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MLB Fyre Fest? Blue Jays & Reds trade grades, Ke’Bryan’s fresh start · Foul Territory

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  Speaker 1: Sports, and as Shy Damadi is back with us, it's
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  Speaker 1: good to see you, Shy and hope that you got
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  Speaker 1: some rest after that trade deadline.
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  Speaker 2: So let's start here, just nice and simple.
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  Speaker 1: Did you give a grade out to the Blue Jays
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  Speaker 1: for their trades?
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  Speaker 2: What did you do?
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  Speaker 3: Didn't formally give a grade, but I felt like this
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  Speaker 3: was a very Blue Jays type of deadline where they
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  Speaker 3: addressed all the things that they needed. They didn't necessarily
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  Speaker 3: get the names that people were linking them to, but
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  Speaker 3: they paid a reasonable price in prospects where you know,
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  Speaker 3: you look at some of the other deals that were
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  Speaker 3: made in the market and you know, they avoided the
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  Speaker 3: volume prospect type of deal with a lot of one
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  Speaker 3: for ones two for two's, and they got a piece
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  Speaker 3: with some long term control in Louis Varland, who's got
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  Speaker 3: a chance to be a factor for an extended period.
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  Speaker 4: So it was a very Blue Jays.
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  Speaker 3: Type of type of deadline, and I had to give
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  Speaker 3: it a grade. I think it's probably like a BB plus.
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  Speaker 3: You know, they got their needs. Maybe they could have
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  Speaker 3: done a little bit more on the offensive side and
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  Speaker 3: added a bit more impact there, but I think in
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  Speaker 3: terms of addressing their pitching.
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  Speaker 4: I mean they did that and to some.
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  Speaker 3: Degree, a lot of this will depend on what version
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  Speaker 3: of Shane Bieber they get backed as well.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, and you look at Shane Bieber to add to
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  Speaker 5: their rotation which they were last year. They were speculating
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  Speaker 5: on kind of having augh fire sale getting rid of
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  Speaker 5: some of those guys at the deadline because of some
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  Speaker 5: injuries and some you know, trouble going up to the deadline.
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  Speaker 5: But they didn't do anything. They kind of stayed pat
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  Speaker 5: and they added this winner and they added this trade deadline.
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  Speaker 5: What can you say for that front office to kind
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  Speaker 5: of stand true to what they believed in with this
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  Speaker 5: young core that's finally staying healthy and preparing and playing
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  Speaker 5: well this year.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, Lances is exactly the outcome they were
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  Speaker 3: hoping for. Right when they had the sell off last year.
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  Speaker 3: They held on to everybody who had who wasn't an
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  Speaker 3: expiring free and except for Isaiah Kiner Falefa, and they
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  Speaker 3: were just they just really like Charles matt could do
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  Speaker 3: the player they got back from the Pirates in that deal.
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  Speaker 3: So that led to that trade. But they wanted to reset.
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  Speaker 3: They wanted to restock the upper levels of their farm
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  Speaker 3: system and it's really worked out to where they've gotten
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  Speaker 3: the bounce back. You know, George Springer has been a
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  Speaker 3: big part of this. Alejandra Kirk has been a big
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  Speaker 3: part of this, and then contributions from guys who had
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  Speaker 3: been on the roster taking a step forward, be it
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  Speaker 3: Ernie Clement or Nathan Lucas Males Straws new to the team,
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  Speaker 3: he's been an important factor. Joey Luperfido and while he
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  Speaker 3: was while he was with the Blueshie before he got traded,
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  Speaker 3: Will Wagner, they had their moments contributing to the club.
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  Speaker 3: So they really had the almost dream scenario where you know,
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  Speaker 3: you sell off your pieces because one year goes totally
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  Speaker 3: sideways on you, but you stay with the plan and
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  Speaker 3: are able to turn it around the next year and
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  Speaker 3: put yourself in a position.
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  Speaker 4: To buy.
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  Speaker 6: Beeking out a Shane Bieber, he hasn't thrown a big
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  Speaker 6: league pitch year. What are they expecting him to come
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  Speaker 6: out and do his first couple starts? So they expect
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  Speaker 6: him to go out and go seven innings? Are they
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  Speaker 6: looking at five innings? Build him up and hope he
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  Speaker 6: can be somewhat successful in that role.
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  Speaker 4: It's a little bit of a moving target there, aj
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  Speaker 4: in that.
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  Speaker 3: You know, there they understand he's coming off TJ. But
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  Speaker 3: you know, his last couple of rehab addings, including one
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  Speaker 3: yesterday with Triple A Buffalo, I've gone really well, and
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  Speaker 3: he was talking about targeting five innings seventy seventy five pitches.
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  Speaker 3: He was too efficient for his own good, so he
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  Speaker 3: ended up in the low sixties in that one. But
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  Speaker 3: presumably the next time, you know, the pitch would probably
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  Speaker 3: be six innings, you know, seventy seventy five pitches, And
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  Speaker 3: as long as there's no hiccup physically, really right now,
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  Speaker 3: it's just a volume game for him and trying to
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  Speaker 3: build up that stamina in order to be able to
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  Speaker 3: haul innings. And I think the big question is what
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  Speaker 3: are they going How are they going to integrate him
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  Speaker 3: into the rotation.
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  Speaker 4: Once he is ready.
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  Speaker 3: You know, he's got about just under two weeks left
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  Speaker 3: in that rehab assignment. As long as there's no hiccups,
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  Speaker 3: you're talking about a mid August entrance into the Blue
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  Speaker 3: Jays rotation. And so are they going to a six man?
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  Speaker 3: Is someone taking a break for a little bit. I
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  Speaker 3: don't foresee anyone going to the bullpen under that scenario,
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  Speaker 3: how did they handle that? And then I think you
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  Speaker 3: want to have a little bit of runway with Bieber
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  Speaker 3: just to see how is he performing, how is he
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  Speaker 3: bouncing back, because ideally you want him pitching in a
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  Speaker 3: postseason series, assuming the Blue Jays get there. So I
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  Speaker 3: think a lot of that is still to be determined
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  Speaker 3: based on how the next few weeks play out.
