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Speaker 1: Welcome everyone to the Thursday edition of Fair Territory. I'm

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Speaker 1: Ken Rosenthal here with Alana Rizzo and Alana it could

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Speaker 1: be Kyle Tucker Day. But right off the top, we

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Speaker 1: have some big news on the WBC. Mister Clayton Kershaw

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Speaker 2: It's going to be an unbelievable starting rotation. Ken Rosenthal

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Speaker 2: for Mark de Rosa and Team USA. And I love

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Speaker 2: this for Clayton Kershaw. Obviously, he announced his retirement. We

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Speaker 2: know that he's not going to be in Major League

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Speaker 2: Baseball next year. But this is an opportunity, I believe,

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Speaker 2: for the future Hall of Famer to be able to

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Speaker 2: wasn't necessarily able to do allowed to do when he

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Speaker 2: was playing for the Dodgers. You know, he doesn't have

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Speaker 2: he healthy or not. So for Clayton Kershaw to be

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Speaker 2: I think it's awesome, one final hurrah for one of

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Speaker 2: the greatest to ever play for the Dodgers, Ken.

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Speaker 1: And remember in twenty twenty three he wanted to play,

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Speaker 1: now and Clayton Kershaw a member of Team USA. But

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Speaker 1: we have a lot more to get to and this

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Speaker 1: it was going to be yesterday. It might not be today,

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Speaker 1: but we have this thing looming in our sport. Ken.

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Speaker 2: Is it a situation where it just may come down

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Speaker 2: to where Kyle Tucker wants to go? Everyone seems to

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Speaker 2: think the decision may be made today, But I don't

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Speaker 2: in saying that?

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Speaker 1: I believe that you're right to a degree. The question

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Speaker 1: here is what does Tucker want? Now? We've heard reports

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Speaker 1: Does he want a long deal? We've heard various times

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Speaker 1: And does that point to the Dodgers as the team

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Speaker 1: His decision will speak volumes. Maybe he does want the

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Speaker 1: long term deal, and maybe all of this talk about

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Speaker 2: Ken with the three teams, they're all heavy hitters, big players.

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Speaker 2: Would any of the three surprise you.

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Speaker 1: No, I would not say it would be surprised by

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Speaker 1: He see he's from Tampa. The Blue Jays train in Dunedin.

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Speaker 1: something that's never happened before. And neither one of them

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Speaker 2: Insane to think a guy that hit two sixty six

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Speaker 2: good gig if you can get it. Ken. Let's switch

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Speaker 2: our focus now to the Boston Red Sox. It seems

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Speaker 1: Well, they can't be done. First of all. Now, I

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Speaker 1: now it seems that they have the ability to go

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Speaker 2: Okay, so you mentioned that they decided to go, you know,

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Speaker 2: obviously after him, no deferrals. They're also going after a

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Speaker 2: Or is it just like we're going to focus on pitching,

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Speaker 1: Well. They obviously reacted to what had happened with Bregman.

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Speaker 1: They were embarrassed by it and should have been now.

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Speaker 1: But it clearly was a response. In my opinion, they

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Speaker 1: So here they are, Here they are, and Suarez is

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Speaker 2: They played World Baseball Classic. Always a good time. It's

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Speaker 2: going to be upon us before we know it. Much

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Speaker 2: more to come here on Fair Territory with Ken Rosenthal.

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Speaker 2: Get those questions in for Grill and Ken, and don't

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Speaker 2: All right, well, welcoming back to fair territory with Ken Rosenthal.

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Speaker 1: I've thought that all along, and the greater need for

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Speaker 1: Good question now from ber Valdez still out there, Zach

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Speaker 2: I would imagine right most folks thinking it could happen today, Ken.

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Speaker 2: Man Tucker the man of the hour, at least the

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Speaker 1: But getting that number out there is probably in Tucker's

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Speaker 2: Drive up the market. I love this question. Our last

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Speaker 1: I would wait, just to be sure. You never know

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Speaker 1: To the week? Ranger Suarez and so often in baseball,

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Speaker 2: numbers aren't allowed. I love that he was a drafted

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Speaker 2: what the three hundred and nineteenth pick, and he's having

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Speaker 2: a fine career. So Vinnie pass Quentino and your humor,

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Speaker 2: you are my dude of the week. Okay, time now

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Speaker 2: for the dork of the week. Ken this one on

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Speaker 2: a much more serious note, Who is your dork of

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Speaker 1: Well, it's getting to the point alion with the Angels

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Speaker 1: Dork of the Week. We once had a John Fisher

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Speaker 1: Dork of the Week. We abandoned that, but the Angels

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Speaker 1: encourage everyone out there to read Sam Blum's story yesterday

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Speaker 1: about an Angel's prospect who was in a car accident

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Speaker 1: he doesn't know if the Angels are going to keep

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Speaker 1: his insurance going after this month. He's twenty two years old.

