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Jurickson Profar’s 162-game PED suspension, WBC Power Rankings, Clayton McCullough on FT @Marlins camp · Foul Territory

• 0:04
  Speaker 1: Breaking news. Popped again. Jerkson Profar is facing a one
• 0:08
  Speaker 1: hundred and sixty two games suspension after testing positive for
• 0:11
  Speaker 1: a performance enhancing drug for the second time. Remember he
• 0:15
  Speaker 1: missed half of last year when he was popped, then
• 0:18
  Speaker 1: he came back late last year. Braves didn't make the playoffs,
• 0:21
  Speaker 1: but he wouldn't have been eligible this time around. That
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  Speaker 1: suspension doubles one full season. I see facing from passing
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  Speaker 1: in from some others. Maybe that is because he could
• 0:34
  Speaker 1: try to appeal it. I haven't been able to read
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  Speaker 1: the articles yet because we are on the air. Kratz
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  Speaker 1: is shaking his head, so maybe I'm off there either way.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, he's been caught multiple times, so I think
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  Speaker 1: it's a done deal. Am I off on anything there?
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  Speaker 2: Unless they changed how the process works. You test positive,
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  Speaker 2: they test your second sample, it becomes a positive test,
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  Speaker 2: You get notified. The team is not getting notified. You
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  Speaker 2: have an appeals process. That appeals process unless you, as
• 1:06
  Speaker 2: the player, let it out in the public tell somebody
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  Speaker 2: to write about it, Ryan Brown, then you can then
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  Speaker 2: go through the appeals process. It usually takes anywhere from
• 1:19
  Speaker 2: fifteen to thirty days, and once that appeal comes back,
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  Speaker 2: they say, nope, it's upheld. Then that's when it goes
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  Speaker 2: out to the it's announced to the Players Association, to
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  Speaker 2: Major League Baseball, the team, and then obviously it gets
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  Speaker 2: released to the public. So I don't know how if
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  Speaker 2: he has an appeals process that's pending, then it's his
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  Speaker 2: camp that let it out, which could be the case.
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  Speaker 3: Ridiculous, Sorry, ridiculous. Sorry.
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  Speaker 4: And last year, remember everyone's like, oh, he made a mistake,
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  Speaker 4: he didn't know what he put in his body.
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  Speaker 3: What happened this time?
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  Speaker 4: And I love I played with so far when he
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  Speaker 4: first came up, but this, you can't have this happen.
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  Speaker 4: I'm sorry, Like, no matter what you there's no excuse
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  Speaker 4: at this point if you don't and don't give me
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  Speaker 4: the excuse. Also of oh, sometimes their trainers give them
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  Speaker 4: stuff and they just trust the trainer. If you've already
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  Speaker 4: been popped once, he damn sure better not trust your
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  Speaker 4: trainer again.
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  Speaker 3: Like what are we doing?
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  Speaker 4: This is just now now this has becomes blatant cheating, right,
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  Speaker 4: this is just blatant. I'm gonna I can out I
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  Speaker 4: can outclass the system. I'm breaking the rules. I know
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  Speaker 4: what I'm doing. You missed the whole year. You cost
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  Speaker 4: yourself a bunch of money. I'm sorry, this this is
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  Speaker 4: this is awful.
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  Speaker 3: This is just awful.
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  Speaker 5: Good time for the Braves to sign a starter.
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  Speaker 1: By the way, so he remember he he popped off
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  Speaker 1: on the field. Kratz had the famous quote about talking
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  Speaker 1: about his exit velocity spiking this late in his career
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  Speaker 1: and saying it was fishy. So he signed a three
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  Speaker 1: or forty two million dollar deal with Atlanta last year.
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  Speaker 1: The he was twelve mil. That was cut in half
• 3:02
  Speaker 1: so it was six. I'm talking about Atlanta as a
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  Speaker 1: team that is dumbly profitable. But they didn't spend on
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  Speaker 1: starting pitching like you thought they would this offseason and
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  Speaker 1: they're down two starters. Now you're again looking like, hey,
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  Speaker 1: what's the plan here? They will probably save another fifteen
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  Speaker 1: million dollars on Profar, who, by the way, was not
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  Speaker 1: thrilled about looking at a lot of DH time this
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  Speaker 1: coming season. That's not going to be a thing now,
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  Speaker 1: so wipe him off, right. I think they'll be fine
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  Speaker 1: on the offensive void, but it's a team now that
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  Speaker 1: AJ hasn't had to withstand a lot of the contract
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  Speaker 1: for Profar. Again, I'm not saying it was a money
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  Speaker 1: thing for the Braves this offseason because they are flowing
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  Speaker 1: in cash. Ken Rosenthal has mentioned this multiple times on
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  Speaker 1: Fair Territory, how they don't want to give up a
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  Speaker 1: pitching spot like Bryce Elder or Joey Wentz.
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  Speaker 5: They could be waiting.
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  Speaker 1: And you don't like to say this, but maybe somebody
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  Speaker 1: on the roster gets hurt and then they're able to
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  Speaker 1: il that person and then they have a spot open
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  Speaker 1: and they can sign someone like Zach Lettel or Lucas Giulito.
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  Speaker 1: Seems like such a slam dunk for this team to
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  Speaker 1: go after another starter.
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  Speaker 4: Yes, but we'll see, agreed, We'll see Giulito Lttel. Those
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  Speaker 4: are probably the two biggest names out there, and it
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  Speaker 4: would make total sense. And now they have what fourteen
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  Speaker 4: or fifteen million off the books, So here's your chance, Atlanta.
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  Speaker 2: I think they're a move no matter what. Anyway, I
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  Speaker 2: think I really think they're going to make that make
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  Speaker 2: that final push at the end of spring training for somebody,
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  Speaker 2: or maybe part way through spring training, but we're we're
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  Speaker 2: getting towards the end.
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  Speaker 5: Here, right. That was my point.
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  Speaker 1: So, uh, they do have a void now, I mean,
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  Speaker 1: we'll see who the DH is going to be I
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  Speaker 1: guess for the team. It's not they could trade for
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  Speaker 1: a bat, maybe they for Drake Bald but oh true, right,
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  Speaker 1: you can just you can fit one of those guys
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  Speaker 1: in to get more DH time. That's a good point,
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  Speaker 1: very good point, ballid. Although Murphy is not going to
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  Speaker 1: begin the year healthy, so at least start saying here, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: at some point.
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  Speaker 5: You can mix those guys in. That's fair.
