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Speaker 1: Hello everyone, and welcome to episode two hundred and fifty

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Speaker 1: one of the Hammer Territory podcast. I'm Scott Coleman, and

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Speaker 1: I am driving the boat on this Sunday edition of

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Speaker 1: the show because our good friend Brad Rowland is currently

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Speaker 1: on the other side of the planet, and I am

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Speaker 1: joined this weekend as the Braves have won five games

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Speaker 1: in a row and have just come off a sweep

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Speaker 1: of the Cleveland Guardians by none other than Steven Tolbert Stephen.

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Speaker 1: It's fitting that this team terrible year aside, is now

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Speaker 1: deciding to play its very best baseball as the home

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Speaker 1: stretches right around the corner.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, what's up, buddy? I mean, you know, there was

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Speaker 2: that great Twitter account forever they Can't predict Ball Twitter

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Speaker 2: account where we just tweet the most random stuff that

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Speaker 2: happens in the game, and you literally cannot explain baseball sometimes.

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Speaker 2: And if you look at the quality of starting pitching

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Speaker 2: the Braves got for three months, some of the best

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Speaker 2: in baseball, some of the best pitchers in baseball, you know,

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Speaker 2: back in May and June, Sale and Strider and Swallenbach

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Speaker 2: and Homes We're all pitching at like almost all star levels,

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Speaker 2: even Bryce Elder was pitching a lot better, and the

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Speaker 2: Braves could not win a game, could not win a game,

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Speaker 2: could not score a run. It's the most maddening frustrated.

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Speaker 2: I mean, everybody who's followed along all year knows how

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Speaker 2: frustrating that stretch was. And now Joey Wentz and Carlos

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Speaker 2: Carrasco and Bryce Elder and you know, the band of

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Speaker 2: misfit toys is in the rotation and they can't lose.

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Speaker 2: And I mean baseball is just the weirdest sport. And

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Speaker 2: the offense has woken up a bunch of guys. Individual

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Speaker 2: guys have woken up. Michael Harris, you know, is the

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Speaker 2: star of that show right now. But I mean everybody

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Speaker 2: in the offense up, like even like Nacho Alrez, guys

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Speaker 2: up and down the lineup are contributing. And so yeah,

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Speaker 2: they've they are now. They just went five and one

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Speaker 2: on the road trip and got the white Sauce coming

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Speaker 2: in town next. I mean, yeah, it's just crazy. It's like,

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Speaker 2: this is a crazy, dumb sport. That's one of the

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Speaker 2: reasons we love it so much.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, offenses up across the board. I think the Braves

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Speaker 1: are scoring a full extra run per game in the

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Speaker 1: second half of the season versu the first. As a team,

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Speaker 1: the on base percentage is like top five and in

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Speaker 1: or at least near the very top for walk rate

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Speaker 3: Here in the second half.

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Speaker 1: And it's frustrating because we all knew, as as challenging

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Speaker 1: there was just too much talent in this damn lineup

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Speaker 1: to not score runs. Of course, now they're scoring runs

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Speaker 1: with basically the entire rotation on the injured list, and

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Speaker 1: I guess it goes that way, but hey, you know,

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Speaker 1: they take two out of three from the Mets, they

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Speaker 1: just drive that stake in even deeper into a Mets

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Speaker 1: team that's in a free fall right now. And then

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Speaker 1: they sweep the Cleveland Guardians, who I mean kind of

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Speaker 1: they just, I mean, they took three games in Cleveland

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Speaker 1: against a team that is playing pretty well. It's just

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Speaker 1: hard to explain, and I think, I mean, can't predict

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Speaker 1: recent brave stretch.

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Speaker 2: It's not just been the offense covering up bad pitching.

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Speaker 2: Like the pitching, like Joey Wentz has been very good,

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Speaker 2: Herssel Waltrip has been very good, like yes, the Carrascos

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Speaker 2: and the Elders, Like the offense is having to cover

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Speaker 2: up a lot in those games. But it's not just

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Speaker 2: that we're not on anyone's radar, never mind six months ago,

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Speaker 2: the bullpen where Rossillo Gleasias has gotten hot. You know,

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Speaker 2: the bullpen in general has calmed down a lot. So

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Speaker 2: it is such a weird sport, and I you know,

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Speaker 2: it could flip again tomorrow. The Rids could get swept

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Speaker 2: by the White Sox next week. And this is a

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Speaker 2: whole different conversation. But right now they're arguably the hottest

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Speaker 1: So let me ask you this, Steven, because there's been

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Speaker 1: whispers I would say in the braves, Twitter Sphere, braves,

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Speaker 1: Facebook or YouTube comments wherever it is. But are you

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Speaker 1: getting your hopes up even like in Iota or are

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Speaker 1: you still telling yourself this team is still so far

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Speaker 2: I have decided that it's the hope that kills you.

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Speaker 2: Like that's the famous line from The Dark Knight Rises, right,

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Speaker 2: it's the hope that so I've decided no hope is

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Speaker 2: the like I go into every game expecting to lose, yeah,

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Speaker 2: they win, let's just say, hypothetically, they swept the White

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Speaker 2: took two out of three. At that point, I know

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Speaker 2: me well enough to know that I would be like, damn,

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Speaker 2: all right, I'm going to start checking the standings every morning,

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Speaker 2: which I haven't done in a month, and then that's

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Speaker 2: what they'll lose and you know, and then rip your

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Speaker 2: full there's no hope, there's no chance. This is crazy.

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Speaker 2: This We're just going to enjoy the ride for as

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Speaker 2: long as it lasts. I'm sure the other shoe is

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Speaker 2: going to drop any second now, and I'm not changing

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Speaker 2: that mentality until. I mean, they would have to win

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Speaker 2: like ten and twelve in a row before that mentality change.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, that's where I'm at too.

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Speaker 1: It's just when you have as bad of a month

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Speaker 1: just such a deep, deep hill that you have to

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Speaker 1: two teams, that's that'd be different. But there's still i

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Speaker 1: think seven teams ahead of them in the wild card race.

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Speaker 1: And I mean sure, maybe crazier things have happened in

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Speaker 1: that's kind of the boat I'm in. But as you said,

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Speaker 1: if they have another really good week and then a

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Speaker 3: It's I think.

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Speaker 2: I think I think you have to get back to

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Speaker 2: five hundred. I think before you can even dream of anything. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: I think that's probably the number. Like I'm going to

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Speaker 2: assume the season's dead until they get back to five hundred,

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Speaker 2: and then maybe the hope changes a little.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, And you know what, it's obviously I'd much rather

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Speaker 1: I would take that a million times out of ten.

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Speaker 1: But it is it's a different experience right now because

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Speaker 3: And if they're.

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Speaker 1: Playing well, and they have been playing well, I mean

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Speaker 1: I watched as much as I could this weekend, but frankly,

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Speaker 1: if the way the season's gone, if they're down six

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Speaker 1: I'm just I'm flipping the channel because they're obviously they're dead.

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Speaker 1: I don't want people to think, you know, Scott and

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Speaker 3: Now we are not saying that. But it's just it's

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Speaker 1: And sometimes when there's no drama and stress of just that.

