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Speaker 1: Power Rankings is powered by Arena Club. Oh gosh, what

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Speaker 1: do we have for September? Aj Prazinski?

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Speaker 2: Wow?

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Speaker 1: Is that your power ranking?

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Speaker 3: Well, I have to write them down because I have

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Speaker 3: to send them to producer lad.

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Speaker 1: On paper, lay them out, give it to us.

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Speaker 4: Okay, Well, I'm going Dodgers one just because I've had

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Speaker 4: Dodgers one all year and nothing's changed or starting to

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Speaker 4: get healthy, so there's still one for me.

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Speaker 3: They're number one of my heart Dodgers.

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Speaker 4: Then Brewers make crats happy with Brewers Phillies, Phillies. Probably

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Speaker 4: maybe two if Wheeler wasn't hurt, but he's hurt, so

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Speaker 1: But above the Brewers, Yeah.

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Speaker 4: I just think they're bill for October with their power

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Speaker 4: and what they have. Listen, these are my power Rankings,

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Speaker 4: not yours. Okay, Scott, shut up. M'm Tigers because they

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Speaker 4: have the best record in the American League.

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Speaker 3: I love the Blue Jays pitching the way they're swinging it.

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Speaker 4: Then we get to the Cubs, Astros are seven just

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Speaker 4: because they're leading the division. Yankees and Met The Yankees

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Speaker 4: and Red Sox are tied because that's what they deserve.

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Speaker 4: And then the Mets are ten and then there's two

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Speaker 4: playoff teams that aren't there. Can you name them, Scott?

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Speaker 4: They're in the playoffs right now.

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Speaker 1: The Mariners.

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Speaker 4: And the Padres yep, Padres are banged up doll Hill

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Speaker 4: and the Mariners can't win a game east of Spokane,

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Speaker 4: So I mean, yeah, it's gonna be tough.

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Speaker 1: You can't separate the Yankees and the Red Sox for

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Speaker 1: they're tied. You couldn't give us an eight nine?

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Speaker 3: I did, they're tied?

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Speaker 1: How's the season series going?

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Speaker 3: I don't know what they're tired right now?

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Speaker 1: The Red Sox are beating the crap out of them

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Speaker 4: Your power ranking, Scott les, you broke the Wolves ten teams.

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Speaker 3: I gave ten teams.

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Speaker 1: One through ten. Nine.

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Speaker 5: I don't see nine there, Scott.

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Speaker 1: Okay, but just give me an eight? Okay?

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Speaker 3: Fine? Ten is the White Sox No?

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Speaker 1: Eight? Who's eight nine? Which one? Yankees Red Sox are tied?

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Speaker 1: Which one you're tired? Come on, you can't give me

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Speaker 6: I didn't see what Scott was talking about, but now

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Speaker 6: tied for eighth. AJ just wants to do the Fox

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Speaker 6: Premier game later this month. Yankees, Red Sox so he

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Speaker 6: doesn't want to doesn't.

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Speaker 2: Want to ruffles.

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Speaker 3: No, I've done that game. I did one that went

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Speaker 3: like fifteen innings. It took five hours.

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Speaker 1: That's a normal.

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Speaker 3: I think I fell asleep three times in that game.

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Speaker 1: All right, well, the Red Sox have the season series,

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Speaker 1: so we'll give it to them for now.

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Speaker 3: You can't change my power.

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Speaker 1: You give me your You broke the rules.

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Speaker 3: You break the rules all the time.

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Speaker 1: No, I don't. I always go one through ten, prats,

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Speaker 6: I did? But producer lady asked me.

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Speaker 2: It was weird.

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Speaker 6: She asked me because I accidentally put eleven down. I

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Speaker 6: somebody tied in your list? I was like, no, why

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Speaker 6: and I had put the so I said, beat it.

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Speaker 6: Drop the cubs out of there. So that's that's what's

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Speaker 5: Oh, go then go everyone watching mart My list was bad,

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Speaker 5: really not in the top ten.

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Speaker 1: All right, go ahead, crats.

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Speaker 3: Ten other teams that are better.

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Speaker 6: So I'm going Phillies, Dodgers, Brewers, Tigers, Padres, Blue Jays.

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Speaker 6: Blue Jays are the second our number six and the

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Speaker 6: The Padres bullpen in the playoffs is going to be

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Speaker 6: of these teams. Because the Dodgers have issues with their lineups,

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Speaker 3: The first round.

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Speaker 6: Like to me, that Padres bullpen is a superpower that

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Speaker 6: all these other teams don't have. Don't have that.

