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Speaker 1: All right, we're back here on foul Territory and we've

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Speaker 1: got Chris Cattilla, Red Sox beat, writer from masslive dot com,

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Speaker 1: co host of the Family Rundown podcast, and an instructor

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Speaker 1: at Boston College. Beautiful campus, by the way.

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Speaker 2: Not qualified for it, but it is a beautiful campus. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: well was that.

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Speaker 3: Not qualified for the professing all the time, but it

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Speaker 3: is a nice campus.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I absolutely love Boston and listen to your podcast all

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Speaker 1: the time. You are joining us from Vegas. You're at

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Speaker 1: the GN meetings. What's the latest going on there? What

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Speaker 1: are you hearing?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean it's been kind of slow, I think,

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Speaker 3: as it always is this time of year. People think

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Speaker 3: that this is going to be an action packed week

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Speaker 3: like the Winter Meetings are, and it really never is.

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Speaker 3: There's a lot of guys here to golf at Shadow Creek.

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Speaker 3: The awards are tonight, so it's a lot of like

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Speaker 3: hanging out in the lobby and talking. But it's not

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Speaker 3: a lot of news, as it never is in November.

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Speaker 3: But you know, it sets the groundwork for the Winter

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Speaker 3: Meetings in a month and the moves that will happen

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Speaker 3: between now and then.

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Speaker 4: Chris, first of all, by the way, you're not qualified

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Speaker 4: for Boston College. It's above your payger. But what about

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Speaker 4: Craig Broslow. Craig Groslow went to where'd you go? Yell?

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Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, nailed next team, and he said the Red

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Speaker 5: Sox are going to be in a starting pitcher, but

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Speaker 5: they're not going to spend a lot of money, and

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Speaker 5: they're not going to be in the bullpen, and they

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Speaker 5: don't want to trade, but they might trade.

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Speaker 4: What the heck is he really saying? Can you explain

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Speaker 4: it to me?

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Speaker 6: Because we've talked about this now He's like, we want

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Speaker 6: to talk to our top one two starter. We don't

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Speaker 6: want to play pay the heavy price, but we're willing

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Speaker 6: to trade, but we're not Can you explain this because

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Speaker 6: I'm kind of confused about what he said.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, as he always tends to say, they are open

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Speaker 3: to all opportunities to improve the team and they're going

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Speaker 3: to take nothing off the table, which is earth shattering

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Speaker 3: stuff whenever he does say it. But I mean, I

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Speaker 3: think they're going to be in on all the top

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Speaker 3: trade candidates for starting pitchers, and I think they're going

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Speaker 3: to be like they were last year, in on all

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Speaker 3: the free agents and see you know who the fit is.

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Speaker 3: You know, a year ago they were in on Freed

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Speaker 3: really hone in on Crochet and get that done. They

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Speaker 3: obviously need a bat too, between either Schwarber or Alonso

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Speaker 3: or somebody from the trade market, whatever it might be.

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Speaker 3: So I think they, you know, have the money to

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Speaker 3: sign one free agent. You know, Alex Bregman's Bunny is

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Speaker 3: off the books, obviously, Devers is, Crochet is getting a

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Speaker 3: massive raise on the CBT. Roman Anthony is getting a

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Speaker 3: massive raise and the CBT. But there's still money to spend,

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Speaker 3: and they still do have, you know, a lot of

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Speaker 3: good young players to get a trade done. So I

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Speaker 3: think they're gonna get one big name in the lineup,

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Speaker 3: one big name in the starting rotation. And you think

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Speaker 3: about just the way resources work, probably makes sense that

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Speaker 3: via free agency. I think, you know, they're going to

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Speaker 3: exceed the CBT again. If they don't, it's an insult

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Speaker 3: to fans after you know, kind of the young core

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Speaker 3: a trade's going to be painful, like it was with Crochet,

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Speaker 3: but we saw, you know, guy who finished second in

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Speaker 3: Cy Young was an ace capital a ace all year.

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Speaker 3: They know it's worth it. They did it a year ago,

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Speaker 3: and I think they'll be looking to do that again,

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Speaker 3: whether it's Joe Ryan or somebody else like that.

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Speaker 7: If we were looking at the Red Sox at this

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Speaker 7: time last year. Has there been a seismic shift in

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Speaker 7: how they're moving this organization? I mean, they got like

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Speaker 7: you said, they got rid of Devers. They actually spent

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Speaker 7: They could have been on the hook for two more

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Speaker 7: if he had really flopped. But is there a seismic

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Speaker 3: I mean I think they you know, they spent money

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Speaker 2: You know, those deals are probably going to be discounts

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Speaker 2: by the end of them.

