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Speaker 1: Welcome on and all to the Here Territory Podcast. My

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Speaker 1: name is Sean Coleman. Hope, wherever you are and wherever

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Speaker 1: you are listening, you had an amazing weekend. You had

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Speaker 1: an amazing Monday, and you had an amazing time seeing

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Speaker 1: the Braves get a victory against what should be a

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Speaker 1: playoff team, one of the better pictures in the National

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Speaker 1: League on the mound, the Braves countered with Bryce Elverer,

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Speaker 1: who's been absolutely magnificent as of late, and the Braves

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Speaker 1: got a victory. And of course, with where we are

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Speaker 1: in the time of the season, none of that matters

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Speaker 1: with the news that was dropped today. Kidding aside, we

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Speaker 1: have an action packed episode of the Hammer Territory Podcast

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Speaker 1: with you and, as always, the best podcast partner that

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Speaker 1: anyone can think of for myself, Steven Tobert is here

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Speaker 1: as always. Steven. Good getting to see you, sir, Hope

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Speaker 1: all has been well on your end. You actually got

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Speaker 1: to see your team win a college football game this weekend.

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Speaker 2: Go ahead, Steven, Wow, that's how we're starting. Okay, all right,

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Speaker 2: it's gonna be that kind of show. What's up, buddy?

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Speaker 3: Who needs enemies when you got friends like these? Yeah,

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Speaker 3: we actually got to see a win for the Braves tonight.

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Speaker 3: I'm not talking about my college football team. We got

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Speaker 3: to see a win tonight. Bryce Elder Pischwell, we're gonna

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Speaker 3: get into all that, but unfortunately, the news of the

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Speaker 3: day kind of stole the headlines. And you could probably

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Speaker 3: tell if you're listening to this or watching this by

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Speaker 3: the headlines that we had some pretty massive, unexpected, kind

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Speaker 3: potentially on the off season.

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Speaker 2: So there's a lot to get into tonight.

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Speaker 1: Absolutely, and we'll get jumped right into it. Of course,

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Speaker 1: can't thank you enough for tuning in, watching, listening however

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Speaker 1: you enjoy the hamm a Territory podcast. We cannot thank

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Speaker 1: you enough for all the support part of the Foul

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Speaker 1: Territory family of podcasts. And what Stephen is alluding to

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Speaker 1: is that earlier this afternoon it was announced by the

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Speaker 1: Braves who had made multiple roster moves, which we'll get

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Speaker 1: into a bit later on the show, the specifics of

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Speaker 1: the roster moves that they made, but the big news

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Speaker 1: Sean Murphy will be out for the rest of the

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Speaker 1: year and likely we'll be rehabbing for much of the

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Speaker 1: off season due to a tear in his hip.

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Speaker 2: Now.

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Speaker 1: I can't remember if it was the labrum or something

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Speaker 1: actually going to require surgery later this week. That, in

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Speaker 1: of itself is a significant development. That is a significant

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Speaker 1: news nugget in and of itself. But adding to adding

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Speaker 1: to that is how this all came about, Stephen. You

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Speaker 1: he's he's gonna gone through pain management, He's dealt with

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Speaker 1: of itself, I think it's fair to raise questions about that.

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Speaker 1: So let's get into it, Stephen, what were your initial

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Speaker 1: this pretty significant development when it comes to Sean Murphy.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean it was a bombshell.

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Speaker 3: Of course, he's got a I think it's called a

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Speaker 2: He is gonna have the surgery.

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Speaker 3: There's different treatments if you do the surgery, and it's

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Speaker 3: it ends up being a four to six month kind

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Speaker 3: I'm not sure I would write that in pen just yet.

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Speaker 3: I'm not sure that's true, but yeah, it was shocking

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Speaker 2: Is crazy to me.

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Speaker 3: I don't understand this culture of like trying to play hurt.

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Speaker 3: you know, you got to be out there every day,

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Speaker 3: I think it's certainly done more hurt than good. Especially

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Speaker 3: Like he's not playing for more money, Like, just be

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Speaker 2: And we're talking about a hip.

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Speaker 3: I mean, we're talking about imagine trying to hit, you know,

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Speaker 3: understand why. I mean, I do understand the highly competitive

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Speaker 3: And I disagree with the way Sean handled it. He

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Speaker 3: it's somewhat of a pain tolerance thing, and the pain

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Speaker 3: But by that point you should have said something a

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Speaker 3: It was a shock. It's a shock how long he's

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Speaker 2: I'm not sure I would go that far just yet.

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Speaker 1: And let's also look at it from the perspective of

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Speaker 1: But Sean Murphy has to say something, you know, and

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Speaker 1: developments leading to significant injury concerns. You know, there was

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Speaker 1: not saying as if the organization is doing something completely wrong,

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Speaker 1: So not only does this impact potentially your off season

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Speaker 3: And you know, for such a large part of the season,

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Speaker 3: Now that's uncertain because you don't know what Murphy's gonna

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Speaker 3: still o Murphy. I think fifty million dollars, forty five,

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Speaker 3: I think he's got to buy out.

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Speaker 2: It's a it's a chunk of money.

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Speaker 3: So a team's not just gonna, like, you know, gladly

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Speaker 2: So, yeah, it is more uncertainty.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's a good point. I mean, the catching position

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Speaker 1: The thing I'll end with as far as this scenario goes,

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Speaker 1: So Steve and the other News of the day. We

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Speaker 1: Habit Territory podcast that You and I did. We discussed

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Speaker 1: how is this coaching staff going to evolve as the

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, he did not say it outright. He

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Speaker 1: And it's time, right like like, it's clearly time. Brian

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Speaker 1: he really put us in a position to succeed there.

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Speaker 1: The Braves need a new voice at the helm of

436
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Speaker 1: the squad that's going to put them in a position

437
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Speaker 1: to where they can succeed more. And that's why I

438
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Speaker 1: think Brian Snicker's time has simply run its course. It

439
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Speaker 1: happens with every manager, with every organization. Love Brian Snicker.

440
00:22:25,760 --> 00:22:28,399
Speaker 1: He's been tremendous, but the time is right for this

441
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Speaker 1: to occur, for the Braves to get a new voice

442
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Speaker 1: at the head of the squad.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I was thinking about this.

