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Chandler Rome on potential Astros-Bregman remarriage, Ryan Pressly trade to Cubs soon? · Foul Territory

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  Speaker 1: You heard this last winter that they didn't want to
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  Speaker 1: cross the CBT, that that was something they were trying
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  Speaker 1: to stay away from, and then all of a sudden
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  Speaker 1: they gave Josh Hater ninety five million dollars.
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  Speaker 2: All right, FT is back with the athletics Chandler Rome
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  Speaker 2: and the FT Network's Chandler Row. Make sure you check
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  Speaker 2: out Crush Shitty Territory with Chandler, Tyler Stafford and Josh Reddick.
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  Speaker 2: Great episodes out there, especially a few this week, including
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  Speaker 2: with Bryce Matthews, one of the top prospects in the
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  Speaker 2: astro system. Anyway, Chandler, great to talk to you. You've
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  Speaker 2: been very busy over the past twenty four hours. So
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  Speaker 2: let's start with your fresh report on where they are
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  Speaker 2: with Ryan Presley and maybe even Alex Bregman returning to
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  Speaker 2: the team.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, so it's gonna go live here in a little bit.
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  Speaker 1: It's going through the editing process right now, but there's
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  Speaker 1: fresh reporting coming from Sahata Sharma, Patrick Mooney and myself
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  Speaker 1: Sahatav and Patrick, both of North Side Territory on the
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  Speaker 1: FT Network. Not a ton of revolutionary stuff, but you know,
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  Speaker 1: Ryan Presley is still weighing his options another team has
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  Speaker 1: emerged as probably a suitor there. The Detroit Tigers are
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  Speaker 1: or a team that has talked about, you know, trying
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  Speaker 1: to acquire Ryan Presley, who has ten and five rights,
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  Speaker 1: which means he can veto a trade. He's got a
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  Speaker 1: full no trade clause. So it does seem to me though,
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  Speaker 1: that if this is going to happen, that the Cubs
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  Speaker 1: are going to be the destination if he if he
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  Speaker 1: agrees to the trade. Also, at the same time, the
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  Speaker 1: Cubs are pursuing Alex Bregman, as are the Astros, as
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  Speaker 1: was reported you know, last night by multiple outlets, including
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  Speaker 1: The Athletic, that the Astros are back in on Alex Bregman,
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  Speaker 1: and it sounds like, obviously, if they get Alex Bregman back,
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  Speaker 1: they're gonna have to reshape a lot of their infield.
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  Speaker 1: Alex Bregman's gonna go back to playing third base, Esak
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  Speaker 1: Paratus would would probably move to second, and it sounds
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  Speaker 1: as if it's under consideration that Jose al Tuve would
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  Speaker 1: move to left field if Alex Bregman does in fact
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  Speaker 1: return to Houston, But it doesn't sound like anything is
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  Speaker 1: imminent in that department. The Bregman department. The Cubs are
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  Speaker 1: after and there's five teams that I that I understand
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  Speaker 1: that are that are in on Alex Bregman. And it's
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  Speaker 1: the Red Sox, the Blue Jays, the Tigers, the Astros,
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  Speaker 1: and the Cubs. So of those five, we could see
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  Speaker 1: some stuff start to maybe simmer and come to a
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  Speaker 1: head maybe this weekend. But certainly his market is starting
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  Speaker 1: to crystallize in a way that it hadn't for the
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  Speaker 1: last couple of weeks.
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  Speaker 3: Chandler, You you just you brought up so much there
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  Speaker 3: I can't even like, I just wanted to ask you
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  Speaker 3: about about Ryan Presley and the Astros, Like, let's hitle
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  Speaker 3: that for just a second for me. Is like, are
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  Speaker 3: they like, ah, you know what, We're fine downgrading part
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  Speaker 3: of our bullpen just to save a little cash. Or
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  Speaker 3: is it now that maybe you know, he accepts one
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  Speaker 3: of these trades. Now we can go and get Bragman,
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  Speaker 3: Or is it a doesn't even apply to Bregman. We're
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  Speaker 3: cool if we save money and downgrade our bullpen. That's
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  Speaker 3: what I'm confused about. Why would they be that interested
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  Speaker 3: in doing that.