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Speaker 1: Like think about in twenty twenty two when they tried

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Speaker 3: August and September. We're not really at that point in

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and baseball is a weird sport and that talent

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Speaker 2: The Brewers are not the best team in baseball. They're

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Speaker 2: not the most talented team in baseball, but they've been

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Speaker 2: that's absolutely what it would take. It would take a

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Speaker 2: crazy things like that do happen in sports, and it

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Speaker 2: do happen with teams that maybe don't have the most talent.

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Speaker 2: And like we just said, this pitching staff specifically, the

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Speaker 2: not always the biggest factor in small samples.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, so we'll see.

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Speaker 1: I guess the Braves have at least given us something

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Speaker 1: the season. You know, on the news front, Stephen, usually

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Speaker 1: But there's I mean, frankly, the last few days since

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Speaker 1: The one notable thing was Chris Sale made his second

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Speaker 3: Pitched pretty well by most accounts. It seems like he's

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Speaker 1: At least one more rehab start, But all things considered,

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's funny. It's obviously very good news that Chris

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Speaker 2: it is funny. I was thinking today watching the game,

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Speaker 2: like when the Braves offense sees Chris Sale on the mound,

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Speaker 2: we need five or six. Like you know, I remember

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Speaker 2: They had to score ten runs a night. Like, I

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Speaker 2: don't know, there's something weird about the offense where like

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Speaker 2: Sale come back, obviously I want Chris Sale to come back,

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Speaker 2: him to be healthy for twenty twenty six is the

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Speaker 2: big thing. But yeah, know, I need the offense to pitch.

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Speaker 2: I need the offense to hit. When we get good pitching,

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Speaker 2: that's what I need. And lately it's been one or

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Speaker 1: I mean, has there been more than a couple of

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Speaker 1: All right, Steven, let's get into the games and let's talk.

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Speaker 1: Friday was I guess one? Maybe the most notable thing

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Speaker 3: Waldrip looks so good.

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Speaker 1: That splitter is such a devastating pitch and he has

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Hurst of Waldrop has a one to two era,

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Speaker 2: just absurd. You know, he came up in that Speedway

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Speaker 2: it is very effective. You know, one goes down, one

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Speaker 2: unique splitter, like people talk about like if you haven't

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Speaker 2: It's just not something you see a lot. The fastball

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Speaker 2: command has gotten substantially better. His fastball was basically unplayable.

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Speaker 2: Hurst and Waldrop emerging, Oh my god, what a that's

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Speaker 2: a massive, massive story for the Braves.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's huge, and I can't recall who had this staff,

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Speaker 1: Also made a note that Waldrop's pitches all basically come

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Speaker 3: Picking the ball up out of his hand, but like.

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Speaker 1: Midway from Waldrop's from the mound to the plate, how

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Speaker 1: It's really encouraging and I think the Braves development deserves

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Speaker 1: But he's got a long way to go before he

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Speaker 3: Being a complete pitcher.

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Speaker 1: And when you have an elite pitch, a truly elite pitch,

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Speaker 2: So far this season, Hrston Waldrip has had forty four

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Speaker 2: how you have success at this level is miss bats

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Speaker 2: and when they do make contact, it's on you know,

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Speaker 2: credit in the world goes to him, to the Braves

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Speaker 2: player development. You know, they've changed his arsenal a lot,

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Speaker 2: you know, and the kid has to buy in as well,

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Speaker 2: like he has to be like, all right, yeah, let's

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Speaker 2: And again, if this is real, we're gonna wait. It's

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Speaker 2: make adjustments, and he's gonna have to make adjustments. We'll

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's huge, man.

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Speaker 1: I mean, we talked about big storylines in the second

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Speaker 1: because we know how good Sale and Schwellenbach are when

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Speaker 1: Because God knows you can never have enough pitching. You know,

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Speaker 3: He came up, he.

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Speaker 1: Did not hit a thing, but Nacho's been putting the

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Speaker 1: I kind of see a good utility player, which is

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Speaker 2: Yeah, he kind of reminds me of Jose Pirazza. If

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Speaker 2: than him, so credit to him. You know, he's got

435
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Speaker 2: to get a little stronger, get a little more pop

436
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Speaker 2: in the bat to maybe if he wants to get

437
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Speaker 2: up to like an everyday regular type of role. But

438
00:20:50,520 --> 00:20:52,760
Speaker 2: he's still young. It's not impossible that he could do that.

439
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Speaker 1: Yeah, Yeah, curious to see how Nacha develops. It's, you know,

440
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Speaker 1: an important time for him because he's getting regular the

441
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Speaker 1: reps with Riley on the injured list, and it seems

442
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Speaker 1: like Riley is probably gonna come back in a couple

443
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Speaker 1: of weeks. But until then, and Natcho has a great

444
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Speaker 1: opportunity ahead of him to show something, you know. Moving

445
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Speaker 1: to Saturday, the Braves, I mean the offense went nuts

446
00:21:16,320 --> 00:21:19,359
Speaker 1: ten to one win. Nice nights again at the bottom

447
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Speaker 1: of the order. You mentioned Nick Allen. Oh gosh, is

448
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Speaker 1: Nick Allen going to hit a home run this season?

449
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Speaker 2: That was as close. I think that was as close

450
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Speaker 2: as we were gonna get that way. If you missed it,

451
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Speaker 2: did it hit the did it hit the wall on

452
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Speaker 2: the fly?

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Speaker 3: I think so yeah, I think.

454
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Speaker 2: It hit the wall in the f like it was.

455
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Speaker 2: Everybody's like, oh my god, he just barrel the ball.

456
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Speaker 2: He just barrel the ball, and it was like just

457
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Speaker 2: short of the you know, it's a certain amount of

458
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Speaker 2: x of losses, a certain amount of launch angle. I

459
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Speaker 2: don't know, it's gonna be tugh. He's such a small

460
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Speaker 2: guy and he has such a like armsy like you know,

461
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Speaker 2: upper upper half swing. There's not a lot of power,

462
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Speaker 2: Like if you the funny thing is like if you

463
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Speaker 2: look at Ronald and you look at Nick Allen, like

464
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Speaker 2: by weight, they're actually not that far with Like Ronald

465
00:22:01,960 --> 00:22:04,399
Speaker 2: is not a heavy dude, but Ronald swings with his

466
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Speaker 2: lower half and so he can hit a ball four

467
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Speaker 2: hundred and seventy feet and Nick Allen is very much

468
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Speaker 2: like an duranc Rte like upper half all arms kind

469
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Speaker 2: of a swinger, and it's just it's tough to generate

470
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Speaker 2: any power like that, and you know, he's never gonna

471
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Speaker 2: be part of his game. It was funny that everybody,

472
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Speaker 2: everybody on Twitter lost their mind because everybody thought Nick

473
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Speaker 2: Allen just barreled the ball for the first He is

474
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Speaker 2: the only regular in baseball to not barrow the ball

475
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Speaker 2: all season long. So that's kind of what everybody's been

476
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Speaker 2: waiting for, is that first one.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you know it's uh, I am holding out hope

478
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Speaker 1: that Nick Allen is going to hook a ball down

479
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Speaker 1: the left field line at Truest Park and.

