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Speaker 2: Welcome back to Massa Territory, ladies and gentlemen. Hope everyone's

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Speaker 2: had a good week. Hope you're all staying warm. I

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Speaker 2: know it's quite chilly out there, and hey, down here

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Speaker 2: But I remember I was walking back to the hotel

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Speaker 2: We have a few things to talk about here with

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Speaker 2: the Red Sox tonight, a pretty easy going show for

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Speaker 2: the most part. We do have something from Jen McCaffrey

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Speaker 2: of The Athletic talking about the Red Sox, a couple

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Speaker 2: And we also have Can Rosenthal. He jumped on at

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Speaker 2: of piggybacking off what Jeen McCaffrey said, But we'll go

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Speaker 2: take a walk shit that as well. But let's get

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Speaker 2: into it. Everybody, everybody in the chat, Hello, Hope you're

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Speaker 2: for me, smash the crap out of it. We're getting

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Speaker 2: closer and closer to Major League Baseball, ladies and gentlemen,

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Speaker 2: We're getting close a couple of days until February and

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Speaker 2: Getting closer, ladies and gentlemen. Let's get to it here,

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Speaker 2: let's get to it. So, let's talk about the McCaffrey article.

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Speaker 2: And you know, she dove into quite a few things here,

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Speaker 2: quite a few things. And the main focus of this article,

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Speaker 2: at least in my opinion, was Brian bo We have

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Speaker 2: the Red Sox quietly shopping him, not actively, you know,

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Speaker 2: so being a bit more quiet about it. You know,

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Speaker 2: the Red Sox they've been adding a lot of depth

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Speaker 2: you know, if the right trade comes up, could Brian

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Speaker 2: when it comes to Jem McCaffrey's article, she starts it

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Speaker 2: But anytime I tell you something i'm hearing, I promise

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Speaker 2: You know, Hey, could that be from possibly will you

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Speaker 2: You know, we've talked about this, no surprise, no surprise.

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Speaker 2: But Romy obviously he's had more time at second base.

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Speaker 3: Are teams looking at the Red Sox pitching which they

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Speaker 4: They definitely want to add an infielder and probably a

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Speaker 4: I've heard in recent days that they are willing to

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Speaker 2: All right, So, you know, pretty much reiterating what we

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Speaker 1: What's your best guess for the opening day infield? What

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Speaker 5: I know that they want to play Marcelo Meyer at third, right,

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Speaker 5: he hits home runs, but if you're going to go

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Speaker 2: I'll come back. I look at Matt Shaw.

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Speaker 5: This kid from the Cubs and all the pride of

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Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, he's listen the Cubs as much as he

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Speaker 5: doesn't have a place to play right now. Nico Horner

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Speaker 5: is a free agent after next year, so it's like,

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Speaker 5: you gotta You're gonna have to fill in that gap.

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Speaker 5: And by the way, he was a first round pick,

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Speaker 5: a top prospect, a guy who in the second half

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Speaker 5: of last year actually showed why he's a first round

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Speaker 5: pick in the top prospect. He can be a valuable,

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Speaker 5: valuable guy. But yeah, to answer your question, that's probably

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Speaker 5: what it would cost.

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Speaker 2: So I completely agree with what Bradford has you know,

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Speaker 2: said here. I mean, I've pretty much said all of

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Speaker 2: this anyway, But yeah, I think Shaw is a really

438
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Speaker 2: interesting option, very up and down season last year. Was

439
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Speaker 2: working on some things that there was some bogus reports

440
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Speaker 2: saying that, you know, there was coachability concerns, But he

441
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Speaker 2: went back down to the minor leagues, he worked on

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Speaker 2: what the Cubs wanted him to work on. He came

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Speaker 2: back up and he hit really well. Yeah, you know,

444
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Speaker 2: he hit a wall towards the end there. But the

445
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Speaker 2: guy's a really good player, very good in college. Has

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Speaker 2: a bit of power upside. You know, coming out of

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Speaker 2: the draft he had a fifty five grade on the

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Speaker 2: power and a fifty five grade on the hit. Actually

449
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Speaker 2: had a sixty hit with some scouting reports. He's a

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Speaker 2: very good hitter, very good defensively, good athleticism. I would

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Speaker 2: really like to have someone like Matt Shaw if that

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Speaker 2: was possible. Now, he did say it would probably cost

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Speaker 2: Peyton totally or Connolly early. Now, I definitely lean towards

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Speaker 2: that I agree with that, you know, And maybe this

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Speaker 2: is more wishful thinking. Maybe this is me being you know,

456
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Speaker 2: a little hopeful, but I kind of I wonder, you know,

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Speaker 2: could you get a deal done with the Cubs for

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Speaker 2: Matt Shaw without those guys. I would imagine the Cubs

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Speaker 2: would want one of those guys. But you know, I'll

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Speaker 2: challenge it a little bit. You know, let's see what

461
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Speaker 2: we can do here. Let's put Mats Shaw on the Cubs.

