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Speaker 1: Good evening, everybody, how you doing. Welcome to Monster Territory,

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Speaker 1: brought to you by the Foul Territory Network. That was

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Speaker 1: an ugly one tonight, Absolutely ugly out of all my

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Speaker 1: it's probably some recency bias that's getting involved here a

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Speaker 1: most depressing losses. Like just just everything. No offense, pitching

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Speaker 1: was just man. You know, Brian BeO sure quality start,

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Speaker 1: but in my opinion, I don't think it was really

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Speaker 1: You know, you could look at a positive thing with

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Speaker 1: him where it wasn't his best stuff tonight, but he

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Speaker 1: you could look at it that way, you know. But

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Speaker 1: then the bullpen not able to keep you in the game.

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Speaker 1: This bullpen's been taxed as of late. But you know,

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Speaker 1: you had the day off yesterday. You know people are

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Speaker 1: You just had nothing. There was just nothing at all, really,

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Speaker 1: you know, maybe a couple of bright spots here tonight.

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Speaker 1: You know, Rome and Anthony in the beginning of the

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Speaker 1: game had a hard hit double there. You know, I've

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Speaker 1: been saying for a little bit now, you know, looks

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Speaker 1: And you saw a sign of that here tonight. But

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Speaker 1: you know, I don't know I was thinking there for

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Speaker 1: can you maybe put some good at bats together, you know,

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Speaker 1: get some runs across the board enough until Bregman and

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Speaker 1: worried here. You know, you've lost sixth straight. Now you're

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Speaker 1: forty and forty three. You know, this is a good

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Speaker 1: Blue Jays team. To me, they're playing better than I

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Speaker 1: thought they were going to. You know, I wasn't really

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Speaker 1: of the cap to them. But you know, Jose Barrios,

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Speaker 1: best stuff this year, he's been a bit inconsistent, has

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Speaker 1: looked better as of late, but the Red Sox just

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Speaker 1: had nothing against him, absolutely nothing, not even a challenge.

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Speaker 1: It didn't even look competitive nothing. You know, it was

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Speaker 1: just an embarrassing performance and ugly performance. I don't know, man,

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Speaker 1: You know, I think back to, you know, some pretty

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Speaker 1: tough losses over the years, you know, honestly, you know, obviously,

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Speaker 1: you know, I can't really think of a loss off

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Speaker 1: feeling of tonight, it kind of almost made me feel

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Speaker 1: how I felt during that September collapse back in twenty eleven.

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Speaker 1: Am I being a little dramatic with that statement. Probably

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Speaker 1: maybe I'm getting ahead of myself. Who knows, Maybe they

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Speaker 1: that's kind of how it fell tonight. Right. You're, you know,

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Speaker 1: That just gave me those feelings from fourteen years ago.

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Speaker 1: you my thoughts on that as well. Yeah, tough night, everybody.

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Speaker 1: I wish we could have more positive things to talk about.

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Speaker 1: It was looking fun there for a little bit. You know,

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Speaker 1: San Francisco. You know, things were they were looking fun there.

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Speaker 1: But ever since that second game in San fran it

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Speaker 1: has just been awful. It has been awful. We'll dive

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Speaker 1: Alright, let's get to it here. Let's talk about Brian Bao.

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Speaker 1: Like I said, quality start, not the best quality start

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Speaker 1: You know, maybe it gives you a little extra adrenaline

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Speaker 1: or something. You know, at the end of the day,

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Speaker 1: I think, you know, I think it's just really uh,

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Speaker 1: it's gonna come down him executing at the end. I

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Speaker 1: know that's, you know, as simple as that sounds, It

428
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Speaker 1: sounds silly, but that's the thing with him. Man. I've

429
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Speaker 1: been wondering if there's something going on mechanically with him,

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Speaker 1: you know, if he just doesn't have a feel for things.

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Speaker 1: I'm not sure what's going you know, he was saying

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Speaker 1: he was dealing with some RM issues in the beginning

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Speaker 1: of the year. You know, could that be carrying over? Well,

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Speaker 1: who knows. I think personally, I wonder if that could

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Speaker 1: go either way? All right. I wonder if let's say

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Speaker 1: that doesn't go well, let's say they do the opener,

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Speaker 1: he comes in you know, second or third inning, whatever

438
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Speaker 1: it may be, and he's still having his issues. I mean,

439
00:23:12,240 --> 00:23:13,840
Speaker 1: I think you go either way. You know, could you

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Speaker 1: keep trying that approach or do you just have him

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Speaker 1: go to the bullpen? I don't know, you know, Justin Slayton,

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Speaker 1: you know, funny enough of Justin Slayton. I don't know why.

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Speaker 1: In my head, I'm thinking this guy is probably starting

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Speaker 1: to ramp up a little bit. But he's only just

445
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Speaker 1: throwing right now, only playing ketch right now. So Justin Slayton,

446
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Speaker 1: when is he gonna get back? I don't know that's

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Speaker 1: something I would pay attention to. I don't know why.

448
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Speaker 1: I maybe I'm just imagining it. I'm thinking this guy's

449
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Speaker 1: probably ramping up throwing bullpens, and then I read today

450
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Speaker 1: he's really just playing ketch, so I'm like, oh, okay,

451
00:23:46,400 --> 00:23:49,639
Speaker 1: well he's still a little behind here. Who knows, you know,

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Speaker 1: I don't know what to I don't know what to

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Speaker 1: think about Justin Slayton right now, But to me, I

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Speaker 1: wouldn't be surprised at all if Tanner Howck's in the

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Speaker 1: bullpen at some point. And I don't think that would

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Speaker 1: be a bad thing necessarily. The guy's had success out

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Speaker 1: of the bullpen in his career, you know, and that's

458
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Speaker 1: happened a lot with some of these starters over the

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Speaker 1: last you know, a couple of years or so, right

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Speaker 1: going to the bullpen kind of helps them simplify some things,

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Speaker 1: you know, and then they kind of ramp back up

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Speaker 1: to being a starter again. You know. Could something like

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Speaker 1: that work for Tanner Hawck, I don't know. Or maybe

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Speaker 1: this new approach coming in after an opener maybe gives

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Speaker 1: them a little extra time to warm up in the

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Speaker 1: bullpen and get a better feel for things, you know,

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Speaker 1: maybe just needs a little extra to warm up. I

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Speaker 1: don't know, just to get things right, so who knows,

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Speaker 1: you know, sometimes little things like that can go a

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Speaker 1: long way. But Tanner howck that is the latest on him.

