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Ken Rosenthal's Inside Scoop: Trade winds updates, Aaron Judge’s status, Hunter Goodman's HR Derby snub · Foul Territory

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Speaker 1: It's the inside Scoop with FTCNI or insider Ken Rosenthal.
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Speaker 1: Ken will start with the Yankees because one of the
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Speaker 1: best players of our generation, Aaron Judge, has been out
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Speaker 1: for a while and things still sound a little bit
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Speaker 1: weird and unknown with the Yanks. So what do we
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Speaker 1: know here? And I want to tie everything always to
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Speaker 1: the trade deadline at this point, like does this change
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Speaker 1: the plans for the Yankees depending on how this all
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Speaker 1: goes well.
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Speaker 2: All we know right now is that he is getting
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Speaker 2: as this tweet shows from Gary Phillips reimaging at the
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Speaker 2: All Star break, and general manager Brian Cashman said yesterday
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Speaker 2: that he doesn't expect the imaging to be clean. What
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Speaker 2: they're hoping for is improvement so that Judge can start
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Speaker 2: to do some things physically, because with this injury he
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Speaker 2: is really limited now. The expectation is still that Judge
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Speaker 2: will be back this season. If something that they learned
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Speaker 2: from this imaging changes that, then yes, of course the
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Speaker 2: deadline would be maybe a different animal than it would
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Speaker 2: be otherwise. But if it appears off this imaging that
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Speaker 2: he'll be back, I don't know, sometime in August. I
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Speaker 2: would think it doesn't have much of an effect, and
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Speaker 2: they'll try to do what they want to do, which
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Speaker 2: is short up their bullpen, find another catcher, and do
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Speaker 2: some other things as well.
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Speaker 3: How does it change their outlook in the sense of
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Speaker 3: are they not pleased or do they look a little
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Speaker 3: bit short in the outfield if this imaging shows no
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Speaker 3: improvement like they're hoping for.
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Speaker 2: Obviously, Eric, if you don't have Aaron judge, you're short
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Speaker 2: and they know that. We all know that, and that
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Speaker 2: I guess would be the fear here. That's something that
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Speaker 2: they learn from the imaging is amiss or not progressing
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Speaker 2: the way they want it, And then yes, you have
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Speaker 2: to decide, Okay, do we go get an outfielder now?
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Speaker 2: And I imagine that's not what they want to do.
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Speaker 2: They have other things that they need to address right now,
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Speaker 2: maybe even a starting pitcher along with what I mentioned
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Speaker 2: the bullpen and the right handed hitting catcher. But we
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Speaker 2: have to wait and see just what this says and
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Speaker 2: what they say about the imaging that he's going to have.
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Speaker 4: Yeah, and I think that's probably the most frustrating part
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Speaker 4: of the whole thing, the what ifs or what did
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Speaker 4: we miss or anything else we got the all Star
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Speaker 4: Game coming up. All that, But again with the Yankees,
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Speaker 4: say Judge has another setback, what do you think is
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Speaker 4: the most important I know you talk about a catching,
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Speaker 4: but for me, I think they got to get some
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Speaker 4: more pieces in that bullpen coming up in the trade deadline.
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Speaker 2: No, yes, Todd, That's what I've thought. I think most
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Speaker 2: people have thought that all along. That from the start
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Speaker 2: of the season, it was believed suspected that the bullpen
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Speaker 2: would be the biggest weakness. Now Austin Wells did a
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Speaker 2: home run last night, but they still want to fortify
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Speaker 2: the catching. They've been upfront about that. Fran Cashman said
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Speaker 2: that I believe a couple of days ago, so those
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Speaker 2: two things for me and for the Yankees would be
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Speaker 2: the priorities still. But again, if this imaging shows something
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Speaker 2: that is not as positive as maybe they hope, then
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Speaker 2: perhaps that changes.
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Speaker 3: All right. Now, let's go to the Central with the
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Speaker 3: division leading White Sox, which when Morikami, their central MVP
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Speaker 3: from their team, got hurt, I said they have to
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Speaker 3: stay afloat. Well, I think they've done more than stay afloat.
