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Speaker 1: Hello everyone, Welcome back to the Hummer Territory Podcast, Episode

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Speaker 1: one eight zero. My name is Brad Roland and I

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Speaker 1: am joined on today's podcast. I'm my co host. His

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Speaker 1: name Scott Coleman. And Scott it was not the most

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Speaker 1: fun once again this weekend. What are you laborates?

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Speaker 2: Hello Brad. For the folks listening at home, Brad is

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Speaker 2: putting his brave face on and doing a flu game

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Speaker 2: episode today, So be nice to Brad. It's professional in

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Speaker 2: every sense. Even if, let me say this, there are

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Speaker 2: a lot of weaker minded people out there for a

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Speaker 2: baseball team that has been so frustrating, Brad would have said, no,

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Speaker 2: I'm not doing this. I'll get someone else to fill in.

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Speaker 2: But you are a champ and a trooper and we'll see.

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Speaker 2: And if if Brad falls asleep midway through the show,

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Speaker 2: then I'll just go solo for the last hip year.

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Speaker 1: Scott solo for twenty minutes. Fighty people keep give them

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Speaker 1: by like that. I'm gonna get why white piffs by

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Speaker 1: no one, And that's just what it is, what it is.

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Speaker 1: Start starts the podcast. How are you feeling so great?

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Speaker 2: Oh? I don't have the flu like you do, But

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Speaker 2: I'm not great. This was another very frustrating weekend for

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Speaker 2: the Braves. We did the really fun show deep into

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Speaker 2: Thursday night basically Friday morning after that walk off against

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Speaker 2: the Phillies, and then they laid the total dud on

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Speaker 2: Friday against the Rays. They did come back on Saturday,

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Speaker 2: and it's like, all right, here we go two out

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Speaker 2: of three really good wins, and then they got thumped

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Speaker 2: by a minor league twenty five year old journeyman. Basically

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Speaker 2: at this point with Chris Sale on the mound, and

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Speaker 2: I just kind of a crazy state of the season

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Speaker 2: right now. Chris Sale has made four starts, the Braves

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Speaker 2: are one and three, and the reigning cy Young Winners

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Speaker 2: starts this year, and I think they lost like five

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Speaker 2: or six Sails starts all of last season.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's kind of where things are right now. And

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Speaker 1: we'll get into the more detail as we always would

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Speaker 1: on the podcast about the games that happened this weekend,

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Speaker 1: but I want to kind of go a big picture

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Speaker 1: early on in this one. And you know, they're one

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Speaker 1: and nine on the road this season, they're four and

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Speaker 1: eleven overall. The state of that it's like hard to

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Speaker 1: spin and it's still early, that's fair to say, but

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Speaker 1: we're also ten percent almost into the season. It's not

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Speaker 1: you know, we're not three percent of the season anymore,

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Speaker 1: it's ten percent of the games have happened so far.

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Speaker 1: And the pitching has not been great. I want to

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Speaker 1: be very clear about that. It's not been as much

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Speaker 1: as last year. We discussed ad nausea, but the pitching

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Speaker 1: was so so so good last year that it made

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Speaker 1: up for a lot of not all of them, but

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Speaker 1: a lot of the offensive shortcomings that happened last year.

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Speaker 1: The pitching has not been that good this year. It's

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Speaker 1: been league average ish, to be clined. It's not been great.

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Speaker 1: It hasn't been disastrous, but it hasn't been great. But

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Speaker 1: the offense still doesn't do anything, Scott, I mean their

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Speaker 1: second they have the second fewest runs in baseball. They

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Speaker 1: have forty nine runs in fifteen games. That isn't enough runs.

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Speaker 1: And you know they entered today. I think ibout it

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Speaker 1: good clutch hits. And we'll talk about it more in

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Speaker 1: a second but the outfield has been a disaster, like

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Speaker 1: completely a disaster spot this entire season so far. I

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Speaker 1: mean not to we don't have to prescribe everything right now,

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Speaker 1: but what do you think about what's going on here?

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Speaker 1: Because it feels like all the bad parts of last

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, it's exactly right. And we said it on

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Speaker 2: the show the other night, and we'll say it one

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Speaker 2: more time. But it feels like this is just a

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Speaker 2: continuation of twenty twenty four. And that's a real bummer

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Speaker 2: because coming into the spring, there was a lot of

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Speaker 2: energy and excitement. Okay, let's turn the page on last

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Speaker 2: year with all the injuries and underperformance, and let's get

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Speaker 2: back to being the great team that we all loved

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Speaker 2: watching since twenty eighteen. And this is I mean, the

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Speaker 2: absolute earliest they're going to get Acunya back four weeks?

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Speaker 2: I mean, the guy still hasn't even played like a scrimmage.

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Speaker 2: At this point, it seems like shortstop has been a disaster.

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Speaker 2: We screamed about it all off season. I screamed about

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Speaker 2: At this point, Jared Kellnick needs to go play in Gwinette.

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Speaker 2: Brian Da la Cruz was a minor league signing for

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Speaker 2: a reason. Like, there's there's so many issues with this

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Speaker 2: homer today by literally two inches. In some ways, that

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Speaker 2: is a perfect summation of the Atlanta Braves in Madilson season.

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Speaker 2: Marcelo Zuna might be hurt, Austin Riley's been not that special.

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Speaker 2: I mean, this lineup is so bad and so frustrating

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Speaker 2: And it feels like we're watching the same game every

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and you know a lot of the you just

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Speaker 1: the issues with the offense. I mean, it's kind of fun.

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Speaker 1: I looked it up while you were talking. Short stop

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Speaker 1: And it's kind of sad what we're talking about.

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Speaker 2: Right now, right the fact that thank God for Nick

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Speaker 2: Allen just came out of one of our mouths on

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Speaker 2: a podcast. I mean, it says it all, doesn't it,

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Speaker 2: because the Braves should not have to think, Okay, here's

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Speaker 1: It really is. And we'll get into some other stuff,

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Speaker 1: lot of this talk about this weekend, and it's right.

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Speaker 1: I poured a lot of numbers for at the outfield

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Speaker 1: all outfielders, and Michael Harris has been bad this year.

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Speaker 1: We'll just say that out loud, but Michael Harris actually

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Speaker 1: They have like a varsity plus in the thirties for

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Speaker 1: we all understand this. It's supposed to be Profar who's

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Speaker 1: But I mean for me, it's I don't afraid miss.

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Speaker 2: Olsen should have like better numbers than he does. And

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Speaker 2: something and they'll flip it around. There's still a lot

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Speaker 2: I mean that's quite literally. The only positive is that

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Speaker 2: we are still early enough in the season that there

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Speaker 2: is time. But every day they takes off that calendar, Brad,

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Speaker 2: it just feels like we're getting closer and closer to

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Speaker 1: I agree, and we're gonna move on, I promise. But

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Speaker 1: basically is what about Alex Radugo. And before we started recording,

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Speaker 1: I even said to you flippantly, but I mean it

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Speaker 1: desperate for Alex Radugo. But could you could we see

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Speaker 1: him the next couple of days? I have no idea.

