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Speaker 1: Hello everyone, and welcome back to the Hammer Territory Podcast.

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Speaker 1: This episode two seven to six. I am your host,

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Speaker 1: Brad Roland, coming to you on a Tuesday evening. It

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Speaker 1: is the last day of September as we werefore this podcast,

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Speaker 1: which means when we're listening to it, it might be October.

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Speaker 1: And I'm joined by Scott Coleman. Scott, what's going on? Hello, Brad.

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Speaker 2: I have to admit on Monday, just subconsciously, about three

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Speaker 2: in the afternoon, I opened up my MLB app to

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Speaker 2: see what time the Braves were playing.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's a it's an hobbit. Yeah, at this point,

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Speaker 1: it's a.

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Speaker 2: Habit because we've been doing it every day for six

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Speaker 2: plus months. But yeah, play off snow Braves. It's an

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Speaker 2: odd time because it's been a long time since the

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Speaker 2: Braves have not been in the playoffs in any way,

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Speaker 2: shape or form. But here we are, and I don't know,

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Speaker 2: maybe we'll get treated to some good non Braves baseball

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Speaker 2: in the month of October.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and we've teased this a few times. We'll do

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Speaker 1: a little bit of playoff talk this month, like not

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Speaker 1: a ton you know, it's still Braves podcast, but we'll

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Speaker 1: be watching we like baseball on this show, but certainly

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Speaker 1: there's still stuff going on in Braves country or not

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Speaker 1: going on so far. We will talk about Brian Sticker

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Speaker 1: in a moment, and then at the end of the

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Speaker 1: podcast we'll also get into a question we got basically

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Speaker 1: kind of reset in the roster, essentially, like, hey, who's

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Speaker 1: under contracts, who's not under contracts? Who do they option

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Speaker 1: decisions on. We won't do a full blown like will

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Speaker 1: but just kind of a hey, here's the situation as

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Speaker 1: the outside of the off season. That'll be the second

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Speaker 1: second part of this podcast. First, though, Scott, we should

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Speaker 1: acknowledge the elephant of the room. We're what's time? Stay

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Speaker 1: at this again? You and I record on Sunday with

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Speaker 1: times ated then as well on Sunday. Now it's Tuesday.

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Speaker 1: It's like nine ish pm Eastern Time on Tuesday night,

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Speaker 1: and the Atlanta Braves have not said a word, nor

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Speaker 1: has there been a word reported about their managerial situation.

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Speaker 1: And as we'll get into in a second, that is

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Speaker 1: now rare. Like the rest of the league basically has

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Speaker 1: resolved its managerial uncertainties. There are jobs that are open

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Speaker 1: that were already open. There were guys who were fired

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Speaker 1: on Monday, et cetera. But really the major will they

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Speaker 1: or won't they in the entire the entire event League

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Speaker 1: Baseball right night at manager is the Braves. And it's

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Speaker 1: now been forty eight plus hours as the season ended,

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Speaker 1: and as we discussed on Sunday, it was weeks and

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Speaker 1: weeks before that of what's going on here, and we're

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Speaker 1: still in that same spot right now on Tuesday night.

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Speaker 2: So I think, just almost out of sheer necessity, a

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Speaker 2: decision has to be coming on Brian Sticker's future at

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Speaker 2: any moment soon.

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Speaker 1: As you said, I think four managers have been let

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Speaker 2: A couple of them were surprisingly retained, like the Cardinals

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Speaker 2: retain their manager. The Mets kept their manager, which was

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Speaker 2: a little bit in the air after the collapse they had.

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Speaker 2: So it's not like the Braves are the only ones who,

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Speaker 2: you know, had to make a decision here. And but

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Speaker 2: are listening to this, they will know and we will

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Speaker 2: of course have a full reaction whether or not Brian

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Speaker 2: Sniker is the manager come twenty twenty six for the

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Speaker 1: But I don't know, man.

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Speaker 2: I mean, I'm if you asked me to put my

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Speaker 2: one percent Brian Snicker returns forty nine percent that he

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Speaker 1: That's a major change. I think. I don't put words

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Speaker 1: month ago, I have a feeling your percentage of him

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Speaker 1: because there were some susumptions being made. The reporting pointed

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Speaker 1: It's gotten weird though recently, as we discussed earlier, if

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Speaker 1: you missed anything, by the way, please subscribe to heror

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Speaker 1: Territory anywhere you get your podcasts. We did a show

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Speaker 1: on Sunday last week. It was kind of like, all right,

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Speaker 1: public comments in the last couple of weeks and Alex

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Speaker 1: did the Alex thing where he said we want it

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Speaker 1: to be a Brave for life, but that does not

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Speaker 1: mean manager for life. That means part of the organization

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Speaker 1: for life. And Stickers obviously a situation where it's odd

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Speaker 1: those factors. I got to do it one more time, Scott,

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Speaker 1: the bit that we've been doing for two weeks now.

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Speaker 1: Brid Sticker is not under contract. That's the looming thing here.

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Speaker 1: So every time we talk about this, somebody else, I'm

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Speaker 1: sure it's a new person or social media or whatever.

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Speaker 1: This is not a will there one think for Bridesticker,

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Speaker 1: four guys were fired, it was the Rangers firing Bochie

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Speaker 1: And of course people ask us about that too, like, hey,

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Speaker 1: that is that fair? Is that reasonable to say? I

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Speaker 1: think it's just been weird. It's just all of it

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Speaker 2: Clearly there was some kind of disconnect. Now we're going

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Speaker 2: to get resolution on that disconnect here soon. But if

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Speaker 2: was all right, snitt, if you're in for one more year,

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Speaker 2: We're in for one more year, but you gotta let

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Speaker 2: us know. And maybe Brian Snicker truly does not know.

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Speaker 2: He might say I want to see my family. I

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Speaker 2: are like, you know what, it's we love you, Snitt.

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Speaker 2: You can have whatever title you want in the front office.