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  Speaker 1: It's really confusing, Eric, because all winter, all winter, people
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  Speaker 1: with the team but people I talked to that are
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  Speaker 1: familiar with Jim Crane's thinking the owner have been insistent
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  Speaker 1: that he does not want to cross the competitive balance tax.
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  Speaker 1: They paid the luxury tax last season. He was not
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  Speaker 1: interested in paying it again as a repeat offender. And
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  Speaker 1: that is part of why Kyle Tucker got traded. That
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  Speaker 1: is why they have been aggressively shopping Ryan Presley in
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  Speaker 1: his fourteen million dollars. It was in an effort to
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  Speaker 1: curtail that payroll that has really gotten high. Now, this
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  Speaker 1: was the same sort of stuff you heard last year too.
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  Speaker 1: You heard this last winter that they didn't want to
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  Speaker 1: cross the CBT, that that was something they were trying
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  Speaker 1: to stay away from. And then all of a sudden
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  Speaker 1: they gave Josh Hater ninety five million dollars and we're
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  Speaker 1: okay with paying the CBT. In Jim Crane's ownership tenure,
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  Speaker 1: it really has been that he has been okay to
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  Speaker 1: pay the luxury tax. It just has to be for
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  Speaker 1: a move that he determines as kind of the thing
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  Speaker 1: that puts the cherry on top. A real meaningful addition,
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  Speaker 1: and I think what Alex Bregman, what Alex Bregman means
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  Speaker 1: to this franchise, what Alex Bregman has meant to this
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  Speaker 1: golden era, and what Alex Bregman means in that clubhouse.
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  Speaker 1: You guys saw how vocal Jose al Tuve was all
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  Speaker 1: season at the end of the season about retaining him.
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  Speaker 1: Would not be surprised if they kind of throw caution
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  Speaker 1: to the wind and say, you know what, we'll cross
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  Speaker 1: it for Alex Bregman. But I don't think they want
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  Speaker 1: to cross that second CBT threshold because as we stand
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  Speaker 1: right now, without with Presley on the roster and without
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  Speaker 1: Alex Bregman on the roster, they're already about three million
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  Speaker 1: dollars over the first threshold. So I think if this
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  Speaker 1: plays out as we're talking, it's going to I think
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  Speaker 1: they want to avoid crossing that second CBT threshold. But
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  Speaker 1: make no mistake, as of last week, as of all winter,
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  Speaker 1: all all indications from people I had talked to was
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  Speaker 1: that they were going to get under the tax uh completely.
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  Speaker 1: And it sounds like for Bregman, it sounds like they
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  Speaker 1: that Jim Crane may make an exception.
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  Speaker 3: Is Jim Crane too involved here? Does it feel like
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  Speaker 3: he's too involved? Is he getting in the way I mean,
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  Speaker 3: I get it, you're the owner, but we've seen some
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  Speaker 3: bad situations where ownership gets too involved and you know,
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  Speaker 3: feelings either way good or bad. It's like, is that
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  Speaker 3: do we feel like that's what's happening right now in Houston?
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  Speaker 1: Well, Jim's always been an involved owner. I mean, you
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  Speaker 1: guys saw it in the twenty twenty off the twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty two offseason. They're still paying for him being an
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  Speaker 1: involved on or with thirty one million dollars in dead
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  Speaker 1: money to Rafael Montero and Josea Bray. I think his
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  Speaker 1: influence in baseball operations has decreased a little bit. You've
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  Speaker 1: seen in some of the moves Dana Brown has made.