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  Speaker 4: But I think right.
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  Speaker 3: Now he's on a trajectory to carry some innings for
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  Speaker 3: this team.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: I love the move because you also can't make major
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  Speaker 1: deals the rest of the way here.
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  Speaker 2: We don't have the waiver deadline anymore.
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  Speaker 1: So if you do take a hit to your rotation
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  Speaker 1: and injuries happen all the time with arms, you've got
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  Speaker 1: an extra guy here, and that extra guy, like you said,
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  Speaker 1: if he's good, he's going.
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  Speaker 2: To start a playoff game for them. So that's my
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  Speaker 2: next question.
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  Speaker 1: If Bieber is to his normal self when he comes
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  Speaker 1: back to the Bigs, what do you think the playoff
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  Speaker 1: rotation looks like with the Blue Jays in a short
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  Speaker 1: series in a best of five.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, so this is actually funny, Scott, because I was
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  Speaker 3: having this conversation with some.
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  Speaker 4: Colleagues last night in a little bit this morning too.
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  Speaker 3: And you know, there's a part of me that's like
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  Speaker 3: they may have their hands tied a little bit because
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  Speaker 3: they may need games one point fifty nine, sixty sixty one,
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  Speaker 3: sixty two to secure that playoff spot and they may
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  Speaker 3: just have to roll out based on who's fresh. Right,
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  Speaker 3: So this some of this conversation may be neot but
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  Speaker 3: you obviously want Bieber as part of that mix. You know,
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  Speaker 3: Kevin Gosman's got to be part of that mix.
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  Speaker 4: Uh. And then you look at it, it's like if.
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  Speaker 3: Max sures or continues to look the way that he
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  Speaker 3: has of lately, like do you not want him when
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  Speaker 3: all that experience and all that.
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  Speaker 4: Fire in your rotation?
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  Speaker 5: Uh?
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  Speaker 3: And then but you know, Chris Fass and Jose Burrios
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  Speaker 3: are two essential guys who have gotten you there.
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  Speaker 4: How do you sit those guys out?
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  Speaker 3: You know, you know, Chris Bassett is someone who can
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  Speaker 3: is versatile enough that he can come out of the
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  Speaker 3: bullpen if you need. And you know, like just judging
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  Speaker 3: by the Blue Jays in the last few times have
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  Speaker 3: been in the postseason, they always look to do something
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  Speaker 3: creative with their rotation and whether it's you know, having
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  Speaker 3: a guy handle half a game and then moving someone
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  Speaker 3: else and later the game.
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  Speaker 4: There's a lot of creativity there, so I you know,
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  Speaker 4: maybe to some.
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  Speaker 3: Extent guys are pitching to to figure out how it's
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  Speaker 3: going to line up. But assuming they have some flexibility,
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  Speaker 3: I think there'll be a lot of matchup that goes
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's a good point on some of the starters
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  Speaker 1: moving to the bullpen in the playoffs. Do you think
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  Speaker 1: that was part of the process in their minds for
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  Speaker 1: not seeking out one of those big, big, high leverage relievers.
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  Speaker 1: I know they picked up some help there, but did
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  Speaker 1: you feel like they should have gone for it and
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  Speaker 1: acquired one of those high leverage arms or been in
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  Speaker 1: years of control, but there were plenty of other arms
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  Speaker 1: that you know, we're able to land with teams where
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  Speaker 1: they're going to be probably eighth or ninth inning guys.
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  Speaker 1: Do you think that they should have been, you know,
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  Speaker 1: thinking about October with some of these moves more.
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  Speaker 4: Well, I do.
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  Speaker 3: I think they were, But I also think that they
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  Speaker 3: addressed it in their own way, right Like I think
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  Speaker 3: to a certain extent, if you look at the let's
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  Speaker 3: let's use Duran for example.
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  Speaker 4: Like the Blue Jays didn't.
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  Speaker 3: Really have a package that lined up with that, like
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  Speaker 3: once if Mick Abel's in the deal, Like, I don't
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  Speaker 3: think the Blue Ja's had a piece that's you know,
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  Speaker 3: on the verge of big league ready from a pitching
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  Speaker 3: perspective like that, with the type of potential that they
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  Speaker 3: could surrender. So you know, I think to some degree
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  Speaker 3: it was they maximized. And this is typical of their deadlines,
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  Speaker 3: is that they used the pieces that they want to
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  Speaker 3: trade away, the one the guys who maybe they feel
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  Speaker 3: aren't guaranteed to be a part of their few down
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  Speaker 3: the road, and then try to make the best deal
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  Speaker 3: using those prospects. And so there there's a little bit
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  Speaker 3: of column A, a little bit of column be there. But
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  Speaker 3: could they have added another leverage reliever? I think that
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  Speaker 3: probably would have been great for them. You know, Jimmy
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  Speaker 3: Garcia is you know, you know some extent, Sir Anthony
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  Speaker 3: Dominguez replaces Jimmy Garcia, Louis Varland adds another piece.
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  Speaker 4: But if you get one more guy.
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  Speaker 3: Now you're really deep in the bullpen. But you know
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  Speaker 3: that that one didn't work out, and I think the
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  Speaker 3: Blue Jays need to hope that the cortisone shot that
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  Speaker 3: Jimmy Garcia recently received in his elbow, you know, takes
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  Speaker 3: and he's able to come back and be Jimmy Garcia,
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  Speaker 3: because if Garcia can factor into this bullpen, then that
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  Speaker 3: that's a huge, huge difference.