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Speaker 2: the front office. But the Braves might be like, you

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Speaker 2: know what, it's time. We want someone who's maybe a

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Speaker 2: what what would you do, Brad if you were if

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Speaker 1: First? I agree with the disconnect thing for sure, like

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Speaker 1: And like lad, this dragon is just it just doesn't

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Speaker 1: I if I was alex ooh, I would slightly. I

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Speaker 1: on for Brian Sticker. I am not in the and

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Speaker 1: I might surprise people because I think when it was

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Speaker 1: Sticker than the consensus. Yep. I think when the season

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Speaker 1: fifteen twenty wins, Like that's not what that that's that's

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Speaker 1: I'm like, it's not all about age, but like just

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Speaker 1: like by consensus, that's not that's very reasonable at his age,

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Speaker 1: slightly prefer to move on. But it isn't the end

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Speaker 1: of the world to me if he's back. I'm looking

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Speaker 1: I should say looking forward. If there is an announcement

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Speaker 1: I think the majority reaction is going to be negative.

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Speaker 1: Yes me too.

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Speaker 2: Because grass is not always greener, The Braves won a

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Speaker 2: He absolutely has flaws. Every manager in baseball has flaws

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Speaker 1: It's so funny because someone's gonna say what about twenty

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Speaker 1: They just finished an expiring contract, which is already weird

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Speaker 1: Speaking of working the phones, Managerial's decision is number one

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Speaker 1: mid thirties. Interesting. Uh, anything to add on those guys.

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Speaker 1: Obviously we talked about these guys a lot already, but yeah,

429
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Speaker 1: those are the two free agents, Louis, that's the whole

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Speaker 1: list of like definite fore agents right now.

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Speaker 2: I think Marcello Zuna will be gone. It's just hard

432
00:21:05,800 --> 00:21:09,080
Speaker 2: to carry a DH only type unless you just absolutely

433
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Speaker 2: mashed baseballs. And there were warning signs at the end

434
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Speaker 2: of twenty twenty four with Ozuna and then he was

435
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Speaker 2: okay this season, but because he just literally cannot play

436
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Speaker 2: anywhere on the field. Tough to bring back Marcel he

437
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Speaker 2: has loved in the clubhouse.

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Speaker 1: Maybe they work.

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Speaker 2: Something out there. But and then with Raycell Iglesias, I

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Speaker 2: would be fine bringing back Ricell on a like a

441
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Speaker 2: one year deal or something like that. He was terrible

442
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Speaker 2: the first two months up until that game that we

443
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Speaker 2: will never speak up again against the Diamondbacks where he just.

444
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Speaker 1: Completely blew up.

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Speaker 2: But after that he was like one of the ten

446
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Speaker 2: best relievers in baseball. I think he had a sub

447
00:21:44,920 --> 00:21:47,480
Speaker 2: one era for a better part of the second half

448
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Speaker 2: of the year. So be fine bringing back Ricell if

449
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Speaker 2: the contract is right. But I think we've probably seen

450
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Speaker 2: Marcello Zuna's final game in Atlanta.

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Speaker 1: I would agree on all counts there. And yeah, if

452
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Speaker 1: you go back to like mid June, ryce El's era

453
00:22:02,359 --> 00:22:05,080
Speaker 1: was like one. It was just he was absolutely lights out.

454
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Speaker 1: So he's he's the one. By the way, if I

455
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Speaker 1: was guessing this is a gifts if there, if we

456
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Speaker 1: get the October fifteenth mid playoff blue square, I think

457
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Speaker 1: it would be ryce El for one year and whatever

458
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Speaker 1: it is, you know, a decent amount of money because

459
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Speaker 1: that's what he's going to command. But that would not supper.

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Speaker 1: I'm not saying it's going to happen, but if we

461
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Speaker 1: get one of those. Last year it was Bummer and Lopez,

462
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Speaker 1: they got like reworked in October. At one point there

463
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Speaker 1: was a Morton extension in October. That kind of stuff.

464
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Speaker 1: Guys on her team, Hey, Riycel one year extension quote

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Speaker 1: unquote would not be surprising to me.

466
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Speaker 2: Yeah, just saying, yeah, I agree, I'd have him back happily.

467
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Speaker 1: And Alex Lexis likes to pay relievers, as we know,

468
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Speaker 1: probably probably too probably to a fault. That's Alex's Alexis

469
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Speaker 1: scrypt Knight is paying relievers. So uh, anyway, those are

470
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Speaker 1: the free agents. They have guys that they have to

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Speaker 1: decide we are too tender in arbitration, so basically offer

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Speaker 1: them a tender or not. There are some pretty easy ones, like,

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Speaker 1: for instance, Dylan Lee is an arbitration it'll be cheap,

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Speaker 1: good player, Like, I can't imagine I'm not doing that

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Speaker 1: barring injury.

476
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Speaker 2: Three million dollars projected for Dylan Lee, give or take.

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Speaker 1: That's easy. Yes, I would agree. A couple of outfielders,

478
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Speaker 1: Eli White is a tender candidate and Jake Frayley who

479
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Speaker 1: they brought him mid season. He got hurt at the end,

480
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Speaker 1: but Jake Frayley was a not hast Sung Kim level

481
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Speaker 1: waiver ad but a real player. Jake Frayley is a

482
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Speaker 1: real player. I don't know. It's White's so cheap that

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Speaker 1: it's probably not an easy yes because he's a utility

484
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Speaker 1: guy too. He plays a lot of positions. Frayley any

485
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Speaker 1: early thoughts again, we'll do this again later. I just

486
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Speaker 1: want to at least set the stage a little bit.

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Speaker 2: I would definitely bring Eli White back. He's projected to

488
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Speaker 2: make about a million and a half, so that's an

489
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Speaker 2: easy That's an easy yes for me, quite honestly, I agree.

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Speaker 2: Jake Frayley made just over three million dollars this past season.

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Speaker 2: It will be his final year of arbitration, so call

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Speaker 2: it four million dollars.

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Speaker 1: I don't know, Brad. I mean, yeah, it's right, that's

494
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Speaker 1: round the line. I think it's not an easy no

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Speaker 1: warnes yes by any means. I think. I think if

496
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Speaker 1: you pull Braves fans that maybe haven't dug into this,

497
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Speaker 1: like super deeply, the product think was like, oh, definitely no,

498
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Speaker 1: because it sounds like a lot of money. But he

499
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Speaker 1: is like a like a fourth, like a real fourth outfielder,

500
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Speaker 1: and that's like what those guys cost. I'm not saying

501
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Speaker 1: they'll do it, but that's not like a easy no

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Speaker 1: for me.

