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Speaker 2: More Welcome to Massa Territory, ladies and gentlemen, Thank goodness

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Speaker 2: it is Friday. But I'm gonna be honest with you.

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Speaker 2: I mean, things are moving a little slow right now.

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Speaker 2: It's been a little cold, and I mean, hey, perfect timing.

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Speaker 2: some stuff, but we're still waiting for the Red Sox

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Speaker 2: the replacement for Alex Bregman. There's been a lot of

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Speaker 2: possibly for someone like Jared Duran and even will your

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Speaker 2: little bit. We got to report from Chandlerome also with

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Speaker 2: the foul territory network with the Crush City territory over

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Speaker 2: there talking about the astros Chandlerome does a great job.

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Speaker 2: He gave us a little report, a little juicy tid well,

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Speaker 2: I don't want to say a report, more so speculation,

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Speaker 2: also got a report on Jared Duran, big update on him,

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Speaker 2: and we got a little something, a little something something,

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Speaker 2: no rumors necessarily, but we got an update with MLB

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Speaker 2: that together. And hey, we're all always excited about the prospects.

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Speaker 2: And the Red Sox farm system has been looking great

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Speaker 2: And I'm also mail bag here for tonight. We had

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Speaker 2: But let's take a look here. Let's dive in and

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Speaker 2: we got a little something here on Jaron Durant And

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Speaker 2: listen when it comes to Jaron Durant home, where's my button?

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Speaker 2: I'm missing the button. There's the button With Jared duran

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Speaker 2: we've been hearing some little tidbits popping up, you know,

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Speaker 2: guys are just having a hard time picking him up.

426
00:23:43,600 --> 00:23:46,000
Speaker 2: But once they start getting a bit more scouting on him,

427
00:23:46,200 --> 00:23:49,000
Speaker 2: start seeing him a little bit more, I would imagine

428
00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:51,680
Speaker 2: he's gonna start running into some bumps. But connorly Early,

429
00:23:51,760 --> 00:23:53,520
Speaker 2: I think that's a good spot for him. Number fifty

430
00:23:53,560 --> 00:23:58,440
Speaker 2: six overall and obviously pitching in the postseason Connolly Early,

431
00:23:58,760 --> 00:24:00,199
Speaker 2: we love that, you know. I think it's all give

432
00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:03,040
Speaker 2: that you could put him in the top fifty just

433
00:24:03,119 --> 00:24:05,359
Speaker 2: because of you know, the fact that he was even

434
00:24:05,359 --> 00:24:09,520
Speaker 2: pitching in the postseason, you know, starting at Yankee Stadium.

435
00:24:09,640 --> 00:24:11,240
Speaker 2: I mean, obviously you got to have some talent to

436
00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:13,239
Speaker 2: be able to get the ball there. So I think

437
00:24:13,280 --> 00:24:15,160
Speaker 2: it's fair to put him in the top fifty possibly

438
00:24:15,880 --> 00:24:19,239
Speaker 2: number thirty one. We got franklin Arius and again, you know,

439
00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:22,040
Speaker 2: getting back to what I just said here about Horner.

440
00:24:22,240 --> 00:24:24,119
Speaker 2: You know, if you went for more of like a

441
00:24:24,560 --> 00:24:28,640
Speaker 2: guy with one year of control, maybe even a couple

442
00:24:28,680 --> 00:24:31,400
Speaker 2: of years, someone like Brendon Donovan. You know, that's why

443
00:24:31,480 --> 00:24:35,840
Speaker 2: you know Franklin Arius could be an interesting guy at

444
00:24:35,840 --> 00:24:38,080
Speaker 2: some point, right. You know, if you're looking at here

445
00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:42,639
Speaker 2: the scouting grades, he's got a sixty hit not a

446
00:24:42,680 --> 00:24:45,040
Speaker 2: whole lot of power with him, a forty on the power,

447
00:24:45,480 --> 00:24:49,280
Speaker 2: but he's very athletic. Moves in the field, well he's not.

448
00:24:49,320 --> 00:24:51,000
Speaker 2: He doesn't have a ton of They only give him

449
00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:56,320
Speaker 2: a forty run grade on here. It's interesting because you know,

450
00:24:56,359 --> 00:24:59,600
Speaker 2: he had thirty five stolen bases back in twenty twenty four.

