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02/10/26 - Hour 3 · The Huddle

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Speaker 2: Fortress of Solitude. Good morning, Hunter, Welcome his first appearance
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Speaker 1: We've been here almost a month. Where have you been.
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Speaker 3: Yeah right, Oh my gosh, thanks for having me.
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Speaker 4: Yeah, it's the debut on the Huddle other than my
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Speaker 3: But that's true.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's true with you, that's true. Yeah, early wake up.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, I heard that, so I'm gonna take your advice
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Speaker 3: on that one.
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Speaker 2: Yes, all right, So Hunter, some Brewers news. It broke
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Speaker 2: right after we got off the air yesterday. Not that
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Speaker 2: we're salty, that's how it happens, I guess. But tell
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Speaker 2: us what you thought of the trade, and then you
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Speaker 2: took part in the conference call with Matt, Arnold and Billy.
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Speaker 2: By the way, Hunter today is our hero then a
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Speaker 7: and our super hero of the day is Hunter, Bombguard
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Speaker 7: and Hunter in the midst of all of this talking
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Speaker 7: about the deal that goes down yesterday, there's always gonna
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Speaker 7: be like a centerpiece. There's gonna be one player that
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Speaker 7: everybody is going to maybe see first. And then there's
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Speaker 7: somebody when you're talking about this many guys that maybe
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Speaker 7: was the biggest piece of the trade for an acquiring team.
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Speaker 7: While Harrison is the centerpiece, and it seems like they're
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Speaker 7: gonna shove Hamilton down our throats that maybe he's gonna
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Speaker 7: be a factor for the Brewers coming up. It feels
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Speaker 7: like the third piece and the other pitcher is the
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Speaker 7: actual one that was the game changer as somebody that
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Speaker 7: dominated Triple A last year and kind of almost profiles
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Speaker 7: from just reading it in the Chad Patrick Mold where
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Speaker 7: grew up and they feel like maybe unlocked a little
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Speaker 7: something in the Triple A level this close to the big.
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Speaker 4: Leagues, right, I mean Shane jrowing five and one last
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Speaker 4: year two point two seventy ra at Triple A's that's
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Speaker 4: impressive numbers. I mean those when you look at what
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Speaker 4: he did there, and yeah, it's another example of an
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Speaker 4: older guy twenty seven years old, five full minor league seasons,
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Speaker 4: like he's been there, done that, but he has yet
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Speaker 4: to make it a successful run here in the major
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Speaker 4: league level. And the Brewers are so good at bringing
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Speaker 4: these pitchers in and making them into the best versions
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Speaker 4: of themselves, and we can go through like you mentioned,
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Speaker 4: Chad Patrick, Tobias Meyers, Quinn Priester, and the list goes on.
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Speaker 4: And what the Brewers have now done is stockpiled a
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Speaker 4: long list of pitchers that they can do this with
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Speaker 4: that have both grown up in their system and grown
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Speaker 4: up in other systems and now can have a chance
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Speaker 4: to work with Chris Hook and Jim Henderson and the
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Speaker 4: pitching labs so to speak, and be able to Yeah,
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Speaker 4: definitely turn this thing into what you hope is.
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Speaker 3: You know what, dron He's an interesting one. You mentioned
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Speaker 3: Kyle Harrison there.
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Speaker 4: I would give him a better shot to make the
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Speaker 4: opening day roster, but I think with Droan I could
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Speaker 4: kind of see him in that Ashby middle relief role possibly.
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Speaker 4: I know he's started most of his games in his career,
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Speaker 4: but I feel like this is a guy who you
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Speaker 4: could still you could throw in the bullpen and he
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Speaker 4: could be really effective. I mean, there's only you're not
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Speaker 4: gonna have a ten man rotation. So at the end
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Speaker 4: of the day, some of these guys in this long
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Speaker 4: list of pictures that the Brewers now have are going
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Speaker 4: to have to be in that starting rote, are in
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Speaker 4: that bullpen. So I have a feeling that Joan might
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Speaker 4: be destined for that. It might not be on opening day,
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Speaker 4: but at some point possibly during the season.