444
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Speaker 3: So if you're a college basketball fan, you'll know the

445
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Speaker 3: name Buzz Williams, who is the Texas A and M coach,

446
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Speaker 3: and he just left to become the coach at Maryland,

447
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Speaker 3: I think is where he went. And he had a

448
00:22:49,200 --> 00:22:53,000
Speaker 3: really interesting take on it. He said, after about five

449
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Speaker 3: six years, your voice just kind of gets stille and

450
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Speaker 3: it's time to move on. And if you look at

451
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Speaker 3: his track record throughout his career, he's always done that.

452
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Speaker 2: Marquette, Texas A and M. You know, after about five or.

453
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Speaker 3: Six years he leaves because he's he just feels like

454
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Speaker 3: it can only end badly if you stay too long.

455
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Speaker 3: And with snit, I don't It's never been just one

456
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Speaker 3: thing like It's not like one egregious thing that happened.

457
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Speaker 3: It's not like anybody puts the twenty twenty five season

458
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Speaker 3: at the feet of Brian snick Er. No one blames

459
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Speaker 3: him for what's happened this year, but it's just time

460
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Speaker 3: for something new. It's just gotten a bit stale. And

461
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Speaker 3: I think that I find that to be the case

462
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Speaker 3: with not only the manager, but also in some ways

463
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Speaker 3: the roster. Like I think the roster needs a shake up.

464
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Speaker 3: I think the coaching staff needs to shake up. I

465
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Speaker 3: think the front office needs to shake up. Not a

466
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Speaker 3: major one at the top. I'm not talking about alex Adopolis,

467
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Speaker 3: but I'm just talking about.

468
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Speaker 2: They need some new blood, they need some new life,

469
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Speaker 2: they need some new ideas they need. It has just

470
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Speaker 2: gotten stale. And that's no one's fault.

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Speaker 3: It's you know, the old saying is familiarity breeds content.

472
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Speaker 3: Like just the more you're around the same group of

473
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Speaker 3: people year in, year in, year in, year in year out,

474
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Speaker 3: you know, it just gets stale.

475
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Speaker 2: And and I just think it's time.

476
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Speaker 3: And Snicker's also been in you know, he's been in

477
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Speaker 3: around in the organization for fifty years. I mean, I'm

478
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Speaker 3: sure the guy would like to go spend some time

479
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Speaker 3: with grandkids and you know, not have to worry about

480
00:24:21,560 --> 00:24:23,679
Speaker 3: the nonsense that we talk about on a daily basis,

481
00:24:23,760 --> 00:24:25,840
Speaker 3: and not have to worry about knuckleheads like us talking

482
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Speaker 3: about the stuff that you know, he has to worry

483
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Speaker 3: about on a daily basis.

484
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Speaker 2: I'm sure he's got much better shit to do.

485
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Speaker 3: So I I do fully expect this to be the

486
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Speaker 3: last month of Brian Snicker's you know, coaching career with

487
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Speaker 3: the Braves or any any team.

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Speaker 2: I think he'll stay in the organization.

489
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Speaker 3: He'll get some sort of you know, a Maritas, you know,

490
00:24:46,080 --> 00:24:48,440
Speaker 3: lifelong position in the front office where he can come

491
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Speaker 3: to spring training anytime he wants, very much like Bobby,

492
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Speaker 3: you know, he can do. You know, he's got a

493
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Speaker 3: lifetime pass to be around the team as much as

494
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Speaker 3: he wants. I just don't think he's going to be

495
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Speaker 3: the manager. And that is going to kick off. Another

496
00:25:01,280 --> 00:25:03,520
Speaker 3: fascinating part of this all season is who is going

497
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Speaker 3: to be the next manager of the Braves and then

498
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Speaker 3: what does their coaching staff behind them look like? Because

499
00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:14,320
Speaker 3: those are massive questions as well, just another massive, massive

500
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Speaker 3: piece of what is going to be a massive, massive

501
00:25:18,080 --> 00:25:19,720
Speaker 3: offseason for the Braves.

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Speaker 1: Muted buddy, everybody has in their mind that you know,

503
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Speaker 1: when it comes to you know, that window of opportunity,

504
00:25:29,680 --> 00:25:32,520
Speaker 1: that window of competing, and the Braves have had an

505
00:25:32,560 --> 00:25:36,360
Speaker 1: extended when the Braves run of being a true contender.

506
00:25:36,480 --> 00:25:38,359
Speaker 1: It's not over with in my mind by any means,

507
00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:40,159
Speaker 1: but it's been going on for nearly a decade. You know,

508
00:25:40,200 --> 00:25:42,159
Speaker 1: we're coming up on you know, I know they're not

509
00:25:42,160 --> 00:25:44,240
Speaker 1: going to make the playoffs this year, but it lasted

510
00:25:44,320 --> 00:25:47,600
Speaker 1: for seven years. That's an extended period of time for

511
00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:50,840
Speaker 1: an organization. And while everybody kind of envisions going up

512
00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:52,359
Speaker 1: a little bit, going up a little bit, going up

513
00:25:52,359 --> 00:25:53,600
Speaker 1: a little bit each year till you have that two

514
00:25:53,680 --> 00:25:55,520
Speaker 1: or three year window too, you really are a World

515
00:25:55,600 --> 00:25:59,280
Speaker 1: Series favorite. The Braves kind of peaked early in twenty

516
00:25:59,320 --> 00:26:01,879
Speaker 1: twenty one, and ever since then it's just kind of

517
00:26:01,920 --> 00:26:07,159
Speaker 1: gone restly downhill, Troubling the playoffs, trouble being able to

518
00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:10,639
Speaker 1: stay healthy, offense falling off a cliff last year, and

519
00:26:10,680 --> 00:26:13,480
Speaker 1: then this year, everything just kind of all falling to

520
00:26:13,720 --> 00:26:17,320
Speaker 1: bottom at times. When you have that occur over as

521
00:26:17,359 --> 00:26:19,159
Speaker 1: long as stretch as we've had it, which basically is

522
00:26:19,200 --> 00:26:21,320
Speaker 1: four years now since we won the World Series, it's

523
00:26:21,359 --> 00:26:26,119
Speaker 1: time that the staying with the current regime it's run stale.

