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  Speaker 1: Welcome back in a GM territory, everybody. The MLB Draft
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  Speaker 1: is officially over. We're heading into the All Star breaks, Doon,
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  Speaker 1: all thirty teams. They're starting to turn their attention to
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  Speaker 1: that trade deadline. And what's really crazy is that we
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  Speaker 1: really only have like six legit sellers right now. So Jim,
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  Speaker 1: let's talk about them. Let's start in the National League.
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  Speaker 1: I want to start with the San Francisco Giants. What
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  Speaker 1: are your thoughts about this list to players and who
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  Speaker 1: they could sell?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think the first four names on this list
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  Speaker 2: are probably the most likely that get traded.
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  Speaker 3: Here.
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  Speaker 2: Robbie Ray is going to be a free agent at
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  Speaker 2: the end of the year, and right now it looks
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  Speaker 2: like he may be one of the best starting pitchers
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  Speaker 2: that is going to be available with the trade deadline.
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  Speaker 2: And look, because there's only say five or six sellers
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  Speaker 2: as of today, you know, someone like Robbie Ray, they're
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  Speaker 2: going to probably get a really good return, which they
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  Speaker 2: wouldn't be getting if guys like Trek Scoogle and Joe
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  Speaker 2: Ryan were available, but they're not as of now because
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  Speaker 2: their teams are in the race. Even Sunny Gray is
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  Speaker 2: not available. The Red Sox today because they're in a race.
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  Speaker 2: So I think when you look at the Giants, Robbie
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  Speaker 2: Ray is a guy that a lot of teams looking
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  Speaker 2: for a starting pitcher will be chasing, after teams like
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  Speaker 2: the Baltimore Orioles, the Chicago Cubs, the Atlanta Braves, So
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  Speaker 2: I think he gets moved. Todd Madley's a veteran guy.
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  Speaker 2: If you're looking for a back of the rotation starter,
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  Speaker 2: he could be that guy. Lewis Rise is an interesting
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  Speaker 2: player on that list as well. Can play first, can
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  Speaker 2: play second, has really improved defensively this year. Not a
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  Speaker 2: lot of power speed, but he gets on base and
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  Speaker 2: hits for a high average and creates traffic. So I
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  Speaker 2: think those are probably the most likely guys that a
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  Speaker 2: lot of people have mentioned the names of Rafael Devers
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  Speaker 2: and Willia Damas and Matt Chapman. The more I talk
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  Speaker 2: to gms throughout baseball, I think it's highly unlikely that
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  Speaker 2: any of them get moved at this point.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, you mentioned a couple names there that really sparked
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  Speaker 1: my interests, like Louisa Rise, Like, who wouldn't want this guy?
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  Speaker 1: I mean, he has won multiple batting titles and like
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  Speaker 1: you said, he just gets on base. So I think
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  Speaker 1: if you're in any kind of contention, you should try
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  Speaker 1: to put an offer in for this guy.
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  Speaker 2: Now, look, we know he's going to be a ring,
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  Speaker 2: but it's a matter of where does he play, right?
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  Speaker 2: I Mean the interesting part is there's not a lot
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  Speaker 2: of contending teams that are looking for a second basement, right,
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  Speaker 2: A lot of teams aren't looking for a DH and
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  Speaker 2: so you have to kind of look at, Okay, where
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  Speaker 2: could he fit? And I think that's what's kind of interesting,
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  Speaker 2: is you know, yeah, I mean I could see there
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  Speaker 2: are teams that need some more offense, but most of
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  Speaker 2: the teams that need it have those positions filled. And again,
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  Speaker 2: there's not power, there's not speed, there's value. So I
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  Speaker 2: agree with you there's a spot for him somewhere. But interestingly,
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  Speaker 2: when you kind of break down all the contending teams,
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  Speaker 2: there's not a lot of teams that need a player
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  Speaker 2: like Lewis Arrise, although I do think he can help
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  Speaker 2: a contending team absolutely.
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  Speaker 1: All right, Jim, let's now move on to the New
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  Speaker 1: York Mets. Oh sorry, I'm that Mets. I've been tending
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  Speaker 1: to do that a lot. We've got a pretty big
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  Speaker 1: laundry list of names here sticks out to you on
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  Speaker 1: this list.