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  Speaker 1: Trading Kyle Tucker is not a Jim Crane. That doesn't
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  Speaker 1: scream to me that that's a Jim Crane decision or
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  Speaker 1: a Jim Crane move some of the stuff Dane has
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  Speaker 1: been able to do that at the trade deadline. I
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  Speaker 1: think his presence has diminished. His influence, I should say
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  Speaker 1: in baseball opps has diminished, a little bit. But when
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  Speaker 1: you start talking about Bregman, when you start talking about
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  Speaker 1: the luxury tax, when you start talking about that kind
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  Speaker 1: of stuff. Those are decisions that ownership is involved, and
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  Speaker 1: no matter what franchise we're talking about, we could be
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  Speaker 1: talking about the Cubs, the Blue Jays, any franchise that
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  Speaker 1: that's an ownership level call is to are you going
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  Speaker 1: to pay the CBT are you going to extend? You know,
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  Speaker 1: if my thinking is, if Alex Bregman comes back to Houston,
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  Speaker 1: it would take the law or just free agent deal
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  Speaker 1: of Jim Crane's ownership tenure to get that done. And
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  Speaker 1: that's not in no franchise can you give out the
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  Speaker 1: franchise's longest and most lucrative free agent deal without consulting
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  Speaker 1: the owner. So to answer your question, I think his
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  Speaker 1: influence has honestly diminished a little bit in baseball offs.
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  Speaker 1: But I think this situation, and especially with Bregman, I
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  Speaker 1: think he's gonna have he's gonna have a say.
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  Speaker 2: For the record, I'm okay with his involvement because I've
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  Speaker 2: spoken him before. He actually knows ball. Sometimes you talk
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  Speaker 2: to a helicopter owner and they have no idea what
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  Speaker 2: they're talking about. This person cannot be involved with any
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  Speaker 2: decision making, so they've been really good. But anyway, all right,
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  Speaker 2: let me ask you specifics about Bragman. Number one is
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  Speaker 2: that six one fifty six that they made public through
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  Speaker 2: many people. Still on the table for Bragman is that
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  Speaker 2: the offer and the stopping point offer that if he
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  Speaker 2: calls them right now and says, fine, I'm in, I'll
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  Speaker 2: take that, then we would have a deal. And two,
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  Speaker 2: can you give us more on the aftermath of what
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  Speaker 2: that would mean for say and all too v to
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  Speaker 2: move to left field and how Paratus would look at
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  Speaker 2: second base, you know, how that would affect the team defensively.
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  Speaker 1: My understanding is I talked to one source yesterday that said, yes,
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  Speaker 1: that that offer remains it and it also makes common
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  Speaker 1: sense too, Like I know Bregman turned it down already,
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  Speaker 1: but if the Ashers are going to re engage here,
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  Speaker 1: like it wouldn't make sense for them to go back
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  Speaker 1: in with a lower offer. What I'm unsure of, and
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  Speaker 1: this kind of ties back to Eric's question just now,
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  Speaker 1: I'm unsure about how much flexibility there is to maybe
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  Speaker 1: change that offer too, if they ask for another year,
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  Speaker 1: if they ask for more money. I'm not sure if
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  Speaker 1: this is this is the offer and we're done, or
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  Speaker 1: if there is flexibility to move and room to move.
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  Speaker 1: Now that could also be determined by the other four
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  Speaker 1: teams involved here, like what are they offering and would that,
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  Speaker 1: you know, influence the Astros to maybe up their offer
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  Speaker 1: or anything like that. As far as the aftermath of
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  Speaker 1: a potential you know, I've been told that, yes, it
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  Speaker 1: is under consideration that Jose al Tuve could could move
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  Speaker 1: the left field. That's wild to me. I mean it
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  Speaker 1: just just in terms of moving the face of your
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  Speaker 1: franchise off of the only position he's ever really played.
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  Speaker 1: He's played six major league innings at shortstop. The rest
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  Speaker 1: of his major league defensive innings have all been at
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  Speaker 1: second base. Never played in the outfield in the minor leagues.