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Speaker 1: But speaking of the bullpen, Jordan Hicks did throw into

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Speaker 1: night's game for the WU Socks through an inning, one hit,

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Speaker 1: two k's tuck one hundred miles per hour a couple

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Speaker 1: of times. So Jordan Hicks looks like he's gonna be

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Speaker 1: coming back here rather soon. Let's touch on the Craig

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Speaker 1: Breslow comments. Let's touch on the Craig Breslow comments. For

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Speaker 1: the Nesson viewers, I am gonna wrap it up right there.

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Speaker 1: We are at a time here on Nesson. But if

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Speaker 1: you do want to catch the end of the show,

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Speaker 1: if you want to catch the Craig Breslow comments from

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Speaker 1: the off day yesterday, as well as the Jeff pass

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Speaker 1: An article, you can see the rest of the episode

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Speaker 1: on YouTube on Moster Territory, come check it out. But

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Speaker 1: for Nesson viewers, thank you for watching. We are at

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Speaker 1: a time. I'll be back here tomorrow night for the

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Speaker 1: post game covers. But for everyone here is still on YouTube,

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Speaker 1: thank you for joining me here tonight. You guys are awesome.

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Speaker 1: We've had a run around one hundred people the entire night,

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Speaker 1: so I appreciate you. My friends. Let's talk about Breslow.

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Speaker 1: Let's talk about Breslo, you know, talking about the media yesterday.

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Speaker 1: I believe he was on WEEI saying he's looking to

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Speaker 1: improve the team things. They have a good chance at

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Speaker 1: making a deep postseason run. Well. I mean, listen, we

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Speaker 1: all thought coming into the year. I mean a lot

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Speaker 1: of people were thinking, this Red Sox team looking well

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Speaker 1: built to at least make the postseason, right at least

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Speaker 1: as a wildcard. You know the funny thing with this

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Speaker 1: Red Sox team right now, man, I mean, they're two

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Speaker 1: and a half out of a wildcard spot. As bad

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Speaker 1: as it seems right now, they now have a negative

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Speaker 1: run differential, by the way, that is terrible. As bad

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Speaker 1: as it seems, though, they are still just right there

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Speaker 1: in the wildcard race. I know it sounds crazy to say,

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Speaker 1: but I do wonder if this team is a couple

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Speaker 1: of guys coming back like Bregman Yoshida, maybe a move

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Speaker 1: to add something to the lineup, maybe get one guy

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Speaker 1: for the rotation, and all of a sudden, you might

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Speaker 1: be back in this thing. You know, I keep thinking

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Speaker 1: about you know, and I know a lot of you

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00:27:03,480 --> 00:27:07,159
Speaker 1: might think, Oh, Robbie, you're you're just being delusional. You know,

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Speaker 1: you're just being You're being a homer for the Red Sox.

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Speaker 1: You know, you're just being too positive, you're being overly optimistic.

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Speaker 1: But no, I don't know. You know, when I think

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Speaker 1: about this team, when I think of all the talent

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Speaker 1: they have, I really think about the Tigers last year.

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Speaker 1: I really do. I'm not even trying to make that

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Speaker 1: sound like like a hopeful, overly optimistic kind of a thing.

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Speaker 1: I just really think about that team. You had a

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Speaker 1: guy like Trek Skouebel, who was who is the reigning

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Speaker 1: Sy Young Winner. He was dominating last year. And this

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Speaker 1: Red Sox team you got Garret Crochet, right, I mean,

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Speaker 1: they had Jack Flaherty behind him. The Red Sox don't

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Speaker 1: really have a Jack Flaherty at this point. You have

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Speaker 1: kind of a bunch of different guys trying to be

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Speaker 1: that guy behind Crochet, but not so much. That's the

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Speaker 1: one difference of the pitching staff. That Tiger's bullpen was

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Speaker 1: really good. I think this Red Sox bullpen is also

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Speaker 1: really good. I think they've been gassed as of late.

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Speaker 1: But you know you're gonna be getting Jordan Hicks back

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Speaker 1: in this bullpen. I think that's only going to help.

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Speaker 1: Guy's got good stuff, good velo. I think that's only

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Speaker 1: gonna help. And you know Slayton, let's see what happens

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Speaker 1: with him. But you know, you've got good arms in

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Speaker 1: this bullpen. I just think they have been taxed a

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Speaker 1: little bit over the last week and a half or so. Sure,

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Speaker 1: had the day off, but I don't know. I think

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Speaker 1: this bullpen is good, and when you look at the rankings,

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Speaker 1: they are one of the top bullpens in Major League

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Speaker 1: Baseball when it comes to fangraft wins above replacement. So

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Speaker 1: I make that comparison with the Tigers from last year.

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Speaker 1: You have an ace, you have good arms in the bullpen,

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Speaker 1: and you do have bats in this lineup that are underachieving,

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Speaker 1: just like the Tigers last year. You know, you had

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Speaker 1: guys like Spencertoricalson last year. You know Riley was a

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Speaker 1: good bat for them last year. They were having injuries

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Speaker 1: last year, but you know they still in the second half.

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Speaker 1: You know, after getting to the trade deadline, they traded

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Speaker 1: away Jack Felaherty and then they went on a run

549
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Speaker 1: in the second half. I wonder if that is what

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Speaker 1: this team could end up being. I just think they're

551
00:29:22,760 --> 00:29:26,760
Speaker 1: too talented, you know, even without RAFFI. You know, imagine

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Speaker 1: when we get Bregman back in this lineup. You need

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00:29:30,240 --> 00:29:33,600
Speaker 1: Bregman in this lineup. Like if you if Bregman's out

554
00:29:33,640 --> 00:29:37,040
Speaker 1: for the year, I'm saying, just sell, just sell, just

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Speaker 1: trade everyone. That's kind of where I'm at. But I

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Speaker 1: know he's coming back, So that's kind of where I'm

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Speaker 1: at with this team. I just wonder if they have

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Speaker 1: a Tiger's run in them, make a couple of moves

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Speaker 1: along the way. And that's another thing. The Tigers weren't

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Speaker 1: even adding last year. I mean, they brought back Trey Sweeney,

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Speaker 1: who ended up, you know, being a decent player for

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Speaker 1: them in the second half. He stepped up for them,

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Speaker 1: you know, And that's another thing. Like the Red Sox,