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  Speaker 2: Well, Freddy Peralta obviously is the guy that you would
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  Speaker 2: think he's going to be a free agent, would have
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  Speaker 2: the most trade value, but he hasn't pitch well. He
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  Speaker 2: hasn't pitch well in quite some time, and I think
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  Speaker 2: for them to get the value back that they want,
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  Speaker 2: he needs to have a really good two or three
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  Speaker 2: starts right after the trade deadline, and I think a
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  Speaker 2: lot of teams will be scouting him. Clay Holmes is
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  Speaker 2: coming off the injured list. He was their best starter
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  Speaker 2: when he went on the il. Although he does want
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  Speaker 2: to sign a long term deal with the Mets, and
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  Speaker 2: so you know, the Mets that may end up keeping
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  Speaker 2: him by signing him. But he's a guy that I
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  Speaker 2: think contending teams will look at, but I think the
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  Speaker 2: most value at the trade market. They are going to
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  Speaker 2: be the next four names after them, Luke Weaver, Roscer, Brazabon, Brooks, Rali,
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  Speaker 2: and aj Minter. There are so many contending teams that
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  Speaker 2: need bullpen help that are going to be chasing bullpen help.
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  Speaker 2: That is where the Mets can win this trade deadline.
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  Speaker 2: Focus on those four relievers. Get as many top prospects
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  Speaker 2: as you can to rebuild. There's no question in the
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  Speaker 2: Mets should be selling. And I think those four relief
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  Speaker 2: pitchers are probably the most trade value they're going to
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  Speaker 2: have at the trade deadline.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and I think you know, if you're the New
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  Speaker 1: York Mets too, in this position, there are so many
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  Speaker 1: teams that could be considered buyers, right, Like we just said,
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  Speaker 1: there's like the legit six sellers team wise, and it's like,
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  Speaker 1: I can't remember a year at this point where I'm
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  Speaker 1: thinking there's only six sellers. So the value I think
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  Speaker 1: the Mets could get back, especially for you know, the
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  Speaker 1: relievers you just named, like aj Minter bringing a left
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  Speaker 1: hand arm out of the bullpen. Look, he has a
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  Speaker 1: point five to five whip since returning May twenty six,
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  Speaker 1: and then you mentioned Brooks Raley. You know they have
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  Speaker 1: those arms in the pen to where I think they
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  Speaker 1: could be getting a lot more value back this year
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  Speaker 1: compared to you know, years in the past.
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  Speaker 1: All right, Jim, let's now move on to a team
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  Speaker 1: in the National League Central, probably the only team that
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  Speaker 1: it's selling in this division, the Cincinnati Reds. So we
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  Speaker 1: got four names on this list. Who do you think
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  Speaker 1: has the most trade value right now?
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  Speaker 2: Oh, that's Spencer Steer for sure. You know he's got
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  Speaker 2: what fourteen or fifteen home runs, He's got the power,
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  Speaker 2: He's got positional flexibility. He can play first, third, left.
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  Speaker 2: I think that helps. There's a lot of teams that
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  Speaker 2: are out there looking for right hand here and looking
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  Speaker 2: for some power. I think he would fit nicely with
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  Speaker 2: a team like the Toronto Blue Jays. I think that's
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  Speaker 2: a really good spot for him. I think the Cleveland
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  Speaker 2: Guardians would be a good spot. Look, none of these
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  Speaker 2: names really moved the needle. Eohannio Suarez has not lived
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  Speaker 2: up to the expectations when they signed on. Brady Singer's
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  Speaker 2: more of a back of the rotation starter. I do
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  Speaker 2: like Stevenson. If someone's looking for a backup catcher, perhaps
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  Speaker 2: there's a fit there with the New York Yankees as
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  Speaker 2: a possibility, I don't know, but I would tell you
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  Speaker 2: of the names that are there. If the Reds do sell,
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  Speaker 2: and I have not heard their selling yet, but I
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  Speaker 2: think they probably should based on the fact they're in
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  Speaker 2: last place and based on how many games under five
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  Speaker 2: hundred they are. I do think Spencer Steer is the
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  Speaker 2: one trade asset they have where they could get a
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  Speaker 2: really solid return. So that's something to watch.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I like your take on Spencer's steer. Another thing
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  Speaker 1: that makes them so valuable is he can really play anywhere.
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  Speaker 1: We've seen him play first base, we've seen him play
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  Speaker 1: on the left side of the enfield, but we've seen
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  Speaker 1: him play all three positions in the outfield if needed.