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Speaker 1: In my opinion, that's a great call. Seriously, it's a

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Speaker 1: great call. I think the Padres are receiving too much

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Speaker 3: They lost.

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Speaker 1: Jason Adam agreed, that's why I knocked down guys.

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Speaker 6: They don't have a shortstop. They have nine shortstops. They

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Speaker 6: all played shortstop in the big lead. Is it gonna

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Speaker 6: be tough? You can't just replace a big league shortstop.

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Speaker 6: I get that, But you have the Phillies number one

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Speaker 6: without Wheeler Aaron Nola pitched last night.

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Speaker 3: They're still number one.

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Speaker 6: I didn't even have well, I made my list before yesterday,

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Speaker 6: Nola pitching in the playoffs for him. I know it's

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Speaker 6: crazy to have three lefties, but what do we just

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Speaker 6: talk about that left handed pitchers have the Even they're

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Speaker 6: having a better season against righties all throughout the league,

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Speaker 6: they have three left handed pitchers. Aaron Nola might get

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Speaker 6: they want to split up the lefties. He can't go

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Speaker 6: three straight lefties. But to me, he hasn't proven that

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Speaker 6: it doesn't look like it. And I get it. No Nola,

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Speaker 6: the playoffs, and I think you go Lozardo game two

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Speaker 6: because right now he shows he can give you four innings.

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Speaker 6: The fifth inning is kryptonite. And game two you got

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Speaker 6: then you just drain the bullpen.

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Speaker 1: Ready for mine.

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Speaker 3: No, they're skipping yours, crats.

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Speaker 1: I went one through ten. I followed the rules.

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Speaker 6: Need o gang.

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Speaker 1: If I did two eights, you would talk about it

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Speaker 1: for the ten teams.

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Speaker 3: No, ten teams.

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Speaker 1: You wait. Give us always find something and then he'll

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Speaker 1: bring it up forever.

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Speaker 3: Give us your ranking.

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Speaker 1: Brewers one best record, fair right, They're still in a

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Speaker 1: good spot for me. I think that they have a

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Speaker 1: better chance this year in the playoffs than they have

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Speaker 1: in the past. Dodgers two for me based on talent

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Speaker 3: All you talk about is how bad they are in

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Speaker 1: They have a whole new rotation. They got a makeover

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Speaker 1: in September, glam up in September.

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Speaker 4: The Mets better than the Phillies, and you are records

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Speaker 4: and this and that, the Phillies.

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Speaker 1: Are way ahead of the Mets. I don't give a crap.

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Speaker 3: Oh, but then you said the Yankees.

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Speaker 1: Rot right now. If I match those two teams up,

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Speaker 1: I like the Mets better than the Phillies. Okay for me,

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Speaker 1: I like the Mets lineup better. In the first season.

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Speaker 1: the kids are bopping, and the Phillies are right there,

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Speaker 1: They're right next to them. I couldn't put a tie

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Speaker 1: then Phillies. This is big for me. Usually I do

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Speaker 1: top six teams from the National League all in the

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Speaker 1: top six on my power rankings. But I am buying

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Speaker 1: what the Blue Jays are selling. Yes, I have the

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Speaker 1: Blue Jays over the Tigers. I think the Blue I

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Speaker 1: think half of their starting rotations gonna end up in

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Speaker 4: Half of five is too they have six starters? Which

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Speaker 1: Will you tell me? Let's go through that they have

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Speaker 1: six starters.

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Speaker 3: Well is already in the bullpen? They have five?

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Speaker 1: Right, so that Derek Lauer he goes to the bullpen.

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Speaker 1: Who's starting game one for you? I think some of

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Speaker 1: you can make a case for five starters. I think

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Speaker 1: Shane Bieber is definitely going to start a playoff game

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Speaker 3: Okay, so what half of guy goes to the bullpen?

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Speaker 1: I think Gosman will start, I think Bieber will start.

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Speaker 1: Bassett's a guy who's done it before. Who out of

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Speaker 1: is here is one of your four starters in a

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Speaker 1: I worried about coming out of the bullpen. But anyway,

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Speaker 1: the point is that I think there's enough depth there.

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Speaker 1: I like the lineup. I think there's enough pop to

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Speaker 1: I like the Blue Jays, so I'm popping them up

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Speaker 1: in the five spot. Then I've got the Cubs six,

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Speaker 1: the seven, just because of what they're going through right now.

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Speaker 1: But I'm like Krats, I think knocking them too much.

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Speaker 3: You have to score some runs at some point.

