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Rangers pitching thriving, Langford extension time? Sandler joins FT · Foul Territory

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  Speaker 1: The future is bright with lighter taking a step forward
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  Speaker 1: with Kamar Rocker. But right now, yeah, the present day rotation,
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  Speaker 1: it looks like a good group.
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  Speaker 2: Jared Sandler's with us. We're in prime form today. It's
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  Speaker 2: almost Friday. You can hear him on Victory Plus, the
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  Speaker 2: New Rangers channel, and you can hear him on the
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  Speaker 2: radio everywhere. All right, mister Rangers, Jared, great to have
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  Speaker 2: you on. Let's get right to biz. First, back to
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  Speaker 2: back one nothing wins in Cincinnati. Are Rangers fans freaking
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  Speaker 2: out right now with excitement about a team that looks
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  Speaker 2: like they're going to be really good again?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah? I think, you know, the fact that they won
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  Speaker 1: obviously hides the fact that their offense hasn't really come
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  Speaker 1: to life just yet. But yeah, I think the way
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  Speaker 1: they went about it. First of all, Rangers fans love
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  Speaker 1: Nathan Valde. He I know, he hasn't been with the
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  Speaker 1: Rangers for ten years or anything, but because of twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty three and everything he did, you know during that
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  Speaker 1: postseason run, I mean he's you know, he walks on
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  Speaker 1: water for Rangers fans. Nothing will change a change that.
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  Speaker 1: And so when he does what he did, throwing a
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  Speaker 1: complete game shutout, it kind of washes away the fact
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  Speaker 1: that they really do much offensively. And then yesterday Jack
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  Speaker 1: Lyder being the you know, the first leg of that
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  Speaker 1: quintet of pictures to deliver the shutout. That's huge too,
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  Speaker 1: because you know, I think Rangers fans look at Jack
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  Speaker 1: as the second overall pick, even though his college experience
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  Speaker 1: was far different. You know, it's only there two years.
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  Speaker 1: One of those years washed away because of COVID, and
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  Speaker 1: you know, you guys know that everyone wants every second
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  Speaker 1: overall pick to make an impact right away. And it's
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  Speaker 1: maybe been a little bit of a slower progression for Jack,
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  Speaker 1: but he was the Triple A Pitcher of the Year
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  Speaker 1: last year. This is the year for him to show
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  Speaker 1: that he is ready to be a big league pitcher
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  Speaker 1: every five days and so far, so good. And for
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  Speaker 1: him to do what he did five shutout innings yesterday,
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  Speaker 1: I think has people excited. Now. The five and two
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  Speaker 1: record helps the offense needs see it going, but right
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  Speaker 1: now the pitching's been outstanding.
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  Speaker 3: The blister.
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  Speaker 4: Are we worried about the blister or was it a
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  Speaker 4: blister that was going to form I like a hot spot.
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  Speaker 3: I think they had said.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, so I can only trust both at this point,
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  Speaker 1: especially with the day off today, we're not going to
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  Speaker 1: get an update. But he said that Jack probably could
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  Speaker 1: have come out for the sixth inning, but with the
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  Speaker 1: off day to day and with a rested bullpen because
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  Speaker 1: two days prior they had stayed away. I mean, the
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  Speaker 1: Rangers got their tailkicks so they didn't need to use
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  Speaker 1: any of their leverage arms. And then with Valady going
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  Speaker 1: CG shut out the day before, they had a fully
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  Speaker 1: rested bullpen, and so I think they just were of
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  Speaker 1: the mindset, Hey, no need to risk it. It's fine,
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  Speaker 1: he'll get an extra day. With the off date today,
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  Speaker 1: the relievers, they don't worry about overextending them, So I
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  Speaker 1: don't think it's a big deal. But Kratzy, you know
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  Speaker 1: how this is. I mean, you can get that messaging
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  Speaker 1: from the team, but until you know for sure that
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  Speaker 1: guy is going to be on the mound when his
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  Speaker 1: turn in the rotation comes up, I guess I don't
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  Speaker 1: know for sure, but the messaging after the game was
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  Speaker 1: that it wasn't really a big deal.
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  Speaker 5: He's got a on his hands. He got on his hands,
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  Speaker 5: his fingers right.
