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September Power Rankings, Brent Suter joins FT, Joe Mack joins FOF, Alec Bohm-parents lawsuit settled · Foul Territory

• 0:03
  Speaker 1: It's back. Friday Power Rankings before Labor Day weekend. Todd, father,
• 0:08
  Speaker 1: are you mentally prepared for this?
• 0:11
  Speaker 2: Yes and no. Yes and no.
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  Speaker 3: Okay.
• 0:14
  Speaker 1: Well, treat this like you're sitting on the couch during
• 0:17
  Speaker 1: a therapy session and tell me what you felt good about,
• 0:20
  Speaker 1: what you didn't feel good about.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: One deep breath in.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah.
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  Speaker 6: Right.
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  Speaker 1: You can do this with your eyes closed if you
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  Speaker 1: memorize the list, but if not, you can.
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  Speaker 2: Open them up.
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  Speaker 1: Just give me the deep breath in deep breath out
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  Speaker 1: get ready for people to throw absolute poison at you
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  Speaker 1: in the comments and tell me what you have one
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  Speaker 1: through ten.
• 0:43
  Speaker 7: All right i gotta go back into my list here
• 0:45
  Speaker 7: all right there she is i like the colors here
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  Speaker 7: this is pretty cool so i am going brewers number
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  Speaker 7: one uh you can see it on the screen right
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  Speaker 7: or wrong no not yet okay it will be up
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  Speaker 7: there at some point Yeah, so I'm going to go
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  Speaker 7: Brewers at number one. I think they deserve that spot.
• 1:02
  Speaker 7: They've had a fantastic year. I don't care where the
• 1:05
  Speaker 7: Dodgers are at. They're going to be number two for
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  Speaker 7: sure just because of their prowess and what they've been
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  Speaker 7: doing throughout these last couple years and who they have
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  Speaker 7: on the team. I'm going four straight National League Braves
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  Speaker 7: and then Phillies. Everybody's like, oh, why the Phillies? Well,
• 1:21
  Speaker 7: the Phillies are a really good team. They're right there.
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  Speaker 7: They're right where they need to be. Then I'm going Yankees.
• 1:26
  Speaker 7: Yankees got to figure it out just a little bit.
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  Speaker 7: They're hit or miss right now. A couple injuries are
• 1:31
  Speaker 7: barring them from being very elite. Tampa Bay, I'm going
• 1:35
  Speaker 7: right behind them just because Tampa Bay is in front.
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  Speaker 7: I still think the Yankees have a really good shot
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  Speaker 7: of winning that division. Cubs have been dominant this last
• 1:43
  Speaker 7: couple weeks, if not months. Astros right behind them. White Sox,
• 1:48
  Speaker 7: then Red Sox are my top 10 right now. Any
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  Speaker 7: problems with that, you let me know and we'll talk.
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  Speaker 8: I'm going to tweet it out right now. I'm going
• 2:00
  Speaker 8: to tweet it out. Todd, you're such a loser. What
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  Speaker 8: is your problem? My only.
• 2:09
  Speaker 1: Yeah, go ahead. Pick at it and then I'll help.
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  Speaker 8: I have a hard time believing that you have the
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  Speaker 8: Astros in the top 10. I don't think any... American
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  Speaker 8: League West team has a shot of being there. But
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  Speaker 8: I would question this. Are you a homer to the
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  Speaker 8: Rays and the Yankees? The fact that you have the
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  Speaker 8: Rays at six and the Yankees at five, even though
• 2:35
  Speaker 8: you said, ah, you know, they have some injuries. Did
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  Speaker 8: you want to put the Yankees higher? Because the Rays
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  Speaker 8: are winning this division. You wanted to.
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  Speaker 3: That's a little homer.
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  Speaker 2: I wanted to, but I'm being truthful.
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  Speaker 8: That's who I need you to be.
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  Speaker 7: When the Yankees are healthy, I think they're top three.
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  Speaker 7: But they're not. There's no Aaron Judge. They're losing against
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  Speaker 7: teams that they should be dominating against. You know, there's
• 3:06
  Speaker 7: some guys that aren't playing to their capabilities. So, yeah, no,
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  Speaker 7: I still think they're top five for sure. But, you know,
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  Speaker 7: when everybody's there, I mean, Cam Schlittler, beast. I mean,
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  Speaker 7: how could you not? Cy Young Award, top five.
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  Speaker 2: Let's go.
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  Speaker 1: You think the Yankees are better than the Rays?
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  Speaker 2: I do.
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  Speaker 7: They might not have shown it, but I think in
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  Speaker 7: a playoff game, if they had to face off each other,
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  Speaker 7: I think the Yankees win.
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  Speaker 9: Okay.
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  Speaker 1: Kratz, do you feel the same way?
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  Speaker 9: I do.
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  Speaker 3: Okay.
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  Speaker 1: So then lay it out for us. Give us your rankings.
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  Speaker 2: Let's go, Kratz.
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  Speaker 8: My rankings are very similar. To Todd's, they're mixed around
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  Speaker 8: a little bit. I think the mixing around, I think,
• 3:51
  Speaker 8: is a little bit more important than maybe we put on.
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  Speaker 8: Because these are the playoff teams here. I don't have
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  Speaker 8: any American League West teams. I go Brewers, Dodgers, Braves, Yankees,
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  Speaker 8: then Phillies. I think the Yankees have a little bit
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  Speaker 8: of a deeper lineup, totally different type of lineup. Aaron
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  Speaker 8: Judge is going to be back. Aaron Judge is going
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  Speaker 8: to be healthy by the end of the year. So
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  Speaker 8: I think that's... That's a huge thing. I think the Phillies...
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  Speaker 8: I bumped the Phillies above the Rays because of the
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  Speaker 8: adjustment that their guys have made at the plate. We
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  Speaker 8: could go into a whole 15-minute session about the adjustment
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  Speaker 8: that that lineup has made together. And Tom McCarthy talked
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  Speaker 8: about it quite a bit, just about how they have made...
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  Speaker 8: And it's worked. It's totally worked. It looks different. We'll
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  Speaker 8: see if it plays in the playoffs or not. I
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  Speaker 8: have the Cubs after the Rays. I have the Red
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  Speaker 8: Sox as... the leader of the kind of the also-ands,
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  Speaker 8: the also-runs. I think they're the best team that's not
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  Speaker 8: winning a division, that's not the Yankees, that's not in
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  Speaker 8: a National League team. And then the Guardians. For me,
• 5:01
  Speaker 8: the Guardians not being in the top 10, to me,
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  Speaker 8: says you're not into pitching and defense. Does that pitching
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  Speaker 8: and defense play in the playoffs? I don't know. Everybody
• 5:12
  Speaker 8: says they need homers. I think they may have made
• 5:15
  Speaker 8: one of the most underrated trades if this team pushes
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  Speaker 8: deep into the playoffs with that pitching and defense, and
• 5:22
  Speaker 8: it's Joe Adele. Joe Adele, I'm not saying he's a
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  Speaker 8: ridiculous all-star type of player, but since he's gone over
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  Speaker 8: to Cleveland, I think the change of scenery has helped
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  Speaker 8: him kind of recapture a little bit of what he had,
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  Speaker 8: and he's been a very, very positive player for this
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  Speaker 8: team that they don't need to rely on his, quote,
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  Speaker 8: poor defensive metrics that he has, even though he steals
• 5:47
  Speaker 8: what four or five home runs a year. And then
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  Speaker 8: obviously I have the white socks at the end. I
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  Speaker 8: think they're probably, they're going to win. They're going to
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  Speaker 8: get that by in the first round. And I, I
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  Speaker 8: just don't believe in them to push them any closer
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  Speaker 8: or any higher up in the, in the top 10 rankings.
• 6:06
  Speaker 1: Can I ask a question to you guys? So in
• 6:10
  Speaker 1: the playoffs these days we have, three division winners, three
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  Speaker 1: wild cards, six per side, right? So 12 teams make
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  Speaker 1: the playoffs. And when we're this late in the season
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  Speaker 1: and we know who the playoff teams are, you're going
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  Speaker 1: to include the teams that are either in or very
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  Speaker 1: close to being in, right? Like the most borderline I
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  Speaker 1: think that was included on both your lists was probably
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  Speaker 1: the Guardians, right? In terms of, hey, there's a chance
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  Speaker 1: that we get to the end of the season and
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  Speaker 1: they're not in, right? So there's 12 teams. 10 of
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  Speaker 1: them are going to make the power rankings for you.