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  Speaker 1: AJ and Myrland's manager Clayton McCullough with us right now,
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  Speaker 1: looks like the wind is flowing. We will do this
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  Speaker 1: for a few minutes until the tornado hits. Clayton, great
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  Speaker 1: to have you on, Thank you for the time.
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  Speaker 2: How is everything?
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  Speaker 6: Of course things are going well. Yes, there's a little
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  Speaker 6: blustery here right now in Jupiter.
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  Speaker 3: Huh yeah, here's problem.
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  Speaker 4: We have Mark and Michael holds a tent and I'm like,
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  Speaker 4: you can hit me, but Clayton's sitting on the tent
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  Speaker 4: side it hits him.
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  Speaker 3: We're gonna have action. Let's keep it off him.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, okay, we'll keep you safe. You sound good though,
• 5:40
  Speaker 1: And how does the team look before? Obviously, many players
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  Speaker 1: jumped to their World Baseball Classic teams in the past
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  Speaker 1: couple of days.
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  Speaker 5: What did the full squad look like.
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  Speaker 6: It's been a good start to our camp and we
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  Speaker 6: felt like there was a lot of optimism and excitement
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  Speaker 6: from how things finished with us last year, certainly recognizing
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  Speaker 6: that we have a long way to go to put
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  Speaker 6: ourselves and we believe in a position to consistently compete
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  Speaker 6: for the NL least in postseason appearances. But our crew
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  Speaker 6: really had everybody saying this, we had a great off season,
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  Speaker 6: a lot of guys physically came in in a great spot,
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  Speaker 6: some weight gains, strength gains, So from that end, it's
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  Speaker 6: been a good start to camp with a lot of
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  Speaker 6: a lot of optimism and a competition going on throughout
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  Speaker 6: each day.
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  Speaker 2: How much of that stuff monitored? You talk about strength gains,
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  Speaker 2: weight gains, weight and loss, all that stuff. How much
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  Speaker 2: do you guys monitor it as a Marlins organization.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah, it's something that we stayed on. We were very
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  Speaker 6: diligent about our strength and conditioning staff, our training staff.
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  Speaker 6: We have a team of nutritionists that were you know,
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  Speaker 6: check ups with our players, you know, every couple of weeks,
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  Speaker 6: and that you know, then also the the field staff
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  Speaker 6: members myself and our pitching staff, hitting staff. So we
• 6:51
  Speaker 6: tried to really have a lot of touch points with
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  Speaker 6: our players during the off season and you know, again
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  Speaker 6: to you know, not to police them, but also just
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  Speaker 6: to try to hate We're are you at now? These
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  Speaker 6: are some goals we set for you entered in the
• 7:03
  Speaker 6: off season as we get to spring training, trying to
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  Speaker 6: hit marks and proud of our group for how open
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  Speaker 6: they were to that line of communication that we were
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  Speaker 6: sending across the boso to speak, and I think they
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  Speaker 6: recognize that, you know, being fast and powerful and explosive
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  Speaker 6: is an important part of our sport.
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  Speaker 2: Do you think you guys can do more? You came
• 7:23
  Speaker 2: from the Blue Jays back when I was there, then
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  Speaker 2: you went to the Dodgers and saw what they were
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  Speaker 2: doing in their development. Do you feel like when you
• 7:30
  Speaker 2: go to an organization like the Marlins who aren't going
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  Speaker 2: to spend in free agency that's just that's obvious. Do
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  Speaker 2: you feel like you can do more? Because I think
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  Speaker 2: people from the outside think, oh man, he's a professional
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  Speaker 2: baseball player. They must always just be training them and
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  Speaker 2: doing all this stuff. Could you guys, as an organization
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  Speaker 2: do more?
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  Speaker 6: I think we're certainly trying to do more and if
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  Speaker 6: we've invested a lot of capital into that side of things. Mean,
• 7:54
  Speaker 6: do you come see our facility now here in Jupiter.
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  Speaker 6: The renovations that we're done here are incredible. Our weight room,
• 8:01
  Speaker 6: training room facility now is a separate building and a
• 8:04
  Speaker 6: large turf area. So I think that statement alone sends
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  Speaker 6: a great message to our players of the importance and
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  Speaker 6: significance that we're putting on that as well as renovations
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  Speaker 6: that have been done in Miami. So it's certainly an
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  Speaker 6: area that we are prioritizing and placing a lot of
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  Speaker 6: emphasis on and you know, believing it's just another way
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  Speaker 6: that we can hopefully you know, develop our players in
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  Speaker 6: a sense and that way better than other people.
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  Speaker 4: Do you call the guys personally? Because you said your
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  Speaker 4: trainers and your weight and the nutritions, how about you?
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  Speaker 4: Do you call or do you go see them?
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  Speaker 3: Perfectly?
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  Speaker 6: I do, I try. I do. I give them all
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  Speaker 6: a little bit of space when the season finished, and
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  Speaker 6: I myself personally, like some time when this we spent
• 8:42
  Speaker 6: so much time together, as you guys know, and then
• 8:44
  Speaker 6: everyone's go go home and reconnect, like go back with
• 8:46
  Speaker 6: your loved whens, your family. We all a lot of
• 8:49
  Speaker 6: these guys are myself included, fathers and husbands, so have
• 8:52
  Speaker 6: some time to digest things before you shift to getting
• 8:56
  Speaker 6: ready for next year. But it happens quickly and then
• 8:58
  Speaker 6: it is phone calls tech. Uh, there's We have a
• 9:01
  Speaker 6: number of players that live in this area in the
• 9:03
  Speaker 6: off season, so having the chance to be able to
• 9:04
  Speaker 6: go watch them as they get into their bullpens. Sandy
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  Speaker 6: and UDERI aren't too far down the road towards Miami,
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  Speaker 6: so do try to get out and see some guys
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  Speaker 6: in person, and you know, stay connected, you know via
• 9:17
  Speaker 6: text and phone as well.
• 9:18
  Speaker 4: How do you handle the WBC stuff as a manager?
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  Speaker 4: You're playing Team Israel today, you treat that like a
• 9:23
  Speaker 4: regular game. And then how do you handle your own
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  Speaker 4: guys like Sandy that are gone to the Dominican You
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  Speaker 4: just you just sit there and say please, please, just
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  Speaker 4: getting through this healthy.