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Speaker 2: The real question I would have is do the Braves,

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Speaker 2: I guess agree with this podcast, Oh yeah, on the

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Speaker 2: on the fourth fourth outfielder DH and basically rotating that

506
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Speaker 2: player with Profar with Akunya built in insurance. Well, we'll

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Speaker 2: talk about that more, but I mean, if I would

508
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Speaker 2: much rather take the four million dollars ode to Jake

509
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Speaker 2: Fraley and put that towards getting a legitimately good hitting

510
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Speaker 2: DH fourth outfielder than I mean, Jake Frayley's not going

511
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Speaker 2: to suddenly turn into an impact player at thirty years old.

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Speaker 2: I mean he was finding a couple of years ago.

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Speaker 2: But that that's kind of my read on the situation.

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Speaker 1: He gets Writy's but no, that's as much as I

515
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Speaker 1: think he's a real player. If they don't tender him,

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Speaker 1: it will be a normal decision. That's fine.

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Speaker 1: This guy people almost forget about, Jared Klnick is a

539
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Speaker 1: guy that have to decide on I can tell you

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00:26:21,560 --> 00:26:23,440
Speaker 1: right now, Scott, what we would say. What we would

541
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Speaker 1: do with Jared Keelnick, and that is not tender him.

542
00:26:26,280 --> 00:26:29,600
Speaker 1: I will say, even if I assume Alex really elects

543
00:26:29,600 --> 00:26:33,320
Speaker 1: to Kellick at some point, they can't possibly tender him

544
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Speaker 1: a contract. Yeah, like, no, you can't do it.

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Speaker 2: Jared Kelnick in Gwinnett hit two thirteen with a two

546
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Speaker 2: eighty six on base percentage and a three to oh

547
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Speaker 2: nine slugging percentage with the Stripers in Gwinnette tells in

548
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Speaker 2: Gwinnette one more time underlined in the minor leagues. That

549
00:26:55,240 --> 00:26:57,440
Speaker 2: also just tells me that the Kelnick probably just gave

550
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Speaker 2: up stop caring. I mean, his talent, his true talent

551
00:27:01,160 --> 00:27:04,760
Speaker 2: level is better than a five hundred ops and a

552
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Speaker 2: two hundred batting average. But I'm in I wouldn't blame

553
00:27:08,520 --> 00:27:11,119
Speaker 2: Kolnick either. I'm sure he's down on his luck. This

554
00:27:11,200 --> 00:27:14,399
Speaker 2: guy was a top ten consensus prospect, he was a

555
00:27:14,440 --> 00:27:17,080
Speaker 2: top ten draft pick. He was traded in two very

556
00:27:17,160 --> 00:27:20,600
Speaker 2: high profile deals. But it's you know, clearly it didn't

557
00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:23,440
Speaker 2: work for Kelmick. I understand what the Braves were trying

558
00:27:23,520 --> 00:27:27,360
Speaker 2: to do to get a cost controlled, young talented left

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Speaker 2: fielder who was going to make very little money.

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Speaker 1: But obviously it was just I mean, that was a

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Speaker 1: colossal bust.

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Speaker 2: One of it only cost money, but that was like

563
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Speaker 2: a colossal bust from alex Anthopolis in the front office.

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Speaker 1: It definitely was. I still think it's not as bad

565
00:27:43,160 --> 00:27:46,040
Speaker 1: as some discuss it as because of what you just said.

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Speaker 1: It didn't cost them like Prospect Capital. They didn't give

567
00:27:51,480 --> 00:27:54,440
Speaker 1: up Drake Baldwin to get Jerry Kilnick. If they'd done that,

568
00:27:54,440 --> 00:27:56,600
Speaker 1: that would be a true catastrophe. But no, the word

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Speaker 1: they about knick. We'll move on. In Seattle when he

570
00:28:00,640 --> 00:28:02,119
Speaker 1: was stru he was kind of seeing as like a

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Speaker 1: guy who would get to the majors and struggle and

572
00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:06,919
Speaker 1: then he'd go to the miners and he'd mash like

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Speaker 1: he was and this now that's what's so weird about this.

574
00:28:09,600 --> 00:28:11,159
Speaker 1: He's twenty six now and you go to the miners

575
00:28:11,160 --> 00:28:13,800
Speaker 1: and you're bad. Like maybe it's mental. Like you said,

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Speaker 1: I will be surprised if we have a meaningful Jerry

577
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Speaker 1: coming conversation after this moment on this podcast. Other guys

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00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:24,080
Speaker 1: they have to decide on quickly, you know, guys like

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00:28:24,200 --> 00:28:27,679
Speaker 1: Dane Gunning, Jose Suarez, Alexis Diaz, Like probably not on

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Speaker 1: all accounts, I would guess the one that's really interesting

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Speaker 1: as a guy that's about on Sundays. We won't rehash this,

582
00:28:32,800 --> 00:28:36,679
Speaker 1: but they they claimed Alec Manoa off waivers, which we

583
00:28:36,680 --> 00:28:39,080
Speaker 1: discussed for like ten minutes on Sunday's podcast. But he's

584
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Speaker 1: a guy that they have to decide on, not for

585
00:28:41,040 --> 00:28:44,360
Speaker 1: a while, but he's a real talent, a reclamation project

586
00:28:44,360 --> 00:28:46,400
Speaker 1: and by far the biggest name of all these kind

587
00:28:46,400 --> 00:28:49,320
Speaker 1: of like, well they were, won't they guys? I mean guys.

588
00:28:49,360 --> 00:28:51,200
Speaker 1: Failey has been on the team makes more money, but

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00:28:51,480 --> 00:28:54,720
Speaker 1: Manoa would not be like a total zero dollar commitment.

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Speaker 1: If they were to tender him, probably be a few million.

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Speaker 2: I would imagine the Braves will have been throw quite

592
00:29:01,160 --> 00:29:03,080
Speaker 2: a bit at their Florida complex.

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00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:05,000
Speaker 1: See how he looks.

