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Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to another edition of the Crush City

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Speaker 1: Territory podcast. I am Tyler Stafford, joined by Josh Reddick.

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Speaker 1: Chandler made it to Boston last night. I texted him

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Speaker 1: this morning. He made it to his hotel room at

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Speaker 1: five point thirty in the morning and he will not

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Speaker 1: be joining us. But I mean, listen, do you expect Santo.

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Speaker 2: No dedication for the post Trade Deadline podcast right there?

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Speaker 2: So feel free to blow him up everybody tell him

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Speaker 2: that you know, we cover this team for a reason

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Speaker 2: and we look to Chandler for all his ex tweets

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Speaker 2: and updates, and for him to not be here is

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Speaker 2: just shameful of him.

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Speaker 1: It's ridiculous. Although I will say I don't know that

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Speaker 1: I would expect Sano to work the day after Christmas,

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Speaker 1: and I think Trade deadline is a similar vibe for

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Speaker 1: for Chandler. So great job Chandler covering all of that.

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Speaker 1: He got to this is kind of on him. It's

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Speaker 1: kind of a Monkey's Paul situation. He was supposed to

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Speaker 1: be flying as the trade deadline was wrapping up, and

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Speaker 1: then he cheered for having a flight delayed, and then

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Speaker 1: it got so delayed that he didn't make it to

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Speaker 1: his hotel until five point thirty in the morning.

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Speaker 2: So I bet, I bet, I bet Tags is up

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Speaker 2: doing something right now for doctor Yeah, and they're on.

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Speaker 3: The same flight.

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Speaker 1: Where's his podcast? Hop on here? There you go. Well, Josh,

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Speaker 1: we got a lot to talk about there. There were

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Speaker 1: quite a few moves that were made. We will get

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Speaker 1: to the other ones, but let's talk about what everybody

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Speaker 1: wants to talk about. Carlos Correa is back time. This time,

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Speaker 1: it's it's go time, Josh. Gimme your thoughts. What does

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Speaker 1: it mean to have Carlos Korea back on the Houston Astros.

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Speaker 2: First of all, I was an absolute shock that this

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Speaker 2: deal got done, because all we read about for two

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Speaker 2: days was how they were into it, how they weren't

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Speaker 2: into it, and then what like an hour before I

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Speaker 2: think everybody was the Korea deal has just cooled off,

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Speaker 2: and then it just kind of came out of nowhere.

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Speaker 2: So legit shock was probably my first initial reaction, and

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Speaker 2: I really didn't even know it. I got like three

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Speaker 2: or four text messages from people around the area saying

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Speaker 2: can you believe it?

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Speaker 3: And I was like, what do you mean?

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Speaker 2: And then I went to Twitter and of course or X,

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Speaker 2: I'm sorry and I found out what had happened.

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Speaker 3: So yeah, legit shot.

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Speaker 2: But I think this is, you know, this is the

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Speaker 2: boost that I think this team and this city needed

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Speaker 2: because we look at what they've gone through.

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Speaker 3: They've obviously competed to the best of.

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Speaker 2: Their ability to get to this point to where they

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Speaker 2: are now still in first place, still have that you know,

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Speaker 2: top position at their at their backs, and you know,

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Speaker 2: this is just gonna boost that clubhouse. It's going to

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Speaker 2: boost that lineup, which is something that we've kind of,

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Speaker 2: you know, struggled with all years. The run scoring, consistency

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Speaker 2: on run scoring has been a major issue. Now we

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Speaker 2: get to plug in the number one into the middle

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Speaker 2: of that lineup. Probably they hit him, you know, fourth,

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Speaker 2: fifth at this point. I would think fourth at this point.

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Speaker 2: And you know, he's going to be a bigger threat

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Speaker 2: in the middle of that lineup than what they have had,

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Speaker 2: and he's gonna drive in more runs. He's gonna make

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Speaker 2: you a better offensive team. And we'll see what happens

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Speaker 2: with with him moving into third base. I think the

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Speaker 2: transition to third is going to be a little bit,

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Speaker 2: you know of a of a challenge for him. Being

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Speaker 2: a little closer. But you know, the good thing is

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Speaker 2: they have you know, they have Dubond who they can

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Speaker 2: float around. They have Urius, who you know is basically

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Speaker 2: the same guy as Dubon.

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Speaker 3: Pay you when he gets back.

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Speaker 2: You know, it just gives so many more open doors

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Speaker 2: for guys to have those dh ds for paying you.

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Speaker 2: The rest the ribcage, guys that need that day off.

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Speaker 2: Kraic and bounce from short to third if he needs

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Speaker 2: to after twenty five, we'll figure that out. But right now,

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Speaker 2: this is exactly what this team needed going down the

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Speaker 2: stretch because they were hitting that wall of just being

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Speaker 2: exhausted from just pounding and pounding out this season up

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Speaker 2: until this moment.

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Speaker 1: How about a first game back for for Korea and

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Speaker 1: the Astros against the Red Sox and and Alex bregmant

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Speaker 1: what I mean, what a.

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Speaker 2: Not only you get to go in there and like,

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Speaker 2: you know it's you said, if you have seen the

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Speaker 2: SpongeBob square Pants meme of Squidward looking out of his

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Speaker 2: feel right now watching Krey and now too they walk

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Speaker 3: But you know, it's it's cool because it's a double feature.

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Speaker 2: We get first game for Krey on the road in

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Speaker 2: the Ashers, you first game back in the Ashers from

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Speaker 2: a finway, and then you come back home to Dyke

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Speaker 2: and they're playing the Red Sox all over again.

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Speaker 3: So it's it's kind of a full circle moment.

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Speaker 2: And what a great spot because you know that guy's

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Speaker 2: had some very good success against that ball club in

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Speaker 2: the past, whether it be postseason or not. So and

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Speaker 2: you know, for Korea, we talked about it boosting this

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Speaker 2: We saw yesterday and his exclusive interview about this was

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Speaker 2: the only team he wanted to go to.

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Speaker 3: This is where he felt comfortable.

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Speaker 2: This is home for him. So imagine the level of

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Speaker 2: comfortability for him to come back where he grew up,

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Speaker 2: where he made a name for himself, and not only that,

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Speaker 2: just where he succeeded as well as you know, as

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Speaker 3: Injuries were a thing, but it looked like you could

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Speaker 3: tell Krea really.

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Speaker 2: Didn't want to be in Minnesota, so for him to

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Speaker 2: that much more of a better player and make him

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Speaker 3: More every day.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Chandler did some great reporting on the deal and

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Speaker 1: kind of how it came to be. So let's let's

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Speaker 1: kind of go through the details of the deal here.