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  Speaker 6: We certainly probably all want our guys to come back
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  Speaker 6: here healthy. And the conversations I have Ernie went with
• 9:37
  Speaker 6: Team Canada. We have three players there. Ernie's great Albert
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  Speaker 6: Poolholts with the d R. We've been in contact with
• 9:42
  Speaker 6: Team Midley, Marcy Is and more. Just try to give
• 9:46
  Speaker 6: them a gauge of you know, where our players were
• 9:48
  Speaker 6: in camp, what we're able to do from a build
• 9:49
  Speaker 6: up standpoint, Get a gauge an idea of how they're
• 9:52
  Speaker 6: seeing that the playing time look like their end and
• 9:56
  Speaker 6: you know, want to appreciate that they want to go
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  Speaker 6: win and this is this tournament is a big deal
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  Speaker 6: for each representative country as well as the sport of baseball.
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  Speaker 6: Will also you know, we have a selfish interest in
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  Speaker 6: our own players, you know, continuing to play, which they'd
• 10:09
  Speaker 6: be doing here, but also hopefully coming back to our
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  Speaker 6: camp healthy.
• 10:12
  Speaker 2: Do you have did you have any arguments or reservations
• 10:17
  Speaker 2: about any of your players going as an organization and
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  Speaker 2: you being part of those conversations.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah, no, we didn't have any any real reservations. Means say,
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  Speaker 6: I was excited for Sandy. I mean, you know, I
• 10:28
  Speaker 6: know how imagine how important that is for him to
• 10:31
  Speaker 6: put on the d R uniform, get to pitch and
• 10:34
  Speaker 6: loan depot. He's going to throw against Team Venezuela, which
• 10:37
  Speaker 6: will be an electric atmosphere, and with so many youthful
• 10:40
  Speaker 6: players on our roster, mean someone like Liam Hicks, who
• 10:43
  Speaker 6: I mean, it wasn't long ago, he's in the Texas League,
• 10:45
  Speaker 6: and then now he has a year of service, he
• 10:46
  Speaker 6: has a chance to play for Team Candidate. I think
• 10:48
  Speaker 6: it's a great opportunity for them to be in some
• 10:51
  Speaker 6: environments that we hope that we're playing in in the
• 10:53
  Speaker 6: not too distant future, to feel that a little bit
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  Speaker 6: and you know, get that type of energy and excitement.
• 10:59
  Speaker 6: And so for the most part, you know, I'm excited
• 11:02
  Speaker 6: for them having a chance to go do that, and yeah,
• 11:06
  Speaker 6: fingers crossed they come back in a good spot for us.
• 11:08
  Speaker 4: Where are you guys at this year, because I last
• 11:10
  Speaker 4: year was better probably than most people expected. And we
• 11:14
  Speaker 4: have some Marlin fans in Twitter and in our chat
• 11:16
  Speaker 4: to defend you guys to the death Right. And when
• 11:19
  Speaker 4: you guys traded Weathers, I said, man, that seems like
• 11:21
  Speaker 4: a guy they might want to cake eve. And they're like, oh,
• 11:23
  Speaker 4: they got pitching for months, they got twenty twenty prospect pictures,
• 11:26
  Speaker 4: they have plenty of pictures. So how do you balance
• 11:29
  Speaker 4: last year with what you guys did with you and
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  Speaker 4: now you have a little bit of expectations to move
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  Speaker 4: to this year.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah, the expectations are good, and I think it's something
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  Speaker 6: that we're embracing and but I said it to our
• 11:39
  Speaker 6: group last year that a lot of the outside noise
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  Speaker 6: and how people may predict or forecast what type of
• 11:44
  Speaker 6: season we're going to have, we'll have little bearing on
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  Speaker 6: what we actually do, and what we did in twenty
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  Speaker 6: five will have little to do with how we play
• 11:52
  Speaker 6: in twenty six. Like we need to get better across
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  Speaker 6: the board. We need the players that someone established themselves
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  Speaker 6: as ones we're counting on this year to continue to
• 11:59
  Speaker 6: take steps. And there's anything really different this year than
• 12:03
  Speaker 6: last year was. I do think we come into this
• 12:05
  Speaker 6: camp with a little more clarity in a lot of
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  Speaker 6: places on the field, while still having runway open for
• 12:11
  Speaker 6: a lot of individuals to get an opportunity if they
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  Speaker 6: perform their way there. And we can never have enough pitching,
• 12:16
  Speaker 6: no one can. We do feel like we have a
• 12:19
  Speaker 6: talented group of arms that are either going to break
• 12:21
  Speaker 6: and start with us in Miami or those that will
• 12:23
  Speaker 6: be in Triple A that will compete and perform their
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  Speaker 6: way to our team if needed. So the outlook we
• 12:32
  Speaker 6: feel like is bright and not just on the field
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  Speaker 6: at the major league level. We think organizationally, a lot
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  Speaker 6: of initiatives and things that we put into place, we
• 12:38
  Speaker 6: believe are going to be firmer this year and hopefully
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  Speaker 6: allow us as an entire group to continue to move forward.
• 12:46
  Speaker 1: Hey, I know your team didn't make the postseason last year,
• 12:49
  Speaker 1: but it was a fun finish to the season. Your
• 12:51
  Speaker 1: team was able to play spoiler against the club that
• 12:54
  Speaker 1: would have made the playoffs. What was your take on
• 12:56
  Speaker 1: what happened there in the last few days. I remember
• 12:59
  Speaker 1: when we covered it, we were like, good for them,
• 13:01
  Speaker 1: let them celebrate. I mean, you're trying to win every
• 13:03
  Speaker 1: single game. I felt like some maybe you know up
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  Speaker 1: North and where I am right now in New York,
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  Speaker 1: press wise, or people on social media were like, oh,
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  Speaker 1: how dare they celebrate what a loser take to celebrate
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  Speaker 1: beating a team and playing spoiler? And I was like
• 13:16
  Speaker 1: completely disagreeing with that. Did you feel the same way.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean we were. We were in Philadelphia before
• 13:24
  Speaker 6: that series, and like we we were telling us, hey,
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  Speaker 6: we have a chip and a chair, like we still
• 13:28
  Speaker 6: had a very small but a realistic chance of getting
• 13:30
  Speaker 6: in and when the sun set on our season, we
• 13:35
  Speaker 6: were disappointed. And then also told them guys, like your job,
• 13:38
  Speaker 6: like we're finished we're finishing this season like we set
• 13:40
  Speaker 6: out this year to you know, play every game all
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  Speaker 6: the way out and you know, let's you know, the
• 13:45
  Speaker 6: Mets and ruin their season. You're like, we're going to
• 13:47
  Speaker 6: go out there and we owe it to ourselves and
• 13:49
  Speaker 6: we owe it to the fans that are going to
• 13:51
  Speaker 6: come out here to go and your professionals, like, we
• 13:53
  Speaker 6: need to go play these games to win like we
• 13:55
  Speaker 6: have every other day this season. And if we're able
• 13:58
  Speaker 6: to win this series and knock the Mets out, then
• 14:00
  Speaker 6: they can go enjoy the same offseason that U that
• 14:02
  Speaker 6: we're about to have. So we didn't feel sorry for
• 14:04
  Speaker 6: the Mets. I can promise you.