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Speaker 3: What does his return mean, not just for this team, obviously,
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Speaker 3: you're getting a twenty home run guy the way he
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Speaker 3: was on pace to possibly hit fifty. But also for
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Speaker 3: this team's trade deadline expectations.
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Speaker 2: I don't know that it changes the deadline, but Eric,
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Speaker 2: it's a meaningful thing. There's no question about it. As
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Speaker 2: you just mentioned, and I saw some of their players
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Speaker 2: quoted this morning as saying not that their vibe is
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Speaker 2: bad right now. It's not. They've lost four in a row, though,
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Speaker 2: and certainly the return of Morikami is going to elevate them,
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Speaker 2: not only on the field but in the clubhouse. He
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Speaker 2: is a guy that they've kind of rallied around, so
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Speaker 2: that is gonna be big for them. Offense has not
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Speaker 2: been the problem with the White Sox. The pitching is
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Speaker 2: the question. Specifically, they're starting pitching, and that is what
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Speaker 2: I would like to see them upgrade. Yes, like every
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Speaker 2: other contender, they're gonna want bullpen help as well, maybe
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Speaker 2: even a real closer, Sir Anthony Demingez, I don't see
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Speaker 2: that way, even though they signed him for that role.
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Speaker 2: So a starting pitcher, a bullpen arm, and then they're
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Speaker 2: an interesting club. They're an interesting club right now. I
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Speaker 2: shouldn't say it that way. They're definitely interesting, but they
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Speaker 2: get more interesting if they add.
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Speaker 3: Is there a payroll issue? Obviously you can't know that
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Speaker 3: without talking to Chris Getz or the owner. But a
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Speaker 3: team that did not much spending, but they did spend
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Speaker 3: on more Kami, is there a payroll maybe move that
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Speaker 3: we would be surprised with the White Sox or is
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Speaker 3: it gonna be staying your lane? White Sox.
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Speaker 2: I'd be surprised if payroll was an issue for them,
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Speaker 2: simply because they're playing well. They want to win. Their owner,
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Speaker 2: Jerry Ryansdorf, is up there in age and I'm sure
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Speaker 2: he wants to push if he can push at a
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Speaker 2: reasonable level. The bigger problem, or bigger restriction for them
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Speaker 2: might be just their willingness to trade prospects because like
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Speaker 2: the Cardinals, and like the Nationals and to a certain extent,
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Speaker 2: the Marlins, they're still in the process of building a
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Speaker 2: sustainable contender. That's what the goal is, not just to
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Speaker 2: contend this year, but long term. And I know fans
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Speaker 2: gets hired of hearing that a little bit when there's
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Speaker 2: an opportunity to win, and that opportunity to win should
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Speaker 2: never be taken for granted. But the White Sox have
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Speaker 2: worked hard to get to this point like those other
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Speaker 2: clubs I mentioned, and they're not going to simply abandon that.
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Speaker 2: All that said, they've got the number one pick in
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Speaker 2: the draft tomorrow. They have not a glut of infielders
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Speaker 2: in the miners and majors, but they have a seeming
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Speaker 2: possible surplus given that they do have the ability because
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Speaker 2: of the depth that they've built up to maybe do
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Speaker 2: some things at the deadline, and I expect that they
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Speaker 2: will within reason, and that means not just in a
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Speaker 2: financial sense, but in a prospect sense as well.
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Speaker 4: So what does it mean for Sandy Alcantara, Man, We've
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Speaker 4: had tons of conversations about this guy. Should he move,
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Speaker 4: should he not move? I mean, there was opportunities all
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Speaker 4: the time for him in the last couple of years
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Speaker 4: to be on different teams, and they've kept them. I
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Speaker 4: give him credit, but is that another thing for them?
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Speaker 4: You know, if we're going to do all this, we
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Speaker 4: might as well keep Sandy as well. I know you
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Speaker 4: talked about this in your column.
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Speaker 2: I did, Todd. I just wrote about this this morning.