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Speaker 1: I think they're in a position where you could move

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Speaker 1: a couple of guys, like actually, if you want to

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Speaker 1: make a comparison, how about this one. The Tigers they

567
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Speaker 1: move Jack Flaherty. Well, the Red Sox, you know, you

568
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Speaker 1: look at Jaron Duran, He's been popping up into the

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Speaker 1: rumor mill right, could the Red Sox move someone like

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Speaker 1: Jaron duran to you know, get all these guys into

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Speaker 1: the lineup. Now you bring back some pieces that can

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Speaker 1: maybe help you in some other areas, maybe get a

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Speaker 1: starting picture back, you know, and then all of a

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Speaker 1: sudden you might have something. It's kind of where again,

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Speaker 1: I see this Tigers team a little bit, not fully,

576
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Speaker 1: but I see some similarities. Maybe I'm delusional, maybe I'm

577
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Speaker 1: just looking for hope any way I can. But I

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Speaker 1: just don't think I'm at the point yet where I'm

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Speaker 1: saying blow it up, fire, Craig Breslo, fire, Alex Cora.

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Speaker 1: I'm not at that point yet. I'm just not, and

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Speaker 1: I refuse until this team is at like you know,

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00:31:03,640 --> 00:31:06,120
Speaker 1: they're like four or five games out of a wild card,

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Speaker 1: you know what I mean. Like once we're there, Oh yeah,

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Speaker 1: if we got swept this weekend and we're five out

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00:31:13,760 --> 00:31:15,800
Speaker 1: by the end of the weekend, then yeah, I'm gonna

586
00:31:15,840 --> 00:31:20,080
Speaker 1: be like, Okay, well it's been fun. Everybody, Walker Bueller,

587
00:31:20,120 --> 00:31:22,520
Speaker 1: go have fun with the Dodgers, Jared Durant, go have

588
00:31:22,520 --> 00:31:27,160
Speaker 1: fun with the podsres Braves wherever you go or oldest Chapman, Hey,

589
00:31:27,480 --> 00:31:31,120
Speaker 1: go dominate for the Tigers of the Phillies, Mets see

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00:31:31,120 --> 00:31:33,960
Speaker 1: you later, thank you for the first couple of months

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00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:40,360
Speaker 1: and audios. But I'm just not at that point. Even

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Speaker 1: after tonight. I know that sounds crazy, and I know

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna get someone that comments on this. I know

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Speaker 1: someone's gonna comment post scream and say, Robbie, you're a moron.

595
00:31:50,680 --> 00:31:54,320
Speaker 1: Well you're not completely wrong with that, but yeah, I'm

596
00:31:54,360 --> 00:31:57,760
Speaker 1: just not there. I'm not there yet. Now with Breslo,

597
00:31:59,480 --> 00:32:04,200
Speaker 1: with Brez's low, he's saying he wants to improve the team. Listen,

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Speaker 1: people might get mad at that. I am not gonna

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Speaker 1: get mad at the guy running the show that makes

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Speaker 1: that wants to make the team better. And of course

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Speaker 1: people are gonna they're gonna look for the arguments. They're

602
00:32:18,600 --> 00:32:21,040
Speaker 1: gonna you know he wants to make the team better, Well,

603
00:32:21,080 --> 00:32:23,280
Speaker 1: then why did he trade Raffi away? Well those are

604
00:32:23,280 --> 00:32:28,080
Speaker 1: for different reasons, right, But after trading Raffi, if he

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Speaker 1: wants to try and bring in some other pieces to

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Speaker 1: help improve the roster, I'm not gonna get mad at that.

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Speaker 1: I'm just not And he's shown that he can be

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Speaker 1: not just aggressive, but Bold obviously trading away Raffi Devers, right,

609
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Speaker 1: So I know Breslo is gonna go out there and

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Speaker 1: make some moves. You know this guy is going to

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Speaker 1: get something done. So if we're looking at some needs

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Speaker 1: for this Red Sox team, well, I think we all

613
00:32:56,840 --> 00:33:00,760
Speaker 1: know the We all know what this team needs, right.

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Speaker 1: You need a bat in the lineup. I honestly, listen.

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Speaker 1: I'm happy with with what Abraham Toro, Rome Gonzalez have

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Speaker 1: been able to do up to this point. Sure, but

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Speaker 1: I think you need to see if you can get

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Speaker 1: an everyday option at first base. I think that's fair

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Speaker 1: to say, and then you can have those guys come

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Speaker 1: off the bench if that's what it ends up being, right,

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Speaker 1: if you have the roster flexibility to do that. So

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Speaker 1: that's what I think, an everyday first base option that

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Speaker 1: you can plug in. I'm gonna say this right now,

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Speaker 1: if Josh Naylor is available, if the Dbacks end up

625
00:33:41,080 --> 00:33:42,840
Speaker 1: selling right, they're in a bit of a weird spot

626
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Speaker 1: right now too. That burns Corbyn. Carrol's going to be

627
00:33:45,800 --> 00:33:47,560
Speaker 1: out for a while with a broken wrist or a

628
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Speaker 1: fracture or whatever it was. I think Josh Shnayler would

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Speaker 1: be perfect for this lineup. And here's why. He's going

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Speaker 1: to bring you some pop in the middle of the order.

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Speaker 1: But with Josh Naylor, a guy that I feel I

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Speaker 1: could actually add a bit of energy into the clubhouse.

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Speaker 1: A big time competitor, but hitting three zero seven, a

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Speaker 1: three to sixty three on base, a four to seventy

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Speaker 1: nine on the slugging a one to thirty three WRC plus.

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Speaker 1: But I'm not just looking at those numbers. Those are fine.

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Speaker 1: I'm looking at the low strikeout rate, thirteen percent strikeout rate.

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Speaker 1: That's very good, very good, and I think that's something

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Speaker 1: that would really help out the Red Sox. They have

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Speaker 1: one of the highest strikeout rates in Major League Baseball.