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Speaker 1: Agreed, got the run. I'm worried about the power. It's

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Speaker 1: this year, and Jason Adam injury is big. Right. It's

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Speaker 1: a scary bullpen, but it's a little less scary now

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Speaker 1: because it's four instead of five, Tigers eight, Astro's nine,

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Speaker 1: Red Sox ten. We know essentially who the playoff teams

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Speaker 1: out right now. The Mariners are looking messy, but again,

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Speaker 1: I think they could be dangerous in the playoffs too,

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Speaker 1: if the starting pitching finds it In the nah I've

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Speaker 1: been on that train for a while and they're letting

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Speaker 1: everyone down right now. And then the Yankees for me,

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Speaker 1: because I can separate the Yankees in the Red Sox

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Speaker 1: at ten and eleven.

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Speaker 6: if Roman Anthony was still.

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Speaker 1: In No, I have the Red Sox. The Red Sox

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Speaker 3: No, no Yankees, No Yankees. I'm sorry.

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Speaker 1: The Red Sox are better than the Yankees right now

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Speaker 3: You have a TV.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, here, what do you want to hear in some feedback?

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Speaker 1: The question that you have about PitchCom device is being

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Speaker 6: Was it ever asked of Payana or Altuve or the

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Speaker 3: Has anyone figured out.

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Speaker 4: The chain of eventser and then they went and Joe

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Speaker 3: Oh, I would never do thath blah blah blah whatever.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I'm not going to pretend like I

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Speaker 2: That is what he told us. We asked Asar salas

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Speaker 2: There was some frustration, Don't get me wrong, I do

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Speaker 6: The dynamic of that clubhouse, who would be the guy

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Speaker 2: I mean, we've got video evidence of Carlos Korea getting

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Speaker 2: And then you know, Joe Espota had a playbook for this,

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Speaker 2: and that he will command on the free agent market.

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Speaker 2: You know, he's a year older than Max Freed, but

440
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Speaker 2: has very similar career numbers, if not better in some

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Speaker 2: regards to Max Freed. So you look at eight for

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Speaker 2: two eighteen that Max Freed got. I'm not saying frommer

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Speaker 2: Valdez is going to get that exact deal, but that

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Speaker 2: will be the framework that you know, perhaps is a

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Speaker 2: starting point. And the Astros have never guaranteed a player

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Speaker 2: more than one hundred and fifty one million dollars, much

447
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Speaker 2: less a pitcher. Jim Crane the one thing in his

448
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Speaker 2: ownership tenure he has not given massive deals to starting pitchers.

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Speaker 2: Lance mccullor's got a five year, eighty five million dollar

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Speaker 2: extension before he went to free agency. Josh Hater got

451
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Speaker 2: a ninety five million dollar deal as a closer. Ninety

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Speaker 2: five million is the most safe ever guaranteed to a

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Speaker 2: pitcher in Jim Crane's ownership tenure. So the Ashers probably

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Speaker 2: aren't bringing Valdez back, but it's more of a money thing.

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Speaker 2: That's more of like that he is going to want

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Speaker 2: a contract that they just don't give as far as

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Speaker 2: what it's going to do for the next month month

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Speaker 2: and a half. You know, Victor Carrottini is back off

459
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Speaker 2: of the il, off the concussion ale So the Ashers

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Speaker 2: have three catchers on their roster right now. I don't

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Speaker 2: know who's going to catch from Er in his next start.

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Speaker 2: I'd be surprised if it was Csar Salazar for no

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Speaker 2: other reason than you know, I for no other reason

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Speaker 2: than I think Victor Carrottini and Yinor Diaz are you know,

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Speaker 2: better options to catch just from an offensive upside. This

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Speaker 2: is a team that needs to score runs. This is

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Speaker 2: a team that is looking to upgrade its offense in

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Speaker 2: any way possible. Those two guys are are just better offensively.

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Speaker 2: You have to remember the reason Ceasar salas are caught

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Speaker 2: from ber Valdez on Tuesday was because Victor Carrottini was

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Speaker 2: still on the concussion I l and they needed Yinor

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Speaker 2: Diaz to DH Because if I'm remembering the days right,

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Speaker 2: I think you're on Alvarez was off, so whatever like

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Speaker 2: Salas are caught Valdez because they were in a little

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Speaker 2: bit of a pinch just roster wise, they're not in

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Speaker 2: that anymore. So I imagine one of Keratini or Diaz

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Speaker 2: catches Valdez in his next start. And then with Fromber specifically,

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Speaker 2: and I've reiterated this on christ City Territory, you know,

479
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Speaker 2: they know how to handle him, like this isn't a

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Speaker 2: new guy that's come in and it's just been like this,

481
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Speaker 2: Like they've had Fromber around for going on seven years now,

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Speaker 2: Like they have seen him evolve. They they know how

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Speaker 2: to get the most out of him. You know, sometimes

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Speaker 2: things like this happen. They've had instances like this where

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Speaker 2: some stuff has occurred and they've been able to manage it.