524
00:26:27,040 --> 00:26:30,200
Speaker 1: Just having something new in and of itself can have value.

525
00:26:30,320 --> 00:26:32,000
Speaker 1: So it's going to be very interesting to see what

526
00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:35,000
Speaker 1: the Braves do on that end. One other small but

527
00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:39,199
Speaker 1: significant discussion that Alex and Poplus talked about was he

528
00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:42,080
Speaker 1: talked about rys Cela Iglesias and how good Ryce sel

529
00:26:42,119 --> 00:26:44,200
Speaker 1: Iglesias has been in the second half of the year.

530
00:26:44,359 --> 00:26:48,359
Speaker 1: Very much. You know, Iglesias has been to the level

531
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Speaker 1: that he was all of last year in terms of

532
00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:53,680
Speaker 1: how successful he's been on the mound and Alex and

533
00:26:53,720 --> 00:26:55,560
Speaker 1: Thopolas was asked about the fact that you have any

534
00:26:55,600 --> 00:26:59,119
Speaker 1: regrets about not trading Iglesias at the trade deadline, and

535
00:26:59,160 --> 00:27:01,679
Speaker 1: Alex basically repeated what he said at the trade deadline.

536
00:27:01,800 --> 00:27:05,359
Speaker 1: We were not going to trade players just for salary relief.

537
00:27:05,400 --> 00:27:07,960
Speaker 1: We were only going to trade players if we were

538
00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:10,280
Speaker 1: able to get prospects to help us in the future. Now,

539
00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:12,560
Speaker 1: I mentioned to Brad Steven when we were talking about

540
00:27:12,600 --> 00:27:16,760
Speaker 1: the Hassan Kim. Addition, we've now also had a Jake Frayley, Kim,

541
00:27:16,840 --> 00:27:21,320
Speaker 1: Alexis Diaz, players who formerly were successful major league players

542
00:27:21,359 --> 00:27:23,439
Speaker 1: who could potentially be a part of next year's team.

543
00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:26,000
Speaker 1: How the Braves have been active on the waiver wire

544
00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:29,480
Speaker 1: has made me be less concern about their inactiveness at

545
00:27:29,520 --> 00:27:31,720
Speaker 1: the trade deadline. But I do think that it's very

546
00:27:31,720 --> 00:27:34,479
Speaker 1: interesting when it comes to Alex and Thoppless. He's not

547
00:27:34,520 --> 00:27:37,720
Speaker 1: going to make a move for salary relief. That I

548
00:27:37,720 --> 00:27:39,480
Speaker 1: don't want to read too much into, but at the

549
00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:42,719
Speaker 1: very least, it lets me know that money may not

550
00:27:42,760 --> 00:27:44,920
Speaker 1: necessarily be as big of a concern as many of

551
00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:47,680
Speaker 1: us think that it is. Number one, and number two,

552
00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:52,280
Speaker 1: he values continuity, in terms of players that he knows

553
00:27:52,320 --> 00:27:54,840
Speaker 1: he could be successful here, he would rather than be

554
00:27:54,960 --> 00:27:57,840
Speaker 1: here than them not. And I think that adds value

555
00:27:57,880 --> 00:28:00,240
Speaker 1: in a positive way for this team that certainly seems

556
00:28:00,320 --> 00:28:02,000
Speaker 1: to value continuity highly.

557
00:28:05,440 --> 00:28:08,640
Speaker 3: I imagine there are the people that are kicking themselves

558
00:28:08,720 --> 00:28:12,240
Speaker 3: about not adding iglesias, are the other teams more than

559
00:28:13,240 --> 00:28:15,960
Speaker 3: and Dopless is kicking himself about not dealing them. I mean,

560
00:28:17,960 --> 00:28:20,920
Speaker 3: the offers you get are the offers you get. Like you,

561
00:28:20,920 --> 00:28:24,000
Speaker 3: you know, you have no control over what offers you get. Now,

562
00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:27,720
Speaker 3: I will say I think the Braves. I think one

563
00:28:27,720 --> 00:28:29,639
Speaker 3: reason the Braves didn't get the offers that they wanted

564
00:28:29,640 --> 00:28:31,680
Speaker 3: to get was because the Braves were not willing to

565
00:28:31,800 --> 00:28:35,240
Speaker 3: pay down the contracts. I have not been able to

566
00:28:35,240 --> 00:28:37,320
Speaker 3: confirm that at any point, but I do believe that's

567
00:28:37,359 --> 00:28:40,600
Speaker 3: the case, where they just weren't willing, and I think

568
00:28:40,640 --> 00:28:43,200
Speaker 3: that impacted the offers they got. And I think that's

569
00:28:43,200 --> 00:28:45,680
Speaker 3: why anytime Alex is talking about it, has talked about

570
00:28:45,680 --> 00:28:48,080
Speaker 3: those potential deals, he's always said the same thing, which

571
00:28:48,120 --> 00:28:51,440
Speaker 3: is the only thing teams were offering were salary relief,

572
00:28:51,960 --> 00:28:54,960
Speaker 3: which means he was asking them to take on the

573
00:28:54,960 --> 00:28:58,760
Speaker 3: full salary and I think that did impact both of

574
00:28:58,760 --> 00:29:01,640
Speaker 3: those guys market but Litten and if I'm a playoff team,

575
00:29:03,560 --> 00:29:07,360
Speaker 3: I'm pretty pissed at myself if especially if I've had bullpinch,

576
00:29:07,520 --> 00:29:10,000
Speaker 3: you know, disruption since the trade deadline.

577
00:29:11,240 --> 00:29:13,600
Speaker 2: I knew it. I mean, Glacias has just got such.

578
00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:16,920
Speaker 3: A long track record of success and at the highest

579
00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:19,720
Speaker 3: levels of this game, in in the ninth inning and

580
00:29:19,800 --> 00:29:22,280
Speaker 3: high leverage like and there's just not a lot of

581
00:29:22,280 --> 00:29:24,600
Speaker 3: those guys out there available at any trade deadline. And

582
00:29:24,640 --> 00:29:28,720
Speaker 3: the fact that no one was interested for seven million

583
00:29:28,720 --> 00:29:31,040
Speaker 3: bucks or whatever he was. I think it was like

584
00:29:31,080 --> 00:29:32,920
Speaker 3: six million bucks actually for whatever he had left on

585
00:29:32,920 --> 00:29:34,720
Speaker 3: his deal for the last two months of the season.