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Speaker 1: All right, Scott, let's go to Sunday. We'll recording this

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Speaker 1: So let's just talk about today. Right. The first better

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Speaker 2: Yeah, if you were to ask me where will Chris

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Speaker 1: they probably should have a couple a couple more wins

430
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Speaker 1: if things were all balanced in the world. And that's

431
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Speaker 1: the look that's baseball too. Like that. That's one of

432
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Speaker 1: the reasons that we at least that I like the

433
00:21:36,240 --> 00:21:38,120
Speaker 1: sport being as long as it is, as many games

434
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Speaker 1: as it is, it's like you have an opportunity to

435
00:21:39,880 --> 00:21:42,440
Speaker 1: have things level out to some degree. It's still gonna

436
00:21:42,480 --> 00:21:44,920
Speaker 1: have seasons that are lucky versus unlucky. There was that

437
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Speaker 1: year a couple of years ago when the Padres couldn't

438
00:21:46,600 --> 00:21:49,480
Speaker 1: win a one game. Like these things happen still. But

439
00:21:50,520 --> 00:21:52,600
Speaker 1: if you are a believer in the talent level of

440
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Speaker 1: the team, which hey, it's harder to do that each

441
00:21:54,720 --> 00:21:56,359
Speaker 1: and every day. It's it's hard to be the believer

442
00:21:56,440 --> 00:21:58,159
Speaker 1: of the talent level team. But like, I think they

443
00:21:58,160 --> 00:21:59,640
Speaker 1: should probably have a couple more wins. And if they're

444
00:21:59,640 --> 00:22:02,320
Speaker 1: six and nine right now, we're not thrilled. We're not partying,

445
00:22:02,320 --> 00:22:03,760
Speaker 1: but it'd be different, We feel differently.

446
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Speaker 2: I think sounds a whole lot better than four and eleven,

447
00:22:06,920 --> 00:22:07,920
Speaker 2: doesn't it.

448
00:22:07,920 --> 00:22:09,840
Speaker 1: It sure does sound a whole lot better than four

449
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Speaker 1: and eleven. All right, Scott, we'll get into more of

450
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Speaker 1: what transport of the weekend quickly, and then we'll talk

451
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Speaker 1: about the Smith shover Elder all of that decision that

452
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Speaker 1: happened today. After a word from our partners on the show.

453
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Speaker 4: Take me out to my tea A band bospatch now work,

454
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Speaker 4: Yeah yeah, watch based and fingers and RB eyes. I'm

455
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Speaker 4: just bad. They have my local for truth. We'll open

456
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Speaker 4: the roos and they don't win into shame.

457
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Speaker 2: Braks, gags. Just's gonna work.

458
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Speaker 1: Stream now, Okay, Scott, let us breeze and I mean

459
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Speaker 1: breeze through Friday's game, because the Friday's game was the

460
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Speaker 1: whole It's not a lot of fun. Six three law us.

461
00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:03,359
Speaker 1: They had one chance to really score big early and

462
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Speaker 1: they scored one run in the first downing after loaded

463
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Speaker 1: the bases. Yeah, Bryce, owner was okay for a while.

464
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Speaker 1: Then the wheels came off in the sixth and that's

465
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Speaker 1: when they lost the game pretty decisively. And I'll let

466
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Speaker 1: you deliver the stat on Danny Jansen had been struggling

467
00:23:19,960 --> 00:23:22,399
Speaker 1: for the Rays that he decided to have a monster

468
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Speaker 1: game on Friday.

469
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Speaker 2: Yeah, Danny Jansen came into Friday's game as one of

470
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Speaker 2: the worst players in baseball. He had a negative WRC

471
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Speaker 2: plus and he had three hits, including a no doubt

472
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Speaker 2: home run, a double, and a single, and drove in

473
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Speaker 2: half of Tampa Bay's runs. Again, somehow, that is a

474
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Speaker 2: perfect summary of the brief season. Today. You know it's

475
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Speaker 2: Friday's game. The broadcast booth said that the players got

476
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Speaker 2: to the hotel at five in the morning after the

477
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Speaker 2: marathon on Thursday night, in the rain.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I believe it's Scott. I think. I think

479
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Speaker 1: I went abot at about three thirty and I would

480
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Speaker 1: enough to travel right. Yes, all we got to do

481
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Speaker 1: is talk about the game. They had to get on

482
00:24:03,440 --> 00:24:04,440
Speaker 1: a play at a fly some work.

483
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Speaker 2: Yeah, funny enough, I looked. The Phillies were also shut

484
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Speaker 2: out on Friday night by the Saint Louis Cardinals two

485
00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:13,040
Speaker 2: to nothing. I get it, man, that's tough. Those guys

486
00:24:13,080 --> 00:24:15,440
Speaker 2: are running on a couple hours of sleep. Thursday night

487
00:24:15,520 --> 00:24:17,399
Speaker 2: was a long time, et cetera, et cetera, all of that,

488
00:24:18,080 --> 00:24:21,959
Speaker 2: but again another frustrating one. I actually didn't think that

489
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Speaker 2: Bryce Elder was completely awful in the start.

490
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Speaker 1: He was.

491
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Speaker 2: He did run out of gas in that sixth inning,

492
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Speaker 2: and I think in a different scenario, Brian Snitker probably

493
00:24:33,960 --> 00:24:36,560
Speaker 2: would have gone out there and managed it a little differently,

494
00:24:36,760 --> 00:24:39,760
Speaker 2: been more aggressive with his bullpen. But because the Braves

495
00:24:39,760 --> 00:24:41,880
Speaker 2: had to cover a lot of innings against the Phillies

496
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Speaker 2: out of the bullpen, it's kind of felt like the

497
00:24:44,560 --> 00:24:46,919
Speaker 2: Braves were just kind of punting on Friday, which is

498
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Speaker 2: kind of infuriating because at the time they were three

499
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Speaker 2: and nine or whatever. The record was, But yeah, I

500
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Speaker 2: mean I didn't lose sleep over Friday Night's loss. As

501
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Speaker 2: we're going to talk about later. I guess they're keeping

502
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Speaker 2: Bryce Elder up. Geez.

503
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't know. We'll talk about that in more

504
00:25:04,520 --> 00:25:07,080
Speaker 1: in a second. We're getting there, I promise. But yeah,

505
00:25:07,119 --> 00:25:09,960
Speaker 1: Friday's game, I am the same way. You can't shrug

506
00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:12,440
Speaker 1: off any loss right now because they have too many losses.

507
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Speaker 1: But it was not like one of those that was

508
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Speaker 1: like terribly infuriating. It was just one of those games,

509
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Speaker 1: just some degree. They didn't win on Saturday. They actually

510
00:25:21,080 --> 00:25:22,960
Speaker 1: were losing three, three to one going to the eighth

511
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Speaker 1: inning on Saturday, and then Ozzy Albi's and Sean Murphy

512
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Speaker 1: go back to back home runs to tie the game.

513
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Speaker 1: Sean Murphy, by the way, has been one of the

514
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Speaker 1: only bright spots offensively since for returning, which is great

515
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Speaker 1: to see us as people that have defended Sean Murphy

516
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Speaker 1: to the masses. That's good to see for us and

517
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Speaker 1: for Sean.

518
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Speaker 2: We'll take our victory lap after one week. I'm not

519
00:25:42,920 --> 00:25:43,720
Speaker 2: against it.