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  Speaker 3: Or pickle juice? What do we say, what did the
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  Speaker 3: pickle juice? What was it? Tyler glassnew pickle juice?
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  Speaker 5: So you know, whatever it takes for Jack to be
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  Speaker 5: out there, But how good is the how good can
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  Speaker 5: the Rangers pitching be? We saw Valdi, we saw to
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  Speaker 5: Growham have a nice start, Lighters had a couple of
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  Speaker 5: good stars. He also got hit in the nether regions
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  Speaker 5: in one of those starts which has been everywhere.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, and then.
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  Speaker 5: Rocker right, Rocker has shown glimpses. So how good can
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  Speaker 5: this starting staff be and how much how much depth
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  Speaker 5: is there behind the guys we're talking about.
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  Speaker 1: Hey, let me just tell you guys something quickly about
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  Speaker 1: Rocker After he was on with you guys, I talked
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  Speaker 1: to him about it the day after. I was giving
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  Speaker 1: a hard time about something. He said, I don't remember
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  Speaker 1: what it was. Maybe it was the two million dollars
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  Speaker 1: in nil that he said that he and Jack would
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  Speaker 1: get and I don't I don't remember what it was. Like,
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  Speaker 1: I love those guys. So, Kamar Rocker is a big
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  Speaker 1: fan of y'all's. I know that you guys really take
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  Speaker 1: a lot of pride and doing a show the right
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  Speaker 1: way that players would appreciate and so I wanted to
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  Speaker 1: share that. But uh, yeah, I think if Jack Lyder
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  Speaker 1: is taking another step. I mean, I'll tell you yesterday
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  Speaker 1: his slider was outstanding. His first start. He got eight
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  Speaker 1: swings and misses on his fastball in the zone, and
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  Speaker 1: he's added a sinker that he's using more effectively. He's
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  Speaker 1: one of these guys who's got a kick change. We
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  Speaker 1: haven't really seen that be a dominant pitch by any
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  Speaker 1: means just yet, but you know, his ability to have
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  Speaker 1: success in the zone and also have a sinker that
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  Speaker 1: can play in the bottom part of the zone is
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  Speaker 1: you know, I think a big step forward for him.
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  Speaker 1: But if you add Jack Lyder to a Voldy and
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  Speaker 1: de Gram, you know, just just as a guy who
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  Speaker 1: you can rely on and give you a chance to
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  Speaker 1: win every five days, that's huge. Let's not forget about
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  Speaker 1: Tyler Malley, and he didn't have a great start his
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  Speaker 1: first time an inning and two thirds, but you know,
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  Speaker 1: we didn't really get hit. He just wasn't throwing strikes
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  Speaker 1: and you know, the pitch count got up there. He's
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  Speaker 1: going to start tomorrow on Friday against the Rays, and
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  Speaker 1: so it'll be interesting to see what he looks like,
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  Speaker 1: because you know, he's not too far removed from being
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  Speaker 1: a desired and coveted pitcher. And then yeah, Camarza, that
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  Speaker 1: that's that's an interesting one, right what he he shot
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  Speaker 1: through the minor leagues last year coming back from Tommy
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  Speaker 1: John and just busted down the door and forced his
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  Speaker 1: way to the big leagues. But he's got very limited
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  Speaker 1: up upper level minor league experience, and so I think
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  Speaker 1: there's some questions, you know, hey, could he benefit from
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  Speaker 1: a little bit more work down in Triple A or
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  Speaker 1: is he big league ready? And then the other question is,
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  Speaker 1: you know, the last three years he's thrown fewer than
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  Speaker 1: one hundred combined innings. And you know, one of the
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  Speaker 1: frustrating parts about our game is that we know that
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  Speaker 1: protecting arms is important, but there's no like objective way
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  Speaker 1: to do it, and it's such a moving target. And so,
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  Speaker 1: you know, is he going to be on some sort
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  Speaker 1: of innings restriction? I imagine he would be. And so
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  Speaker 1: I think, you know, you can make an argument that
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  Speaker 1: going down to Triple A, limiting the innings, not having
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  Speaker 1: to worry about it taxing your big league bullpend maybe
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  Speaker 1: could be a benefit early on. So we'll see what
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  Speaker 1: they do with Kamar Rocker. But you know, obviously the
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  Speaker 1: future is bright with Lighter taking a step forward with
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  Speaker 1: Kamar Rocker. But right now, yeah, the present day rowation,
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  Speaker 1: it looks like a good group. And their bullpen's not
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  Speaker 1: sexy guys. You know, it's not like they've got an
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  Speaker 1: Emmanuel Classe the back end or someone who you're like,
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  Speaker 1: this guy is a bona fide stud in the ninth inning.