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  Speaker 1: That makes you a very valuable asset. And you know,
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  Speaker 1: I think I agree with you. You know, I think this
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  Speaker 1: team should be selling, even though we've heard they're probably
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  Speaker 1: not selling yet. I want to ask you a follow
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  Speaker 1: up to the Cincinnati Reds. When you have guys like
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  Speaker 1: an Andrew Rabbit or Nick Lodolo, especially Andrew Abbit, he's
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  Speaker 1: been pitching a lot better in recent starts. That left
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  Speaker 1: handed starting pitching help you know someone that can be
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  Speaker 1: you know, three four in that rotation for a contending team.
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  Speaker 1: I feel like the Reds could get a lot more
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  Speaker 1: value back for him this year than in years past,
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  Speaker 1: where there's so much more parody. In the twenty twenty
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  Speaker 1: sixth season, What are your thoughts on Andrew Rabbit?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I like Andrew Rabbit a lot. I like Lodolo
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  Speaker 2: a lot. You know, the best part to me about
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  Speaker 2: the Reds organization right now going forward is the four
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  Speaker 2: man rotation at the top. Right, you have a true,
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  Speaker 2: you have two true aces if they're healthy, and Chase
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  Speaker 2: Burns and Hunter Green, and then you've got Andrew Rabbit
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  Speaker 2: Nick Lodola. As you're three and four STARTERSRT Louder when
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  Speaker 2: he's healthy, there's another good arm and I think, you know,
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  Speaker 2: that's the best part of this team. And then of
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  Speaker 2: course you have two impact young players in La Daily
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  Speaker 2: Cruz and Sal Stewart to build around. So to me,
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  Speaker 2: that's the nucleus of what you're trying to do, so
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  Speaker 2: really not interesting. I would listen on all players. I
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  Speaker 2: think that's part of your responsibility as a general manager,
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  Speaker 2: but I would be building around those guys rather than
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  Speaker 2: shopping those guys at the deadline. Now teams will be
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  Speaker 2: calling for them because there's too many teams that need
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  Speaker 2: starting pitching. And I think when you look at the
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  Speaker 2: Cincinnati Reds position player group, they need more offense, they
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  Speaker 2: need better defense. You know, if some team came calling,
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  Speaker 2: like the Seattle Mariners and there was a match, or
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  Speaker 2: the Baltimore Oorials and there was a match, you know,
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  Speaker 2: I would be open minded in those kind of scenarios.
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  Speaker 2: But I think in general, those are the players that
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  Speaker 2: the res need to build around. Rather than shop at
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  Speaker 2: the trade deadline.
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  Speaker 1: All righty Jim, Let's move on to now our last
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  Speaker 1: team in the National League, the Colorado Rockies. They've got
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  Speaker 1: a pretty big list here, and honestly, a lot of
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  Speaker 1: these players I'm seeing have kind of outperformed, especially with
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  Speaker 1: Mickey Moniac and Jake McCarthy, who has the most value
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  Speaker 1: on this list.
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  Speaker 2: There's not much value there for me. I mean, the
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  Speaker 2: two guys I think that I would identify if I
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  Speaker 2: was a contending team is Antonio Senzatel and Seth Alberson.
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  Speaker 2: If I was looking for bullpen relief help. Those are
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  Speaker 2: two guys that I think are definitely pluses in a
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  Speaker 2: pen getting them out of corse Field. Senstel has done
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  Speaker 2: a good job of going from the rotation to the pen.
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  Speaker 2: He's made those adjustments well. Halverson's always had a good arm.
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  Speaker 2: I think he would do better outside of corps as well.
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  Speaker 2: But you know, Lorenzen and Cantanna to me, you know,
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  Speaker 2: Cantanna has been heard. Lorenzen's, you know, a back of
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  Speaker 2: the rotation law reliever type guy. Moniac I don't like
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  Speaker 2: the splits out outside of course Field. He's got some power,
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  Speaker 2: but he's also been on a few teams now, Angels, Phillies,
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  Speaker 2: Jake McCarthy. I like the speed, but again he's more
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  Speaker 2: of a fourth or fifth outfielder for me. So you know,
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  Speaker 2: that's the problem with the Rockies. They really don't have
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  Speaker 2: a lot to sell up the deadline outside of a
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  Speaker 2: couple of Earlague pitchers. And that tells you what this
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  Speaker 2: deadline is. I mean, it's kind of fascinating. So why
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  Speaker 2: don't we shift years now, let's go for the American League.