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  Speaker 1: For example, on the other side, Kratz, did you have
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  Speaker 1: any consideration for the Diamondbacks, the Padres? I know you're
• 6:54
  Speaker 1: talking about how you're thinking through things here, but if
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  Speaker 1: the National League is so much better than the American League,
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  Speaker 1: then why wouldn't you include all of the potential playoff
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  Speaker 1: teams in the NL? We're really only talking about... And
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  Speaker 1: I get it. You still probably would have had to
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  Speaker 1: make a call, right? Let's say if... I mean, you
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  Speaker 1: don't even have the Guardians on. You have the Guardians 10.
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  Speaker 1: You have the Guardians ahead of the White Sox, which
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  Speaker 1: is fine. That's your power rankings. That's your right. But
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  Speaker 1: to not have, say, the Padres or the Diamondbacks when
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  Speaker 1: one of them will likely make the playoffs is definitely
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  Speaker 1: going to bother some people.
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  Speaker 8: And I'm not going to discount that. I definitely thought
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  Speaker 8: about it. I don't think either of those teams are
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  Speaker 8: better than the Red Sox. I don't think... They are
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  Speaker 8: as competitive as the Guardians are because of that pitching
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  Speaker 8: and defense. I think there's too many flaws. I really
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  Speaker 8: thought about the Padres. I know currently as we stand,
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  Speaker 8: the Padres are a half game out behind the Diamondbacks,
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  Speaker 8: but they're going to flip-flop for the rest of the season.
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  Speaker 8: I thought about the Padres, and I would have said, okay,
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  Speaker 8: no Guardians. I would have pushed the White Sox to
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  Speaker 8: nine and put the Padres at ten. But I think
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  Speaker 8: the Guardians are better than the White Sox. I know
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  Speaker 8: I'm probably going to get ripped on that. The Guardians
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  Speaker 8: may not even make the playoffs. When I watch those
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  Speaker 8: two teams play, my opinion right now and the trajectory
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  Speaker 8: that they're going, I feel like the Guardians are a
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  Speaker 8: better team than the White Sox. I know what the
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  Speaker 8: records are, and I know the White Sox could cruise
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  Speaker 8: to that– You get the off week with missing the
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  Speaker 8: wild card, but I just couldn't put that in there
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  Speaker 8: without saying the Guardians, in my opinion, look like a
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  Speaker 8: better team.
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  Speaker 7: Also, for me, two things. I don't see the Diamondbacks
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  Speaker 7: getting in. One, in the playoffs, I don't see that.
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  Speaker 7: And two, it's the rankings right now. And I think,
• 8:51
  Speaker 7: you know, if people are looking at this, they need
• 8:53
  Speaker 7: to understand the rankings now. There's still 22 games left.
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  Speaker 7: But we're going off these power rankings as of now. Yeah,
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  Speaker 7: this is what we have. And again, I'll repeat, I
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  Speaker 7: just don't see the Diamondbacks getting into the playoffs.
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  Speaker 2: That's your team, Scotty. I know.
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  Speaker 5: I know.
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  Speaker 1: No, I mean, I'm just asking the questions. But, I mean,
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  Speaker 1: you didn't have the Padres in here. What did they
• 9:16
  Speaker 1: do to you?
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  Speaker 2: And it's not because I don't like them.
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  Speaker 3: What?
• 9:22
  Speaker 2: You texted me.
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  Speaker 1: You don't love them enough. I mean– You guys, I
• 9:26
  Speaker 1: think we all agree that the American League is not
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  Speaker 1: great this year. I think we can all agree on that, right?
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  Speaker 3: Yes.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's a bad, bad American League this year compared
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  Speaker 1: to most years. So then if I'm looking, just trying
• 9:41
  Speaker 1: to be a neutral party here, I'm like, well, how
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  Speaker 1: come you're leaving out a playoff team or two in
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  Speaker 1: the National League?
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  Speaker 8: This is the heaviest American League power rankings I think
• 9:54
  Speaker 8: I've done. I would agree with you. And I'm not sure.
• 9:57
  Speaker 8: I don't know if I'm going Kevin Pillar style here where.
• 10:00
  Speaker 8: I have a little more recency bias. I just feel
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  Speaker 8: like I feel like those two teams. I feel like
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  Speaker 8: I had to have the White Sox in, but I
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  Speaker 8: also had the feeling that the Guardians were better. And
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  Speaker 8: so that's where I pushed out the Padres, who I
• 10:17
  Speaker 8: think will get that third wild card spot. and be
• 10:20
  Speaker 8: an absolute, I mean, it could be devastating. It could
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  Speaker 8: be a menace to whoever they have to go up
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  Speaker 8: against because of how good that bullpen is.
• 10:29
  Speaker 1: So basically you're telling me you had the Padres 11
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  Speaker 1: if you could extend this. Is that fair?
• 10:34
  Speaker 8: Yes. I would honestly would have loved to, and this
• 10:36
  Speaker 8: is what I thought of sending to Claude, and she
• 10:38
  Speaker 8: would have given me the knife emoji. I would have
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  Speaker 8: loved to have gone 9A and 9B and then Padres.
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  Speaker 8: And it would have been Guardians and White Sox.
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  Speaker 2: Can't do it.
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  Speaker 4: No.
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  Speaker 8: Can't do it.
• 10:58
  Speaker 5: Mr.
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  Speaker 2: Drama. That's your name, Mr.
• 11:00
  Speaker 1: Drama.
• 11:01
  Speaker 2: Let's make more drama.
• 11:02
  Speaker 1: There's no A's and B's in power rankings. That's like
• 11:05
  Speaker 1: March Madness college hoops when a team's like, oh, it's
• 11:08
  Speaker 1: so unfair. It's like, yo, how many teams are in
• 11:10
  Speaker 1: it nowadays in March Madness? What's the number at?
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  Speaker 8: 68.
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  Speaker 5: 68?
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  Speaker 1: Hey, you didn't make the top 68? You're not in
• 11:19
  Speaker 1: the playoffs. Sorry guys.
• 11:20
  Speaker 8: Enjoy the NIT. Okay. Enjoy the NIT of my power rankings.
• 11:25
  Speaker 5: Yeah.
• 11:25
  Speaker 1: You can get ripped off at the team above you
• 11:27
  Speaker 1: made it and you feel like you didn't, but the
• 11:29
  Speaker 1: complaint ultimately has to come down to, it's not like
• 11:32
  Speaker 1: we're deciding the old BCS when there'd be like four
• 11:35
  Speaker 1: undefeated teams and you're just playing random games in football.
• 11:38
  Speaker 1: Like this is, you know, like random mind games to
• 11:41
  Speaker 1: figure out who actually deserves it.
• 11:42
  Speaker 3: But Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Top tens, top tens. So good stuff. Just challenging you guys,
• 11:47
  Speaker 1: just having a little fun, just making sure the pop
• 11:48
  Speaker 1: quiz is playing. And then also it's not just for
• 11:52
  Speaker 1: who's on the show. We definitely have to give a
• 11:54
  Speaker 1: little bit of a jab to our buddy, Kevin Pillar
• 11:57
  Speaker 1: for last time he was on.
• 11:59
  Speaker 9: I'm actually going to remove the Yankees from the list
• 12:01
  Speaker 9: and I'm going to put the Blue Jays at number
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  Speaker 9: 10 because of the recent news of some of the
• 12:07
  Speaker 9: injuries to the Yankees. And I do think they're a
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  Speaker 9: top 10 team, but I'm going to move them out
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  Speaker 9: of five and I'm going to put them towards the
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  Speaker 9: bottom of that list right now yankees are off yankees
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  Speaker 9: are off yankees are off.
• 12:22
  Speaker 1: See this is what i do i don't even participate
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  Speaker 1: anymore i just ask questions that i know my friends
• 12:28
  Speaker 1: in the comments are going to ask and next time
• 12:30
  Speaker 1: we have kp on we will make sure we do
• 12:32
  Speaker 1: another power rankings to make sure he makes up.
• 12:34
  Speaker 8: For You have to go back and look at it
• 12:36
  Speaker 8: because during that time, we got the news that Max
• 12:40
  Speaker 8: Freed was going on the IL with the same elbow
• 12:44
  Speaker 8: contusion thing that he's getting. And so KP's like, I
• 12:47
  Speaker 8: don't even know. I don't even know. They're out of
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  Speaker 8: my top 10.
• 12:52
  Speaker 3: We're like, what?
• 12:54
  Speaker 8: What, KP?
• 12:56
  Speaker 2: Can't be mad at him.
• 12:58
  Speaker 1: It's an opinion show. You can say whatever you want
• 13:00
  Speaker 1: to say. You just have to deal with the consequences.
• 13:03
  Speaker 8: Do it with your chest.