462
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Speaker 2: And again, you know, if you're looking for all the

463
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Speaker 2: boxes to check off, Shot checks off a lot of them.

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Speaker 2: The only one who doesn't check off is a consistent

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Speaker 2: bat up to this point that you know is going

466
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Speaker 2: to alleviate that one hole in the infield. Upside though,

467
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Speaker 2: checks off a lot of boxes. And he has shown

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Speaker 2: I think enough to at least get some attention. And

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Speaker 2: I have been told the Red Sox do like Matt Shaw. Now,

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Speaker 2: let's put Mats Shaw on the Red Sox and could

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Speaker 2: you get a deal done without totally or early? I

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Speaker 2: would say probably not, but let's play around. Could you

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Speaker 2: maybe do something with Kyson Witherspoon, You know, would the

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Speaker 2: Cubs be game for that? He has a top one

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Speaker 2: hunger prospect, looking really good, come out of college, looking

476
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Speaker 2: like he's having a good offseason, a lot of people

477
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Speaker 2: thinking that he could fly through the system. Now I

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Speaker 2: would imagine, if you're not gonna be sending back totally

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Speaker 2: or early, could you do Franklinarius where they get an

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Speaker 2: infielder back who you know it is getting close to

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Speaker 2: the major league ready. So the Red Sox get show

482
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Speaker 2: and then Horder ends up leaving. Could Franklinarius be the

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Speaker 2: next guy up? So right here, I got a package

484
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Speaker 2: of two top one hundred prospects that are close to

485
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Speaker 2: major league ready. Kison Witherspoon is going to start a

486
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Speaker 2: little further away, but a lot of people think he

487
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Speaker 2: can move through the system very quickly. He's pretty advanced

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Speaker 2: for his age. High floor. I think, so, could you

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Speaker 2: do something with a couple of top one hundred prospects

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Speaker 2: here Kyson Witherspoon, Franklinarius, and then you kind of fill

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Speaker 2: in the gaps, you know, or you know, could you

492
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Speaker 2: even do some kind of a deal where, you know,

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Speaker 2: even like someone like Henry Godbout, I would like for

494
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Speaker 2: the Red Sox to hang on to him. He's turning

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Speaker 2: into uh he's already caught my eye. I do like

496
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Speaker 2: a lot of the things about him. I'm very excited

497
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Speaker 2: to see what he can do this year. But you know,

498
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Speaker 2: could you do something with him in this deal? Shortstop

499
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Speaker 2: prospect could end up playing second or you know, third

500
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Speaker 2: at some point you got some other like some of

501
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Speaker 2: like Marcus Phillips, who you just took in the early rounds.

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Speaker 2: You know, Anthony Ironson, you could send back some pitching maybe,

503
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Speaker 2: you know, you go a little further down, you know,

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Speaker 2: could you send back a major league ready arm in

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Speaker 2: say Kyle Harrison, or you know, could you send back

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Speaker 2: Patrick Sandoval something like that? You know, I don't know. Again,

507
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Speaker 2: when it comes to a trade, obviously teams are gonna

508
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Speaker 2: be looking for the highest upside possible guys. But if

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Speaker 2: the Red Sox they're not willing, could they tempt the

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Speaker 2: Cubs with a couple of top one hundreds, maybe a

511
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Speaker 2: major league ready arm like Kyle Harrison, maybe throwing one

512
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Speaker 2: more guy, And could you have something here? I would

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Speaker 2: say probably not. I would say like, because the Cubs

514
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Speaker 2: are gonna ask a high price for Shaw, they're probably

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Speaker 2: gonna demand earlier or totally so, Now, could this be

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Speaker 2: a situation where instead of Kayson Witherspoon, could you send

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Speaker 2: back Brian Bao a major league ready arm. Now the

518
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Speaker 2: problem here is, you know, does he meet what the

519
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Speaker 2: Cubs are looking for? Right? Totally? Early? The ceilings with

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Speaker 2: those guys are very high. Bao, I feel like he's

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Speaker 2: more floor. At this point, the Cubs already have a

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Speaker 2: lot of floor so I don't know if they would

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Speaker 2: want Bao in this situation, but if you look at

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Speaker 2: it from a value point of view, good contract young,

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Speaker 2: maybe Bao could be an option. I don't know. I

526
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Speaker 2: do wonder if there is an avenue for the Red

527
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Speaker 2: Sox to work out something for Shaw without totally or early.