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  Speaker 1: But they have way more depth in their bullpen than
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  Speaker 1: they've had the last couple of years, even their World
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  Speaker 1: Series year. A lot of options, and I think that
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  Speaker 1: it might take a few weeks, but I think they've
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  Speaker 1: got the pieces to figure out who fits where best,
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  Speaker 1: and so far it's worked out nicely with Luke Jackson
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  Speaker 1: in the ninth and Chris Martin and Robert Garcia setting
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  Speaker 1: him up in the seventh and eighth innings.
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  Speaker 3: Moochie figures out a bullpen. That's what Bochi does.
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  Speaker 4: But what you were alluding to with Rocker, you can
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  Speaker 4: say that about everybody. Tyler Maalley's thrown fifty innings since
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  Speaker 4: two thousand and two, Kumar Rocker hasn't gone over that threshold.
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  Speaker 4: Jacob de Grom, I don't even need to say anything,
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  Speaker 4: Jack Lighter, Where are they gonna find the innings? Do
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  Speaker 4: they have enough of a cachet in the minor leagues
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  Speaker 4: of like a lance Lynn, a Kirk, you know, Kyle Gibson. No,
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  Speaker 4: they don't have, Like, who do they have that's going
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  Speaker 4: to get all these innings for him?
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  Speaker 1: Well? Yeah, and I you know, I thought that a
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  Speaker 1: lanceln reunion would make sense. But Patrick Corbin is going
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  Speaker 1: to be that guy, and you're right craty like that.
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  Speaker 1: That's one of the challenges is so a Valdi you
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  Speaker 1: feel like can be on a normally and like it's crazy.
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  Speaker 1: But just from a workload standpoint, Jack Lyder might be second,
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  Speaker 1: you know, among the five currently in the rotation, like
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  Speaker 1: guys you're comfortable getting innings. It's just, you know, going
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  Speaker 1: into the year, we didn't know to what degree he'd
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  Speaker 1: be able to be that guy just from an effectiveness standpoint.
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  Speaker 1: But yeah, with Tyler Malley, you're going to be careful.
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  Speaker 1: With Jacob de Gram, you're going to be careful. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: I would be surprised if you see Jacob de Grom
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  Speaker 1: pitch into the seventh you know, the first month and
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  Speaker 1: a half two months of the season and really probably
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  Speaker 1: won't go six very often unless he's super efficient. And
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  Speaker 1: then with Kamar, you know they're gonna be careful as well.
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  Speaker 1: That's where Patrick Corbin comes into the mix. Now, eventually
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  Speaker 1: they'll hopefully get John Gray and Cody Bradford back, and
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  Speaker 1: that will help. They are a little protect did from
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  Speaker 1: a long release standpoint with Harsong Garabido. They've also got
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  Speaker 1: some options in the minor leagues and guys, you know this,
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  Speaker 1: over one sixty two. You need to have some ammunition
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  Speaker 1: in the minor leagues that can come up and help
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  Speaker 1: in the bullpen as needed. And they you know, when
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  Speaker 1: I talk about the bullpen depth, I'm not just talking
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  Speaker 1: about the eight guys that are on the active roster.
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  Speaker 1: I'm also talking about guys who could conceivably come up
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  Speaker 1: and help, even if it's just an innings eating capacity.
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  Speaker 1: But Patrick Corbin is available. He was optioned, so unless
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  Speaker 1: there's an injury, he's not eligible until April eleventh. But
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  Speaker 1: I think the expectation is that on April eleventh or
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  Speaker 1: April twelfth, Patrick Corbin will be in this rotation. And listen,
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  Speaker 1: we can all go to his Baseball Reference page and
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  Speaker 1: look at the numbers, and the era is not pretty.