451
00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:01,840
Speaker 2: As he started going up higher in the miners, the

452
00:25:02,280 --> 00:25:05,200
Speaker 2: stolen base started coming down a little bit. But regardless,

453
00:25:05,240 --> 00:25:07,800
Speaker 2: he moves very well in the field. He's got a

454
00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:09,440
Speaker 2: sixty on the field. I mean, this is a guy

455
00:25:09,440 --> 00:25:12,680
Speaker 2: that could be an everyday shortstop, you know, So could

456
00:25:12,680 --> 00:25:16,520
Speaker 2: you see a situation where you know, but also doesn't

457
00:25:16,560 --> 00:25:18,240
Speaker 2: even have to just be at second base. I'm talking

458
00:25:18,280 --> 00:25:21,520
Speaker 2: about Horner, you know, I'm talking about you know, Donovan,

459
00:25:22,320 --> 00:25:24,440
Speaker 2: but Trevor Story is going to be a free agent

460
00:25:24,480 --> 00:25:26,240
Speaker 2: in a couple of years. Could you see a situation

461
00:25:26,359 --> 00:25:30,000
Speaker 2: where Marcella Meyer is your everyday third baseman and then

462
00:25:30,040 --> 00:25:34,399
Speaker 2: Franklinarius could possibly take the reins, you know, could you

463
00:25:34,440 --> 00:25:37,440
Speaker 2: see a situation where you know you have an infield

464
00:25:37,480 --> 00:25:39,919
Speaker 2: in the next well, I don't know about Christian Campbell,

465
00:25:40,080 --> 00:25:43,879
Speaker 2: but you know, maybe even Mikey Romero takes a step

466
00:25:43,880 --> 00:25:46,119
Speaker 2: forward this year and he could be your second basement

467
00:25:46,160 --> 00:25:50,320
Speaker 2: at some point, you know, I don't know, but Franklinarius,

468
00:25:50,600 --> 00:25:52,919
Speaker 2: he is a guy, gets a ton of bat on

469
00:25:52,920 --> 00:25:56,320
Speaker 2: the ball. Good batting average over the last couple of

470
00:25:56,440 --> 00:25:59,119
Speaker 2: years went down a little bit this past year. The

471
00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:01,480
Speaker 2: on base went down a little bit as well, you know,

472
00:26:01,840 --> 00:26:06,159
Speaker 2: overall offensively, the numbers did take a bit of a downtick.

473
00:26:06,640 --> 00:26:09,160
Speaker 2: But he doesn't really strike out very much. Fifty three

474
00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:14,359
Speaker 2: strikeouts this past year compared to thirty eight walks. So Franklinarius,

475
00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:17,960
Speaker 2: look after him, gets a lot of contact, doesn't really

476
00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:22,840
Speaker 2: strike out all that much. We'll see, we will see

477
00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:26,200
Speaker 2: at a number nineteen, we got Peyton totally and obviously

478
00:26:26,240 --> 00:26:30,040
Speaker 2: no surprise, you know, to see him that high. The

479
00:26:30,080 --> 00:26:32,560
Speaker 2: big question mark is, you know, what is the change

480
00:26:32,600 --> 00:26:34,320
Speaker 2: up going to look like? What are the secondary is

481
00:26:34,359 --> 00:26:37,320
Speaker 2: gonna look like? He's been pounded in this offseason. That

482
00:26:37,359 --> 00:26:40,600
Speaker 2: guy is an absolute He's a freak. This offseason, he's

483
00:26:40,680 --> 00:26:43,160
Speaker 2: just going at it. He's working in the lab quite

484
00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:45,040
Speaker 2: a bit. I just saw a video of him not

485
00:26:45,080 --> 00:26:48,480
Speaker 2: too long ago where he was yelling frick like a

486
00:26:48,600 --> 00:26:51,120
Speaker 2: million times because he was just throwing change up after

487
00:26:51,240 --> 00:26:54,480
Speaker 2: change up after change up and breaking ball after breaking ball.

488
00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:57,639
Speaker 2: He's out there, working man. He's determined, he's motivated and

489
00:26:57,800 --> 00:27:00,359
Speaker 2: very excited for Peyton totally. I do agree he should

490
00:27:00,359 --> 00:27:02,520
Speaker 2: be in the top twenty. Yeah, he got knocked around

491
00:27:02,520 --> 00:27:04,919
Speaker 2: a little bit, you know Arizona. Obviously that was the

492
00:27:05,840 --> 00:27:09,080
Speaker 2: That was the one where he got rocked right, and

493
00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:11,880
Speaker 2: that really showed what he needed to work on. He's

494
00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:14,879
Speaker 2: been working on it. Very excited Peyton totally. I do

495
00:27:14,960 --> 00:27:17,480
Speaker 2: see him working into the mix in a big way

496
00:27:17,960 --> 00:27:20,720
Speaker 2: this coming year. We will see. But what I also

497
00:27:20,880 --> 00:27:22,920
Speaker 2: like though, is that the Red Sox have so much

498
00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:25,280
Speaker 2: depth to where they don't need to rush him. He

499
00:27:25,320 --> 00:27:27,879
Speaker 2: can just work on his stuff. You know, he can

500
00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:30,960
Speaker 2: work on the off speed the secondaries, that's what I

501
00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:33,439
Speaker 2: like about it. But yeah, I agree top twenty for

502
00:27:33,520 --> 00:27:36,440
Speaker 2: Peyton totally. Maybe not so much top ten because you

503
00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:39,359
Speaker 2: would like to see more of the secondaries obviously at

504
00:27:39,400 --> 00:27:42,320
Speaker 2: this point, I think if he takes a step forward there,

