 2>have a choice but to put me on the thing tomorrow.

0:34:44.719 --> 0:34:47.000
<v Speaker 1>Dang it, that'd be amazing, right, Mike. What if this

0:34:47.120 --> 0:34:49.279
<v Speaker 1>was your one opportunity? What if like you always were

0:34:49.320 --> 0:34:52.040
<v Speaker 1>behind and then you were just one other It's very

0:34:52.200 --> 0:34:54.880
<v Speaker 1>like the season. I mean, that'd be amazing, Hope, I

0:34:54.880 --> 0:34:55.719
<v Speaker 1>don't know today.

0:34:55.840 --> 0:34:58.359
<v Speaker 2>By the way, Ellie is almost three and a half

0:34:58.360 --> 0:35:01.799
<v Speaker 2>to one on FanDuel right now, three plus three for

0:35:01.800 --> 0:35:02.720
<v Speaker 2>a home run call.

0:35:02.960 --> 0:35:04.319
<v Speaker 1>Like the li call out. Now, We've got a lot

0:35:04.320 --> 0:35:06.440
<v Speaker 1>of bonus baseball for you today, So I know baseball's

0:35:06.480 --> 0:35:08.879
<v Speaker 1>going on right now. We've already started some games. Games

0:35:08.920 --> 0:35:12.280
<v Speaker 1>are going on. However, you can continue to get questions

0:35:12.280 --> 0:35:14.560
<v Speaker 1>answered two places on our discord where you can also

0:35:14.600 --> 0:35:17.320
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0:35:17.480 --> 0:35:19.560
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0:35:19.560 --> 0:35:21.800
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0:35:21.880 --> 0:35:23.960
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0:35:24.000 --> 0:35:27.800
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0:35:28.200 --> 0:35:30.920
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0:35:39.360 --> 0:35:43.760
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0:35:54.200 --> 0:35:55.920
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0:35:56.000 --> 0:35:59.400
<v Speaker 1>or two. It's trades, if it's lineups, if it's you know,

0:35:59.560 --> 0:36:02.319
<v Speaker 1>just life, anything you could think of, we'll be ready

0:36:02.320 --> 0:36:05.120
<v Speaker 1>to tackle it again. That's every Wednesday hear in season

0:36:05.160 --> 0:36:07.239
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0:36:07.280 --> 0:36:10.239
<v Speaker 1>the YouTube channel, don't freak out. We'll be there. So

0:36:10.320 --> 0:36:13.359
<v Speaker 1>be there with us today and every Wednesday for that chat.

0:36:13.400 --> 0:36:17.239
<v Speaker 1>Also before we go today sad news passing of an

0:36:17.239 --> 0:36:19.880
<v Speaker 1>incredible actor. You know, I know a guy who you know,

0:36:20.000 --> 0:36:22.560
<v Speaker 1>maybe wasn't always well liked in certain circles too in

0:36:22.600 --> 0:36:26.680
<v Speaker 1>the Hollywood world, maybe a controversial person at times, but

0:36:26.760 --> 0:36:29.200
<v Speaker 1>as an actor, Val Kilmer was about as good as

0:36:29.200 --> 0:36:32.480
<v Speaker 1>it gets. Tombstone one of my all time favorite movies,

0:36:32.480 --> 0:36:36.320
<v Speaker 1>and his portrayal of Doc Holiday possibly my top three

0:36:36.880 --> 0:36:40.439
<v Speaker 1>performances ever by an actor. He didn't get nominated even

0:36:40.480 --> 0:36:42.160
<v Speaker 1>by a for an Academy Award for that or for

0:36:42.239 --> 0:36:44.960
<v Speaker 1>Jim Morrison in The Doors, which he was incredible in

0:36:45.000 --> 0:36:48.759
<v Speaker 1>that too. It's sad. I knew he had been ill

0:36:48.800 --> 0:36:50.760
<v Speaker 1>for a long time. He had cancer, he had issues

0:36:50.760 --> 0:36:54.760
<v Speaker 1>in a passing way of pneumonia, but incredible career heat,

0:36:55.120 --> 0:36:57.480
<v Speaker 1>top gun. You know, the list goes on and on.