• 13:05
  Speaker 1: Yeah, we've all said things on this show that have
• 13:07
  Speaker 1: spread around and received positives, and we've said things that
• 13:10
  Speaker 1: have spread around and received vitriol.
• 13:14
  Speaker 5: Yes, all of us.
• 13:18
  Speaker 3: Call me!
• 13:19
  Speaker 1: The most common we get is vitriol that eventually turns
• 13:23
  Speaker 1: into those fans disappearing and not coming back. Not saying
• 13:28
  Speaker 1: we're always right. Not saying you guys are always right.
• 13:30
  Speaker 1: Definitely we're wrong plenty, but there is a lot of like, oops,
• 13:32
  Speaker 1: I said this. And then a year later, it looked
• 13:35
  Speaker 1: like it was exactly true.
• 13:36
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 13:37
  Speaker 1: But we're not petty at all. Hey, just an update
• 13:40
  Speaker 1: because we did cover this story a few times when
• 13:43
  Speaker 1: there was heat to it, the Alec Boehm lawsuit with
• 13:46
  Speaker 1: his parents, which is just terrible to have to deal
• 13:48
  Speaker 1: with any kind of legal happenings with your fam. That
• 13:52
  Speaker 1: one's done.
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  Speaker 2: They settled.
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  Speaker 1: You don't get any details if they don't want to
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  Speaker 1: share it. So I don't think we're going to get
• 13:58
  Speaker 1: any details, but we did get a lot of, I guess,
• 14:01
  Speaker 1: public word from the court case on what was going
• 14:03
  Speaker 1: on there and it was not pretty. So I feel
• 14:06
  Speaker 1: for Alec, you know, if what was thrown out there
• 14:09
  Speaker 1: had any truth to it, it sounded absolutely awful for
• 14:12
  Speaker 1: him to have to deal with during a season. And
• 14:14
  Speaker 1: it sounds like it can be behind him now. I mean, Kratz,
• 14:17
  Speaker 1: you know him a little bit. We've had some good
• 14:18
  Speaker 1: run-ins with him and conversations. And again, I don't, we
• 14:22
  Speaker 1: don't know everything. We're never going to because it wasn't released,
• 14:25
  Speaker 1: but And if there was even a semblance of truth
• 14:27
  Speaker 1: to some of the stuff that was coming out in
• 14:29
  Speaker 1: that case, I feel for a player having to deal
• 14:31
  Speaker 1: with that when, I mean, you're essentially suing your parents
• 14:34
  Speaker 1: for stealing money from you during the season. That's really tough.
• 14:38
  Speaker 8: It's so tough. And obviously we only played together for
• 14:41
  Speaker 8: a few weeks, but when you go to another country
• 14:44
  Speaker 8: like Japan and you're playing with teammates, like you get
• 14:47
  Speaker 8: closer because you Todd knows like there's not a lot
• 14:51
  Speaker 8: of English speaking around. So it's not like you're like
• 14:53
  Speaker 8: connecting in different ways at different places and you're distracted.
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  Speaker 8: So I got to know him really well. He's a
• 14:57
  Speaker 8: great kid. He was right out of school early draft.
• 15:00
  Speaker 8: You know, he just drafted. But I've seen this before
• 15:04
  Speaker 8: with other of my teammates and guys like actually have.
• 15:08
  Speaker 8: catastrophic major injuries because there's a mental stress that becomes physical.
• 15:16
  Speaker 8: And for people to say, well, you've just got to
• 15:18
  Speaker 8: be able to play through it.
• 15:19
  Speaker 3: You're right.
• 15:20
  Speaker 8: He does have to play through it. But if you
• 15:22
  Speaker 8: say it didn't affect him, I would call you a
• 15:25
  Speaker 8: liar 10 times out of 10 because in some way
• 15:28
  Speaker 8: it affects you because mentally you have to be locked in.
• 15:31
  Speaker 8: And hopefully this being alleviated has kind of been the
• 15:35
  Speaker 8: time that he's been you don't six having more success
• 15:39
  Speaker 8: as the season goes on. And his numbers are going
• 15:42
  Speaker 8: to still be sneaky good going into his free agent year.
• 15:46
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 15:46
  Speaker 7: And I, you know, anything with family and issues now
• 15:51
  Speaker 7: that this, this right here, like what, what's the next
• 15:54
  Speaker 7: steps for him and his mom and dad? Like, is
• 15:57
  Speaker 7: this repairable? Is this something where, you know, good luck,
• 16:03
  Speaker 7: you know, bye, like, this is what you did to me.
• 16:05
  Speaker 7: I don't want to talk to you again. Like, I
• 16:07
  Speaker 7: don't know what that answer is, but ultimately it's not
• 16:11
  Speaker 7: a good one.
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  Speaker 2: And it's pretty sad because you only get one mom
• 16:14
  Speaker 2: and dad.
• 16:15
  Speaker 7: And, you know, to hear all this kind of going on,
• 16:19
  Speaker 7: it does put a little stain on the relationship.
• 16:22
  Speaker 2: Hopefully it's repairable, but I'm not sure.
• 16:24
  Speaker 6: I'm along with Isaac Azut. We're here with Miami Marlins catcher,
• 16:28
  Speaker 6: Joe Mac. Joe, thank you for taking the time out
• 16:30
  Speaker 6: of your busy schedule. I know you guys are in
• 16:32
  Speaker 6: the middle of a playoff hunt. How's everything going?
• 16:34
  Speaker 5: It's going great. It's going good. Thanks for having me.
• 16:38
  Speaker 2: Of course.
• 16:39
  Speaker 6: I want to start with that. You guys, you know,
• 16:41
  Speaker 6: in the playoff hunt right now, two and a half
• 16:42
  Speaker 6: games out of that final wild card spot, just entering
• 16:45
  Speaker 6: this final month of the season. Just what's the feeling
• 16:48
  Speaker 6: like in the clubhouse right now? Does it feel like
• 16:49
  Speaker 6: you guys are in that playoff mindset chase, you know,
• 16:53
  Speaker 6: trying to hunt for one of those final wild card spots?
• 16:56
  Speaker 5: For sure.
• 16:57
  Speaker 4: You know, the past couple of games have been, you know,
• 16:59
  Speaker 4: coming down to the wire and we're really playing some
• 17:02
  Speaker 4: good baseball. And it feels like it's, you know, the
• 17:05
  Speaker 4: beginning of playoff baseball, you.
• 17:07
  Speaker 5: Know, clubhouse vibes are good, of course.
• 17:09
  Speaker 4: And, you know, everybody's going out there and trying, trying
• 17:13
  Speaker 4: to do our best, help the team win in whatever
• 17:14
  Speaker 4: way we can.
• 17:16
  Speaker 10: Joe, I want to go back just a little bit
• 17:18
  Speaker 10: and take us to the night. I believe it was
• 17:20
  Speaker 10: May 4th.
• 17:20
  Speaker 1: I'm correct.
• 17:21
  Speaker 10: Just take us to the night you were called up initially.
• 17:24
  Speaker 10: What did you, what do you remember the most about
• 17:26
  Speaker 10: that day? And who did you tell first about your
• 17:28
  Speaker 10: major league promotion?
• 17:30
  Speaker 4: I remember being pretty tired, but I remember calling my
• 17:35
  Speaker 4: mom and dad first and telling them that I wasn't
• 17:39
  Speaker 4: going to be going back to Jacksonville.
• 17:42
  Speaker 5: So I'm talking with them.
• 17:43
  Speaker 4: And, you know, remembering that moment brings up a lot
• 17:47
  Speaker 4: of good, good memories about that. So, yeah, I'm just
• 17:51
  Speaker 4: excited to be in the position that we're in now. And,
• 17:54
  Speaker 4: you know, all the things that, you know, the team's
• 17:55
  Speaker 4: done that, you know, we've all done to, be put
• 17:59
  Speaker 4: in this position.
• 17:59
  Speaker 5: So it's, it's very awesome.
• 18:03
  Speaker 6: Looking back at that day in May, when you debuted
• 18:05
  Speaker 6: against the Phillies up until now, you know, you guys
• 18:07
  Speaker 6: in Kauffman stadium, just where do you feel like you've
• 18:09
  Speaker 6: improved the most? Where do you still think you may
• 18:11
  Speaker 6: be need to improve, you.
• 18:13
  Speaker 1: Know, your game.
• 18:13
  Speaker 6: And obviously you're still a young player. You've got a
• 18:15
  Speaker 6: lot of time left in the league, but just throughout
• 18:17
  Speaker 6: this year, where do you think you've made the most strides?
• 18:20
  Speaker 4: I would say on both sides of the plate. First
• 18:23
  Speaker 4: one is blocking. I feel like I've been a good
• 18:26
  Speaker 4: blocker this year. Comparative, comparative to the last couple of years.