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Speaker 3: I think with Anthony it might already be eight for

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Speaker 2: But you know, they are a flawed team.

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Speaker 3: You know, you saw that in the playoffs where they

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Speaker 3: had Crochet in Game one, but they were so depleted

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Speaker 3: making his fifth major league start. So they want another

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Speaker 3: playoff game. They also struck out too much and didn't

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Speaker 3: hit enough home runs, especially you know, against good opponents

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Speaker 3: last year, and I think they need that thumper. Schwarber

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Speaker 3: and Alonso are clear fits, but everybody could use those guys.

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Speaker 3: I think that, you know, they have just by being

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Speaker 3: still not talking to us because who would, but he

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Speaker 3: more involved. He was a little bit more you know there,

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Speaker 3: payroll jump. The Devors thing to me, they didn't add

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Speaker 3: knowing that they were going to deal break Devers. It

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Speaker 3: just it became an untenable situation. And it happened to

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Speaker 3: thirty million a year. Over ten, So they do have

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Speaker 3: don't think they're going to be with the Dodgers and

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Speaker 3: CBT is what I hope they do because I think, again,

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Speaker 3: the team played well enough to deserve it last year,

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Speaker 3: and the fan base does after you know, the years

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Speaker 3: of the full throttle promises and things like that. They

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Speaker 3: did have a big offseason last year. It was spread out.

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Speaker 3: Crochet was in December, Gregman was in February. But still

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Speaker 3: they did a lot and I think they'll do the same.

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Speaker 3: And I think Breslo's also setting high expectations. He's not

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Speaker 3: saying we'll see how it goes. He's saying, we need

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Speaker 3: like that's what we're going to aim for. And I

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Speaker 1: Chris, you mentioned Joe Ryan. I was there the day

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Speaker 1: after the trade deadline, did a game Friday Night Baseball

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Speaker 1: and spoke to Craig Breslo, and he said that they

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Speaker 1: had an agreement with the Twins. They were down to

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Speaker 1: the wire. They thought they were going to get, you know,

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Speaker 1: potentially him. They're looking for a front line starter. Do

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Speaker 1: you think that those talks could pick up or who

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Speaker 1: do you think that they're targeting in terms of frontline starter?

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Speaker 2: I mean, he is the obvious guy.

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Speaker 3: I think the kind of interesting part of that deadline

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Speaker 3: day for the Red Sox and Twins was that the

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Speaker 3: Red Sox thought they were on the one yard line

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Speaker 3: on the Joe Ryan trade. The Twins didn't think that

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Speaker 3: at all. The Twins. I had somebody with the Twins

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Speaker 3: tell me twenty minutes before the deadline they're not even

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Speaker 3: close with what they're offering. And so I don't know

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Speaker 3: if there's like bad blood between the front offices that

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Speaker 6: Hold on Chris time out, Chris, Chris time out, hold

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Speaker 6: on kick show show my screen, Hold up, you guys

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Speaker 6: know this guy him?

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Speaker 4: Do you guys know who he is?

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Speaker 2: That's it.

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Speaker 4: That's it, Sorry, Chris dot continue with the Red Sox.

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Speaker 4: He didn't play for the Red Sox because you see

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Speaker 4: he wears his hat back and that's cool.

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Speaker 6: We know why, we know why because of you.

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Speaker 2: I know. That's a.

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Speaker 4: Thank you. Sorry, Chris. Continue.

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Speaker 3: I mean, if there's if there's people you're going to

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Speaker 3: be upstaged in the middle of a hit for, I

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Speaker 3: think that's right at the top of the list, right.

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Speaker 7: Sorry, I would have agreed to that too. I would

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Speaker 7: have agreed to that.

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Speaker 2: I would. Sorry.

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Speaker 7: Maybe if maybe, if Michael Jordan comes in, Chris will

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Speaker 7: do the same thing, all right.

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Speaker 4: That would be I don't even know what you're talking about.

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Speaker 4: But the best part of that was I don't either.

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Speaker 2: Now did Goes did.

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Speaker 4: The Red Sox sign? Somebody? Do I need to know something?

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Speaker 4: I'm like, No, I just wanted to show you on camera,

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Speaker 4: so thank you. Always continue now.

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Speaker 6: I don't even know what you're doing, but thank you, guys.