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  Speaker 1: I think a couple of things as far as that's concerned.
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  Speaker 1: The Rangers saw some developments and changes in his repertoire
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  Speaker 1: and his usage. In the second half, he had one outing.
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  Speaker 1: I think he gave up eleven runs that skewed his
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  Speaker 1: ERA if you take that away. I think, like his
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  Speaker 1: last nineteen starts, he had an in the mid fours,
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  Speaker 1: and the Rangers offense is not produced at a high
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  Speaker 1: level yet I think they feel good about Hey, if
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  Speaker 1: our number five starter has an ERA in the mid forest,
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  Speaker 1: our bats will hopefully be able to answer the call there.
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  Speaker 1: But I think the Rangers also look at the innings
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  Speaker 1: and the reality is Patrick Corbin has been a very
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  Speaker 1: reliable source of innings and if they need someone in
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  Speaker 1: their rotation to your point, Eric, who can just give
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  Speaker 1: them six innings on a given night and maybe wear
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  Speaker 1: it while doing it, then Patrick Corbin could be that guy.
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  Speaker 1: So I think he's kind of the answer to that
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  Speaker 1: question when he's ready in eight days, when he's eligible
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  Speaker 1: to the option or come off of option and be activated,
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  Speaker 1: and he's going to be that innings eater to join
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  Speaker 1: Nathan Avaldi as a veteran who can hopefully be a
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  Speaker 1: relied upon source of rest for your bullpend once every
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  Speaker 1: five days.
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  Speaker 3: Jared, what about this offense? What's going on?
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  Speaker 5: I mean, I know they won one to nothing, but
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  Speaker 5: they're still not banging the ball around like we've come
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  Speaker 5: to expect with the Rangers offense within names in this lineup.
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  Speaker 3: So can the offense improve from last year? And have
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  Speaker 3: they figured out how to hit four seamers?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think so. I was thinking about this earlier. Actually,
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  Speaker 1: like last year, you know, for the first month, it
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  Speaker 1: was the same refrain, like, hey, they're going to figure
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  Speaker 1: it out. The their lineup is so talented, and you know,
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  Speaker 1: you look back and they just never did figure it out.
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  Speaker 1: So I recognize the irony and me sitting here and
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  Speaker 1: answering your question, aj with that answer. I think they're
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  Speaker 1: too talented. They're going to figure it out, you know.
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  Speaker 1: I think I guess the difference between last year and
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  Speaker 1: this year is you reference the fastball stuff. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: adding Jack Peterson and Jake Berger I think will help dramatically.
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  Speaker 3: Now.
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  Speaker 1: They struggled against Hunter Green's fastball yesterday, I mean, and
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  Speaker 1: his slider was nasty, but I thought they competed really
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  Speaker 1: well against Garrett Crochet's fastball, and opening day they didn't
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  Speaker 1: knock them around for a ton of runs. They left
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  Speaker 1: some meat on the bone in the second inning. Great situation,
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  Speaker 1: but they had some really competitive ADATs. And then I
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  Speaker 1: think the real key here is a Doley Scarcia. Looks
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  Speaker 1: like a version much closer to the twenty twenty three
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  Speaker 1: at Doley scarcia. Then last year's a Dolely Scarcia. And
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  Speaker 1: we've seen how he can be an aircraft carrier for
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  Speaker 1: any kind of lineup. And then I mean, if you're
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  Speaker 1: worried about Corey Seeger, who hasn't gotten off to a
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  Speaker 1: great start, then all right, maybe it justifies being worried
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  Speaker 1: about the lineup. I'm not, you know, until this guy
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  Speaker 1: shows that he's not going to be a stud, then
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  Speaker 1: I'm not going to worry about him. I do think,
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  Speaker 1: you know, a fair question that Rangers fans are asking
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  Speaker 1: is about the leadoff spot, because Marcus Simeon is not
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  Speaker 1: coming off his best year. Now, he does have this
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  Speaker 1: even year odd year thing going. In the odd years
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  Speaker 1: he tends to perform at super high level offensively and
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  Speaker 1: again it's way early to make any kind of a move.