480
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Speaker 2: That's what's that's what it's gonna take. He's gonna have

481
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Speaker 2: to like ropoke one.

482
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Speaker 1: Yeah, maybe on like a hot afternoon, like a day

483
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Speaker 1: game or something where.

484
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Speaker 3: The ball is really carrying. And yeah, so we're rooting

485
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Speaker 3: for you Nick.

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Speaker 1: Hopefully you get one home run this season. You know,

487
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Speaker 1: we mentioned ten runs and really the headline again Stephen

488
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Speaker 1: Michael Harris. We have talked about Michael the last few

489
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Speaker 1: weeks as he has just continued to just hunish the baseball.

490
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Speaker 1: He absolutely launched a home run four hundred and fifty

491
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Speaker 1: two feet on Saturday. That also made it eight straight

492
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Speaker 1: multiple hit games for Michael Harris on Saturday night, which

493
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Speaker 1: tied a Braves franchise record. It actually ended on Sunday,

494
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Speaker 1: of course, when he had a chance to break the record.

495
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Speaker 1: But I mean, Michael Harris, he is just hitting the

496
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Speaker 1: ball so well.

497
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Speaker 3: Right now.

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Speaker 1: We've talked about Mike a bunch on the show. So

499
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Speaker 1: I don't think we need to do another twenty minute

500
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Speaker 1: deep dive on Michael Harris here, but I mean every

501
00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:32,840
Speaker 1: time he comes up, it feels like something good is

502
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Speaker 1: going to happen.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: What I've noticed with Mike is that his approach really

505
00:23:37,960 --> 00:23:40,960
Speaker 2: hasn't changed that much, Like he's still So I had

506
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Speaker 2: somebody tweet it me and say, are pitchers throwing Mike

507
00:23:44,720 --> 00:23:47,879
Speaker 2: more strikes then in the second half and then did

508
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Speaker 2: in the first half. So I looked it up. His

509
00:23:49,680 --> 00:23:52,240
Speaker 2: zone percentage is almost exactly the same as it was

510
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Speaker 2: in the first half. Like, pitchers aren't pitching him any different.

511
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Speaker 2: He's he's still not taking any walks. I don't think

512
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Speaker 2: he has a single walk in August or maybe one.

513
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Speaker 1: Yeah, So his walk right in the second half is

514
00:24:02,320 --> 00:24:03,720
Speaker 1: two point two percent.

515
00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:06,200
Speaker 2: Yeah, which exactly almost maybe lower than it was in

516
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Speaker 2: the first half. So his approach is not any different.

517
00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:11,520
Speaker 2: So you're like, all right, so what's happening when Mike.

518
00:24:12,760 --> 00:24:15,320
Speaker 2: When Mike gets pitches in the zone right now, he's

519
00:24:15,320 --> 00:24:17,720
Speaker 2: not missing them, and that's the he's not fouling them off,

520
00:24:17,720 --> 00:24:20,919
Speaker 2: he's not swinging through them, He's put them in the seats.

521
00:24:21,520 --> 00:24:23,960
Speaker 2: Or put him in the gap, like he's just doing

522
00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:27,199
Speaker 2: so much more damage per swing than he was in

523
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Speaker 2: the first half. You know, he changed his hands, he

524
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Speaker 2: changed his stance, went back to his kind of original

525
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Speaker 2: one that he had as a rookie. And I've said, listen,

526
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Speaker 2: we've talked about this. I don't know. I don't know

527
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Speaker 2: what to make of it. I don't know if it's real.

528
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Speaker 2: I don't know. I don't know if this is something

529
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Speaker 2: you can project over a full season next year, Because

530
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Speaker 2: that's the question everybody has. Can this dude do it

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Speaker 2: for six months? Maybe not this for six months, but

532
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Speaker 2: can you be like a serviceable hitter, like when you're

533
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Speaker 2: when you're going through your bad spells, can you be

534
00:24:55,560 --> 00:24:59,159
Speaker 2: at least serviceable and so that when you're hot, you know,

535
00:24:59,280 --> 00:25:02,359
Speaker 2: now you're still an all star level player. What we

536
00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:04,080
Speaker 2: can't have is like, for the first three and a

537
00:25:04,119 --> 00:25:06,000
Speaker 2: half months of the year, be the worst player in

538
00:25:06,040 --> 00:25:09,000
Speaker 2: baseball and then do this, And so that's that's the

539
00:25:09,080 --> 00:25:11,520
Speaker 2: question everybody has. And I don't know. I have no idea.

540
00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:14,199
Speaker 2: You know, I've made the joke about being Charlie Brown, like,

541
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Speaker 2: I don't know, I really don't know what this I don't.

542
00:25:17,760 --> 00:25:21,199
Speaker 2: I tend to think because it's been accompanied by like

543
00:25:21,600 --> 00:25:25,040
Speaker 2: mechanical changes in his swing, that there's probably something more

544
00:25:25,080 --> 00:25:28,159
Speaker 2: real about it. But honestly, until we get to the

545
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Speaker 2: first half of next year and see what he does,

546
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Speaker 2: I don't know how much confidence I have in it.

547
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Speaker 2: It's unbelievable to watch right now. It's fun as hell

548
00:25:36,119 --> 00:25:39,320
Speaker 2: to watch right now, but yeah, we just gotta see

549
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Speaker 2: him do it for like six months.

550
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Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, I mean, good luck projecting Michael Harris in

551
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Speaker 1: twenty twenty six.

552
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Speaker 2: Yeah, if you had to project Michael twenty twenty six

553
00:25:48,560 --> 00:25:52,160
Speaker 2: right now, I mean, it's an impossible.

554
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Speaker 3: Task, right right.

555
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Speaker 1: Is he gonna revert and have the football pulled from

556
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Speaker 1: him like you made that great analogy, or is he

557
00:25:58,240 --> 00:26:00,919
Speaker 1: gonna be an honest to goodness MVP candidate if he

558
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Speaker 1: does this for a full year.

559
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Speaker 2: And that is the ceiling, Like that's how good, that's

560
00:26:04,680 --> 00:26:08,400
Speaker 2: how talented this dude, Like it's like MVP level talent. Yeah,

561
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Speaker 2: or it's like the worst hitter in baseball, Like the

562
00:26:12,640 --> 00:26:15,080
Speaker 2: floors and ceiling for Michael Harris is insane.

563
00:26:15,760 --> 00:26:16,080
Speaker 3: Yeah.

564
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Speaker 1: I can't remember who of the four of us said,

565
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Speaker 1: but as we were previewing the season, I think someone

566
00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:23,919
Speaker 1: said out loud, like, if Michael Harris puts it all together,

567
00:26:24,480 --> 00:26:26,960
Speaker 1: I could legitimately see him being like a top five

568
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Speaker 1: MVP vote getter.

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Speaker 3: In I said that.

570
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Speaker 2: I said that like five times. I know it because

571
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Speaker 2: I kept I got made fun of all the first

572
00:26:33,080 --> 00:26:35,480
Speaker 2: half because Sean and I talked about it, like we

573
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Speaker 2: like with the Couona coming back from a second acl.