• 18:32
  Speaker 4: That is something that I took a lot of pride in,
• 18:35
  Speaker 4: took a lot of work in for the offseason and
• 18:37
  Speaker 4: made sure that this year I was going to be a.
• 18:40
  Speaker 5: Lot better of a blocker.
• 18:41
  Speaker 4: So for that aspect, I would say for the defense
• 18:46
  Speaker 4: and then for the offensive side, I would say kind
• 18:50
  Speaker 4: of understanding situations, understanding certain pitchers and You know, if
• 18:55
  Speaker 4: it's runners on second and third, one out, you know,
• 18:58
  Speaker 4: how are they going to attack me versus nobody on, nobody,
• 19:01
  Speaker 4: no out or vice versa, you know. So just kind
• 19:04
  Speaker 4: of understanding both of those aspects and, you know, just
• 19:07
  Speaker 4: improving on both of those.
• 19:09
  Speaker 10: Joe, you've had the opportunity to catch a pretty talented staff.
• 19:12
  Speaker 10: And I don't think it's a coincidence that, you know,
• 19:14
  Speaker 10: a lot of these guys are having some of the
• 19:15
  Speaker 10: best years of their career. Is there one pitcher on
• 19:17
  Speaker 10: the staff that you feel you've developed a really strong
• 19:20
  Speaker 10: connection with or a really good camaraderie with? And what
• 19:23
  Speaker 10: sort of makes that relationship work?
• 19:25
  Speaker 4: Um, yeah, I mean, a lot of the guys I
• 19:28
  Speaker 4: think I have a pretty good relationship with. And, you know,
• 19:31
  Speaker 4: I think one, one is probably is probably Gusto, Ryan Gusto.
• 19:38
  Speaker 4: We've definitely, like, worked together throughout last year as well.
• 19:43
  Speaker 4: And also at the beginning of this year, and then
• 19:45
  Speaker 4: throughout um my big league career so far this year
• 19:48
  Speaker 4: we've just gotten a lot closer um we've gotten we've
• 19:52
  Speaker 4: talked a lot about baseball a lot about what he
• 19:54
  Speaker 4: likes to do um and certain attack plans and things
• 19:58
  Speaker 4: that you know he's good at so um i would
• 20:00
  Speaker 4: i would say ryan gusto is for sure a good candidate.
• 20:04
  Speaker 10: You earlier in your minor league career you went through
• 20:06
  Speaker 10: some rough stretches um offensively i'm just curious what did
• 20:09
  Speaker 10: you learn during those rough stretches that you could sort
• 20:11
  Speaker 10: of maybe incorporate uh at the big league level as
• 20:14
  Speaker 10: well whenever you face adversity.
• 20:16
  Speaker 4: Yeah i mean you know i would say this kind
• 20:19
  Speaker 4: of sounds cliche a little bit but you know you're
• 20:21
  Speaker 4: only one swing away um i think that just remembering
• 20:25
  Speaker 4: that and having the confidence in that and knowing that
• 20:27
  Speaker 4: you're doing all the right work and you know you
• 20:30
  Speaker 4: might just be getting unlucky or whatever that is you
• 20:32
  Speaker 4: know Instead of it being, you know, a couple weeks or,
• 20:36
  Speaker 4: you know, a month, maybe, you know, how.
• 20:38
  Speaker 5: Can we shorten that? How can we make it only
• 20:40
  Speaker 5: a week?
• 20:41
  Speaker 4: Or how can we make it only a couple days
• 20:43
  Speaker 4: instead of it being a prolonged lull.
• 20:46
  Speaker 1: I guess?
• 20:47
  Speaker 6: I guess when you look back at that time in 23, when,
• 20:49
  Speaker 6: you know, you just finished a season in Beloit, didn't
• 20:51
  Speaker 6: go well for you, probably not what you wanted. Just
• 20:54
  Speaker 6: how tough was that for you? Did you ever think
• 20:55
  Speaker 6: you'd be in this position after that? And just, you know,
• 20:58
  Speaker 6: what was that offseason going into 24 like for you
• 21:01
  Speaker 6: in terms of, just making sure you found a way
• 21:03
  Speaker 6: to bounce back from what happened that previous year?
• 21:06
  Speaker 5: For sure. I mean, it's a great question.
• 21:08
  Speaker 4: I honestly, it was either going to be, you know,
• 21:12
  Speaker 4: being here or, you know, probably not playing baseball. Honestly,
• 21:16
  Speaker 4: it just, it was one of those times where, you know,
• 21:18
  Speaker 4: you're at your lowest of lows and you have so
• 21:21
  Speaker 4: many expectations and you don't do those things. And, you know,
• 21:26
  Speaker 4: it really is a, a, a knock in the head and,
• 21:29
  Speaker 4: it was a very big wake up call and, you know,
• 21:31
  Speaker 4: didn't want to have that happen again. So that 2023
• 21:36
  Speaker 4: to 2024 year in that off season was mostly like
• 21:40
  Speaker 4: making sure that I'm doing the right stuff for mom,
• 21:44
  Speaker 4: for myself, like to make myself the best hitter, catcher,
• 21:49
  Speaker 4: base runner, all of those things that I could possibly be.
• 21:53
  Speaker 6: Just talk about this recent stretch of games, obviously dropped
• 21:56
  Speaker 6: three out of four against the Nats, but You guys
• 21:59
  Speaker 6: come back and you get a huge win against the
• 22:00
  Speaker 6: Royals and puts you guys in a really good spot
• 22:03
  Speaker 6: in the wild card. Just what do you think went
• 22:04
  Speaker 6: wrong in that series against Washington and just how big
• 22:06
  Speaker 6: for you guys as a team was it to bounce
• 22:08
  Speaker 6: back against a Royals team that's been playing some really
• 22:10
  Speaker 6: good baseball recently?
• 22:13
  Speaker 5: For sure.
• 22:13
  Speaker 4: I mean, you know, knowing that we're in the playoff
• 22:15
  Speaker 4: run and we're in contention of, you know, really having
• 22:19
  Speaker 4: something special here, you know, just keeps us all locked in,
• 22:23
  Speaker 4: keeps us all together, keeps us all working hard and
• 22:26
  Speaker 4: going out there each day, you know, whether we want
• 22:28
  Speaker 4: or not to go out there that day and go
• 22:30
  Speaker 4: out there and try and win. So, you know, it's
• 22:34
  Speaker 4: continuing to get improved, continuing to go out there with,
• 22:38
  Speaker 4: you know, a winning mindset and continuing to go out
• 22:40
  Speaker 4: there knowing that, you know, we're close and we're right
• 22:43
  Speaker 4: there and.
• 22:44
  Speaker 5: You know, we have the team to do it. So
• 22:47
  Speaker 5: it's just going out there and doing it.
• 22:50
  Speaker 10: I want to talk a little bit really quick about
• 22:52
  Speaker 10: some ABS stuff because I remember your Major League debut.
• 22:54
  Speaker 10: I believe Kevin and I were both there. You were
• 22:56
  Speaker 10: a little bit tentative in wanting to challenge right away
• 22:58
  Speaker 10: in your first game, which is obviously understandable. I'm curious,
• 23:01
  Speaker 10: how much more comfortable are you with it now, now
• 23:04
  Speaker 10: that you're, I guess, somewhat seasoned in your rookie year?
• 23:08
  Speaker 5: For sure.
• 23:08
  Speaker 4: I mean, I was definitely nervous to rip it for
• 23:10
  Speaker 4: the first at least two or three games. You know,
• 23:15
  Speaker 4: I didn't really, I guess, want to. see myself tap
• 23:19
  Speaker 4: and it'd be a ball. So I was just kind
• 23:21
  Speaker 4: of a little nervous, but we've done a lot of
• 23:23
  Speaker 4: good work with the ABS system. We've done a lot
• 23:26
  Speaker 4: of training with that. When we go out to the field,
• 23:30
  Speaker 4: have a pitching machine on the mound and just throws
• 23:32
  Speaker 4: balls and strikes too. And we have to challenge if
• 23:36
  Speaker 4: we think it's a strike. And that also got my
• 23:38
  Speaker 4: confidence way up as well. And also like the differences
• 23:42
  Speaker 4: between moving up and back with certain hitters to get
• 23:45
  Speaker 4: closer to them. and get the bottom third of the
• 23:48
  Speaker 4: zone and having more confidence of where that zone actually is,
• 23:53
  Speaker 4: I think helped me a lot with being able to
• 23:57
  Speaker 4: just rip the challenges whenever.