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  Speaker 3: That you did it. You actually did.
• 14:06
  Speaker 6: We played well that series.
• 14:07
  Speaker 4: It was great for the Marlins and for your players.
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  Speaker 4: Plus it's a playoff atmosphere where you have to win
• 14:12
  Speaker 4: the games that it can only help you down.
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  Speaker 6: The road exactly. We want our guys to feel that
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  Speaker 6: and that every year that we get late into September
• 14:19
  Speaker 6: that there is something on the line with every game
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  Speaker 6: that we're playing, and that feeling when we do get
• 14:24
  Speaker 6: to October is only going to be magnified and to
• 14:28
  Speaker 6: you know, appreciate what it takes to put yourself in
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  Speaker 6: position to be playing those games and trust that you know,
• 14:34
  Speaker 6: what you've done to that point has prepared you for
• 14:37
  Speaker 6: you know what's ahead.
• 14:38
  Speaker 3: By the way, did you how do you deal with Oh, sorry,
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  Speaker 3: craps go on?
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  Speaker 2: Oh no, No, I was just gonna say, did you
• 14:44
  Speaker 2: have to be the one to say that? Did your
• 14:45
  Speaker 2: coaches have to be the one to say, guys, We're
• 14:48
  Speaker 2: not We're not giving up on this. You know you guys,
• 14:50
  Speaker 2: I get it. We didn't get where we wanted to
• 14:52
  Speaker 2: be the playoffs. But was there players in that clubhouse?
• 14:56
  Speaker 2: When you see young teams, you just wonder like, who's
• 14:59
  Speaker 2: the guy that's step were they're players that stepped up
• 15:01
  Speaker 2: and said, hey, guys, like we still are going to
• 15:03
  Speaker 2: play this all the way out and we can play spoiler.
• 15:06
  Speaker 6: Yeah. It was probably the only team meeting I think
• 15:08
  Speaker 6: I had all season long was when we got back
• 15:10
  Speaker 6: to Miami after the Philadelphia series, and it was one
• 15:14
  Speaker 6: I expressed my disappointment, Like I tell him, like, there's
• 15:16
  Speaker 6: nothing better those of you that haven't experienced than popping champagne.
• 15:20
  Speaker 6: And whether that's you know, getting in as a wild
• 15:21
  Speaker 6: card or winning a division, winning playoff series. So I
• 15:24
  Speaker 6: was disappointed that you guys this year aren't going to
• 15:27
  Speaker 6: have the chance to feel that. But that doesn't mean that,
• 15:29
  Speaker 6: Like what we have now these three games is still
• 15:32
  Speaker 6: like let's not forget what we You know, when we
• 15:35
  Speaker 6: set our goals for the season, it was to be
• 15:37
  Speaker 6: better than we started and it was to finish strong,
• 15:39
  Speaker 6: and we have that opportunity still. So look, Sandy was
• 15:41
  Speaker 6: going to pitch that first game, like everybody's sitting in
• 15:43
  Speaker 6: this room, like, you owe it to whoever's out there
• 15:45
  Speaker 6: to come out and play your very best. You know,
• 15:48
  Speaker 6: jury's going to care tomorrow what this about? This game?
• 15:51
  Speaker 6: Cabby the next day, So you owe it's more than
• 15:53
  Speaker 6: just you. It's it's about your teammates and your professional
• 15:57
  Speaker 6: responsibility to come out here and like this is just
• 15:59
  Speaker 6: what we do.
• 16:00
  Speaker 4: What did it mean more that it was in the division,
• 16:03
  Speaker 4: because you listen, the division is your division, right. You
• 16:06
  Speaker 4: obviously have the Mets, who are now turned into kind
• 16:08
  Speaker 4: of a spending behemoth. Philly's not afraid. Atlanta's done a
• 16:12
  Speaker 4: nice thing with what they've done. The Nationals are they
• 16:15
  Speaker 4: used to be They used to be one of those teams.
• 16:17
  Speaker 4: And then you have the Marlins, right, does it mean
• 16:20
  Speaker 4: more like you beat the Mets to knock them out
• 16:22
  Speaker 4: of the playoffs, I know you didn't get in.
• 16:24
  Speaker 3: It does it mean still mean more to win against
• 16:26
  Speaker 3: teams in your division?
• 16:29
  Speaker 6: It definitely means more to winning in your division. It's
• 16:31
  Speaker 6: like that's something if we ever, you know, we want
• 16:33
  Speaker 6: to win this division and you need to beat the
• 16:35
  Speaker 6: teams in your division, and uh, what do you think
• 16:38
  Speaker 6: this is a great opportunity for us? I like, yes,
• 16:40
  Speaker 6: I love Carlos Mendez and the Mets, like you know,
• 16:42
  Speaker 6: and they have a great roster and Walt Weiss in Atlanta,
• 16:45
  Speaker 6: and they've had a ton of success, you know, Rob
• 16:48
  Speaker 6: Thompson and Philly Now he's such a pro and their
• 16:50
  Speaker 6: group of veteran professionals, and Washington's gonna they're gonna make
• 16:54
  Speaker 6: some moves here, you know, in the next few years.
• 16:55
  Speaker 6: So we look at our division as a really exciting
• 16:58
  Speaker 6: challenge and something we're embracing. So to say it wasn't
• 17:02
  Speaker 6: a little sweeter to knock out a divisional opponent, I
• 17:05
  Speaker 6: think now as I sit here, i'd be making that up.
• 17:07
  Speaker 6: I felt before we.
• 17:08
  Speaker 4: Let you guys, got to ask you this because We've
• 17:10
  Speaker 4: had a conversation and you guys are doing it. You're
• 17:12
  Speaker 4: calling the pitches. Is a catcher.
• 17:14
  Speaker 3: You're calling the pitches from the dugout? Why? And it
• 17:17
  Speaker 3: breaks my heart. I know not have a catcher that
• 17:19
  Speaker 3: can call the old game. They can call their game.
• 17:22
  Speaker 6: I knew AJ and Eric would not.
• 17:24
  Speaker 2: I wasn't.
• 17:27
  Speaker 3: I'm not getting should talk about it.