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Speaker 2: They've been able to handle it. I don't think it's

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Speaker 2: going to be that as big of a deal maybe

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Speaker 2: as most think, just because they're so experienced with this,

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Speaker 2: Like they kind of know how he is, they know

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Speaker 2: what makes him tick. They they understand kind of how

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Speaker 2: to how to handle him in the clubhouse. So I

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Speaker 2: think they'll be able to be fine with it for

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Speaker 2: the next month and a half. But as far as

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Speaker 2: the future goes, like, I never thought fromber Valdez was

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Speaker 2: coming back to Houston when the season began, and nothing

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Speaker 2: that happened Tuesday night changes my thought on that and

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Speaker 2: has nothing to do with the cross up or the

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Speaker 2: failed to step off.

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Speaker 1: Chandler. I'm going to take us to the lineup. How

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Speaker 1: much better does it look with Jordan Aubres back and

501
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Speaker 1: looking mostly like himself? And then I saw you writing

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Speaker 1: about Estac parade, So is there a chance.

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Speaker 2: Let's start with escoc paratus. I don't think anyone knows

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Speaker 2: if there's a chance. No, he got cleared to start

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Speaker 2: baseball activities on Wednesday yesterday. If you watched him at

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Speaker 2: dik And Park while he was taking ground balls and

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Speaker 2: while he was running, he is nowhere near full speed,

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Speaker 2: not that I expected him to be full speed, but

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Speaker 2: this was very light baseball activities, like I'm talking. He

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Speaker 2: fielded five grounders that didn't really require him going side

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Speaker 2: to side. He did some running in the outfield that

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Speaker 2: he said was about fifty percent. He is not close

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Speaker 2: to coming back, so but they are going to send

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Speaker 2: him to West Palm Beach this week to continue his rehab.

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Speaker 2: He'll be down there Esach said that he's still not

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Speaker 2: sure if he's going to play this season. He's going

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Speaker 2: to try his best, but it's still very much up

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Speaker 2: in the air. I think the bigger question is, you know,

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Speaker 2: if everything goes well, and let's say he is available

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Speaker 2: for a potential playoff spot on a roster like, he's

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Speaker 2: obviously going to have to DH a little bit. He's

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Speaker 2: gonna be probably DH, primarily because I don't know by

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Speaker 2: that time if he'll be in good enough shape to

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Speaker 2: play a nine inning game defensively. I also don't know

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Speaker 2: where he would play defensively, considering you know, Carlos Carrez

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Speaker 2: on the team and now plays third base. They're rotating

527
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Speaker 2: Ramon Urius and Mauricio Dubon and Josel Tuve at second.

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Speaker 2: They could play Paradus at second, and you know, have

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Speaker 2: left field for either Jordan or Altuve. But if they

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Speaker 2: if he comes back in a d H role, that

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Speaker 2: would force both Alvarez and Altuve to play defense every day.

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Speaker 2: Whether the Ashers would be okay with that trade off,

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Speaker 2: You know, this is a team that misses Paradus's plate

534
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Speaker 2: discipline and miss how many pitches he sees like he

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Speaker 2: would be a massive addition to this lineup, so I

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Speaker 2: think they'd take the trade off. But again, this is

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Speaker 2: this is really far off, Like I think, it is

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Speaker 2: still very much up in the air of paradis you know,

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Speaker 2: plays again this season. But it is still a good

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Speaker 2: sign to see him doing baseball activities after he faced

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Speaker 2: the possibility of undergoing surgery that would have sidelined him

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Speaker 2: for six months. So that's a win in and of

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Speaker 2: itself that he's back to do at baseball activities. And

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Speaker 2: then Jordon, I mean, it's it changes the complete dynamic

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Speaker 2: of the lineup. And we said this, and we we

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Speaker 2: kind of Joe spot had reiterated this before Jordon came back.