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Speaker 2: I would say less likely, but maybe you never know.

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Speaker 2: You never know. We'll see what ends up happening here.

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Speaker 2: But we got some mail bag to get to here.

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Speaker 2: We got some mail bag. I'm seeing a lot of

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Speaker 2: people here in the chat, two hundred people. Thank you

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Speaker 2: for stopping on by. Everybody, do appreciate that. If you

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Speaker 2: can hit the like button for me. If you are new,

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Speaker 2: seven k subscribers, so help us out. We're trying to

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Speaker 2: get to ten k by the end of twenty twenty six.

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Speaker 2: We're hoping to get the seven k by the start

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Speaker 2: of the season. So let's get to some mail bag here.

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Speaker 2: I know you all got a Friday night that you're

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Speaker 2: looking to have, so I'll try to make this quick.

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Speaker 2: What do we got here? What do we got? We

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Speaker 2: got the why no Why is this happening again? I'm

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Speaker 2: not gonna be able to show the screen. I'm getting

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Speaker 2: technical difficulties again. Actually, let me see if I can

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Speaker 2: do this. Let's see. Does this work? Nope, I'm gonna

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Speaker 2: have to I'm gonna have to dig in see what's

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Speaker 2: going on with my computer? The share screen's not working anyway.

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Speaker 2: I'm gonna have to read these out loud from the

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Speaker 2: interest king at my sweet burner. I love that name.

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Speaker 2: What teams are the most desperate for pitching? That could

552
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Speaker 2: potentially give the Red Sox a good return on their surplus?

553
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Speaker 2: And could they leverage that return into a three team trade. Well,

554
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Speaker 2: I'm looking at one team out there, but I don't

555
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Speaker 2: think a trade's gonna happen. I'm looking at the Arizona Diamondbacks.

556
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Speaker 2: What's gonna happen with Zach Gallon? Not so sure. I'm

557
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Speaker 2: looking at a team like the Athletics. Funny enough, I

558
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Speaker 2: saw someone who was it. I think it was Red

559
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Speaker 2: Seat Radio. Go follow his channel. I think he floated out.

560
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Speaker 2: He posted a fun video posted crazy trade ideas brought

561
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Speaker 2: up Jacob Wilson, and I said, right off the bat, yeah,

562
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Speaker 2: that's that's not happening, and then obviously, of course the

563
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Speaker 2: A's ended up signing him to the extension. So but

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Speaker 2: the As do need pitching, But I don't know if

565
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Speaker 2: they really help out the Red Sox in this department.

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Speaker 2: I mean, the Angels always need pitching. I'll say this,

567
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Speaker 2: with the Cubs getting back to the Cubs, I think

568
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Speaker 2: they need more, They need more upside. I think you

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Speaker 2: got Matthew Boyd, you got Jamison Tywn, you got im Naga,

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Speaker 2: you got whore In. You just brought in Cabrera. You know,

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Speaker 2: Cabrera di does give you more upside there. He's gonna

572
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Speaker 2: bring you some more strikeouts there. But he's been so

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Speaker 2: up and down up to this point. You kind of

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Speaker 2: wonder if the Cubs, you know, if they do bring

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Speaker 2: in another guy, and that's not even considering Justin Steele,

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Speaker 2: who should be back at some point later in the year,

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Speaker 2: you kind of wonder, you know, how do they even

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Speaker 2: work all this in? I don't know, but they could

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Speaker 2: use more upside. I'll say that the Astros I feel

580
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Speaker 2: like they've done well at making up for Framber. You know, honestly,

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Speaker 2: could they just bring back Framber? You know, I thought

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Speaker 2: about the end of the day. I'm like, you know what,

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Speaker 2: if it doesn't get the deal he wants, could the

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Speaker 2: Astros just slide on in with like a one year deal,

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Speaker 2: three year with an opt out kind of rebuild his

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Speaker 2: value a little bit. What a rotation that would be.