586
00:29:35,320 --> 00:29:36,680
Speaker 2: It's still very surprising to me.

587
00:29:36,920 --> 00:29:39,600
Speaker 3: And I mean, there's nothing you can do about it now,

588
00:29:40,480 --> 00:29:42,360
Speaker 3: you know, I hate that the Braves are spending this

589
00:29:42,440 --> 00:29:45,400
Speaker 3: six million dollars just letting Iglacias pitch on a bad team.

590
00:29:45,440 --> 00:29:47,720
Speaker 3: I would have much other than spent it by sending

591
00:29:47,800 --> 00:29:49,840
Speaker 3: it to another team so that they would have sent

592
00:29:49,920 --> 00:29:52,360
Speaker 3: us some prospects, but that's not the way they chose

593
00:29:52,400 --> 00:29:54,600
Speaker 3: to go. So, you know, it is what it is.

594
00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:56,240
Speaker 3: There's nothing the Braves can do about it. But I

595
00:29:56,920 --> 00:29:58,840
Speaker 3: guarantee you there are teams around the league that are

596
00:29:59,480 --> 00:30:01,479
Speaker 3: are looking being back on the trade deadline, wishing they

597
00:30:01,560 --> 00:30:05,400
Speaker 3: would have been a little more aggressive on Aglecias, especially

598
00:30:05,560 --> 00:30:07,960
Speaker 3: given the state of some of the bullpens around baseball

599
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Speaker 3: at the moment.

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Speaker 1: And to be honest with you, I would love to

601
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Speaker 1: have Iglecias back, but that's kind of another byproduct for

602
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Speaker 1: all of this. With how good he's had is at

603
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Speaker 1: the end of the season, I imagine that you know, he

604
00:30:19,240 --> 00:30:21,680
Speaker 1: certainly could be looking, you know, to have a closer

605
00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:24,120
Speaker 1: spot somewhere, and if that's for us, that's great, but

606
00:30:24,240 --> 00:30:26,720
Speaker 1: it's not off the table to where he certainly can

607
00:30:26,760 --> 00:30:29,760
Speaker 1: give him the multi year deal where he's making double

608
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Speaker 1: digit salary each year. Excuse me, you know, more than

609
00:30:32,840 --> 00:30:35,720
Speaker 1: ten million average annual value. I don't necessarily know where

610
00:30:35,760 --> 00:30:37,760
Speaker 1: that works into the brace fan it plans it would

611
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Speaker 1: be cheaper, But let me put it this way, rycell Iglesias,

612
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Speaker 1: I would be more than happy to have him back,

613
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Speaker 1: even in the closed role, with how well he's into

614
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Speaker 1: the season. But that's kind of lower on the totem

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Speaker 1: poll after all the other things that we've talked about

616
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617
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Speaker 1: that could really work out well for the Braves. We

651
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Speaker 1: talk about certainty added to the off season, having an

652
00:32:29,280 --> 00:32:32,959
Speaker 1: extra pick to work with and adding to our slot total.

653
00:32:33,120 --> 00:32:34,880
Speaker 1: There are our money total that we could use and

654
00:32:34,920 --> 00:32:38,080
Speaker 1: what should be a very deep draft next year. That

655
00:32:38,120 --> 00:32:40,040
Speaker 1: would be a great development and all that. Of course

656
00:32:40,120 --> 00:32:43,920
Speaker 1: rids on Drake Baldwin winning Rookie of the Year. And

657
00:32:43,960 --> 00:32:46,920
Speaker 1: I bring that up because Drake Baldwin right now is

658
00:32:46,960 --> 00:32:48,760
Speaker 1: actually second. You know me and you have talked about

659
00:32:48,760 --> 00:32:51,320
Speaker 1: it multiple times over the past month. Where the odds

660
00:32:51,360 --> 00:32:54,520
Speaker 1: are currently currently, Cade Horton of the Cubs is a

661
00:32:54,560 --> 00:32:58,520
Speaker 1: slight favorite ahead of Drake Baldwin. And the thing is

662
00:32:58,520 --> 00:33:00,920
Speaker 1: is that tomorrow they'll be facing each other for the

663
00:33:00,960 --> 00:33:03,520
Speaker 1: second time in a week. Cad Horten will be on

664
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Speaker 1: the mound. He pitched last week against the Braves through

665
00:33:05,560 --> 00:33:08,760
Speaker 1: five excellent innings against Atlanta. He'll be on the mound

666
00:33:08,800 --> 00:33:12,080
Speaker 1: tomorrow for the Cubs. Drake Baldwin, of course, now likely

667
00:33:12,120 --> 00:33:15,280
Speaker 1: will be playing mostly every day when it comes to

668
00:33:15,360 --> 00:33:17,400
Speaker 1: what he did another you know, great night tonight or

669
00:33:17,400 --> 00:33:20,200
Speaker 1: at least in his first at bat, A really awesome

670
00:33:20,240 --> 00:33:23,520
Speaker 1: opportunity for Braves fans to witness tomorrow. And you're hoping

671
00:33:23,720 --> 00:33:25,800
Speaker 1: that if Drake Baldwin can put another hot streak together,

672
00:33:26,080 --> 00:33:28,479
Speaker 1: he'll be able to win the Rookie of the Year

673
00:33:28,480 --> 00:33:30,400
Speaker 1: award and get that extra draft pick for the Braves.

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Speaker 3: Yep, Cad Horton versus Drake Baldwin Part two. Obviously, the

675
00:33:35,800 --> 00:33:38,560
Speaker 3: Braid has just played the Cubs last week, so and KD.

676
00:33:38,600 --> 00:33:41,040
Speaker 3: Horton came out and threw he actually threw a no

677
00:33:41,160 --> 00:33:43,280
Speaker 3: hitter for the first five innings, got pulled at seventy

678
00:33:43,320 --> 00:33:46,640
Speaker 3: five pitches. That is notable that you know, you probably

679
00:33:46,680 --> 00:33:49,200
Speaker 3: should keep that in mind that he is on a

680
00:33:49,240 --> 00:33:53,400
Speaker 3: pretty strict pitch count. The Cubs are not playing around

681
00:33:53,400 --> 00:33:55,640
Speaker 3: with his pitch count at all. So and I don't

682
00:33:55,640 --> 00:33:57,440
Speaker 3: know if it'll be seventy five pitches like it was

683
00:33:57,880 --> 00:33:59,520
Speaker 3: last week, or if it'd be more or less.

