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Speaker 1: of Fair Territory. There is a ton to talk about today.

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Speaker 1: We've got the Brave situation with a Kunya and Snicker

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Speaker 1: We've got some Dodger injuries, and we've got some issues

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Speaker 1: into my story from last week about Jonah Rosenthal, the

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Speaker 1: But first I want to start off with the Braves

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Speaker 1: because this, to me, well, it was a situation that

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Speaker 1: wanted to be writing a column for one thing, and

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Speaker 1: it was just a situation that was very interesting over

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Speaker 1: the weekend because it had so many layers to it.

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Speaker 1: So what happened on Saturday night was this. Jared Kellenick,

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Speaker 1: It's not gone. He's not running hard to first base,

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Speaker 1: he gets thrown out at second in a tie game

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Speaker 1: in a sixth inning. Okay, not good. Brian Sticker, asked

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Speaker 1: I supposed to talk to him? He was asked if

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Speaker 1: but his point was made, and the point was made

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Speaker 1: because it had happened to Acunya where he was taken

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Speaker 1: exactly the same thing. The only difference is Acunya stopped

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Speaker 1: And then, of course it happened later in that season

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Speaker 1: similar kinds of things. Now, as I wrote today, inevitably

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Speaker 1: some will see a racial element in this. In SR Dae,

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Speaker 1: Acunya Azuna are all Latin players. Sninker is white, Kellennick

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Speaker 1: We can't know for sure that race played a factor,

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Speaker 1: And I advise people to read my whole column because

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Speaker 1: as I said, there are a lot of layers to this.

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Speaker 1: There is nuance to this. Some of the nuance, a

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Speaker 1: good amount of it involves Brian Snicker. He has a

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Speaker 1: He is highly thought of because he's consistent, he's stable,

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Speaker 1: he has a good feel for players, and as I wrote,

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Speaker 1: plunking him one time after another. They kept hitting him,

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Speaker 1: no two lack of hustle situations are the same. Some,

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Speaker 1: if not all, of his previous benchings had resulted from

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Speaker 1: That was the difference here. Kelenic gets thrown out at

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Speaker 1: I wrote, they all should have done better here. Kellenick

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Speaker 1: But at the same time, when kellen Nick does this,

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Speaker 1: He's a guy who probably gonna get sent down when

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Speaker 1: Acuna had a right to lodge an objection, which of

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Speaker 1: course he did. All right, that's the Braves. That was

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Speaker 1: a situation that occurred, and it overshadowed again what had

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Speaker 1: I was at the Dodgers Rangers series over the weekend,

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Speaker 1: and what a fantastic series that was. It was actually

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Speaker 1: as if starting pitching revived all in one weekend. On

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Speaker 1: I did for Fox four to three walkoff dolices Garcia

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Speaker 1: Time now for Grill and Ken. Let's get to your questions.

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Speaker 1: The first question comes from diamond Centric, who asks where

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Speaker 1: really well for the Padres. The return was nothing short

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Speaker 1: of astronomical for one. Michael King guy who is an

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Speaker 1: walkier now but had another year remaining then two years

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Speaker 1: left to ago before becoming a free agent. He's been

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Speaker 1: nothing short of an ace. Drew Thorpe was in this trade, Yankees'

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Speaker 1: top pitching prospect at the time. What did they do

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Speaker 1: with Drew Thorpe. They made him the centerpiece of their

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Speaker 1: package for Dylan Cease. So King and Cease come out

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Speaker 1: of this trade essentially. Then you get Kyle Hagashioka, who

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Speaker 1: had a terrific season for the Padres last year as

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Speaker 1: their catcher, one of their catchers. Then you get two

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Speaker 1: other pitchers, guys who have made contributions to the Padres

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Speaker 1: during their time with the team. Randy Basquez, especially holding

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Speaker 1: down a spot in the rotation right now. His peripherals

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Speaker 1: don't match his performance, which is really good. But he's

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Speaker 1: been really good, and he has contributed innings at the

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Speaker 1: very least as did Johnny Brido last season. He's the

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Speaker 1: other pitcher in the trade. He has not been up

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Speaker 1: yet thus far, So five players for two. Each of

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Speaker 1: those players has made a contribution. Michael King has made

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Speaker 1: a massive contribution. Dylan Cease, who came out of this trade,

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Speaker 1: ultimately has made a massive contribution. And for the Padres again,

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Speaker 1: it could not have worked out any better. Just a

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Speaker 1: brilliant trade. And finally, the last question, and this one,

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Speaker 1: I have to admit it gives me a chuckle. It

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Speaker 1: comes from Josh Gitt who asks, with Tyler glass Now

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Speaker 1: having just left the game in Texas, would the Dodgers

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Speaker 1: consider trading for another starter? The Dodgers, the gluttonous ravenous

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Speaker 1: can't get enough Dodgers. Are they going to need more

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Speaker 1: starting pitching? Well, it sounds like Glass now is going

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Speaker 1: to be okay, but who knows. He could get hurt

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Speaker 1: at any time. He is frequently injured, and clearly injuries

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Speaker 1: are a problem for the Dodgers in their rotation potentially,

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Speaker 1: as they are for every team. But what is music

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Speaker 1: about this question to me is that the Dodgers' whole

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Speaker 1: mantra during the off season was let's get good enough

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Speaker 1: and deep enough so we don't have to overpay at

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Speaker 1: the deadline. Now, they still might be in that position

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Speaker 1: even if Glass now goes on the il tomorrow. They've

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Speaker 1: got waiting in the wings Tony Gonsolin, Clayton Kershaw and

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Speaker 1: oh yeah, the New Daddy Show. Heyo Tani. These guys

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Speaker 1: are all going to make starts for the Dodgers, I

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Speaker 1: would expect at some point this season. So they should

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Speaker 1: be deep enough. Heaven those they've got enough different arms

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Speaker 1: that they can choose from. But the mere fact that

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Speaker 1: I don't know, two or three weeks into the season,

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Speaker 1: someone's asking will the Dodgers need the trade for starting pitching?

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Speaker 1: I don't know. I just found it a little amusing.

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Speaker 1: Thanks for the question, it was a good one. I

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