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Speaker 2: You'd have Framber, Hunter Brown, tatsy am I, you know,

588
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Speaker 2: Christian Xavier, Mike Burrows. He brought in Arraghetty. You know

589
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Speaker 2: that would be decent. But you know that's pretty much shit,

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Speaker 2: you know when I'm thinking of teams that need a

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Speaker 2: boost with the pitching. So but again, you brought up

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Speaker 2: the three team you know, you said here, could they

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Speaker 2: leverage that return into a three team trade? I do

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Speaker 2: wonder if if you do get some kind of a

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Speaker 2: creative trade to help bridge the gap from Jack Brown.

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Speaker 2: Uh you said here, while we all know that Yo

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Speaker 2: isn't a fit in the lineup, I still believe he'll

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Speaker 2: hit two eighty and be a force in a lineup.

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Speaker 2: You know, it's gonna be interesting to see how this

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Speaker 2: all shakes out. It's gonna be really hard to see

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Speaker 2: how Yoshida gets playing time. If Duran is still here

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Speaker 2: with the team and William and Seti obviously in Roman.

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Speaker 2: I don't know where he's gonna fit, but if the

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Speaker 2: DH spot does clear up, he's fully healthy this year,

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Speaker 2: coming into a fresh start spring training. Moss is a

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Speaker 2: good hitter. Is he the DH shit you want? You know,

607
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Speaker 2: like David Ortiz No, But he's a good ab. He

608
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Speaker 2: can come through for you. He's just got to stay

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Speaker 2: healthy and if he finds his way into the DH

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Speaker 2: spot full time, I wouldn't be surprised if he ends

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Speaker 2: up giving you, you know, being like a two win

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Speaker 2: player for you. We'll see a perfect traits from Troll,

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Speaker 2: a perfect trade scenario where the Red Sox could keep

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Speaker 2: Roman and still get Jeremy Painya without giving up too

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Speaker 2: much pitching prospects. I'll say it again, Jeremy Payne is

616
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Speaker 2: not going anywhere. I keep seeing people bringing up Jeremy Paynia.

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Speaker 2: It's not gonna be happen. It's not gonna be happening.

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Speaker 2: I would be shocked if Payna got moved. He is

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Speaker 2: so good both offensively and defensively. That's like trading your

620
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Speaker 2: starting quarterback. And there's no way the Astros do that.

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Speaker 2: From Corbett Owens, what's going on if they end up

622
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Speaker 2: trading away Brian BeO, what do you think a return

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Speaker 2: package could be, Whether it be a better picture infield, help, prospects,

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Speaker 2: or a mix of two of the three A guy.

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Speaker 2: I feel like you could go a bunch of different ways.

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Speaker 2: I feel like if you're gonna move Bao at this point,

627
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Speaker 2: it's gonna be to get a guy back for the infield.

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Speaker 2: I feel like that's really the way you do it.

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Speaker 2: We've just talked about the shop possibility. Could you do

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Speaker 2: something like that? I don't know, but that's what I

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Speaker 2: think you end up using him for. I don't think

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Speaker 2: you just move him for prospects. I think it's something

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Speaker 2: to help the major league team from the Fella Red Sox.

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Speaker 2: What do you think the role of Nate Eaton or

635
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Speaker 2: Nick Sogard may be. I think, basically what they did

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Speaker 2: this past year. I think they're just gonna come in

637
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Speaker 2: different spots. They'll come off the bench. Nate Eaton, he's

638
00:35:11,719 --> 00:35:13,399
Speaker 2: gonna be using a lot of pinks running. I could

639
00:35:13,400 --> 00:35:16,960
Speaker 2: see Soguard being, you know, you know, getting himself in

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Speaker 2: at second base, third, whatever, you know, defensive replacement in

641
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Speaker 2: the late innings. Possibly that's where I see it. I

642
00:35:23,480 --> 00:35:26,320
Speaker 2: think both both those guys have a lot of value

643
00:35:26,320 --> 00:35:30,640
Speaker 2: coming off the bench from Brian Riggs. There is so

644
00:35:30,840 --> 00:35:35,560
Speaker 2: much noise around the infield, Matt Shaw, Twins now that

645
00:35:35,640 --> 00:35:41,440
Speaker 2: the GM is gone, Cardinals, Nico Horner, Astros Miami and

646
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Speaker 2: even talk about knocking on the Marte door again. What

647
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Speaker 2: are the legit options? What is your best case, reasonable case?