684
00:33:59,560 --> 00:34:02,720
Speaker 2: But you know, if you're the Braves, you have.

685
00:34:02,640 --> 00:34:04,480
Speaker 3: To know, like, if you work this guy's count a

686
00:34:04,520 --> 00:34:06,720
Speaker 3: little bit in the first three or four innings, you

687
00:34:06,760 --> 00:34:08,279
Speaker 3: have a very good chance of getting him out of

688
00:34:08,280 --> 00:34:11,080
Speaker 3: the game. And they're not gonna let him throw ninety

689
00:34:11,120 --> 00:34:13,600
Speaker 3: one hundred, one hundred and ten pitches. They've shown that,

690
00:34:13,760 --> 00:34:17,080
Speaker 3: so you know, the Braves have been much better taking walks.

691
00:34:18,440 --> 00:34:20,879
Speaker 3: Let's have a patient approach tomorrow, maybe try to get

692
00:34:20,880 --> 00:34:23,480
Speaker 3: this kid out. He's very talented, Like you said, he

693
00:34:23,560 --> 00:34:25,359
Speaker 3: is the front runner for Rookie of.

694
00:34:24,719 --> 00:34:25,880
Speaker 2: The Year right now.

695
00:34:26,760 --> 00:34:30,239
Speaker 3: He's just pitched insanely well. And the Cubs are a

696
00:34:30,239 --> 00:34:31,920
Speaker 3: better team than the Braves, and so the Cubs are

697
00:34:31,920 --> 00:34:34,680
Speaker 3: playing in more high impact games than the Braves, and

698
00:34:35,840 --> 00:34:38,120
Speaker 3: you know, Drake's just got to be that much better.

699
00:34:38,480 --> 00:34:40,799
Speaker 3: When you're on a bad team. You know, is that fair?

700
00:34:40,960 --> 00:34:43,399
Speaker 3: Probably not, but that's just the way it is. He's

701
00:34:43,440 --> 00:34:45,759
Speaker 3: got to be that much better. And you know, I

702
00:34:45,800 --> 00:34:49,960
Speaker 3: do think if the voting were today, you know, just

703
00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:53,160
Speaker 3: because of the Vegas odds doesn't mean it's written in stone.

704
00:34:53,520 --> 00:34:55,480
Speaker 3: Like if the voting were today, Drake Baldock would still

705
00:34:55,560 --> 00:34:59,200
Speaker 3: very much win. I think Kate Horton would win. But

706
00:35:00,280 --> 00:35:02,600
Speaker 3: I could be wrong. He could be the leader in

707
00:35:02,640 --> 00:35:04,400
Speaker 3: the clubhouse for all we know. You know, we're not

708
00:35:04,400 --> 00:35:05,759
Speaker 3: gonna know until the voting.

709
00:35:05,520 --> 00:35:05,680
Speaker 6: But.

710
00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:09,640
Speaker 3: Days like tomorrow that you know, his teammates could really

711
00:35:09,680 --> 00:35:12,000
Speaker 3: help him out by putting an eight spot on Kate

712
00:35:12,040 --> 00:35:15,120
Speaker 3: Horton in the first three innings and Drake going you know,

713
00:35:15,200 --> 00:35:18,120
Speaker 3: three for three with a couple of doubles. You know,

714
00:35:18,600 --> 00:35:20,960
Speaker 3: anything like that will help his cause because it is

715
00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:23,279
Speaker 3: a neck and neck. I mean, even if you think

716
00:35:23,360 --> 00:35:26,399
Speaker 3: Drake Baldwin is ahead right now, it is not by much.

717
00:35:26,840 --> 00:35:29,200
Speaker 2: It is a tight race.

718
00:35:29,800 --> 00:35:32,640
Speaker 3: And you know, we've already laid out multiple times on

719
00:35:32,680 --> 00:35:34,560
Speaker 3: the show why it matters for the Braves that Drake

720
00:35:34,600 --> 00:35:38,799
Speaker 3: Baldwin wins this award. So tomorrow's a big kind of

721
00:35:39,080 --> 00:35:42,560
Speaker 3: chapter of that story. Is is Horton Versus Baldwin Part two.

722
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Speaker 1: And the other thing I want to add to this

723
00:35:45,040 --> 00:35:48,000
Speaker 1: discussion is that, yes, the draft pick coming with Drake Baldwin,

724
00:35:48,200 --> 00:35:50,120
Speaker 1: we make it seem as if that's even more important

725
00:35:50,120 --> 00:35:52,440
Speaker 1: than Drake Baldwin himself winning Rookie of the Year, and

726
00:35:52,520 --> 00:35:55,080
Speaker 1: yet it's a what it means a lot to the organization.

727
00:35:55,160 --> 00:35:58,799
Speaker 1: It would be a nice little consolation prize from what

728
00:35:58,840 --> 00:36:02,399
Speaker 1: we've experienced this year. But to add to the reason

729
00:36:02,440 --> 00:36:05,680
Speaker 1: why I think Drake Baldwin deserves it over Kate Horton,

730
00:36:05,920 --> 00:36:09,720
Speaker 1: Drake Baldwin has been doing this all year as a catcher,

731
00:36:10,400 --> 00:36:14,400
Speaker 1: playing not every day, but he's played in big moments

732
00:36:14,400 --> 00:36:16,719
Speaker 1: and is delivered in big moments. And to me, the

733
00:36:16,760 --> 00:36:19,160
Speaker 1: other thing that stands out about Drake Baldwin, He's in

734
00:36:19,200 --> 00:36:21,600
Speaker 1: his rookie year. He's been consistent for the most part

735
00:36:21,640 --> 00:36:25,399
Speaker 1: all season long, and his numbers, his underlying numbers, those

736
00:36:25,480 --> 00:36:29,520
Speaker 1: metrics that we always talk about, they support what he's done.

737
00:36:29,920 --> 00:36:32,600
Speaker 1: They show that what he's done is legitimate. He may

738
00:36:32,640 --> 00:36:35,560
Speaker 1: even be underperforming a bit what he actually should be doing.

