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Yadi Molina returns to St. Louis! · Cardinal Territory: A St. Louis Cardinals Podcast

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Speaker 1: Okay.
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Speaker 2: One thing about me, guys and girls, is I very
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Speaker 2: rarely miss a home game, and in fact, in five
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Speaker 2: years on the Cardinals beat, I don't think I've ever
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Speaker 2: missed an entire home series at Bush Stadium before until
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Speaker 2: this weekend.
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Speaker 1: And what's my reward? Nothing casual, Just Yadia.
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Speaker 2: Armelina coming back to Saint Louis and being in the dugout.
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Speaker 2: So that's where I'm at. Tried to take a weekend vacation,
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Speaker 2: got rewarded with missing that. Welcome back to Cardinal territory.
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Speaker 1: Yes it is true.
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Speaker 2: You saw it yesterday and the Cardinals five to zero
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Speaker 2: win over the Chicago Cubs. YadA Amelina is back in
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Speaker 2: Saint Louis. He was invited by manager Allie Marble to
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Speaker 2: be in the dugout in uniform for Friday and Saturday's game.
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Speaker 2: YACHTI was in town for a signing event in Saint
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Speaker 2: Louis and reached out a couple months ago, letting John
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Speaker 2: Mozelav know that he was going to be in town.
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Speaker 2: The two bought to talking and Moe reached out to
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Speaker 2: Olie and said, hey, what do you think about having
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Speaker 2: YACHTI back and finds to be the dugout around the guys,
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Speaker 2: and Ollie Marmel said, absolutely, no brainer, bring back number four.
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Speaker 1: So they did. And again I wasn't there, but.
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Speaker 2: The pictures in the video looked awesome, and I just
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Speaker 2: I would imagine that having Yachti back after such a
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Speaker 2: prolonged and notable absence was a welcome time for everyone
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Speaker 2: in the organization, whether it's players, whether it's coaches, and
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Speaker 2: especially the fans. So really great to see Number four
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Speaker 2: take out the lineup card yesterday, do some work with
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Speaker 2: Poso pau Haz.
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Speaker 1: Just been around the guys. That does so much.
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Speaker 2: You all know what Yachti's impact is in this organization,
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Speaker 2: you don't need to tell you. But to have him
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Speaker 2: back in Saint Louis and to see him be more
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Speaker 2: involved with the team just really cool at a time
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Speaker 2: where I think we could all need it. You know,
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Speaker 2: not a lot of great vibes around the organization right now.
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Speaker 2: YACHTI certainly does that. Now let's talk about why this
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Speaker 2: was such a big deal. Okay, why did Ali Marmel
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Speaker 2: invite Yatti to be in the dugout? We know that
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Speaker 2: all he's under contracts through twenty twenty six, right, so
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Speaker 2: he's one year remaining on his deal, but it is natural.
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Speaker 2: It is a fair to speculate what any manager's position
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Speaker 2: is with the club when you know a new front
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Speaker 2: office is coming in. John Mozelak is stepping down in October.
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Speaker 2: We know this Heim Bloom will take over as soon
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Speaker 2: as the off season starts. I don't think there's an
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Speaker 2: exact date. There will be some sort of crossover, but
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Speaker 2: once the off season is officially here, it's Heim Bloom show.
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Speaker 1: What that means for Allie Marmal and his coaching.
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Speaker 2: Staff is fair to question, though I will say I
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Speaker 2: don't think the Cardinals have given any inclination that they're
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Speaker 2: going to make a manager change, and honestly, I don't
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Speaker 2: think they should.
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Speaker 1: But that's a story for another podcast episode.
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Speaker 2: But I think all he understands what he is inviting
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Speaker 2: in the speculation, the rumors, the storylines. By having Yachti
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Speaker 2: beyond his staff in the dugout, just even for just
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Speaker 2: a couple of games, we know what kind of perception
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Speaker 2: that could bring.
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Speaker 1: You add in the fact that Saturday's game.
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Speaker 2: Is a nationally televised game on Fox and Sunday is
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Speaker 2: Sunday Night based on ESPN There's going to be a
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Speaker 2: lot of national attention about this, but I thought it
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Speaker 2: said a lot about Ali's character and what he wants
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Speaker 2: to do for his clubhouse. The fact that he could
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Speaker 2: put all that aside, all the speculation, his own ego,
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Speaker 2: and bring in someone who has actively said he wants
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Speaker 2: to manage in baseball at some point in his career.