• 17:28
  Speaker 6: It is it was something that this was. I mean
• 17:31
  Speaker 6: even shortly after I was hired, that this was organizationally like.
• 17:35
  Speaker 6: We were discussing this as we felt like this is
• 17:37
  Speaker 6: like I had real potential. Not about what our catchers
• 17:41
  Speaker 6: could or couldn't do, but we just felt like that
• 17:44
  Speaker 6: the delivery system changing where we can get what we
• 17:48
  Speaker 6: feel like is the optimal pitch each time sent in
• 17:50
  Speaker 6: that choice a sent in each time. We felt that
• 17:54
  Speaker 6: it would be advantageous for us and our pitchers would
• 17:56
  Speaker 6: perform better. We'd prevent more runs over time, again leaning
• 18:01
  Speaker 6: into their strengths, and our pitching coach is doing so
• 18:04
  Speaker 6: much work. They have information being sent to them our
• 18:08
  Speaker 6: catchers freeing them up some from this and it's not
• 18:10
  Speaker 6: to This is not going to be a take that
• 18:13
  Speaker 6: everyone certainly agrees with, but expending their bandwidth in other areas,
• 18:16
  Speaker 6: while ultimately we think it's going to lead to us
• 18:19
  Speaker 6: winning more games, and with where we're at two wins
• 18:21
  Speaker 6: in a season, one extra win could be the difference
• 18:24
  Speaker 6: in us, you know, continuing to play or not. And
• 18:28
  Speaker 6: I felt like the juncture in the season at when
• 18:30
  Speaker 6: we implemented this, like the last eight games, was the
• 18:33
  Speaker 6: right time from just a trust standpoint, from we threw
• 18:37
  Speaker 6: so much at our group last year from day one
• 18:40
  Speaker 6: to spring training through the season that we knew this
• 18:42
  Speaker 6: wasn't going to be a very popular take, but that
• 18:45
  Speaker 6: was okay, Like I have no problem you know, answering
• 18:48
  Speaker 6: all those questions and standing up for our group, and
• 18:50
  Speaker 6: that the amount of trust that our pitching coaches had
• 18:53
  Speaker 6: built an equity with our pitchers throughout that that it
• 18:56
  Speaker 6: was the time to roll this out, knowing that this
• 18:58
  Speaker 6: year we were going to do it full time. And
• 19:00
  Speaker 6: just again, our catchers and our pitchers have the ability
• 19:03
  Speaker 6: to shake. We have the same pregame type meetings where
• 19:06
  Speaker 6: we're talking about their strengths and usages and hitters. The
• 19:09
  Speaker 6: conversations that doug out are very similar. The difference is
• 19:13
  Speaker 6: who's initiating choice A where it's going. He's just getting
• 19:16
  Speaker 6: from starting from a different place.
• 19:18
  Speaker 3: Yeah, I get it, I do get it.
• 19:21
  Speaker 4: But I mean that was something as a catcher you
• 19:23
  Speaker 4: kind of had to learn and it kind of became
• 19:25
  Speaker 4: a strength for people. So to me, again, I'm obviously
• 19:29
  Speaker 4: played forever ago and I don't want to be the
• 19:31
  Speaker 4: old guy in Alawn. I mean, I get what you
• 19:32
  Speaker 4: do because everybody high school, college, they never get to
• 19:36
  Speaker 4: call their own pitches before until they got to the
• 19:38
  Speaker 4: minor leagues.
• 19:39
  Speaker 3: And a lot of the catchers said, well, I don't
• 19:41
  Speaker 3: even know what I'm doing. I've never had to do
• 19:42
  Speaker 3: this before.
• 19:43
  Speaker 4: But what do you say to like Kratz and I
• 19:45
  Speaker 4: that's argument would be, well, that you're not back there
• 19:48
  Speaker 4: so you can't see. Maybe Sandy doesn't have a slider
• 19:51
  Speaker 4: that day, but maybe it might be the right time
• 19:53
  Speaker 4: to throw a slider, but he's throwing spinners that day,
• 19:55
  Speaker 4: or he can't locate it. We need a good three
• 19:57
  Speaker 4: to two slider, but his sinker's really working that day.
• 20:00
  Speaker 4: What do you And it's let's say it's the first inning.
• 20:02
  Speaker 4: It's a big situation. We haven't had time to have
• 20:04
  Speaker 4: that conversation with the pitching coach and then whack, God forbid,
• 20:07
  Speaker 4: he gives up a basis clearing double and you're and
• 20:10
  Speaker 4: the catcher's like, yeah, but the slider wasn't good in
• 20:12
  Speaker 4: the bullpen and it wasn't good that first inning.
• 20:14
  Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean that those are we know, those are
• 20:16
  Speaker 6: things that are coming. And the feel component that you
• 20:20
  Speaker 6: know catchers have from sitting back there, certainly, I think
• 20:24
  Speaker 6: I would say that, look, we just we believe that yes,
• 20:26
  Speaker 6: this first inning, that might not be in the pitch,
• 20:28
  Speaker 6: but we are talking about you know, every game, every
• 20:31
  Speaker 6: pitch of the season, and we believe that this is
• 20:33
  Speaker 6: this strategy is going to went out. And we're also
• 20:36
  Speaker 6: you know, a jamn, I'm gonna lean on you with
• 20:37
  Speaker 6: how you think things are going and feeling and your
• 20:40
  Speaker 6: soft skills as a catcher and your ability to get
• 20:42
  Speaker 6: this person in the zone and you're targeting and the
• 20:45
  Speaker 6: conversations you have and when you go kick him in
• 20:46
  Speaker 6: the butt are just as imperative and important as they've
• 20:49
  Speaker 6: always you know been.
• 20:51
  Speaker 4: Okay, that's fair. I don't have to like it, but
• 20:53
  Speaker 4: we'll see how it comes. I mean, I appreciate you
• 20:56
  Speaker 4: giving me the reasons. Doesn't mean I have to like it. No,
• 20:58
  Speaker 4: and you said people aren't gonna lie. But as an
• 21:00
  Speaker 4: old Catcher and Kratz, I know Krats. You know, Kratz
• 21:03
  Speaker 4: feels the same.
• 21:04
  Speaker 6: You know.
• 21:04
  Speaker 2: It's just I'm not as old as you. I'm not enough,
• 21:07
  Speaker 2: You're you're a living fossil.
• 21:10
  Speaker 4: True, But yeah, I understand, I understand. So I appreciate
• 21:13
  Speaker 4: you explaining it to me. Thank you you well. Doesn't
• 21:15
  Speaker 4: mean I have to agree with, of course not still
• 21:17
  Speaker 4: be friends.