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  Speaker 5: You see the Red Sox overtake the Yankees in the
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  Speaker 5: standings that Jay's had been playing quite well as of Lake,
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  Speaker 5: It's going to be looks like there's going to be
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  Speaker 5: a nice push for who's going to be the number
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  Speaker 5: one spot here in the East. What do you see
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  Speaker 5: from the Jays to maybe write some of what's been
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  Speaker 5: going on and what can maybe push them for the
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  Speaker 5: division titles.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean they're having the kind of lull that
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  Speaker 3: you know, some people around the team was like, you
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  Speaker 3: know this is coming at some point because they were
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  Speaker 3: so hot for a couple of months there, and uh,
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  Speaker 3: you know they were sort of due for a blip.
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  Speaker 3: But they've been to me, the thing that stuck out,
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  Speaker 3: they've been uncharacteristically, uncharacteristically sloppy in the field, right like
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  Speaker 3: the series in Baltimore against the Orioles especially, Uh, that
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  Speaker 3: was they just just didn't look like themselves.
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  Speaker 4: Right.
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  Speaker 3: This is typically a team that's cleaned defensively does a
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  Speaker 3: pretty good job of executing in a number of different ways.
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  Speaker 4: Uh, and that hasn't been there.
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  Speaker 3: And you know the past few days they've just been
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  Speaker 3: a little bit colder offensively.
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  Speaker 4: Uh, you know, minus.
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  Speaker 3: George Springer who's dealing with the concussion, and they had
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  Speaker 3: been without Alejandra Kirk, who just returned, uh on yesterday
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  Speaker 3: from the concussion aisle as well. So I think that
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  Speaker 3: there was some hope that Springer could be ready for them.
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  Speaker 3: You know, if not tomorrow, then the day after that, that.
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  Speaker 4: Would be a big boost for the lineup.
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  Speaker 3: You know, if they start hitting again, getting back to
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  Speaker 3: offensive production, you know, that will obviously be something that
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  Speaker 3: will carry them. But you know, they generally had pretty
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  Speaker 3: good pitching and been able to take care of the ball,
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  Speaker 3: and they get back to that, and then I think
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  Speaker 3: that we'll start seeing the Blue Jays play a bit
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  Speaker 3: better than they have over the past week.
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  Speaker 6: Shuy, what about Eric Lauer? You didn't even mention him.
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  Speaker 6: He's pitching and he's doing all right. Why why don't
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  Speaker 6: we talk about Eric flower Man?
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  Speaker 3: Honestly, he does not get enough praise because when he
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  Speaker 3: came up, it was late April, early May, and he
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  Speaker 3: was a life saver for this team when they were
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  Speaker 3: trying to figure it out. And there's this rotation, you know.
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  Speaker 3: I mean they went essentially two months without a fifth starter,
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  Speaker 3: kind of making it up as they went along, and
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  Speaker 3: you know, Loward just kept pitching better and better and
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  Speaker 3: better and really forced himself into that fifth starter spot.
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  Speaker 3: And uh that was great because you know, Justice Justice
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  Speaker 3: Maxterzer was ready to return bout In Francis, who had
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  Speaker 3: been struggling, had been grinding through an impingement in his shoulder.
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  Speaker 3: You know that that got to the point that he
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  Speaker 3: couldn't keep pitching anymore.
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  Speaker 4: And you know he's.
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  Speaker 3: Someone that is trying to rehab his way back right now.
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  Speaker 3: He's supposed to start throwing here relatively shortly, so he
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  Speaker 3: may be able to factor for this team at some point.
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  Speaker 3: But you know, without Eric lower this this thing could
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  Speaker 3: have cracked. And uh, he was He's been tremendously important
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  Speaker 3: and he's been great, Like you know, he's a guy
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  Speaker 3: who absolutely deserves consideration for a playoff start too. Uh
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  Speaker 3: And you know, do you want to do you want
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  Speaker 3: to lefty in there? How do you want to play
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  Speaker 3: that out? I think the Blue Jays are in a
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  Speaker 3: spot right now where they've got a lot of good
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  Speaker 3: decisions to make, a lot of you know, a lot
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  Speaker 3: of good problems to have from a from a starting
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  Speaker 3: pitching standpoint. But you know, I think one thing worth
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  Speaker 3: keeping and on with him is that you know, this
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  Speaker 3: is the most innings he's he's thrown since twenty two
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  Speaker 3: with Milwaukee, So it's been a while since he's gotten
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  Speaker 3: to triple digits. And so what does that do for
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  Speaker 3: him as he gets towards the end of August, in
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  Speaker 3: this September, is he's still as sharp. If he is,
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  Speaker 3: then that's going to be certainly a good situation for
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  Speaker 3: the Blue Jays.
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  Speaker 6: All Right, So we have a thing on ft. You
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  Speaker 6: got to make your bed before you come on. If
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  Speaker 6: you have two beds, by the way a party fell
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  Speaker 6: the fact you have two beds, but neither beds made.
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  Speaker 6: So do you sleep in both beds? How do you
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  Speaker 6: choose which bed to sleep in?
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  Speaker 3: So legitimately, these are these beds are made, This was
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  Speaker 3: the way that they were made. They've just got like
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  Speaker 3: a partial fold there.
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  Speaker 4: One of them is a little rougher than the other
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  Speaker 4: because I was working on it. But but yeah.
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  Speaker 3: This is uh, you know it is, it is made.
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  Speaker 3: I'll endeavor next time to clean it up for you guys.
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  Speaker 6: Okay, hey, where's Mania having where's Alec Manoah?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, so he should be next outing in Double A.