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  Speaker 1: But it should be noted that that Jose al Tuve's
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  Speaker 1: defensive metrics at second base have pretty precipitously declined the
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  Speaker 1: last couple of years. And when you start to look
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  Speaker 1: at this rotation from ber Valdez and Hunter Brown are
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  Speaker 1: your top two starters, and they induce almost as many
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  Speaker 1: ground balls as any starting pitcher in the league. And
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  Speaker 1: it's it's tough when you've got an infield. You know,
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  Speaker 1: their infield last year was not good. I mean, they
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  Speaker 1: had had a raining goal. They had the gold Glover
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  Speaker 1: at third base, but the right side of their infield
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  Speaker 1: was not good last year between their revolving door at
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  Speaker 1: first base and then Jose al Tuove at second just
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  Speaker 1: just not the defensive player he once was. So to me,
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  Speaker 1: it makes sense that they were going, I think they
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  Speaker 1: were going to have to move Altuve off of second
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  Speaker 1: base eventually. Does this hasten that maybe Estcoc Paradis, It's
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  Speaker 1: not as if he's played a ton of second base
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  Speaker 1: in the big leagues. I think he's got about fifty
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  Speaker 1: three starts at the major league level at second base,
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  Speaker 1: but so he can move over there, I'm not sure
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  Speaker 1: he has not. Estock Paradis hasn't played in the outfield
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  Speaker 1: at all in the big leagues either, So it's stuff
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  Speaker 1: that they'd really have to move some stuff around. It
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  Speaker 1: would be a lot of spring training work for Jose
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  Speaker 1: al Tuve to learn an entire new position. But it
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  Speaker 1: is worth noting too. They play eighty one games at
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  Speaker 1: Dykin Park, where the Crawford boxes and left field really
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  Speaker 1: help maybe hide bad defensive left fielders. They play Ordon
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  Speaker 1: Alvarez and at dyk In Park, and left field a
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  Speaker 1: good bit They've been able to hide maybe some some
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  Speaker 1: lower tier defenders in left field at home, so that
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  Speaker 1: would help, but it would still be a massive change
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  Speaker 1: for Joseel Tuvan the Astros.
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  Speaker 4: On Ryan Presley, it seems like the Jays to me
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  Speaker 4: wouldn't be that good of a fit. I feel like
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  Speaker 4: he wants to be that closer again, the Tigers and Cubs,
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  Speaker 4: for me, I think would be a better fit for him.
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  Speaker 5: What do you think is going on in his head
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  Speaker 5: for that whole situation right now?
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  Speaker 1: You know, Todd, it's very similar to me to what
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  Speaker 1: happened with Ronado and the Astros about a month ago.
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  Speaker 1: You know, I see this situation as pretty similar in
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  Speaker 1: the fact that I think both teams, when I talk
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  Speaker 1: about the Cubs and the Astros, kind of thought that
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  Speaker 1: this was done, same the way that the Cardinals and
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  Speaker 1: the Astros thought that the Aronado deal was done and
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  Speaker 1: they went to the player with the no trade clause
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  Speaker 1: and he was like, hold on a second, like I
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  Speaker 1: have the final say here. And I think Ryan Presley's
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  Speaker 1: still weighing his options nowt In fact, I know that,
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  Speaker 1: and I've talked to a couple of sources that are
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  Speaker 1: familiar with his thinking that say, he's still weighing his options,
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  Speaker 1: make no mistake, Like he really values Houston, like he
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  Speaker 1: likes being here. His wife is from Houston, both of
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  Speaker 1: his kids were born in Houston. And it's not lost
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  Speaker 1: on him kind of the legacy that he has built
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  Speaker 1: in Houston. I mean, he's it's not a stretch to
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  Speaker 1: say that he's the one of their most clutch postseason
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  Speaker 1: relievers ever, if not the most clutch postseason reliever the
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  Speaker 1: Ashers have ever had in their greatest era of baseball.