739
00:36:35,680 --> 00:36:38,960
Speaker 1: So for those reasons, I feel Drake Baldwin is definitely

740
00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:41,640
Speaker 1: in position to win and deserves to win the Rookie

741
00:36:41,640 --> 00:36:43,920
Speaker 1: of the Year contest. It likely is going to take

742
00:36:43,960 --> 00:36:47,399
Speaker 1: another hot streak and hopefully that occurs starting tomorrow night

743
00:36:47,480 --> 00:36:52,200
Speaker 1: against Horton directly. Also want to talk about tonight's game, Stephen,

744
00:36:52,239 --> 00:36:55,560
Speaker 1: because it was a good victory. The Braves got a

745
00:36:55,680 --> 00:36:58,320
Speaker 1: needed victory. Much like Friday night. They faced a quality

746
00:36:58,360 --> 00:37:01,040
Speaker 1: picture on the mound, a team that's in position to

747
00:37:01,080 --> 00:37:03,960
Speaker 1: make the playoffs, and they look like they belonged. Ozzie

748
00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:07,200
Speaker 1: Albi's went deep with another left handed hitter again. I

749
00:37:07,239 --> 00:37:10,480
Speaker 1: know many are pointing out that how he's hitting against

750
00:37:10,600 --> 00:37:14,520
Speaker 1: right hand how he's hitting right handed against left handed pitching,

751
00:37:14,880 --> 00:37:17,839
Speaker 1: That may be the most positive indicator of all We're

752
00:37:17,880 --> 00:37:20,480
Speaker 1: getting back to Ozzie being Ozzie. But I also want

753
00:37:20,480 --> 00:37:23,200
Speaker 1: to put the spotlight on Bryce Selder, who gets some

754
00:37:23,280 --> 00:37:28,600
Speaker 1: pretty legitimate competition, has been absolutely outstanding his past four starts.

755
00:37:28,920 --> 00:37:30,760
Speaker 1: I don't think that means he gets a rotation spot

756
00:37:30,800 --> 00:37:33,400
Speaker 1: next year. I don't think it means anything significant. But

757
00:37:33,440 --> 00:37:35,839
Speaker 1: when we talk about as many Braves as possible ending

758
00:37:35,880 --> 00:37:38,400
Speaker 1: the year in as good a way as possible, Bryce

759
00:37:38,400 --> 00:37:40,799
Speaker 1: Elder is certainly taking advantage of that. He was in

760
00:37:40,840 --> 00:37:43,279
Speaker 1: command tonight, and he got the job done against a

761
00:37:43,280 --> 00:37:44,440
Speaker 1: pretty legitimate opponent.

762
00:37:46,360 --> 00:37:48,360
Speaker 3: I'm not sure there is any pitcher in baseball with

763
00:37:48,440 --> 00:37:54,640
Speaker 3: a higher range of outcomes than Bryce Elder. I quite literally,

764
00:37:54,680 --> 00:37:56,799
Speaker 3: anything could happen in a Bryce Elder start, and I

765
00:37:56,800 --> 00:37:57,759
Speaker 3: would kind of believe it.

766
00:37:57,800 --> 00:38:00,160
Speaker 2: I'd be like, yeah, that's know.

767
00:38:00,200 --> 00:38:02,399
Speaker 3: He could give up nine runs before recording it out,

768
00:38:02,440 --> 00:38:05,720
Speaker 3: he could throw a one hitter and anything in between,

769
00:38:05,920 --> 00:38:07,840
Speaker 3: and I'd be like, yeah, I mean that makes sense.

770
00:38:08,640 --> 00:38:11,560
Speaker 3: The dude is there's not a soul on the planet

771
00:38:11,600 --> 00:38:15,319
Speaker 3: that can figure out what Bryce Selder is or what

772
00:38:15,400 --> 00:38:18,360
Speaker 3: he's gonna do next, because we've seen him go on heaters,

773
00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:22,200
Speaker 3: we've seen him go on i mean just fall off

774
00:38:22,200 --> 00:38:26,480
Speaker 3: a mountain, and tonight he was really good. He's been

775
00:38:26,520 --> 00:38:28,279
Speaker 3: really good, like four starts in a row, three or

776
00:38:28,320 --> 00:38:31,000
Speaker 3: four starts in a row. It gets really good teams.

777
00:38:32,080 --> 00:38:33,840
Speaker 3: So I don't know what to make of it. I

778
00:38:33,840 --> 00:38:35,160
Speaker 3: don't think the Braves know what to make of it.

779
00:38:35,160 --> 00:38:37,480
Speaker 3: I don't think Bryce Selder knows what to make I'm

780
00:38:37,520 --> 00:38:39,560
Speaker 3: guessing he's as confused as the rest of us as

781
00:38:40,320 --> 00:38:42,439
Speaker 3: to what happens on a night to night start for him.

782
00:38:42,719 --> 00:38:45,280
Speaker 3: But he pitched well tonight, and the offense did enough.

783
00:38:45,880 --> 00:38:48,520
Speaker 3: You know, you still got a Cunya batting six, which

784
00:38:48,520 --> 00:38:50,719
Speaker 3: we're not going to get. The whole thing tonight still

785
00:38:50,760 --> 00:38:52,760
Speaker 3: annoys me, but it is what it is at this point.

786
00:38:53,360 --> 00:38:56,480
Speaker 3: You know, Brian Snicker clearly thinks it's a way to

787
00:38:56,520 --> 00:38:57,440
Speaker 3: get him out of his funk.

788
00:38:57,960 --> 00:38:58,360
Speaker 2: Whatever.

789
00:38:58,960 --> 00:39:02,120
Speaker 3: The offense did enough. Olsen hit another homer. Matt Olsen

790
00:39:02,200 --> 00:39:03,000
Speaker 3: is heating back up.

791
00:39:03,040 --> 00:39:06,840
Speaker 2: He had a really slow August. He's heating back up.

792
00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:09,600
Speaker 2: Ronnie did break his over streak, he did have an

793
00:39:09,640 --> 00:39:10,560
Speaker 2: RBS single tonight.