520
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Speaker 1: It's fine. Well, it was a small one. So far

521
00:25:45,800 --> 00:25:48,600
Speaker 1: he's been good, so that's that's nice to see. And

522
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Speaker 1: then you get a you get a Nick Allen lee

523
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Speaker 1: off double on the ninth inning, and then Michael Harris

524
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Speaker 1: HiT's a home run and suddenly you're winning. Like it

525
00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:55,960
Speaker 1: was the Brains were down three to one and within

526
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Speaker 1: moments it was five to three and they and they

527
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Speaker 1: won the game. Yeah, a nice, It was a nice one.

528
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Speaker 1: Nice like a little reprieve to have some clutch hits,

529
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Speaker 1: to have some run scored late. Four home runs in

530
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Speaker 1: the game to my Murphy one by Azzie, Uh yeah,

531
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Speaker 1: I mean, what do you make up Saturday's game over

532
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Speaker 1: than it was? Hey, a one that was fun.

533
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Speaker 2: It felt kind of like a vintage Braves win, didn't it.

534
00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:23,399
Speaker 2: The pitching held serve, kept him in the game, and

535
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Speaker 2: then the power came and it was great to see.

536
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Speaker 2: We talked Sean Murphy's been great. The one thing Ozzie

537
00:26:29,320 --> 00:26:31,560
Speaker 2: Alby's is doing is hitting for a little bit of power.

538
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Speaker 2: Ye seemingly every time Ozzy homers, it's a one run

539
00:26:35,320 --> 00:26:38,800
Speaker 2: homer because nobody around him can get on base. But hey,

540
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Speaker 2: you take you take the homers, and then good to

541
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Speaker 2: see Michael Harris homer. Similarly, a player not doing a

542
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Speaker 2: whole lot other than running into an occasional home run,

543
00:26:47,560 --> 00:26:49,480
Speaker 2: but it was it was a fun win on Saturday.

544
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Speaker 2: The vibe was great because for seven innings it felt

545
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Speaker 2: like it was more of the same for the Braves

546
00:26:54,400 --> 00:26:57,240
Speaker 2: with one run, and they were miserable with runners in

547
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Speaker 2: scoring position early on. So thankfully the came to life

548
00:27:01,080 --> 00:27:03,960
Speaker 2: hit a couple over that wall. You're right, man, that

549
00:27:04,080 --> 00:27:08,400
Speaker 2: is a crazy ballpark to play in. It's basically Yankee Stadium,

550
00:27:08,520 --> 00:27:11,000
Speaker 2: but it has the park effects of a much warmer

551
00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:14,320
Speaker 2: and more human climate down in Florida compared to New

552
00:27:14,359 --> 00:27:16,879
Speaker 2: York City, and it's gonna be there's gonna be some

553
00:27:16,920 --> 00:27:20,200
Speaker 2: crazy games in at Steinbrenner Field. And hey, the Braves

554
00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:22,639
Speaker 2: took advantage even if a couple of those home runs

555
00:27:22,680 --> 00:27:25,520
Speaker 2: were maybe not out at Truest Park that they cleared

556
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Speaker 2: the fence at least in Tampa.

557
00:27:26,920 --> 00:27:29,200
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, some good fortune there for sure on some

558
00:27:29,240 --> 00:27:31,840
Speaker 1: of those home runs. But a couple of quick notes there.

559
00:27:32,119 --> 00:27:33,920
Speaker 1: Michael Harris had a great defensive play to save a

560
00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:36,320
Speaker 1: run throuin the game. As much as we picked on

561
00:27:36,359 --> 00:27:38,919
Speaker 1: Michael on the show already with his bat, his defense

562
00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:43,160
Speaker 1: is still very helpful. Worth noting that. Also, they won

563
00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:44,919
Speaker 1: the game, so it didn't matter. We would have applied leed

564
00:27:44,960 --> 00:27:48,160
Speaker 1: with us. The Braves were zero for six with rods

565
00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:50,520
Speaker 1: core position in the first two innings of the game

566
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Speaker 1: on Saturday. Just do them off on that. I mean,

567
00:27:53,520 --> 00:27:56,120
Speaker 1: all three all three outs in both innings were within it. Yeah,

568
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Speaker 1: it's just it was it was tough. They won the game, but.

569
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Speaker 2: Hey, even the win, there's still something that I look

570
00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:02,800
Speaker 2: at postgame.

571
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Speaker 1: And go, what I mean the okay, So on that front,

572
00:28:07,880 --> 00:28:10,840
Speaker 1: Ozzie Albi's who head home run of the game. Ozzie

573
00:28:10,840 --> 00:28:13,639
Speaker 1: had it. Ozzie was a head three nothing three, a

574
00:28:13,720 --> 00:28:16,600
Speaker 1: three to zero count, and he swings in a pitch

575
00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:20,720
Speaker 1: that's a foot low, a sinker ahead three to zero,

576
00:28:21,480 --> 00:28:24,440
Speaker 1: hits what it hits into a double play, and it's like, Ozzie,

577
00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:28,679
Speaker 1: my guy, I love you, I love you. What on

578
00:28:28,720 --> 00:28:31,800
Speaker 1: earth are you doing? Like, what on earth are you doing? Yeah?

579
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Speaker 1: Like and that that and that's something like you know,

580
00:28:33,920 --> 00:28:36,399
Speaker 1: when you don't get hits against the round score position,

581
00:28:36,920 --> 00:28:40,000
Speaker 1: that's not entirely on you, right, the pitcher's still out there,

582
00:28:40,120 --> 00:28:43,160
Speaker 1: like you gotta beat the picture. But when you're scuffling,

583
00:28:44,240 --> 00:28:46,280
Speaker 1: that's on you. Like a three zero pitch you swing

584
00:28:46,280 --> 00:28:47,520
Speaker 1: at it what it's a foot low. You should be

585
00:28:47,560 --> 00:28:50,120
Speaker 1: you should be staying on first base. That's entirely on you.

586
00:28:50,680 --> 00:28:52,840
Speaker 1: That's one of those it's like, oh, that's that's that's

587
00:28:52,880 --> 00:28:55,400
Speaker 1: that's that's self inflicted to the max. And they won

588
00:28:55,440 --> 00:28:57,200
Speaker 1: the game. He homeward later, so he made up for it.

589
00:28:57,400 --> 00:28:58,800
Speaker 1: But that was one where it's like out of a

590
00:28:59,280 --> 00:29:01,800
Speaker 1: you can't you can't create a situation to infuriate. I

591
00:29:01,880 --> 00:29:04,080
Speaker 1: think I think Stephen, our co host, was going to

592
00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:07,000
Speaker 1: run through a wall somewhere when that happened. Does you

593
00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:07,920
Speaker 1: buy his sweets at the time?

594
00:29:08,040 --> 00:29:08,440
Speaker 2: Me too?

595
00:29:09,640 --> 00:29:11,560
Speaker 1: Obviously? What do you do with gussy?

596
00:29:12,160 --> 00:29:14,200
Speaker 2: Yeah? And the only other note I would say from

597
00:29:14,280 --> 00:29:17,560
Speaker 2: Saturday's game, which is not of the positive variety, but

598
00:29:17,720 --> 00:29:22,680
Speaker 2: another shaky appearance from ryce El Iglacias which is kind

599
00:29:22,720 --> 00:29:27,000
Speaker 2: of quickly becoming a trend. Gave up a no doubt homer.