505
00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:44,520
Speaker 2: you know, if they do another update in the next

506
00:27:44,560 --> 00:27:46,240
Speaker 2: few months and he's still in the minors, then yeah,

507
00:27:46,359 --> 00:27:49,320
Speaker 2: I could see him being top ten. So we will

508
00:27:49,359 --> 00:27:54,119
Speaker 2: see on that. But we got some mail bag to

509
00:27:54,200 --> 00:27:57,680
Speaker 2: get to here. We got some mail bag and uh again,

510
00:27:57,760 --> 00:28:00,240
Speaker 2: if you want to get in on the action, we've

511
00:28:00,280 --> 00:28:03,920
Speaker 2: already closed up shop for submissions with the mail bag,

512
00:28:03,920 --> 00:28:06,080
Speaker 2: so if you want to get in, drop a Superchad

513
00:28:06,160 --> 00:28:09,080
Speaker 2: down below. Let's get to it here, let's get to it.

514
00:28:09,160 --> 00:28:13,359
Speaker 2: So we got we got some voicemails. Actually, we're gonna

515
00:28:13,359 --> 00:28:17,679
Speaker 2: play some voicemails. I actually opened up the phone lines again.

516
00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:20,200
Speaker 2: Be on the lookout for that anytime I post something,

517
00:28:21,359 --> 00:28:24,159
Speaker 2: especially for the postgames this coming year. Again, we'll be

518
00:28:24,200 --> 00:28:27,280
Speaker 2: doing the post games every night, so we'll have the

519
00:28:27,320 --> 00:28:29,320
Speaker 2: phone lines open, so if you got a question or

520
00:28:29,359 --> 00:28:31,720
Speaker 2: a thought, feel free to call in. But I did

521
00:28:31,720 --> 00:28:33,760
Speaker 2: open them back up here today. We got a couple

522
00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:37,680
Speaker 2: of calls let's see what we got. One we got

523
00:28:37,680 --> 00:28:43,040
Speaker 2: here from Jack from Burlington, Massachusetts. Jack, what do you

524
00:28:43,080 --> 00:28:43,480
Speaker 2: got for me?

525
00:28:44,080 --> 00:28:47,120
Speaker 1: Robbie without man, This is Jack from Burlington, Massachusetts. Wan

526
00:28:47,320 --> 00:28:50,880
Speaker 1: your take on Christian Campbell and possibly being a part

527
00:28:50,960 --> 00:28:54,400
Speaker 1: of the outfield mix this season. He looked good out

528
00:28:54,440 --> 00:28:57,560
Speaker 1: there last year to just curious as to how you

529
00:28:57,600 --> 00:28:59,920
Speaker 1: think he fits in this year. Thanks man, go talk.

530
00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:04,440
Speaker 2: Thank you my friend Jack from Burlington here. I love

531
00:29:04,520 --> 00:29:06,880
Speaker 2: Christian Campbell. I'm a big fan. What I like about

532
00:29:06,920 --> 00:29:09,640
Speaker 2: Christian Campbell is that he just has a good head

533
00:29:09,640 --> 00:29:11,880
Speaker 2: on his shoulders. He's a guy that works hard, got

534
00:29:11,960 --> 00:29:14,680
Speaker 2: a lot of family support there. Man, I'm excited about

535
00:29:14,720 --> 00:29:17,040
Speaker 2: Christian Campbell. The work ethic I think is off the chart.

536
00:29:17,080 --> 00:29:19,920
Speaker 2: It's a very motivated guy. Look good at Femway Fest too.

537
00:29:20,600 --> 00:29:22,680
Speaker 2: You know, I was in the scrum there with the media.

538
00:29:23,160 --> 00:29:26,520
Speaker 2: He definitely added some size. He looked thicker, he looked

539
00:29:26,600 --> 00:29:29,320
Speaker 2: just I don't want not that he was in better shape,

540
00:29:29,360 --> 00:29:31,960
Speaker 2: but he looked more like a guy that could handle

541
00:29:32,680 --> 00:29:35,840
Speaker 2: a full season a lot better to me. So and

542
00:29:35,880 --> 00:29:38,520
Speaker 2: I think he's got the diet in check a little bit.

543
00:29:39,160 --> 00:29:42,360
Speaker 2: He was talking about that, saying, you know it wasn't

544
00:29:42,360 --> 00:29:45,080
Speaker 2: really eating enough during the season, and you know, and

545
00:29:45,160 --> 00:29:46,960
Speaker 2: it kind of ended up cost him a little bit.