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Speaker 1: So Korea is signed through twenty twenty eight. There are

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Speaker 1: some vesting options after that where the team could you know,

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Speaker 1: choose to continue to have Korea at a at a

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Speaker 1: little it's like twenty five million, twenty million, fifteen and

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Speaker 1: ten if you wanted to keep vesting each of those years.

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Speaker 1: But those are club options, or they vest if he

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Speaker 1: like wins World Series MVP, which I feel like, if

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Speaker 1: that happens, you're.

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Speaker 4: It's very doable.

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Speaker 1: You're well, you're probably right.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's probably okay. So for now, we're going to

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Speaker 1: treat this as essentially a three and a half year deal.

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Speaker 1: They're paying about six million dollars pro rated over the

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Speaker 1: rest of this year, so the Astros are above the

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Speaker 1: Jim Crane was really adamant about getting underneath that luxury tax.

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Speaker 1: had that financial flexibility. But as Jim Crane has shown

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Speaker 1: throughout his ownership tenure, if there's a move that he

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Speaker 1: thinks makes the Astros legitimately better and gives them a

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Speaker 1: chance to win a World Series, he will do it.

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Speaker 1: He did it again, and this deal, you know, really

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Speaker 1: seems like came together a lot because Jim Crane wanted

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Speaker 1: Carlos Korea back on the Astros, so Krea had a

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Speaker 1: full no trade clause. You know, the Twins couldn't shop him, right,

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Speaker 1: I mean, it's just if he felt like being traded somewhere,

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Speaker 1: he could make that available. And like you said, he

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Speaker 1: made it very clear there's only one team that he

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Speaker 1: was interested in going in. So we've joked all year

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Speaker 1: that the Astros have been running on the power of friendship.

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Speaker 1: The power of friendship is what made this.

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Speaker 2: The connection with Jim Crane and all those conversations Carlos

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Speaker 1: So the trade is essentially the Twins are paying a

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Speaker 1: third of his salary. They're paying about thirty million of

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Speaker 1: the hundred million left the prospect who went over no

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Speaker 1: disrespect to a gentleman named Matt mccolski, who the Astros right, sure,

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Speaker 1: former second round pick, way to go. He is twenty

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Speaker 1: So I don't think that that was a move that

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Speaker 1: the Twins were doing for prospects, right. This was really

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Speaker 1: just Korea wanted out. The Twins didn't have a lot

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Speaker 1: Crane said, all right, I'll take on seventy million of this.

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Speaker 1: So what's really interesting is if you remember when Korea

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Speaker 1: hit free agency, the Astros offered him what at the

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Speaker 1: time was the largest contract in Astro's history, which was

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Speaker 1: for or in Jim Crane's history. I guess six years,

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Speaker 1: one hundred and fifty million dollars. The Astros now have

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Speaker 1: essentially signed Korea for three and a half years for

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Speaker 1: seventy five ish million dollars, which is literally exactly what

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Speaker 3: At least we know though we do we're knowledgeable the situation.

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Speaker 2: That's that's kind of a win in this whole rigamarole.

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Speaker 3: Of scenarios rigamarole. I like that.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, so you know they're gonna have to figure that out.

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Speaker 1: We've talked about in our last episode that there is

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Speaker 1: not a lot of confidence that Parades is a second

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Speaker 1: baseman in the future. You've got Jeremy Pania for the

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Speaker 1: next two years, You've got Korea for the next three years.

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Speaker 1: You've got Christian Walker for the next two years. You know,

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Speaker 1: it's not clear what will happen, but that's a future

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Speaker 1: Astros problem. Right now, you filled in a hole at

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Speaker 1: third base. Now, of course, Korea has not been a

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Speaker 1: third baseman. I have no doubt that he will be

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Speaker 1: play a third base and it'll be just fine. Of course,

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Speaker 1: Puerto Rico, he played third base for them. He's going

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Speaker 1: to be fine. He will be just fine over there

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Speaker 1: at third base. I did want to talk a little

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Speaker 1: to move to third base and also Jose Altuve in

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Speaker 1: the offseason being willing to move off of his position

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Speaker 1: to left field. Josh, You've been in a lot of clubhouses,

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Speaker 1: You've been a lot around a lot of superstars. Like

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Speaker 1: how rare is that for a player to say, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I'm a superstar, but if it helps the team win,

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Speaker 1: I'll move to a different position. I don't have any

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Speaker 1: ego about that, Like what does that mean about Altuve

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Speaker 1: and Korea and how they feel about the team aspect

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Speaker 2: It's very rare because you think about all these guys

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Speaker 2: Tatisa has done this and to become an elite right fielder.

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Speaker 2: You know howbier Bias has turned his career around by

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Speaker 1: So I think we all know what Kara means on

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Speaker 3: Because he's just there, he's having fun and but.

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Speaker 3: He brings that presence into the field, he brings it

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Speaker 2: So from top to bottom, Carlos is just going to

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Speaker 3: And you know, this is what it's about.

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Speaker 1: So you, I mean, you joined the Astros in twenty seventeen,

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Speaker 1: Do you know how old he was in twenty seventeen, twenty.

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Speaker 3: I wouldn't even say I was a or the leader

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Speaker 2: I was just there to help an assist whenever I

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Speaker 1: I mean, Astros aside, what a cool baseball story to

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Speaker 1: here with the Astros two or championship with the Astros

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Speaker 3: Mean he's in his prime, in his prime.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, he's back. The Ashers have him signed for the

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Speaker 1: All right, Josh Correa was one edition, but that was

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Speaker 1: not the only move that the Ashes made at the deadline.

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Speaker 3: Like pretty obvious what's going to happen here.

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Speaker 1: He's also going to be able to spell Cam Smith

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Speaker 2: So I think it signs more d H days more

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Speaker 2: than it does for him to play second base, because

438
00:21:21,520 --> 00:21:23,840
Speaker 2: you know, Dubon is gonna need to get his at bats.

439
00:21:23,840 --> 00:21:26,560
Speaker 3: He's obviously a major upgrade defensively than a two V.

440
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Speaker 3: So I see it being more.