• 21:17
  Speaker 5: Yes, sir, yeah you're breaking their hearts a little bit.
• 21:20
  Speaker 1: But I'm glad we talked about this great question from
• 21:22
  Speaker 1: AJ and yeah you got two catchers mostly hosting the show.
• 21:26
  Speaker 1: So thank you for the time. Clayton really appreciated and
• 21:28
  Speaker 1: the answer there. Good luck this season. We'll catch it
• 21:31
  Speaker 1: at some point during the year.
• 21:32
  Speaker 6: Okay, okay, guys, love to visit. Thanks.
• 21:35
  Speaker 1: We didn't get to this yesterday because it was announced
• 21:37
  Speaker 1: during the show. The Spring Breakout has been around for
• 21:42
  Speaker 1: a couple of years. That's when you get a lot
• 21:44
  Speaker 1: of the top prospects playing in games during spring It's fun.
• 21:47
  Speaker 1: I mean, we love prospects. You get a lot of
• 21:49
  Speaker 1: them in the same game facing off, right, Because usually
• 21:52
  Speaker 1: during a season you'll see guys spread out across the
• 21:55
  Speaker 1: minor leagues, and this enables a team to say, hey,
• 21:58
  Speaker 1: let's take our top ten, fifteen, twenty prospects, whatever it is,
• 22:00
  Speaker 1: as many as we can get, and put them in
• 22:03
  Speaker 1: one game for our particular team against another team in
• 22:05
  Speaker 1: that same spot. That'll happen later on in March. The
• 22:10
  Speaker 1: games this year are scheduled for the nineteenth through the
• 22:12
  Speaker 1: twenty second.
• 22:13
  Speaker 5: That'll get us passed World Baseball Classic. It's fun.
• 22:15
  Speaker 1: So we get WBC, then we get Spring breakout going forward,
• 22:19
  Speaker 1: we're actually going to get that done as a tournament,
• 22:22
  Speaker 1: which I think is pretty fun. So they're going to
• 22:23
  Speaker 1: do single elimination, head to head.
• 22:25
  Speaker 5: Did you hear about this?
• 22:26
  Speaker 1: You might have missed the what Yeah, starting next year,
• 22:30
  Speaker 1: I think they've got it locked in for at least
• 22:32
  Speaker 1: the next couple of years. They're going to do that. Remember,
• 22:35
  Speaker 1: last year might get a little bit tricky because we're
• 22:36
  Speaker 1: gonna have.
• 22:37
  Speaker 5: A match up.
• 22:37
  Speaker 1: It'll probably go into spring training, but minor leaguers don't
• 22:44
  Speaker 1: have to deal with that. If you're not on the
• 22:45
  Speaker 1: forty man roster, their CBA expires a year later, so
• 22:49
  Speaker 1: we might get minor league spring training breakout games, and
• 22:53
  Speaker 1: it'll be a tournament and there'll be a lot of
• 22:54
  Speaker 1: people checking that out. That's the top prospects in the
• 22:58
  Speaker 1: sport for their respective teams playing an x shibition game.
• 23:00
  Speaker 1: Starting next year, that will be a single elimination tournament
• 23:04
  Speaker 1: to determine a champ in the Cactus League and in
• 23:06
  Speaker 1: the grape Fruit League. To me, it's two things here.
• 23:09
  Speaker 1: Number One, it makes those games more interesting. Number Two,
• 23:13
  Speaker 1: it is MLB's attempt at a tournament without doing an
• 23:17
  Speaker 1: in season tournament like the NBA, and the NBA I
• 23:20
  Speaker 1: think has lost its way a little bit right now
• 23:23
  Speaker 1: in the regular season. So this is fun and harmless,
• 23:26
  Speaker 1: right And number three, next year, I think that tournament
• 23:30
  Speaker 1: goes on regardless of what's happening in our sport at
• 23:34
  Speaker 1: the lockout level, because most of those players are minor
• 23:37
  Speaker 1: league players. They're not on forty man rosters. If you
• 23:39
  Speaker 1: are in a forty man roster, that's different, then you
• 23:41
  Speaker 1: won't be playing. But if you're not, the minor league
• 23:45
  Speaker 1: collective bargaining agreement doesn't expire until a year l later,
• 23:48
  Speaker 1: so the minor league season will play next year and
• 23:51
  Speaker 1: they will be in their regular camp and prep format
• 23:55
  Speaker 1: going into the year, unlike MLB players, which will almost
• 24:00
  Speaker 1: certainly be delayed heading into spring training. If we do
• 24:03
  Speaker 1: have a spring training.
• 24:06
  Speaker 6: I love it.
• 24:07
  Speaker 2: I don't love the fact that there could be a
• 24:09
  Speaker 2: little delayed spring training start. My hope is that that
• 24:12
  Speaker 2: doesn't help, that doesn't happen. But I love this tournament.
• 24:15
  Speaker 2: I love the fact that they're able to kind of
• 24:19
  Speaker 2: find because we're always looking for that. Like Niche, it's
• 24:21
  Speaker 2: too early to do this, can never do it in
• 24:24
  Speaker 2: the middle of the season. You know, there's so many
• 24:27
  Speaker 2: give and takes. But this is a bunch of minor
• 24:29
  Speaker 2: leaguers who really at the end of spring training you're like, oh, man,
• 24:34
  Speaker 2: lets let's get let's get going, and they're pitting organization
• 24:39
  Speaker 2: versus organization. You win, you move on, you lose. You
• 24:44
  Speaker 2: got to go back to learning how to run to
• 24:46
  Speaker 2: first base at nine o'clock in the morning on field six.
• 24:49
  Speaker 2: So I think there's motivation, and you know what else
• 24:52
  Speaker 2: it does. It sells the future of the game, which
• 24:55
  Speaker 2: is all I ask for from anything in Major League Baseball.
• 25:01
  Speaker 5: Let's charging them out, Let's charge the mound.
• 25:04
  Speaker 1: It's presented by the Fox one app and let's talk
• 25:08
  Speaker 1: about the World Baseball Classic. So this is what we're
• 25:10
  Speaker 1: gonna do today, Guys, power rankings. MLB dot Com put
• 25:14
  Speaker 1: power rankings out there for the World Baseball Classic teams
• 25:19
  Speaker 1: that they think are in the best standing and they're
• 25:22
  Speaker 1: i think factoring in some past performance as you should,
• 25:26
  Speaker 1: as good as the Team USA roster looks on paper.