600
00:29:27,280 --> 00:29:29,880
Speaker 2: Thank god, the Braves were up by two runs and

601
00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:33,440
Speaker 2: it was only a solo homer, but Glacias gave up

602
00:29:33,480 --> 00:29:36,160
Speaker 2: the homer. Also gave up two hard line outs that

603
00:29:36,200 --> 00:29:40,400
Speaker 2: were right at somebody, thankfully. But you know, if I

604
00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:42,240
Speaker 2: had to make a list of my concerns for this

605
00:29:42,320 --> 00:29:44,920
Speaker 2: team right now, I think Rycell Iglacius would probably be

606
00:29:45,080 --> 00:29:48,040
Speaker 2: like number six or number seven and not number one.

607
00:29:48,640 --> 00:29:51,920
Speaker 2: But but this team can't score, and on the rare

608
00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:53,880
Speaker 2: chance they do score and have to give the ball

609
00:29:53,920 --> 00:29:57,400
Speaker 2: to Ricel, they definitely need him to figure some things out,

610
00:29:57,440 --> 00:30:00,600
Speaker 2: because if there is anything this team cannot a stand,

611
00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:04,400
Speaker 2: it's that an already shaky bullpen gets even worse if

612
00:30:04,400 --> 00:30:07,080
Speaker 2: they can't count on Rice Iglacias in the ninth, which

613
00:30:07,120 --> 00:30:09,280
Speaker 2: they've basically been able to do from the very first

614
00:30:09,360 --> 00:30:10,200
Speaker 2: day they traded for.

615
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, this is like a scalding take. But

616
00:30:14,160 --> 00:30:17,000
Speaker 1: I am more worried about rice Cell than Chris Sale.

617
00:30:18,280 --> 00:30:20,040
Speaker 1: I gotta be honest with you. Yeah, I am too.

618
00:30:20,080 --> 00:30:23,440
Speaker 1: That's fair. It's and again the sample size is a smaller,

619
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Speaker 1: it's a it's a it's a reliever. He's not pitching

620
00:30:25,640 --> 00:30:28,160
Speaker 1: that many innings. But what we have seen so far

621
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Speaker 1: from Rycel, it's not like he's just getting unlucky. He's

622
00:30:31,280 --> 00:30:36,520
Speaker 1: getting hit hard, like hard. He doesn't look great to me. Yeah,

623
00:30:36,560 --> 00:30:40,040
Speaker 1: the underline numbers are not pretty. I'm a little worried

624
00:30:40,040 --> 00:30:41,880
Speaker 1: about rice Cell in a way that I'm actually not

625
00:30:41,960 --> 00:30:45,600
Speaker 1: about Sale yet. Knocked on wood so we'll see. And

626
00:30:45,640 --> 00:30:47,240
Speaker 1: I think we said this last year too. It's not

627
00:30:47,280 --> 00:30:49,120
Speaker 1: anything breaking. It was that was not the most uh,

628
00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:52,040
Speaker 1: you know, rocket science thing. But he was a little

629
00:30:52,080 --> 00:30:54,440
Speaker 1: fortunate last year. And even in the moment we said

630
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Speaker 1: that about Ryce ELL's e ra babbit block, like he

631
00:30:57,600 --> 00:30:59,480
Speaker 1: was getting a little u a little lucky. He's still

632
00:30:59,480 --> 00:31:01,560
Speaker 1: pitched great too, so it's both things for him to

633
00:31:01,600 --> 00:31:03,920
Speaker 1: have that like a historically awesome era for a long time,

634
00:31:03,920 --> 00:31:06,440
Speaker 1: et cetera. I think he's just not pitching very well

635
00:31:06,520 --> 00:31:09,640
Speaker 1: right now. I'm not like panicking, but I'm a little

636
00:31:09,680 --> 00:31:10,480
Speaker 1: I'm a little worried.

637
00:31:10,840 --> 00:31:14,680
Speaker 2: A little stat of the day, right Sell Iglacias last

638
00:31:14,800 --> 00:31:19,400
Speaker 2: season gave up four home runs. Two and a half

639
00:31:19,440 --> 00:31:23,280
Speaker 2: weeks into this season, he has given up three home runs,

640
00:31:24,280 --> 00:31:24,600
Speaker 2: and it.

641
00:31:24,520 --> 00:31:27,400
Speaker 1: Feels like it for sure. Yeah, uh, we'll leave it

642
00:31:27,400 --> 00:31:29,520
Speaker 1: there for now. But that's something to keep an eye

643
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Speaker 1: on if you were in a gift Like you said,

644
00:31:31,560 --> 00:31:33,440
Speaker 1: It's not not a more in the list of issue

645
00:31:33,440 --> 00:31:35,080
Speaker 1: because he's only pitching when they have the lead or

646
00:31:35,120 --> 00:31:38,440
Speaker 1: their tides. So with during the game he's pitching, the

647
00:31:38,440 --> 00:31:41,520
Speaker 1: pitch is rare. But yes, yeah, it is rare. Okay,

648
00:31:41,920 --> 00:31:45,240
Speaker 1: we have more to talk about now and it's gonna

649
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650
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651
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652
00:31:52,800 --> 00:31:55,200
Speaker 1: But UH, this is an interesting topic. People talked about

653
00:31:55,240 --> 00:31:58,880
Speaker 1: this a lot to us, uh and also just to

654
00:31:58,960 --> 00:32:03,360
Speaker 1: themselves on social media. But essentially, after the game on Saturday,

655
00:32:04,280 --> 00:32:07,800
Speaker 1: it's miss Shav who wasn't incredible but was not awful

656
00:32:07,960 --> 00:32:09,800
Speaker 1: on Saturday, did his job to keep him in the game,

657
00:32:09,880 --> 00:32:13,400
Speaker 1: only allow two runs, et cetera. Uh, he got optioned.

658
00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:17,120
Speaker 1: After the game, they called up Michael Peterson for a

659
00:32:17,160 --> 00:32:18,600
Speaker 1: fresh choga out of the bullpen. And by the way,

660
00:32:18,640 --> 00:32:20,560
Speaker 1: he threw two good innings today. They were meaningless sennings,

661
00:32:20,560 --> 00:32:24,560
Speaker 1: but he threw two good innings today, fresh arm. But basically,

662
00:32:24,600 --> 00:32:27,440
Speaker 1: it seems like again we're gonna go I'm gonna go

663
00:32:27,440 --> 00:32:30,320
Speaker 1: with it seems like because they're not said anything definitive here,

664
00:32:30,320 --> 00:32:34,360
Speaker 1: but it seems like they're choosing Bryce Elder to have

665
00:32:34,360 --> 00:32:37,960
Speaker 1: another start and it's behav to not right now, it

666
00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:40,600
Speaker 1: seems like that on the surface with what we know

667
00:32:40,760 --> 00:32:42,840
Speaker 1: right now. Because as we'll talk about more in a

668
00:32:42,840 --> 00:32:46,720
Speaker 1: second Strider is probably gonna pitch Wednesday, which would have

669
00:32:46,760 --> 00:32:49,320
Speaker 1: been that spot for either one of those guys, and

670
00:32:49,360 --> 00:32:52,280
Speaker 1: they chose to send Speeshav. Now, I don't know about you, Scott.