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Speaker 1: His name is Real Foster, and he's a guy who

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Speaker 1: had some promise, had done some things as an outfielder

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Speaker 1: coming up in their system, former thirteenth round pick. It

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Speaker 1: was a horrible situation that happened. A woman was driving drunk.

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Speaker 1: He was the passenger in that car. He also was drunk.

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Speaker 1: He was not wearing a seatbelt. Okay, but we have

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Speaker 1: seen time and time again organizations step up for players

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Speaker 1: in need. Maybe the Angels will do that, and we

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Speaker 1: don't know. They did not comment for this story, but

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Speaker 1: they need to do it. And it seems that so

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Speaker 1: often this team is in these kinds of situations and

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Speaker 1: we don't need to recount them all here, but the

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Speaker 1: Angels of Dorks of the Week until proven otherwise in

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Speaker 1: this case, and if they step up, we will be

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Speaker 1: happy to acknowledge that on the show.

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Speaker 2: And they should step up. And it just reminds me

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Speaker 2: of a team up the Five, the Los Angeles Dodgers

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Speaker 2: Tooles has dealt with a lot of mental issues. He's schizophrenic,

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Speaker 2: kept him on their insurance plan to try to continue

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Speaker 2: to get him the help that he so desperately needs.

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Speaker 2: Whether he's taken advantage of that or not. Continues to

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Speaker 2: be seen on a year and a year out basis,

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Speaker 2: but they're still in touch with his family as they

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Speaker 2: help that he needs. So again, take a page out

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Speaker 2: of the Dodgers' book, because they're doing the right thing.

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Speaker 2: And when you're a team that has the money that

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Speaker 2: the Dodgers have, of course, and the money that Ardi

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Speaker 2: Moreno has, of course, you can do the right things.

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Speaker 2: Some things are just bigger than baseball. All right, we

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Speaker 2: welcome you back. If you're still here, we appreciate you

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Speaker 2: guys listening and watching on YouTube. We're going to take

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Speaker 2: a couple of more questions here from the chat. Are

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Speaker 2: the Yankees still in on starters? If so in free agency,

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Speaker 2: can or via trade?

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Speaker 1: They just acquired Ryan Weathers for for prospects from the

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Speaker 1: Miami Marlins. I don't know that they'll do anything else.

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Speaker 1: I would not expect it to be a major move necessarily. Remember,

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Speaker 1: they've got Cole coming back, They've got Schmid coming back,

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Speaker 1: They've got Rodin coming back. Actually in reverse order of

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Speaker 1: what I just said, Rodin first. So they needed someone

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Speaker 1: like Weathers to be a bridge. Remember they had been

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Speaker 1: talking to the Marlins about Edward Cabrera, and then once

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Speaker 1: Cabrero went to the Cubs, they pivoted to Weathers. Could

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Speaker 1: they do more? Of course they could do more. They

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Speaker 1: always can do more. But their focus right now is Bellinger,

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Speaker 1: and if they do not get Bellinger back, then it's

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Speaker 1: a whole other question. How they go about finding another

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Speaker 1: bat of that caliber? Yeah? About that?

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Speaker 2: All right? One more question I think here on as

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Speaker 2: what happens ken to Alec Boom. We haven't talked about

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Speaker 2: the Phillies at all today, but he's not going to

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Speaker 2: be there. Where do you think he ends up?

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Speaker 1: I don't know. And the question obviously refers back to

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Speaker 1: Bobachhett and the expectation by many in the industry. Matt

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Speaker 1: Gilb has written about this for The Athletic that ultimately

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Speaker 1: Bishett will wind up of Philly and probably at third base.

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Speaker 1: Once that happens, Bom goes now. They've been trying to

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Speaker 1: trade him for the better part of a year now,

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Speaker 1: haven't been able to accomplish it. Could it be the

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Speaker 1: Red Sox. I guess it could be the Red Sox,

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Speaker 1: but they're aiming other players too. It could be any

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Speaker 1: number of teams with Alec Bohm. He is a good player.

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Speaker 1: He is not a bad player. This guy is an

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Speaker 1: above average Major leaguer and I would think, even though

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Speaker 1: he's got one year left, it's about ten million that

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Speaker 1: the Phillies could get something of some quality in return.

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Speaker 2: All right, Kyle Tucker, all of us in the baseball world,

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Speaker 2: all of us that love this sport so much, please

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Speaker 2: sign so we can figure out where you're going and

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Speaker 2: the rest of those dominoes can fall. Thank you guys

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Speaker 2: for watching and listening. Foul Territories Next, Todd Frazier, Eric

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Speaker 2: Kratz and Scott Braun Welcome, Padres, pitcher Mason Miller, Angels,

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Speaker 2: starter Grayson Rodriguez. Fair with Ken returns on Monday at

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Speaker 2: ten am Eastern have a great week. Everybody