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Speaker 1: I think Josh Naylor would be my number one option

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Speaker 1: for an every day first baseman. You could go for

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Speaker 1: someone like Ryan O'Hearn in division trade. He's having a

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Speaker 1: career year. I think that could make some sense. He's

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Speaker 1: going to be a rental. He doesn't have much of

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Speaker 1: a track record. Sure market is going to come into

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Speaker 1: play a little bit. I think he's gonna be sought

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Speaker 1: after by teams like the Mariners, the Rangers. I can

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Speaker 1: see getting involved, maybe the Astros, teams like that, that

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Speaker 1: could be an option. And obviously he's been in the

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Speaker 1: Al East for a while these guys, so maybe the

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Speaker 1: Red Sox make a call and maybe they can get

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Speaker 1: something done for Ryan O'Hearn. Another option, and that this

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Speaker 1: comes down to whether or not the Brewers want to

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Speaker 1: sell Reee Hoskins. I think Reee Hoskins could make a

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Speaker 1: lot of sense. But now with Hoskins, he's not gonna

657
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Speaker 1: give you that same slash line like Josh Naylor. He

658
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Speaker 1: is going to give you some strikeouts as well. But

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Speaker 1: what I do like with Hoskins, he said he's gonna

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Speaker 1: give you some pop from the right side. Twelve homers

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Speaker 1: on the year, he's got a three thirty four on

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Speaker 1: base as well, four to twenty seven on the slugging,

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Speaker 1: a one eleven WRC. Plus you know a guy that

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Speaker 1: has postseason experience right those years with the Phillies getting

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Speaker 1: to the World Series in twenty twenty two. I think

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Speaker 1: Hoskins would be a nice addition for the Red Sox.

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Speaker 1: And this is where I get into the next option

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Speaker 1: or the next thing that the Red Sox need. They

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Speaker 1: need a number two, They need a number two in

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Speaker 1: this rotation. For crying out loud out. I think Freddy

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Speaker 1: parol To, who would be at the top of my list, right,

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Speaker 1: he would be under control for next year as well.

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Speaker 1: I wouldn't mind a rental like a Meryl Kelly. I

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Speaker 1: think Meryl Kelly would actually fit very nicely in to

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Speaker 1: this rotation. Sure, he would be a rental. He is

676
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Speaker 1: gonna be a free agent after this year. But I

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Speaker 1: like the idea of Meryl Kelly because when Bregman comes back,

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Speaker 1: I think you're gonna see an improved defense in the infield.

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Speaker 1: Bregman obviously at third base, go glove third baseman, Trevor Story,

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Speaker 1: he's gonna be solid a shortstop, he's gonna get the

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Speaker 1: job done. Marcelo Meyer now at second base. So I

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Speaker 1: think you're gonna have an improved infield. Meryl Kelly is

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Speaker 1: a guy that gets ground balls. So if you wanted

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Speaker 1: to go to the rental route, that's where I'm going.

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna see if he's available, all right, But Freddy

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Speaker 1: pearol To would be my number one option. Now it's

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Speaker 1: gonna cost you a bit, right, He's not gonna be

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Speaker 1: just a rental. He's gonna be only eight million dollars

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Speaker 1: with a club option for next year. To me, I

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Speaker 1: think that could be worth it. If you could have

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Speaker 1: Garrett Crochet Freddy Peralta at the top of the rotation.

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Speaker 1: I think that is that is pretty nasty. If you

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Speaker 1: ask me, I think that's what the Red Sox need.

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Speaker 1: I think they need someone else to help stabilize the rotation,

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Speaker 1: take pressure off of guys like Brian Bayo, Lucas Giolito,

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Speaker 1: Richard Fitz as he continues to ramp himself back up

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00:37:22,560 --> 00:37:26,000
Speaker 1: whatever happens here with Tanner. How you know Cutter Crawford

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Speaker 1: now he's not coming back, so you can't you can't

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Speaker 1: count on him now for this year. So you know,

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Speaker 1: this Red Sox rotation they really need help. I mean

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Speaker 1: we've known this and I'm not even bringing up Walker Bueller.

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Speaker 1: I mean, at this point, I wonder what happens with

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Speaker 1: Walker Bueller. You know, I was kind of playing around

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Speaker 1: with some trade scenarios where I wonder if you could

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Speaker 1: do something where you pair Walker Buehler with Jaron Duran.

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Speaker 1: Could you maybe do something, say with I don't know

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Speaker 1: the Dodgers, You know they could use an upgrade out

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Speaker 1: in left field. Could you do some kind of a

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Speaker 1: three team trade where the Dodgers Michael Conforto has not

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Speaker 1: been a good option for them this year. He's been

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Speaker 1: a bust of a signing. But maybe the Dodgers see

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Speaker 1: maybe they could find a way to get out of

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Speaker 1: that bringing Jaron Duran They could put him in left field, right,

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Speaker 1: that would give them some more speed in the lineup,

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Speaker 1: another dynamic in that lineup. I don't know, send Michael

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Speaker 1: Conforto somewhere Walker Bueller. Now he can go back to

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Speaker 1: the Dodgers and they know him obviously, and maybe they

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Speaker 1: could figure out something with him, and then you could,

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Speaker 1: you know, in that sort of scenario, maybe the Red

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00:38:40,680 --> 00:38:44,600
Speaker 1: Sox could find a way to use Jared Durant's value

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Speaker 1: to bring back a starter somewhere, you know, not necessarily

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Speaker 1: from the Dodgers, but maybe the Dodgers, with the prospects

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Speaker 1: that they have, they could send a guy or two

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Speaker 1: to another team, maybe like the Brewers, right, and then

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Speaker 1: the Brewers could send back Parolta to the Red Sox.

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Speaker 1: You know, maybe there's some kind of a scenario out

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Speaker 1: there like that to where you can kind of help

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Speaker 1: out all three teams. You know, I wonder if there

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Speaker 1: could be something creative like that that you can do.

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Speaker 1: But those are the two guys that I'm looking for.

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Speaker 1: I'm looking for Freddy Peralta. Could you do something with

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Speaker 1: Rhys Hoskins, maybe there like a package kind of a deal,

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Speaker 1: or could you go get Paralta, Maybe go get someone

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Speaker 1: like Josh Naylor, whatever it is. You know, That's what

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Speaker 1: I think the Red Sox need to do. I think

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Speaker 1: they need an everyday option that you can just plug

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Speaker 1: into the lineup every day you write his name in.

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Speaker 1: You don't have to worry about it for the rest

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Speaker 1: of the year, right, don't you know they're gonna be

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Speaker 1: worrying about platoons at first base. That's kind of where

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Speaker 1: I'm at right now. That's where I'm at with this

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Speaker 1: Red Sox team. I'm not ready to start, you know,

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Speaker 1: firing off the signals that we're selling right not there,

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Speaker 1: waiting for these guys to get healthy, make a couple

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Speaker 1: of moves along the way, and that could maybe, you know,

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Speaker 1: off with a strong September to get into the postseason.