441
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Speaker 2: Of a d H responsibility until until your don can

442
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Speaker 2: get back, and then from that point on then you're

443
00:21:34,040 --> 00:21:35,560
Speaker 2: just gonna have to roll him out there with with

444
00:21:35,600 --> 00:21:38,000
Speaker 2: your matchups. You know, Sanchez gets those days off, you

445
00:21:38,080 --> 00:21:41,480
Speaker 2: throw him outain left. But for Sanchez to come around,

446
00:21:41,560 --> 00:21:43,440
Speaker 2: you know, this is a guy who has been said

447
00:21:43,440 --> 00:21:46,960
Speaker 2: he's average in a Miami Marlins uniform, So you gotta

448
00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:49,159
Speaker 2: think he'll probably be a little bit better, if not

449
00:21:49,359 --> 00:21:51,760
Speaker 2: significantly better, with this ball club. He got a lot

450
00:21:51,840 --> 00:21:55,399
Speaker 2: more protection, a little bit more you know, excitement to

451
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Speaker 2: come to the ballpark every day you get out of Miami.

452
00:21:58,000 --> 00:21:59,840
Speaker 2: I don't know how they feel about Mammy. I think

453
00:21:59,840 --> 00:22:02,560
Speaker 2: my mean is very very busy, very crowded. Not my

454
00:22:02,600 --> 00:22:04,600
Speaker 2: cup of tea. You don't have to go to a

455
00:22:04,600 --> 00:22:07,719
Speaker 2: ballpark where you know you're you're putting in you know,

456
00:22:07,840 --> 00:22:10,040
Speaker 2: maybe a thousand to two thousand fans a night, depending

457
00:22:10,080 --> 00:22:13,000
Speaker 2: on who's on the road who's coming in obviously, So

458
00:22:13,040 --> 00:22:14,639
Speaker 2: I think it's just a better atmosphere all around for

459
00:22:14,680 --> 00:22:17,280
Speaker 2: haze Us to come in and kind of maybe get

460
00:22:17,280 --> 00:22:19,159
Speaker 2: a little extra kick in this step to be on

461
00:22:19,160 --> 00:22:21,320
Speaker 2: a winning team for one, but to come over to

462
00:22:21,359 --> 00:22:24,800
Speaker 2: a team like the Astros already in first place, you know,

463
00:22:25,320 --> 00:22:27,440
Speaker 2: and just be a better overall environment.

464
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Speaker 3: In my opinion, I think getting out of Miami is

465
00:22:29,520 --> 00:22:31,280
Speaker 3: definitely going to be beneficial for him.

466
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Speaker 2: Not just on the field, but off the field as well,

467
00:22:33,359 --> 00:22:35,359
Speaker 2: because you come to a more relaxed area and more

468
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Speaker 2: of a baseball town. You know, Houston is definitely way

469
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Speaker 2: bigger baseball town than Miami is ever going to be.

470
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Speaker 2: So I think we're gonna see a little bit better

471
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Speaker 2: performance from sanchezhe.

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Speaker 3: They're gonna hit him in the lineup?

473
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Speaker 2: Was where I kind of get a question, Mark, did

474
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Speaker 2: they throw him in the middle in the early parts

475
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Speaker 2: they throw him you know, between those ridings at the

476
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Speaker 2: back end of the middle, or do you let him

477
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Speaker 2: go seven eight and kind of float down there and

478
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Speaker 2: pick up the bottom of the lines. I'm interested to

479
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Speaker 2: see what Joe is going to do and how they're

480
00:23:00,280 --> 00:23:03,119
Speaker 2: going to script, you know, kind of write this lineup.

481
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Speaker 2: I'm really excited to see what the lineup comes out

482
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Speaker 2: as tonight. See what they're playing is moving forward.

483
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Speaker 1: Yeah, another one of those Astros acquisition. I mean, this

484
00:23:11,320 --> 00:23:14,960
Speaker 1: is just classic Astros where it's a it's a guy

485
00:23:15,119 --> 00:23:21,879
Speaker 1: who's numbers don't reflect the underlying skill that that seems

486
00:23:21,920 --> 00:23:23,680
Speaker 1: to be evident. So if you look at his baseball

487
00:23:23,720 --> 00:23:27,960
Speaker 1: savon page, he's in the ninety third percentile in bat speed.

488
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Speaker 1: He swings the bat really hard, he's barreling, and his

489
00:23:33,480 --> 00:23:37,280
Speaker 1: hard hit percentage are both in the seventieth percentile. Average

490
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Speaker 1: exit velo is ninety two miles an hour, that's in

491
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Speaker 1: the eighty seventh percentile. So this is a guy that

492
00:23:42,960 --> 00:23:47,960
Speaker 1: swings hard, hits the ball hard. The biggest thing that's

493
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Speaker 1: holding him back is his launch angle sweet spot. Basically,

494
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Speaker 1: when he is hitting the ball, if he's launching it

495
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Speaker 1: at the correct angle with you know, as as hard

496
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Speaker 1: as he's swing and you know the power that he hit,

497
00:24:03,160 --> 00:24:06,800
Speaker 1: it's only at the ten threshold, right, So he's he's

498
00:24:06,840 --> 00:24:10,720
Speaker 1: not hitting the ball with the correct angle. But again,

499
00:24:10,760 --> 00:24:12,760
Speaker 1: that is something that the Astros are really good at

500
00:24:12,760 --> 00:24:17,160
Speaker 1: at identifying. You've got this raw talent, how do we

501
00:24:17,280 --> 00:24:20,040
Speaker 1: help you transform that? So, I mean, you're right, like

502
00:24:20,119 --> 00:24:23,520
Speaker 1: this could be a guy that the Astros unlock something

503
00:24:23,560 --> 00:24:26,359
Speaker 1: in it. You know, he could also just be an

504
00:24:26,359 --> 00:24:29,720
Speaker 1: average major league hitter and that would be a big

505
00:24:29,760 --> 00:24:32,720
Speaker 1: step up for the Astros. But he doesn't strike out

506
00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:35,560
Speaker 1: at a at a ridiculous margin. He's right down the

507
00:24:35,560 --> 00:24:39,520
Speaker 1: middle for for most major league hitters, there's you know,

508
00:24:39,560 --> 00:24:41,920
Speaker 1: there's nothing concerning there about throwing a guy in your

509
00:24:41,960 --> 00:24:46,600
Speaker 1: lineup and he's gonna have, you know, a week Somburros

510
00:24:46,680 --> 00:24:48,720
Speaker 1: right like, he's gonna hit it. He hits it hard,

511
00:24:48,800 --> 00:24:52,560
Speaker 1: he swings hard. Certainly somebody that you could see the

512
00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:58,160
Speaker 1: Astros unlocking. So another really interesting pickup. The last trade

513
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Speaker 1: that the Astros made was for or utility player, like

514
00:25:02,840 --> 00:25:06,919
Speaker 1: you said, kind of a Mauricio Dubon type in Ramon

515
00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:12,680
Speaker 1: Urias from the Orioles. He was traded for minor league

516
00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:19,439
Speaker 1: pitcher Twine Palmer. All time name, great name. He was

517
00:25:19,480 --> 00:25:24,959
Speaker 1: a nineteenth round pick of the Astros last season. Another

518
00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:28,240
Speaker 1: one of those guys at the Astros tend to identify

519
00:25:28,520 --> 00:25:33,120
Speaker 1: came from a school called Connors State College in Warner, Oklahoma.