794
00:39:10,880 --> 00:39:14,240
Speaker 3: Drake Baldwin at a double, Ozzie Albis hid another homer,

795
00:39:14,600 --> 00:39:17,359
Speaker 3: so you know, it was a good start. We're gonna

796
00:39:17,360 --> 00:39:20,080
Speaker 3: talk about Spitzer Strider here in a second in the show,

797
00:39:20,160 --> 00:39:24,080
Speaker 3: but yeah, the offense did enough. We need the office

798
00:39:24,080 --> 00:39:26,120
Speaker 3: to be more consistent. It would be lovely to see

799
00:39:26,200 --> 00:39:28,719
Speaker 3: Ronnie come all the way back before the season ends.

800
00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:31,360
Speaker 3: But Bryce elder Man, I don't know, I have no

801
00:39:31,480 --> 00:39:33,920
Speaker 3: answers I have I don't even know. I don't even

802
00:39:34,040 --> 00:39:35,920
Speaker 3: I don't even know how to begin to give an

803
00:39:35,920 --> 00:39:40,560
Speaker 3: answer about Bryce elder Just every single start, anything can happen,

804
00:39:40,719 --> 00:39:42,640
Speaker 3: and in a lot of ways that makes him the

805
00:39:42,640 --> 00:39:46,359
Speaker 3: most interesting man on the team. Literally, any outcome on

806
00:39:46,440 --> 00:39:50,760
Speaker 3: any given night is attainable for him, and it's it's wild.

807
00:39:50,800 --> 00:39:52,440
Speaker 2: It's wild to watch, quite honestly.

808
00:39:53,360 --> 00:39:55,560
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's a year of riddles, right, Like we talked about,

809
00:39:55,560 --> 00:39:57,880
Speaker 1: this has been one big question mark all year, and

810
00:39:57,920 --> 00:40:00,440
Speaker 1: the Braves had just come out the last three weeks

811
00:40:00,880 --> 00:40:03,520
Speaker 1: of the season and just wear a question mark on

812
00:40:03,600 --> 00:40:06,000
Speaker 1: their hats. That's what they should do, because that's been

813
00:40:06,080 --> 00:40:09,919
Speaker 1: one big question mark. But after all of today's action, Steam,

814
00:40:10,920 --> 00:40:13,880
Speaker 1: after all of today's news, all today's action, and then again,

815
00:40:14,000 --> 00:40:17,360
Speaker 1: it's been a mixed bag of positive and negative, but

816
00:40:17,360 --> 00:40:20,360
Speaker 1: at least it ended well on the field. The biggest

817
00:40:20,480 --> 00:40:23,960
Speaker 1: question of all and I think this may be of

818
00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:30,719
Speaker 1: the season. The hell happened to Spencer Strider's mustache? Seriously,

819
00:40:32,560 --> 00:40:35,480
Speaker 1: it's just it's different. Listen. I'm here for change, I'm

820
00:40:35,520 --> 00:40:39,000
Speaker 1: here for trying something new. But the man looked like

821
00:40:39,080 --> 00:40:43,000
Speaker 1: he could well bass against anybody with that mustache, and

822
00:40:43,040 --> 00:40:45,919
Speaker 1: I'm sure that he still can, but it's just it's

823
00:40:45,960 --> 00:40:49,800
Speaker 1: a different look. He looks ten years younger. That that

824
00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:52,279
Speaker 1: stash was like one of the it was like one

825
00:40:52,280 --> 00:40:55,839
Speaker 1: of the biggest, like the most identifying features in Baseball

826
00:40:56,239 --> 00:41:00,880
Speaker 1: Strider's stash. When you saw that, it struck feet and

827
00:41:01,080 --> 00:41:07,440
Speaker 1: hitters everywhere. Just I miss the stash.

828
00:41:07,760 --> 00:41:13,360
Speaker 2: I'll tell you this. That mustache. I don't know what

829
00:41:13,480 --> 00:41:14,080
Speaker 2: it is about it.

830
00:41:14,120 --> 00:41:16,680
Speaker 3: Maybe it's because he's got a really really dark hair,

831
00:41:16,719 --> 00:41:18,240
Speaker 3: maybe it's because it's like jet black.

832
00:41:18,760 --> 00:41:20,480
Speaker 2: But it like changes his whole face.

833
00:41:21,080 --> 00:41:27,359
Speaker 3: Like if Spencer Strider committed a crime with the mustache

834
00:41:27,680 --> 00:41:30,080
Speaker 3: and then shaved and was like on the run the

835
00:41:30,080 --> 00:41:32,360
Speaker 3: rest of his life, he would never be caught because

836
00:41:32,360 --> 00:41:35,160
Speaker 3: that looks like two different human beings. Like I thought

837
00:41:35,160 --> 00:41:38,040
Speaker 3: that was like Pete Alonzo's son, Like they he looks

838
00:41:38,080 --> 00:41:41,680
Speaker 3: exactly like Pete alons It's the weirdest thing I've ever seen. Yeah,

839
00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:45,279
Speaker 3: you know they shot him in the dugout. It's like

840
00:41:45,400 --> 00:41:49,000
Speaker 3: he's playing out like the whole Major League Ricky Vaughan storyline,

841
00:41:49,040 --> 00:41:51,799
Speaker 3: except it's with the instead of a mustache, that's with

842
00:41:51,880 --> 00:41:54,400
Speaker 3: the black glasses that Ricky Vaughan had. You know, he

843
00:41:54,440 --> 00:41:56,160
Speaker 3: took him off for the second one and he lost

844
00:41:56,160 --> 00:41:57,719
Speaker 3: all his powers, and he put him back on at

845
00:41:57,760 --> 00:42:00,320
Speaker 3: the end. Maybe we'll see the mustache return next. I

846
00:42:00,320 --> 00:42:02,960
Speaker 3: don't know it was I mean it was. It was

847
00:42:03,000 --> 00:42:05,480
Speaker 3: weird as hell. I mean he really he looked twelve.

848
00:42:05,760 --> 00:42:08,040
Speaker 3: He looked like a ball boy, said, I made the joke.

849
00:42:08,080 --> 00:42:09,960
Speaker 3: He looked like Bennie the Jet Rodriguez was about to

850
00:42:09,960 --> 00:42:12,560
Speaker 3: teach him how to throw a baseball. That's I mean,

851
00:42:12,560 --> 00:42:16,560
Speaker 3: he it's crazy how much that mustache like changes his face.