648
00:35:47,360 --> 00:35:49,279
Speaker 2: And what are we gonna get? Or are we done? No,

649
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Speaker 2: I don't think we're done. I think another move is coming.

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Speaker 2: I'd be surprised if another move doesn't happen. I'd be

651
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Speaker 2: pretty deflated if another move doesn't happen. I still think

652
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Speaker 2: Paradus is a guy to me, I think makes when

653
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Speaker 2: you think about the cost, when you think about being

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Speaker 2: able to get a deal done. I feel like he's

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Speaker 2: the most realistic Shaw to me, I feel like is

656
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Speaker 2: he might be too good to be true because there's

657
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Speaker 2: a lot of things at play in that situation. The Twins,

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00:36:18,880 --> 00:36:23,920
Speaker 2: that's an interesting situation. Derek Falvey and the Twins. They

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Speaker 2: parted ways here today. I've saw I've seen people bring

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Speaker 2: up the idea of Royce Lewis. I've even seen someone

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Speaker 2: put leeke Keithshell or leak Luke Keishel out there. I

662
00:36:34,560 --> 00:36:36,960
Speaker 2: love Luke Keishel. The Red Sox were actually connected with

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Speaker 2: him in the draft before he ended up going to

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Speaker 2: the Twins, and funny enough, he's turned into a great player.

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Speaker 2: He's had some injuries, but Luke Keishel really good player.

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Speaker 2: I would love to get someone like him. I don't

667
00:36:48,880 --> 00:36:51,880
Speaker 2: think the Twins are gonna move him. Maybe someone like

668
00:36:51,960 --> 00:36:54,920
Speaker 2: Royce Lewis. But to me, I wouldn't want him as

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Speaker 2: an option because he's just had a lot of injuries.

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Speaker 2: He's been so inconsistent that he would not be my option.

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Speaker 2: I think to me, it's Paradus or Shaw. I think

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Speaker 2: those are the guys you gotta look at. Ethan thoughts

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Speaker 2: on trading an outfielder to the Reds for prospects, get

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Speaker 2: back south Stuart. Gotta stop you right there, Ethan. South

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00:37:15,760 --> 00:37:18,000
Speaker 2: Stuart is not going anywhere. He's one of the top

676
00:37:18,040 --> 00:37:21,680
Speaker 2: prospects in the game. No way you mentioned steele Hall here.

677
00:37:21,719 --> 00:37:24,319
Speaker 2: He's a top one hunger prospect as well on pipeline.

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Speaker 2: I don't think he's going anywhere. No, I don't think

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00:37:26,640 --> 00:37:30,200
Speaker 2: you move an outfielder for prospects. South Stewart. I would

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Speaker 2: love south Stewart, but there's no way the Reds are

681
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Speaker 2: gonna give him up. Thank you, Ethan. Do appreciate that

682
00:37:34,680 --> 00:37:42,200
Speaker 2: though Baseball Jones starting to seem like this is the

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Speaker 2: final roster? What do you think?

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Speaker 4: No?

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Speaker 2: I don't think this is the final roster. I think

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Speaker 2: they got more moves still. You gotta even add a

687
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Speaker 2: lefty reliever. Are they gonna do that? Or do they

688
00:37:51,880 --> 00:37:56,880
Speaker 2: feel like they're set there? From Tylor Matt King Tylor,

689
00:37:56,960 --> 00:37:58,719
Speaker 2: if the Red Sox can't seem to pull off a

690
00:37:58,760 --> 00:38:01,319
Speaker 2: trade for second base with third base, would it make

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00:38:01,360 --> 00:38:03,920
Speaker 2: the most sense at this point to sign Uhinio Suarez

692
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Speaker 2: on a one year deal to allow Romei and Marcelo

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Speaker 2: to the platoon at second base, especially if they can

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Speaker 2: dump some salary from Masa and or Hicks. Well, if

695
00:38:13,280 --> 00:38:15,239
Speaker 2: it's a big word right there, when it comes to

696
00:38:15,360 --> 00:38:19,399
Speaker 2: Masa and Hicks, you gotta find a taker, and you've

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Speaker 2: got to be able to agree on the money. Is

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Speaker 2: a team just just gonna take his contract? I don't

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00:38:25,800 --> 00:38:29,520
Speaker 2: know about that and Masa, I mean those are big ifs.