546
00:29:48,160 --> 00:29:50,360
Speaker 2: This is the one thing with him that I think,

547
00:29:50,440 --> 00:29:52,480
Speaker 2: you know, is cleaning up the mechanics a little bit,

548
00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:57,400
Speaker 2: simplifying things a little bit, also helping him pull a

549
00:29:57,480 --> 00:29:59,320
Speaker 2: little bit more, you know, start to use a bit

550
00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:02,960
Speaker 2: more of all. Now, don't completely drop the approach, you know,

551
00:30:03,920 --> 00:30:05,640
Speaker 2: being able to go opo, but you want to be

552
00:30:05,680 --> 00:30:08,600
Speaker 2: able to have a bit more variety, I think to

553
00:30:09,200 --> 00:30:12,400
Speaker 2: you know, that way you could adjust under different situations. Right,

554
00:30:13,120 --> 00:30:14,600
Speaker 2: so you know, if a guy's if they're coming in

555
00:30:14,640 --> 00:30:16,680
Speaker 2: on you, well, that way you can turn on those

556
00:30:16,840 --> 00:30:18,440
Speaker 2: and you could hit it out to left field. Right.

557
00:30:18,880 --> 00:30:21,560
Speaker 2: But getting to the question I'm excited about Christian Campbell,

558
00:30:21,560 --> 00:30:24,240
Speaker 2: I am. I'm not sure what his role is gonna be,

559
00:30:24,360 --> 00:30:27,880
Speaker 2: but that's what I like about that is because he

560
00:30:27,920 --> 00:30:31,400
Speaker 2: can kind of just work on his game and he

561
00:30:31,440 --> 00:30:36,040
Speaker 2: can just focus on him and whatever opportunity comes up,

562
00:30:36,400 --> 00:30:39,240
Speaker 2: he can just go with it. Right, Christian Campbell, to me,

563
00:30:39,880 --> 00:30:43,640
Speaker 2: he's a guy where something that's valuable about him. Even

564
00:30:43,680 --> 00:30:45,600
Speaker 2: though second base was a little up and down this

565
00:30:45,640 --> 00:30:48,960
Speaker 2: past year wasn't very good, he has that versatility to

566
00:30:48,960 --> 00:30:50,320
Speaker 2: be able to play, second, to be able to go

567
00:30:50,400 --> 00:30:52,600
Speaker 2: to the outfield. So if someone goes down, you know,

568
00:30:52,640 --> 00:30:54,720
Speaker 2: we're talking about how we got four outfielders, right, he

569
00:30:54,760 --> 00:30:58,280
Speaker 2: saw Roman Anthony going down. If you you know, if

570
00:30:58,320 --> 00:31:02,400
Speaker 2: you trade either Duran or and then someone else goes down,

571
00:31:03,640 --> 00:31:06,480
Speaker 2: you know, say SETI, I mean SETI, that guy's that

572
00:31:06,560 --> 00:31:09,240
Speaker 2: guy's a freak. He got that guy's is playing every day.

573
00:31:09,360 --> 00:31:12,040
Speaker 2: I mean, shoot, something gets banged up with him and

574
00:31:12,080 --> 00:31:14,040
Speaker 2: he's gotta go on the il for a little bit. Well,

575
00:31:14,120 --> 00:31:17,760
Speaker 2: you got Christian Campbell right there. I think when the

576
00:31:17,800 --> 00:31:22,800
Speaker 2: opportunity arizes, I think, uh, that's gonna be a good

577
00:31:22,800 --> 00:31:25,600
Speaker 2: opportunity for him. You know, we'll see. I'm a believer

578
00:31:25,640 --> 00:31:28,520
Speaker 2: in Christian Campbell. I don't know where he's gonna work in.

579
00:31:28,720 --> 00:31:33,240
Speaker 2: I think that opportunity simply presents itself at some point

580
00:31:33,240 --> 00:31:36,720
Speaker 2: this year, so we will see. Thank you Jack for

581
00:31:36,800 --> 00:31:39,320
Speaker 2: that question. We got one more here? What do we

582
00:31:39,400 --> 00:31:39,800
Speaker 2: got here?

583
00:31:41,360 --> 00:31:44,920
Speaker 3: I was just thinking that what are you guys' predictions

584
00:31:44,920 --> 00:31:47,080
Speaker 3: on who will be the opening day?

585
00:31:47,440 --> 00:31:50,320
Speaker 1: What will it be the opening day of guild?

586
00:31:52,200 --> 00:31:55,960
Speaker 2: All right, So it's a good question. You know, this

587
00:31:56,040 --> 00:31:59,440
Speaker 2: is a really boring answer, I really don't know, Like,

588
00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:02,040
Speaker 2: I don't know, I really don't know what to think.

589
00:32:02,240 --> 00:32:05,120
Speaker 2: I would like to think, I don't wanna say I

590
00:32:05,160 --> 00:32:09,360
Speaker 2: would like to think. But I feel like there's a

591
00:32:09,400 --> 00:32:12,280
Speaker 2: good chance they end up just sticking with what they got,

592
00:32:12,640 --> 00:32:14,440
Speaker 2: you know, and if maybe something else comes up with

593
00:32:14,520 --> 00:32:17,880
Speaker 2: the deadline, you know, maybe you can make a move then.