574
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Speaker 2: At one point we made the argument that Mike is

575
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Speaker 2: the most talented player on the team, Yeah, which you know,

576
00:26:44,480 --> 00:26:47,160
Speaker 2: after we watched the first half, we're like, all right,

577
00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:50,120
Speaker 2: so that was the dumbest take of all time. Yeah,

578
00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:53,080
Speaker 2: it's just it's watching him is crazy. It's crazy.

579
00:26:53,600 --> 00:26:55,960
Speaker 3: Yeah, and he's so talented that you can never give

580
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Speaker 3: up on him.

581
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Speaker 2: Yeah.

582
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Speaker 1: It's yeah, special player, special talent. Let's just hope he

583
00:27:00,880 --> 00:27:02,440
Speaker 1: can have a good final month and a half of

584
00:27:02,480 --> 00:27:05,280
Speaker 1: the season and then carry this into next next year,

585
00:27:05,320 --> 00:27:07,720
Speaker 1: because God knows, the Braves need a good Michael Harris

586
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Speaker 1: if they're going to really be a contender in twenty

587
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Speaker 1: twenty six. All right, Stephen, let's talk about Sunday's game.

588
00:27:18,359 --> 00:27:21,720
Speaker 1: The Braves wrapped up the sweep. It was not looking good.

589
00:27:22,040 --> 00:27:25,600
Speaker 1: In the early going, Eric Fetti on the mound. Braves

590
00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:27,840
Speaker 1: were down early. It felt like it was gonna be

591
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Speaker 1: one of those. Okay, they got two out of three

592
00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:32,000
Speaker 1: in the series. You take it, you move on. But

593
00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:34,960
Speaker 1: the offense fought back. It was fun to see. I

594
00:27:34,960 --> 00:27:38,800
Speaker 1: think maybe the most Jerks and Profar thing imaginable was

595
00:27:38,960 --> 00:27:42,000
Speaker 1: just an awful blunder in the outfield where he dropped

596
00:27:42,040 --> 00:27:45,080
Speaker 1: a relatively routine fly ball.

597
00:27:45,240 --> 00:27:45,800
Speaker 3: I get it.

598
00:27:45,880 --> 00:27:47,639
Speaker 1: He was trying to make the catch and then fire

599
00:27:47,680 --> 00:27:50,920
Speaker 1: it in to get the runner, but he ended up dropping.

600
00:27:50,960 --> 00:27:54,360
Speaker 1: It costs the Braves, but Profar did atone for it,

601
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Speaker 1: and he hit a two run homer later in the

602
00:27:56,320 --> 00:27:58,840
Speaker 1: game that would end up being the game winning homer.

603
00:27:59,480 --> 00:28:02,600
Speaker 1: It was It is the Jerks and Profar experience every night.

604
00:28:02,640 --> 00:28:04,000
Speaker 1: Seemingly there's something weird.

605
00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:05,760
Speaker 3: It is what it is.

606
00:28:05,760 --> 00:28:07,720
Speaker 1: But hey, the Braves won in Profar did have the

607
00:28:07,720 --> 00:28:08,920
Speaker 1: biggest swing of the game.

608
00:28:09,400 --> 00:28:12,080
Speaker 2: Yeah, and he missed a second homer by like a foot,

609
00:28:12,440 --> 00:28:14,200
Speaker 2: Like it went foul by like a foot. He would

610
00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:17,520
Speaker 2: have had a second tour on homer. I mean it's funny,

611
00:28:18,200 --> 00:28:21,520
Speaker 2: you know, like in football, like in the NFL, like

612
00:28:21,560 --> 00:28:27,000
Speaker 2: you have these diva wide receivers, and like your tolerance

613
00:28:27,080 --> 00:28:29,760
Speaker 2: level for their nonsense is at a like a commiserate

614
00:28:29,840 --> 00:28:32,240
Speaker 2: rate to their production, Like as long as they're still

615
00:28:32,359 --> 00:28:35,880
Speaker 2: very good, you don't really care about the nonsense off

616
00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:39,200
Speaker 2: the field. But like when you're talking about defense in

617
00:28:39,240 --> 00:28:41,880
Speaker 2: the corner spots of a field, right field, left field,

618
00:28:41,880 --> 00:28:46,000
Speaker 2: first base, third base, my willingness to deal with your

619
00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:49,800
Speaker 2: nonsense on defense is commiserate with your offensive production. Like

620
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Speaker 2: as long as your offense is there, I don't really care.

621
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Speaker 2: I like, one of the worst hitters in all of baseball, right,

622
00:28:57,080 --> 00:28:58,440
Speaker 2: I'm sorry, one of the worst fielders in all of

623
00:28:58,440 --> 00:29:01,720
Speaker 2: baseball is Won Soda. You never hear about it because

624
00:29:01,720 --> 00:29:04,480
Speaker 2: he hits like Juan Soto. Yeah, Ronald Acune Junior is

625
00:29:04,520 --> 00:29:07,320
Speaker 2: not a great fielder by any metric. I don't care.

626
00:29:07,360 --> 00:29:10,040
Speaker 2: He has a thousand ops most of the time. So

627
00:29:10,160 --> 00:29:12,800
Speaker 2: for Jersen profar, he's got a one twenty WRC plus

628
00:29:12,840 --> 00:29:15,920
Speaker 2: right now, his defense has been awful. But if you hit,

629
00:29:17,040 --> 00:29:19,480
Speaker 2: I don't care about the other nonsense, Like it's just

630
00:29:20,040 --> 00:29:24,160
Speaker 2: your offensive production covers up a lot. And right now

631
00:29:24,200 --> 00:29:27,320
Speaker 2: he's hitting, and like you know, with Austin Riley, like

632
00:29:27,360 --> 00:29:29,760
Speaker 2: it's the same thing like if Austin hits, I don't

633
00:29:29,800 --> 00:29:32,560
Speaker 2: care about the defense at third base that much. Like

634
00:29:32,720 --> 00:29:34,200
Speaker 2: you know, when you're playing up up the middle, when

635
00:29:34,200 --> 00:29:37,320
Speaker 2: you're playing catcher, shortstop, centerfield, the defense matters a lot

636
00:29:37,360 --> 00:29:40,239
Speaker 2: more at those corner spots.

637
00:29:40,320 --> 00:29:40,680
Speaker 3: Just hit.

638
00:29:40,920 --> 00:29:43,320
Speaker 2: I just need you to hit. And Jerkson's hitting and

639
00:29:43,360 --> 00:29:46,400
Speaker 2: so you know, and the fact that he's taking walks

640
00:29:46,480 --> 00:29:50,040
Speaker 2: allows the Braves to be you know, creative with their

641
00:29:50,040 --> 00:29:53,800
Speaker 2: lineup about where to put Acunya. As long as he hits,

642
00:29:54,240 --> 00:29:54,680
Speaker 2: I'm good.

643
00:29:55,080 --> 00:29:59,120
Speaker 1: Yeah, because most of the time left field defense is

644
00:29:59,160 --> 00:30:02,160
Speaker 1: not going too kill you. Yeah, I mean sure, all

645
00:30:02,200 --> 00:30:04,480
Speaker 1: things equal, of course we want to we want gold

646
00:30:04,480 --> 00:30:07,560
Speaker 1: glovers at eight spots on the diamond naturally, but it's

647
00:30:07,600 --> 00:30:10,000
Speaker 1: not the case. And and then also just some weird

648
00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:11,440
Speaker 1: base running too from Profar.