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Speaker 4: You know.

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Speaker 2: It sounds easy maybe on MLB the show, but real life,

702
00:38:33,840 --> 00:38:38,000
Speaker 2: with all that millions of dollars, that's easier said than done.

703
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Speaker 2: But Suarez I could see, you know, like a one

704
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Speaker 2: year deal. You know, it depends on how this trade

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00:38:46,160 --> 00:38:52,839
Speaker 2: market works out. From what do we got here from

706
00:38:52,920 --> 00:38:56,200
Speaker 2: Green Monsta, do you really think they're gonna enter spring

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Speaker 2: training with the roster as is playing Mayrat third in

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00:38:59,080 --> 00:39:02,839
Speaker 2: a platoon of Rome Hamilton at second. No, I don't

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00:39:02,880 --> 00:39:06,239
Speaker 2: think so. They better not. I'd be living if that's

710
00:39:06,280 --> 00:39:10,040
Speaker 2: what I would not be happy about that. And from

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Speaker 2: Perdroia Enjoyer, if they can get Suarez on the cheap,

712
00:39:13,760 --> 00:39:15,959
Speaker 2: how do you think about using him mostly at DH

713
00:39:16,480 --> 00:39:20,720
Speaker 2: with Yoshida and then using internal options at second third base?

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Speaker 2: I feel like if you did bring in Suarez, they

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Speaker 2: were probably he Cora would probably get creative there. I

716
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Speaker 2: think they would use him at DH quite a bit.

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Speaker 2: But then again, you got to figure out the outfield too,

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Speaker 2: so it's like, oh, you got a lot of moving pieces.

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Speaker 2: But I would imagine they would like to get other

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00:39:36,560 --> 00:39:39,839
Speaker 2: guys in at third base as well, to just help

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Speaker 2: with the defense as much as possible. I don't know,

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Speaker 2: I could see something like that if they brought in Suarez.

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Speaker 2: And we also got a phone call here today from

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Speaker 2: Isaiah from New York.

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Speaker 6: Oh well, this is Isaiah from New York. I was

726
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Speaker 6: wondering where do you think Christian can Amble was going

727
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Speaker 6: to be this this season? And also do you think

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Speaker 6: Christian Kassas will be in the lineup at all this

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Speaker 6: U this year?

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Speaker 2: Thank you, thanks Isaiah to play. But again, Christian Campbell,

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Speaker 2: I think he's the next man up. I think he's

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Speaker 2: gonna go to Worcester. I think he's gonna work on

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Speaker 2: his game. He made some adjustments this offseason. He's added

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Speaker 2: some weight as well. I played in the in the

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Speaker 2: what was it the Puerto Rican League. I can't remember

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Speaker 2: where did he play again, I'm going blank, but he

737
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Speaker 2: played this offseason, not the not the fall season was

738
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Speaker 2: the Puerto Rican League. I can't where did he play again?

739
00:40:40,680 --> 00:40:42,320
Speaker 2: I can't remember where he played anyway, but he was

740
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Speaker 2: playing and he was working on some things, working on

741
00:40:45,120 --> 00:40:47,400
Speaker 2: just adjustments with the swing, trying to be able to

742
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Speaker 2: turn more on some of those inside pictures. So we

743
00:40:49,560 --> 00:40:52,880
Speaker 2: can pull a little bit more. Christian Campbell I think

744
00:40:53,080 --> 00:40:55,840
Speaker 2: is the next man up. There's a lot of value

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Speaker 2: with him. I mean, yes, he came up short last year,

746
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Speaker 2: but he looked really good at the beginning. I think

747
00:41:02,400 --> 00:41:05,040
Speaker 2: once got once picture is caught onto him. That's where

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00:41:05,040 --> 00:41:07,120
Speaker 2: he just ran into a big old wall. He lost

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Speaker 2: a lot of strength mid season. I think Christian Campbell's

750
00:41:10,960 --> 00:41:13,080
Speaker 2: gonna be a lot better this coming year, or he's

751
00:41:13,120 --> 00:41:17,080
Speaker 2: gonna be at least in a better place. I think

752
00:41:17,760 --> 00:41:19,840
Speaker 2: I think he's gonna get back, get himself back on

753
00:41:19,880 --> 00:41:23,319
Speaker 2: the right path this year. Really like Christian Campbell, I