594
00:32:17,960 --> 00:32:20,400
Speaker 2: But it just seems like the Red Sox they're in

595
00:32:20,400 --> 00:32:23,080
Speaker 2: no rush to make a kind of any kind of

596
00:32:23,160 --> 00:32:26,360
Speaker 2: a move. I think they're just waiting for the right move.

597
00:32:28,160 --> 00:32:31,040
Speaker 2: We'll see what they do. They clearly need to make

598
00:32:31,080 --> 00:32:33,360
Speaker 2: a move for the infield that needs to get done.

599
00:32:34,160 --> 00:32:37,360
Speaker 2: I think they're just looking for They're not going to

600
00:32:37,480 --> 00:32:40,760
Speaker 2: force a trait, right, They're not just gonna make something

601
00:32:40,800 --> 00:32:46,280
Speaker 2: happen just to make it happen, right, So could that

602
00:32:46,360 --> 00:32:49,640
Speaker 2: involve Duran? Here's the thing, I feel like Duran, I

603
00:32:49,640 --> 00:32:54,800
Speaker 2: don't know where else he goes unless it's Houston, you know.

604
00:32:55,080 --> 00:32:56,800
Speaker 2: I mean, if I'm thinking of other you know a

605
00:32:56,840 --> 00:32:58,760
Speaker 2: team that could send back an infield, right, you know,

606
00:32:58,800 --> 00:33:01,280
Speaker 2: obviously you know the Cubs, right, But I mean Duran

607
00:33:01,400 --> 00:33:04,320
Speaker 2: doesn't fit out there with the Cubs, So you kind

608
00:33:04,320 --> 00:33:08,480
Speaker 2: of think it's either Houston or bust for Duran at

609
00:33:08,480 --> 00:33:11,360
Speaker 2: this point, right, I mean, I don't know. I'd have

610
00:33:11,440 --> 00:33:14,840
Speaker 2: to think about some different possibilities. But if the Astros

611
00:33:14,840 --> 00:33:18,800
Speaker 2: are really high on Willyer and they offer something that

612
00:33:18,840 --> 00:33:22,680
Speaker 2: includes Paradus, that includes one of the setup guys like

613
00:33:22,720 --> 00:33:26,720
Speaker 2: Brian King or Brian Abrae, you know, with a good

614
00:33:26,800 --> 00:33:31,240
Speaker 2: upside prospect or. And also don't forget about the fact

615
00:33:31,240 --> 00:33:35,320
Speaker 2: that maybe, you know, the Astros could take on a

616
00:33:35,360 --> 00:33:39,040
Speaker 2: contract like Jordan Hicks. He is a Texas native. You know, Houston.

617
00:33:39,040 --> 00:33:41,240
Speaker 2: They've done a great job at getting guys back on

618
00:33:41,400 --> 00:33:44,000
Speaker 2: track on the pitching side, right or getting a bit

619
00:33:44,080 --> 00:33:45,720
Speaker 2: more out of guys. You take a look at what

620
00:33:45,760 --> 00:33:47,720
Speaker 2: they did with yuse Kakuchi a right, I always go

621
00:33:47,760 --> 00:33:49,640
Speaker 2: back to that example. Look how good he did in

622
00:33:49,680 --> 00:33:51,520
Speaker 2: the second half. They made one tweak with the pitch

623
00:33:51,600 --> 00:33:54,880
Speaker 2: mix had him throwing some more breaking balls, and he

624
00:33:54,960 --> 00:33:57,720
Speaker 2: was looking good. Right, you know, could they have a

625
00:33:57,760 --> 00:33:59,840
Speaker 2: plan for someone like Jordan Hicks again, who is a

626
00:34:00,040 --> 00:34:03,200
Speaker 2: Exis native. So you kind of wonder if you could

627
00:34:03,240 --> 00:34:05,400
Speaker 2: you do something like that. I would hate to use

628
00:34:05,480 --> 00:34:08,560
Speaker 2: the value of someone like Willier or Duran to just

629
00:34:08,640 --> 00:34:12,040
Speaker 2: shed payroll but you know, at this point, I don't

630
00:34:12,080 --> 00:34:15,520
Speaker 2: know it'll be interesting. I don't know about Duran getting

631
00:34:15,560 --> 00:34:20,920
Speaker 2: moved at this point. I don't know. We'll see, but

632
00:34:21,600 --> 00:34:23,920
Speaker 2: pretty much it's a boring answer. I just don't know.

633
00:34:24,440 --> 00:34:26,319
Speaker 2: I really don't know who they're gonna go with if

634
00:34:26,320 --> 00:34:30,919
Speaker 2: they do make a move. Maybe recency bias is coming

635
00:34:30,960 --> 00:34:34,560
Speaker 2: into play. But could it end up being Willier? I

636
00:34:34,600 --> 00:34:38,120
Speaker 2: don't know. I don't know here. But let's get to

637
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Speaker 2: the Twitter submissions here. Let's take a look. What have

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Speaker 2: we got here? Honest Wally, Honest Wally. I want to

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Speaker 2: talk about this one because I've been seeing a lot

640
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Speaker 2: of people mention this one. Jeremy pay your trade feels

641
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Speaker 2: much less far reached than people think. Boris client two

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Speaker 2: years left from New England thoughts. I'm gonna shoot this

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Speaker 2: damn right away. I apologize for doing that. I don't

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Speaker 2: think that's gonna happen. I don't see the Astros moving

645
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Speaker 2: Jeremy Painia. He's their shortstop. You gotta think of short stops.