671
00:32:53,160 --> 00:32:55,800
Speaker 1: I thought they were gonna option Bryce Elder to make

672
00:32:55,880 --> 00:32:59,760
Speaker 1: room for special Strider. In fact, I believe our colleague

673
00:32:59,760 --> 00:33:01,600
Speaker 1: Steve and even said on Twitter like, hey, wouldn't it

674
00:33:01,640 --> 00:33:04,680
Speaker 1: make sense to option even on Saturday morning, Like, Hey,

675
00:33:04,680 --> 00:33:06,440
Speaker 1: wouldn't it make sense to option Elder to have a

676
00:33:06,480 --> 00:33:09,479
Speaker 1: fresh bullpin arm? And they didn't do that, so they

677
00:33:09,480 --> 00:33:14,560
Speaker 1: did it with Shaffer. So two questions, how did you

678
00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:19,200
Speaker 1: think Aj pitched on Saturday? And then also what did

679
00:33:19,240 --> 00:33:21,560
Speaker 1: that tell you about this decision that they've made to

680
00:33:21,720 --> 00:33:24,360
Speaker 1: again seemingly, at least for the short term, choose Elder

681
00:33:24,400 --> 00:33:25,000
Speaker 1: over Smashaw.

682
00:33:26,280 --> 00:33:28,800
Speaker 2: So I thought Saturday start for Smith Shavor was his

683
00:33:28,880 --> 00:33:31,840
Speaker 2: best of the year so far, and it was everything

684
00:33:31,880 --> 00:33:35,040
Speaker 2: that is both good and bad about AJ Smith Schaver

685
00:33:35,160 --> 00:33:38,400
Speaker 2: at this point in his career. You can see why

686
00:33:38,440 --> 00:33:43,240
Speaker 2: he is a really tantalizing prospect. Has good stuff, good fastball.

687
00:33:43,360 --> 00:33:45,479
Speaker 2: When he locates that splitter, he can get a lot

688
00:33:45,520 --> 00:33:49,360
Speaker 2: of outs with it. But we also saw that the

689
00:33:49,400 --> 00:33:53,640
Speaker 2: command is just not there. And sometimes it's their one

690
00:33:53,680 --> 00:33:57,200
Speaker 2: inning and then it's not the next, and it seems

691
00:33:57,240 --> 00:33:58,960
Speaker 2: like we get a blow up out of of AJ

692
00:33:59,280 --> 00:34:01,720
Speaker 2: basically on every two or three innings, because all of

693
00:34:01,760 --> 00:34:04,120
Speaker 2: a sudden he's walked two batters and he's in big

694
00:34:04,160 --> 00:34:07,040
Speaker 2: time trouble. And there was a moment where he walked

695
00:34:07,040 --> 00:34:10,160
Speaker 2: in a run and then struck out the next two hitters.

696
00:34:10,600 --> 00:34:12,839
Speaker 2: And AJ deserves credit for that because we were a

697
00:34:12,960 --> 00:34:15,600
Speaker 2: hit away from the game being completely blown open and

698
00:34:16,480 --> 00:34:18,320
Speaker 2: did a good job of getting out of the jam.

699
00:34:18,360 --> 00:34:20,759
Speaker 2: Just giving up the one run kept the Braves in it.

700
00:34:20,840 --> 00:34:24,279
Speaker 2: They of course came back to win. In terms of

701
00:34:24,360 --> 00:34:29,320
Speaker 2: Elder versus Smith Schauver, clearly AJ Smith Schauver is so

702
00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:32,480
Speaker 2: much more talented and has such better stuff than Bryce Elder.

703
00:34:33,280 --> 00:34:36,040
Speaker 2: But at the same time, we have said after AJ's

704
00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:38,480
Speaker 2: first two starts and now this third one, that I

705
00:34:38,480 --> 00:34:40,719
Speaker 2: think in a perfect world he is able to go

706
00:34:40,800 --> 00:34:44,360
Speaker 2: down and develop more in Gwinnett because he is just

707
00:34:44,440 --> 00:34:47,000
Speaker 2: not ready for the major leagues right now. Every fifth day.

708
00:34:47,680 --> 00:34:50,680
Speaker 2: The problem is because we all saw this coming that

709
00:34:50,800 --> 00:34:52,880
Speaker 2: as soon as there was an injury to this rotation,

710
00:34:53,480 --> 00:34:56,960
Speaker 2: you're suddenly relying on Bryce Elder than as your fifth starter.

711
00:34:57,280 --> 00:35:00,200
Speaker 2: And I don't think anybody wants that. He's been really

712
00:35:00,520 --> 00:35:03,120
Speaker 2: bad since that All Star appearance in twenty twenty three,

713
00:35:03,680 --> 00:35:06,000
Speaker 2: And I mean genuinely, he has maybe been the worst

714
00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:09,279
Speaker 2: starting pitcher. And there's a stat on this I'll brad

715
00:35:09,320 --> 00:35:11,960
Speaker 2: that I'll toss to you on but quite literally, Bryce

716
00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:14,600
Speaker 2: has been the worst starting pitcher who has pitched regularly

717
00:35:14,719 --> 00:35:19,080
Speaker 2: the last two years. And I mean, maybe it's not

718
00:35:19,160 --> 00:35:21,960
Speaker 2: a zero percent chance the Braves win when Bryce starts,

719
00:35:21,960 --> 00:35:23,919
Speaker 2: but it's not real high with the way the bats

720
00:35:23,960 --> 00:35:24,839
Speaker 2: are swinging right now.

721
00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:29,680
Speaker 1: Yeah, so it's complicated. I would love to know with

722
00:35:29,840 --> 00:35:33,719
Speaker 1: truth serum, if the Braves had a game to win

723
00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:36,359
Speaker 1: that mattered for all the marbles tomorrow, whether they would

724
00:35:36,400 --> 00:35:39,840
Speaker 1: trust Elder or Smith Schav or more. I mean, I

725
00:35:39,880 --> 00:35:42,040
Speaker 1: think it was probably be smith Shov, but I don't

726
00:35:42,040 --> 00:35:45,400
Speaker 1: we don't know that for sure. Maybe I think the

727
00:35:45,480 --> 00:35:48,359
Speaker 1: generous framing is the one you just gave right that

728
00:35:48,480 --> 00:35:51,520
Speaker 1: maybe they just think Smith Schav needs more polish and

729
00:35:52,080 --> 00:35:55,279
Speaker 1: Elbert kind of is what he is. Right, that's a

730
00:35:55,480 --> 00:35:59,040
Speaker 1: realistic framing I think as to why you might option

731
00:35:59,520 --> 00:36:03,560
Speaker 1: Smith Shaw down and leave Elder up right. At the

732
00:36:03,560 --> 00:36:06,640
Speaker 1: same time, it's hard for me to justify that. It

733
00:36:06,680 --> 00:36:09,640
Speaker 1: really is like I don't I don't like this very much, Smashavre,

734
00:36:09,760 --> 00:36:12,200
Speaker 1: Like you said, it's it's not consistent. He's eight walks

735
00:36:12,200 --> 00:36:15,600
Speaker 1: in thirteen innings. Like it's he's has some issues. For sure.