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Speaker 2: Even if he came back at you know, less than

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Speaker 2: full Yordon, even if he came back at a little

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Speaker 2: bit less efficacy, just his presence and just the fear

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Speaker 2: he strikes in opponents is going to change how opposing

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Speaker 2: managers and opposing pitchers navigate. You know, his first series

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Speaker 2: back against the Rockies, I think he walked five times,

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Speaker 2: and the Rockies like they weren't even trying to hide it,

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Speaker 2: like these were they were pitching around him and he

555
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Speaker 2: hadn't played a major League game. He had missed one

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Speaker 2: hundred games, and they were pitching around him, and you

557
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Speaker 2: could already tell it was a different sort of presence. Now,

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Speaker 2: last night would lead me to believe that he's all

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Speaker 2: the way back. He hit five balls last night, all

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Speaker 2: one oh three point five or harder off. The bat

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Speaker 2: was spraying the ball to all fields. Josh Reddick was

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Speaker 2: was marveling earlier this morning about him, you know, going

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Speaker 2: with a Luke Weaver change up in the left field

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Speaker 2: for a game tying single to the other way. He

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Speaker 2: pulled the ball, he went up the middle. This is

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Speaker 2: I mean he is when he's on. He's a top

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Speaker 2: five hitter in baseball. And you know, adding that can

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Speaker 2: only help this lineup that you know, has had its

569
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Speaker 2: struggles with runners in scoring position, that has not been

570
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Speaker 2: able to have the run production we think it could have.

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Speaker 2: But I mean, adding Alvarez in the just changes the

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Speaker 2: calculus entirely.

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Speaker 6: He's one of the guys the only league, the only

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Speaker 6: the only chance the league has against him is if

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Speaker 6: he gets called up to the next league, which I

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Speaker 6: don't think they've created that yet, But he's one of

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Speaker 6: those guys. Last question, we haven't hit on this bullpen.

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Speaker 6: And I'm not saying this because of Bray. You actually

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Speaker 6: had a blip last night. He's ridiculous. Does this bullpen

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Speaker 6: have enough length? Does it have enough just inning to

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Speaker 6: inning skill to succeed in the playoffs.

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Speaker 2: I mean, I think it could. And I also think

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Speaker 2: you're gonna see starters go into the bullpen in the playoffs,

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Speaker 2: just like we see, you know, every year. So I

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Speaker 2: think that the complexion of this bullpen could look a

586
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Speaker 2: lot different in the playoffs. One thing we didn't hit

587
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Speaker 2: on is that Spencer Arraghetti went on the il yesterday

588
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Speaker 2: with elbow inflammation. That would have been maybe my pick

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Speaker 2: as the guy that would have translated best to the

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Speaker 2: bullpen in a playoff scenario. I'm not sure they want

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Speaker 2: to risk that. With Javier and Garcia, two guys that

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Speaker 2: have just come off long arm surgery recoveries, I'm not

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Speaker 2: sure they want to risk putting them in the bullpen.

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Speaker 2: That quick Arraghetti only you know, broke his thumb, That's

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Speaker 2: why he missed so much time. So to me, he

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Speaker 2: profiled as the guy that would have been the obvious

597
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Speaker 2: kind of swingman, guy that could give you some length,

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Speaker 2: a guy that could the stuff could play up out

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Speaker 2: of the bullpen. Without him, it's gonna be a little

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Speaker 2: bit more difficult, but you know, I think they've got

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Speaker 2: some good pieces. You know, Brian King is a guy

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Speaker 2: that as a left handed hitter, as a left handed pitcher,

603
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Speaker 2: excuse me, has been dominant against right handed batters, so

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Speaker 2: they can use him kind of regardless of platoon splits.

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Speaker 2: They've got in yelled dell As Santos, who's been very

606
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Speaker 2: good for them since they got him from the Braves.

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Speaker 2: Caleb Ort has pitched some leverage innings and succeeded. Pitched

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Speaker 2: very well last night, and then they have all the

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Speaker 2: confidence in the world. And Brian Abrave. I know the

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Speaker 2: blip last night wasn't great. The Homer to Bellinger, but

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Speaker 2: he is by most statistical measures, he's been as good,

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Speaker 2: if not better, in some categories than Josh Hater this year.

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Speaker 2: So when they give him the ball in the ninth inning,

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Speaker 2: they're not worried. I think it's just the bridge to

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Speaker 2: get to a bray. You I think that's going to

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Speaker 2: be a little bit interesting, and I think it's going

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Speaker 2: to test Joe Aspata's kind of managerial kind of how

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Speaker 2: he's going to match, guys up, how quickly he goes

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Speaker 2: to his bullpen, or quite frankly, how long he sticks

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Speaker 2: with his starters, because maybe his starters can give him.

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Speaker 2: Maybe he's got a little more confidence in the upside

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Speaker 2: of the starters than he would go into the bullpen

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Speaker 2: and maybe the fourth or the fifth inning.

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Speaker 1: Chandler great insight. As always. Much more of this on

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Speaker 1: crush City Territory, which has a merch shop now too.

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