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  Speaker 3: That was still being finalized. So I believe the next
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  Speaker 3: next rehabititing is going to be in Double A. And
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  Speaker 3: so you know he could enter into this mix too, uh,
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  Speaker 3: you know. For it's interesting because I was talking to
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  Speaker 3: Robbie Ray during the All Star Game and he, you know,
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  Speaker 3: he's still in touch with Alec Minau friends from their
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  Speaker 3: time in Toronto, and they were talking about their experiences
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  Speaker 3: returning from Tommy John and one thing that Robbie Ray said,
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  Speaker 3: and you know, they're obviously different pitchers, but Manoa is
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  Speaker 3: more Robbie ray Ish than he is Shane Bieberish, and
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  Speaker 3: that you know that when you come back, you feel different,
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  Speaker 3: and some days the ball comes out really well and
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  Speaker 3: you're like, okay, I'm ready to go, and then you
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  Speaker 3: get on the mount and like you have no idea
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  Speaker 3: what's happening, and everything feels right, but all the results
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  Speaker 3: are wrong and there's nothing you can do about it,
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  Speaker 3: just part of the process. And you know, maybe a
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  Speaker 3: little bit different for Bieber because he's more of a
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  Speaker 3: finesse guy. Manoa would be more akin to a power
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  Speaker 3: guy than a finesse guy like Ray. You know what happens,
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  Speaker 3: you know, well, will Alec Manoa have those type of hiccups.
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  Speaker 3: He hasn't so far, which is certainly good. But yeah,
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  Speaker 3: when when I mentioned that the Blue Jays are gonna
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  Speaker 3: have some tough decisions to make, you know, Manoa can
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  Speaker 3: certainly factor into those difficult decisions that lay ahead for
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  Speaker 3: the Blue Jays.
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  Speaker 1: I hope we get Alec Manoa's super reliever return and
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  Speaker 1: he's just you know, hopping and popping on the mound
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  Speaker 1: doing his best lancel In impression.
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  Speaker 2: Oh man, I would like to see that.
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  Speaker 5: He'd be fun to see in the back end in
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  Speaker 5: the playoffs, that's for sure, especially if he if he's
• 15:40
  Speaker 5: not stretched out enough, man, that might be the perfect
• 15:42
  Speaker 5: little play for him down the down the stretch and
• 15:44
  Speaker 5: help the team and then be ready to go into
• 15:45
  Speaker 5: And that'd be exciting.
• 15:48
  Speaker 3: Yeah, for sure, And it would be a bit of
• 15:50
  Speaker 3: an adjustment from the for the Blue Jays too, because
• 15:52
  Speaker 3: they typically haven't done that with starters, like use them
• 15:55
  Speaker 3: at a as relievers coming out of Tommy John.
• 15:59
  Speaker 2: Uh.
• 15:59
  Speaker 3: But you know, maybe like Manoah's mentality would probably would
• 16:03
  Speaker 3: definitely play in that kind of environment. But you know, physically,
• 16:07
  Speaker 3: is that the right thing for him? I think that that,
• 16:09
  Speaker 3: to me is the obvious question. But if like physically
• 16:13
  Speaker 3: they can make it work, you know, maybe that's that's
• 16:15
  Speaker 3: another way to bolster the bullpen. As you're getting into
• 16:17
  Speaker 3: the home strutcher.
• 16:19
  Speaker 1: I would love to see it. Shi, great to catch
• 16:21
  Speaker 1: up with you, Thanks for the time, yes, Aj.
• 16:23
  Speaker 6: Last word, Shu Shuy. You know what the best cure
• 16:26
  Speaker 6: for a rough week is playing in Colorado against the Rockies.
• 16:31
  Speaker 3: You can definitely definitely turn the offensive numbers up the
• 16:35
  Speaker 3: right way, so it should be fun.
• 16:38
  Speaker 2: Yeah, you want to feel good about yourself. Play the Rockies.
• 16:41
  Speaker 1: Who actually did trade a guy or two as well,
• 16:43
  Speaker 1: so you've got a depleted Colorado Rockies, which is weird
• 16:46
  Speaker 1: for them. They don't usually like to make trades at
• 16:47
  Speaker 1: the deadline. But anyway, another topic for another day. Shai,
• 16:51
  Speaker 1: great to talk to you, Thank you for the time.
• 16:52
  Speaker 1: We'll catch you soon, Okay, Yeah, good to see you guys.
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  Speaker 1: Foul We've got our buddy Sea Trentrants from the Athletic
• 18:01
  Speaker 1: covers the Cincinnati Reds.
• 18:03
  Speaker 2: See Trent, good to see you.
• 18:04
  Speaker 1: What did you think of the Bristol moment this weekend
• 18:09
  Speaker 1: for the Reds against the Braves? Like give us everything,
• 18:12
  Speaker 1: the good, the bad, the foodless.
• 18:17
  Speaker 7: It was something that's for sure, you know. Like, so
• 18:20
  Speaker 7: I went down. I drove down Friday after the Reds
• 18:25
  Speaker 7: Braves game, and I was staying about ninety minutes away
• 18:29
  Speaker 7: in Kodak Kodiak, so that I would sleep and drive
• 18:34
  Speaker 7: over the next morning and then cover the game, have
• 18:39
  Speaker 7: adrenaline dright back. I'm not much closer to home at
• 18:44
  Speaker 7: the time. That was a really good idea. It's sort
• 18:47
  Speaker 7: of what I did at Field of Dreams a couple
• 18:49
  Speaker 7: of years ago. What I was not counting on and
• 18:52
  Speaker 7: apparently I'm not alone was rain and lots of it.
• 18:57
  Speaker 7: And oh my gosh was their rain. So yeah, so uh,
• 19:01
  Speaker 7: I got back to the hotel about two that night
• 19:04
  Speaker 7: and I overslept and like, I'm going home, So I
• 19:08
  Speaker 7: went home. So I did not I saw four outs
• 19:09
  Speaker 7: of baseball there.
• 19:12
  Speaker 2: It was.
• 19:15
  Speaker 7: It was interesting.