736
00:36:16,200 --> 00:36:17,960
Speaker 1: I would still like to have him pitching in the majors.

737
00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:20,360
Speaker 1: Before I threw Bryce Elder out there. He teed it

738
00:36:20,400 --> 00:36:23,239
Speaker 1: up for me already, so I'll knock it down. His

739
00:36:23,320 --> 00:36:26,080
Speaker 1: last twenty six starts for Bryce Elder, he has a

740
00:36:26,200 --> 00:36:30,680
Speaker 1: six point one point five R and he raised not everything,

741
00:36:30,680 --> 00:36:32,440
Speaker 1: but his underlying stuff is not good either. It's in

742
00:36:32,480 --> 00:36:36,040
Speaker 1: the fives. So over that sample, you know, it's about

743
00:36:36,120 --> 00:36:37,960
Speaker 1: it's about a year and a half since you know,

744
00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:40,960
Speaker 1: the middle of twenty twenty three, he's been, if not

745
00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:42,880
Speaker 1: the worst pitcher in baseball, one of the worst pictures

746
00:36:42,880 --> 00:36:45,400
Speaker 1: in baseball if you go into like the guys who've

747
00:36:45,400 --> 00:36:47,480
Speaker 1: thrown at least a hundred innings over that sample size,

748
00:36:47,560 --> 00:36:49,680
Speaker 1: which is like a full time starter, but certainly guys

749
00:36:49,719 --> 00:36:52,719
Speaker 1: who've pitched enough to be in there. He is one

750
00:36:52,760 --> 00:36:54,920
Speaker 1: of the worst. So and by the way, it's not

751
00:36:54,960 --> 00:36:57,640
Speaker 1: like that's fluky either, you know, even on this best

752
00:36:57,680 --> 00:37:00,319
Speaker 1: even when he was rolling in that season in which

753
00:37:00,360 --> 00:37:02,719
Speaker 1: we honestly never believed on our podcast, I think we're

754
00:37:02,800 --> 00:37:06,520
Speaker 1: right about that, but he doesn't. It just doesn't make sense.

755
00:37:06,520 --> 00:37:09,319
Speaker 1: I don't know why he's walking three and a half

756
00:37:09,320 --> 00:37:11,080
Speaker 1: per nine and striking out like six and a half

757
00:37:11,080 --> 00:37:14,840
Speaker 1: per night, Like you can't live that way very long

758
00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:19,280
Speaker 1: as a major week starter. So yeah, so I guess

759
00:37:19,320 --> 00:37:21,839
Speaker 1: the last thing that I'll ask you about. And it's

760
00:37:21,880 --> 00:37:25,600
Speaker 1: been more speculation than reporting, but even the beat guys

761
00:37:26,040 --> 00:37:28,600
Speaker 1: they keep coming back to like, oh, well, maybe they'll

762
00:37:28,640 --> 00:37:31,960
Speaker 1: send grand Holmes back to the bullpen, and I don't

763
00:37:31,960 --> 00:37:33,719
Speaker 1: I don't really know why that's a conversation. I mean,

764
00:37:33,800 --> 00:37:35,480
Speaker 1: I guess I do know why, and that grand Holmes

765
00:37:35,480 --> 00:37:37,239
Speaker 1: was reliever last year and was good in that role.

766
00:37:37,760 --> 00:37:40,520
Speaker 1: The guys Grant Holmes is like, way way better than

767
00:37:40,600 --> 00:37:43,120
Speaker 1: Spishavre and Elder. Why don't we just leave grenhomes where

768
00:37:43,120 --> 00:37:44,319
Speaker 1: he is, like he's doing fun.

769
00:37:45,280 --> 00:37:48,120
Speaker 2: Yeah, taking away from the rotation right now is the

770
00:37:48,160 --> 00:37:52,399
Speaker 2: literal last thing I would do. Yeah, I've seen that too,

771
00:37:52,480 --> 00:37:55,279
Speaker 2: about moving grand Holmes to the bullpen, and I don't

772
00:37:55,360 --> 00:37:58,319
Speaker 2: understand it necessarily. I mean, if I had to make

773
00:37:58,360 --> 00:38:01,320
Speaker 2: a list of my fifteen big concerns with the Braves,

774
00:38:01,840 --> 00:38:04,840
Speaker 2: I don't think Grant Holmes would be on that list. No,

775
00:38:05,000 --> 00:38:08,160
Speaker 2: he's been fine. He didn't pitch super well at Dodger

776
00:38:08,200 --> 00:38:12,640
Speaker 2: Stadium spoiler, very few people do. And then the stuff

777
00:38:12,680 --> 00:38:15,840
Speaker 2: continues to be good. He had good stuff against the Phillies. Sure,

778
00:38:15,960 --> 00:38:18,839
Speaker 2: he's not your typical starter. He's not Greg Maddox. He's

779
00:38:18,840 --> 00:38:21,359
Speaker 2: not gonna throw seven innings every time, but he gets

780
00:38:21,360 --> 00:38:23,400
Speaker 2: a lot of swing and miss and he's effective at

781
00:38:23,480 --> 00:38:26,160
Speaker 2: least two times through the lineup. And that's not something

782
00:38:26,200 --> 00:38:28,200
Speaker 2: you can say for Bryce Elder. That's not something you

783
00:38:28,239 --> 00:38:31,480
Speaker 2: can say for a J. Smith Schauverer. So we're gonna

784
00:38:31,640 --> 00:38:34,560
Speaker 2: put Grant Holmes in the bullpen and then, I mean,

785
00:38:34,600 --> 00:38:38,200
Speaker 2: even if Chris Sale, Spencer Schwellenbach, and Spencer Streider are

786
00:38:38,239 --> 00:38:42,200
Speaker 2: all awesome, then you're gonna roll with Bryce Elder and

787
00:38:42,239 --> 00:38:45,239
Speaker 2: a J. Smith Schauber in a full time rotation capacity.

788
00:38:45,920 --> 00:38:49,560
Speaker 2: What is the thought process behind that? I don't understand it. Yeah,

789
00:38:49,600 --> 00:38:51,560
Speaker 2: it's just one opinion. It's not like the Braves have

790
00:38:51,600 --> 00:38:54,560
Speaker 2: come out and said this, But yeah, you almost have

791
00:38:54,640 --> 00:38:58,000
Speaker 2: to leave Grant Holmes in that bullpen in the rotation. Sure,

792
00:38:58,040 --> 00:38:59,600
Speaker 2: it'd be nice to have him in the bullpen, but

793
00:38:59,640 --> 00:39:02,200
Speaker 2: that's my priority, is the rotation first.