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Speaker 2: They're going to keep him now. Obviously, if they collapse
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Speaker 2: in the next three weeks, all bets are off. But
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Speaker 2: you see the headline there, Moreland's likely to keep about
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Speaker 2: Contra and strategically add they want to do both things,
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Speaker 2: and they're not going to go crazy either. And their
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Speaker 2: system is not necessarily where they would want it to
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Speaker 2: be in terms of having to trade prospects. But they
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Speaker 2: can also trade off at a major league club, and
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Speaker 2: I think we're going to see a lot of trades
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Speaker 2: like this where you see major leaguers exchange for major leaguers.
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Speaker 2: Those prospect trades teams are more reluctant than ever to make.
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Speaker 2: So the Marlins are ten games over five hundred. They
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Speaker 2: have a three game lead for the third National Nation
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Speaker 2: League wildcard, a three game cushion in the wildcard race,
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Speaker 2: and they're tied with the Phillies, just a few games
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Speaker 2: behind the Braves in the National League East. You see
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Speaker 2: the standings right there, just three games back. So they're
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Speaker 2: in a great spot. And let's say they go five
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Speaker 2: hundred until the deadline, well they'd still be ten over
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Speaker 2: and still be in a great spot. So they are
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Speaker 2: trending upward. They are the best team in baseball since
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Speaker 2: June first. They started the season twenty six and thirty four,
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Speaker 2: and their twenty six and eight cents that's pretty good.
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Speaker 2: They also got Jansen junk Back last night into their rotation.
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Speaker 2: They could use another starter, they could use bullpen help.
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Speaker 2: Of course, I don't know how extensive their buying will be,
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Speaker 2: but they are in a position now where they can
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Speaker 2: at least entertain the idea and say, okay, this is realistic.
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Speaker 2: We could be a playoff team.
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Speaker 3: I love Big leaguer for big League of trades. And
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Speaker 3: when you said that, do you have any inclination of
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Speaker 3: where they have Like you said about the other teams,
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Speaker 3: we're talking about a glut of positions where the Marlins
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Speaker 3: just can't get quite enough at bats for these players
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Speaker 3: that other teams will be like, I would take that
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Speaker 3: type of player well.
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Speaker 2: As I wrote, I wouldn't call it a glut, but
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Speaker 2: I expect them to draw interest in Liam Hicks, who
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Speaker 2: has had a tremendous season. They've got Joe Mack who
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Speaker 2: is their fabulous rookie. He is going to be their
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Speaker 2: number one catcher. They've been playing Hicks at first base
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Speaker 2: in DH as well. But you can go with the
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Speaker 2: backup Navaretto. You can bring Augustine Ramirez back to the
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Speaker 2: big leagues. You can also trade for another more established
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Speaker 2: backup catcher if you want, so that is one way
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Speaker 2: they can go. I don't know that I would call
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Speaker 2: it a surplus there. And listen, Liam Hicks is having
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Speaker 2: a great year. I wouldn't imagine the Marlins want to
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Speaker 2: trade him, but to get the help that they need,
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Speaker 2: and what they want is a third baseman, possibly a
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Speaker 2: back end starter, possibly relief help. They might have to
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Speaker 2: do some things along those lines while protecting the top
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Speaker 2: of their system.
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Speaker 4: Go to a team. I feel like I haven't talked
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Speaker 4: about a lot that Baltimore Orioles. A couple of years ago,
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Speaker 4: it was big on getting rid of the guys, and
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Speaker 4: they picked up some guys this year, which was fantastic.
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Speaker 4: Tough time for the Al East. They're not gonna it
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Speaker 4: looks like they're gonna have a tough time to win
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Speaker 4: that they're four games out in the wild Card. What
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Speaker 4: do these guys do? I mean, what do you think
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Speaker 4: the next steps for them? I mean, are they gonna
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Speaker 4: fight to try and get back into this or kind
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Speaker 4: of let down a little bit?
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Speaker 2: Todd three and a half weeks to go to the deadline,
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Speaker 2: so they're not going to concede just yet. The trend
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Speaker 2: that they are facing is that they are trending toward
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Speaker 2: being a seller. And then for them, that would mean
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Speaker 2: their players expiring contracts. Trevor Rodgers would be one, Taylor
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Speaker 2: Ward would be another, and they would probably have to
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Speaker 2: entertain at some point Adlie Rushman, their catcher as well,
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Speaker 2: who has a year beyond this one. And they have
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Speaker 2: not signed to an extension. So they are, like a
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Speaker 2: lot of American League clubs, in a position where one
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Speaker 2: good week could really change their outlook. But we've been
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Speaker 2: waiting for that good week all season long. And you
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Speaker 2: see where they are there in the wild card standings.