646
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Speaker 2: That's like your quarterback, not obviously Ketcher. You can make

647
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Speaker 2: that argument too, but shortstop is right there too. You

648
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Speaker 2: build your team around a shortstop, right that's why Carlos

649
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Speaker 2: Krey is playing third base. I don't see them moving

650
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Speaker 2: Jeremy Payna at all. He's so good. I know you've

651
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Speaker 2: had a couple of injuries last year, but he is

652
00:35:36,239 --> 00:35:39,800
Speaker 2: a very productive player, very good defensively, showed more with

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Speaker 2: the bat last year. I don't see the Astros moving him.

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Speaker 2: Takes two to tango at the end of the day,

655
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Speaker 2: the Astros, they're trying to get back into it next year.

656
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Speaker 2: Trading Jeremy Paigna just to get someone like Jared Duran

657
00:35:49,880 --> 00:35:52,040
Speaker 2: that's like a lateral move. Really, you know, yeah, you

658
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Speaker 2: got Carlos Korea and yeah you can fit Paradus at

659
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Speaker 2: third base at that point, But does that make you

660
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Speaker 2: a better team? To me, I think you keep the

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Speaker 2: shortstop that is good on both sides of the ball.

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Speaker 2: That's just me. I would love Jeremy Paynia, don't get

663
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Speaker 2: me wrong, but I don't see the Astros moving him. Philip.

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Speaker 2: Same thing here, Jeremy Pania, Durana Orbreu and BeO for

665
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Speaker 2: Penia again, like I see Paynia. I mean, yes, you'd

666
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Speaker 2: be able to fit Paradis there, but is it making

667
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Speaker 2: you a better team? You know, Coore, you rather just

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Speaker 2: have him at third base at this point, with the

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Speaker 2: injuries that he's had. You know, that's kind of where

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Speaker 2: I'm at. I don't see Paya getting moved. I would

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Speaker 2: love it if they could do it. I just I

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Speaker 2: don't buy it. What have we got, Jeffrey? How we

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Speaker 2: do it? Do you think the Red Sox will be

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Speaker 2: better with Suarez and whomever they add as the infielder,

675
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Speaker 2: or if they kept Bregman and done nothing else additionally

676
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Speaker 2: to the rotation beyond Gray and Ovido. That's what all.

677
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Speaker 2: That's also another caveat to this whole thing. Maybe the

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Speaker 2: Red Sox are holding that leverage there, thinking like, Okay,

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Speaker 2: you know what we would like to have paradis with.

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Speaker 2: You like to have someone like Horner Shaw cool. I'll

681
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Speaker 2: mention a couple other possibilities here in a second. Well,

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Speaker 2: actually I'll wait a second, because there's a couple more

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Speaker 2: I'll get to. That's where I wonder if the Red

684
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Speaker 2: Sox or they are they have Suarez there and maybe

685
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Speaker 2: they end up pivoting to him at some point. I

686
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Speaker 2: don't know. Again, you kind of wonder about the CBT,

687
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Speaker 2: so if they signed Suarez, you're most likely going over

688
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Speaker 2: that third CBT. So Suarez would bring power. I mean, yes,

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Speaker 2: you would bring a lot of strikeouts to It's not

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Speaker 2: my cup of tea. I see him being like that.

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Speaker 2: They're looking for trades right now, and if none of

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Speaker 2: them work out, then maybe they could pivot from Jeremy

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Speaker 2: or from Jerry Jerminski. If you had to pick between

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Speaker 2: Estock Paradus, Matt Shaw and Uhenio Suarez, taking into consideration

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Speaker 2: what each will cost, whether that just be money or

696
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Speaker 2: minor slash major league talent being moved into trade, you

697
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Speaker 2: and what's a realistic package for me? Jerry, I mean

698
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Speaker 2: it is paratus for me, because I think he's a

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Speaker 2: guy that can give you right around thirty home runs.

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Speaker 2: I think he can give you adequate defense. I'm also

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Speaker 2: intrigued about the possibility of Matt Shaw. I am. I

702
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Speaker 2: don't know if a trade gets done, because he is

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Speaker 2: gonna cost a lot. He hit a lot better in

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Speaker 2: the second half last year. Granted you know he was

705
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Speaker 2: up and down. He got sent back down to the

706
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Speaker 2: miners last year to work on a couple of things.

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Speaker 2: I've also talked to someone behind the scenes in Cubs Land.