• 23:59
  Speaker 10: I'm curious, has there been a situation where maybe your
• 24:02
  Speaker 10: pitcher wanted you to challenge? I know the pitchers generally don't,
• 24:05
  Speaker 10: but where he really wanted you to, but you were like, hey,
• 24:08
  Speaker 10: you know what, it's off, it's off.
• 24:09
  Speaker 1: Are there situations like that?
• 24:11
  Speaker 4: I can actually remember specifically, it was actually in Washington
• 24:15
  Speaker 4: the last time we were there. calvin fauchet was pitching
• 24:17
  Speaker 4: and like he was like yeah challenge challenge he threw
• 24:22
  Speaker 4: a single like up and in he was like challenge
• 24:23
  Speaker 4: he didn't actually tap his head so the guy looked
• 24:26
  Speaker 4: back and i was like all right i'll challenge whatever
• 24:28
  Speaker 4: i was like i didn't think it was a strike
• 24:30
  Speaker 4: and then i was well then the umpire said all
• 24:32
  Speaker 4: right pitchers challenging the call and it was a ball
• 24:35
  Speaker 4: i think and at that point on he was like
• 24:38
  Speaker 4: all right i'll leave it up to you.
• 24:41
  Speaker 10: I guess it gets a little bit tough for the
• 24:42
  Speaker 10: pitchers to figure that out. But also going back a
• 24:45
  Speaker 10: little bit, you were drafted in 2021, so you're sort
• 24:47
  Speaker 10: of pretty long-tenured here in the Marlins organization. I want
• 24:50
  Speaker 10: to see if there's any differences that you've noticed since
• 24:53
  Speaker 10: Peter Bendix joined the organization and took over the Baseball
• 24:56
  Speaker 10: Operations Department compared to when Kim Eng was running things.
• 24:59
  Speaker 10: Just any differences that you've seen organizationally or developmentally?
• 25:05
  Speaker 4: I mean, I would say one thing is we're very
• 25:07
  Speaker 4: keen on getting better, very keen on you know, working
• 25:12
  Speaker 4: on what the game's telling us for pitchers, you know,
• 25:16
  Speaker 4: if the pitch isn't working, switch the grips, try it
• 25:18
  Speaker 4: out in a PD or whatever it is and, you know,
• 25:21
  Speaker 4: see if they like it. You know, for, for me
• 25:25
  Speaker 4: as a hitter, as a catcher, you know, it's building
• 25:27
  Speaker 4: off my strengths and, you know, making sure those are
• 25:30
  Speaker 4: really good.
• 25:30
  Speaker 5: And then also working on the things that I need
• 25:33
  Speaker 5: improvement on.
• 25:33
  Speaker 4: So I would say like the development side behind it
• 25:36
  Speaker 4: has been very, very good.
• 25:43
  Speaker 6: Um joe obviously you're well known for your defense just
• 25:46
  Speaker 6: where did that come from for you who kind of
• 25:48
  Speaker 6: told you you know not even told you just like
• 25:50
  Speaker 6: the passion for it like just knowing like this is
• 25:52
  Speaker 6: what you know you want to be a defensive catcher
• 25:54
  Speaker 6: you're known as a defensive first catcher like where did
• 25:56
  Speaker 6: that come from just how how big has that been
• 25:59
  Speaker 6: for you you know just being able to develop that
• 26:01
  Speaker 6: behind the plate and because since you've gone here it's
• 26:03
  Speaker 6: it's been a huge huge help for this team.
• 26:05
  Speaker 4: For sure i mean throughout my minor league career i've
• 26:09
  Speaker 4: known that the defensive position is pretty difficult and it
• 26:13
  Speaker 4: takes a lot. And I've, I've seen it where some
• 26:17
  Speaker 4: catchers would just be in the big leagues or whatever
• 26:21
  Speaker 4: it is just purely because their defense. And, you know,
• 26:24
  Speaker 4: I've always thought to myself, you know, I can, I
• 26:26
  Speaker 4: can do that. And, you know, I want to be
• 26:28
  Speaker 4: the best defensive catcher that I can be so that,
• 26:31
  Speaker 4: you know, I can go out there and help the
• 26:33
  Speaker 4: team out on, you know, the defense side and then
• 26:36
  Speaker 4: let the offense side take over as well when it does. Um,
• 26:40
  Speaker 4: But I would say my coach, catching coach Chris Briones
• 26:43
  Speaker 4: in AA and also in high A as well, was really,
• 26:47
  Speaker 4: really good about telling me all that stuff and really,
• 26:50
  Speaker 4: really good about emphasizing, you know, how important defense is
• 26:54
  Speaker 4: and all the work that we put in and all the,
• 26:55
  Speaker 4: you know, drills that we've done and things that we've,
• 26:59
  Speaker 4: you know, talked about to figure out, you know, how
• 27:01
  Speaker 4: am I going to be my best self when I
• 27:02
  Speaker 4: go out there? So I would say that he definitely
• 27:05
  Speaker 4: helped me out a ton with that.
• 27:07
  Speaker 2: Okay.
• 27:09
  Speaker 10: I'm curious, Joe, what was your honest initial reaction when
• 27:12
  Speaker 10: you were in the minors that the Marlins were sort
• 27:14
  Speaker 10: of turning towards the direction of not calling pitches or
• 27:17
  Speaker 10: calling pitches from the dugout rather than letting their catchers
• 27:19
  Speaker 10: do it?
• 27:20
  Speaker 5: Sure.
• 27:21
  Speaker 4: I mean, yeah, at first it was definitely a little weird,
• 27:23
  Speaker 4: a little odd. Obviously, it's not really normal. It wasn't even.
• 27:28
  Speaker 5: A thought, I guess, in the game.
• 27:30
  Speaker 4: And so when I started getting pitches called for me
• 27:36
  Speaker 4: and all that stuff.
• 27:37
  Speaker 5: It was a little like, I was kind of.
• 27:38
  Speaker 4: Fighting it, but more and more that I worked with
• 27:41
  Speaker 4: it and more that I allowed that to like be
• 27:44
  Speaker 4: a part of it and be how it is, you know,
• 27:46
  Speaker 4: the more it was actually like, Oh wow, wait, this
• 27:48
  Speaker 4: is a lot better. I have a lot less stress
• 27:51
  Speaker 4: that I have to worry about during the game. You know, my,
• 27:54
  Speaker 4: my mental side where it's like, I got to think
• 27:56
  Speaker 4: about each individual pitch.
• 27:58
  Speaker 5: I know I can do that, but it also.
• 28:01
  Speaker 4: Saves me things that I need to do in order to,
• 28:05
  Speaker 4: throw out a guy, block a pitch, frame a pitch,
• 28:08
  Speaker 4: whatever that might be. So I continue to say it. And,
• 28:12
  Speaker 4: you know, it's how it is, and it's part of
• 28:15
  Speaker 4: our organization. And, you know, I've learned to love it
• 28:18
  Speaker 4: over the years.
• 28:20
  Speaker 1: Last one before I let Kevin wrap it up.
• 28:22
  Speaker 10: Your favorite catcher growing up defensively to watch as a fan?
• 28:26
  Speaker 4: I mean, it was like I had two. It was
• 28:30
  Speaker 4: Buster Posey and Yadier Molina.
• 28:32
  Speaker 3: Okay, of course.
• 28:34
  Speaker 1: Perfect.
• 28:35
  Speaker 6: Can't go, can't go wrong with us. So Joe, thank
• 28:37
  Speaker 6: you so much. We're going to wrap it up here.
• 28:38
  Speaker 6: I know you got to get ready for a big
• 28:40
  Speaker 6: game in Kansas city. So from Isaac, myself, we'll see
• 28:43
  Speaker 6: you guys on the next one. As always, peace out
• 28:45
  Speaker 6: and go fish.
• 28:58
  Speaker 2: Let's talk.
• 28:59
  Speaker 1: Bravo is one of their new additions. Brent Suter joining
• 29:02
  Speaker 1: us right now. Suter B good to see you, man.
• 29:04
  Speaker 1: How's life with the Atlanta Braves, dude? Are you liking it?
• 29:09
  Speaker 3: Thanks for having me, guys. And, yeah, I sure am.
• 29:10
  Speaker 3: This is amazing.
• 29:12
  Speaker 11: I feel like I won the trade lottery here because
• 29:14
  Speaker 11: it's been great. And everyone is super welcoming and winning
• 29:19
  Speaker 11: culture like crazy. So we are in a good spot.
• 29:22
  Speaker 11: And we got a big series here this weekend coming
• 29:24
  Speaker 11: up in Philly. But we're all excited for it.