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Speaker 2: It's not a great place to be. Yeah, they're four out.
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Speaker 2: They've also got five teams ahead of them just to
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Speaker 2: get to the third spot. So again, if they ever
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Speaker 2: turn it on and they have time still to do that,
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Speaker 2: then you maybe look at them differently. But right now
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Speaker 2: they are trending for sure toward becoming a seller, all right.
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Speaker 3: Have the Red Sox screwed themselves in the next step
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Speaker 3: of their development as a team because of this last
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Speaker 3: stretch I think fifteen and six or fourteen and six
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Speaker 3: and they've won so many straight, sweeping the Yankees. Have
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Speaker 3: they screwed themselves and just gonna kind of screw the
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Speaker 3: whole trade market?
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Speaker 2: With these wins, eric Ita, know that I would ever
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Speaker 2: refer to a surge as a team screwing itself. But
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Speaker 2: I know where you're going with it, and you raise
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Speaker 2: a good point, because there are teams every year Texas.
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Speaker 2: Each of the last two years kind of was okay.
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Speaker 2: Right before the deadline, team bought and they sputtered the
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Speaker 2: Red Sox are as you said surging here, and that would,
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Speaker 2: if it continues, seemingly inhibit them from trading Wilson Contreras
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Speaker 2: and Sonny Gray and anyone else they might want to.
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Speaker 2: And in that sense, a role as Chapman would be
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Speaker 2: another one. Maybe contrasts not so much, but in that sense, yeah,
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Speaker 2: if they don't make the playoffs at that point and
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Speaker 2: you've kept these guys and then you get value for them,
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Speaker 2: in a sense, you have set yourself back. But keep
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Speaker 2: in mind the big picture here. They fired manager Alex
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Speaker 2: core with the idea of playing better. They finally are
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Speaker 2: playing batter the President of Baseball Operations or chief Baseball Officer,
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Speaker 2: they call it, Craig Breslow. He's been under the gun
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Speaker 2: all season long, and I am sure he wants this
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Speaker 2: team to play as he envisioned as he envisioned after
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Speaker 2: he fired Cora. So they're a fascinating team to watch
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Speaker 2: in these weeks ahead, as are some of the others.
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Speaker 2: We've talked about the Orioles as well. I don't know
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Speaker 2: where they're going. We don't know. We're gonna have to
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Speaker 2: find out and see how they play. But yes, they're
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Speaker 2: playing a lot better. Detroit is playing a lot better.
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Speaker 2: These teams are going to face decisions.
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Speaker 3: All right, everybody's playing a lot better. Jim Dukent was
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Speaker 3: on the show yesterday and he said, yeah, well, they
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Speaker 3: just won two games in a row and they're back
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Speaker 3: in it talking about another team. Is this a case
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Speaker 3: where too many playoff spots have kind of killed what
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Speaker 3: I think is exciting for baseball? The trade deadline?
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Speaker 2: No question, it's had a huge effect. Eric, and I
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Speaker 2: don't know that it's killed the deadline because we've had
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Speaker 2: active deadlines the last few years, for sure, But at
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Speaker 2: this stage right now, as we see there on July tenth,
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Speaker 2: it's muddled. It's crazy muddled. I would expect some definition
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Speaker 2: by the deadline August third, but I don't know that
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Speaker 2: that is necessarily going to take place. It's kind of
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Speaker 2: a weird year. The American League is mediocre, the National
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Speaker 2: League isn't all that great except for a few teams either.
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Speaker 2: So I wouldn't say the expanded postseason has killed the deadline,
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Speaker 2: but it certainly has had almost a muting effect, and
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Speaker 2: it's changed the way teams approach it. In some ways,
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Speaker 2: it's good because more teams are in it, and more
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Speaker 2: teams can look at themselves that way and not sell.
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Speaker 2: But in some ways, as you kind of allude to here,
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Speaker 2: it's bad because yes, you have this incredible massive teams
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Speaker 2: that are seemingly undecided at least right now, and might
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Speaker 2: still be undecided by August third.