0:36:57.719 --> 0:36:59.760
<v Speaker 1>I know he played Batman two and others. Some people

0:36:59.800 --> 0:37:02.160
<v Speaker 1>liked it, some people didn't. But Tombstone is one of

0:37:02.200 --> 0:37:04.480
<v Speaker 1>those movies for me, Well, if it's on, I'm watching

0:37:04.560 --> 0:37:08.560
<v Speaker 1>it period. End of story and the Holliday just all

0:37:08.600 --> 0:37:11.920
<v Speaker 1>time great. So many incredible lines and moments in that movie.

0:37:12.000 --> 0:37:14.920
<v Speaker 1>Any Val Kilmer performance for you stand out more than another.

0:37:15.000 --> 0:37:17.600
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that the Jim Jim Morrison went. It was actually

0:37:17.760 --> 0:37:20.000
<v Speaker 2>I liked his performance so much. I was like, man,

0:37:20.080 --> 0:37:22.239
<v Speaker 2>Jim Morrison, I got like obsessed with the doors and

0:37:22.280 --> 0:37:25.440
<v Speaker 2>my very like elitist uncle who's a music guy, like

0:37:25.640 --> 0:37:28.279
<v Speaker 2>would shame me for being like Jim Morrison's just a

0:37:28.320 --> 0:37:30.920
<v Speaker 2>dirt bag and the like, Like Jim Morrison was like

0:37:30.920 --> 0:37:32.799
<v Speaker 2>some pop singer or something like that. But I love

0:37:32.880 --> 0:37:36.640
<v Speaker 2>that movie and just loved his portrayal. Obviously, Tombstone is great,

0:37:36.880 --> 0:37:39.640
<v Speaker 2>lots of great Val Kilmer stuff. Just sad that whatever that,

0:37:39.920 --> 0:37:41.680
<v Speaker 2>the sickness and stuff that was dealing, we just didn't

0:37:41.680 --> 0:37:43.000
<v Speaker 2>see him. We didn't see him for a long Oh.

0:37:43.080 --> 0:37:44.880
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, he had trouble speaking. I think it was the

0:37:45.400 --> 0:37:48.879
<v Speaker 1>cancer and stripped away his vocal cores and throats. Even

0:37:48.880 --> 0:37:50.799
<v Speaker 1>in the Top Gun movie. In the last one, you know,

0:37:50.880 --> 0:37:52.799
<v Speaker 1>he couldn't you know, he barely could get those words

0:37:52.840 --> 0:37:54.520
<v Speaker 1>out there. But I don't want to leave everybody on

0:37:54.600 --> 0:37:56.880
<v Speaker 1>dowbt note, it's sad we celebrate a legend. Go watch

0:37:57.040 --> 0:38:00.880
<v Speaker 1>a cool Val Kilmer performance today. But in case you

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<v Speaker 1>the Welsh are available, so it's me Joey P. It

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0:38:11.680 --> 0:38:13.960
<v Speaker 1>the ball. I don't know if it's autographed with somebody,

0:38:14.000 --> 0:38:16.160
<v Speaker 1>but he's always taking his ball out to show everybody.

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<v Speaker 1>So these are available right now on the shop, I.

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<v Speaker 2>Think, and Welshism sold separately. Yeah, you can't buy Welshism

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<v Speaker 2>sold separ camp. So it's got the same We got

0:38:24.080 --> 0:38:26.239
<v Speaker 2>the same shirt on today. Guess available.

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<v Speaker 1>I say you are wearing the shirt.

0:38:28.080 --> 0:38:30.160
<v Speaker 2>I'm wearing the actual shirt. I don't have the hat

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<v Speaker 2>on here. It is Joey P and Welsh Action figures

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<v Speaker 2>No Welshisms, get them today, my friend, Welshism's sold separated.

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<v Speaker 1>There you go, leaving on a high note. That's what

0:38:43.600 --> 0:38:45.719
<v Speaker 1>we like to do here. All right, that'll do it

0:38:45.760 --> 0:38:47.480
<v Speaker 1>for us, But the story of the game goes on

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<v Speaker 1>for the Welsh I'm Joey P. We'll see it next time. Kids.

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<v Speaker 1>Enjoy your baseball.

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