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Speaker 1: We saw it last year with the Tigers. Again, I

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Speaker 1: Alrighty, let's get to the Jeff Passon article. But I

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Speaker 1: do want to touch on this one comment here from

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Speaker 1: Brent in the chat, you said here the Brewers are

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Speaker 1: not likely selling there in the playoff hunt. I didn't

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Speaker 1: explain why I think the Brewers could possibly trade Freddie Pralta.

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Speaker 1: You are right, they are in the playoff hunt. But

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Speaker 1: I'm looking at what they did a few years ago

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Speaker 1: with Josh Hader. Remember they were in first place when

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Speaker 1: they traded away Josh Hader. They had Devin Williams waiting

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Speaker 1: in the wings. The Brewers are a small market team.

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Speaker 1: They have to keep one eye on the future at

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Speaker 1: all times. They want to stay competitive, though, So that's

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Speaker 1: where I'm wondering. Could there be scenario where, because they're

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Speaker 1: not going to resign Freddy parral To long term, could

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Speaker 1: they keep him for next year and then move him

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Speaker 1: at the deadline next year. Sure they could go that

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Speaker 1: route too, but you would get more for him now.

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Speaker 1: So the Brewers, I could see them looking at that

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Speaker 1: as a chance to bring in, you know, some young

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Speaker 1: players that they could have under control for the next

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Speaker 1: six years or so. You know, I was even thinking

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Speaker 1: of a scenario with the Dodgers. Could you do some

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Speaker 1: kind of a three team trade where you know, Peralta

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Speaker 1: somehow ends up with the Red Sox. You know, Duran

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00:42:32,360 --> 00:42:34,600
Speaker 1: can go to the Dodgers, and then the Dodgers they

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Speaker 1: could send someone like an Alex Freeland who's pretty much

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Speaker 1: blocked with the Dodgers, you know, maybe a couple other

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Speaker 1: pieces along with him, and uh, I don't know, maybe

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Speaker 1: even the Brewers would take on Michael Conforto. Right, so

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Speaker 1: the Dodgers be like, oh, hey, we'll eat some of

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Speaker 1: his contract. Here, take Michael Conforto. We'll give you Alex

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Speaker 1: Freeland as well, maybe another prospect or two. That's what

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Speaker 1: I could see the Brewers doing to capitalize on his value.

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00:42:59,800 --> 00:43:03,520
Speaker 1: They did the same thing with Josh Hater. A little

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00:43:03,560 --> 00:43:08,880
Speaker 1: different situations, right, a bit different there, But that's how

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Speaker 1: the Brewers have to operate. Right. Again, they were in

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Speaker 1: first place when they traded Josh Hater, right, they ended

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Speaker 1: up struggling after that, and I could see some people saying, too, well, well,

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Speaker 1: the Brewers learned their lesson from that. Now that's business, right,

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Speaker 1: you know, sure did that work out? No, the Brewers

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00:43:26,320 --> 00:43:30,640
Speaker 1: ended up struggling after that, right, But at the end

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Speaker 1: of the day, business is business, and the Brewers they're

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Speaker 1: not going to resign Freddy Parolta. It might make a

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Speaker 1: lot of sense for them to trade Freddy Parolta, especially

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Speaker 1: because Jacob Massarowski got called up recently. He's dominating Brandon

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Speaker 1: Woodserff is going to be coming back soon, right. Quinn

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Speaker 1: Priester red Sox legend, Quinn Priester has found his way

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Speaker 1: in Milwaukee. So all of a sudden, Remember at the

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Speaker 1: beginning of the year, the Brewers, they had all these

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Speaker 1: problems with the rotation, and now all of a sudden,

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Speaker 1: they're looking pretty good. Right, So I could see the

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Speaker 1: Brewers operating in that way. We will see what ends

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Speaker 1: up happening there. We will see. But Marco scuter A,

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Speaker 1: Brewers sold Hater the same year they won the division.

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Speaker 1: I think they didn't They they struggled in the second half.

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Speaker 1: I believe that was twenty twenty two, And no, they

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Speaker 1: they traded away Hater in twenty twenty two. Let me

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Speaker 1: make sure on that. I believe that was twenty twenty two. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: that was twenty two. Yeah, they finished eighty six and

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Speaker 1: seventy six. They missed the play they they missed the playoffs. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: they finished one game out in the wildcard race. Yees.

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Speaker 1: So no, Brewers. They traded Hater when they were in

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Speaker 1: first place, and then they missed the playoffs sound effects

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Speaker 1: with the super chat two dollars, Boston lost, Ugly Robbie,

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Speaker 1: my Braves are down. Yeah, the Brave is gonna be

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Speaker 1: interesting for the deadline too. That's a that's such an

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Speaker 1: interesting team. I don't know even what their plan is

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Speaker 1: gonna well, no one knows what they're planning. I can't

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Speaker 1: even figure out what they would even do. But let's

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Speaker 1: get to Passon's article here. I just want to touch

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Speaker 1: on these guys again really quick. So Jeff Passon he

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Speaker 1: came out with actually did a video on this. If

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Speaker 1: you want to go watch that video on my main channel,

842
00:45:23,960 --> 00:45:27,400
Speaker 1: you can go see that. But uh, Alex Bregman at

843
00:45:27,480 --> 00:45:30,560
Speaker 1: number one, that guy's not getting traded. I would be

844
00:45:31,600 --> 00:45:34,880
Speaker 1: shocked if they traded Bregman. I'll tell you, right, I

845
00:45:34,920 --> 00:45:37,920
Speaker 1: probably Okay, I'm not gonna say definitively I would do this,

846
00:45:38,040 --> 00:45:42,200
Speaker 1: but I'd probably take a week's vacation if they traded Bregman.

847
00:45:42,560 --> 00:45:45,080
Speaker 1: I would even think about probably even canceling this show.

848
00:45:45,160 --> 00:45:48,240
Speaker 1: To be honest with you, that would be the worst

849
00:45:48,480 --> 00:45:52,480
Speaker 1: move in my opinion to trade Alex Bregman. That'd be

850
00:45:52,719 --> 00:45:55,680
Speaker 1: so idiotic if they did that. They need to get

851
00:45:55,719 --> 00:45:59,759
Speaker 1: him signed to an extension. Absolutely not, Jaron Duran, he

852
00:46:00,080 --> 00:46:02,520
Speaker 1: is at a twenty five percent chance. I'm gonna be

853
00:46:02,600 --> 00:46:06,200
Speaker 1: honest with you, I'm closer to fifty, to be honest,

854
00:46:06,360 --> 00:46:08,640
Speaker 1: I really am. I'd even go even a little higher.