• 29:27
  Speaker 8: So, like, I was checking my phone because, like, you're
• 29:31
  Speaker 8: like 45 minutes from my house and you didn't even
• 29:33
  Speaker 8: once be like, Hey, Eric, I like to eat breakfast.
• 29:37
  Speaker 8: Would you like to eat breakfast with me sometime?
• 29:40
  Speaker 11: I snuck home yesterday for the off day. So I wasn't,
• 29:42
  Speaker 11: I wasn't here, but let's get something this weekend.
• 29:46
  Speaker 8: I love scrambled eggs. So that'll be perfect.
• 29:49
  Speaker 3: I'm in, I'm in there.
• 29:51
  Speaker 8: What you said about it, like you're so blessed to
• 29:54
  Speaker 8: be over it or exact words that you use to
• 29:56
  Speaker 8: be in the place where you're at. How refreshing is
• 29:59
  Speaker 8: it to go to a team that is not just
• 30:02
  Speaker 8: in it, but looking to do even more in the
• 30:05
  Speaker 8: Braves after you, you know, battled and fought with the
• 30:08
  Speaker 8: Angels earlier?
• 30:10
  Speaker 11: Yeah, I mean, it feels like a new lease on life.
• 30:12
  Speaker 3: You know, I love the Angels. I loved everything about it.
• 30:15
  Speaker 3: People were great.
• 30:15
  Speaker 11: Fans were great. It's a great place to live. My family,
• 30:18
  Speaker 11: we had a blast out there, but you play to
• 30:21
  Speaker 11: try to win a ring, right? And we were kind
• 30:23
  Speaker 11: of out of it a while ago with the Angels,
• 30:26
  Speaker 11: and come here and like you said, a chance to
• 30:28
  Speaker 11: do some serious damage in the post season, but we
• 30:30
  Speaker 11: all play for it. It's just a great opportunity. But
• 30:34
  Speaker 11: the fact that I didn't think I was getting traded,
• 30:35
  Speaker 11: the fact that they traded for me and brought me
• 30:38
  Speaker 11: in here is I just feel like the lucky, I
• 30:40
  Speaker 11: feel like a kid at the candy store, man.
• 30:42
  Speaker 3: It's, it's amazing.
• 30:43
  Speaker 11: I grew up in Atlanta for four years in the
• 30:45
  Speaker 11: nineties when they had the Mattis, Clavin, Smoltz, the Joneses, just,
• 30:49
  Speaker 11: I fell in love with baseball being a Braves fan
• 30:51
  Speaker 11: at that time. So yeah, it's really the full circle
• 30:53
  Speaker 11: moment for me being, being here wearing the a it's, it's,
• 30:57
  Speaker 11: it's awesome.
• 30:59
  Speaker 7: Good buddy of mine, Eduardo Perez. He brought up when
• 31:02
  Speaker 7: you guys came to the little league world series, that
• 31:05
  Speaker 7: the Braves just got their little league reset, meaning all
• 31:08
  Speaker 7: of a sudden it brought you back to where you were.
• 31:10
  Speaker 7: And then when you used to play, how much fun
• 31:12
  Speaker 7: you had and you guys kind of took off a
• 31:14
  Speaker 7: little bit, talk a little bit about your experience in Williamsport.
• 31:17
  Speaker 7: When I saw you, you were smiling from ear to ear,
• 31:19
  Speaker 7: like I do every time. And, Do you believe in
• 31:22
  Speaker 7: that Little League reset or what?
• 31:24
  Speaker 3: I'm in on it. I think there's something to it.
• 31:27
  Speaker 11: I think the Brewers have been playing well since then too,
• 31:29
  Speaker 11: so it's definitely real. But I think for me it
• 31:33
  Speaker 11: was re-falling in love with the game again or just
• 31:35
  Speaker 11: reaffirming your love of the game, seeing all these kids
• 31:38
  Speaker 11: and they're just playing ball with their friends, having a blast,
• 31:42
  Speaker 11: and you just see the love of the game ever-present
• 31:45
  Speaker 11: throughout that whole day. And me and Brewer even– slid
• 31:49
  Speaker 11: down the mudslide, the hill a little bit. We had
• 31:52
  Speaker 11: a little topsy-turvy accident there, but we were all good.
• 31:54
  Speaker 11: But it was certainly a lot of fun. And, I mean,
• 31:59
  Speaker 11: the venue too, the park we played in was really awesome.
• 32:02
  Speaker 11: And it was a really fun time. We won a
• 32:06
  Speaker 11: really good game. And, yeah, I wouldn't trade it for anything.
• 32:09
  Speaker 11: That was one of the coolest days of my big
• 32:11
  Speaker 11: league career.
• 32:11
  Speaker 3: All right.
• 32:13
  Speaker 8: Well, talk about that trade time. Talk about the trade because–
• 32:17
  Speaker 8: You were going to Todd's neck of the woods at
• 32:20
  Speaker 8: Trout National. Had you teed off, and what can you
• 32:26
  Speaker 8: tell us about the story, your reaction, and did you
• 32:29
  Speaker 8: guys finish the entire round?
• 32:32
  Speaker 11: It was a crazy day. We bused from Baltimore to
• 32:36
  Speaker 11: Trout's house that night. So we flew into Baltimore the
• 32:38
  Speaker 11: night before, bused to Trout's house. We all stayed there.
• 32:41
  Speaker 11: We got up in the morning, had a little weather
• 32:43
  Speaker 11: delay with the rain, but we were able to almost
• 32:46
  Speaker 11: tee off when i got the call so i was
• 32:48
  Speaker 11: on the putting green trying to sink some putts when
• 32:50
  Speaker 11: i got the call from the angels assistant gm saw
• 32:53
  Speaker 11: the number i go whoa i think i got traded
• 32:55
  Speaker 11: i wasn't expecting like i said but uh he said
• 32:57
  Speaker 11: hey man brent thanks for everything we're here we're gonna
• 33:00
  Speaker 11: trade you to the braves and i was like sick
• 33:02
  Speaker 11: you know i mean that's that's great news question for
• 33:05
  Speaker 11: you i'm about to tee off on trump's golf course
• 33:07
  Speaker 11: here uh can i finish the round can i play
• 33:10
  Speaker 11: what we got here and they're like oh the braves
• 33:12
  Speaker 11: are off you'll probably be able to get a later flight.
• 33:14
  Speaker 11: So just, uh, just hang tight. The Braves travel secretary
• 33:17
  Speaker 11: will get in touch with you. And yeah, so Mike
• 33:19
  Speaker 11: Shaw got in touch with me and I was able
• 33:21
  Speaker 11: to get the last flight out of Philly actually right
• 33:22
  Speaker 11: here about a month ago, um, off the trout score.
• 33:25
  Speaker 3: So I was able to play 15 of the holes.
• 33:27
  Speaker 11: There was another thunderstorm delay, uh, during which Ryan Zephyr, John,
• 33:32
  Speaker 11: my golfing partner got traded.
• 33:33
  Speaker 3: So, uh, to the Cubs.
• 33:35
  Speaker 11: So it was just a wild day. I think four
• 33:37
  Speaker 11: of us in the golf rounds got picked out, you know,
• 33:39
  Speaker 11: we got traded that day. Me, Joe Adele, Zephyr, John
• 33:42
  Speaker 11: and Kirby Yates. So, It was just a wild day,
• 33:45
  Speaker 11: unlike anything I've ever experienced. But it was a great
• 33:49
  Speaker 11: time to, like, spend the last couple hours with those
• 33:51
  Speaker 11: guys and enjoy, you know, hanging out with them, playing
• 33:54
  Speaker 11: golf at Trout's Unreal Course. And, like, just the amenities
• 33:57
  Speaker 11: there are amazing. So I highly recommend it to anyone who.
• 33:59
  Speaker 3: Can play it. But it was amazing and just a
• 34:03
  Speaker 3: really cool way to say goodbye.
• 34:05
  Speaker 8: Wait, Mike Shaw is the traveling guy for the Braves now?
• 34:09
  Speaker 3: Yeah, he used to be with the Blue Jays, yeah.
• 34:11
  Speaker 8: That's tremendous. That's tremendous. But did you ride the bus
• 34:18
  Speaker 8: back with the team? And was that awkward? Because you're like, bro,
• 34:21
  Speaker 8: I'm not even one of your teammates anymore. So don't
• 34:24
  Speaker 8: even talk to me.
• 34:26
  Speaker 11: We took cars from the golf course back to Mike's house.
• 34:29
  Speaker 11: And from there, a car picked me up to take
• 34:31
  Speaker 11: me to the Philly airport. So it was all love, man.
• 34:34
  Speaker 11: The guys were great. Like I said, I loved every
• 34:36
  Speaker 11: one of those guys with the Angels. And I wish
• 34:39
  Speaker 11: it would have gone better for us in between the lines.