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  Speaker 1: Wait wait, wait, wait, wait, Jim, Before we jump into
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  Speaker 1: right back to talk about the American League sellers.
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  Speaker 2: really than the National leagues. Let's start with the Kansas
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  Speaker 2: City Royals. They've got some intriguing names at the top
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  Speaker 2: of this list, and Michael walk is an All Star,
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  Speaker 2: but he's thirty five years old. Zetlu Goo back of
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  Speaker 2: the rotation starter, but he's thirty six year old. Now,
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  Speaker 2: both of these guys are controllable through next year, so
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  Speaker 2: they're not free agents at the end of the year.
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  Speaker 2: And the Royals are twenty games under five hundred in
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  Speaker 2: last place, and so you know, if they trade these pitchers,
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  Speaker 2: what's going to happen to their record after this and
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  Speaker 2: how are they going to replace him in their rotation?
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  Speaker 2: Not just for the end of this year, but what
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  Speaker 2: are they going to do next year. That being said,
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  Speaker 2: because the trade market is so thin with no schoobl
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  Speaker 2: and no Ryan and Peralta not pitching, well, there's just
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  Speaker 2: not a lot of starting pitching available. You know, the
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  Speaker 2: Royals have to listen on Waka. They have to listen
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  Speaker 2: on Logo because when they're ready to win, they're not
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  Speaker 2: going to be there anyway. Their trade value probably going
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  Speaker 2: to be the highest it's ever going to be is
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  Speaker 2: right now. So as much as I think they would
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  Speaker 2: miss them, I think they have to listen, and especially
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  Speaker 2: on Michael Waka. I think that is the best trade
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  Speaker 2: asset that they have on this team. And I think
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  Speaker 2: they've got to listen when someone comes calling because they
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  Speaker 2: can ask for ransoms, they can ask for a haul
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  Speaker 2: because the team getting him isn't just gettinghim for this year.
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  Speaker 2: You're getting him for a year and a half. So
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  Speaker 2: that's going to be the most interesting name. I like
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  Speaker 2: Lucas erseag as a relief pitcher for teams looking for depth.
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  Speaker 2: And you had a couple of feelos on that list
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  Speaker 2: right there, Lank Thomas Darling Marte. Both are free agents
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  Speaker 2: at the end of the year, and certainly as fourth
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  Speaker 2: outfielder types against left handed pitching with so many teams
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  Speaker 2: needing right handed bats, I think both of them could
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  Speaker 2: be movable the deadline. So interesting names there.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I like your take on Michael Waka for sure.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I feel like he's quietly been their best starter.
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  Speaker 1: He leads the American League and innings pitched. You know,
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  Speaker 1: he's has a pretty low ERA under three to five,
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  Speaker 1: and he's, like you said, he's signed through twenty twenty
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  Speaker 1: seven with a twenty eight option, so he is not
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  Speaker 1: a rental. And then you know, we talk about a
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  Speaker 1: guy like Seth Lugo. Obviously this is a down year
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  Speaker 1: for him, but he is not a rental. And you know,
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  Speaker 1: I know we've had conversations about seeing Seth Lugo and
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  Speaker 1: with the athletics, you know, getting a veteran pitcher in
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  Speaker 1: a system with a lot of young guys. I kind
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  Speaker 1: of like that play. So a lot of good names
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  Speaker 1: on this list, you know, I'm looking forward to seeing,
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  Speaker 1: you know what this team does. So why don't we
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  Speaker 1: move on now to another American League team, the Los
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  Speaker 1: Angeles Angels.
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  Speaker 2: They have yes, go ahead, Yeah, So they have new
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  Speaker 2: leadership under John Moselac, and under the previous regime led
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  Speaker 2: by gim Perrymanassian. You know, he made it clear that
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  Speaker 2: he did not believe that ownership would allow him to
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  Speaker 2: trade Jose Soriano, Reed Debtner's or Joe Adell. However, we
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  Speaker 2: believe that the change in the administration with John Moseylac
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  Speaker 2: taking over, that he will be able to sit there
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  Speaker 2: and talk to the team president Molly Jolly, and talk
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  Speaker 2: to the owner Artie Moreno, and maybe convince them. Maybe
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  Speaker 2: he won't be allowed to trade both Soriano and Debtner's,
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  Speaker 2: but perhaps he'll be allowed to trade one same thing
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  Speaker 2: with Joe Adell. I'm not sure he would have been
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  Speaker 2: traded from the previous administration, but How are the Angels
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  Speaker 2: going to to get better? How are they going to rebuild?