855
00:46:08,840 --> 00:46:15,680
Speaker 1: I'm starting to get this feeling that Duran, I think

856
00:46:15,719 --> 00:46:18,799
Speaker 1: he's gonna get moved, right, I really am starting to

857
00:46:18,840 --> 00:46:22,040
Speaker 1: think that because you have, especially with Massa coming back,

858
00:46:22,440 --> 00:46:26,400
Speaker 1: you have got to find a way to create space

859
00:46:26,440 --> 00:46:28,560
Speaker 1: here Roman Anthony. They want to keep him up. There's

860
00:46:28,600 --> 00:46:30,560
Speaker 1: no reason to send Anthony back down at Triple A

861
00:46:31,480 --> 00:46:34,560
Speaker 1: if you, if anything, you want Roman Anthony to stay

862
00:46:34,640 --> 00:46:36,520
Speaker 1: up at the major league level so he can start

863
00:46:36,560 --> 00:46:39,879
Speaker 1: seeing these different pictures. Right, obviously, you're gonna see better

864
00:46:39,920 --> 00:46:43,080
Speaker 1: movement at the major league level. You're gonna see just

865
00:46:43,480 --> 00:46:47,120
Speaker 1: better ve low all right, the way these pictures attack

866
00:46:47,200 --> 00:46:50,080
Speaker 1: his own he needs to stay up and learn at

867
00:46:50,080 --> 00:46:51,759
Speaker 1: the major league level. Going down a Triple A is

868
00:46:51,760 --> 00:46:55,560
Speaker 1: not gonna do him any good. So to me, I mean,

869
00:46:55,840 --> 00:46:57,600
Speaker 1: then could you say, well, will you or brail you?

870
00:46:57,760 --> 00:47:00,320
Speaker 1: Here's the thing with will you or BRAI you Willie

871
00:47:00,400 --> 00:47:04,120
Speaker 1: or brayw is a really good right fielder. He's very

872
00:47:04,160 --> 00:47:06,520
Speaker 1: good out there, right, He's got a good arm for

873
00:47:06,600 --> 00:47:10,480
Speaker 1: out there. He's got that power upside with him. I

874
00:47:10,520 --> 00:47:12,840
Speaker 1: think that's a guy and he has another year of control.

875
00:47:13,400 --> 00:47:15,759
Speaker 1: I think with Duran, he's closer to free agency. He

876
00:47:15,800 --> 00:47:18,480
Speaker 1: still has a lot of control himself. But I think

877
00:47:18,520 --> 00:47:22,279
Speaker 1: with Duran that skill set that he brings to the

878
00:47:22,320 --> 00:47:25,120
Speaker 1: table is not really helping the Red Sox. You know,

879
00:47:25,160 --> 00:47:27,600
Speaker 1: his numbers aren't really what they were from last year.

880
00:47:27,680 --> 00:47:29,680
Speaker 1: I still think he brings a lot to the table, though,

881
00:47:30,600 --> 00:47:31,840
Speaker 1: and I think he could bring a lot to the

882
00:47:31,840 --> 00:47:34,640
Speaker 1: table to other teams out there that could use some

883
00:47:34,719 --> 00:47:39,439
Speaker 1: more speed. If the Braves were to add another guy,

884
00:47:39,520 --> 00:47:42,239
Speaker 1: I think they need to add a guy with speed. Right.

885
00:47:42,239 --> 00:47:44,480
Speaker 1: They're one of the slowest teams in Major League Baseball.

886
00:47:44,960 --> 00:47:47,160
Speaker 1: They could use another guy like Duran, right. I think

887
00:47:47,160 --> 00:47:50,640
Speaker 1: the Dodgers, like I mentioned, you know, if they really

888
00:47:50,680 --> 00:47:54,800
Speaker 1: wanted to maximize their lineup adding a guy like him,

889
00:47:54,960 --> 00:47:57,520
Speaker 1: where you have could you imagine Jaron Duran and the

890
00:47:57,560 --> 00:48:01,759
Speaker 1: Dodgers lineup where you have all of these guys behind him,

891
00:48:02,040 --> 00:48:05,239
Speaker 1: Like I mean Otani, Freeman, Betts right, just to name

892
00:48:05,280 --> 00:48:08,919
Speaker 1: a few. Duran, I could see him being so much

893
00:48:08,920 --> 00:48:12,319
Speaker 1: better with the Dodgers because he has so many more

894
00:48:12,360 --> 00:48:15,759
Speaker 1: guys around him that would protect him more. You know,

895
00:48:17,320 --> 00:48:21,239
Speaker 1: I think he's being attacked differently this year. I think

896
00:48:21,239 --> 00:48:24,759
Speaker 1: you'd be really good with the Dodgers personally, or the Pogreys, right,

897
00:48:24,880 --> 00:48:26,440
Speaker 1: that's another team, if they were to try to work

898
00:48:26,440 --> 00:48:28,759
Speaker 1: out like a three team trade. Could you do something

899
00:48:28,760 --> 00:48:34,640
Speaker 1: with the UH with San Diego I don't know, Like

900
00:48:35,239 --> 00:48:36,799
Speaker 1: if you were to do a straight up deal with

901
00:48:36,840 --> 00:48:40,960
Speaker 1: the Podreys Ethan Sallas, who's out with the back injury

902
00:48:41,040 --> 00:48:42,359
Speaker 1: right now, but he's gonna be back in the next

903
00:48:42,360 --> 00:48:46,719
Speaker 1: couple of weeks, could you do something like him a

904
00:48:46,760 --> 00:48:49,319
Speaker 1: young catcher, top one hungshure prospect that has a lot

905
00:48:49,360 --> 00:48:52,760
Speaker 1: of upside. Maybe you could throw in, like Jeremiah Estrada

906
00:48:52,800 --> 00:48:56,560
Speaker 1: a couple of prospects along with him, or whatever whatever

907
00:48:56,600 --> 00:48:58,799
Speaker 1: it may be. You know, could you do something with

908
00:48:58,840 --> 00:49:02,439
Speaker 1: the Pogreys aj Aggressive I can see something like that.