• 19:16
  Speaker 6: They did a better job with I'm sorry, did they
• 19:22
  Speaker 6: feed you? That's what I want to know, did you
• 19:23
  Speaker 6: run the press box? Because nothing is worse than angry
• 19:27
  Speaker 6: media members that can't get their food in the press box. Okay,
• 19:31
  Speaker 6: it's you're you're not wrong.
• 19:35
  Speaker 7: Yeah, they we had like vouchers to go down to
• 19:38
  Speaker 7: the concession stands, and I guess I visited before. Uh
• 19:42
  Speaker 7: they ran out of stuff and uh then they brought
• 19:46
  Speaker 7: pizza later. So during one of the delays. I don't
• 19:50
  Speaker 7: remember which one, probably the second one, but yeah, no,
• 19:54
  Speaker 7: it was quite the quite the thing.
• 19:57
  Speaker 2: It was.
• 19:58
  Speaker 7: Yeah, I underst like if everything went right, it would
• 20:03
  Speaker 7: have been super cool. And everything didn't go right.
• 20:09
  Speaker 1: Trent, what was the food situation so you caught it before?
• 20:12
  Speaker 1: Like was it a good array? And then did you
• 20:15
  Speaker 1: catch it you know post food run out? Like did
• 20:17
  Speaker 1: they run this correctly? Because I mean it's not like
• 20:20
  Speaker 1: the raceway hasn't held events before. But I'm sure you
• 20:23
  Speaker 1: saw social media going nuts. People were like, we're trapped,
• 20:27
  Speaker 1: we're hungry, help us.
• 20:30
  Speaker 7: I talked to my friends. It's you know, the fire
• 20:32
  Speaker 7: festival comparisons or up there. You know what. What is
• 20:36
  Speaker 7: interesting because of the layout of it, we were away
• 20:42
  Speaker 7: from most of the fans because, like you know, if
• 20:45
  Speaker 7: you look, there's the track, and if anybody's ever covered
• 20:49
  Speaker 7: racing or gone to a racing event or whatever, you
• 20:51
  Speaker 7: tunnel under the track. There's a tunnel that goes under
• 20:54
  Speaker 7: and that's how you get to the infield.
• 20:56
  Speaker 2: And so.
• 20:58
  Speaker 7: The most of the ticket were in the in the
• 21:02
  Speaker 7: actual stands, and then we were in the infield, so
• 21:06
  Speaker 7: I didn't get a whole lot. I had a friend
• 21:08
  Speaker 7: that had tickets in the infield, but even when he
• 21:12
  Speaker 7: walked in, he goes, dude, they didn't have any Reds.
• 21:15
  Speaker 4: Like.
• 21:15
  Speaker 7: They sold out a Red's merchandise almost immediately. He was like,
• 21:20
  Speaker 7: there was a ton of Brave stuff because they were expecting,
• 21:23
  Speaker 7: I guess mostly Braves fans, and it turned out to
• 21:26
  Speaker 7: be maybe predominantly Reds fans. So the Reds merch Like
• 21:31
  Speaker 7: when he told me this was two hours before the
• 21:32
  Speaker 7: first pitch, that they'd already run out of Red's merch
• 21:37
  Speaker 7: and then anything that had both teams was just about gone.
• 21:42
  Speaker 7: And then that was before the food scare. And then yeah,
• 21:45
  Speaker 7: I had a I you know, basically they just give
• 21:50
  Speaker 7: his vouchers to go to the concession stand. The concession
• 21:52
  Speaker 7: stand that was on the infield. I ordered a spicy
• 21:55
  Speaker 7: chicken sandwich, and I can tell you it wasn't spicy.
• 21:58
  Speaker 7: I can't tell you whether it was chicken, but you know, uh,
• 22:02
  Speaker 7: it was fine. I tried never to complain about the
• 22:06
  Speaker 7: food situation because it's just you know, it's what it is,
• 22:11
  Speaker 7: and you know what you're going in for.
• 22:14
  Speaker 6: Yeah, media members never complain about food situations.
• 22:17
  Speaker 7: No oh no, no, I said, I said, I don't aja.
• 22:21
  Speaker 6: Come my colleagues. Okay, let me let me say this.
• 22:26
  Speaker 6: You didn't get to watch the broadcast because you were there,
• 22:28
  Speaker 6: But they did have some really cool moments. Fox did
• 22:31
  Speaker 6: with a lot of the stuff pregame was unbelievable. The
• 22:33
  Speaker 6: coverage itself was with the drones and everything. I mean,
• 22:36
  Speaker 6: you have to give David Ortiz credit. He went to
• 22:38
  Speaker 6: a bar and was like giving people drinks in a bar.
• 22:41
  Speaker 6: So you were at the wrong place. Apparently you could
• 22:43
  Speaker 6: have got free drinks for your four outs. But the
• 22:45
  Speaker 6: one thing I thought that was hilarious. Did you see
• 22:47
  Speaker 6: the Reds pitchers trying to throw the balls from the
• 22:50
  Speaker 6: bullpen over the track into the fans. It was like
• 22:53
  Speaker 6: you're ever away and they're like crow hopping, and like, oh,
• 22:55
  Speaker 6: we can make it like all you needed was somebody
• 22:57
  Speaker 6: to get hurt doing that, right, But it was awesome
• 22:59
  Speaker 6: to seem try well.
• 23:02
  Speaker 7: And you know, that place is large and the track
• 23:07
  Speaker 7: is so big, and like, you know, you just kind
• 23:09
  Speaker 7: of look at the size of that track and then
• 23:10
  Speaker 7: the embankment and you're like, man, these guys do two
• 23:14
  Speaker 7: hundred miles an hour, like three or four wide on
• 23:16
  Speaker 7: this thing. That's insane. So it was really cool to see,
• 23:20
  Speaker 7: and like the setup was cool, the weather just was
• 23:23
  Speaker 7: not and the preparations like they just weren't prepared for it.