• 34:40
  Speaker 11: But It was just everyone was so cool about it.
• 34:43
  Speaker 11: We we enjoyed those last couple hours together and hope
• 34:47
  Speaker 11: to see all those guys again soon. But it was
• 34:49
  Speaker 11: it was just a crazy, crazy, awesome, but busy day
• 34:54
  Speaker 11: and a lot of a lot of stuff going on.
• 34:56
  Speaker 3: And I wouldn't trade it for anything. No pun intended.
• 34:59
  Speaker 2: All right.
• 35:02
  Speaker 8: So now that you hear the news that Artie Moreno sold.
• 35:06
  Speaker 8: As a player, how much do you see that, know that?
• 35:10
  Speaker 8: But then also, you're high up, you're executive. I'm not
• 35:14
  Speaker 8: exactly sure what your title is with the Players Association.
• 35:18
  Speaker 8: But when you hear that news, what kind of ramifications
• 35:23
  Speaker 8: or what's your feeling when you hear about Artie Moreno
• 35:26
  Speaker 8: selling the team?
• 35:29
  Speaker 11: Yeah, I think overall it's a good thing for the Angels.
• 35:33
  Speaker 11: I was definitely... interested in that news. Uh, I knew
• 35:38
  Speaker 11: already a little bit in spring, but, um, didn't get
• 35:41
  Speaker 11: to interact with him too much, but I just know
• 35:43
  Speaker 11: that the group who bought him, the Cronky group has
• 35:46
  Speaker 11: a really good history of doing great things with organizations.
• 35:49
  Speaker 11: So really happy for the angels and their fans and,
• 35:52
  Speaker 11: and the players for, uh, you know, that, that kind
• 35:54
  Speaker 11: of ownership group coming in for sure. And yeah, it was, uh,
• 35:58
  Speaker 11: it was crazy news.
• 35:59
  Speaker 3: Everyone was talking about it for sure.
• 36:00
  Speaker 11: It's, it's big time news and, uh, price tag was,
• 36:03
  Speaker 11: seems like it's really good for baseball too. So, We'll, uh,
• 36:06
  Speaker 11: we'll take that. I'm, I am executive subcommittee with the union.
• 36:09
  Speaker 11: So we definitely are, um, good to, you know, it's good,
• 36:12
  Speaker 11: good to see that franchise valuations are high and that
• 36:15
  Speaker 11: the game is moving in a good direction financially.
• 36:17
  Speaker 3: So that was good. But, uh, yeah, it was, it
• 36:20
  Speaker 3: was crazy.
• 36:21
  Speaker 11: I was just talking about the angels with a couple
• 36:24
  Speaker 11: of guys with the Braves and then we popped up
• 36:26
  Speaker 11: on the screen that they sold. We're like, Whoa, crazy, crazy.
• 36:30
  Speaker 3: So, um, good for them. Now I'm, uh, I'm happy
• 36:33
  Speaker 3: for the angels.
• 36:34
  Speaker 8: Talking about the financial part of it, the CBA obviously
• 36:37
  Speaker 8: coming up, you're a dude in this. You're a guy
• 36:40
  Speaker 8: that's at the table. You're very intelligent, but you're not
• 36:43
  Speaker 8: a star. And my argument has always been stars are
• 36:47
  Speaker 8: the ones that get paid, and I think the owners
• 36:50
  Speaker 8: are trying to pit the stars against the Brent suitors.
• 36:54
  Speaker 8: The Brent suitors have the opportunity to sign one-year deals
• 36:58
  Speaker 8: and kind of accumulate money as you play, and it's
• 37:01
  Speaker 8: a great career, but... Do you feel like the union
• 37:07
  Speaker 8: is doing you, your type of player, enough of a
• 37:11
  Speaker 8: service in this next CBA? And is that one of
• 37:15
  Speaker 8: the hinge points for these negotiations?
• 37:19
  Speaker 3: Yeah, I do.
• 37:20
  Speaker 11: I think one of the big drawbacks of any cap
• 37:23
  Speaker 11: system is that it squeezes out the middleman. So I
• 37:26
  Speaker 11: would be squeezed right out of there because why would
• 37:28
  Speaker 11: they spend a little bit extra money on me and
• 37:30
  Speaker 11: take away from their superstars or when they can just
• 37:32
  Speaker 11: replace me? with a younger guy and just kind of rifle,
• 37:36
  Speaker 11: you know, shuffle the roster around during, throughout the season.
• 37:40
  Speaker 11: So I think the cap would squeeze the middleman out.
• 37:44
  Speaker 11: And I, I really, I think that the.
• 37:47
  Speaker 3: Union, obviously we don't do, do not want the cap.
• 37:51
  Speaker 11: And that was a, is a big time reason for
• 37:54
  Speaker 11: it among many, many other reasons. But I think for
• 37:57
  Speaker 11: me being a guy, like you said, is I'm revolving on,
• 38:02
  Speaker 11: you know, rotating one-year deals, trying to get to 10-year
• 38:06
  Speaker 11: service time, trying to get, you know, all these things
• 38:09
  Speaker 11: taken care of, just pitch by pitch, day by day.
• 38:11
  Speaker 11: I call it survive and advance kind of career, but
• 38:13
  Speaker 11: it is what it is. And I think for me,
• 38:15
  Speaker 11: the cap system, I don't think I'd be playing still.
• 38:18
  Speaker 11: If I'm being honest, I don't know. But it's been
• 38:24
  Speaker 11: a blessing.
• 38:24
  Speaker 3: To be a part of the union. I'll tell you that.
• 38:26
  Speaker 3: The honor of being able.
• 38:27
  Speaker 11: To represent the player group and the people and and
• 38:30
  Speaker 11: people have come into contact with the union staff, the
• 38:33
  Speaker 11: kind of the solidarity you get being a, being a
• 38:36
  Speaker 11: member of the union is, is amazing. So very, very
• 38:39
  Speaker 11: grateful for the union and everything it stands for.
• 38:41
  Speaker 2: No doubt. No doubt. I love that. And I think
• 38:44
  Speaker 2: you hit that perfectly. Union has been fantastic.
• 38:47
  Speaker 7: My question for you is, you know, regarding all this too,
• 38:51
  Speaker 7: like we understand that, you know, at the end of
• 38:54
  Speaker 7: the year, what is it?
• 38:55
  Speaker 2: December 5th. Is that when?
• 38:57
  Speaker 3: December 1st.
• 38:58
  Speaker 1: First. Okay.
• 39:00
  Speaker 7: That's when basically you got to figure it out or not.
• 39:02
  Speaker 7: And it most likely not going to get figured out
• 39:04
  Speaker 7: by them. But has there been talks of like, for me,
• 39:07
  Speaker 7: like the only thing that drives me crazy is why
• 39:10
  Speaker 7: haven't like every week or every like 10 days, there's
• 39:12
  Speaker 7: been conversations. Has there been meetings going on? Has there
• 39:15
  Speaker 7: been conversations or lack of like, I think that's, that's
• 39:18
  Speaker 7: the problem that probably drives fans crazy too. Like why
• 39:21
  Speaker 7: isn't there, you know, the union and MLB coming together,
• 39:25
  Speaker 7: at least trying to get this done. Like now is there,
• 39:27
  Speaker 7: is there a reasoning behind that?
• 39:29
  Speaker 11: I dare have, conversations there have been uh basically every
• 39:32
  Speaker 11: week there's been talks and meetings um cva you know
• 39:35
  Speaker 11: with the other side and so we have been have
• 39:37
  Speaker 11: been communicating i think this week's was you know every
• 39:40
  Speaker 11: now and then it gets moved a couple days or
• 39:42
  Speaker 11: whatever but there yeah we have been in talks and
• 39:44
  Speaker 11: some of them have been publicized you know we've kind
• 39:47
  Speaker 11: of laying out some things for the media. Both sides
• 39:50
  Speaker 11: have been kind of laying out their sides on some
• 39:53
  Speaker 11: of the meetings, but not all the meetings are getting
• 39:56
  Speaker 11: publicized like that. It's, it's more or less the, we're
• 39:59
  Speaker 11: trying to lay out as many proposals and both sides
• 40:02
  Speaker 11: are trying to lay out as many kind of for
• 40:05
  Speaker 11: every issue where we stand, what we'll accept, what we won't.
• 40:08
  Speaker 11: So there's definitely stuff getting done, but yeah, like I
• 40:11
  Speaker 11: would always like to see more. I mean, I want to,
• 40:13
  Speaker 11: I want to have my phone, And my Zoom calls
• 40:16
  Speaker 11: getting blown up by meetings because we're meeting so much.