909
00:49:02,880 --> 00:49:06,799
Speaker 1: But Duran, I'm starting to think he's gonna get moved

910
00:49:06,840 --> 00:49:10,360
Speaker 1: because they have to make room. I think Willyer, I

911
00:49:10,360 --> 00:49:13,040
Speaker 1: think there's just more upside with him. I think Duran

912
00:49:13,160 --> 00:49:16,120
Speaker 1: has pretty much hit that ceiling. I could be wrong

913
00:49:16,160 --> 00:49:17,920
Speaker 1: on that, but I think a bre you still has

914
00:49:17,920 --> 00:49:19,760
Speaker 1: more to tap into and he brings you good defense

915
00:49:19,760 --> 00:49:22,920
Speaker 1: out in right field. Now he lists the Padres, the Braves.

916
00:49:23,160 --> 00:49:25,319
Speaker 1: He also says the Guardians and the Royals. You know,

917
00:49:25,480 --> 00:49:27,959
Speaker 1: I'll even mention this as well. Could you do something

918
00:49:27,960 --> 00:49:32,120
Speaker 1: with Chris Bubick with the Royals? John Morose, he talked

919
00:49:32,160 --> 00:49:34,880
Speaker 1: about Chris Bubick is a possible trade candidate yesterday. I've

920
00:49:34,920 --> 00:49:38,200
Speaker 1: been wondering about Bubick for a little bit now because

921
00:49:38,239 --> 00:49:40,560
Speaker 1: the Royals need bats and they have a lot of

922
00:49:40,560 --> 00:49:42,680
Speaker 1: pitching now. Cole Reagan's is dealing with a bit of

923
00:49:42,680 --> 00:49:46,480
Speaker 1: a shoulder thing right now, but they got a lot

924
00:49:46,480 --> 00:49:48,920
Speaker 1: of pitching there, especially since Noah Cameron's come up this

925
00:49:49,000 --> 00:49:53,160
Speaker 1: year and he's done very well. Those two teams could

926
00:49:53,160 --> 00:49:55,439
Speaker 1: match up. I think could you add Bubick, who also

927
00:49:55,440 --> 00:49:57,919
Speaker 1: has one more year of control. He just went into

928
00:49:57,920 --> 00:50:00,960
Speaker 1: the rotation this year. Didn't pitch a whole lot the

929
00:50:01,040 --> 00:50:04,200
Speaker 1: last couple of years, but uh, to me, he kind

930
00:50:04,200 --> 00:50:05,719
Speaker 1: of just came out of nowhere this year. I thought

931
00:50:05,719 --> 00:50:07,359
Speaker 1: he was gonna have a good year, but not this good.

932
00:50:07,440 --> 00:50:11,560
Speaker 1: You know, could you do something there maybe, you know,

933
00:50:11,719 --> 00:50:14,000
Speaker 1: could be something. The Giants, I don't think so. The

934
00:50:14,000 --> 00:50:16,000
Speaker 1: Phillies and the Mets are interesting. They just have a

935
00:50:16,000 --> 00:50:20,000
Speaker 1: lot of lefty bats and uh, I think they have

936
00:50:20,120 --> 00:50:22,279
Speaker 1: the assets to get a deal done. But would they

937
00:50:22,560 --> 00:50:25,279
Speaker 1: want someone like Duran or would those got or would

938
00:50:25,320 --> 00:50:29,320
Speaker 1: those teams prefer a right handed bat? I think Duran.

939
00:50:29,360 --> 00:50:31,720
Speaker 1: I don't know, Man, I have a feeling that Duran

940
00:50:32,920 --> 00:50:36,640
Speaker 1: could end up getting moved even if they ended up

941
00:50:36,760 --> 00:50:40,120
Speaker 1: even if they won the next ten straight games, I

942
00:50:40,160 --> 00:50:43,319
Speaker 1: could still see Duran getting moved. He mentions the role

943
00:50:43,360 --> 00:50:46,680
Speaker 1: as Chatman. You know, Chapman is an interesting one because

944
00:50:48,480 --> 00:50:51,759
Speaker 1: it's one of those things where it's tough because he's

945
00:50:51,800 --> 00:50:54,279
Speaker 1: been so good this year, easily the best arm out

946
00:50:54,320 --> 00:50:56,040
Speaker 1: of their bullpen. He's been one of the best closers

947
00:50:56,040 --> 00:50:58,959
Speaker 1: in baseball this year. Whenever he comes into the game,

948
00:50:59,040 --> 00:51:05,520
Speaker 1: you feel confident. But I wonder from Craig's point of view,

949
00:51:06,840 --> 00:51:09,600
Speaker 1: where they feel like they could move him, bring some

950
00:51:09,680 --> 00:51:15,479
Speaker 1: guys back, and then maybe someone like Jordan Hicks could

951
00:51:15,480 --> 00:51:18,640
Speaker 1: possibly step into that role, you know, because you are

952
00:51:18,680 --> 00:51:22,319
Speaker 1: getting him now. I'm not saying that's what I would do.

953
00:51:22,920 --> 00:51:26,560
Speaker 1: I'm wondering if that's what they think. Right Trading Chapman,

954
00:51:26,640 --> 00:51:29,400
Speaker 1: I think would be. I want to keep him because

955
00:51:29,400 --> 00:51:32,200
Speaker 1: he's been so good in the bullpen. I want to

956
00:51:32,280 --> 00:51:35,720
Speaker 1: keep him. But you know, teams out there will always

957
00:51:35,719 --> 00:51:41,000
Speaker 1: want bullpen help and they will pay a lot to

958
00:51:41,040 --> 00:51:43,880
Speaker 1: get a deal done. Right. He lists the Mets, the Phillies,

959
00:51:43,920 --> 00:51:47,560
Speaker 1: and the Tigers. I think the Tigers would make a

960
00:51:47,600 --> 00:51:49,480
Speaker 1: lot of sense. They need more velo in the bullpen.

961
00:51:49,600 --> 00:51:52,640
Speaker 1: They need to shut down guy back there. They lack that.