649
00:30:11,840 --> 00:30:14,680
Speaker 2: He's so slow. He's like Matt Olson is gonna murder

650
00:30:14,680 --> 00:30:18,000
Speaker 2: this guy, Like Matt Olson's hit multiple doubles with a

651
00:30:18,200 --> 00:30:22,840
Speaker 2: with Profar on first with two out, and Profar has

652
00:30:22,880 --> 00:30:25,760
Speaker 2: it come close to scoring on either one, Like yeah,

653
00:30:25,880 --> 00:30:26,920
Speaker 2: it's great, it's hilarious.

654
00:30:27,280 --> 00:30:30,280
Speaker 1: It is maybe the argument for moving Acuna up in

655
00:30:30,320 --> 00:30:34,320
Speaker 1: the lineup to leadoff spot, other than being an otherworldly hitter.

656
00:30:34,520 --> 00:30:35,680
Speaker 3: Is just Acunya speed.

657
00:30:35,800 --> 00:30:38,680
Speaker 1: You know, if Mattilson gaps a ball, Acunya scoring.

658
00:30:38,760 --> 00:30:40,600
Speaker 2: And one of the ones Profar didn't score on was

659
00:30:40,600 --> 00:30:42,480
Speaker 2: a three to two count where he was running on

660
00:30:42,520 --> 00:30:44,320
Speaker 2: the pitch and still didn't score.

661
00:30:45,400 --> 00:30:49,240
Speaker 3: Yeah, he runs. My high school coach used to yell

662
00:30:49,280 --> 00:30:52,200
Speaker 3: at me to unhook the trailer because I'm not very fast.

663
00:30:52,520 --> 00:30:54,640
Speaker 1: I mean, when when Profar is running the bases, I'm

664
00:30:54,640 --> 00:30:56,880
Speaker 1: gonna start yelling at my TV to unhook the trailer

665
00:30:56,960 --> 00:30:58,520
Speaker 1: because he he's not fast.

666
00:30:58,560 --> 00:30:59,680
Speaker 3: He looks like he's fast.

667
00:31:00,440 --> 00:31:03,160
Speaker 2: It's just like it's the it's the skinny guy. Like

668
00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:05,480
Speaker 2: you don't expect the skinny guy like you expect Brian

669
00:31:05,560 --> 00:31:08,880
Speaker 2: McCann to be slow. The skinny guy slow is the

670
00:31:08,880 --> 00:31:11,560
Speaker 2: one that shocks your system. You're like, what, why are

671
00:31:11,600 --> 00:31:12,360
Speaker 2: you so slow?

672
00:31:12,440 --> 00:31:12,600
Speaker 3: Bro?

673
00:31:12,800 --> 00:31:14,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's hilarious.

674
00:31:14,800 --> 00:31:15,560
Speaker 3: Yeah yeah.

675
00:31:15,600 --> 00:31:18,920
Speaker 1: So seemingly every night good and bad, Profar finds a

676
00:31:18,920 --> 00:31:21,200
Speaker 1: way to get himself in the mix. But hey, you

677
00:31:21,320 --> 00:31:24,240
Speaker 1: said it, man, this team needs Profar to hit. Just

678
00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:28,880
Speaker 1: after after the ped suspension, i mean, everybody was holding

679
00:31:28,920 --> 00:31:31,880
Speaker 1: their breath because, you know, the Braves unless they're able

680
00:31:31,880 --> 00:31:33,880
Speaker 1: to trade them this offseason, I don't even know if

681
00:31:33,880 --> 00:31:37,040
Speaker 1: they want to. Frankly, I mean, they're married to this

682
00:31:37,080 --> 00:31:39,400
Speaker 1: guy for two more seasons beyond this. And if it

683
00:31:39,800 --> 00:31:44,200
Speaker 1: if his breakout last year was entirely PED fueled, I mean, that.

684
00:31:44,200 --> 00:31:45,560
Speaker 3: Would be disastrous.

685
00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:47,800
Speaker 1: And it seems like, even though it's only been what

686
00:31:47,880 --> 00:31:49,720
Speaker 1: a month and a half of data that we've seen,

687
00:31:50,120 --> 00:31:52,200
Speaker 1: it seems like Profar is going to hit enough to

688
00:31:52,200 --> 00:31:54,800
Speaker 1: not turn that contract into a total albatross.

689
00:31:55,640 --> 00:31:58,400
Speaker 2: Oh A one twenty WRC. If you told me that

690
00:31:58,400 --> 00:32:00,960
Speaker 2: that's what Profar was going to do for the years,

691
00:32:01,280 --> 00:32:03,320
Speaker 2: I don't care. I don't literally, I literally don't care

692
00:32:03,320 --> 00:32:05,920
Speaker 2: about anything else. I'll take that right now. I don't

693
00:32:05,960 --> 00:32:08,680
Speaker 2: care if he runs like a mailbox. I don't care

694
00:32:08,720 --> 00:32:11,360
Speaker 2: if he's, you know, the worst defender you've ever seen.

695
00:32:12,680 --> 00:32:15,040
Speaker 2: When you hit out of one of those corner spots,

696
00:32:15,240 --> 00:32:17,560
Speaker 2: it covers up pretty much everything else.

697
00:32:17,960 --> 00:32:18,040
Speaker 4: Ye.

698
00:32:18,680 --> 00:32:19,600
Speaker 3: Yeah, it really does.

699
00:32:19,840 --> 00:32:22,120
Speaker 1: And we'll see what the next two years hold for

700
00:32:22,200 --> 00:32:26,520
Speaker 1: Profar outfield. Maybe some DH mixed in. I mean, honestly, Stephen,

701
00:32:26,560 --> 00:32:30,360
Speaker 1: the DH spot this offseason is maybe like the number

702
00:32:30,400 --> 00:32:33,200
Speaker 1: one storyline is what are the Braves gonna do? Because

703
00:32:33,240 --> 00:32:36,600
Speaker 1: there are so many avenues this team could go probably

704
00:32:36,680 --> 00:32:38,960
Speaker 1: a deeper discussion. Maybe we'll do a show sometime in

705
00:32:39,480 --> 00:32:42,000
Speaker 1: September or early October, be where the off season really

706
00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:44,880
Speaker 1: gets going, and really just lay out all the little

707
00:32:45,280 --> 00:32:48,160
Speaker 1: pathways this team could do, because they do have some

708
00:32:48,160 --> 00:32:51,720
Speaker 1: some options here coming up, you know. The only other

709
00:32:52,120 --> 00:32:54,080
Speaker 1: game note, I wanted to give a big shout out

710
00:32:54,080 --> 00:32:59,320
Speaker 1: to the bullpen, especially on Sunday, the group of Aaron Bummer,

711
00:32:59,600 --> 00:33:04,120
Speaker 1: Dylan Pierce Johnson, and Ryce ell Iglesias covered five scoreless

712
00:33:04,160 --> 00:33:07,560
Speaker 1: innings in relief of Eric Fetti made it hold up.