• 23:29
  Speaker 5: Well, let's go into the baseball side of things. The
• 23:33
  Speaker 5: Reds guy Keith Brian Hayes, and then you look at
• 23:35
  Speaker 5: them kind of trying to build making a little push
• 23:37
  Speaker 5: here in the wildcard spot. How do you see hidden
• 23:40
  Speaker 5: fitting in that lineup, especially playing a good defensive third
• 23:43
  Speaker 5: base and then help them push them into a wildcard spot.
• 23:47
  Speaker 7: Yeah, it was funny. You know, he was kind of
• 23:49
  Speaker 7: billed as the best defender in baseball and the worst hitter,
• 23:52
  Speaker 7: and then in his first game as a Red he
• 23:54
  Speaker 7: had an air and a three run homer. So you know,
• 23:59
  Speaker 7: that's baseball. Weird things happen every day, and it's all
• 24:02
  Speaker 7: about the long term.
• 24:03
  Speaker 2: You know.
• 24:04
  Speaker 7: What it does is this is a team that kind
• 24:06
  Speaker 7: of went on the margins and zagged when everybody else
• 24:09
  Speaker 7: was digging. You know, what they needed was a right
• 24:12
  Speaker 7: handed outfield bat, and the way they did that was
• 24:15
  Speaker 7: adding a right field or right handed third base bat
• 24:19
  Speaker 7: and glove. So they moved Noelvie Marte from third to
• 24:24
  Speaker 7: right field, and honestly, you could see that he was
• 24:28
  Speaker 7: excited to go to the outfield. It's it's not something
• 24:30
  Speaker 7: he's ever done before, but he just wasn't looking comfortable
• 24:34
  Speaker 7: at third base, and I think maybe it got into
• 24:36
  Speaker 7: his head a little bit, but you know, he just
• 24:39
  Speaker 7: looked more relaxed and like a weight was off his
• 24:41
  Speaker 7: shoulders once he's kind of gone to the outfield. And
• 24:45
  Speaker 7: that's a guy who can hit. We'll see if he
• 24:47
  Speaker 7: can hit consistently at the big level, big league level,
• 24:50
  Speaker 7: but he can. And then they also upgraded the m
• 24:53
  Speaker 7: field defense. I mean, trying to get a ball through
• 24:56
  Speaker 7: the sixth hole between you know, between Ki, Brian Hayes
• 25:00
  Speaker 7: and Ellie de la Cruz, that's not happening, you know,
• 25:03
  Speaker 7: and you go back and you look at some of
• 25:05
  Speaker 7: the plays that Ellie has made or not made, and
• 25:08
  Speaker 7: their balls that he wouldn't even get to because Cabrian
• 25:11
  Speaker 7: Hayes would get to it first. Also, if you look
• 25:14
  Speaker 7: at the metrics, it's going to his left that where
• 25:17
  Speaker 7: he will struggle the most. Well with Cabrian Hayes to
• 25:21
  Speaker 7: his right, he can take a step or two to
• 25:22
  Speaker 7: the left and that'll help too. Then you have Matt
• 25:26
  Speaker 7: McClain on the other side, and then Spencer Steers turned
• 25:28
  Speaker 7: into a really good defensive first baseman. So the defensive
• 25:32
  Speaker 7: upgrade is reel over there at on on on the infield.
• 25:38
  Speaker 7: So I think that's what's going to happen, you know.
• 25:40
  Speaker 7: And and they take a risk of sorts because you
• 25:44
  Speaker 7: know he's this isn't a rental, this guy is. You know,
• 25:48
  Speaker 7: you signed a binding lease here and and and bought
• 25:52
  Speaker 7: it for the next four years. So it'll be interesting.
• 25:55
  Speaker 7: They think, you know, they they think they have some
• 25:58
  Speaker 7: things that can really help the bat come around to
• 26:00
  Speaker 7: where it's been. But so does everybody when they make
• 26:03
  Speaker 7: a trade like that. And we'll see how how it
• 26:05
  Speaker 7: goes once he's in here more. But the bottom line
• 26:08
  Speaker 7: is you got to say their defense is better.
• 26:11
  Speaker 6: Okay, what they see though, because they took a guy
• 26:14
  Speaker 6: and a lot of people will say, isn't a great
• 26:16
  Speaker 6: contract from a division rival who doesn't spend a lot
• 26:19
  Speaker 6: of money, And they said, oh, we can plug this
• 26:21
  Speaker 6: guy into our third basement. It's going to automatically improve
• 26:23
  Speaker 6: our team. I know he hit the home run his
• 26:25
  Speaker 6: first game, but is there something they can see? I
• 26:27
  Speaker 6: know you mentioned it, but what in particular they see
• 26:29
  Speaker 6: in a swing they can change, because if you talk
• 26:31
  Speaker 6: to people from Pittsburgh, they said, oh, he wasn't willing
• 26:33
  Speaker 6: to change. He was happy hitting ground balls.
• 26:37
  Speaker 7: Yeah, he And if you talk to him, he'll say, well,
• 26:41
  Speaker 7: Pittsburgh never even like approached me and asked me to
• 26:43
  Speaker 7: do things. So it's a it's a tough little situation.
• 26:48
  Speaker 7: But you know what they see is he makes good
• 26:51
  Speaker 7: swing decisions. He doesn't you know, his contact rates pretty
• 26:55
  Speaker 7: good and he's still when he does hit the ball.
• 26:59
  Speaker 7: It's so you know, they're just hoping basically that he
• 27:03
  Speaker 7: moves it up a little bit and that they can
• 27:05
  Speaker 7: see something in his swing where he'll get comfortable and
• 27:08
  Speaker 7: hit more line drives and that will make him a
• 27:11
  Speaker 7: better hitter. And you know, he doesn't have to be
• 27:13
  Speaker 7: a middle of the order hitter. If he is a
• 27:16
  Speaker 7: you know, if he is what a ninety oh ps
• 27:18
  Speaker 7: plus or even eighty five, you're talking a two to
• 27:21
  Speaker 7: three win player.
