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Speaker 1: Training Pitchers and Catchers Report this week, and it seems

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Speaker 1: that teams and agents are waking up and realizing it's

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Speaker 1: go time. Two big moves this morning. We're gonna get

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Speaker 1: into both of them. We're also gonna get into my

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Speaker 1: top five springs training storylines as well as a review

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Speaker 1: of Scott Boris's off season. But let's start with the trade.

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Speaker 1: The big trade this morning between the Red Sox and

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Speaker 1: the Brewers. I want to go through the names first

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Speaker 1: It's a very interesting trade on a lot of levels.

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Speaker 1: The Red Sox, of course, have been looking for a

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Speaker 1: third baseman or another infielder the entire off season after

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Speaker 1: losing Alex Bregman. It appears that Caleb Durban, the principal

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Speaker 1: also acquired some other infielders too, Andrew Monasterio, Anthony Sigler.

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Speaker 1: Anthony Sigler had some moments for them last year, as

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Speaker 1: did Monasterio. Durban is a guy they acquired from the

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Speaker 1: Yankees in the Devin Williams trade that they like an

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Speaker 1: sure they also get a competitive balance b pick Kyle Harrison,

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Speaker 1: who really was expendable for them. Because of the pitchers

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Speaker 1: that they've acquired this offseason, we're talking about Ranger Suarez,

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Speaker 1: Johanno Viedo, Sonny Gray, there's not much room for him.

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Speaker 1: They've got some prospects as well, and then David Hamilton

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Speaker 1: expendable after the signing of Isaiah Kaina Phileffer. The minor

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Speaker 1: league deal for Brendan Rodgers and Shane Jrohan yet another

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Speaker 1: of their better pitching prospects. Not their top, but they're

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Speaker 1: better pitching prospects that they've traded this winter. That list

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Speaker 1: includes Richard Fitz, David Sandlin, now Kyle Harrison, Brandon Clark,

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Speaker 1: and Hunter Dobbins. So what they've done is basically trade

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Speaker 1: off a bunch of guys who would be in their

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Speaker 1: Triple A rotation most likely depth for the major league club,

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Speaker 1: for players who will help their major league team. These

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Speaker 1: are pieces that help them get a variety of different players,

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Speaker 1: including Wilson Contraras. So the Red Sox now it's not

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Speaker 1: Alex Breckman, it's not eazac Parades. It's not a guy

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Speaker 1: is a useful player, a good player, and I would

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Speaker 1: expect that the Red Sox would play him at third,

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Speaker 1: although they've wanted to play Marcelo Meyer at third, so

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Speaker 1: maybe they played Durbin at second. He has some experience there.

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Speaker 1: But either way, it's an interesting trade for both clubs.

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Speaker 1: I don't know what the Brewers are going to do

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Speaker 1: at third base now. They conceivably could trade for ezac Parades.

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Speaker 1: More likely they patch it together wait for some of

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Speaker 1: their prospects. Jet Williams is an up the middle player,

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Speaker 1: not a third baseman. They could play him at third.

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Speaker 1: They do this all the time. Cooper Pratt another player

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Speaker 1: in their system, highly regarded but didn't really hit last

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Speaker 1: Brewers and the Red Sox. The Pirates this morning also

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Speaker 1: with a major move, at least from their perspective. One

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Speaker 1: year twelve million dollars from Marcel Azuna, free agent designated

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Speaker 1: hitter and Marcella Zuna for them will fill obviously the

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Speaker 1: role that Andrew McCutchen largely filled last year, and beyond that,

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Speaker 1: he's going to be I'm sure the everyday DH. This

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Speaker 1: likely signals the end of the McCutcheon era in Pittsburgh.

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Speaker 1: I don't see a place for him on their roster. Now.