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  Speaker 2: You have to turn these assets into two or three players.
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  Speaker 2: If you could trade Soriano for three players, Debt Meer's
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  Speaker 2: for three players, a Dell for two players, and get
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  Speaker 2: eight for three, that's how you rebuild. Outside of the draft,
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  Speaker 2: the international signings are writing checkbook baseball in the offseason
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  Speaker 2: a free agency, you got to do it through trade.
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  Speaker 2: So look, I think John Mozelak is going to take
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  Speaker 2: advantage of this seller's market, and I think he will
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  Speaker 2: bring the trade proposals to ownership and then we'll see
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  Speaker 2: what the owner says. You know, there's no promise that
• 15:33
  Speaker 2: Ardi Moreno is going to improve the trade proposals that
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  Speaker 2: John Mozelock recommends. But for the Angels to get better,
• 15:39
  Speaker 2: they need to take advantage of this trade deadline, right.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, you've got two starters you can trade. You know,
• 15:45
  Speaker 2: you've got the Giants at Robbie Ray, You've got two
• 15:47
  Speaker 2: who else is going to be out there and going
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  Speaker 2: to be available? You know, the Tigers probably aren't going
• 15:53
  Speaker 2: to sell on Trek Scoble if they if they stay
• 15:55
  Speaker 2: in contention like they are right now, the Red Sox
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  Speaker 2: got red hot that took Sonny Gray in a world
• 16:00
  Speaker 2: Chapman off the market. So I think if you're the Angels,
• 16:03
  Speaker 2: you have to take this opportunity of adding two starting pitchers,
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  Speaker 2: and if you could turn that into six really good
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  Speaker 2: prospects that are close to the big leagues, that's going
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  Speaker 2: to give your best shot of turning this franchise around.
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  Speaker 2: So I think they're going to be a fascinating team
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  Speaker 2: to watch at the deadline. You know, we don't know
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  Speaker 2: what the owner already Marino, or the president Molly Jolly,
• 16:22
  Speaker 2: are going to approve or not approve, but we do
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  Speaker 2: know that John Mozelok will at least be aggressive and
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  Speaker 2: bring ideas forward to the people that he's working for.
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  Speaker 2: So they're going to be an interesting team to watch.
• 16:32
  Speaker 1: Trip Yeah, I agree. And with Jose Soriano and Read
• 16:37
  Speaker 1: Debt Meers, those are two super valuable pieces, especially when
• 16:40
  Speaker 1: it comes to starting pitching in this league. Jose Soriano
• 16:43
  Speaker 1: already has over one hundred strikeouts, and you know he's
• 16:46
  Speaker 1: controllable through twenty twenty eight. And then read Debt Mers,
• 16:49
  Speaker 1: you know he's controlled through twenty twenty eight. So these
• 16:52
  Speaker 1: aren't just rentals. And read debt meers. By the way,
• 16:55
  Speaker 1: you know, his last seven starts, he has a score
• 16:59
  Speaker 1: geeing like two five era.
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  Speaker 2: You know his value is.
• 17:04
  Speaker 1: We're going up. So I really hope the Angels decide
• 17:07
  Speaker 1: to move these two starting pitchers bring the value back.
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  Speaker 1: I hope that they're able to move a Dell as
• 17:13
  Speaker 1: well and hopefully start rebuilding this from the ground up
• 17:16
  Speaker 1: for sure.
• 17:17
  Speaker 2: Okay, yeah, so now let's shift gears. Instead of talking
• 17:20
  Speaker 2: about sellers, let's talk about who could be the most
• 17:23
  Speaker 2: aggressive buyers. Okay, let's start in the National League. You know,
• 17:27
  Speaker 2: you look at the Dodgers. I don't expect them to
• 17:29
  Speaker 2: be aggressive buyers. Why because they built their team in
• 17:32
  Speaker 2: the off season with so much depth so they wouldn't
• 17:35
  Speaker 2: have to overpay for trades at the deadline. That was
• 17:38
  Speaker 2: their plan and that's been carried out. They're gonna get
• 17:40
  Speaker 2: Edwin Diaz back to help the bullpen. Just getting healthy
• 17:44
  Speaker 2: is what they need to do.
• 17:45
  Speaker 1: Now.