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  Speaker 1: So does he want to leave that? Because you know,
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  Speaker 1: I do wonder too, whether having a year under his
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  Speaker 1: belt as the setup guy. Because let's face it, like
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  Speaker 1: they said all the right stuff last year. Everyone said
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  Speaker 1: all the right things when Josh Hater got the when
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  Speaker 1: they signed Josh Hater, but it was a tough adjustment
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  Speaker 1: for Ryan Presley. I mean, he got demoted, honestly, for
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  Speaker 1: no fault of his own. He was great in twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty three. It's just that they wanted to build a
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  Speaker 1: three headed monster at the back end of their bullpen,
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  Speaker 1: and Josh Hater came in. He's younger, and he's obviously
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  Speaker 1: got the pedigree, and they made him the closer, and
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  Speaker 1: that can be tough. That can be tough for anyone
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  Speaker 1: to swallow when you get demoted for really no reason.
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  Speaker 1: So I wonder if now, having a year of that
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  Speaker 1: under his belt, whether he would honestly be more amenable
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  Speaker 1: to a setup role, whether he's used to that, and
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  Speaker 1: whether that would honestly make him want to stay in Houston,
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  Speaker 1: whether he's okay with that and he's like, you know what,
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  Speaker 1: my family's happy here. I like the franchise, he loves
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  Speaker 1: his teammates, he's beloved in that clubhouse. I wonder, honestly
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  Speaker 1: if he'd be like, you know what, I'm fine being
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  Speaker 1: a setup guy. I'll just stay in Houston and my
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  Speaker 1: family will be happy. I'll be happy. And but you know,
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  Speaker 1: there is always kind of the thought about the Cubs
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  Speaker 1: are on the come up, they just acquired Kyle Tucker,
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  Speaker 1: they're trying, they're engaged with Alex Bregman. That's a division
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  Speaker 1: that is very winnable. You know, maybe he can go
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  Speaker 1: there and be the closer. So I think he's weighing
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  Speaker 1: a lot of different things right now. I don't know
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  Speaker 1: how it's going to turn out, but there's definitely pros
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  Speaker 1: on both sides of You could talk yourself into either way,
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  Speaker 1: him staying in Houston or him going to Chicago. You
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  Speaker 1: can really make a compelling argument for either case.
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  Speaker 2: I'd love to see him move just because I think
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  Speaker 2: he's a closer still and I think he would thrive
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  Speaker 2: and the Cubs desperately need a closer.
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  Speaker 4: That old school closer too. Well, he's not overpowering, he's
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  Speaker 4: gonna throw down. Why not even that he was never
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  Speaker 4: the ninety seven, five.
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  Speaker 2: Ninety six, but last year Chandler was more what ninety
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  Speaker 2: three is from Presley.
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  Speaker 1: And he's never and Todd, I think he's gone on
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  Speaker 1: to something like he's never been reliant on the fat.
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  Speaker 1: He's not the guy that he's not the guy who's
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  Speaker 1: gonna blow ninety eight by you. But his breaking balls
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  Speaker 1: are His breaking balls are nasty.
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  Speaker 5: That's the hammer.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, and he rarely when he throws that big, that hammer,
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  Speaker 4: that big twelve to six er that gets your eyes
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  Speaker 4: and the depiction off of that's nasty slider that he has.
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  Speaker 4: So he's more slider curve fastball than fastball as his
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  Speaker 4: best pitch.
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  Speaker 2: I actually know thirty three percent fastball usage.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, and He's got me out a lot on those pictures.
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  Speaker 5: Who we got a dinger the center.
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  Speaker 2: Hey, I just want to point out we can keep
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  Speaker 2: Chandler on for this. Let's show the boy real quick.
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  Speaker 2: Crush Shitty Territory obviously is going to be all over.