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Speaker 4: After this a j no comment, no comment.

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Speaker 6: I'm just saying, I just I didn't want to name drop,

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Speaker 6: but I just face dropped out.

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Speaker 8: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: I mean if I if I were you, guys, I

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Speaker 7: Never never, we need to hear why the Red Sox

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Speaker 7: are gonna get Joe Ryan and how they didn't get

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Speaker 7: the job done. But Ken Griffy Jr. It's the only

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Speaker 7: reason I wear my hat backwards. But anyway, don't worry about.

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Speaker 2: It, Chris, Yes.

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Speaker 3: So for Griffy and the rest of the audience, they

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Speaker 3: did not The Twins did not think that they were

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Speaker 3: close to trading Joe Ryan and the Red Sox. The

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Speaker 3: Red Sox thought they were closer than they were, uh,

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Speaker 3: and that I think could you know, they obviously talk names,

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Speaker 3: and they all obviously had people that they liked in

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Speaker 3: those trade talks. The Twins had a couple of guys,

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Speaker 3: the guys on the free agent market, there's a lot

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Speaker 3: what they're aiming for is somebody who is better than

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Speaker 2: Slide Bayo to be your number three, figure.

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Speaker 3: Out the four and five from a bunch of internal candidates,

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Speaker 7: What about their defense? What about their defense? It kind

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Speaker 3: I was just saying, you know, like there is uh

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Speaker 4: All right, Chris, I want to know this.

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Speaker 6: You keep talking Aboutman, here's my thing, Alex Horror, who.

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Speaker 4: Will be on the show next week, Sam, just tease

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Speaker 6: And every time I talk to Alex for Right into Power,

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Speaker 4: Can we talk Pete Alonzo? How good would he look

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Speaker 6: Mashing forty homers, driving in one hundred, playing one hundred

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Speaker 6: Give me forty homers over over defense. Just Chris, by

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Speaker 4: I am, but can you see what that is? You

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Speaker 2: Chris, I do not know.

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Speaker 7: Okay, you're not a Tariot fan, then that's a Michael

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Speaker 1: Why there's not more Kyle Schreber back to the Red Sox.

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Speaker 4: Talk left handed, Heidi left handed, they need right handed.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. I mean, I am Teams four were over Alonso, and.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't think the Phillies let him get away either.

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Speaker 1: I mean, he's he's one of the guys that's the

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Speaker 1: heartbeat of that Team Chris, thank you so much for

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Speaker 1: joining us from Las Vegas, of all places. I'm sorry

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Speaker 1: we're so rudely interrupted by Ken Graffy Junior won't happen.

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Speaker 2: It's all good.

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Speaker 3: If it's anybody who's gonna do it, better be him.

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Speaker 8: Listen. I tried to party with Poppy one time and

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Speaker 2: Which I was cool.

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Speaker 8: Yeah, I was cool to be Poppy.

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Speaker 2: forciate Yo. We'd be on the city a little bit.

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Speaker 2: He called me one night.

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Speaker 7: He was like, yo, take what yo?

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Speaker 8: I just hung up. I couldn't even I deserved.

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Speaker 8: No no no, no, no, no no way.

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Speaker 8: I tried to party with Poppy one time. It almost died.

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Speaker 8: Like fu kicks, he kicks it. And if you yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 8: you got something to do, don't don't fuck with Poppy.

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Speaker 1: Energy for days. Big Poppy. He he has some stories

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Speaker 4: With him.

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Speaker 1: I want to hear from you guys, all right, and

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Speaker 6: I have too, I have to real quick. First of all, David.

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Speaker 6: I once saw him crashed through a table because he

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Speaker 4: With multiple people. It was hilarious because he tried.

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Speaker 6: If you've ever been out with Jake Phebe Height, you

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Speaker 7: I played with a guy I won't say his name.

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Speaker 7: He has since changed his ways kind of, but he said.

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Speaker 7: no sleep, came to the ballpark, pitched in the game.

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Speaker 7: Saturday Saturday, No Sleep came to the ballpark and gave

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Speaker 7: up four runs on a Sunday and passed out on

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Speaker 7: the table. He said, the city beat me.

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Speaker 1: I think it's New York City infinity. Everyone else that's

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Speaker 1: tried that zero there's just no he tried to beat it.

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Speaker 10: Oh, I think is uh like I said, oh my,

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Speaker 10: he loves big markets. And we go through a list

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Speaker 10: of the places that he may want to play, and

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Speaker 10: believe me, he is. He is someone who really wants

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Speaker 10: to be on a winning team and compete at the

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Speaker 10: highest level.