520
00:25:33,680 --> 00:25:37,119
Speaker 1: Nineteenth round pick but had a two nine eight e

521
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Speaker 1: er and abe also you know, a guy that could

522
00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:45,600
Speaker 1: be something at some point, but nowhere near the big

523
00:25:45,680 --> 00:25:48,920
Speaker 1: leagues yet. So again the Astros got three guys that

524
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Speaker 1: you know, you assume are going to be playing a

525
00:25:51,960 --> 00:25:55,439
Speaker 1: good majority of your games. The rest of the season,

526
00:25:55,560 --> 00:25:58,000
Speaker 1: Urias may end up being, you know, kind of your

527
00:25:58,080 --> 00:26:01,400
Speaker 1: first guy off the bench, you know, yeah, for pinch hitting,

528
00:26:01,440 --> 00:26:04,199
Speaker 1: and then his positional flexibility allows him to play a

529
00:26:04,240 --> 00:26:07,520
Speaker 1: lot of different positions. But they Asher's got three guys

530
00:26:07,520 --> 00:26:09,800
Speaker 1: that are going to help them in the big leagues

531
00:26:09,840 --> 00:26:15,320
Speaker 1: this season. Did not give up any top prospects, you know,

532
00:26:16,160 --> 00:26:20,639
Speaker 1: all it took for Korea. As as my dad said

533
00:26:20,760 --> 00:26:22,720
Speaker 1: and I've said on the podcast, all it takes his

534
00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:25,520
Speaker 1: money to get Carlo's career. That's all it took for

535
00:26:25,920 --> 00:26:30,160
Speaker 1: the Astros to acquire him. What are your thoughts on

536
00:26:30,320 --> 00:26:32,960
Speaker 1: this deadline, Josh, of the three guys that they got,

537
00:26:32,960 --> 00:26:34,680
Speaker 1: We'll get to kind of some of the misses here

538
00:26:34,680 --> 00:26:37,199
Speaker 1: in a minute, but the three that they got, Like,

539
00:26:37,960 --> 00:26:39,280
Speaker 1: how would you grade that overall?

540
00:26:39,960 --> 00:26:41,800
Speaker 2: Oh, I'm giving that an A. I mean, this is

541
00:26:42,240 --> 00:26:44,919
Speaker 2: a very good, you know, deadline move for them. They

542
00:26:44,920 --> 00:26:46,520
Speaker 2: didn't have a major haul, They didn't get rid of

543
00:26:46,600 --> 00:26:49,920
Speaker 2: any hardly anything that they wanted to keep they got

544
00:26:49,920 --> 00:26:52,040
Speaker 2: to keep. So I'm looking at as a major win

545
00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:55,000
Speaker 2: a plus. Like, you know, they didn't give up any

546
00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:57,200
Speaker 2: of their top guys to get a guy like Korea.

547
00:26:57,520 --> 00:26:59,000
Speaker 2: Just the Loan did not give up top guys to

548
00:26:59,040 --> 00:27:00,800
Speaker 2: get Koreas as a win in itself.

549
00:27:00,840 --> 00:27:02,560
Speaker 3: But then you get two more trades and where.

550
00:27:02,359 --> 00:27:05,240
Speaker 2: You don't give up major prospects and you know, to

551
00:27:05,280 --> 00:27:07,600
Speaker 2: give it give up high you know a ball guys.

552
00:27:07,640 --> 00:27:10,399
Speaker 2: That's that's pretty that's pretty crazy, because you know, you

553
00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:13,160
Speaker 2: hear about all these trades being happening and these names

554
00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:14,840
Speaker 2: that you never really hear heard of before.

555
00:27:15,359 --> 00:27:17,399
Speaker 3: This is this is a coin flip for these guys.

556
00:27:17,400 --> 00:27:18,399
Speaker 3: They may or may not make it.

557
00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:20,200
Speaker 2: You know, you see all these things about trades and

558
00:27:20,320 --> 00:27:22,679
Speaker 2: years and years and how many of them work out

559
00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:24,840
Speaker 2: for both sides, Like it's very rare that they all

560
00:27:24,880 --> 00:27:28,000
Speaker 2: work out for both sides in baseball because you look

561
00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:30,600
Speaker 2: at you know, let's look at like, you know, the

562
00:27:30,600 --> 00:27:33,160
Speaker 2: perfect one Kyle Tucker trade obviously with Prade's being hurt,

563
00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:37,040
Speaker 2: like that trade has worked out magnificently through both sides,

564
00:27:37,080 --> 00:27:38,240
Speaker 2: and that's just the win all around.

565
00:27:38,240 --> 00:27:38,640
Speaker 3: That's the one.

566
00:27:38,760 --> 00:27:41,560
Speaker 2: Those are the trades you look forward to. So I think,

567
00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:44,080
Speaker 2: you know, the Astros definitely would have won this one

568
00:27:44,240 --> 00:27:46,400
Speaker 2: regarding if you're looking at now to the next two

569
00:27:46,480 --> 00:27:48,600
Speaker 2: or three years, cause we don't even know if guys

570
00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:50,520
Speaker 2: like Twine Palmer are even going to even touch the

571
00:27:50,520 --> 00:27:51,760
Speaker 2: big leagues or sniff.

572
00:27:51,520 --> 00:27:53,199
Speaker 3: Anything higher than double A or triple A.

573
00:27:53,359 --> 00:27:55,919
Speaker 2: So all in all, this is a huge win for

574
00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:59,399
Speaker 2: Jim Crane and the Astros, this organization, and man, what

575
00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:01,720
Speaker 2: a great way to come to the ballpark. Next week,

576
00:28:01,960 --> 00:28:04,080
Speaker 2: the bubber is here. They're starting with a nine gamer

577
00:28:04,200 --> 00:28:08,919
Speaker 2: nine game to August is the next home game, So

578
00:28:08,960 --> 00:28:10,560
Speaker 2: you got to wait a while, save up your money,

579
00:28:10,600 --> 00:28:12,880
Speaker 2: get some tickets, sell out that that first home game

580
00:28:12,920 --> 00:28:14,960
Speaker 2: back for Korea, and let him know that you're there

581
00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:16,360
Speaker 2: to support him and welcome him back.