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Speaker 2: There's been reports about him not being coachable. That's false

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Speaker 2: from what I've been told. I don't know. I think

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Speaker 2: Keith Law put that out there. No, I was told

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Speaker 2: that was false. He was completely okay with going back

712
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Speaker 2: down to the minor leagues. He made the tweaks that

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Speaker 2: the Cubs wanted him to make, and then he came

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Speaker 2: back up and he was hitting well. So I don't

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Speaker 2: know what where that came from. Doesn't sound really accurate

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Speaker 2: to me. He did hit a lot better in the

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Speaker 2: second half. The numbers went back down again a little

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00:39:06,120 --> 00:39:11,799
Speaker 2: bit in September, but overall he looked a lot better.

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Speaker 2: Right around an eight thirty oh ps in the second

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Speaker 2: half and a one thirty WRC plus. Matt Shaw is

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Speaker 2: intriguing to me. Really reminds me of Padroya, like just

722
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Speaker 2: a hard nosed player. He's gonna be a dog out there, man.

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Speaker 2: He gives me that vibe. I don't want to say,

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Speaker 2: no one's ever gonna compare to Patroya. That's not a

725
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Speaker 2: fair comparison. But if there's anyone that could, you know,

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Speaker 2: as second base, that could give me that kind of

727
00:39:36,760 --> 00:39:39,919
Speaker 2: a that dirt dog kind of a mentality, I think

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Speaker 2: Shaw is intriguing because you would have him for a

729
00:39:43,120 --> 00:39:46,920
Speaker 2: long time, and I think he would hit well at Femway.

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Speaker 2: I don't know. I think Shaw is interesting. They all

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Speaker 2: come with their own caveats, right the Shaw obviously, you

732
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Speaker 2: don't you want you want to see a bit more

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Speaker 2: floor at this point. Paradis you don't want, you wonder defensively,

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Speaker 2: you know, Suarez a lot of strikeouts, right, I think

735
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Speaker 2: it's really gonna be you know, I would prefer someone

736
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Speaker 2: that has a bit of pop. Paratus feels like that

737
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Speaker 2: middle ground to me where you can kind of get

738
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Speaker 2: by with the defense. He's gonna give you, you know,

739
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Speaker 2: maybe not Suarez power, but he'll give you decent pop.

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Speaker 2: You know, he's gonna be give He's gonna give you

741
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Speaker 2: a lot of good abs. He feels like that middle ground.

742
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Speaker 2: And I feel like the Astros in Red Sox. They

743
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Speaker 2: match up in many different ways. It's kind of where

744
00:40:29,760 --> 00:40:33,319
Speaker 2: I'm at again, though, you know, could you get it

745
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Speaker 2: done without moving an outfielder, But I don't know if

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00:40:36,760 --> 00:40:39,040
Speaker 2: the Astros would want to go for that. We'll see

747
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Speaker 2: nominous umbra Uh. Why do you think no consideration is

748
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Speaker 2: being giving to move in Duran a second base? They

749
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Speaker 2: drafted him as a second basement because he is very athletic.

750
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Speaker 2: He covers a lot of ground out there in the outfield.

751
00:40:52,520 --> 00:40:54,839
Speaker 2: He is not moving back to second base. That's over,

752
00:40:55,080 --> 00:40:58,320
Speaker 2: It's done. Jared Duran, The second baseman is never happening

753
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Speaker 2: ever again, I would rather put him in center field.

754
00:41:01,040 --> 00:41:04,719
Speaker 2: That he's way better out in center field. Left field questionable,

755
00:41:04,719 --> 00:41:10,160
Speaker 2: but second base, no, his athletic ability fits better in

756
00:41:10,239 --> 00:41:13,640
Speaker 2: the outfield. All Rianna, what do we got with the

757
00:41:13,719 --> 00:41:16,759
Speaker 2: uptake with the uptick in uh or sorry, with the

758
00:41:16,840 --> 00:41:20,200
Speaker 2: uptake in talk surrounding the acquisition of a veteran catcher

759
00:41:20,360 --> 00:41:22,520
Speaker 2: like Vasquez, do you see them doing a grand all

760
00:41:22,600 --> 00:41:25,719
Speaker 2: type minor league deal with the major league invite or

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Speaker 2: a straight signing and entertaining the optioning of want are

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00:41:30,200 --> 00:41:34,040
Speaker 2: gonna thank you? I could see listen. I mean it's

763
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Speaker 2: been out there the Red Sox. They are looking for

764
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Speaker 2: a catcher. They are looking for something that they revolved j.

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Speaker 2: T rel Muto. I don't know, it just never made sense.