• 27:25
  Speaker 2: Trent.
• 27:25
  Speaker 1: What about the rest of the deadline for this team?
• 27:28
  Speaker 1: So okay, let's let's say, you know, things do work
• 27:31
  Speaker 1: out for them. They get Keith Ryan Hayes to find
• 27:33
  Speaker 1: a stroke or at least just be the league average
• 27:36
  Speaker 1: bat that he was a couple of years ago.
• 27:37
  Speaker 2: Great, right, fix the defense.
• 27:39
  Speaker 1: Now you add Lttel for rotation depth, and do har
• 27:43
  Speaker 1: to smash lefties. Grade the trade deadline for the Reds.
• 27:48
  Speaker 7: I give a good, solid B B plus. I think
• 27:51
  Speaker 7: there's no doubt that they're better. Linnell Goes pushes Nick
• 27:56
  Speaker 7: Martinez to the bullpen. So you add Nick Martinez to
• 27:59
  Speaker 7: the bullpen. And we've seen what Nick Cartinez has done
• 28:01
  Speaker 7: as a starter, but last year is so good as
• 28:03
  Speaker 7: a reliever when he's come in relief. This year he's
• 28:07
  Speaker 7: been really, he's been good. He is he is really
• 28:11
  Speaker 7: one of the big leaders on this team. And quite honestly,
• 28:15
  Speaker 7: it's it's pretty interesting that they came to him before
• 28:18
  Speaker 7: the game the other day and we're like, hey, you
• 28:20
  Speaker 7: know what, if we had a starter, are you cool
• 28:23
  Speaker 7: with it? And he's like, oh, yeah, sure, whatever, man,
• 28:25
  Speaker 7: I'll do whatever. And he says that and everybody says that,
• 28:28
  Speaker 7: but like, I actually believe Nick, and he's kind of
• 28:31
  Speaker 7: put in into play through his actions that he believes it.
• 28:35
  Speaker 7: And so then he goes in. He shoves against the
• 28:37
  Speaker 7: Dodgers and they're like, hey, we got this guy. You're
• 28:39
  Speaker 7: going to the bullpen, and he's like, all right, cool,
• 28:42
  Speaker 7: And that's just Nick. He's a he's a really really
• 28:47
  Speaker 7: good teammate. You know, you talk to people and they
• 28:49
  Speaker 7: just says off the charts, so you know. And then
• 28:54
  Speaker 7: that also means that if Hunter Green, who threw a
• 28:56
  Speaker 7: rehab start yesterday for Louisville, back pretty soon, you also
• 29:03
  Speaker 7: added to the bullpen Chase Burns, and I mean Chase
• 29:09
  Speaker 7: Burns as a starter. He's got some time to like,
• 29:12
  Speaker 7: really he needs to work on that third pitch. But
• 29:15
  Speaker 7: if he's coming out of the bullpen fastball slider and
• 29:20
  Speaker 7: this one hundred mile per hour fastball is probably his
• 29:22
  Speaker 7: second best pitch, you got something there. So you added
• 29:26
  Speaker 7: to your bullpen there as well. And that again is
• 29:30
  Speaker 7: all if everything goes as planned. But They're basically what
• 29:35
  Speaker 7: they saw was the price was out there that look
• 29:38
  Speaker 7: at what people paid for dominant relievers, and for them,
• 29:44
  Speaker 7: they may have two guys that they add to their
• 29:48
  Speaker 7: bullpen that weren't in the bullpen before that are real
• 29:51
  Speaker 7: difference makers. And then Anamar crushes lefties. You know, last
• 29:56
  Speaker 7: three years, I think he's third in ops against left
• 29:59
  Speaker 7: handers people with at least one hundred played appearances, and
• 30:02
  Speaker 7: it was behind like Judge and I forgot who else,
• 30:05
  Speaker 7: but Judge is pretty good. All right.
• 30:08
  Speaker 6: I just want to know the simple answer to this question.
• 30:11
  Speaker 6: Can they make the playoffs? They're what four games out
• 30:13
  Speaker 6: of a wildcard right now, and they got some tough
• 30:16
  Speaker 6: They got some tough teams coming up. They got the Cubs,
• 30:19
  Speaker 6: the Phillies, the Brewers, the Dodgers. I mean they have
• 30:23
  Speaker 6: a Blue Jays, the Mets, the Padres. This is not
• 30:26
  Speaker 6: an easy schedule that they have down the stretch. Can
• 30:28
  Speaker 6: this team do this and make the playoffs?
• 30:32
  Speaker 7: I think they can. I'm not gonna bet on it,
• 30:34
  Speaker 7: but you know, you look at the stretch they just
• 30:36
  Speaker 7: finished was pretty tough too. You know, you had the Dodgers,
• 30:40
  Speaker 7: You're in New York against the Yankees. You've had some
• 30:45
  Speaker 7: good teams, so I think there's quite a bit things
• 30:48
  Speaker 7: have to go right. There's there's no question. I don't
• 30:51
  Speaker 7: see them as a favorite to go to the playoffs.
• 30:53
  Speaker 7: But they do also have, you know, some teams they
• 30:59
  Speaker 7: haven't played coming up, and that the Pirates and the
• 31:02
  Speaker 7: Cardinals and and you just see all these other teams
• 31:05
  Speaker 7: kind of falling off and it'll be interesting. And San
• 31:09
  Speaker 7: Diego is always a weird team. We'll see what happens there.
• 31:13
  Speaker 7: You know, on paper, you always love them, and then
• 31:16
  Speaker 7: something can happen, so it'll be interesting. And that's that
• 31:19
  Speaker 7: one team that they're really fighting for that third spot
• 31:23
  Speaker 7: right now? Who are holding third spot? I you know,
• 31:27
  Speaker 7: I've seen five games be made up and lost pretty quickly,
• 31:30
  Speaker 7: so over two months. I think they can. I'm not
• 31:34
  Speaker 7: sure I think they will, but I think they can.