962
00:51:52,640 --> 00:51:55,319
Speaker 1: They've been going with a couple of different guys. I

963
00:51:55,360 --> 00:51:57,040
Speaker 1: think the Mets could make some sense. Or I give

964
00:51:57,040 --> 00:52:00,000
Speaker 1: you another option with Edwin Diaz. The Phillies they lost

965
00:52:00,040 --> 00:52:04,040
Speaker 1: Jose Alvarado, so you would be adding a big time

966
00:52:04,160 --> 00:52:07,000
Speaker 1: lefty with Chatman back into the mix. There bring some

967
00:52:07,080 --> 00:52:10,359
Speaker 1: stability to the bullpen. I'm right now like fifty to

968
00:52:10,360 --> 00:52:13,359
Speaker 1: fifty on Chapman. I think there's a case to keep him,

969
00:52:14,080 --> 00:52:17,239
Speaker 1: and I think there's a case to move him. I

970
00:52:17,239 --> 00:52:19,239
Speaker 1: think it's gonna come down to where are they in

971
00:52:19,280 --> 00:52:22,680
Speaker 1: the standings. I'll say this, if they have a wildcard spot,

972
00:52:23,200 --> 00:52:25,560
Speaker 1: I think they end up hanging on to him. But

973
00:52:25,680 --> 00:52:28,000
Speaker 1: if they are a few games out of a wildcard spot.

974
00:52:28,120 --> 00:52:33,799
Speaker 1: I think they could move him. I think so the

975
00:52:33,880 --> 00:52:38,200
Speaker 1: last person on this list, Walker Buehler. I honestly could

976
00:52:38,200 --> 00:52:43,239
Speaker 1: see Bueller getting moved no matter the situation, because he's

977
00:52:43,239 --> 00:52:45,480
Speaker 1: been really inconsistent with the Red Sox. This just might

978
00:52:45,520 --> 00:52:49,040
Speaker 1: not be a good fit for him. It just might

979
00:52:49,120 --> 00:52:54,719
Speaker 1: not be the right situation for Buehler, right, and you know,

980
00:52:54,840 --> 00:52:57,440
Speaker 1: could it be is he a change of scenery candidate.

981
00:52:57,880 --> 00:53:02,040
Speaker 1: I think that's possible. I think that is something you

982
00:53:02,040 --> 00:53:05,320
Speaker 1: could definitely consider with Bueller going back to the Dodgers,

983
00:53:05,360 --> 00:53:08,480
Speaker 1: the team that's known him since they've drafted him. That

984
00:53:08,520 --> 00:53:12,680
Speaker 1: could make sense, right, and they need pitching, right the

985
00:53:12,760 --> 00:53:16,120
Speaker 1: Cubs they got some good pitching development over there. They

986
00:53:16,160 --> 00:53:18,160
Speaker 1: lost Justin Steele for the year. I think that could

987
00:53:18,160 --> 00:53:21,560
Speaker 1: make some sense. He lists the Astros like all over

988
00:53:21,560 --> 00:53:25,200
Speaker 1: the place with pitching. I don't know. With Bueller, He's

989
00:53:25,200 --> 00:53:27,680
Speaker 1: not gonna cost a lot, I mean pretty much. It's

990
00:53:27,760 --> 00:53:30,600
Speaker 1: just kind of what team would take on his contract. Really,

991
00:53:31,200 --> 00:53:36,360
Speaker 1: Blue Jays, I don't see that, Padres. It's interesting. I

992
00:53:36,360 --> 00:53:38,759
Speaker 1: think if you were to move Bueller, I think it

993
00:53:38,760 --> 00:53:42,040
Speaker 1: would make a lot of sense to move him back

994
00:53:42,080 --> 00:53:46,439
Speaker 1: to the Dodgers, right, he's comfortable there, you know, maybe

995
00:53:46,600 --> 00:53:48,200
Speaker 1: who knows, if he ends up pitching well for the

996
00:53:48,200 --> 00:53:49,880
Speaker 1: rest of the year, maybe they'd work out some kind

997
00:53:49,880 --> 00:53:52,160
Speaker 1: of an extension. I would say the Dodgers are the

998
00:53:52,200 --> 00:53:57,800
Speaker 1: Cubs for Bueller, but I think with Buehller, either way

999
00:53:58,880 --> 00:54:02,840
Speaker 1: it whether they're in the mix again. I think it

1000
00:54:02,880 --> 00:54:04,840
Speaker 1: really comes down to what's gonna happen here over the

1001
00:54:04,840 --> 00:54:09,360
Speaker 1: next month or so. If he gets himself right, if

1002
00:54:09,719 --> 00:54:13,839
Speaker 1: he figures himself out, of course you can keep him right.

1003
00:54:14,640 --> 00:54:17,240
Speaker 1: I think it depends like, can they bring in another guy.

1004
00:54:17,360 --> 00:54:20,719
Speaker 1: If they could bring in Freddy Peralta right or one

1005
00:54:20,719 --> 00:54:23,160
Speaker 1: of these guys that could be a two or at

1006
00:54:23,239 --> 00:54:26,480
Speaker 1: least a you know, a solid three in the rotation,

1007
00:54:28,160 --> 00:54:31,319
Speaker 1: I think that could make someone like Bueller expendable, if

1008
00:54:31,360 --> 00:54:34,040
Speaker 1: they could get something back for him. I think it

1009
00:54:34,080 --> 00:54:39,800
Speaker 1: really just comes down to that. But that's all I got.

1010
00:54:40,120 --> 00:54:41,879
Speaker 1: That's all I got on that. Those are the four

1011
00:54:41,880 --> 00:54:46,960
Speaker 1: guys mentioned in Passon's article. Obviously, times are tough right now,

1012
00:54:47,040 --> 00:54:50,759
Speaker 1: ladies and gentlemen. The Red Sox they stink right now.

1013
00:54:50,800 --> 00:54:53,719
Speaker 1: And tip of the cap to the Blue Jays they

1014
00:54:53,719 --> 00:54:57,279
Speaker 1: are looking very good. Wow, the Blue Jays just went

1015
00:54:57,320 --> 00:55:00,000
Speaker 1: to town on the Red Sox Theater night. But everybody,

1016
00:55:00,200 --> 00:55:01,680
Speaker 1: I'm gonna wrap it up right there. Thank you for

1017
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Speaker 1: joining me on this depressing Friday night. We'll be back

1018
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Speaker 1: here tomorrow though, for more postgame coverage. Hopefully it's a

1019
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Speaker 1: better night tomorrow. I see some Blue Jays fans in here. Focal,

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Speaker 1: How you doing, my friend? How you doing? Good game tonight? Focal,

1021
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Speaker 1: how you doing. But everybody, if you can on the

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