• 25:29
  Speaker 1: They did not win last time around. So MLB dot
• 25:33
  Speaker 1: Com put Japan number one. They still have the best
• 25:36
  Speaker 1: player in the world in Otani. Even if he doesn't pitch,
• 25:39
  Speaker 1: I still think he might in the right situation. You
• 25:41
  Speaker 1: still have one of the best pitchers and one of
• 25:43
  Speaker 1: the most clutch guys on the mound starting games for
• 25:45
  Speaker 1: them in Yoshi Yamamoto, say A Suzuki and many others
• 25:49
  Speaker 1: part of that lineup. I'll just run through the rest
• 25:51
  Speaker 1: and then I'll let you guys slice and dice. Age
• 25:53
  Speaker 1: is going to be calling some of these games coming up.
• 25:55
  Speaker 1: Team USA is in the two slot. Then they have
• 25:58
  Speaker 1: the Dominican Republic, led by guys like Laddie Junior, Wan Soto,
• 26:01
  Speaker 1: Julio Rodriguez, Fernando Tatis, Junior Venezuela, featuring guys like Ronald
• 26:06
  Speaker 1: Lacuna Junior Ranger Suarez on the mound, William Contreras, and
• 26:10
  Speaker 1: they have Team Mexico at five, Puerto Rico six, Korea seven,
• 26:14
  Speaker 1: Canada eight, Colombia nine, Netherlands ten, Chinese type eleven, and
• 26:19
  Speaker 1: Team Italy at twelve, focusing on the top five aj
• 26:25
  Speaker 1: any places that you would mix and match.
• 26:30
  Speaker 4: I honestly, Scott, I can hear you, but I can't see,
• 26:33
  Speaker 4: so I I am trying to see the thing.
• 26:36
  Speaker 1: You don't need to see. You don't need to see AJA,
• 26:38
  Speaker 1: I mean, and for the podcast. Okay, So you have
• 26:41
  Speaker 1: them over Japan, Okay.
• 26:43
  Speaker 3: Yes, just because I'm from USA.
• 26:45
  Speaker 4: I'm not from Japan, so I'm going to root for
• 26:46
  Speaker 4: the USA, right, Yeah, that's concidiously give me analysis.
• 26:51
  Speaker 5: Why do you have a Team USA above Japan.
• 26:53
  Speaker 4: I just think you're I think a lot of the
• 26:54
  Speaker 4: players now that we're on Japan have started to trickle
• 26:57
  Speaker 4: over to the United States. People have seen them more
• 27:00
  Speaker 4: more bats. They're not full they're not at full strength
• 27:02
  Speaker 4: like they have been in the past, just because of
• 27:04
  Speaker 4: worries about different things. And I think that USA has
• 27:08
  Speaker 4: finally gotten to point where they're starting to get a
• 27:11
  Speaker 4: lot of not all, but a lot of their best pitchers.
• 27:13
  Speaker 4: Skiings two starts, slogan web, two starts, schoobl Yes, I
• 27:16
  Speaker 4: know everyone's complaining, but it's still fifty five pitches against
• 27:19
  Speaker 4: Great Britain.
• 27:20
  Speaker 3: Right. Then they have Matthew Boyd. They have a lot
• 27:23
  Speaker 3: of their best players.
• 27:25
  Speaker 4: The position players look at that lineup today and tell
• 27:27
  Speaker 4: me that's not a good lineup, right, And then they're
• 27:29
  Speaker 4: starting to get a lot of the best pitchers. So
• 27:31
  Speaker 4: I think USA wants to win. They need to win
• 27:33
  Speaker 4: this one. Japan has three, USA only has one. It's
• 27:36
  Speaker 4: time USA, so it's time. Plus some might work for
• 27:39
  Speaker 4: USA Baseball at one point coming up soon, so of
• 27:41
  Speaker 4: course I'm rooting for the USA.
• 27:44
  Speaker 3: I'm biased.
• 27:46
  Speaker 2: You're the most chameleon person I've ever seen. Tell them
• 27:50
  Speaker 2: somebody from New York, Yo, bro, I'm from New York, Yo. Chicago,
• 27:54
  Speaker 2: I love Chicago. Y'all from Florida, Yo. I'm a coach
• 27:57
  Speaker 2: Team Poland. Now it's gonna be Team USA. Hey, whatever
• 28:01
  Speaker 2: it is. Either way, I believe that TV USA is
• 28:06
  Speaker 2: the most talented team. But when we talk about power rankings,
• 28:10
  Speaker 2: I'm viewing it as who is the who has the
• 28:13
  Speaker 2: best chance of winning and I still think until it
• 28:17
  Speaker 2: doesn't happen, Japan has the best chance of winning this.
• 28:22
  Speaker 2: Maybe they don't have the best talent. Maybe there's talent
• 28:24
  Speaker 2: we don't see. Like Aj said, some of these guys,
• 28:27
  Speaker 2: you're starting to see Saya, you start, You've seen Otani forever,
• 28:30
  Speaker 2: You've seen yamamotos. So these guys have an idea of
• 28:33
  Speaker 2: what they're actually bringing to the table. The reality is
• 28:37
  Speaker 2: these dudes have been playing and are game ready sooner.
• 28:42
  Speaker 2: They haven't been playing their season. But Team Japan they
• 28:46
  Speaker 2: call them. In other years, they call it Team Samurai.
• 28:49
  Speaker 2: They have there, they have like almost like a camp
• 28:53
  Speaker 2: where they're coming together and they're staying ready. What that
• 28:57
  Speaker 2: looks like, I have no idea of The guys told
• 29:00
  Speaker 2: me about it when we played over there. They stay
• 29:04
  Speaker 2: ready differently than our pitchers do, then our hitters do,
• 29:08
  Speaker 2: and so it's something that you get the opportunity to
• 29:11
  Speaker 2: be together as a team. A lot longer than Team USA,
• 29:14
  Speaker 2: a lot longer than the dr a lot longer than Venezuela,
• 29:17
  Speaker 2: all teams that have a lot of talent, just like Japan,
• 29:20
  Speaker 2: but they've been playing together, working together, and they're ramped
• 29:24
  Speaker 2: up to a different point, minus the guys who are
• 29:27
  Speaker 2: on big league teams in MLB, but it is, it's
• 29:31
  Speaker 2: just different, and I think that gives them a very
• 29:34
  Speaker 2: distinct advantage in this tournament where it's like Team USA Japan,
• 29:39
  Speaker 2: I mean Team USA, Dominican Venezuela. They're gonna go out
• 29:43
  Speaker 2: and it's like, Hey, if this star can do something,
• 29:46
  Speaker 2: they're gonna beat you. Where Japan's gonna lay that bunt down,
• 29:48
  Speaker 2: They're gonna move the runner over, They're gonna do things
• 29:51
  Speaker 2: to be able to win tournament style baseball.