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Speaker 2: So when we talked to Ali about this. I talked
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Speaker 2: to him Thursday night. Here's I thought this quote was
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Speaker 2: super telling. I asked him, Hey, why I understand. I
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Speaker 2: think everyone understands why Yachti is here, but do you
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Speaker 2: understand what kind of speculation you're like the door that
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Speaker 2: you're opening here? And here's what he said. I'll read
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Speaker 2: the strip from the Athletic. Anytime you get the chance
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Speaker 2: to have someone like Yachti around your players, you take it.
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Speaker 2: It's a no brainer. The experience, the leadership, the presidency brings,
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Speaker 2: it impacts everyone. As soon as I heard he was
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Speaker 2: going to be in town, inviting him to sit next
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Speaker 2: to me was the right move. It's good for the players,
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Speaker 2: good for the staff, and honestly it's great for the
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Speaker 2: fans too.
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Speaker 1: I thought that was such a cool answer. All right.
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Speaker 1: Alli knows.
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Speaker 2: Alli Marmle knows exactly what the narrative is going to
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Speaker 2: be like. Could this be his replacement? Is he bringing
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Speaker 2: his replacement in on staff to sit next to him?
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Speaker 1: He doesn't care. He went out and talked about how
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Speaker 1: exciting and impactful it is to have Yachdi here.
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Speaker 2: He said, I really enjoyed my time with Yachti, both
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Speaker 2: as a coach and as a manager.
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Speaker 1: I'm looking forward to having him back in uniform.
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Speaker 2: There's a deep respect there, not just for how he
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Speaker 2: sees the game, but for the way he carries himself.
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Speaker 2: Even in just a short window, I know he can
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Speaker 2: leave a lasting impact on our players. He leads by
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Speaker 2: example and in his own powerful way. He shows these
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Speaker 2: young guys what's possible when you pour everything you have
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Speaker 2: into the game, that kind of presence, it stays with you.
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Speaker 2: And obviously, if you've watched Yatti play at all, which
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Speaker 2: all Cardinals fans have, you know how true that is.
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Speaker 1: And for given the influx.
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Speaker 2: Of youth on the roster currently and the lack of experience,
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Speaker 2: and this is no knock on any of those guys,
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Speaker 2: it's just the factor of the matter where they are
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Speaker 2: in their careers. Having someone like Yachty come in such
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Speaker 2: a He's a franchise icon, right, having his presence there
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Speaker 2: to show this next group of cardinals, Hey, this is
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Speaker 2: how we do it. It's exactly the right call for
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Speaker 2: everybody involved. So very cool to see number four back
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Speaker 2: in Saint Louis. I wish I could see that, but
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Speaker 2: I did see some from the local reporters, including John
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Speaker 2: the team a little bit more, maybe even when the
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Speaker 2: team goes and plays The Mammy mar In a couple
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Speaker 2: of weeks. So maybe I'll get my redemption shot because
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Speaker 2: I cannot believe that. I cannot believe that happened, just
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Speaker 2: my luck.
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Speaker 2: All right, We'll do a quick wrap up of yesterday's game.
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Speaker 2: Shout out Jordan Walker. That's my wrap up. He had
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Speaker 2: a really nice game. I saw the exit blows finally
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Speaker 2: hit one out. No bushdag nium effects for Jordan Walker
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Speaker 2: with that, Homer good to see him coming around. And
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Speaker 2: we talked on the prior episode about playing time and
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Speaker 2: how Ali Marmal can navigate that and how it's not perfect,
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Speaker 2: but you know there's everyone is going to get enough
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Speaker 2: at bats where the Cardinals can make decisions about guys
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Speaker 2: on their future. Jordan Walker seems to finally be figuring
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Speaker 2: things out at the plate. He has roughly seven weeks
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Speaker 2: to finish strong and then we'll go from there. But
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Speaker 2: a nice game from Jordan Walker. Yesterday when we were
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Speaker 2: down in La we got a chance to see the
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Speaker 2: Cardinals new bullpen, if you will, and the new big
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Speaker 2: three seems to be Kyle Lahy, Riley O'Brien and Jojo Romero.
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Speaker 2: The problem with this, as we know, is when you
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Speaker 2: have one lefty reliever in your bullpen like Jojo Romero,
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Speaker 2: it really impacts what kinds of lanes you can use
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Speaker 2: him in. Against the Dodgers, I thought this was the
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Speaker 2: perfect example. You have to save Jojo Romero for a
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Speaker 2: high leverage situation in the late innings. Okay, that's specific
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Speaker 2: to any team. For the Dodgers, you have to save
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Speaker 2: Jojo Romero for sho hey Otani in the later innings.
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Speaker 2: So Allie Marmel and Dusty Blake had to plan their
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Speaker 2: entire game plan strategy around it.
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Speaker 1: When Sho Hay was going to come.