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  Speaker 2: Chandler has been super busy. There's more coming out in
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  Speaker 2: the athletic. But then you can also get a lot
• 15:35
  Speaker 2: more insight on what's happening. Even if you're not an
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  Speaker 2: Astros fan and you're like, wait, my team might be
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  Speaker 2: able to land Ryan Presley. You'll hear from Chandler, Tyler
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  Speaker 2: and Company soon on another episode of Crush Shitty Territory. So, Chandler,
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  Speaker 2: thank you so much for joining us. Man, thanks for
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  Speaker 2: the insight, and get back to work. I know you're busy,
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  Speaker 2: all right, Thanks guys, appreciate you. I did not say Chris,
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  Speaker 2: Yes you did.
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  Speaker 5: I did said cruss.
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  Speaker 2: Did I say crush Party.
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  Speaker 3: It's like saying Sunshine City. It's hard because the Crush City.
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  Speaker 5: You just think of orange crush, good good soda, drink.
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  Speaker 5: You don't drink soda.
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  Speaker 3: I forgot with that body, brown buff bite, brown bear.
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  Speaker 4: So listen, you gotta I gotta have it like two
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  Speaker 4: or three sodas a month. Not that's not much, but
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  Speaker 4: it has to be with glass eyes PEPSI. Oh man,
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  Speaker 4: I can go for one right now. You know what
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  Speaker 4: I'm out of here, I do.
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  Speaker 2: I do like me a little club soda, here we
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  Speaker 2: go and some ginger ale.
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  Speaker 5: You're definitely you're you're a Florida guy. Now I forgot,
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  Speaker 5: Here we go.
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  Speaker 3: Nobody's judging.
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  Speaker 5: I'm just saying, you gotta have one at least a month.
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  Speaker 2: I want to cap this conversation. Number one, do you
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  Speaker 2: guys think Josel tu Bay should be thrown out to
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  Speaker 2: left field? Or Some fans in the chat, including our
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  Speaker 2: buddy Susie, said, what about Barady's in left field, who's
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  Speaker 2: nine years younger than all two Bay? Not a terrible idea.
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  Speaker 3: I did like that Chandler Sati at fifty eight fifty
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  Speaker 3: three starts as second base paradis. Yeah, but I feel
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  Speaker 3: like that was with the Rays.
• 17:04
  Speaker 5: So it's like, ah, we just.
• 17:05
  Speaker 3: Got to get the best right handed lineup we can
• 17:07
  Speaker 3: out there. It doesn't mean it's a good idea. That's
• 17:10
  Speaker 3: a lot of movement hosey and left. No, dude, the
• 17:14
  Speaker 3: older you get, the closer, you get to the bench
• 17:16
  Speaker 3: and now we're totally on the bench, like that's that's
• 17:19
  Speaker 3: how it happens. I don't know, I get it. Josey's
• 17:23
  Speaker 3: had the little thing with this throwing at second and
• 17:25
  Speaker 3: it's gotten worse. Even when I played with him in
• 17:28
  Speaker 3: Houston it was there, and that was back in sixteen.
• 17:31
  Speaker 3: You I just fear going out there. Let's put it
• 17:36
  Speaker 3: this way, if anybody can do it, we talked about
• 17:37
  Speaker 3: Jose Ramirez never aging. Jose Altuve doesn't age, so I
• 17:43
  Speaker 3: think he could do it and figure it out. I'm
• 17:45
  Speaker 3: just afraid of what that's going to do to his body.
• 17:47
  Speaker 2: So which one do you want? You want all two?
• 17:49
  Speaker 2: A at second and Praadus and left.
• 17:51
  Speaker 5: No Paradis.
• 17:52
  Speaker 3: I want Paradis to figure it out and left.
• 17:54
  Speaker 2: So Paradis and left.
• 17:54
  Speaker 5: Yes, agreed, Pradis and left. Don't change it.
• 17:58
  Speaker 3: I think I think got two v's more threat. I
• 18:01
  Speaker 3: think Paradis has a chance to develop into that.
• 18:06
  Speaker 5: Just because of what you said.
• 18:07
  Speaker 3: He's nine years younger.
• 18:08
  Speaker 5: How how how old there's Altu? The thirty's mid thirties, right,
• 18:15
  Speaker 5: I mean thirty four thirty five in May, Okay.