• 31:37
  Speaker 6: Okay, who's about to they take though? That's my question?
• 31:40
  Speaker 6: Because Brewers, Padres, Dodgers.
• 31:47
  Speaker 7: I mean, yeah, they're all by. I mean who do
• 31:50
  Speaker 7: we think? I don't know, Like here's the thing.
• 31:55
  Speaker 6: You think they're better than you just say they're better
• 31:59
  Speaker 6: than the Mets.
• 31:59
  Speaker 7: Did I I think they have a better rotation than
• 32:02
  Speaker 7: the Mets, okay, And I think they they might have
• 32:06
  Speaker 7: a better rotation than a lot of those teams. Most
• 32:10
  Speaker 7: of those teams, okay, And if you got to pitch,
• 32:13
  Speaker 7: if you gotta if you've got a rotation, you got
• 32:15
  Speaker 7: a chance. Like No, I don't think that they're better
• 32:20
  Speaker 7: than any of those teams. I think all those teams
• 32:22
  Speaker 7: are better. But I mean, the best team doesn't always win.
• 32:25
  Speaker 7: I mean, hell, the Arizona Diamondbacks. The Reds just barely
• 32:30
  Speaker 7: missed out to them in the playoffs two years ago,
• 32:32
  Speaker 7: and they go to the World Series, you know, like
• 32:36
  Speaker 7: it can happen, and I just don't. But I don't see.
• 32:39
  Speaker 7: I didn't see a move out there that erased all
• 32:43
  Speaker 7: that doubt in one fell swoop, you know, if they're
• 32:48
  Speaker 7: looking for bats. I mean, I think we could see
• 32:50
  Speaker 7: South Stewart sometime this year. And I'm a big believer
• 32:53
  Speaker 7: in South Stewart. Uh So, you've got some some guys
• 32:58
  Speaker 7: you got to cut and you just gotta play. You
• 33:00
  Speaker 7: also have Tito, and Tino's done this with teams with
• 33:04
  Speaker 7: more and less talent and every kind of different team
• 33:07
  Speaker 7: that there is. I give some credence to the Tito magic.
• 33:13
  Speaker 2: Real quick se Trent. I like south Stewart too. I
• 33:16
  Speaker 2: like the bat. Where's he playing, He's in the lineup,
• 33:22
  Speaker 2: that's where he plays.
• 33:26
  Speaker 7: He was a third baseman, but like I don't know,
• 33:27
  Speaker 7: there was questions whether you would stay at third anyway,
• 33:30
  Speaker 7: maybe second, Maybe he can play. We've I've seen a
• 33:34
  Speaker 7: lot of people in left field. A great American ballpark,
• 33:38
  Speaker 7: you can I mean, let's let's let's be real with this.
• 33:44
  Speaker 7: This ballpark actually helps your outfielders because it's either in
• 33:49
  Speaker 7: front of you or it's in the stands. So I
• 33:54
  Speaker 7: think there's there's a play. He's athletic enough. He's been
• 33:57
  Speaker 7: playing second base as well. I'm sure you can play
• 34:00
  Speaker 7: first base, left field. Uh. There's also a designated hitter
• 34:04
  Speaker 7: in the National League now, which is helpful.
• 34:07
  Speaker 1: So yeah, that's plenty of positions. They'll find a spot.
• 34:11
  Speaker 1: That's that's good stuff. Well, see Trent. Good catching up
• 34:14
  Speaker 1: with you.
• 34:17
  Speaker 6: We're in the Georgia. How when you play Old Miss
• 34:19
  Speaker 6: where Lance went to in Florida back to back, well
• 34:22
  Speaker 6: not back to back weeks, but two weeks in a row.
• 34:23
  Speaker 6: So I give you credit for having some guts to
• 34:26
  Speaker 6: wear that ugly hat.
• 34:28
  Speaker 7: I'm more worried about Lance's squad than yours.
• 34:31
  Speaker 6: Oh I liked it.
• 34:36
  Speaker 2: A basketball school.
• 34:39
  Speaker 6: Yeah, you guys enjoyed enjoying Mike White.
• 34:41
  Speaker 7: They got that basketball money now, yeah, exactly. That's we
• 34:46
  Speaker 7: just care about. Like football, like anything else, is just
• 34:50
  Speaker 7: for losers to talk about. It's like, yeah, oh yeah, Kentucky,
• 34:53
  Speaker 7: you can have it. That's fine. I see basketball. Come on.
• 35:00
  Speaker 7: National championships. Yeah. Oh you know what's really cool winning
• 35:06
  Speaker 7: back to back championships in football.
• 35:10
  Speaker 6: Yeah, Florida did that in basketball and had football at
• 35:12
  Speaker 6: the same time. So beat a tread.
• 35:15
  Speaker 7: Yeah that's long ago. You're living in the past again.
• 35:17
  Speaker 7: H a, it is there, it is Georgia.
• 35:23
  Speaker 2: Yeah, nobody's more excited, like that would have landed.
• 35:27
  Speaker 7: If it were if I were still in school. When
• 35:29
  Speaker 7: I was in school in Florida, picked our butts every year.
• 35:32
  Speaker 7: But get know, when was the last time Florida won
• 35:36
  Speaker 7: national championship?
• 35:38
  Speaker 6: They beat on miss last year and they won one
• 35:39
  Speaker 6: in March or April. April.
• 35:43
  Speaker 7: Man, that's that's huge. Okay, never mind, you're wrong, that's
• 35:47
  Speaker 7: the recruiting pitch.
• 35:50
  Speaker 2: Track. Can stop. We'll catch you soon, okay.
• 35:53
  Speaker 4: See guys,