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  Speaker 1: But if he continues to struggle, I wonder how that
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  Speaker 1: might reshape the lineup. And you guys talk to Whyitet Langford.
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  Speaker 1: I know when you came to Rangers camp. I just
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  Speaker 1: really think this guy is going to have a big
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  Speaker 1: time year. And I just think it's seven games. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: you know, Cincinnati really cold temperatures the first two games
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  Speaker 1: of that series. I don't know how that affected them.
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  Speaker 1: If it did, it did, I don't know. It didn't
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  Speaker 1: affect the Reds. You know, the first game of the series,
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  Speaker 1: they scored fourteen runs. But I think that I want
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  Speaker 1: to give this lineup a couple more weeks of runway
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  Speaker 1: before we start worrying. But I think after last year's experience,
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  Speaker 1: I think it would be understandable to worry a little
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  Speaker 1: sooner than you normally would because we felt the same
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  Speaker 1: way last year about the lineup that never really got
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  Speaker 1: it going. And then I also think having Josh Young back.
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  Speaker 1: He should be back from his neck spasms when he's
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  Speaker 1: eligible off the IL here in the next few days.
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  Speaker 1: And I just think having a healthy Josh Young in
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  Speaker 1: that lineup helps. He can hit fastballs. From the right side,
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  Speaker 1: which will help, you know, along with Jake Berger and
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  Speaker 1: then having Jock Peterson to crush right handed pitching will
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  Speaker 1: be a big ad to this lineup. I think over
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  Speaker 1: the large sample.
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  Speaker 4: How about extension season, everyone's getting extensions across the game?
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  Speaker 1: Whyatt Langford?
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  Speaker 4: Could there be something maybe with a slow start they
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  Speaker 4: could get a little discount.
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  Speaker 1: You know, It's funny. We were on the plane coming
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  Speaker 1: back from Cincinnati and we just that could tell Marte extension,
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  Speaker 1: which I know doesn't fit in the same category. He's
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  Speaker 1: a veteran, but obviously extensions last couple of days. And
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  Speaker 1: WHYTT walked right down the aisle as we were talking
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  Speaker 1: about I wanted to stop and be like, why has
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  Speaker 1: anyone asked, like, what's going on here? I mean, he's
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  Speaker 1: the perfect candidate now, you know, Rangers fans would have
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  Speaker 1: said the same thing about Evan Carter last year at
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  Speaker 1: this time. And maybe maybe it's for the best that
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  Speaker 1: that didn't, you know, happen or hasn't happened yet. But yeah,
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  Speaker 1: if it's me, you know, if you're you're putting me
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  Speaker 1: in charge, I'm doing it. I have so much belief
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  Speaker 1: in White Langford. I just don't. I don't have this say.
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  Speaker 1: Obviously there's a risk. There's always a health risk. It's
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  Speaker 1: not a you know, a guaranteed thing. But I think
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  Speaker 1: you guys were talking about how the Braves have done
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  Speaker 1: such a good job of this. I know you've talked
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  Speaker 1: about in the past. They they you know, they've they've
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  Speaker 1: taken the risks, but they've identified the right guys. And
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  Speaker 1: now I know they're off to such a terrible start,
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  Speaker 1: but they they have saved so much money by locking
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  Speaker 1: guys up that allowed them to build such a deep
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  Speaker 1: roster the last couple of years, and they've identified the
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  Speaker 1: right guys. You got to you gotta do that, And
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  Speaker 1: I think, why it's the right guy? Now he might
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  Speaker 1: look and say, hell no, you know, I I see
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  Speaker 1: what Juan Soto just got. I'm a better athlete than
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  Speaker 1: he is, and I might not be the hitter, but
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  Speaker 1: the extension that I'm going to sign is one that's
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  Speaker 1: gonna be about five times the value of what you're
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  Speaker 1: offering me right now. So I don't know from his perspective,
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  Speaker 1: but you know, if you can sign a deal that
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  Speaker 1: still allows him to become a free agent when he's
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  Speaker 1: you know, twenty nine years old or something. It seems
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  Speaker 1: to me like it would be worth every Tenny. I
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  Speaker 1: hope they're having those conversations. I don't know, but he
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  Speaker 1: is the perfect candidate for that sort of thing, no doubt.