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Speaker 1: It's so funny the way the game is now. It's
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Speaker 1: like he's not in the.
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Speaker 2: Rotation, but he's gonna give us six innings a week,
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Speaker 2: which is what we hope to get out of the
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Speaker 2: guys in our rotation.
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Speaker 7: Like the weather in Wisconsin, Wait three weeks, it might
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Speaker 7: change for.
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Speaker 2: Him and those guys the Ashby, like those Rodill Hall,
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Speaker 2: the guys that give you two and a third or
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Speaker 2: two and then they come back three days later and
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Speaker 2: give you another two. Like That's that's where it's at. Man,
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Speaker 2: that's kind of as that's where teams are starting to feast,
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Speaker 2: getting yeah out, getting Hunter.
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Speaker 1: How did it spin?
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Speaker 2: And what did Matt Arnold say when you guys asked
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Speaker 2: him yesterday? Pitchers and catchers report this week? Do you
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Speaker 2: know who your third basement is?
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Speaker 4: That's that's the big thing, Like what what that is
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Speaker 4: the big question after this trade. My first reaction was,
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Speaker 4: it's not a typical Brewers trade. They typical don't typically, don't,
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Speaker 4: you know, trade a guy after his first year in
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Speaker 4: the big leagues with that many years of control left,
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Speaker 4: six years of control left of Caleb Durban. That's not
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Speaker 4: usually what the Brewers do. But what Matt Arnold continued
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Speaker 4: to say, and you'll hear it here as he talks
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Speaker 4: about the infield depth, is really talking about we have
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Speaker 4: we like our depth not only at the major league level,
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Speaker 4: but the minor league level and.
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Speaker 3: For the future as well.
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Speaker 4: So this is what Matt Arnold had to say about
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Speaker 4: the infield depth in the whole organization.
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Speaker 8: You talk about a lot of the infield depth that
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Speaker 8: we have here. It's you know, the on top of
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Speaker 8: Jet Williams and Hamilton here you also have Bryce Rang
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Speaker 8: and Joey Ortiz in the mix. You know, we really
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Speaker 8: like the defense here for sure on our infield, but
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Speaker 8: you also start looking at the future here with guys
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Speaker 8: like Jesus Made and you know, Cooper Pratt and Luke
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Speaker 8: Adams and Louis Paanya and Andrew Fisher. I mean, there's
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Speaker 8: just a lot of these types of guys coming. We
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Speaker 8: feel like in our system that can absolutely handle the
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Speaker 8: left side of the diamond, that have really high upsides,
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Speaker 8: and so we feel like we have the ingredients now,
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Speaker 8: you know, to weather the loss of somebody like Caleb Durbin,
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Speaker 8: who obviously meant a lot to our franchise. But we
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Speaker 8: feel really good about the infield depth both now and
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Speaker 8: in the future as well well.
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Speaker 7: And how much of this Hunter ends up playing itself
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Speaker 7: out maybe at third base with that depth because of
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Speaker 7: the guys that are gonna be gone for the World
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Speaker 7: Baseball Classic. Now, I get like even the biggest Dave
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Speaker 7: Gasper prospect hoarders and lovers don't expect. I think Andrew
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Speaker 7: Fisher to break campus is starting first basement, right, I
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Speaker 7: don't think that you're anticipating. You know, maybe Tyler black
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Speaker 7: Feature got his way in there. He's gonna be playing
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Speaker 7: for Team Canada, but for a Jet Williams, who might
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Speaker 7: not have played there a ton, you're gonna have a
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Speaker 7: ton of reps. Maybe self freelick that some people who
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Speaker 7: were bringing up yesterday I saw could be getting reps
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Speaker 7: over at third base and they might be able to
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Speaker 7: work this out better because there's a lot of options
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Speaker 7: and a lot of people that can get reps over
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Speaker 7: there at third base early in spring.