754
00:41:23,320 --> 00:41:25,920
Speaker 2: think he's valuable. Right. Yes, he may start the year

755
00:41:25,920 --> 00:41:29,200
Speaker 2: off of the minor leagues, but injuries happened when you

756
00:41:29,320 --> 00:41:31,400
Speaker 2: least expect it. You never know. Said he could go

757
00:41:31,440 --> 00:41:34,759
Speaker 2: down with a knee injury Roman obviously with the oblique

758
00:41:34,920 --> 00:41:38,000
Speaker 2: who knows, you know, an infielder, right, maybe Marcella Meyer

759
00:41:38,040 --> 00:41:42,200
Speaker 2: who's lack durability he goes down, Well, maybe Christian Campbell.

760
00:41:42,640 --> 00:41:45,040
Speaker 2: You know, Let's say you get Matt Shaw. That's another

761
00:41:45,120 --> 00:41:48,720
Speaker 2: advantage of having Matt Shaw because if let's say Meyer

762
00:41:48,840 --> 00:41:53,640
Speaker 2: goes down with something, Meyer's a third on opening day,

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00:41:53,800 --> 00:41:57,360
Speaker 2: Shaw's over at second, and if something happens with Meyer

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Speaker 2: w then Shaw can move over to third, and then

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00:42:01,160 --> 00:42:03,439
Speaker 2: Campbell can play second. I know he's not great there,

766
00:42:03,640 --> 00:42:06,800
Speaker 2: but he has the ability to play there. So Campbell's

767
00:42:06,840 --> 00:42:09,640
Speaker 2: the next guy up. I think he's valuable. Interesting cass Is.

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00:42:09,719 --> 00:42:11,560
Speaker 2: I do think he's gonna come back at some point

769
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Speaker 2: this year. I think more so in the second half.

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Speaker 2: I don't think they're gonna rush him. I think they're

771
00:42:16,360 --> 00:42:19,640
Speaker 2: gonna take take their time with him. There's no need

772
00:42:19,680 --> 00:42:22,279
Speaker 2: to rush him back. Have him go to Worcester for

773
00:42:22,320 --> 00:42:24,799
Speaker 2: a little while, go work on his game, get back

774
00:42:24,800 --> 00:42:27,799
Speaker 2: into just a good rhythm, and then come back at

775
00:42:27,800 --> 00:42:30,640
Speaker 2: some point in the second half. You know. Again, injuries happen,

776
00:42:31,719 --> 00:42:34,120
Speaker 2: maybe he can find his way in, but I expect

777
00:42:34,160 --> 00:42:38,080
Speaker 2: Costas to make an impact at some point. We'll see everybody.

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00:42:38,440 --> 00:42:40,520
Speaker 2: That is all for the mail bag, but we do

779
00:42:40,600 --> 00:42:44,600
Speaker 2: have a super chat from baseball tossed to one H

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Speaker 2: Willier for Davis mar and Edward Cquero, who says, no,

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Speaker 2: I don't think Edward Quero is really a guy for

782
00:42:52,480 --> 00:42:55,880
Speaker 2: the Red Sox. Willier could be fun for the White Sox,

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Speaker 2: but I don't see Quero really being the answer. The

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00:42:59,040 --> 00:43:02,200
Speaker 2: Red Sox have showning and Kyle Teal, could you do

785
00:43:02,320 --> 00:43:07,399
Speaker 2: something like that? Maybe I don't know, but everybody, I'm

786
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Speaker 2: out of here. I do appreciate you stopping on by

787
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Speaker 2: on your Friday evening. We got the Royal Rumble tomorrow.

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Speaker 2: Any wrestling fans here in nick Chat, we got the

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Speaker 2: Royal Rumble at one o'clock Eastern time. Oh man, I'm

790
00:43:21,719 --> 00:43:24,440
Speaker 2: excited for the Royal Rumble. Favorite pay per view of

791
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Speaker 2: the year. I love that ever since I was a kid.

792
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Speaker 2: Hopefully it's a good one tomorrow. But everybody, we should

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Speaker 2: be back here, I would say at some point this weekend,

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Speaker 2: either for a live show. I might have a separate

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Speaker 2: episode that I record, so be on the lookout for

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Speaker 2: something this weekend. But that's all we got here for tonight.

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Speaker 2: Everybody on the way out. If you can hit the

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Speaker 4: To the