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Speaker 2: Up and having Jojo available for that, it was not
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Speaker 2: saving him for the ninth. It was not saving him
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Speaker 2: for highest leverage. Well it kind of is, because Shoe
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Speaker 2: Otani is always highest leverage, but they specifically had to
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Speaker 2: save Jojo Romero for the Otani lane because after Otani
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Speaker 2: have Mookie Bets, who crushes you regardless. I know he's
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Speaker 2: having a down season offensively, but he's still Mookie Bets okay.
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Speaker 2: And then you have another lefty in Freddie Freeman. You
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Speaker 2: have to save Jojo Romero for that lane. So it's
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Speaker 2: allowed other players to step up. We'll talk with Riley
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Speaker 2: O'Brien first, who picked up his first save and Wednesday's win.
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Speaker 2: Riley O'Brien has really seemed to just have a night
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Speaker 2: and day when you think about when he was first
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Speaker 2: pitched in twenty twenty four, it was at Dodger Stadium
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Speaker 2: and he got rocked, and then he went on the
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Speaker 2: il shortly after and he just didn't look comfortable. It
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Speaker 2: looked like he was pitching I don't want to say scared,
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Speaker 2: but just didn't trust his stuff. You fast forward to
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Speaker 2: his last appearance at Dodger Stadium. He was lights out.
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Speaker 2: That's a guy who was super convicted and what he
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Speaker 2: wants to do and what he believes he can be.
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Speaker 2: Will we see Riley O'Brien in safe situations yes, Will
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Speaker 2: we see Jojo Romero in safe situations?
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Speaker 1: Yes? This is what the Cardinals mean by closer by committee.
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Speaker 2: You're probably gonna get one of those two, maybe Kyle Lahy,
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Speaker 2: but we'll get to him later, just based on lane.
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Speaker 1: In a perfect world, you.
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Speaker 2: Have Jojo Romero for the ninth every ninth, and you
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Speaker 2: can use him like a traditional closer like they did
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Speaker 2: to our pal Ryan Helsley. But because again there's only
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Speaker 2: one lefty, they have to save him for that lane,
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Speaker 2: which means other guys have to step up. And Riley
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Speaker 2: O'Brien's done a really nice job. We talked to him
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Speaker 2: on Wednesday after the game. We talked all three of
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Speaker 2: the relievers actually, and the common message between Jojo.
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Speaker 1: Riley and Kyle.
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Speaker 2: It's weird how like some players like you go by
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Speaker 2: their last name, Like I didn't like that.
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Speaker 1: I just referred to Kyle Lay as Kyle.
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Speaker 2: He's someone that you referred to as a last name anyway,
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Speaker 2: maybe that's a baseball thing. Maybe you guys understand what I'm
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Speaker 2: talking about. Who knows, or maybe you think I'm just crazy.
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Speaker 2: That's also true. But the common connection between those three
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Speaker 2: was the confidence they have in their abilities and they're like, yeah,
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Speaker 2: you know this is we can handle this. It's a
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Speaker 2: new role, it's higher leverage, more is at stake, but
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Speaker 2: we trust our stuff and you can see it.
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Speaker 1: On the mound.
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Speaker 2: Kyle Lay, I don't think his future is closer material,
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Speaker 2: and the Cardinals can use the next seven weeks of
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Speaker 2: the season to maybe jump start on who could be
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Speaker 2: their closer in twenty six. But when we talk to
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Speaker 2: Allie Marmel about this before Wednesday's game, the consensus was
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Speaker 2: that while Kyle Lay he has done an incredible job
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Speaker 2: as a high leverage bridge reliever, multi innings, versatile, can
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Speaker 2: go get right handed left handed hitters, the whole package,
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Speaker 2: his future is more looks to be more in line
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Speaker 2: with a potential starter. And this is something that the
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Speaker 2: Cardinals had talked about dating back to spring training. But
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Speaker 2: when you think about Kyle Lay, he's arsenal. He has
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Speaker 2: a six pitch arsenal. He's not overly splitty. He can
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Speaker 2: again get the right handed batters out, he can get
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Speaker 2: the left handed batters out. And the biggest thing about Lay,
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Speaker 2: to use an Oli phrase, is he doesn't scare.
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Speaker 1: And it's true. He goes out there.
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Speaker 2: He cooked the nicest guy off the field, Seriously, all
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Speaker 2: three of them are just delights. But he gets on
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Speaker 2: the mound and he has this calm demeanor where he
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Speaker 2: just knows he's going to get the result that he wants.
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Speaker 1: And he weathered through that rough period in.