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  Speaker 5: All Right, Jared, before we let you go, I know
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  Speaker 5: you're tired of talking about the Rangers. Let's talk about
• 14:45
  Speaker 5: a worse subject. Let's talk about your Cottenham, your Tottenham Hotspurs.
• 14:49
  Speaker 5: They got Chelsea coming up and they suck, so they're
• 14:52
  Speaker 5: not going to get relegated, but we root for the
• 14:54
  Speaker 5: same soccer team.
• 14:55
  Speaker 3: Scott's going on. Now, we got a talk soccer. But yeah,
• 14:58
  Speaker 3: it's not as fest. If you're into it, it's fine.
• 15:01
  Speaker 3: Who did you tell me? You said someone else is
• 15:03
  Speaker 3: a big Tottenham fan on your.
• 15:04
  Speaker 1: On your Jake Berger. Yeah, Jake Burger is a huge
• 15:06
  Speaker 1: Spur Yeah yeah, yeah.
• 15:09
  Speaker 3: I turn this around and make some chicken salad out
• 15:12
  Speaker 3: of chicken.
• 15:14
  Speaker 1: Yeah, not this, Sharon. In fifty one minutes they kick
• 15:16
  Speaker 1: off against Chelsea, and I imagine that they'll be down
• 15:19
  Speaker 1: about fifty five minutes from now one mil and it'll
• 15:22
  Speaker 1: be uh, you know, it's not gonna be a lot
• 15:24
  Speaker 1: of fun for the two hours following that. But yeah,
• 15:27
  Speaker 1: I don't know. I mean it is I will tell you.
• 15:29
  Speaker 1: We got Luke Jackson is. Luke Jackson's dad used to
• 15:33
  Speaker 1: do business in London and so Luke grew up spending
• 15:36
  Speaker 1: a lot of time in London. He's a big soccer fan.
• 15:38
  Speaker 1: He supports west Ham. Jake Berger is a big Spurs
• 15:41
  Speaker 1: fan and like not you know, guys are like, yeah,
• 15:44
  Speaker 1: I like this team, like whatever. I mean, Jake knows, like,
• 15:47
  Speaker 1: he follows, He understands who's healthy, who's not.
• 15:51
  Speaker 3: You know what.
• 15:51
  Speaker 1: We could talk, you know, some of the roster decisions.
• 15:55
  Speaker 1: So he's really into it, which is really cool. And
• 15:57
  Speaker 1: it's also it's really fun talking sports with these guys
• 16:02
  Speaker 1: when they put on their fan hat, knowing what they know,
• 16:06
  Speaker 1: like from their experiences as athletes, When they're really into
• 16:09
  Speaker 1: it the way they like view sports as a fan,
• 16:12
  Speaker 1: but through their professional lens, it's really neat. Yeah, Tottenham sucks.
• 16:16
  Speaker 1: This has been an awful year. I'm just waiting for
• 16:18
  Speaker 1: the table to reset in August and hopefully with a
• 16:21
  Speaker 1: better season next year, because they are awful. I saw
• 16:24
  Speaker 1: them play back in December. I went across the Pond
• 16:28
  Speaker 1: and they played one of the worst teams in the league, Wolverhampton,
• 16:31
  Speaker 1: and they couldn't even win that match they drew to too,
• 16:34
  Speaker 1: So it's just been a miserable year. But hopefully they
• 16:37
  Speaker 1: can turn it around. And I'm sure that there's so
• 16:38
  Speaker 1: many Foul Territory viewers and listeners who are locked in
• 16:42
  Speaker 1: on Tottenham Chelsea like we are, AJ So I'll stop it.
• 16:45
  Speaker 1: I'll keep it at that.
• 16:46
  Speaker 3: That's okay, It's okay, you know what.
• 16:48
  Speaker 5: It's a good every once in a while to broaden
• 16:49
  Speaker 5: people's horizons, right, I mean, I can't even say that.
• 16:52
  Speaker 5: I can't even say the manager's name, Ange Pasca, just Gongolu.
• 16:56
  Speaker 5: I don't know if it's time for him to go,
• 16:57
  Speaker 5: but yeah.