582
00:28:16,880 --> 00:28:19,439
Speaker 1: I was ready. I had tickets in the cart for

583
00:28:19,520 --> 00:28:23,359
Speaker 1: that August eleventh game, and then I realized that Olivia's

584
00:28:23,359 --> 00:28:25,679
Speaker 1: first day of kindergarten is the next day, and I

585
00:28:25,720 --> 00:28:29,159
Speaker 1: was like, yeah, probably probably shouldn't go to the ballpark.

586
00:28:29,440 --> 00:28:30,200
Speaker 3: I'm not gonna lie.

587
00:28:30,240 --> 00:28:32,080
Speaker 2: That's probably one of the only times I've checked my

588
00:28:32,160 --> 00:28:34,680
Speaker 2: calendar to hope I was working the game just to

589
00:28:34,760 --> 00:28:37,399
Speaker 2: kind of get through, but I am not. I'm actually

590
00:28:37,400 --> 00:28:40,680
Speaker 2: covering Monday against the Marlins, so maybe I'll get.

591
00:28:40,520 --> 00:28:41,800
Speaker 3: To see Ryan Gusto pitch.

592
00:28:42,160 --> 00:28:42,360
Speaker 4: Well.

593
00:28:42,400 --> 00:28:45,000
Speaker 1: I did get Savannah Bananas tickets, so I.

594
00:28:46,480 --> 00:28:46,760
Speaker 4: Did.

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Speaker 1: I did, so I'll be I'll be there on Friday.

596
00:28:49,640 --> 00:28:52,400
Speaker 1: I mean you can get get some right, You're you're

597
00:28:52,400 --> 00:28:54,440
Speaker 1: a former banana yourself, right.

598
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Speaker 3: I could, I know I could. I just I won't.

599
00:28:56,480 --> 00:28:58,520
Speaker 2: I won't be able to make it. So I could

600
00:28:58,560 --> 00:29:00,080
Speaker 2: get tickets, but I just want to make it. I

601
00:29:00,120 --> 00:29:01,160
Speaker 2: was getting tickets, i'd be playing.

602
00:29:01,160 --> 00:29:01,720
Speaker 3: I wouldn't love you.

603
00:29:04,720 --> 00:29:05,320
Speaker 1: You'll be out.

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00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:05,680
Speaker 4: Well.

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Speaker 1: We will talk a little bit more about the deals

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00:29:11,720 --> 00:29:14,560
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Speaker 1: All right, So, Josh, there were some other deals that

632
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Speaker 1: the Astros were working on. We talked about the need

633
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Speaker 1: for starting pitching. You know, the Ashers did trade with

634
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Speaker 1: the Marlins, but not for Sandy Alcantra, who ended up

635
00:30:32,840 --> 00:30:36,760
Speaker 1: staying with the Marlins was not traded. There were some

636
00:30:36,880 --> 00:30:42,320
Speaker 1: other starters that were moved. Astro's legend Adrian Howser was

637
00:30:42,720 --> 00:30:44,800
Speaker 1: on the move. You know, Joe Ryan was floated. He

638
00:30:44,920 --> 00:30:48,720
Speaker 1: ended up not leaving the Twins either. The big one

639
00:30:48,800 --> 00:30:52,800
Speaker 1: was Dylan Cees, somebody that you know, the Astros were

640
00:30:52,800 --> 00:30:57,360
Speaker 1: definitely interested in. We're in talks for. It was an

641
00:30:57,400 --> 00:31:02,240
Speaker 1: interesting situation because the Padres made moves to win the

642
00:31:02,920 --> 00:31:05,479
Speaker 1: right like they are, they are in the playoffs, they

643
00:31:05,560 --> 00:31:08,680
Speaker 1: are they are looking to win now. They made a

644
00:31:08,680 --> 00:31:12,040
Speaker 1: whole lot of moves to improve their team this season.

645
00:31:12,440 --> 00:31:17,760
Speaker 1: But Dylan Seese was somebody who was certainly available. A

646
00:31:17,800 --> 00:31:21,239
Speaker 1: guy that is really underperforming this season but has been

647
00:31:21,280 --> 00:31:24,920
Speaker 1: a very good pitcher, uh and is a rental, was

648
00:31:24,960 --> 00:31:28,400
Speaker 1: going to be a free agent after this season. Dashers

649
00:31:28,440 --> 00:31:31,480
Speaker 1: did not end up making a trade for any pitching

650
00:31:31,520 --> 00:31:34,000
Speaker 1: and also gave away one of you know, the guys

651
00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:36,520
Speaker 1: that have been starting in Ryan Gusto. So we could

652
00:31:36,520 --> 00:31:38,160
Speaker 1: talk about that for a minute, but I did want

653
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Speaker 1: to point out for Dylan Ceese, the reports were that

654
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Speaker 1: towards the end, they just they never really got too close.

655
00:31:47,560 --> 00:31:51,600
Speaker 1: The final package that I saw was Spencer Raghetti plus

656
00:31:52,440 --> 00:31:58,440
Speaker 1: three prospects for a rental of Dylan Cees. I agree.

657
00:31:58,600 --> 00:32:00,880
Speaker 1: I think that's that's not what you want to be

658
00:32:00,960 --> 00:32:04,000
Speaker 1: doing when you've got four or five years left of

659
00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:08,360
Speaker 1: control for Araghetty. So, you know, the Ashers missed out

660
00:32:08,400 --> 00:32:10,880
Speaker 1: on starting pitching, But I think that tells us that

661
00:32:11,200 --> 00:32:15,240
Speaker 1: a lot of these guys that are injured the Ashers

662
00:32:15,360 --> 00:32:19,120
Speaker 1: are expecting them back, and you know, Spencerghetty's next start

663
00:32:19,240 --> 00:32:24,240
Speaker 1: will presumably be in Houston. He should be back relatively soon.