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Speaker 1: What the Pirates have tried to do is upgrade their offense,

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Speaker 1: and they've done it for the most part. Ryan O'Hearn,

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Speaker 1: They also got the Password from Boston. He's a top prospect,

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Speaker 1: offensive club. We know they can pitch. We know they

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Speaker 1: have one of the best young groups of starting pitchers

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Speaker 1: I don't think there's any question about that. All Right, Pirates,

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Speaker 1: I guess I will start at the top, and the top,

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Speaker 1: of course, is going to be the back to back

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Speaker 1: pitched in Game seven of the World Series. Otani, Imamoto,

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Speaker 1: Glass now and who am I missing? Oh Blake Snell.

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Speaker 1: But yes, they're going to be a team to watch

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Speaker 1: for sure. Number two on my Spring storylines, the new

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Speaker 1: It's going to be an interesting spring for them, just

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Speaker 1: Third on my list moves still to be made. Now,

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Speaker 1: I had Marcela Zona on that list. Today, I had

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Speaker 1: the Red Sox needing an infielder on that list. But

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Speaker 1: we will still see transactions and trades and signings throughout

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Speaker 1: the spring. Zach Gallen the biggest free agent starting pitcher remaining.

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Speaker 1: We've got Lucas Giolito still out there, Chris Bassett, Jose Cantana,

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Speaker 1: the dawning of the Tony Vitello era in San Francisco.

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Speaker 1: This is a fascinating move, a fascinating hiring by the Giants.

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Speaker 1: It's going to be something we talk about, not just

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Speaker 1: We're going to see the tournament in early March. Japan,

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Speaker 1: want to go through Scott Boris's offseason because of course

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Speaker 1: he is the premier agent in the game. He has

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Speaker 1: He had Bryce Harper, Don Yaes and Kakoochie and Zach Britton,

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Speaker 1: in this business. I write what I think is proper

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Speaker 1: review of Boris's offseason. Now at the top, Dylan Cees,

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Speaker 1: Alex Bregman, Pete Alonzo, Cody Bellinger. These guys all did

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Speaker 1: All right, Time now for Grill and Ken, the part

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Speaker 1: First one comes from that guy. I don't even know

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Speaker 1: figure it out. They've got a great pitching program that

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Speaker 1: of course helps them compete every year. So yes, I

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Speaker 1: do expect the Brewers to be competitive, but you could

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Speaker 1: argue that, yeah, the Cubs on paper are clearly superior.

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Speaker 1: All right, last question before we get going. This one

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Speaker 1: comes from Ryan Blum, who asked, have you heard anything

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Speaker 1: regarding Joe Ryan or Pablo Lopez as far as trades go.

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Speaker 1: I would assume they're going to begin the season with

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Speaker 1: the Twins and potentially be dangled at the deadline. Again.

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Speaker 1: Ryan you've nailed that. I would expect that You're absolutely right.

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Speaker 1: The Twins with their new regime taking over now Derek

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Speaker 1: Falvey is out, They've got a new head of the operation,

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Speaker 1: Tom Pohlad. Tom Poulad has talked about wanting to compete

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Speaker 1: this season. They haven't spent the money you would think

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Speaker 1: for a team that wants to compete, but that is

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Speaker 1: what they are saying. So they're gonna go into the season.

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Speaker 1: They're gonna try to compete now in the Al Central,

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Speaker 1: even with the Tigers as strong as they are, they

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Speaker 1: might be able to compete. But at the same time,

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Speaker 1: I would expect that at the deadline they're going to

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Speaker 1: face tough decisions. The new GM, Jeremy zol is going

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Speaker 1: to have to look at this and say, Okay, where

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Speaker 1: are we Should we trade Ryan, should we trade Lopez?

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Speaker 1: And should we trade Byron Buxton? All right, I want

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Speaker 1: to thank everyone for watching and for listening. Foul Territory

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Speaker 1: coming up at one o'clock Eastern. Jim Bowden, Noah Hailes,

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Speaker 1: and Ken Davidoff joined Aj Prazinski, Eric Kratz and Scott

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Speaker 1: Braun while they here already, and I'm sure there's more

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Speaker 1: to come, have a great week everyone,