• 18:19
  Speaker 4: Oh Man that's tough. And then people are like, are
• 18:22
  Speaker 4: you kidding me? He's only thirty four thirty five? You stand,
• 18:25
  Speaker 4: you stand so much in baseball, you're moving getting set.
• 18:29
  Speaker 4: It's a beaten. It's a beaten.
• 18:30
  Speaker 3: It's just a different preparation. I think you're prepared differently.
• 18:35
  Speaker 5: I don't know. Yeah, you do.
• 18:37
  Speaker 3: It's a lot of work.
• 18:37
  Speaker 5: It's not like getting fifteen twenty ground balls before a game.
• 18:48
  Speaker 2: We bet MGM futures like what they mother than that's
• 18:52
  Speaker 2: at seventy point five?
• 18:55
  Speaker 4: Why do I absolutely love the first I know by
• 19:00
  Speaker 4: you know, but I could see them being a close
• 19:02
  Speaker 4: to five hundred team.
• 19:04
  Speaker 3: I mean seventy five. I don't think it's close to
• 19:06
  Speaker 3: five hundred, seventy five wins, it's still five over this?
• 19:09
  Speaker 3: What am I missing.
• 19:13
  Speaker 5: The Braves, the Mets, the Phillies.
• 19:17
  Speaker 3: Because they're in the division.
• 19:18
  Speaker 2: Others in the NL, even that are better that they'll
• 19:21
  Speaker 2: face the.
• 19:21
  Speaker 5: NLS will dominate them.
• 19:24
  Speaker 2: I mean, Giant should be a little better, Dodgers should
• 19:26
  Speaker 2: be a little better. They lost their closer. Cubs should
• 19:29
  Speaker 2: be a little better.
• 19:32
  Speaker 3: They lost Patrick Corbyn. They don't have an innings eater.
• 19:34
  Speaker 5: I think it's going to be really close.
• 19:36
  Speaker 3: Didn't have a good year, but he.
• 19:37
  Speaker 2: Wasnat's bullpen might be pretty ugly. That's starting staff might
• 19:41
  Speaker 2: have performed above expectations a little bit last year.
• 19:45
  Speaker 3: When's josiach Gray coming back?
• 19:47
  Speaker 2: I don't know, but sometime this year.
• 19:50
  Speaker 5: Yeah.
• 19:51
  Speaker 2: I like the team. It's just that it was built
• 19:54
  Speaker 2: to do a little bit of damage in the off season,
• 19:58
  Speaker 2: and they did a little bit of damage, but they
• 20:00
  Speaker 2: should have done more. So I like the team. Are
• 20:03
  Speaker 2: they a wildcard team?
• 20:04
  Speaker 4: No?
• 20:05
  Speaker 2: Could they finish five hundred? Maybe it wouldn't be crazy.
• 20:08
  Speaker 2: I think we all I'm an over on this one.
• 20:11
  Speaker 5: I would say over right now too. Yeah.
• 20:14
  Speaker 3: I like to not look at these ahead of time.
• 20:15
  Speaker 3: I know I looked at the Marlins before, but yep,
• 20:18
  Speaker 3: that one surprised me. I feel like this is an
• 20:20
  Speaker 3: over too, even throw on it.
• 20:23
  Speaker 2: Yeah, this is when I draw on. I don't feel like,
• 20:26
  Speaker 2: oh man, it's gonna be seventy one. I'm like, no,
• 20:28
  Speaker 2: it's gonna be seventy five. And if you're thinking that
• 20:32
  Speaker 2: these are the ones to attack, yeah, a lot of
• 20:34
  Speaker 2: good young talent, which also usually means they'll be healthier
• 20:37
  Speaker 2: and if they're anywhere close to wildcard contention they would
• 20:41
  Speaker 2: add a player to it the deadline.
• 20:43
  Speaker 5: No I should.
• 20:45
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• 20:48
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• 20:52
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• 20:56
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• 20:58
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