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00:29:05,240 --> 00:29:10,040
Speaker 2: He's distanced himself from the elbow surgery. You know, at

595
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Speaker 2: the end of the day, I don't think Alec Manoa

596
00:29:11,920 --> 00:29:13,640
Speaker 2: is going to make or break the off season, but

597
00:29:13,720 --> 00:29:16,800
Speaker 2: it is an interesting decision because they claim this guy

598
00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:18,760
Speaker 2: at the end of September, so you would think they

599
00:29:18,760 --> 00:29:22,360
Speaker 2: have some level of interest in Alec Manoa. But if

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00:29:22,440 --> 00:29:24,720
Speaker 2: they also say, if they see Manoa throw a couple

601
00:29:24,800 --> 00:29:27,280
Speaker 2: of bullpens and they go, oh, boy, this you know

602
00:29:27,360 --> 00:29:29,440
Speaker 2: he can't find the plate or he you know, has

603
00:29:29,520 --> 00:29:30,959
Speaker 2: nothing on his breaking balls.

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Speaker 1: Then you just, you know, you can always non tender

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00:29:33,120 --> 00:29:37,640
Speaker 1: and move on. Yeah. After that. It's stuff that people

606
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Speaker 1: probably know that they're listening to this podcast. But one

607
00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:43,080
Speaker 1: that I think gets ignored, probably for good reason, is

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00:29:43,240 --> 00:29:46,880
Speaker 1: Chris Sale has an eighteen million dollars team option. I

609
00:29:46,920 --> 00:29:49,120
Speaker 1: am very sure that's to be going to be picked

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Speaker 1: up unless Chris Sale's arm falls off between now on

611
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Speaker 1: the date in which they have to sign on that

612
00:29:53,400 --> 00:29:55,800
Speaker 1: he'll be back on that contract. Any opposition to that

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Speaker 1: take Scott No.

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Speaker 2: I will say, you know, Sale was going to be

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00:30:00,040 --> 00:30:03,520
Speaker 2: a free agent before they reworked his contract, and when

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Speaker 2: they I mean, trading for Chris Sale was one thing.

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00:30:06,440 --> 00:30:09,800
Speaker 2: And then when they reworked his deal and extended him,

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Speaker 2: I think we were all like, oh my gosh, like,

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Speaker 2: obviously this is a talented guy.

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Speaker 1: But it was a we said it with the time.

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Speaker 1: It was a calculated risk because if it worked, it

622
00:30:18,480 --> 00:30:20,800
Speaker 1: was gonna look awesome, yes, but if it didn't work,

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Speaker 1: it was gonna look really dumb. The extension part of it,

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Speaker 1: because the trade we loved, even even even before we

625
00:30:26,320 --> 00:30:28,440
Speaker 1: knew he was gonna be awesome. We we loved the

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Speaker 1: trade because it was such a mild cost for him.

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Speaker 1: But uh, yeah, this looks great now, I will say,

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Speaker 1: and this maybe will be a topic later on in

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Speaker 1: the winter. Would it surprise you at all if they

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Speaker 1: reworked it again, because it would It wouldn't surprise me

631
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Speaker 1: at all. It would not surprise me.

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Speaker 2: I think I would hold my breath even more just

633
00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:54,440
Speaker 2: because Chris with the weird ass injuries. This guy picks

634
00:30:54,520 --> 00:30:57,920
Speaker 2: up fair. But you know, it's knock on wood. It's

635
00:30:57,960 --> 00:31:00,960
Speaker 2: never elbow, it's never shoulder. It's just like broken ribs

636
00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:04,800
Speaker 2: for the second time in five years and backspasms, and

637
00:31:05,200 --> 00:31:08,240
Speaker 2: you know he broke his finger years ago in Boston

638
00:31:08,280 --> 00:31:10,520
Speaker 2: on a comeback er. Like it's it's always weird stuff

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00:31:10,520 --> 00:31:12,840
Speaker 2: with Sale. But to answer your question, no, it would

640
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Speaker 2: not surprise me if they worked out like a two

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Speaker 2: year deal with another club option.

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Speaker 1: I could see it.

643
00:31:18,040 --> 00:31:20,640
Speaker 2: He's I mean, he is still pound for pound as

644
00:31:20,640 --> 00:31:23,280
Speaker 2: good as basically anyone in the major leagues.

645
00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:26,160
Speaker 1: Yeah, and we don't know that they'll do it. That

646
00:31:26,200 --> 00:31:28,920
Speaker 1: would just be very Alex. If Alex were to rework

647
00:31:28,960 --> 00:31:32,680
Speaker 1: that into a two year deal, like he did with Bummer,

648
00:31:32,800 --> 00:31:34,920
Speaker 1: like he did with Ronaldo, like he did with Morton.

649
00:31:35,040 --> 00:31:37,480
Speaker 1: At times like where you would go a little bit earlier,

650
00:31:37,520 --> 00:31:40,080
Speaker 1: get a little bit more team control. I'm not saying

651
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Speaker 1: you give him a four year deal. I'm not going

652
00:31:41,440 --> 00:31:43,320
Speaker 1: to do that, but it would if it did, it'd

653
00:31:43,320 --> 00:31:45,160
Speaker 1: be a two year. But anyway, he's on an eight

654
00:31:45,160 --> 00:31:50,360
Speaker 1: team millionllar club option. That's an autodobrary. Yes, Pierce Johnson

655
00:31:50,680 --> 00:31:54,360
Speaker 1: has a seven million dollar team option. Another one that's

656
00:31:54,400 --> 00:31:57,760
Speaker 1: like not a total no brainer, like he's he's good.

657
00:31:57,840 --> 00:32:00,960
Speaker 1: I think people often under rape Pier Johnson. I think

658
00:32:00,960 --> 00:32:03,320
Speaker 1: he's been good with the Brapes. But that's enough money

659
00:32:03,360 --> 00:32:06,120
Speaker 1: where it's not like a it's not Chris Sale. Chris

660
00:32:06,200 --> 00:32:08,160
Speaker 1: Sale is a lot more obvious to peer Johnson. Yeah,

661
00:32:08,160 --> 00:32:09,360
Speaker 1: I think so.