794
00:39:03,160 --> 00:39:05,319
Speaker 1: Yeah, And I just think in general, if you have

795
00:39:05,360 --> 00:39:08,520
Speaker 1: a guy who can be a solid starter, you just

796
00:39:08,560 --> 00:39:11,759
Speaker 1: do that. And if it's yeah, maybe there's a world

797
00:39:11,840 --> 00:39:16,320
Speaker 1: if you want to get real optimistic where in August

798
00:39:16,920 --> 00:39:21,560
Speaker 1: Ronald Lopez is back. But like guys, you're just hoping

799
00:39:21,600 --> 00:39:24,080
Speaker 1: for hope there. I think if you can get fifth

800
00:39:24,080 --> 00:39:26,600
Speaker 1: starting level production from Grand Holmes as a starter, you

801
00:39:26,680 --> 00:39:30,320
Speaker 1: just leave them there, and I you know, we'll see.

802
00:39:30,360 --> 00:39:32,560
Speaker 1: But there's not a scenario that I can see short

803
00:39:32,600 --> 00:39:35,960
Speaker 1: of an external acquisition where I would be like, you know,

804
00:39:36,280 --> 00:39:37,960
Speaker 1: you know what, guys put Grand Homes in the bullpen.

805
00:39:38,680 --> 00:39:41,080
Speaker 1: Because even if you think that Smith Schauvre is better

806
00:39:41,120 --> 00:39:43,439
Speaker 1: than Holmes or could be better than Holmes, that's only

807
00:39:43,480 --> 00:39:45,640
Speaker 1: one and you need you need to And I don't

808
00:39:45,680 --> 00:39:48,200
Speaker 1: think Bryce Elder is going to have this at any

809
00:39:48,200 --> 00:39:50,480
Speaker 1: point in the next six months, Scott. Do I think

810
00:39:50,840 --> 00:39:52,239
Speaker 1: I'm going to go out and say, you know, I'm

811
00:39:52,239 --> 00:39:54,960
Speaker 1: better have pitch today the Grand Holmes, Bryce Elder, I

812
00:39:55,000 --> 00:39:58,600
Speaker 1: can't think of that happening, so same here. That's our

813
00:39:58,640 --> 00:39:59,920
Speaker 1: whole run up at the end of the rotation.

814
00:40:00,080 --> 00:40:02,920
Speaker 2: But you know what this well, in last year we

815
00:40:02,960 --> 00:40:07,120
Speaker 2: saw the Braves effectively run a six man rotation one

816
00:40:07,239 --> 00:40:10,560
Speaker 2: because the rotation was mostly healthy. Although they did lose

817
00:40:10,840 --> 00:40:14,960
Speaker 2: Strider early, they were able to basically replicate his production

818
00:40:15,080 --> 00:40:17,640
Speaker 2: with Schwellenbach. And I know they lost Freed for a

819
00:40:17,680 --> 00:40:19,960
Speaker 2: little while and were Lopez for a little while. But

820
00:40:20,400 --> 00:40:23,759
Speaker 2: the rotation was awesome last year, and the Braves had

821
00:40:23,760 --> 00:40:26,640
Speaker 2: the benefit of getting off to the great start. I

822
00:40:26,640 --> 00:40:29,000
Speaker 2: think they were twenty one and nine at one point.

823
00:40:30,320 --> 00:40:32,120
Speaker 2: They're not going to be twenty one and nine in

824
00:40:32,160 --> 00:40:35,360
Speaker 2: a couple of weeks, Brad. Mathematically that ship has sailed,

825
00:40:36,719 --> 00:40:40,680
Speaker 2: So it can be to break the news. But last

826
00:40:40,719 --> 00:40:45,800
Speaker 2: year the Braves navigated the starting rotation, oh boy, they

827
00:40:46,239 --> 00:40:49,200
Speaker 2: tiptoed a really thin line and they got into the

828
00:40:49,239 --> 00:40:53,400
Speaker 2: playoffs on a tiebreaker. They do not have that luxury

829
00:40:53,440 --> 00:40:56,160
Speaker 2: in twenty twenty five, and they cannot wait around, and

830
00:40:56,200 --> 00:40:59,719
Speaker 2: they cannot piss away Bryce Elder starts. Even if a

831
00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:02,440
Speaker 2: Sishavor is not ready for the majors right now, you

832
00:41:02,560 --> 00:41:04,839
Speaker 2: kind of have to white knucklet. I would take him

833
00:41:04,880 --> 00:41:07,200
Speaker 2: ten times out of ten over elder I don't really

834
00:41:07,280 --> 00:41:10,960
Speaker 2: understand this. Maybe they're gonna skip elders start. I mean,

835
00:41:11,000 --> 00:41:13,759
Speaker 2: they do have a day off on Thursday. Maybe they're

836
00:41:13,800 --> 00:41:17,719
Speaker 2: gonna put Bryce in the bullpen for like the next

837
00:41:17,719 --> 00:41:19,640
Speaker 2: week and then they bring Aj back up when he's

838
00:41:19,680 --> 00:41:22,799
Speaker 2: eligible to come back up. I don't know, but it

839
00:41:22,880 --> 00:41:25,040
Speaker 2: was weird. When I saw that this on a Sunday morning,

840
00:41:25,120 --> 00:41:28,319
Speaker 2: I was like, what are they doing this? I don't

841
00:41:28,520 --> 00:41:30,720
Speaker 2: I don't want to say Smith Shavor is John Smoltz,

842
00:41:30,800 --> 00:41:32,960
Speaker 2: but it's not what do you know?

843
00:41:33,080 --> 00:41:35,200
Speaker 1: Yeah, it was. It was a curious decision, which is

844
00:41:35,200 --> 00:41:37,040
Speaker 1: why we're spending the spotlight segment on that. But hey,

845
00:41:38,160 --> 00:41:40,160
Speaker 1: it's not even the number one priority. Honestly, we've talked

846
00:41:40,200 --> 00:41:43,000
Speaker 1: about a lot of this podcast. There's other issues, but uh,

847
00:41:43,160 --> 00:41:46,120
Speaker 1: interesting stuff there nonetheless. All right, in a second, we'll

848
00:41:46,160 --> 00:41:49,880
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Speaker 1: preview Braves Blue Jays begins on Monday, a couple of

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Speaker 1: night games Monday and Tuesday, and then at a classic

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Speaker 1: one o'clock start on Wednesday that I can't watch in

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00:42:35,960 --> 00:42:39,480
Speaker 1: real time, but we'll see how that all goes. The

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00:42:39,560 --> 00:42:42,399
Speaker 1: aforementioned Grant Holmes on the Mount on Monday against East

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00:42:42,400 --> 00:42:45,400
Speaker 1: and Lucas, followed by Schwaller Block on Tuesday against old

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00:42:45,440 --> 00:42:48,480
Speaker 1: pal Kevin Gosman and a pretty interesting showdown honestly, have

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Speaker 1: two regard pitchers. And then Wednesday. Uh, there's a listing

867
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Speaker 1: of TBD on Wednesday. Scott, I think TBD in this

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00:42:56,960 --> 00:43:02,439
Speaker 1: instance means Special Strider, but he'll be facing Chris bast

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Speaker 1: has been very good for the Blue Days as well,

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Speaker 1: so Toronto has been pretty good. They're nine and seven.

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00:43:05,920 --> 00:43:08,439
Speaker 1: They one today an extra innings. What are you looking

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Speaker 1: forward to beyond Strider? Who I think we probably agree

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00:43:10,920 --> 00:43:12,480
Speaker 1: on that one. But what are you looking forward to

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00:43:12,560 --> 00:43:14,080
Speaker 1: from this series in Toronto?