• 40:19
  Speaker 11: So hopefully that starts turning up a little bit. But
• 40:22
  Speaker 11: there have been definitely calls either once a week or
• 40:26
  Speaker 11: twice a week.
• 40:27
  Speaker 3: For a while now.
• 40:29
  Speaker 1: Brent, back to a Braves question for you. I've wanted
• 40:32
  Speaker 1: to ask this to one of the acquisitions on the Braves.
• 40:35
  Speaker 1: So you're the guy, okay? So you know how the
• 40:37
  Speaker 1: deal is when the trade deadline goes down, grades are
• 40:40
  Speaker 1: given out, fans look at expectations, all of that, right?
• 40:43
  Speaker 1: I don't think it's a secret. Some fans are like, oh,
• 40:45
  Speaker 1: I wanted Scooble or some other big name starter or
• 40:48
  Speaker 1: whatever it is. I mean, I would say no fan
• 40:50
  Speaker 1: base should feel like they got enough at the trade
• 40:52
  Speaker 1: deadline if you're demanding of your team and you want
• 40:54
  Speaker 1: them to win. So my question is. For trade acquisitions,
• 40:57
  Speaker 1: how much do they pay attention to that chatter? Tyler
• 41:00
  Speaker 1: Molle is absolutely shoving right now. And some fans are like, cool,
• 41:04
  Speaker 1: I wanted Molle, but I wanted something else. And Molle's like, no,
• 41:06
  Speaker 1: you wanted me right now.
• 41:07
  Speaker 3: I look like a playoff starter.
• 41:09
  Speaker 1: So I'm like, how much does the locker room, the clubhouse,
• 41:12
  Speaker 1: and the new acquisitions see that? I know you're not
• 41:15
  Speaker 1: like dialed into every show and all that, but I'm
• 41:17
  Speaker 1: sure you at least know like, hey, some fans and
• 41:19
  Speaker 1: the media are critical of what the Braves did. And
• 41:20
  Speaker 1: you're like, screw that.
• 41:22
  Speaker 3: We look good.
• 41:24
  Speaker 8: Right, right.
• 41:24
  Speaker 11: That was a great question. Um, certainly, you know, get
• 41:27
  Speaker 11: some extra chips on the shoulder. Never hurts, I guess. But, uh,
• 41:31
  Speaker 11: I could, I think I could speak for the other
• 41:32
  Speaker 11: trade guys throughout the league. Like you just want to,
• 41:34
  Speaker 11: you want to show up and you want to help
• 41:36
  Speaker 11: the team win. Like you want to do your job,
• 41:38
  Speaker 11: help the team win. Uh, there's going to be some
• 41:40
  Speaker 11: highs and lows, but in general, you just want to,
• 41:43
  Speaker 11: you want to help the new, your new team, your
• 41:45
  Speaker 11: new brothers, uh, go out there and compete as, as
• 41:49
  Speaker 11: best you can. So, uh, the fan chatter, maybe I
• 41:52
  Speaker 11: don't really, honestly, I'm pretty unplugged from it at this point. Um,
• 41:56
  Speaker 11: you know, the good and the bad, I just kind of,
• 41:58
  Speaker 11: at this point, I'm just trying to go out there
• 42:00
  Speaker 11: and be a professional and do my job and try
• 42:03
  Speaker 11: to be as good of a teammate as I can. But, um,
• 42:06
  Speaker 11: I'm sure some guys feed off it a little bit. Like,
• 42:08
  Speaker 11: you know, they didn't think they get enough from me here.
• 42:09
  Speaker 11: I am kind of thing, or they didn't think they
• 42:12
  Speaker 11: got enough, but, uh, certainly that's not really my mindset.
• 42:15
  Speaker 11: My mindset is just like, let me show up and
• 42:17
  Speaker 11: do my job and help the Braves hopefully win a
• 42:20
  Speaker 11: world series.
• 42:21
  Speaker 8: Suter B two minutes of quick, quick hitter questions.
• 42:24
  Speaker 3: You ready? I'm ready. Okay.
• 42:28
  Speaker 8: What hitter do you fear the most when they're in
• 42:30
  Speaker 8: the box?
• 42:33
  Speaker 3: Numbers-wise, it probably should be Nolan Arnauto.
• 42:35
  Speaker 11: He hit another tank off me a couple weeks ago.
• 42:38
  Speaker 11: It's been bloody. It's been bloody. I think his OPS
• 42:40
  Speaker 11: is over 2,000 and a pretty significant sample size. So, yeah,
• 42:45
  Speaker 11: you know, I was doing okay with him the last
• 42:48
  Speaker 11: couple years, and then he took me deep.
• 42:50
  Speaker 3: So, yeah, he's back right there at number one.
• 42:54
  Speaker 8: All right. Well, that one I threw in there. Now
• 42:55
  Speaker 8: we have some real, we have some real, because I
• 42:58
  Speaker 8: knew that's who, I assumed that's who it was because
• 43:01
  Speaker 8: he's hit a few hard. That's totally fine. It's totally fine.
• 43:04
  Speaker 8: I've seen the numbers. It's bloody. But besides you, who
• 43:09
  Speaker 8: was your family's favorite player in Major League Baseball?
• 43:13
  Speaker 11: My kids really change based on what team I am.
• 43:16
  Speaker 11: So they were just big Mike Trout guys. Now they
• 43:19
  Speaker 11: are huge Ronald Acuna and Matt Olsen fans. When Cincinnati,
• 43:22
  Speaker 11: they were Elie de la Cruz and my middle was
• 43:26
  Speaker 11: a big Matt McClain guy, big Matt McClain guy. Like
• 43:29
  Speaker 11: he would get so starstruck when Matt McClain was even
• 43:32
  Speaker 11: like on my FaceTime, you know, when I was FaceTiming.
• 43:34
  Speaker 11: So he just couldn't, he couldn't speak and he can't
• 43:37
  Speaker 11: get that kid to stop speaking a lot of times.
• 43:38
  Speaker 11: So it just depends on what team I am. But
• 43:41
  Speaker 11: right now it's Ronald Acuna Jr.
• 43:42
  Speaker 3: And Matt Olsen.
• 43:44
  Speaker 8: Okay. Famous person that you'd want to have dinner with.
• 43:48
  Speaker 3: Oh, alive or like they have to be alive or anywhere. Anytime. Ever.
• 43:55
  Speaker 3: JC for sure. Number one, Jesus Christ.
• 43:57
  Speaker 11: But I think another one for sure is to come
• 44:01
  Speaker 11: to the Shawnee chief leader random, but just, I really
• 44:06
  Speaker 11: want to want to get to know him.
• 44:07
  Speaker 3: He seemed like an amazing dude.
• 44:10
  Speaker 8: All right. Last one. Favorite movie.
• 44:15
  Speaker 3: Favorite baseball movie is For Love of the Game, for sure.
• 44:18
  Speaker 11: I love that. I think the baseball scenes are amazing.
• 44:21
  Speaker 11: Favorite movie overall, maybe Gladiator. It's a great, great star.
• 44:26
  Speaker 11: Shawshank Redemption and Gladiator, like those redemption stories, I just,
• 44:30
  Speaker 11: you know, they definitely fire me up.
• 44:31
  Speaker 3: So either Shawshank Redemption or Gladiator.
• 44:34
  Speaker 8: Top fives. Top fives. You did it. You nailed it.
• 44:37
  Speaker 1: Wow, he's good. Those were like A-plus answers on every front.
• 44:42
  Speaker 1: And actually, I'm with you, dude. I really loved For
• 44:44
  Speaker 1: the Love of the Game. I loved what it represented.
• 44:47
  Speaker 1: I loved the baseball scenes, too. I'm with you, dude. Underrated.
• 44:49
  Speaker 3: Yeah. Underrated baseball. A little cheesy romantically, but it's a
• 44:53
  Speaker 3: great movie.
• 44:53
  Speaker 8: You are cheesy.
• 44:54
  Speaker 3: You are cheesy.
• 44:55
  Speaker 11: One third of movies are.
• 44:57
  Speaker 1: 100%.
• 44:57
  Speaker 3: It's right in my bread box. Right.
• 45:00
  Speaker 1: Kill me for liking a feel-good story with a little
• 45:03
  Speaker 1: love to it. Sorry about it.
• 45:04
  Speaker 3: Right? I like it. I'm there. Yeah. You're the man, dude.
• 45:08
  Speaker 1: Keep doing your thing. We really appreciate the time. Love
• 45:10
  Speaker 1: having you on.
• 45:11
  Speaker 3: You guys are the best. Thanks for having me.