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Speaker 1: Front off is unfiltered. It's our resident GM. Jim Bowden,

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Speaker 1: It's the big week. It's the best week, trade deadline week.

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Speaker 2: JB. Good to see you.

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Speaker 1: But let's start with the closer market and how it's

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Speaker 1: going to be impacted with Emmanuel class A.

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Speaker 2: Off the list. Did you think that he was going

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Speaker 2: to get traded. Oh, he was going to get traded,

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Speaker 2: there's no doubt. And Chris Antoney, the president might turn off.

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Speaker 2: The GM have been working six weeks at moving Emmanuel

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Speaker 2: class A and they were in a really strong position

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Speaker 2: as sellers, and they decided to sell, and that's the

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Speaker 2: direction they were going, and class A was going to

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Speaker 2: be the headliner at this trade deadline for them. And

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Speaker 2: they were in a great position because we have so

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Speaker 2: many of the contending teams and division leading teams that

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Speaker 2: were focusing on high leverage back end relievers, the Phillies,

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Speaker 2: the Mets, the Dodgers, the Seattle Mariners, the Detroit Tigers.

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Speaker 2: It's just overwhelming the market. And they had one of

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Speaker 2: the top two guys and they had been working very

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Speaker 2: diligently to get it. So this is franchise changing. This

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Speaker 2: is a huge blow for them because this was going

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Speaker 2: to be an opportunity to really reset this organization by

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Speaker 2: using him as trade bait here, and so it is

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Speaker 2: just a huge setback.

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Speaker 3: Jim, I don't know this, but I'm assuming you never

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Speaker 3: had a guy go under investigation for gambling, maybe steroids,

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Speaker 3: maybe something else gets suspended right for the trade deadline.

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Speaker 3: But as a GM president of baseball offs, how do

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Speaker 3: you flip it right away? Because, like you said, if

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Speaker 3: they were so close to moving him, then all of

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Speaker 3: a sudden he's off the table, right then do you

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Speaker 3: think we'll move him in the off season? And how

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Speaker 3: do you flip your organizational's thought process. Have you've been

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Speaker 3: working on this, like you said, for six weeks.

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Speaker 2: Well, I don't think you can think about trading Class

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Speaker 2: A in the off season with for them to put

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Speaker 2: him on the administrative lead through August. There has to

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Speaker 2: be significant evidence on this. And I hate to bring

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Speaker 2: up John ta Porter in the NBA, but he's been

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Speaker 2: League Baseball is not going to do this unless there's

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Speaker 2: overwhelming evidence. Now he deserves due process. So as a GM,

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Speaker 2: it's a great question. Aj. You know, I do think

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Speaker 2: you always have to pivot, right. I mean, like when

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Speaker 2: the Yankees lost out on one Soda that they quickly

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Speaker 2: pivoted to Max f Reid. I mean, it's not the

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Speaker 2: end of the world, but you just lost a huge asset.

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Speaker 2: You know, you could pivot now to Kate Smith. Whatever

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Speaker 2: discussions you were having regarding Class A, you know you

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Speaker 2: can now go back and offer Kate Smith instead. You're

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Speaker 2: not going to get quite the same package. You're gonna

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Speaker 2: have to take less, but you still have to go forward.

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Speaker 2: You know, injuries happen in this game where you can

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Speaker 2: have a star player and then all of a sudden,

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Speaker 2: here's Tommy John surgery right before the deadline, and it happens.

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Speaker 2: You mentioned pds. You could have a guy gets a

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Speaker 2: PD suspension. So as a GM, you have to roll

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Speaker 2: with it. You don't have a choice. It's unfortunate, it's disappointing,

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Speaker 2: it's a punch in the belly, but you gotta pivot

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Speaker 2: always and you have to move.

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Speaker 1: On to the next So now let's look at the

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Speaker 1: big picture of the reliever market.

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Speaker 3: JB.