852
00:42:17,160 --> 00:42:20,279
Speaker 3: So yeah, I mean he's kind of having one of

853
00:42:20,320 --> 00:42:22,920
Speaker 3: those years where, like, you know, it's like a high

854
00:42:22,920 --> 00:42:25,520
Speaker 3: school girl who breaks up with her boyfriend and cuts

855
00:42:25,560 --> 00:42:27,399
Speaker 3: all her hair off. Like he's having like that kind

856
00:42:27,480 --> 00:42:30,600
Speaker 3: of you know, existential crisis kind of year where he's like,

857
00:42:30,640 --> 00:42:33,239
Speaker 3: you know what, screw it, nothing else is going right

858
00:42:33,280 --> 00:42:33,680
Speaker 3: this year.

859
00:42:33,920 --> 00:42:35,080
Speaker 2: We're going with a new look.

860
00:42:35,360 --> 00:42:39,399
Speaker 3: And there were, honest to god, people were as mad

861
00:42:39,440 --> 00:42:41,120
Speaker 3: about that as anything that's happened.

862
00:42:40,840 --> 00:42:41,399
Speaker 2: All year long.

863
00:42:43,080 --> 00:42:45,560
Speaker 3: People love that mustache. That mustache had its own Twitter.

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Speaker 3: I had multiple Twitter accounts. It's got to I mean,

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Speaker 3: it's its own celebrity at this point. So it was

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Speaker 3: a shocking, shocking turn of events.

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Speaker 1: I'm still in shocked. Yeah, kill me, Strider, You're killing me.

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Speaker 1: Just don't make it. Foreverse even did there did. I

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Speaker 1: picked up all that I had to give it a

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Speaker 1: little sand lot, you know, shout outs now, Listen, I'm

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Speaker 1: I don't ever think this will get back to Spencer Strider,

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Speaker 1: but if anybody ever expresses to Spencer Strider our reactions

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Speaker 1: to him being without his mustache, I want to make

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Speaker 1: it clear if he ever asked directly, it looks absolutely fantastic,

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Speaker 1: best decision he's ever made. Keep it that way if

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Speaker 1: he prefers. All joking aside, we want to end the

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Speaker 1: show on a bit of a hilarious note, because listen,

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Speaker 1: we deserve a bit of hilarious in our lives right

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Speaker 1: now as Braves fans. But it was a change, and

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Speaker 1: it's one of those changes that you're just not prepared for. Man,

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Speaker 1: even if I would have gotten a week's notice, I

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Speaker 1: still would not have been prepared for it. But you know, hey,

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Speaker 1: at the very least, let's put it this way, the

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Speaker 1: end of the season for the Braves, I think has

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Speaker 1: been a bit more eventful than any of us had anticipated.

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Speaker 1: Maybe not necessarily all in a positive way, but at

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Speaker 1: the very least has been eventful. Stephen, do you have

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Speaker 1: anything else for us as we wrap up this edition

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Speaker 1: the Hammer Territory Podcast.

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Speaker 3: No, And I guess we should mention that obviously. We

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Speaker 3: talked about Kate Horton pitching for the Cub tomorrow. Tomorrow,

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Speaker 3: Spencer Strider pitches for the Braves, and then Chris Sale

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Speaker 3: is on Wednesday, day off Thursday, and then the Astroals

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Speaker 3: come to town. So you're gonna you're gonna get another Spencer

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Speaker 3: Strider started to mark. Striders start tomorrow. Just another data

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Speaker 3: point to watch. I'm curious to see, you know. The

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Speaker 3: outing he had against I think Miami was decent. The

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Speaker 3: next one not quite as good. They've pushed him back.

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Speaker 2: A couple of days. There was some speculation on whether

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Speaker 2: he was hurt. I don't think he's hurt.

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Speaker 3: So it's just gonna be just see what he looks

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Speaker 3: like tomorrow, and that's gonna be the big thing. And

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Speaker 3: then we moved, you know to Chris Sale, and then

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Speaker 3: the Astronals come to town for the weekend.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, and it looks like that what we

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Speaker 1: could be seeing, what we could be lining up to

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Speaker 1: see is over the next three games. You know, we

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Speaker 1: talked about it last week. The Braves are gonna get

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Speaker 1: the opportunity to really see where they It didn't work

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Speaker 1: out so well against Seattle. But see where some of

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Speaker 1: these individual players stand. You know, again, more about the

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Speaker 1: process over the result. Right now, See where there's some

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Speaker 1: of these individual players stand. You've got Spencer Strider facing

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Speaker 1: the Cubs for a second straight start, a playoff team

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Speaker 1: they saw him last start. What can he do adjustment

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Speaker 1: wise to maintain success at least in terms of run prevention.

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Speaker 1: You got Chris Sale on the mount tomorrow against the

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Speaker 1: Cubs and then Hirston Waldrip on the mount against the

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Speaker 1: Astros on Friday. So plenty to watch board this week,

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Speaker 1: of course, going along with Drake Baldwin hopefully having a

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Speaker 1: great week. Listen, Ken, thank you enough for joining us

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Speaker 1: here on the Hammer Territory podcast. We're always here to

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Speaker 1: cover with the braves, always here to deliver content, hopefully

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Speaker 1: in a fun and informative way, sometimes in a not

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Speaker 1: so fun way if a rant or two is involved,

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Speaker 1: though a lot of times it's certainly warranted. For Steven Tolver,

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Speaker 1: you could find him at b Underscore Outliers on Twitter,

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Speaker 1: slash x. My name is Sean Coleman. You could find

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Speaker 1: me at Stat's sac Hammer Terroritory across all forms of

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Speaker 1: social media, The Foul Territory family of podcast. Shout out

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Speaker 1: to Brad Rowlands, shout out to Scott Coleman, shout out

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Speaker 1: to Grant McCauley who was an awesome guest on Sunday,

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Speaker 1: and shout out to the Braves. A hell of a

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Speaker 1: day off the field and on the field. Hopefully Sean

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Speaker 1: Murphy comes back better than ever. Until next time, Go Braves.

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Speaker 1: We'll talk to you again soon here on the Hammer

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Speaker 1: Territory Pot