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Speaker 1: Maybe the Dodgers, like every other Japanese player that comes over, wants.

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Speaker 7: To Like every player, every player wants to play on

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Speaker 7: a winning team.

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Speaker 4: Was he talking about am I?

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Speaker 2: Yeah?

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Speaker 7: Am I?

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Speaker 4: Am I going to the Dodgers. Am I am.

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Speaker 6: I am I damn joke, we're in commercial No shit,

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Speaker 6: I want to play.

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Speaker 4: Nobody wants to plan a bad team like scheme said.

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Speaker 4: I don't want to plan a bad team. Nobody wants

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Speaker 4: to have been a bad team that sucks, hurt you.

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Speaker 4: Nobody put.

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Speaker 6: Bad teams a good game just sucks the other the

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Speaker 6: other go ahead.

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Speaker 1: We talked about how the Dodgers have cornered the market

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Speaker 1: on pitchers and players in general coming over from Japan, Like,

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Speaker 1: what is MLB gonna do to solve that? They can

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Speaker 1: just go over and sign every good player.

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Speaker 7: Nothing. Why did they have to do anything? They created

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Speaker 7: this environment for the last ten years. They started setting

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Speaker 7: it up ten years ago, probably even before that, and

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Speaker 7: then they started winning the division ten years ago. Like,

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Speaker 7: maybe the other team should put in a little effort,

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Speaker 7: put in a little effort to be able to do

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Speaker 7: the things. Maybe the Yankees shouldn't have taken a step

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Speaker 7: back in the Japanese market, I mean they had, they

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Speaker 7: were the destination. Massa here Tanaka told me, I will

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Speaker 7: never play for another team in the Big Leies, but

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Speaker 7: the New York Yankees because of what they meant to

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Speaker 7: me growing up and to my country. You know who's

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Speaker 7: taken over that, the Dodgers, And there's going to be

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Speaker 7: a cavalcade of young kids that want to be Dodgers

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Speaker 7: from now on, and other teams have to step up. No,

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Speaker 7: Major League Baseball shouldn't do anything. Well, everybody needs to

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Speaker 7: get a Japanese superstar. No, everyone else needs to figure

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Speaker 7: it out on their own.

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Speaker 1: All right, We've got a quote from Jackie Redman, who

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Speaker 1: by the way, used to be a roommate of mine.

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Speaker 1: Absolutely love Jackie. She's phenomenal, she says.

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Speaker 2: Love.

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Speaker 1: This from the New York Rangers head coach Mike Sullivan. Today,

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Speaker 1: we're in the business of the relentless pursuit of small improvements.

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Speaker 1: Those words were said to Sullivan seven years or years

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Speaker 1: ago by Heim Bloom, the current president of baseball operations

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Speaker 1: for the Cardinals formerly with the Red Sox. Sullivan said

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Speaker 1: the words have always stuck with him and the mentality

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Speaker 1: he wants the Rangers to adopt. To me, that's sports

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Speaker 1: in a nutshell. It's a daily endeavor.

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Speaker 2: Right.

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Speaker 1: We're not trying to climb the mountain today, We're trying

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Speaker 1: to take a step. We know what the ultimate goal

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Speaker 1: is but the daily endeavor, the pursuit of small improvements,

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Speaker 1: that's how you get there. So don't get ahead of yourself.

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Speaker 1: Stay in the moment. What do you guys think of that?

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Speaker 7: I love it, but I mean I was there when

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Speaker 7: Heim was running the Red Sox. I worked for the

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Speaker 7: Red Sox for like three minutes, and I saw it.

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Speaker 7: I saw the small, little increments that ended up creating

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Speaker 7: what they have now. And I think in the game,

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Speaker 7: not just in pro ball, but even in the amateur ranks,

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Speaker 7: like everybody wants these massive improvements. I want to increase

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Speaker 7: my exit velocity by five miles per hour and instead

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Speaker 7: of how can I get one percent better every day?

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Speaker 7: And I saw him implement that with the Red Sox,

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Speaker 7: and now we're seeing it come to fruition bad. I

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Speaker 7: was there in twenty one or twenty two, I forget

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Speaker 7: which year it was. Even now and now here in

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Speaker 7: twenty twenty five, they have a ton of young guys

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Speaker 7: coming up impacting the big league team, all because of

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Speaker 7: those small steps