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00:43:14,960 --> 00:43:18,040
Speaker 2: Should be three really good pitching matchups. You know, we

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00:43:18,239 --> 00:43:21,719
Speaker 2: know who Grant Holmes is Easton Lucas is starting on

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00:43:22,120 --> 00:43:26,239
Speaker 2: Monday for Toronto. He has a zero ERA through ten

878
00:43:26,280 --> 00:43:29,920
Speaker 2: and a third innings in two starts, so that's a challenge.

879
00:43:30,440 --> 00:43:34,640
Speaker 2: You mentioned Schwellenbach against Osman really good. And then having

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00:43:34,719 --> 00:43:38,480
Speaker 2: Spencer Strider back on Wednesday will be awesome. A little

881
00:43:38,480 --> 00:43:40,799
Speaker 2: bit of a bummer that it's an afternoon game, so

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00:43:40,960 --> 00:43:42,560
Speaker 2: folks are at work or at school.

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00:43:42,920 --> 00:43:44,399
Speaker 1: What a fuck on Wednesday? And to see a special

884
00:43:44,440 --> 00:43:46,520
Speaker 1: Strider that I'll be at work on it about you?

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00:43:46,640 --> 00:43:48,839
Speaker 2: Yeah, you'll have to you know, if you're at work

886
00:43:48,880 --> 00:43:51,359
Speaker 2: and you have an office door or something, Yeah, hide

887
00:43:51,360 --> 00:43:53,759
Speaker 2: your screen, put on the phone, put it in your lap,

888
00:43:53,840 --> 00:43:55,759
Speaker 2: whatever you have to do, because all eyes will be

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00:43:55,800 --> 00:43:58,080
Speaker 2: on Strider. It's going to be so good to have

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00:43:58,200 --> 00:44:01,520
Speaker 2: him back. He has looked so good in the minor leagues. God,

891
00:44:01,600 --> 00:44:04,840
Speaker 2: this team needs reinforcements right now. It'll be great to

892
00:44:04,840 --> 00:44:08,759
Speaker 2: have Strider up again. Chris Bassett coming into Sunday had

893
00:44:08,760 --> 00:44:12,440
Speaker 2: the highest war of any pitcher in baseball after a

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00:44:12,440 --> 00:44:15,200
Speaker 2: handful of starts. I don't think that's quite who Chris

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00:44:15,239 --> 00:44:18,239
Speaker 2: Bassett is. He's thirty six years old now and has

896
00:44:18,600 --> 00:44:21,600
Speaker 2: kind of bounced around the league. But a challenge in

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00:44:21,640 --> 00:44:24,839
Speaker 2: all three games Shore Atlanta and maybe a trip up North,

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Speaker 2: I'll get him going. I don't know. I mean, I

899
00:44:26,360 --> 00:44:28,279
Speaker 2: feel like at the start of every series we're kind

900
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Speaker 2: of grasping its straws of maybe this will be the

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00:44:30,480 --> 00:44:32,920
Speaker 2: week they turn it around. It would be awesome if

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00:44:32,960 --> 00:44:36,839
Speaker 2: they do, but another quality opponent and hopefully better days

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00:44:36,880 --> 00:44:37,720
Speaker 2: are on the horizon.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and you know, you could certainly spend it as

905
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Speaker 1: the Braves having a theoretical advantage at all three. You know,

906
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Speaker 1: East and Lucas has had a good year this year,

907
00:44:46,600 --> 00:44:47,960
Speaker 1: but it's not like a guy who has been proven

908
00:44:48,960 --> 00:44:51,440
Speaker 1: could be at least they push up. Not an advantage

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00:44:51,440 --> 00:44:54,719
Speaker 1: for the Braves. Schwollomack, I guess anyone. I feel good

910
00:44:54,760 --> 00:44:57,640
Speaker 1: about even Goldsman's good, but I feel fine about Swollamlock

911
00:44:57,680 --> 00:45:01,000
Speaker 1: on the Medicas anybody. And then again, we're tiptoing around

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Speaker 1: it every single indication is gonna be Strider on Wednesday,

913
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Speaker 1: like every single one. They haven't announced it because they're

914
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Speaker 1: not gonna announce it, but he threw a side session

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Speaker 1: today that apparently went, well, it's gonna be it's gonna

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Speaker 1: be a I'm really excited. We'll probably have another show

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Speaker 1: between now and then at some point and we'll talk

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Speaker 1: about it again then, whether it's Scott and I or

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Speaker 1: Steven and Sean, whatever, but everyone is looking forward to

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00:45:24,120 --> 00:45:27,080
Speaker 1: Strider just being back. I mean, I don't know if

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Speaker 1: he's gonna be as good as he was last time

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Speaker 1: we saw him. I just don't know if that's gonna happen,

923
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Speaker 1: but he's he's awesome, and I'm looking forward to have

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00:45:33,719 --> 00:45:36,520
Speaker 1: him pitched because he won't solve every problem they have, obviously,

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00:45:36,880 --> 00:45:38,799
Speaker 1: but he is a cy young caliber guy when he's

926
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Speaker 1: when he's back there, and he's right.

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Speaker 2: So I was gonna say it might be a one

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Speaker 2: nothing game on Wednesday the way the Braves are hitting,

929
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Speaker 2: but Strider is just so electric and so much fun

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00:45:49,280 --> 00:45:52,439
Speaker 2: to watch, And even if the bats are inept at

931
00:45:52,480 --> 00:45:54,680
Speaker 2: doing anything and they forget how to hit as soon

932
00:45:54,680 --> 00:45:57,400
Speaker 2: as the runner gets on base, and all of those things.

933
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Speaker 2: It'll be so much fun to have Strider out there.

934
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Speaker 2: Looked really, really good in his last rehab appearance on Thursday.

935
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Speaker 2: The reason that everybody thinks he's pitching Wednesday is, of

936
00:46:06,719 --> 00:46:08,799
Speaker 2: course he would have an extra day of rest, which

937
00:46:08,840 --> 00:46:11,400
Speaker 2: the Braves value. I would be shocked. I mean, I

938
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Speaker 2: guess if he wakes up Monday morning and doesn't feel

939
00:46:13,840 --> 00:46:16,680
Speaker 2: one hundred percent, then maybe, But then it would be

940
00:46:16,719 --> 00:46:18,560
Speaker 2: a bullpen game, and I don't think anybody on the

941
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Speaker 2: planet wants that. So Spencer Schreider in our lives soon. God,

942
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Speaker 2: let's hope he is good. And who knows, maybe he

943
00:46:25,960 --> 00:46:27,640
Speaker 2: can pick up a bat too and go stand in

944
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Speaker 2: left field and do the O Tawni thing and go

945
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Speaker 2: both ways because they could use.

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Speaker 1: Him, Yes they could. All right, Scott, let's go out

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Speaker 1: of here on a Sunday afternoon slash evening worre can

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Speaker 1: folks find all of your musings about the Atlanta Braves

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Speaker 2: I'm at Scott Coleman fifty five on socials. It's a

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Speaker 2: pretty dark place these days. If you look at my mentions,

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Speaker 2: a nightly basis. But thank you to everybody for sticking

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Speaker 2: with the show. This has not been the first two

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