662
00:32:09,520 --> 00:32:12,600
Speaker 2: Seven million dollars for Pierce Johnson I feel is fair

663
00:32:12,720 --> 00:32:17,280
Speaker 2: market value. Agreed, he is a good, not great, middle

664
00:32:17,840 --> 00:32:21,200
Speaker 2: to late inning reliever. It's not a closer. He's not

665
00:32:21,760 --> 00:32:25,120
Speaker 2: an all star, but he's also not bad. I will say, Brad,

666
00:32:25,480 --> 00:32:29,000
Speaker 2: without knowing what this team is going to spend, seven

667
00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:32,880
Speaker 2: million dollars is not nothing. And Pierce Johnson's buyout is

668
00:32:33,040 --> 00:32:36,360
Speaker 2: only two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, So we're of

669
00:32:36,360 --> 00:32:38,640
Speaker 2: course gonna talk about Ozzy Alby's here in a second.

670
00:32:38,920 --> 00:32:42,920
Speaker 2: The financial savings by keeping Ozzy Alby's versus paying his

671
00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:45,640
Speaker 2: buyout is so minimal. I think they're bringing Ozzie back.

672
00:32:46,280 --> 00:32:49,680
Speaker 2: But if Alex is like, you know what, I have

673
00:32:49,760 --> 00:32:52,440
Speaker 2: some big ideas, but I'm gonna need some money to

674
00:32:52,480 --> 00:32:56,040
Speaker 2: do it, I would not be completely shocked if they

675
00:32:56,120 --> 00:32:58,840
Speaker 2: saved seven million dollars by saying no to Pierce Johnson

676
00:32:58,920 --> 00:33:02,920
Speaker 2: said you know what, We'll find Tyler Kinley later in

677
00:33:02,960 --> 00:33:03,400
Speaker 2: the off.

678
00:33:03,320 --> 00:33:06,479
Speaker 1: Season for half the price. Yeah. That's kind of why

679
00:33:06,480 --> 00:33:07,920
Speaker 1: I set it up that way too, because it's like,

680
00:33:08,520 --> 00:33:10,880
Speaker 1: I think we've all been assuming that it's likely Pierces

681
00:33:10,880 --> 00:33:14,120
Speaker 1: on the team, But that number is not nothing. That's

682
00:33:14,160 --> 00:33:17,760
Speaker 1: a real he is. He's worth about that much. But

683
00:33:17,840 --> 00:33:19,760
Speaker 1: when you're worth about that much, that means there's an

684
00:33:19,880 --> 00:33:22,000
Speaker 1: argument against you being worth more than that or worth

685
00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:24,320
Speaker 1: that much money. Just to throw it out there, since

686
00:33:24,320 --> 00:33:26,080
Speaker 1: he got to the Braves about two and a half years,

687
00:33:26,120 --> 00:33:28,040
Speaker 1: he is a era of two point nine to one

688
00:33:28,960 --> 00:33:32,880
Speaker 1: good peripherals, like he's a good reliever. Yeah, not an

689
00:33:32,880 --> 00:33:35,160
Speaker 1: elite one, but he's been good the entire time he's

690
00:33:35,200 --> 00:33:38,280
Speaker 1: been here. But yeah, that's real money, so won the circle.

691
00:33:38,520 --> 00:33:43,080
Speaker 1: Later on, we'll save Ozzie for last. Tyler Kinley, the

692
00:33:43,160 --> 00:33:44,640
Speaker 1: guy you just brought up, a guy who was talked

693
00:33:44,640 --> 00:33:48,800
Speaker 1: about before and was just absolutely lights out with the Braves.

694
00:33:49,960 --> 00:33:55,000
Speaker 1: Was a weird pre deadline quiet in the It was

695
00:33:55,040 --> 00:33:56,880
Speaker 1: a weird stretch for the Braves. They didn't really do much,

696
00:33:57,000 --> 00:33:59,560
Speaker 1: but they got him. He does have a five point

697
00:33:59,600 --> 00:34:04,160
Speaker 1: five million dollar team option for next year. With the

698
00:34:04,160 --> 00:34:07,080
Speaker 1: way he pitched, it's hard to argue against that team

699
00:34:07,120 --> 00:34:10,120
Speaker 1: option because like he had a not granted, his era

700
00:34:10,360 --> 00:34:12,040
Speaker 1: was like I think it was, was it sub one?

701
00:34:12,120 --> 00:34:12,759
Speaker 1: I think I might have.

702
00:34:12,680 --> 00:34:15,399
Speaker 2: Had see zero point six y four or something.

703
00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:18,040
Speaker 1: He is not that good even as a guy, even

704
00:34:18,080 --> 00:34:21,160
Speaker 1: as people who liked that trade when it happened for

705
00:34:21,280 --> 00:34:24,040
Speaker 1: very very little cost. Yeah, it was a zero point

706
00:34:24,120 --> 00:34:27,400
Speaker 1: seven to two era. I just looked it up. I

707
00:34:27,400 --> 00:34:31,880
Speaker 1: think he's probably gonna be back on five five ish million.

708
00:34:32,480 --> 00:34:35,399
Speaker 2: Yeah, So Tyler Kinley five and a half million dollar

709
00:34:35,600 --> 00:34:38,680
Speaker 2: club option. The buyout is seven hundred and fifty k.

710
00:34:38,960 --> 00:34:42,480
Speaker 2: So you're saying Tyler Kinley for four point seven five

711
00:34:42,520 --> 00:34:43,240
Speaker 2: million dollars.

712
00:34:43,320 --> 00:34:44,440
Speaker 1: I would pick it up.

713
00:34:44,600 --> 00:34:48,080
Speaker 2: I think that's again probably fair value for Tyler Kinley.

714
00:34:48,360 --> 00:34:50,359
Speaker 2: This guy's not going to be your closure next year.

715
00:34:50,520 --> 00:34:52,520
Speaker 2: He's not even gonna be your eighth inning guy more

716
00:34:52,560 --> 00:34:55,720
Speaker 2: than likely. But you do have to have reliable relievers

717
00:34:55,760 --> 00:34:57,960
Speaker 2: to kind of bridge those middle innings. And you know,

718
00:34:58,360 --> 00:35:00,560
Speaker 2: that feels like a fair amount.

719
00:35:00,600 --> 00:35:02,520
Speaker 1: And I guess.

720
00:35:02,360 --> 00:35:05,240
Speaker 2: It's not a one hundred percent certainty, but I would say,

721
00:35:05,560 --> 00:35:07,839
Speaker 2: you know eighty ninety percent that Tyler Kinley is.