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Speaker 4: That's something I was thinking about last night, where this
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Speaker 4: is not your typical spring training. Joey Ortis and Bryce
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Speaker 4: Terraing are not going to be there for a good
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Speaker 4: chunk of this spring, depending on how far their teams
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Speaker 4: go Mexico for Joey Ortiz, in the US for Bryce
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Speaker 4: terrang So that is going to open the opportunity for
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Speaker 4: I think Jeck Williams is going to play a lot
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Speaker 4: all the time. Hamilton will obviously play, but then yeah,
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Speaker 4: guys like Cooper Pratt, Brock Wilkin.
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Speaker 6: You know.
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Speaker 4: What Matt Arnold continued to say was that they kind
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Speaker 4: of consolidated their infield depth to get innings back and
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Speaker 4: innings meeting from Harrison Drowan, you know, and and they've
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Speaker 4: put taken that infield depth and kind of cut it
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Speaker 4: a little bit at the major league level obviously, when
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Speaker 4: you trade your whole third base depth chart over to.
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Speaker 3: The Boston Red Sox.
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Speaker 4: But I think as much and as much as we
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Speaker 4: want to think that, you know, obviously into the future,
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Speaker 4: they feel really good about that left side, and you
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Speaker 4: should when you have Pratt and Wilkin and Maud and
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Speaker 4: Fisher and Panya and all those guys coming up.
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Speaker 3: But none of those guys have played a triple A yet,
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Speaker 3: so we have.
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Speaker 4: To remember that it's it's gonna take. You know, it's
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Speaker 4: a very outside chance that any of those guys. I
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Speaker 4: would think Pratt and Wilkin are the only guys who
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Speaker 4: really have a shot at the opening day roster that
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Speaker 4: that make the opening day roster. But this is what
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Speaker 4: Matt Arnold had to say about the third base position specifically.
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Speaker 8: Yeah, always open to two editions, I would say first.
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Speaker 8: But at the same time, look, I think there are
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Speaker 8: a lot of ingredients here that we've talked about, and
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Speaker 8: I had a conversation with Murph this morning and for
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Speaker 8: a while now just kind of talking about some of
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Speaker 8: the frameworks that we've talked about, and we're not really
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Speaker 8: married to any one particular permutation of the infield here.
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Speaker 8: I think there are a number of different ways we
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Speaker 8: could we could sort this out. And look, we're I'm
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Speaker 8: headed to Arizona on Tuesday, and so you know, once
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Speaker 8: we get into camp, we'll be able to evaluate these guys,
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Speaker 8: spend a little more time with them, talk to them
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Speaker 8: about where they're comfortable. But yeah, feel good about the
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Speaker 8: options that we have available at third, short end and second.
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Speaker 2: All Right, love options, the love positional versatility, But the
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Speaker 2: blueprint is not to have Salfree look or Andrew Vaughn
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Speaker 2: play third base any significant amount of time.
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Speaker 6: Is it?
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Speaker 1: It can't be right, that's just not in the cards.
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Speaker 4: No, it's it's I wouldn't think so we'll get to
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Speaker 4: sell here in just a moment. But I do think Jet,
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Speaker 4: the Jet Williams thing is interesting because this guy is
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Speaker 4: a middle infielder.
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Speaker 1: By trade, am short.
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Speaker 4: And that's exactly that's what I am kind of thinking,
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Speaker 4: because you're if you say, okay, Jet, you're not only
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Speaker 4: going to make your major league debut, but you're gonna
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Speaker 4: make it at a position you hardly have ever played,
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Speaker 4: if any, in your life. That is two huge monumental
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Speaker 4: steps in a career. So, having maybe just spring training
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Speaker 4: experience doing it, I do think they obviously love Jet Williams.
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Speaker 4: They wouldn't have made this trade if they weren't thinking
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Speaker 4: this guy is pretty close to ready. But let's hear
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Speaker 4: what Matt Arnold had to say when it comes. When
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Speaker 4: I asked him about Jet Williams possibly playing third.