• 29:55
  Speaker 4: By the way, Aaron Judges, the captain of Team USA,
• 29:57
  Speaker 4: what don't mean more to them or what's bigger winning
• 30:00
  Speaker 4: the WBC or getting a World Series with the Yankees?
• 30:04
  Speaker 5: The World Series with the Yanks.
• 30:05
  Speaker 3: Obviously, Oh no, you can't say that, Scott, because you
• 30:09
  Speaker 3: said the other day that this means.
• 30:10
  Speaker 1: More than Oh my god, get off, Scott, Get off
• 30:14
  Speaker 1: your stump. We're about to call those you can you
• 30:16
  Speaker 1: can like both, you need to add them. And hey,
• 30:18
  Speaker 1: he's got a much better chance of winning a World
• 30:21
  Speaker 1: Baseball Classic right now with the team that he's sporting
• 30:23
  Speaker 1: out there.
• 30:24
  Speaker 5: I mean, it's the facts, by.
• 30:26
  Speaker 3: The way, I mean We didn't even mention the DR.
• 30:28
  Speaker 3: The DR team is stacked.
• 30:30
  Speaker 1: Well that was that was gonna be my follow here. Yeah,
• 30:32
  Speaker 1: I think the rankings are fine, but the DR is stacked.
• 30:36
  Speaker 1: You're right, Aj, And it's not just the lineup. The
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  Speaker 1: Christopher Sanchez Sandel Contra one two in the rotation, and
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  Speaker 1: they're gonna let them go, right, They're gonna let them eat.
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  Speaker 1: They're gonna get their turns. USA has to do a
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  Speaker 1: little more mixing and matching. We learned not just s
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  Speaker 1: google pitching against Great Britain. It's gonna be fifty five
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  Speaker 1: pitches then he goes home. He's not going to pitch again.
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  Speaker 1: So they'll there will be a little more puzzle piece
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  Speaker 1: solving for team versus a team like the Dominican Republic
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  Speaker 1: that's just gonna probably roll those four or maybe one
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  Speaker 1: line up, where Team USA has to kind of tinker with. Okay,
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  Speaker 1: how many days rest does you get? Like it's just
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  Speaker 1: gonna be a little bit different in my mind. For
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  Speaker 1: Team USA, that'll be the trick is getting through all
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  Speaker 1: of the rules that some of the pitchers have. Anyway,
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  Speaker 1: Juan Soto special. It's close to even money here. Pete
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  Speaker 1: minus one fifteen, Sodo minus one ten. Who do you
• 33:21
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  Speaker 5: Krats?
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  Speaker 2: Pete, Jan Soda is going to try to go forty forty.
• 33:28
  Speaker 2: If you were talking about stolen bases, okay, maybe I
• 33:31
  Speaker 2: would say Jan Soda. Pete's going to Baltimore. Pete is
• 33:35
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  Speaker 2: home runs and Juan Soto could be in the MVP category. Again,
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  Speaker 2: I get that, but you were talking about just home
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  Speaker 2: runs Pete. I'll take it at minus one.
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  Speaker 1: Fifteen, Okay, I'll give you context from last year Pete
• 34:01
  Speaker 1: hit thirty eight and that was in a full season
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  Speaker 1: of AB's for Sodo. Same thing, full season forty three.
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  Speaker 1: Pete moves to Baltimore. That should help, right, Easier to
• 34:14
  Speaker 1: hit homers there than in Queens.
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  Speaker 2: Pretty similar, Yes, okay, sure, sure, I would say it's
• 34:21
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  Speaker 2: bit and left to me, Pete can hit him out
• 34:26
  Speaker 2: of Yosemite National Park, not just Camden Yards or city Field, Like, yes,
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  Speaker 2: is it gonna help him? Yes? To me, I love
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  Speaker 2: I love the fact that he's getting planted raid into
• 34:39
  Speaker 2: a lineup that has experience around each other. Juan Soto
• 34:43
  Speaker 2: has good players around him, but they don't know all
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  Speaker 2: two pitch in a dirt and goes ball four. I
• 34:54
  Speaker 2: think there's gonna be too many, too many walks for
• 34:57
  Speaker 2: Pete to for Wan to take Pete. But you know what,
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  Speaker 2: if Wan's listening to this and he's like, all right,
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  Speaker 2: I'll just go hit fifty home runs. If he came
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  Speaker 5: I'm excited for that.
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  Speaker 1: We'll also get their take on the Spring Breakout announcement
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  Speaker 1: that it'll be a tournament format coming up next year.
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  Speaker 1: In the year after that, JJ Cooper and the group
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  Speaker 1: thanks to the Marlins, by the way, the pr the players,
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  Speaker 1: the coaches, the whole deal. AJ, they were fantastic out there,
• 36:31
  Speaker 1: so give them our love in Jupiter and your two
• 36:35
  Speaker 1: day stop in the same facility comes to a close.
• 36:38
  Speaker 1: Port Saint Lucy next up than the Palm Beaches, so
• 36:42
  Speaker 1: Mets Camp, then Nationals Camp, then Astro's Camp to round
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  Speaker 1: out the week.
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  Speaker 5: AJ. You having fun in your home state.
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  Speaker 3: I am.
• 36:50
  Speaker 4: I'm going to name drop just for Krats because he
• 36:53
  Speaker 4: loves it. But I'm super happy about the ten am
• 36:56
  Speaker 4: arrival today by the Marlins. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
• 36:59
  Speaker 4: I don't think the Marlins. It allowed me to go
• 37:01
  Speaker 4: have breakfast with some guy named Michael. I don't know
• 37:04
  Speaker 4: if you guys know who Michael is, but not Michael Beer.
• 37:07
  Speaker 4: He's been winning NASCAR races, so it was nice. It
• 37:09
  Speaker 4: was a nice morning to get up there and see
• 37:11
  Speaker 4: some buddies. And now I get to go to Fort
• 37:13
  Speaker 4: Saint Lucy tomorrow and the Marlins.
• 37:14
  Speaker 3: Thank you. You were amazing.
• 37:16
  Speaker 5: You had breakfast with Michael Jordan.
• 37:19
  Speaker 2: I'm not gonna name drops as Kawas said, Michael Jordan says,
• 37:23
  Speaker 2: play hard, Jordan, you better have picked up the bill.