• 16:59
  Speaker 1: I will say, you guys got to have this in Japan, right,
• 17:02
  Speaker 1: I still do when I when I think about soccer,
• 17:05
  Speaker 1: just to tie back to baseball, man, I really wish
• 17:08
  Speaker 1: that it was the environments in some of these, you know,
• 17:11
  Speaker 1: American ballparks was so much different. Going to watch a
• 17:13
  Speaker 1: sporting event overseas is unbelievable. I've never been to Japan.
• 17:17
  Speaker 1: Watching it on TV, it seems awesome, and I just
• 17:20
  Speaker 1: I don't know how to do it. I don't know
• 17:22
  Speaker 1: how to like break that seal. But like American fans
• 17:26
  Speaker 1: experiences to some degree with college games, like why is it?
• 17:29
  Speaker 1: Why is it different? I wish that the atmosphere's NBA games,
• 17:33
  Speaker 1: NFL games, Major League Baseball games, for sure, was way
• 17:37
  Speaker 1: more of a party scene. You don't need laser lights
• 17:40
  Speaker 1: everywhere just because someone throws a strike, But like, why
• 17:43
  Speaker 1: can't there be chanting and energy and stuff all throughout
• 17:46
  Speaker 1: the game. It happens overseas, why not in America?
• 17:50
  Speaker 3: True?
• 17:50
  Speaker 5: I tell people all the time, go to a soccer game.
• 17:53
  Speaker 5: It's college football, but it's like three times a week. Yeah,
• 17:56
  Speaker 5: but if college football, if you love college football, college
• 17:58
  Speaker 5: basketball for their team and the energy is like going
• 18:02
  Speaker 5: to a college football game every single like, but you
• 18:05
  Speaker 5: get like three times a week and people get up,
• 18:07
  Speaker 5: they go to the pubs, they drink their pints, and
• 18:09
  Speaker 5: then they go over Schnocker to the game and they
• 18:11
  Speaker 5: sing their songs and they do their dances, they have
• 18:13
  Speaker 5: their scarfs, and they have a great time and sometimes
• 18:15
  Speaker 5: fights break out.
• 18:16
  Speaker 3: But it doesn't college football too, So I agree. I
• 18:19
  Speaker 3: agree with you, Jared, Let's go Spurs, come on you.
• 18:22
  Speaker 2: Sports World Baseball Classic. Yeah, World Baseball Classic.
• 18:26
  Speaker 1: But why can't translate into the regular season.
• 18:30
  Speaker 2: But I mean it's tough in most spots to be
• 18:33
  Speaker 2: able to carry that momentum. Baseball doesn't sell out every
• 18:37
  Speaker 2: game like that. It's a it's a more relaxed environment.
• 18:40
  Speaker 2: Regular season feels like regular season, except if they're say
• 18:44
  Speaker 2: a rivalry game or big moments.
• 18:45
  Speaker 1: I don't know, it's it's it's just I do don't
• 18:48
  Speaker 1: see it ever changing.
• 18:49
  Speaker 2: Maybe it gets a little more enhanced, but I don't
• 18:51
  Speaker 2: see it ever getting to anywhere near what a college
• 18:54
  Speaker 2: environment looks like or soccer environment stuff like that. I
• 18:57
  Speaker 2: know a lot of people and they're paying customers to you,
• 19:00
  Speaker 2: I want to go and just kind of relax and
• 19:02
  Speaker 2: have a good time and take a break from work,
• 19:04
  Speaker 2: and they like that. There's so many games to choose from,
• 19:06
  Speaker 2: so I feel what you're saying. I mean, we're the
• 19:08
  Speaker 2: super fans here, But I don't know. You go to
• 19:09
  Speaker 2: a game, you just see a lot of people like chilling, talking, eating,
• 19:12
  Speaker 2: and I'm okay with that, right, and they get up
• 19:14
  Speaker 2: for the big moments, but not for the full mine innings.
• 19:17
  Speaker 2: I feel like you gotta you gotta have load managements
• 19:20
  Speaker 2: with during during the season. So anyway, Jared, awesome to
• 19:25
  Speaker 2: have you on. Thanks for the time.
• 19:27
  Speaker 1: We'll catch you soon. Okay, appreciate it. Fellows, take care.