664
00:32:24,280 --> 00:32:27,240
Speaker 1: You also have Christian Hobber coming back. You've got Luis

665
00:32:27,280 --> 00:32:31,400
Speaker 1: Garcia at some point. I'm sure I'm also forgetting eighteen

666
00:32:31,480 --> 00:32:35,680
Speaker 1: other guys that are on the aisle that could be

667
00:32:35,760 --> 00:32:39,720
Speaker 1: back at some point. Obviously, you've still got mccollors, you know,

668
00:32:39,800 --> 00:32:44,880
Speaker 1: Braden Walter, good Lord, hopefully there's something. Brandon Branden, you know,

669
00:32:44,960 --> 00:32:49,080
Speaker 1: they're all the same, Brandon Walter, you know, all these

670
00:32:49,080 --> 00:32:52,240
Speaker 1: guys who you know hopefully can come back. We haven't

671
00:32:52,240 --> 00:32:55,680
Speaker 1: had enough date on Walter and his elbow. Well, we'll

672
00:32:55,720 --> 00:32:59,920
Speaker 1: see about that. But the thoughts on the Ashros not

673
00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:03,440
Speaker 1: getting starting pitching, like, what are you looking for the

674
00:33:03,520 --> 00:33:07,200
Speaker 1: rest of the season from the rotation here.

675
00:33:07,800 --> 00:33:09,920
Speaker 2: Well, I think it shows a lot of how they're

676
00:33:09,920 --> 00:33:12,160
Speaker 2: relying on a guy like Irrigating to come back and

677
00:33:12,240 --> 00:33:15,840
Speaker 2: be effective and be healthy. And you know, definitely the

678
00:33:15,880 --> 00:33:18,560
Speaker 2: didn't these price was way too high to ask for

679
00:33:18,600 --> 00:33:20,720
Speaker 2: something like that. You know, if we're looking at, you know,

680
00:33:20,760 --> 00:33:22,920
Speaker 2: two more years of control, that might be a little

681
00:33:22,920 --> 00:33:25,040
Speaker 2: bit easier to swallow when you make a deal like that.

682
00:33:25,080 --> 00:33:26,800
Speaker 2: But I mean you're looking at two and a half

683
00:33:26,880 --> 00:33:30,360
Speaker 2: months maybe a guy who's obviously not the best he's

684
00:33:30,400 --> 00:33:32,600
Speaker 2: been ever either. So I think the asking price for

685
00:33:32,720 --> 00:33:34,800
Speaker 2: performance was definitely through the roof.

686
00:33:34,800 --> 00:33:37,040
Speaker 3: I mean we're asking for that kind of haulback. We're

687
00:33:37,040 --> 00:33:38,080
Speaker 3: looking at, you.

688
00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:40,840
Speaker 2: Know, looking for somebody's number one, if not number two,

689
00:33:40,840 --> 00:33:42,680
Speaker 2: who's been having a fantastic year.

690
00:33:42,760 --> 00:33:44,760
Speaker 3: So good on them for not pulling that trigger.

691
00:33:44,800 --> 00:33:49,240
Speaker 2: But it just shows that Dana Brown is really comfortable

692
00:33:49,240 --> 00:33:51,160
Speaker 2: with the guys he has coming back, because these guys

693
00:33:51,200 --> 00:33:54,360
Speaker 2: have had success before. It's just a matter of you know,

694
00:33:54,600 --> 00:33:57,240
Speaker 2: are they fully healthy, can they stay healthy? Because when

695
00:33:57,240 --> 00:33:59,240
Speaker 2: they are healthy, we know what they're capable of it.

696
00:33:59,320 --> 00:34:02,240
Speaker 2: And where between those three guys, if you can get

697
00:34:02,240 --> 00:34:04,160
Speaker 2: two of those guys back to where they were before

698
00:34:04,160 --> 00:34:06,600
Speaker 2: they got hurt, then obviously you're going to be completely

699
00:34:06,640 --> 00:34:09,080
Speaker 2: happy with not making a trade for starting pitching, because

700
00:34:09,680 --> 00:34:11,080
Speaker 2: you know if you did, if you did make that

701
00:34:11,120 --> 00:34:12,799
Speaker 2: spot and they all come back healthy, then you got

702
00:34:12,800 --> 00:34:16,040
Speaker 2: a major roster problem moving forward with that.

703
00:34:16,160 --> 00:34:18,319
Speaker 3: But I think it just puts a lot of weight

704
00:34:18,400 --> 00:34:19,400
Speaker 3: on a guy like Eric Getty.

705
00:34:19,440 --> 00:34:21,600
Speaker 2: He's the closest one back He's the one that everybody's

706
00:34:21,600 --> 00:34:24,120
Speaker 2: going to be looking back looking at to you know,

707
00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:27,799
Speaker 2: fill that back in rotation spot now to kind of

708
00:34:27,800 --> 00:34:29,799
Speaker 2: carry this team over that that baby hump that they

709
00:34:29,840 --> 00:34:32,120
Speaker 2: need to get over, because you know, when when Lance

710
00:34:32,200 --> 00:34:34,600
Speaker 2: does come back, we just don't know what we're going

711
00:34:34,640 --> 00:34:37,200
Speaker 2: to get with Lance on a daily basis out there.

712
00:34:37,239 --> 00:34:38,759
Speaker 3: So for him to be able to come back and

713
00:34:38,800 --> 00:34:40,000
Speaker 3: kind of give that you.

714
00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:43,359
Speaker 2: Know, safety cushion, so to speak, is going to make

715
00:34:43,400 --> 00:34:45,600
Speaker 2: them kind of bridge better to the back to the

716
00:34:45,640 --> 00:34:48,759
Speaker 2: front of their rotation and you know, hopefully give their

717
00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:52,160
Speaker 2: bullpen a little bit more rest by having those guys back.

718
00:34:52,760 --> 00:34:55,600
Speaker 1: So right now, you've got two starters that you really

719
00:34:55,600 --> 00:34:58,799
Speaker 1: rely on, obviously in Frombur and Hunter Brown. Those are

720
00:34:58,840 --> 00:35:02,560
Speaker 1: your one two in every playoff series. You are going

721
00:35:02,600 --> 00:35:05,200
Speaker 1: to feel really good about having those guys out there.

722
00:35:05,640 --> 00:35:09,279
Speaker 1: And then you have quite a few guys, like we

723
00:35:09,320 --> 00:35:12,759
Speaker 1: said Arraghetty, You've got I didn't even mention earlier with

724
00:35:12,840 --> 00:35:16,000
Speaker 1: JP Frantz should be back by the end of the season.

725
00:35:16,080 --> 00:35:20,000
Speaker 1: You got Luis Garcia, you got Christian Hobvier who's close

726
00:35:20,040 --> 00:35:24,080
Speaker 1: to being back as well. Obviously Lance mccullors. So you've

727
00:35:24,120 --> 00:35:27,319
Speaker 1: got four or five guys who are starters who you

728
00:35:27,360 --> 00:35:31,439
Speaker 1: have seen had success in the past. And the truth is,

729
00:35:31,520 --> 00:35:35,080
Speaker 1: as we've talked about in the playoffs, you need three

730
00:35:35,160 --> 00:35:38,879
Speaker 1: and a half starters, right, You need your one two.

