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Speaker 1: Welcome everyone to the Monday edition of Fair Territory. As

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Speaker 1: my column on the Nationals that appeared in The Athletic

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Speaker 1: can't get going, and I think you probably know who

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Speaker 1: And with that they had the promotion of Marcelo Meyer,

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Speaker 1: Baltimore seem like a perfect match for a win win trade.

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Speaker 1: Royles need hitters and Orioles need pitchers. Do you see

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Speaker 1: a deal? In theory? This is a good idea. Yes,

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Speaker 1: the Royals are deep in starting pitching, and they're really

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Speaker 1: ton of young bats. The question is which pitcher do

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Speaker 1: the Royals trade now? As I just mentioned Cole Reagan's

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Speaker 1: so suddenly the Royals' depth isn't as great as it

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Speaker 1: starting pitching. Chris Brubric has been a revelation this year.

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Speaker 1: He's probably going to be an All Star if this

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Speaker 1: the rotation is concerned, they're pretty well set. The one

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Speaker 1: guy I guess they would trade. Perhaps, actually they wouldn't

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Speaker 1: trade this guy, but he's the guy you would think

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Speaker 1: He's a rookie. He's come up this year zero point

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Speaker 1: nine to three ERA in three starts. Now it's only

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Speaker 1: term play I would imagine the Oriols are looking for

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Speaker 1: and for you, the Royals, you're not going to trade

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Speaker 1: Waco or Lugo or Reagan's. They're the heart of what

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Speaker 1: you have, the best pitchers on your team, veteran guys.

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Speaker 1: So maybe the Ools would want someone like Noah Cameron. Okay,

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Speaker 1: what would they give up? The Royals need outfielders, and

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Speaker 1: maybe Colton Kowser is a guy who's currently on the

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Speaker 1: see the Royals necessarily doing that and compromising the depth

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Speaker 1: you don't want to mess with. And as for the Oriols, sure,

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Speaker 1: I would imagine they'd entertain this kind of trade. I

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Speaker 1: don't think Kobe Mayo is going to be a guy

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Speaker 1: that the Royals would necessarily be interested in because they're

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Speaker 1: kind of set in the infield and Mayo so has

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Speaker 1: some questions now that maybe he didn't have before. But

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Speaker 1: it is an intriguing match until you start breaking it down,

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Speaker 1: and for that reason, I don't quite see it happening.

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