713
00:33:07,680 --> 00:33:09,920
Speaker 1: They entered the game, the Braves were down, and they

714
00:33:10,120 --> 00:33:12,040
Speaker 1: then Profar gave him the lead and they held it

715
00:33:12,080 --> 00:33:12,800
Speaker 1: the last three.

716
00:33:12,680 --> 00:33:15,720
Speaker 3: Innings, which was great to see. And I wanted to just.

717
00:33:15,720 --> 00:33:20,480
Speaker 1: Mention Ryce ell Igalasias because this dude, ever since he

718
00:33:20,600 --> 00:33:24,080
Speaker 1: had the infamous blow up against the Diamondbacks the first

719
00:33:24,080 --> 00:33:27,120
Speaker 1: week of June has been like as good as he

720
00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:30,440
Speaker 1: has ever been in his entire career dating back to

721
00:33:30,480 --> 00:33:31,760
Speaker 1: that Diamondbacks blow up.

722
00:33:32,240 --> 00:33:33,520
Speaker 3: Iglesias has a.

723
00:33:33,360 --> 00:33:37,240
Speaker 1: One point six ERA, a one point eighty five FIP,

724
00:33:37,600 --> 00:33:40,960
Speaker 1: a three point four x FIP, and he's pitching like

725
00:33:41,040 --> 00:33:44,000
Speaker 1: someone who might be back in twenty twenty six, because

726
00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:48,440
Speaker 1: God knows, Alexanthopolis loves reunion and he is pitching like

727
00:33:48,520 --> 00:33:51,360
Speaker 1: the guy we have seen for years with Atlanta, even

728
00:33:51,400 --> 00:33:54,040
Speaker 1: if those first couple of months were just unspeakably bad.

729
00:33:54,840 --> 00:33:57,280
Speaker 2: And listen, I think you know, we talked about it

730
00:33:57,360 --> 00:33:59,440
Speaker 2: multiple times. I don't think the Breads were willing to

731
00:33:59,440 --> 00:34:01,800
Speaker 2: eat off of that money to get him on another team.

732
00:34:01,840 --> 00:34:05,000
Speaker 2: There's I mean, imagine how many teams would love to

733
00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:07,320
Speaker 2: have Roscio Glaciers right now? Who are you know, getting

734
00:34:07,320 --> 00:34:09,920
Speaker 2: ready for the playoffs. But yeah, you're right, listen, the

735
00:34:09,960 --> 00:34:12,640
Speaker 2: Braves don't have a closer lined up for next year.

736
00:34:13,480 --> 00:34:16,600
Speaker 2: You know, we talked about all the different storylines for

737
00:34:16,680 --> 00:34:19,239
Speaker 2: the offseason. That's another one. They don't have a They

738
00:34:19,400 --> 00:34:22,480
Speaker 2: currently don't have a closer under contract for next year. Obviously.

739
00:34:22,520 --> 00:34:25,480
Speaker 2: I Glaciers is a free agent. Joejomenez, who is kind

740
00:34:25,480 --> 00:34:29,120
Speaker 2: of signed to be the primary setup man, has missed

741
00:34:29,160 --> 00:34:31,960
Speaker 2: the entire season with the knee injury. He recently got

742
00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:34,640
Speaker 2: shut down again because the knee wasn't you know, doing

743
00:34:34,680 --> 00:34:36,920
Speaker 2: exactly what they wanted to do. We'll see how serious

744
00:34:36,960 --> 00:34:40,680
Speaker 2: that is. They need a closer, I mean, and you

745
00:34:40,719 --> 00:34:45,239
Speaker 2: know it's gonna be interesting to see the manager. Who

746
00:34:45,280 --> 00:34:48,200
Speaker 2: the manager is like old school, news school, like Brian

747
00:34:48,280 --> 00:34:51,759
Speaker 2: Snicker kind of manager. They want a closer, they want

748
00:34:51,760 --> 00:34:55,400
Speaker 2: to set it and forget it every single time closer.

749
00:34:55,440 --> 00:34:58,120
Speaker 2: They want a traditional closer. And that's been a spot

750
00:34:58,160 --> 00:35:02,000
Speaker 2: that really has maintained itself even in the analytical modern game,

751
00:35:02,120 --> 00:35:06,719
Speaker 2: like most teams still have closers. So that's going to

752
00:35:06,760 --> 00:35:08,800
Speaker 2: be fast, Like what do the Braves do with that spot?

753
00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:10,840
Speaker 2: And yeah, you're right, I mean, if he keeps pitching

754
00:35:10,880 --> 00:35:12,680
Speaker 2: like this, it won't be at seventeen million a year,

755
00:35:12,719 --> 00:35:15,000
Speaker 2: which is what he's making now. But I would not

756
00:35:15,040 --> 00:35:18,840
Speaker 2: be stunned. Nobody would be stunned if they, you know,

757
00:35:18,920 --> 00:35:21,319
Speaker 2: at some point called him up and say, hey, let's

758
00:35:21,360 --> 00:35:22,560
Speaker 2: run it back on a one year deal.

759
00:35:22,960 --> 00:35:25,120
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, you took the words out of my mouth.

760
00:35:25,239 --> 00:35:29,000
Speaker 1: I mean another one year deal seems. And if Joe

761
00:35:29,040 --> 00:35:32,440
Speaker 1: Jimenez is healthy next season, that is an obvious.

762
00:35:32,120 --> 00:35:36,239
Speaker 3: Kind of backup plan for closure. But that's easier said

763
00:35:36,239 --> 00:35:36,800
Speaker 3: than done.

764
00:35:36,920 --> 00:35:40,400
Speaker 1: And it will be eighteen months since Joe Jimenez was

765
00:35:40,440 --> 00:35:42,560
Speaker 1: on a mound and pitching at a high level. And

766
00:35:42,640 --> 00:35:45,640
Speaker 1: then you know, it's our it's our podcast. Specialty that

767
00:35:45,680 --> 00:35:49,160
Speaker 1: bullpens are volatile year over year, and and but yeah,

768
00:35:49,200 --> 00:35:51,280
Speaker 1: I mean I think I think bullpen is very interesting

769
00:35:51,320 --> 00:35:55,000
Speaker 1: going into next season. Not the priority for me anyway,

770
00:35:55,200 --> 00:35:58,239
Speaker 1: but there's some real questions here about you know, do

771
00:35:58,280 --> 00:36:00,120
Speaker 1: they do they run it back with this group and

772
00:36:00,120 --> 00:36:02,359
Speaker 1: then just hope with a healthy Jimenez and bring back

773
00:36:03,280 --> 00:36:05,600
Speaker 1: Iglasias for one more year, or do they kind of

774
00:36:05,680 --> 00:36:08,200
Speaker 1: shuffle the deck a little bit and see what they

775
00:36:08,239 --> 00:36:11,799
Speaker 1: want to do? You know, Steven, that was really it

776
00:36:11,840 --> 00:36:12,560
Speaker 1: from the weekend.

777
00:36:12,640 --> 00:36:17,759
Speaker 3: I mean, man, a good sweep of a decent Guardians team.