722
00:35:07,800 --> 00:35:11,360
Speaker 1: Back, not one hundred percent. Perhaps Alex will find religion

723
00:35:11,440 --> 00:35:14,319
Speaker 1: on not paying relievers, but until he does, I tend

724
00:35:14,360 --> 00:35:16,799
Speaker 1: to think he's going to spend money on relievers. So

725
00:35:17,480 --> 00:35:19,600
Speaker 1: there's that. Also, we're not gonna talk about this again

726
00:35:19,680 --> 00:35:23,680
Speaker 1: right now, but the last one is Ozzie obvious YEP

727
00:35:24,320 --> 00:35:32,200
Speaker 1: seven million club option, substantial buyout. I will be shocked

728
00:35:32,360 --> 00:35:34,560
Speaker 1: if he is not picked up on that. By the way,

729
00:35:34,719 --> 00:35:37,560
Speaker 1: there is an argument that we made before to pick

730
00:35:37,600 --> 00:35:40,239
Speaker 1: him up and trade him, which would be a hard sell,

731
00:35:40,320 --> 00:35:43,359
Speaker 1: like he's a braves lifer to this point, but that

732
00:35:43,360 --> 00:35:45,760
Speaker 1: would be that would be smarter than declining the option

733
00:35:46,840 --> 00:35:48,960
Speaker 1: for me, for me, decline the option it's nowhere in

734
00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:52,320
Speaker 1: the realm because they could easily trade him on that contract.

735
00:35:52,800 --> 00:35:53,840
Speaker 1: And if you if you have a if you have

736
00:35:53,960 --> 00:35:55,960
Speaker 1: if you have a contract, that maybe maybe they don't

737
00:35:56,000 --> 00:36:00,279
Speaker 1: love that Ozzie's profile anymore. That would be understandable. But

738
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Speaker 1: if there's a club option on a guy and you

739
00:36:03,719 --> 00:36:06,920
Speaker 1: know you could trade for positive value, you pick the

740
00:36:06,920 --> 00:36:09,160
Speaker 1: option no matter what. Yeah, that's my opinion.

741
00:36:09,600 --> 00:36:13,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, I am fine bringing Ozsi Alby's back. I wish

742
00:36:13,600 --> 00:36:16,360
Speaker 2: he didn't have a broken bone in his hand after

743
00:36:16,719 --> 00:36:19,400
Speaker 2: breaking his wrist a year ago, but the fact that

744
00:36:19,440 --> 00:36:21,880
Speaker 2: he really turned it on in the second half was

745
00:36:22,080 --> 00:36:26,040
Speaker 2: very more Ossy Alby's like than the just abysmal player

746
00:36:26,080 --> 00:36:28,160
Speaker 2: he was in the first half of the year was encouraging.

747
00:36:28,560 --> 00:36:30,280
Speaker 2: Now we just kind of have to hold our breaths

748
00:36:30,280 --> 00:36:33,680
Speaker 2: and hope that with six months in the offseason he

749
00:36:33,719 --> 00:36:37,080
Speaker 2: can fully distance himself from that broken handmate bone, get

750
00:36:37,120 --> 00:36:39,479
Speaker 2: his grip strength back, which is something players have talked

751
00:36:39,480 --> 00:36:42,000
Speaker 2: about who have broken that hand, because he's a small

752
00:36:42,040 --> 00:36:43,920
Speaker 2: guy and he needs every bit of strength that he

753
00:36:44,000 --> 00:36:46,120
Speaker 2: has in order to be a power hitter. And that's

754
00:36:46,120 --> 00:36:48,520
Speaker 2: I mean, we know it's it's unconventional. There's not a

755
00:36:48,520 --> 00:36:51,400
Speaker 2: lot of like five foot eight sluggers out there, but

756
00:36:51,840 --> 00:36:53,160
Speaker 2: that was in his prime.

757
00:36:53,200 --> 00:36:58,440
Speaker 1: That was Ozzy Alby's profile. Yep, we'll discuss that later on.

758
00:36:58,560 --> 00:37:01,600
Speaker 1: But he too, but from sat bit and one more

759
00:37:01,640 --> 00:37:03,239
Speaker 1: that we are not doing a segment on tonight because

760
00:37:03,239 --> 00:37:05,920
Speaker 1: we've done it already three times, maybe more than three times.

761
00:37:06,320 --> 00:37:09,840
Speaker 1: But there's a rare thing for the Braves. There is

762
00:37:09,880 --> 00:37:13,799
Speaker 1: a player option which again player option nothing to do

763
00:37:13,840 --> 00:37:18,160
Speaker 1: with the Braves. Hassan Kim sixteen million dollars. We will

764
00:37:18,160 --> 00:37:19,960
Speaker 1: see big. It's a big choice and the Braves had

765
00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:22,480
Speaker 1: nothing to do with Obviously, they can kind of negotiate

766
00:37:22,480 --> 00:37:24,480
Speaker 1: with him a little bit about an extension, but as

767
00:37:24,480 --> 00:37:26,960
Speaker 1: far as the s NO is concerned, that is the

768
00:37:27,000 --> 00:37:29,200
Speaker 1: property of one hass On Kim and his agent Scott

769
00:37:29,239 --> 00:37:30,560
Speaker 1: for us. So we'll see.

770
00:37:31,360 --> 00:37:33,600
Speaker 2: It feels fifty to fifty to me whether or not

771
00:37:34,440 --> 00:37:37,920
Speaker 2: Kim picks up his player option sixteen million dollars, Brad

772
00:37:38,160 --> 00:37:39,200
Speaker 2: a lot of money.

773
00:37:39,960 --> 00:37:42,480
Speaker 1: And if he doesn't, that's what becomes real. I mean,

774
00:37:42,520 --> 00:37:45,520
Speaker 1: obviously I'd like for him to pick it up. I

775
00:37:45,560 --> 00:37:47,200
Speaker 1: don't want to speak for you. I think you would, yeah,

776
00:37:47,400 --> 00:37:51,399
Speaker 1: back that if he doesn't pick it up. It gets

777
00:37:51,440 --> 00:37:54,960
Speaker 1: real interesting because you can still sign him as a

778
00:37:55,000 --> 00:37:57,880
Speaker 1: free agent. You also and if you don't sign him

779
00:37:57,880 --> 00:38:01,560
Speaker 1: as a free agent, your shortstop plan is is prayer.