731
00:35:39,280 --> 00:35:41,680
Speaker 1: You need a guy that can take the ball in

732
00:35:42,040 --> 00:35:44,279
Speaker 1: Game three, and then in Game four you need a

733
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Speaker 1: guy that can go four innings, five innings maybe, and

734
00:35:48,080 --> 00:35:51,200
Speaker 1: then you know, the rest of your back into the rotation.

735
00:35:51,320 --> 00:35:53,759
Speaker 1: Guys can also fill in some bullpen spots. We've seen

736
00:35:54,400 --> 00:35:58,680
Speaker 1: Christian Hobber do that in the playoffs before. So you

737
00:35:58,800 --> 00:36:03,200
Speaker 1: really just need those of those guys coming back. You

738
00:36:03,280 --> 00:36:06,920
Speaker 1: need like two of them to to really have success

739
00:36:07,080 --> 00:36:10,719
Speaker 1: over the rest of the season and to be reliable starters.

740
00:36:11,239 --> 00:36:13,720
Speaker 1: And the Astros are gonna roll the dice and hope

741
00:36:13,760 --> 00:36:16,560
Speaker 1: that of those five guys, two of them can find

742
00:36:16,560 --> 00:36:20,160
Speaker 1: success and you know, can get on a heater in

743
00:36:20,239 --> 00:36:25,120
Speaker 1: October and and carry them through. A couple other guys

744
00:36:25,160 --> 00:36:27,640
Speaker 1: that that were moved at the deadline, a few other

745
00:36:28,280 --> 00:36:33,120
Speaker 1: you know, former Astros. Phil Maton is now with the Rangers.

746
00:36:33,800 --> 00:36:39,360
Speaker 1: The Tigers got Charlie Morton, so Hinch is you know,

747
00:36:38,800 --> 00:36:43,560
Speaker 1: I joked with with Chandler. Chandler said, Look, the Tigers

748
00:36:43,560 --> 00:36:47,560
Speaker 1: are also, you know, reuniting. They got him and Morton

749
00:36:47,680 --> 00:36:51,239
Speaker 1: back on there. I said, Tigers, that's copycats. Look a

750
00:36:51,320 --> 00:36:53,880
Speaker 1: look at them. They're they're trying to, uh to copy

751
00:36:53,920 --> 00:36:56,399
Speaker 1: the ass there. But you know, so so some other

752
00:36:56,400 --> 00:37:00,839
Speaker 1: guys on the move there. But overall, you know, like

753
00:37:00,880 --> 00:37:03,359
Speaker 1: you said, I think this was a really really good

754
00:37:03,440 --> 00:37:08,359
Speaker 1: deadline for the Astros. This is a team that has

755
00:37:08,400 --> 00:37:10,480
Speaker 1: already had a lot of success this year. And we've

756
00:37:10,480 --> 00:37:15,080
Speaker 1: also talked about you don't even have Jeremy Payne you

757
00:37:15,120 --> 00:37:18,920
Speaker 1: back yet, which Jordan should be in hopefully today. We'll

758
00:37:18,960 --> 00:37:21,480
Speaker 1: we'll see when the lineup comes out, but he should

759
00:37:21,480 --> 00:37:23,880
Speaker 1: be in the lineup today, Jordan at some point. You

760
00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:28,840
Speaker 1: got guys coming back soon. Give us just your thoughts

761
00:37:28,960 --> 00:37:31,279
Speaker 1: the rest of the season. What are your expectations. What

762
00:37:31,280 --> 00:37:33,600
Speaker 1: do you see this team being able to do for

763
00:37:33,680 --> 00:37:34,520
Speaker 1: the rest of the season.

764
00:37:35,040 --> 00:37:36,839
Speaker 2: Well, I think I think they made all the right,

765
00:37:37,080 --> 00:37:38,919
Speaker 2: you know, the right moves they needed to get over

766
00:37:39,000 --> 00:37:42,720
Speaker 2: that hump. I definitely had them winning the division before

767
00:37:42,719 --> 00:37:45,560
Speaker 2: these moves were made. But I think these moves were

768
00:37:45,640 --> 00:37:48,200
Speaker 2: kind of necessary because after they made the playoffs, what

769
00:37:48,200 --> 00:37:50,360
Speaker 2: were they going to do? They didn't really have that

770
00:37:50,960 --> 00:37:53,399
Speaker 2: lineup presence to get to that next round, to get

771
00:37:53,440 --> 00:37:55,319
Speaker 2: to the World Series. So I think these moves they

772
00:37:55,400 --> 00:37:58,400
Speaker 2: made and it all relied, it all comes back with

773
00:37:58,520 --> 00:38:00,080
Speaker 2: you know it all it all kind of leans on

774
00:38:00,200 --> 00:38:03,040
Speaker 2: Raghetti and you know, the Javier and the JP France

775
00:38:03,080 --> 00:38:06,200
Speaker 2: and the Louis Garcia realizes it's gonna be what can

776
00:38:06,239 --> 00:38:08,640
Speaker 2: those guys do down the stretch to get us to

777
00:38:08,640 --> 00:38:09,319
Speaker 2: where we need to be.

778
00:38:09,320 --> 00:38:11,400
Speaker 3: Because I have no doubt.

779
00:38:11,280 --> 00:38:13,520
Speaker 2: That Cray is gonna come back and jump right back

780
00:38:13,560 --> 00:38:15,960
Speaker 2: on his horse and be the Cray that we know

781
00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:18,600
Speaker 2: he can be at the plate. So I think it

782
00:38:18,640 --> 00:38:22,000
Speaker 2: really relies on the pitching staff coming back and being healthy,

783
00:38:22,040 --> 00:38:23,520
Speaker 2: because if those guys don't come back, if they come

784
00:38:23,560 --> 00:38:25,200
Speaker 2: back and they don't do well, or they come back

785
00:38:25,239 --> 00:38:29,480
Speaker 2: and aren't healthy, then then it becomes a big major

786
00:38:29,560 --> 00:38:31,880
Speaker 2: question mark because we know we don't have that little

787
00:38:31,920 --> 00:38:34,880
Speaker 2: second trade deadline anymore that you know, could kind of

788
00:38:34,880 --> 00:38:36,920
Speaker 2: be a safety net for a lot of teams.