778
00:36:17,760 --> 00:36:19,480
Speaker 1: I don't want to pretend like they just went into

779
00:36:19,960 --> 00:36:22,120
Speaker 1: you know, La or New York and swept one of

780
00:36:22,120 --> 00:36:24,360
Speaker 1: the better rosters in the game, but I mean, overall,

781
00:36:24,520 --> 00:36:25,360
Speaker 1: just did an.

782
00:36:25,320 --> 00:36:28,520
Speaker 3: Encouraging week from the Braves.

783
00:36:28,560 --> 00:36:31,719
Speaker 1: We talked at the top, they're still probably dead, but.

784
00:36:31,880 --> 00:36:33,520
Speaker 3: It's fun to see this team play well.

785
00:36:33,560 --> 00:36:35,360
Speaker 1: And I mean it's been few and far between that

786
00:36:35,400 --> 00:36:39,640
Speaker 1: we can say this team played three complete, across the

787
00:36:39,640 --> 00:36:42,040
Speaker 1: board good games at any point this season.

788
00:36:42,640 --> 00:36:44,600
Speaker 2: Well, and you saw the variety too, Like Hurst and

789
00:36:44,640 --> 00:36:47,560
Speaker 2: Waldrip pitched a gym. They want a low scoring, close

790
00:36:47,600 --> 00:36:50,319
Speaker 2: game on Friday. Offense exploded. They blew them, blew them

791
00:36:50,320 --> 00:36:53,600
Speaker 2: out on Saturday, and then they needed a comeback on

792
00:36:53,719 --> 00:36:56,120
Speaker 2: Sunday to win, you know, another close game. So you

793
00:36:56,160 --> 00:36:59,080
Speaker 2: saw the full variety. You know. Now we got Spencer

794
00:36:59,080 --> 00:37:03,240
Speaker 2: Strider going against the White Sox starting tomorrow or Tuesday,

795
00:37:03,280 --> 00:37:03,719
Speaker 2: I can't remember.

796
00:37:03,719 --> 00:37:04,120
Speaker 3: With Monday.

797
00:37:04,200 --> 00:37:06,080
Speaker 1: Yeah, series starts against the White Sox Monday.

798
00:37:06,360 --> 00:37:08,799
Speaker 2: So obviously every Spencer Strider start is going to be

799
00:37:09,239 --> 00:37:13,640
Speaker 2: notable until we get to the winter and even into

800
00:37:13,680 --> 00:37:16,600
Speaker 2: next year. You know what he looks like. But yeah,

801
00:37:16,640 --> 00:37:18,960
Speaker 2: I mean this is this is you know, this is

802
00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:21,719
Speaker 2: their first five game winning streak of the season. Is

803
00:37:22,120 --> 00:37:24,719
Speaker 2: what they just did. I mean literally the best they

804
00:37:24,800 --> 00:37:28,160
Speaker 2: played all year. So it is it is bittersweet that

805
00:37:28,200 --> 00:37:31,200
Speaker 2: it's happening when they're their playoff odds are sub one percent.

806
00:37:31,400 --> 00:37:35,160
Speaker 2: But you know, and there's this entire subset of fans

807
00:37:35,160 --> 00:37:37,560
Speaker 2: who are mad because they don't want wins right now.

808
00:37:37,560 --> 00:37:39,560
Speaker 2: They want losses. They want draft position. I don't know

809
00:37:39,560 --> 00:37:42,960
Speaker 2: where you stand. I'm I'm really not all that interested

810
00:37:42,960 --> 00:37:46,560
Speaker 2: in like just tanking just because the draft doesn't work

811
00:37:46,600 --> 00:37:49,080
Speaker 2: the same way. But I get it. Listen, I understand

812
00:37:49,080 --> 00:37:51,319
Speaker 2: people who are who are not all that excited about

813
00:37:51,320 --> 00:37:54,120
Speaker 2: winning games, but I still think it's fun. I still

814
00:37:54,160 --> 00:37:56,439
Speaker 2: want to win games I had. More specifically, I want

815
00:37:56,440 --> 00:37:58,960
Speaker 2: to see guys who are still under contract for next

816
00:37:59,040 --> 00:38:04,040
Speaker 2: year have success, which leads to wins. So yeah, it

817
00:38:04,080 --> 00:38:04,960
Speaker 2: was a really fun week.

818
00:38:06,120 --> 00:38:12,120
Speaker 1: I find myself caring more about storylines than wins and losses. Yeah,

819
00:38:12,200 --> 00:38:15,360
Speaker 1: and all things equal, of course, I want the best

820
00:38:15,520 --> 00:38:18,720
Speaker 1: chance at the most draft money and the highest slot

821
00:38:18,719 --> 00:38:21,440
Speaker 1: and everything like that. But I'm not losing sleep, you know,

822
00:38:21,600 --> 00:38:24,520
Speaker 1: like the difference between the having the fifth best odds

823
00:38:24,560 --> 00:38:27,840
Speaker 1: and the seventh best odds at the lottery in December

824
00:38:28,120 --> 00:38:30,040
Speaker 1: in a draft like baseball. I mean sure, if this

825
00:38:30,160 --> 00:38:33,160
Speaker 1: was an NFL team who was desperate for a quarterback,

826
00:38:33,560 --> 00:38:36,440
Speaker 1: it's different, right, Or if it's basketball and you have

827
00:38:36,480 --> 00:38:39,799
Speaker 1: a generational player going one to one, of course it's

828
00:38:39,800 --> 00:38:41,960
Speaker 1: a little different. But I mean, more than likely, the

829
00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:43,640
Speaker 1: Braves are going to take a player and we'll be

830
00:38:43,640 --> 00:38:46,920
Speaker 1: excited for twenty four hours and then we'll say, okay,

831
00:38:47,320 --> 00:38:49,880
Speaker 1: hopefully in twenty twenty nine, this guy's you know, playing

832
00:38:49,920 --> 00:38:53,080
Speaker 1: and contributing every night, and it's just such a different

833
00:38:53,120 --> 00:38:57,839
Speaker 1: game than the other professional sports you mentioned. Stephen on

834
00:38:58,000 --> 00:39:01,600
Speaker 1: Monday Night, the Braves will kick off game homestand against

835
00:39:01,680 --> 00:39:05,920
Speaker 1: the God help them. The Chicago White Sox. It's gonna

836
00:39:05,920 --> 00:39:09,279
Speaker 1: be Spencer Strider on Monday night. Hopefully Spencer can kind

837
00:39:09,280 --> 00:39:11,960
Speaker 1: of get back on track because the last handful of

838
00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:15,840
Speaker 1: starts have been really bad. And then Bryce Elder on

839
00:39:15,960 --> 00:39:19,400
Speaker 1: Tuesday night. Everybody say a prayer. But then Hirston Waldrip

840
00:39:19,480 --> 00:39:21,759
Speaker 1: on Wednesday. So if you're in the area and maybe

841
00:39:21,760 --> 00:39:25,560
Speaker 1: you feel like checking out some baseball, no Waldrop Man.

842
00:39:25,600 --> 00:39:28,880
Speaker 1: That is in my opinion anyway, Hurston Waldrip Day is

843
00:39:28,920 --> 00:39:29,800
Speaker 1: the most fun.

844
00:39:29,640 --> 00:39:31,160
Speaker 3: Day with this rotation.