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Speaker 4: I want to talk a little bit home run Derby
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Speaker 4: right up my alley. I know it's one of those
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Speaker 4: events where people love that of watching balls go out
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Speaker 4: of the park. I don't know if have you seen
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Speaker 4: the field yet. Of seven guys so far, have you
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Speaker 4: taken a peak at all.
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Speaker 2: I've taken a peak. Yeah, And certainly Harper is the
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Speaker 2: guy to watch. And if Schwarber's in it that you
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Speaker 2: guys were talking about, that's gonna be the focus those
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Speaker 2: two guys in their home park. Schwarber, of course, one
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Speaker 2: of the great home run hitters of our time, So
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Speaker 2: there are some interesting names there. I wouldn't rule out
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Speaker 2: Junior Cavanaro either. But at the same time, the Philly
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Speaker 2: guys are going to be incredibly supported by their home
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Speaker 2: crowd and it's just gonna be fun to see them
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Speaker 2: do their thing.
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Speaker 4: Who else there's one missing? Is there a guy in
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Speaker 4: your mind that would you would love to see? I mean,
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Speaker 4: we brought up Murakami, Pete Alonzo. We've been on the
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Speaker 4: Hunter Goodman train for a while. Is that anybody besides
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Speaker 4: those three? Would you like to see one of those guys?
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Speaker 2: Well, they haven't named Schwarber, right or is he officially?
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Speaker 4: They just did? They just did.
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Speaker 2: They just did. Okay, Hunter Goodman and you guys had
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Speaker 2: him on and I know you asked him and he said,
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Speaker 2: I haven't heard the thing. That dude, he said twenty
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Speaker 2: seven homers. I believe eighteen on the road. I'm not
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Speaker 2: sure the exact stats. Hey, that guy should be there,
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Speaker 2: and he's already an All Star. And you know what,
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Speaker 2: the Rockets get so little attention, deservedly, so in many cases,
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Speaker 2: here's a guy that finally is someone who can showcase
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Speaker 2: on the national stage. They probably want a bigger name.
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Speaker 2: I get it, and maybe that bigger name is coming great,
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Speaker 2: but Hunter Goodman to me would be the guy I know.
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Speaker 2: Alonso has spoken of how he really kind of foiled
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Speaker 2: his own All Star chances this year with his poor April,
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Speaker 2: and he basically said he wasn't deserving. He's always great
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Speaker 2: in the whole run Derby two time champion, but Goodman
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Speaker 2: to me is deserving and it would be cool to
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Speaker 2: see him amongst those others.
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Speaker 3: Cap I've been looking for the best deals for the
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Speaker 3: All Star Game tickets in Philly. Where are you gonna
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Speaker 3: get some tickets from?
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Speaker 6: I'm going straight out to Rye Field. If Harper and
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Speaker 6: Schwarber both joined the home run Derby, I want to
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Speaker 6: be catching the hometown guys hating them. So I'm going
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Speaker 6: out to the right field kind of where I think
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Speaker 6: I could get the best chance of catching one of
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Speaker 6: those home runs.
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Speaker 3: Maybe in the second deck. You can go on the
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Speaker 3: If you had to ask whoever's making these decisions about
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Speaker 3: why they've asked Wilson contraras before he was named an
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Speaker 3: All star, Jack cagleone before that, with what Hunter Goodman's doing,
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Speaker 3: and really the game wants to be built just like
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Speaker 3: you said, around all thirty teams. What would be the
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Speaker 3: question you would ask Manfred or somebody in the front
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Speaker 3: office who makes these requests to guys that Hunter Goodman
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Speaker 3: wasn't asked until or hasn't been asked before, Guys who
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Speaker 3: aren't even all stars.
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Speaker 2: Erica's situation, like this simple question, why is Hunter Goodman
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Speaker 2: not part of the field, then they can answer it
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Speaker 2: it's open ended and they can answer it however they want,
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Speaker 2: and then we would have some idea. They have their reasons,
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Speaker 2: of course, and I'm sure they're trying to put together
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Speaker 2: the best field they can and maybe they feel for
19:36
Speaker 2: whatever reason that they can get a bigger name.