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Speaker 2: June midway through the season where he was getting hit
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Speaker 2: hard and there was a lot of contact, he wasn't
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Speaker 2: getting a lot of swing and miss, and overcame it
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Speaker 2: and it is better for it, And isn't that the
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Speaker 2: whole point of the season.
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Speaker 1: Wasn't that the whole goal was to have players come
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Speaker 1: in adjust to the major leagues, struggle rally, and be better.
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Speaker 1: That's exactly what Kyle Lay he's been doing.
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Speaker 2: So they will use him in high leverage to finish
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Speaker 2: the season because there just aren't a lot of other
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Speaker 2: options out there. But I think when we go into
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Speaker 2: the off season, we're looking at potent Kyle Lahy being
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Speaker 2: a starter or stretching out to be a starter. He
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Speaker 2: certainly has the makeup to do so. All in all, though,
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Speaker 2: it's a tough bullpen. I mean, you have one lefty
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Speaker 2: and seven right handed relievers who all pretty much have
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Speaker 2: the same stuff and all have a year or less
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Speaker 2: of service time. So there is going to be some
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Speaker 2: growing pains with this group. But I'm excited about it,
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Speaker 2: especially with those three in particular. I think Gowen and
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Speaker 2: Crissepo can still be a factor for them. Just got
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Speaker 2: to have a little bit better results. But it's so
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Speaker 2: early in his career. I think, you know, the ceiling
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Speaker 2: is very high, and I'd like to see what Ryan
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Speaker 2: Fernandez does. I think the game, his outing on Tuesday,
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Speaker 2: it just kind of sped up on him his first
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Speaker 2: time back since his lengthy time in Memphis. But I
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Speaker 2: still think Ryan Fernandez can be a factor as well
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Speaker 2: in this club. So that's the bullpen. That's where we're
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Speaker 2: Here's this next segment. I have planned who's your breakout
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Speaker 2: player the rest of the season. Like we said, we
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Speaker 2: have seven eight weeks left of twenty twenty five. That's crazy,
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Speaker 2: and it's going to be all about the future. The
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Speaker 2: progative going forward is twenty twenty six and beyond. So
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Speaker 2: who is the player that you are looking at to
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Speaker 2: take steps forward that you think is going to be
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Speaker 2: instrumental in the future of this club. For me, it's
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Speaker 2: Victor Scott the second and it's easy.
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Speaker 1: There are certain.
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Speaker 2: Players that when you see how they show up to
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Speaker 2: the clubhouse every day and the amount of work they
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Speaker 2: put in and how intentional they are about that work,
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Speaker 2: you understand why the organization is so what's the word
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Speaker 2: I'm looking for, optimistic or so convicted? That's what I'm
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Speaker 2: looking for. You'll understand why the organization is so convicted
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Speaker 2: in this player's future. I know, offensively, it has not
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Speaker 2: been great for Victor Scott, and he'll be the first
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Speaker 2: to tell you that. You'll be the first to say, hey,
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Speaker 2: I have to hit a little bit more consistently because
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Speaker 2: he is such a weapon. Though once he gets on base,
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Speaker 2: it's easy for him to extend another ninety one hundred
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Speaker 2: and twenty feet. I like what you said a couple
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Speaker 2: of weeks ago when he said, essentially, if I walk,
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Speaker 2: I can turn that into a double.
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Speaker 1: I just have to go on base more. And that's true.
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Speaker 1: He is so fast, he's so speedy, he's such a
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Speaker 1: threat on the base paths.
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Speaker 2: As long as he's getting on base, it doesn't matter
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Speaker 2: how that's an immediate impact in your lineup. He just
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Speaker 2: has to do it more consistently. I understand that there
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Speaker 2: is some clamor because he hasn't been able to really
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Speaker 2: string together consistent offense yet keyword. Yet that's why the
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Speaker 2: Cardinals have to keep playing him one. He's the only
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Speaker 2: true center fielder. Okay, yeah, Garret Hampson can do it,
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Speaker 2: Lars Newbar can do it, but Victor Scott is the
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Speaker 2: center fielder of the future. So he should be out
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Speaker 2: there every day. And the only way he's going to
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Speaker 2: get better offensively, because I think the defense is I mean,
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Speaker 2: we all know what kind of defender Victor Scott. The
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Speaker 2: second is all right, he has such such a high ceiling,
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Speaker 2: and to be honest, I don't even think he's touched
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Speaker 2: it yet. I think he's on his way, But I
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Speaker 2: think the potential is so much higher offensively when you
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Speaker 2: get there for him. That's by keeping him in the lineup,
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Speaker 2: you're expediting that process. There are going to be growing pains.