780
00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:04,800
Speaker 1: They have no internal option at shortstop. With due respect

781
00:38:04,800 --> 00:38:06,319
Speaker 1: to Nickallen, that's not an option.

782
00:38:06,920 --> 00:38:08,760
Speaker 2: I feel, and we said this on the show on Sanday,

783
00:38:08,800 --> 00:38:11,160
Speaker 2: Let's say it one more time. I feel, and I

784
00:38:11,160 --> 00:38:14,879
Speaker 2: think you do too. One way or another, Hassan Kim

785
00:38:14,880 --> 00:38:19,440
Speaker 2: will be the Braves shortstop come opening Day. It might

786
00:38:19,480 --> 00:38:21,680
Speaker 2: be on a player option, it might be on a

787
00:38:21,719 --> 00:38:25,600
Speaker 2: three year contract. We'll see where it ultimately shakes out with.

788
00:38:25,680 --> 00:38:28,080
Speaker 2: But I do think that Hassan Kim will be the

789
00:38:28,080 --> 00:38:29,520
Speaker 2: Brave shortstop come next year.

790
00:38:30,440 --> 00:38:32,799
Speaker 1: I tend to agree, even if there is certainly a

791
00:38:32,880 --> 00:38:34,759
Speaker 1: chance he's not, I think there is a bigger chance

792
00:38:34,760 --> 00:38:37,200
Speaker 1: that the is. So we are on the sad page there.

793
00:38:37,560 --> 00:38:40,200
Speaker 1: There is our roster reset. Just like everybody know what's

794
00:38:40,239 --> 00:38:43,280
Speaker 1: going on. We will have a more detailed, more timely

795
00:38:43,360 --> 00:38:45,880
Speaker 1: look at these things as they're getting closer. All the

796
00:38:45,880 --> 00:38:48,520
Speaker 1: option deadlines are after the World Series. I think five

797
00:38:48,600 --> 00:38:50,800
Speaker 1: days is the is the deadline for all these things

798
00:38:50,800 --> 00:38:54,000
Speaker 1: in baseball. Make a very uniform on that and then

799
00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:57,279
Speaker 1: the tender deadline is much later than that. But the

800
00:38:57,320 --> 00:39:00,000
Speaker 1: option like team option stuff, et cetera, is that around there,

801
00:39:00,040 --> 00:39:02,600
Speaker 1: and that's really just it's Ozzie and can't, etcetera. So

802
00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:06,280
Speaker 1: we're into that later on. But that's the rust reset quickly, Scott.

803
00:39:06,280 --> 00:39:09,400
Speaker 1: Before we signed off. Today was the first first day

804
00:39:09,400 --> 00:39:12,600
Speaker 1: of the playoffs, which is fun. We say it's for

805
00:39:12,600 --> 00:39:13,960
Speaker 1: the end because it's if you want to sign off.

806
00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:15,200
Speaker 1: By the way, this is the end of the Braves

807
00:39:15,239 --> 00:39:17,200
Speaker 1: talk if you are so inclined to not letten justus

808
00:39:17,200 --> 00:39:21,040
Speaker 1: talk about playoffs for like three minutes. Fun day of baseball.

809
00:39:21,120 --> 00:39:23,080
Speaker 1: So far, we are recording in the middle of Dodger's

810
00:39:23,160 --> 00:39:24,800
Speaker 1: Reds It just started, so we don't know about that

811
00:39:24,840 --> 00:39:27,480
Speaker 1: game yet. The first three games were all fun, all

812
00:39:27,520 --> 00:39:30,440
Speaker 1: low scoring. I thought it was funny. The three scores

813
00:39:31,000 --> 00:39:33,160
Speaker 1: of the first three games were two to one, three

814
00:39:33,160 --> 00:39:34,120
Speaker 1: to one, and three to one.

815
00:39:35,600 --> 00:39:39,960
Speaker 2: Pitching, baby, yeah, I mean you talk about the starting

816
00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:45,320
Speaker 2: pitching today, especially, I mean Derek Scooble, unbelievable. The Yankees

817
00:39:45,360 --> 00:39:50,400
Speaker 2: Red Red Sox matchup with Max Freed and Garrett Crochet,

818
00:39:50,960 --> 00:39:53,480
Speaker 2: I mean, goodness, gracious, that was a lot of fun.

819
00:39:53,880 --> 00:39:57,280
Speaker 2: Offense at a premium. I love you Max.

820
00:39:57,440 --> 00:39:59,839
Speaker 1: Max doesn't get the loss, but they the Yankees lost

821
00:39:59,840 --> 00:40:02,440
Speaker 1: this bye Max throwing six and the third shots. It

822
00:40:02,480 --> 00:40:04,560
Speaker 1: was so yeah.

823
00:40:04,640 --> 00:40:07,640
Speaker 2: Probably Freed's best performance since the World Series, quite honestly,

824
00:40:08,680 --> 00:40:11,400
Speaker 2: Yeah yeah, so fun day of baseball. A lot of

825
00:40:11,400 --> 00:40:14,280
Speaker 2: baseball on the horizon for playoffs again, totally sucks.

826
00:40:14,320 --> 00:40:16,600
Speaker 1: The Braves are not involved. But I don't know.

827
00:40:16,640 --> 00:40:20,239
Speaker 2: Maybe it's like stress free watching is not the worst

828
00:40:20,280 --> 00:40:22,759
Speaker 2: thing in the world. And all right, Brad live on

829
00:40:22,800 --> 00:40:24,080
Speaker 2: the podcast.

830
00:40:24,200 --> 00:40:28,640
Speaker 1: What is the World Series? And who wins? Oh? Lord, uh,

831
00:40:29,400 --> 00:40:32,719
Speaker 1: I will this might this might look hilariously wrong in

832
00:40:32,760 --> 00:40:34,919
Speaker 1: the morning. If the Dodgers lose Game one to the Reds,

833
00:40:34,960 --> 00:40:36,520
Speaker 1: it's gonna look way dumbnut and pick of the Dodgers

834
00:40:36,520 --> 00:40:39,439
Speaker 1: though the National League. But I'm going to despite coming

835
00:40:39,440 --> 00:40:42,960
Speaker 1: out of the wild card round, I'm taking the Dodgers.