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Speaker 1: What do you have for us? Who do you think

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Speaker 1: is going to be the biggest name of that group?

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Speaker 1: To move do you think that some of the multi

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Speaker 1: year team control guys like a Duran or a Jacks

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Speaker 1: Oriyan Helsley.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so I think it's going to be a very

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Speaker 2: When I talk to the gms and I ask what

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Speaker 2: your goal is? Impact, high leverage, reliever is what you're hearing.

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Speaker 2: I just went through the teams. I don't even think

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Speaker 2: I remember to mention the Texas Rangers in that right

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Speaker 2: I got to think we're there in the standings right

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Speaker 2: now that they need to move on from Jansen too.

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Speaker 2: So there's a lot of relievers out there. There's a

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Speaker 2: it's pretty foolish really for those teams to hold on

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Speaker 3: I love what you just said, Jim. I just have

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Speaker 3: one question for you. When is it's just gonna be

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Speaker 2: Minute Flirriday Thursday?

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Speaker 3: No, I know it's just gonna be a last minute flurry.

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Speaker 3: Everyone's gonna wait, best offer, best offer. Nobody wants to

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Speaker 3: jump on this now. And maybe hey, say you get

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Speaker 3: why are we waiting till the last minute.

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Speaker 1: Let's get this going people.

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Speaker 2: No, I'd like it too, but I know I talked

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Speaker 2: and it's gonna be a flurry, and everyone's gonna pivot

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Speaker 2: gms and presidents do right now is we have lined

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Speaker 2: up our priority list to who we want. Right so,

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Speaker 2: if we had Class A one, Duran two, Bennar three,

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Speaker 2: tells me I can't get Durant. And I'm gonna tell

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Speaker 2: Ben Sherrington who's guy? Ben Nara and Dramozev at Helsley,

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Speaker 2: I want your guys. They're second and third on my list.

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Speaker 2: I've got to see if I can get Duran first.

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Speaker 2: So now the Minnesota Twins hold up, hold it up

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Speaker 2: if they want to wait to Thursday to get their

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Speaker 2: so that's why it gets delayed. You know. I think

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Speaker 2: we'll have a trickle of trades, you know, today and tomorrow.

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Speaker 2: I think we'll see some action Wednesday, but I think

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Speaker 4: Is there a team that's lined up or primed to

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Speaker 4: a team that's in line to get two of them?

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Speaker 2: I think when we say two of them, I think

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Speaker 2: the two would have to be Bednar and Dennis Santana,

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Speaker 2: which isn't really two impact closers. That really wasn't your question,

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Speaker 2: but I think I think that's possible with the Phillies

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Speaker 2: with the pirates regarding that. But to answer your question, no,

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Speaker 2: I don't think you're going to see a team that

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Speaker 2: think each team's gonna do better taking advantage of who's left.

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Speaker 2: You know, I talked to Jerry Depoto, the president of

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Speaker 2: a farm system that's literally loaded. There's no reason why

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Speaker 2: he shouldn't finish a job, and as a former major

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Speaker 2: asked him if he was still in on Suaz, expecting

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Speaker 2: next couple of days here, without a doubt. And I

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Speaker 2: also think the other two teams that are very intriguing

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Speaker 2: Jed Hoyer is obsessed with getting one and he's got

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Speaker 2: get a deal done there. And Dave Dobrowski, you get

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Speaker 2: the sense. And we covered and watched Dave Debrowski win

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Speaker 2: a world championship with the Florida Marlins and the Boston

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Speaker 2: And I believe he was in on Class A and Kwan.

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Speaker 2: I thought there was a chance he gets both of them.

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Speaker 2: I won't be surprised if he's the guy that ends

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Speaker 2: up with duran Or and he's the guy that ends

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Speaker 2: up with Lewis Robert. That wouldn't surprise me at all.

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Speaker 3: By the way, Jim, somebody just said I laughed about

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Speaker 3: Jerry Depoto making trades like him. Aj Preller, Dave Dombrowski.