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Speaker 2: You know, they were there for Victor Carratini. You know,

767
00:41:46,800 --> 00:41:50,719
Speaker 2: they were looking for an upgrade at backup, and they're

768
00:41:50,800 --> 00:41:54,680
Speaker 2: still supposedly looking for guys. I wouldn't be. I'm gonna

769
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Speaker 2: put this out there. I wouldn't be surprised if you

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Speaker 2: saw jonah Heim get a like a minor league, you know,

771
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Speaker 2: deal with like an invite. Wouldn't be surprised about that,

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Speaker 2: you know, because you bring up Grandall. Grandal was older

773
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Speaker 2: when they brought him in. Behim, he still has you know,

774
00:42:12,360 --> 00:42:15,319
Speaker 2: age on his side, and he was pretty good a

775
00:42:15,360 --> 00:42:17,680
Speaker 2: few years ago. Kind of I feel like he's a

776
00:42:17,719 --> 00:42:20,080
Speaker 2: guy the Red Sox would try to take a chance on,

777
00:42:20,120 --> 00:42:22,640
Speaker 2: and they have been adding a lot of catchers. We'll see,

778
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Speaker 2: you know, Christian Vasquez. I know a lot of people

779
00:42:25,120 --> 00:42:29,759
Speaker 2: are against the idea Vasquez with the bat. He's not

780
00:42:29,800 --> 00:42:32,279
Speaker 2: really gonna give you a whole lot. You know what

781
00:42:32,320 --> 00:42:35,920
Speaker 2: I like about Vasquez? When healthy, he's gonna be great defense,

782
00:42:36,280 --> 00:42:39,080
Speaker 2: and he's gonna be great with the pitching staff. I

783
00:42:39,160 --> 00:42:42,040
Speaker 2: like Christian Vasquez a lot. What have we got here?

784
00:42:42,480 --> 00:42:46,000
Speaker 2: A couple more? Do you think there's a chance franklin

785
00:42:46,040 --> 00:42:48,520
Speaker 2: Aris plays a significant role on the big league team

786
00:42:48,520 --> 00:42:51,520
Speaker 2: this year? I would also like to submit a request

787
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Speaker 2: for for Ginger snap or or me and a Koley

788
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Speaker 2: mic collab. I mean, listen, I would love to do

789
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Speaker 2: a section ten collab. I would love any if anyone

790
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Speaker 2: can help get that together, I would love that. But

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Speaker 2: I don't know. Maybe Arius gets in at some point

792
00:43:08,280 --> 00:43:11,000
Speaker 2: if some injuries happened. He's having a good year, Yeah,

793
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Speaker 2: I could see. I don't think he plays a significant role,

794
00:43:13,600 --> 00:43:17,279
Speaker 2: but I could see him. If someone goes down, you know,

795
00:43:17,360 --> 00:43:19,480
Speaker 2: then you maybe take a chance on him and see

796
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Speaker 2: what he can do. Interest Kings, I'm too shy, but

797
00:43:24,360 --> 00:43:27,200
Speaker 2: that sounds fun for others. But Interest Kings, that's okay

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Speaker 2: because you still got it on tonight's show. But everybody,

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Speaker 2: that is it for the mail bag segment for tonight,

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Speaker 2: we did have a super chat. Though we did have

801
00:43:36,920 --> 00:43:39,520
Speaker 2: a super chat. Let's put that all on the screen.

802
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Speaker 2: Let's see what do we get from Cameron. I really

803
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Speaker 2: want to see Meyer as the opening day third baseman.

804
00:43:49,800 --> 00:43:57,160
Speaker 2: I'm fine with w C Well, Wilsingtonceris, Christian Campbell, and

805
00:43:57,239 --> 00:44:01,600
Speaker 2: Romy Trevor, Story and Meyer rotate Roman and JD through

806
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Speaker 2: DH trade later for second base if necessary. You know,

807
00:44:04,719 --> 00:44:06,879
Speaker 2: you kind of wonder if that's what they end up doing, right.

808
00:44:08,840 --> 00:44:10,319
Speaker 2: I don't think the Red Sox are going to force

809
00:44:10,360 --> 00:44:12,840
Speaker 2: a trade. I don't think they're gonna trade just to trade.

810
00:44:12,880 --> 00:44:15,279
Speaker 2: You know, they have good players, they can make it

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Speaker 2: work at second base roaming. You know, he's gonna go

812
00:44:18,480 --> 00:44:21,759
Speaker 2: up against the lefties, you know, David Hamilton, is that

813
00:44:21,840 --> 00:44:24,839
Speaker 2: really who you want there? You know, Christian Campbell, it's

814
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Speaker 2: interesting with him because they seem a bit more open

815
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Speaker 2: to the idea of him being more of an outfielder

816
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Speaker 2: moving forward. So but could they give him another chance

817
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Speaker 2: a second base maybe? You know, we'll see. I think,

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Speaker 2: you know, could that be an opportunity for Christian Campbell

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Speaker 2: to redeem himself? Maybe we'll see. Second base is gonna

820
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Speaker 2: be interesting. I do wonder about that. We'll see, Cameron.

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Speaker 2: I appreciate the super chat, my friend, thank you so much.

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Speaker 2: But everybody, that is all we got here for tonight's show.

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Speaker 2: I appreciate you all stopping by here tonight. I see

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Speaker 2: a lot of familiar faces here in the chat. Thank

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Speaker 2: you so much for stopping by. That is it for

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Speaker 2: today's episode. If you can on the way out, hit

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