836
00:40:45,200 --> 00:40:55,080
Speaker 1: Give me Dodgers against Blue Jays. Okay, listen, I promise

837
00:40:55,120 --> 00:40:57,359
Speaker 1: I won't do the whole thing right now. I hate

838
00:40:57,400 --> 00:41:02,279
Speaker 1: they expanded playoffs. Well, listeners know this. It makes it

839
00:41:02,440 --> 00:41:07,080
Speaker 1: incredibly random, and I don't like that. Still love baseball,

840
00:41:07,600 --> 00:41:10,400
Speaker 1: but if you want to act like anybody has more

841
00:41:10,480 --> 00:41:13,160
Speaker 1: than a sixty percent chance to win any series. I

842
00:41:13,239 --> 00:41:17,800
Speaker 1: disagree with you, Like, the best teams have an advantage obviously,

843
00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:19,640
Speaker 1: but if you look at some of the projections and stuff,

844
00:41:20,080 --> 00:41:22,360
Speaker 1: like the Dodgers have about as big of a favorite

845
00:41:22,320 --> 00:41:24,200
Speaker 1: as you can be in a three game series against

846
00:41:24,239 --> 00:41:27,479
Speaker 1: the Reds and they're like sixty five percent to win. Yeah,

847
00:41:28,120 --> 00:41:30,480
Speaker 1: and it's like, good luck. Try to project what's gonna

848
00:41:30,480 --> 00:41:32,840
Speaker 1: happen in the Baseball PLAYLFFS.

849
00:41:32,640 --> 00:41:35,960
Speaker 2: Especially this year, it feels wide open, oh more so

850
00:41:36,040 --> 00:41:38,560
Speaker 2: than usual, even wide open this year because it's like there's.

851
00:41:38,400 --> 00:41:41,640
Speaker 1: No no, no may. Yeah, the teams have the best

852
00:41:41,680 --> 00:41:44,680
Speaker 1: records are teams that you don't like have a trustpector with,

853
00:41:44,760 --> 00:41:49,880
Speaker 1: like the Blue Jays, the Mariners, I get, the Brewers

854
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Speaker 1: like were great this year, but like they're not some

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Speaker 1: juggernaut talent wise, like the Phillies have issues, Zach Wheeler's

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Speaker 1: not available like all these things.

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Speaker 2: So yeah, I am taking the Seattle Mariners to win

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Speaker 2: it all. They're hot, they have the pitching, they have

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Speaker 2: Kevin Seitzer for unlocking that lineup because Seattle was abysmal

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Speaker 2: for years and now they just hit eighteen home runs

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Speaker 2: a game. But yeah, so I'll tak the.

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Speaker 1: Mariners probably at sixty home runs as a catcher, which

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Speaker 1: is the dose thing I've ever seen in my life

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Speaker 1: that actually happened.

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Speaker 2: But yeah, playoff baseball, and as always, we have plenty

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Speaker 2: of brave stuff on the very immediate horizon to talk about.

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Speaker 2: Brad is gonna say Cyanara for two weeks.

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna country here about two weeks. But if you're not, folks, well,

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Speaker 1: we have four hosts, so we'll have plenty of content,

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Speaker 1: no less and probably better off quite honestly without me.

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Speaker 1: I'm sure that if you polled listeners, some would say that.

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Speaker 1: And that's fine, that's that's the ma true of the beast. No,

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Speaker 1: it should be fun. I love playoff baseball, Mariners honestly

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Speaker 1: be fun of the If the Marriags won of the

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Speaker 1: World Series, they're really be fun. Like tortured fan base.

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Speaker 1: They've never made it there, that'd be fun. Not quite

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Speaker 1: like Cubs, you know, curse stuff. But Marriagers have been

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Speaker 1: around for a long time and they haven't made it,

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Speaker 1: so it should be fun. Yeah, all right, Scott, let's

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Speaker 1: get out of here. That's a podcast on a Tuesday.

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Speaker 1: One more PSA. We could get an announcement any minute

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Speaker 1: about a prize Sicker. Could be tonight, could be tomorrow,

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Speaker 1: could be Thursday. We will do our best to respond.

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Speaker 1: If it happens during the day on Wednesday or Thursday,

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Speaker 1: it'll still probably be the evening before we have a

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Speaker 1: podcast because we all have jobs. But there will be

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Speaker 1: a podcast some point soon, yes, post post Snicker announcement,

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Speaker 1: post Alex comments about other things like famously, last year,

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Speaker 1: Alex had a very eventful exit interview that we broke

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Speaker 1: down in detail on the show, So we will.

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Speaker 2: We will probably do a three man show whenever the

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Speaker 2: Braves give us some kind of resolution on Brian Snicker,

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Speaker 2: whether he's back or if he's retiring. Very likely we

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Speaker 2: would do a three men show with myself, Stephen and Sean,

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Speaker 2: and then we'll probably do a whole separate episode on

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Speaker 2: whatever Alex and Dappola says, because again, manager is like

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Speaker 2: the big domino that needs to fall. But then, as

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Speaker 2: we kind of outlined on the show tonight, a ton

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Speaker 2: of other things the Braves need to figure out this winter.

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Speaker 2: They should have some money to spend. Oh, there's some

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Speaker 2: talented free agency. The farm system is a little deeper

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Speaker 2: than it's been in recent years, so you could probably

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Speaker 2: pull off a trade of significance. It's fingers crossed. It's

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Speaker 2: going to be a busy and.

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Speaker 1: Eventful next couple of months ahead, I hope, so for

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Speaker 1: our sake and the sake of Braves Country. That's it

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Speaker 1: for today. Please follow Scott on at Twitter if you'd

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Speaker 1: like to at Scott Coleman fifty five Lots of Just

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Speaker 1: Spicy Takes Seinfeld rewatch right now for actually no first

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Speaker 1: time watched. I rewatch first first watch.

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Speaker 2: George Costanza is now an employee of the New York Yankees.

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Speaker 2: It is I love it. It's a great show somehow,

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Speaker 2: and never never watched it before now.

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Speaker 1: But I love it. That's only a step of what

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Speaker 1: you get if you follow Scott on Twitter. If you

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Speaker 1: want to follow me at met Roland, follow the show

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Speaker 1: everybody next time.