845
00:39:31,280 --> 00:39:33,680
Speaker 2: Right now, I gotta, I gotta stat for you.

846
00:39:34,360 --> 00:39:35,239
Speaker 3: Okay, let's do it.

847
00:39:35,880 --> 00:39:40,680
Speaker 2: The Atlanta Braves in the second half as a team

848
00:39:41,160 --> 00:39:45,000
Speaker 2: have a one to ten WRC plus as a team

849
00:39:45,160 --> 00:39:50,240
Speaker 2: that is good for sixth best in baseball, just above

850
00:39:50,280 --> 00:39:53,360
Speaker 2: them at fifth best in baseball with a one to

851
00:39:53,360 --> 00:39:57,120
Speaker 2: twelve WRC plus in the second half the Chicago White Sox.

852
00:39:58,480 --> 00:40:02,320
Speaker 2: So the White Sox cannot pitch. They have no pitching.

853
00:40:02,520 --> 00:40:05,319
Speaker 2: They get lit up every night, but they can't hit.

854
00:40:05,600 --> 00:40:08,640
Speaker 2: They do have some young hitters. Colson Montgomery has come

855
00:40:08,719 --> 00:40:11,000
Speaker 2: up and hit like twelve or thirteen homers in his

856
00:40:11,080 --> 00:40:14,279
Speaker 2: rookie year. So I know it's the White Sox and

857
00:40:14,320 --> 00:40:17,000
Speaker 2: people think, well, Spencer Strider should just you know, just

858
00:40:17,160 --> 00:40:19,680
Speaker 2: mow through these dudes. It's not gonna be quite that easy.

859
00:40:19,960 --> 00:40:22,320
Speaker 2: They've actually been one of the hottest offenses in baseball

860
00:40:22,719 --> 00:40:25,560
Speaker 2: in the second half. They have not won a lot

861
00:40:25,600 --> 00:40:29,600
Speaker 2: because they can't pitch, but for Strider, for Waldrop, like,

862
00:40:30,680 --> 00:40:32,919
Speaker 2: they're still major league kidders, and they've been pretty They've

863
00:40:32,960 --> 00:40:34,520
Speaker 2: done pretty well in the second half of the season.

864
00:40:34,600 --> 00:40:39,560
Speaker 2: So yeah, I think normally you would say, go win

865
00:40:39,560 --> 00:40:41,359
Speaker 2: two out of three with the Braves are right now,

866
00:40:42,120 --> 00:40:45,200
Speaker 2: you're honest to god, probably need a sweep, but win

867
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Speaker 2: two out of three and see what happens.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, hey, man, if they sweep the White Sox the

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Speaker 1: next three games.

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Speaker 3: I feel like we're doing ourselves in.

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Speaker 1: And again, I promise you, Steven and I are not

872
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Speaker 1: sitting here saying to go pre order your playoff tickets.

873
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Speaker 1: We are not saying that. But it's gonna be funny.

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Speaker 2: If there's we need one more week, you need another

875
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Speaker 2: week of like what they just did, where they sweep

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Speaker 2: one of these series and take two out of three

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Speaker 2: from the other. The conversation we're having at the beginning

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Speaker 2: of next week. That's when it might get a little interesting.

879
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Speaker 2: But right now is still no hope, no hope.

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Speaker 1: And at the very least we can make the New

881
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Speaker 1: York Mets sweat a little bit more so. The Braves

882
00:41:27,400 --> 00:41:30,120
Speaker 1: are off on Thursday after the series with Chicago and

883
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Speaker 1: then three games at home against the Mets. The Mets

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Speaker 1: have their issues. Braves just took two out of three

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Speaker 1: with Elder and Carrosco starting then series. So anytime we

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Speaker 1: can make life a little more difficult for the Mets

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Speaker 1: and their fans, let's do it, and.

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Speaker 3: Let's hope for another fun week.

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Speaker 1: And I think I think at some point, Stephen, the

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Speaker 1: lights are really gonna turn off. They're gonna have a

891
00:41:49,719 --> 00:41:52,480
Speaker 1: bad forty eight seventy two hours and we're gonna go, Okay,

892
00:41:52,880 --> 00:41:56,160
Speaker 1: now it's like really really over and let's actually start

893
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Speaker 1: thinking about next season. But until it comes, I'm just

894
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Speaker 1: kind of along for the right and enjoying the wins

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Speaker 1: whenever we can get them.

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Speaker 2: Yep, I agree, one hundred percent. I think at some

897
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Speaker 2: point the rug is gonna get pulled. It might beat

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Speaker 2: this series against the White Sox, but until then, we're

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Speaker 2: gonna enjoy it, because what else is there to do.

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Speaker 2: We're gonna talk about it, We're gonna have fun with it.

901
00:42:15,680 --> 00:42:18,000
Speaker 2: Still a lot of storylines to follow, Like Scott was saying,

902
00:42:18,040 --> 00:42:21,480
Speaker 2: storylines are probably way more important than wins and losses

903
00:42:21,520 --> 00:42:24,239
Speaker 2: right now anyways, so we'll be here to cover it.

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Speaker 3: I agree entirely. We will be here.

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Speaker 1: Maybe Brad Rowland, we'll travel back across the pond and

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Speaker 1: get back on the show. Of course, we have a

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Speaker 1: lot of shows with Brad, yourself, my law partner, Sean Coleman.

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Speaker 3: Of course we'll.

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Speaker 1: Have fun these last six weeks, win to lose, We'll

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Speaker 1: find things to talk about as always, Stephen, any final

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00:42:46,680 --> 00:42:49,439
Speaker 1: thoughts here before we sign off for this Sunday edition

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Speaker 1: of the Hammer Territory podcast.

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Speaker 2: They just went on Sundays now, I get what is that?

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Speaker 2: Is it three Sundays in a.

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00:42:55,600 --> 00:42:57,480
Speaker 3: Row or technically three in a row?

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Speaker 1: I know there was a lot of back and forth

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Speaker 1: about the games in Bristol, but it's at least two

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Speaker 1: legitimate Sunday wins in a row, and we're calling it

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Speaker 1: three wins in a row.

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Speaker 2: I mean, you know, Brad being out of town right now,

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Speaker 2: it's hilarious. Because I'm I'm I'm pinch hitting on one

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Speaker 2: of the few sundays that the Braves actually won a game.

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Speaker 2: So yeah, I mean, it's fun. It's fun right now.

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Speaker 2: I'm gonna enjoy the hell of it. I like, I

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Speaker 2: can't wait for the game tomorrow. That's where I am

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Speaker 2: right now, and I didn't think I'd be saying that

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Speaker 2: two weeks ago. It's just more fun. Chris Dale is

928
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Speaker 2: gonna come back at some point, Austin Riley's probably gonna

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Speaker 2: come back at some point. I'm gonna have fun with

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Speaker 2: it and we'll see how long it goes. Probably get

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Speaker 2: the rug pulled here pretty soon, but until then, it's

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Speaker 2: gonna be it's fun to follow the team.

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Speaker 3: He is Stephen Tolbert. I am Scott Coleman.

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Speaker 1: A big thank you again to everybody for checking out

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Speaker 1: the show, and we will see everybody next time.