789
00:38:36,920 --> 00:38:39,239
Speaker 3: So if if they don't come.

790
00:38:39,120 --> 00:38:40,959
Speaker 2: Back, they've got to reach within and try to figure

791
00:38:40,960 --> 00:38:42,400
Speaker 2: out a way to muster up to the to the

792
00:38:42,480 --> 00:38:44,840
Speaker 2: rest of the season. But I think this is a

793
00:38:44,840 --> 00:38:48,680
Speaker 2: step where they take the division and kind of run

794
00:38:48,719 --> 00:38:48,960
Speaker 2: with it.

795
00:38:49,080 --> 00:38:50,919
Speaker 3: Now, I think the Juhino.

796
00:38:50,640 --> 00:38:53,279
Speaker 2: Swuarez trade to the Seattle Manners does absolutely nothing for

797
00:38:53,320 --> 00:38:55,040
Speaker 2: that ball club. He might hit a few more homers,

798
00:38:55,080 --> 00:38:58,080
Speaker 2: but I just don't think that was the move that

799
00:38:58,200 --> 00:39:01,719
Speaker 2: got them past the Houston Asher. Definitely wasn't that because

800
00:39:01,719 --> 00:39:03,560
Speaker 2: they we've shown they've shown that they can handle that

801
00:39:03,560 --> 00:39:05,960
Speaker 2: Seattle Seattle Mariners pitching staff when they when.

802
00:39:05,800 --> 00:39:07,560
Speaker 3: They're at their best, and you know.

803
00:39:07,719 --> 00:39:10,239
Speaker 2: One big bopper who strikes out eighty five percent of

804
00:39:10,239 --> 00:39:11,920
Speaker 2: the time isn't going to change that.

805
00:39:13,360 --> 00:39:16,000
Speaker 1: I mean, both the both the Mariners and Rangers made

806
00:39:16,320 --> 00:39:19,600
Speaker 1: some deals to improve their team that the Rangers have

807
00:39:19,680 --> 00:39:22,080
Speaker 1: been heating up that that offense is kind of back

808
00:39:22,160 --> 00:39:25,440
Speaker 1: to where you would expect them to be.

809
00:39:25,480 --> 00:39:26,520
Speaker 3: Either they don't have the pitching.

810
00:39:26,560 --> 00:39:28,560
Speaker 2: They don't have the pitching outside of the Grom and Uvaldi,

811
00:39:28,600 --> 00:39:31,120
Speaker 2: Like they don't have the right.

812
00:39:31,040 --> 00:39:33,839
Speaker 1: Pieces outside of Brown and from Brough. I'm not sure

813
00:39:33,880 --> 00:39:35,320
Speaker 1: the Astros have the pitching either.

814
00:39:35,440 --> 00:39:37,799
Speaker 2: Yes, that's true. I like that, but I do, but

815
00:39:37,880 --> 00:39:40,200
Speaker 2: now I like I like the Astros lineup, yeah, a

816
00:39:40,239 --> 00:39:42,200
Speaker 2: little bit better now than I than I do that

817
00:39:42,200 --> 00:39:44,560
Speaker 2: that Texas Rangers one so they definitely made some moves

818
00:39:44,560 --> 00:39:46,080
Speaker 2: to get better. I just don't think if the team

819
00:39:46,120 --> 00:39:48,920
Speaker 2: made enough moves to get to catch up to Houston.

820
00:39:49,440 --> 00:39:52,520
Speaker 1: So as we record Friday morning, the Astros are four

821
00:39:52,560 --> 00:39:55,080
Speaker 1: and a half games up on the Mariners. They're five

822
00:39:55,120 --> 00:39:57,600
Speaker 1: and a half games up on the Rangers. Both of

823
00:39:57,640 --> 00:40:01,600
Speaker 1: those teams again are in for this year. They they

824
00:40:01,640 --> 00:40:04,400
Speaker 1: made moves to try to win the division. It's gonna

825
00:40:04,440 --> 00:40:07,439
Speaker 1: be it's going to be a fight for the rest

826
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Speaker 1: of the season. We'll see how that plays out. The

827
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Speaker 1: Astros start, like you said, a nine game road trip here.

828
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Speaker 1: They've got the Red Sox tonight Sunday morning. Do you

829
00:40:18,440 --> 00:40:21,560
Speaker 1: know what time the Astros are playing on the Roku

830
00:40:22,040 --> 00:40:23,480
Speaker 1: channel on Sunday morning?

831
00:40:24,320 --> 00:40:26,120
Speaker 3: Sunday morning, that's Roku.

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00:40:26,200 --> 00:40:29,240
Speaker 2: That means it's done a stupid time, So filing twelve

833
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Speaker 2: thirty five or something.

834
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Speaker 1: Ten thirty am Central time Sunday morning, So.

835
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Speaker 3: Eleven eleven thirty Eastern time. That is so.

836
00:40:37,560 --> 00:40:42,680
Speaker 1: So everybody grab your donuts and Kilachi's got to do

837
00:40:42,719 --> 00:40:46,560
Speaker 1: it quick at Shipley before the venture capitalists come in

838
00:40:46,800 --> 00:40:52,440
Speaker 1: and ruin the recipe. Everybody grab that Sunday morning. You

839
00:40:52,480 --> 00:40:55,920
Speaker 1: get to watch early morning Baseball. Then the Astros go

840
00:40:55,960 --> 00:41:00,000
Speaker 1: to Miami, so you might see old friend Ryan guests

841
00:41:00,120 --> 00:41:05,000
Speaker 1: still in the Miami series, you know you'll see that.

842
00:41:05,160 --> 00:41:09,040
Speaker 1: And then next weekend at the Yankees. So a big

843
00:41:09,120 --> 00:41:13,319
Speaker 1: road trip here for the Astros. We will continue to

844
00:41:13,360 --> 00:41:16,000
Speaker 1: follow that. We will keep you updated. We will wake

845
00:41:16,080 --> 00:41:18,600
Speaker 1: Chandler up from his nap at some point. He will

846
00:41:18,640 --> 00:41:22,400
Speaker 1: be back on the next show. Thank you all for listening.

847
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Speaker 1: Please remember to rate and review. You can subscribe on

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Speaker 1: YouTube like this video all of the other things that

849
00:41:30,040 --> 00:41:32,600
Speaker 1: Chandler says while I tune out at the end.

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Speaker 4: Of the video.

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Speaker 1: We will talk to you soon. Thank you guys again

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Speaker 1: for listening. Have a great day.

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Speaker 3: Bye, see you guys.