• 17:45
  Speaker 2: They may make a small trade, but I don't expect
• 17:47
  Speaker 2: them to be aggressive. Now in the same division, you
• 17:49
  Speaker 2: look at the Padres and Diamondbacks. They're so far back
• 17:52
  Speaker 2: they're not going to catch the Dodgers. Not in the
• 17:54
  Speaker 2: Division and there's no promise they can even make a
• 17:57
  Speaker 2: wild card, so I don't think either one of those
• 17:59
  Speaker 2: teams going to be aggressive. So when I look at
• 18:02
  Speaker 2: potential aggressive teams in the Nationalink, I'm looking at the
• 18:06
  Speaker 2: Miami Marlins, who really could use one more bat, preferably
• 18:10
  Speaker 2: at third base, maybe a bullpen arm, maybe a starter.
• 18:13
  Speaker 2: I expect them to be aggressive. I think the Braves
• 18:16
  Speaker 2: and their president GM Alex Anthopolis is going to be
• 18:19
  Speaker 2: very aggressive trying to get starting pitching, so that I
• 18:23
  Speaker 2: think those are two teams to watch, And then I
• 18:25
  Speaker 2: think the Cubs need to be aggressive. I'm not sure
• 18:28
  Speaker 2: it depends how close they get to Milwaukee. But with
• 18:31
  Speaker 2: the injuries that have occurred in the last week to
• 18:34
  Speaker 2: the Brewers' rotation, Brandon Woodriff has gone down with a showler,
• 18:37
  Speaker 2: Jikob Miserasky's going to now miss the All Star Game
• 18:40
  Speaker 2: because he's a little bit sore. Kyle Harrison just wan
• 18:43
  Speaker 2: on the injured list. I could see the Cubs and
• 18:45
  Speaker 2: Brewers being aggressive at the deadline now as well. So
• 18:48
  Speaker 2: maybe the most aggressive teams are going to be the
• 18:51
  Speaker 2: Braves and the Marlins and the Milwaukee Brewers and the Cubs,
• 18:55
  Speaker 2: those four in the nationallygue going over to the American League.
• 18:59
  Speaker 2: I think it's going to be fun because all of
• 19:00
  Speaker 2: a sudden, the Red Sox and Oriols are right there
• 19:03
  Speaker 2: and striking distance for the wildcard team. Craig Brezlo, the
• 19:07
  Speaker 2: GM of the Red Sox, has been looking for offense.
• 19:09
  Speaker 2: I think he'll be aggressive trying to get a bat
• 19:11
  Speaker 2: or two. I think the Orioles are going to be aggressive,
• 19:14
  Speaker 2: trying to get a starting pitcher. Brian Cashman's always aggressive.
• 19:18
  Speaker 2: I think the Yankees might. The Yankees and Rays might.
• 19:21
  Speaker 2: Both those teams might go big if they get the
• 19:24
  Speaker 2: opportunity to. I think in Chris Getz with the Chicago
• 19:28
  Speaker 2: White Sox is looking for starting pitching. I bet he's aggressive.
• 19:31
  Speaker 2: The Guardians would like to get another bat. The Maritters
• 19:33
  Speaker 2: are looking for a reliever and are writing in the
• 19:36
  Speaker 2: back as they struggle against left handed pitching. So I
• 19:38
  Speaker 2: think you're going to see more American League teams being
• 19:41
  Speaker 2: aggressive overall than the National League. But this is a
• 19:45
  Speaker 2: no doubt a seller's market, and the one thing I
• 19:48
  Speaker 2: will add, based on my conversations with the GMS over
• 19:52
  Speaker 2: the past couple of weeks, we may see more buyer
• 19:55
  Speaker 2: to buyer trades contending team to contending team trades than
• 19:59
  Speaker 2: we do sellers the buyers trades. And I think we
• 20:02
  Speaker 2: just showed everybody. Why.
• 20:04
  Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely a lot of good insight there. And you
• 20:07
  Speaker 1: know you're mentioning a lot of teams in the American
• 20:09
  Speaker 1: League and I absolutely agree with you.
• 20:11
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 20:11
  Speaker 1: I think of the Texas Rangers as a sneaky one
• 20:14
  Speaker 1: as well. You know, they're at the top of the
• 20:15
  Speaker 1: division right now, and that's a team. I know we
• 20:18
  Speaker 1: talked about Luisa Rise. I like that fit personally in
• 20:22
  Speaker 1: that ballpark. But that's just my opinion. It'd be really
• 20:25
  Speaker 1: cool if that works out, all right, everybody, Well, hey,
• 20:28
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