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Speaker 4: I mean it's like, you'll.

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Speaker 3: Get a trade, you get a trade, you'll get a trade.

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Speaker 3: Everyone gets a trade.

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Speaker 2: Boom boom boom boom boom.

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Speaker 4: Right.

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Speaker 3: By the way you asked me the question, I'll give

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Speaker 3: If the White Sox go out mark Fiento's for Luis

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Speaker 2: Mili, I'm not picking it up. No, no, right, So

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Speaker 2: Dana Brown, the general manager of the Astros, yesterday. He

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Speaker 2: was very clear what he was looking for at the deadline.

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Speaker 2: He wants a left handed hitter, preferably an infielder that

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Speaker 2: could play second or third base, but he would take

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Speaker 2: a left fielder because they can move all two bay

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Speaker 2: hearing from opposing gms as possible fits include Ryan O'Hearn

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Speaker 2: Ozzy Albi's of the Atlanta Braves. Although my Atlanta sources

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Speaker 2: tell me that they haven't even talked about. Albe's okay,

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Speaker 2: So there's that. And then the other thing is he

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Speaker 2: wants a game three starter for the playoffs. Those are

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Speaker 2: the two goals. They feel great about Valdez and Hunter

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Speaker 2: Brown pitching games one and two. They love having a

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Speaker 2: bray You and Hater in the back end, and they're

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Speaker 2: left handed and set up guys. He would love to

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Speaker 2: get that game three starter. They are going to get

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Speaker 2: Spencer Getti off the IL coming up pretty soon, but

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Speaker 2: if he can go out there and get an upgrade there,

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Speaker 2: that's what he would like to do. And look, they're

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Speaker 2: gonna have to make moves. I'm amazed that they're still

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Speaker 2: in first place with no your Don Alvarez, no Jeremy Pana,

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Speaker 2: no esac paratus, Tucker playing in Chicago, Bregman playing in Boston.

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Speaker 2: To think that they're there is amazing to me. But

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Speaker 2: they're gonna have a hard time staying in first place

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Speaker 2: because Seattle got way better getting Nailer and they've got

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Speaker 2: all their pitchers healthy now. And the Rangers, as I said,

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Speaker 2: they were my preseason pick to win the division. Texas

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Speaker 2: Rangers had the best TV ERA in the sport. By

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Speaker 2: half a run. That's how they pitch, and they got

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Speaker 2: the grom and evolved. You pitch games one and two.

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Speaker 2: I text with Chris Young and Brett Boone over the weekend,

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Speaker 2: try to get a feel for where they are. Pretty

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Speaker 2: clear for me what they're trying to do right now.

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Speaker 2: They want a high end reliever like Claus, who's now

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Speaker 2: off the board. That would be the first goal. The

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Speaker 2: second goal is they really want a right handed hitter

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Speaker 2: as well. I'll be surprised if see why doesn't get

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Speaker 2: both of them.

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Speaker 3: Wow, yeah, al Pacino told me her name drop. Okay,

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Speaker 3: like you just did No, you gotta do it.

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Speaker 2: You gotta do it this time of year. These are

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Speaker 2: direct sort of.

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Speaker 1: Credibility, and yeah, ac credibility exactly. It's front office sew

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Speaker 1: on Sunday.

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Speaker 3: By the way, Kyle Tucker would be a great left

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Speaker 3: handed bet.

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Speaker 4: And he.

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Speaker 1: Looked great, and there look great.

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Speaker 3: They love Smith and and he's like he has been

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Speaker 3: great for him.

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Speaker 1: So I mean, well, now he's.

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Speaker 3: Hurt, I know, but he was great for He was great.

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Speaker 1: And it was a it was a it was a

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Speaker 1: good trade for both sides. Jbupplcatulator this week, all right,

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Speaker 1: sounds good.

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Speaker 2: Thanks guys,