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Speaker 1: We saw this. We just talked about this with Leahy.
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Speaker 2: We've seen growing pains across the board, whether it was Burlison,
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Speaker 2: Herrera like, take your pick of whatever. Cardinal is performing
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Speaker 2: well right now, they have growing pains too. So I'm
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Speaker 2: watching Victor Scott the second for the rest of the
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Speaker 2: season because I believe that he can figure this out offensively,
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Speaker 2: he can get on base a little bit more consistently,
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Speaker 2: and when he does that, he will be a true
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Speaker 2: impact player on both sides of the ball. That's why
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Speaker 2: Allie Marble has to keep Victor in the lineup every day.
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Speaker 2: I know that we've been talking about the puzzle of
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Speaker 2: the roster, how people are going to fit in, well,
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Speaker 2: how can he get at bats for Gorman and Walker
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Speaker 2: and Burlison and new Bar.
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Speaker 1: Et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.
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Speaker 2: And the common I think fan perspective is, well, Victor
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Speaker 2: Scott's slumping, so take him out of the lineup. That's
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Speaker 2: the worst thing, the worst thing the Cardinals can do.
15:27
Speaker 2: He needs to play every day because he's going to
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Speaker 2: be an everyday player, and the organization is so strongly
15:33
Speaker 2: Trump believes so strongly that he is going to figure
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Speaker 2: it out on both sides of the ball. The only
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Speaker 2: way he does that is by playing every day. So
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Speaker 2: Victor Scott the second is my breakout player the rest
15:43
Speaker 2: of the year. Drop me yours, because I think there
15:46
Speaker 2: are several I mean, you could say the same about
15:48
Speaker 2: Lars Nuwbarr, who's future Maybe this is dramatic, might hinge
15:52
Speaker 2: on the next two months of the season. The Cardinals,
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Speaker 2: we know already have so many corner outfielders, and Lars
15:57
Speaker 2: is athletic enough to play you know, all three spots,
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Speaker 2: but he profiles much better as a left or right fielder.
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Speaker 2: Can he stay healthy that was his big evaluation, and
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Speaker 2: knock on Wood to an extent mostly he has one
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Speaker 2: time on the injury list, is really I mean, I
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Speaker 2: think the Cardinals will take that right again. Can Jordan
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Speaker 2: Walker figure out how to hit the ball consistently and
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Speaker 2: be an impact player?
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Speaker 1: What can Nolan Gorman do with his sample size?
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Speaker 2: We know that Alec Gurlison is going to stay in
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Speaker 2: the lineup every day, and he should, He's earned it.
16:26
Speaker 2: What can I von Horrera do in left field? What
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Speaker 2: can von Horrera do to finish the season healthy? These
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Speaker 2: are all things I'm looking at. But Victor Scott the
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Speaker 2: second that's my breakout player. I'm really excited to see
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Speaker 2: what his future looks like, because again, I don't even
16:37
Speaker 2: think he's touched his ceiling.
16:41
Speaker 1: Don't forget you, guys.
16:42
Speaker 2: You can visit the Cardinal Territory Shop for our first
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Speaker 2: look at new merchandise. Once we get to five thousand subscribers,
16:47
Speaker 2: we will be doing a giveaway, but nothing else for
16:50
Speaker 2: me about the Cubs series. Will break down something well,
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Speaker 2: have something for you tomorrow night. But it is my
16:55
Speaker 2: best friend's bachelorette party. I'm literally here right now. Look
16:59
Speaker 2: so one my ability to rally undefeated. Two, I'm gonna
17:03
Speaker 2: enjoy my time with her because that's the whole reason
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Speaker 2: I took this time off.
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Speaker 1: Anyway, So we'll be back at.
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Speaker 2: Some point Sunday, traveling back to Saint Louis for the
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Speaker 2: Rocky Series.
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Speaker 1: We'll never miss a home series again. Or maybe maybe
17:14
Speaker 1: this is a new thing.
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Speaker 2: Maybe the more I leave, the more franchise icons come back.
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Speaker 2: Think about it, think about it all right. Thanks always
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Speaker 2: for watching this Saturday Saturday edition of Cardinals Territory. We'll
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Speaker 2: recap the Cup series with you tomorrow night at some point.
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Speaker 2: Just let me have this weekend, you guys. I'm kind
17:31
Speaker 2: of all over the place, if you couldn't tell. Bernie
17:34
Speaker 2: and I hope way back with you on Sunday. And
17:35
Speaker 2: then we have some really fun guests lined up for
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Speaker 2: next week and I'm excited to share that all with
17:39
Speaker 2: you guys very soon.
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Speaker 1: All right, have a great weekend. See ya.