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Speaker 4: But I don't know.
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Speaker 2: Jordan Walker's in this, and Jordan Walker is a breakout
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Speaker 2: guy like Hunter Goodman. He's more famous in the sense
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Speaker 2: that he was a big prospect, But I don't see
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Speaker 2: much difference honestly between the two.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, Ken, I think you know, some fans are like,
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Speaker 1: you're on the money here, and others are like, you're
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Speaker 1: making too big a deal out of this.
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Speaker 4: But I do have a hard.
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Speaker 1: Time when we have another catcher who's on pace for
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Speaker 1: what fifty plus home runs, he's top it's been top three,
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Speaker 1: if not top five whatever home runs for most of
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Speaker 1: the season, and he's an All Star, and then we
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Speaker 1: skip him, like, I just can't really come up with
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Speaker 1: a way that this makes sense. So it's kind of
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Speaker 1: and then we bring him on and he's pissed about it.
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Speaker 1: And sorry, one more point here, Jack Kagloan, like they said,
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Speaker 1: Royal stink.
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Speaker 5: He's early in his career. He's not an All Star like.
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Speaker 1: I just can't understand the math here where they're denying
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Speaker 1: someone an opportunity that deserves to be there.
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Speaker 2: I agree, Scott, Now I understand why fans would say,
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Speaker 2: why are you making a big deal out of this?
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Speaker 2: It's the home run Derby. It's not anything more meaningful
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Speaker 2: than that, just as the All Star Game is just
20:53
Speaker 2: the All Star Game. But you pick the players. You
20:56
Speaker 2: want to see the best players. It's as simple as that,
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Speaker 2: and that is all we're talking about here. I always
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Speaker 2: enjoy these kinds of controversies regarding the Derby and the
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Speaker 2: All Star Game because they're essentially harmless.
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Speaker 7: No one really gets hurt with a snub in the
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Speaker 7: All Star Game. One tenth of the players make it.
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Speaker 7: It's not a big deal. Same with the home run Derby.
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Speaker 7: No one's gonna have their career altered by not.
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Speaker 2: Being in it. That said, you want to see new players,
21:23
Speaker 2: You want to see exciting players, and I believe mister Goodwin.
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Speaker 5: Qualifies oh career altered.
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Speaker 1: Todd Father, how often does your introduction start with home
21:33
Speaker 1: run Derby?
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Speaker 3: Champ?
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Speaker 4: It gets talked about a lot, for sure.
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Speaker 2: Okay, I take it back.
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Speaker 4: I don't think. I don't think Ken's a fan of
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Speaker 4: the home run Derby. I'm man, are you a fan
21:47
Speaker 4: of the home run Derby?
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Speaker 2: It's okay.
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Speaker 4: I could hear it in his voice. I could see it.
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Speaker 4: I know it.
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Speaker 2: I could tell you smart when the Todd father won
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Speaker 2: it and Sinsey that was cool. There's no question, and
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Speaker 2: a couple of Alonzo's very memorable going way back, Josh Hamilton. Yes,
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Speaker 2: it's but at the same time, it's the home run Derby.
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Speaker 2: It's not Game seven here, you know.
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Speaker 4: You know I could read, I could feel it, I
22:15
Speaker 4: feel in your in your chin, in your area.
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Speaker 3: That's one of those guys, Todd. So don't worry about it.
22:20
Speaker 3: We'll make sure he comes on on Thursdays now Friday.
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Speaker 1: That was actually a great read, and it makes Sense's
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Speaker 1: there for the adrenaline rush of the games? You know
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Speaker 1: it is still an exhibition, right, it's not. It's not
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Speaker 1: hurting anyone season or any of that. I mean, unless
22:36
Speaker 1: you're into the Oh, he's taken too many swings. But
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Speaker 1: I'm with you, Ken, that makes sense. Uh, good talk.
22:41
Speaker 1: We will sell.
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Speaker 2: And you're a smart dude, You're a perceptive man.
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Speaker 1: He's got a good read. He's a feels guy. Yeah,
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Speaker 1: thanks Ketain, We'll see you next week.
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Speaker 2: Thanks guys,