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Speaker 8: Base, certainly value Jet a ton, as you guys know,
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Speaker 8: and I think giving him some reps at third base
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Speaker 8: in camp is probab something that you'll see obviously at
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Speaker 8: shortstop as well and second base and the outfield. I
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Speaker 8: think one of the things that we talked about when
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Speaker 8: we got him was just his level of versatility and
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Speaker 8: his willingness to kind of do everything and and kind
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Speaker 8: of again, how he fits our brand of baseball, you know,
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Speaker 8: something that's that's exciting. And so yeah, he's open to
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Speaker 8: playing wherever, and you know, we want to give him
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Speaker 8: a number of opportunities, but again, we want to put
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Speaker 8: him in a position to succeed because he hasn't played
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Speaker 8: third base, you know, yet, but he certainly has the
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Speaker 8: ingredients to do so, so we're going to give him
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Speaker 8: some reps there along with other guys as well well.
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Speaker 7: I still think it's fascinating when you mentioned the moving
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Speaker 7: parts that I still wonder if Bryce ter Rangon's a
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Speaker 7: factoring it or a short like again, if he wants to,
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Speaker 7: I think, but with him going into the World Baseball Classic,
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Speaker 7: I don't think he's taken Bobby Baseball away from shortstop,
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Speaker 7: and I don't think they're going to move Bobby at
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Speaker 7: junior over off of short so that you know Bryce
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Speaker 7: Trang can take some ground balls over there.
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Speaker 3: Hundred The spinning it.
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Speaker 7: To the fans, I thought, is is going to be
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Speaker 7: fascinating because there's only a couple of ways to the
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Speaker 7: slice and dice. It traded your best starting pitcher, somebody
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Speaker 7: who has been with you for almost a decade. You
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Speaker 7: move off of two guys that were in the top
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Speaker 7: five and Rookie of the Year balloting. How many more
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Speaker 7: times can you be right in picking this young player
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Speaker 7: in a deal? And you're maybe doubling down believing that
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Speaker 7: you know this talent evaluation thing a little bit better
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Speaker 7: than everybody else. But I said it like, I think
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Speaker 7: you could look at it and kind I'm a little
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Speaker 7: bit bullish, especially if Woody is healthy. Like Drew mentioned
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Speaker 7: when they made the Peralta deal, you don't make that
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Speaker 7: deal if you don't believe he's ready to go. I
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Speaker 7: think you could spin it as saying, yeah, we lost
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Speaker 7: a lot of parts, and hard to say we're gonna
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Speaker 7: win ninety seven games and have multiple double digit winning
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Speaker 7: streaks again, but I think talent wise they could be better. Like,
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Speaker 7: I think there's an easier way to spin this with
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Speaker 7: the internal development and another year of your young players,
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Speaker 7: with more young players that I think it might be
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Speaker 7: an easier sell to the fans than some people are
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Speaker 7: thinking of them, kind of tearing something down that went
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Speaker 7: to the NLCS from a year ago.
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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, you definitely feel good about your hitching options,
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Speaker 4: there's no doubt about that. I think I would have
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Speaker 4: been less surprised if they would have done this deal
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Speaker 4: heading into next season compared to this season, just because
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Speaker 4: I think your guys at the minor league level will
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Speaker 4: obviously have another year under their belt, maybe one or
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Speaker 4: two has a little bit of major league experience as well.
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Speaker 4: One of the things that I saw floating around on
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Speaker 4: social media from fans yesterday was they were almost more
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Speaker 4: sad about Caleb Durban being traded than Freddy Peralta. And
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Speaker 4: I think that is partly and mostly probably because we're
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Speaker 4: all prepared for Freddy Peralta being traded, right, We're used
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Speaker 4: to the one year left on the deal. Corbyn Burns,
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Speaker 4: Devin Williams, Josh Hater, you know, Freddy Peralta being traded.
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Speaker 4: We're not used to a guy who became a quick
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Speaker 4: fan favorite. We love the way he played. He had
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Speaker 4: clutch moments. He came up clutch a lot of a
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Speaker 4: lot of.
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Speaker 1: Times, a lot of times, especially in the playoffs.
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Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, his defense was good over there at third base.
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Speaker 4: He kind of took the took the world by storm
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Speaker 4: as soon as he debuted. So that I think, yes,
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Speaker 4: absolutely fits into the Brewers mold. So I think all
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Speaker 4: of that is factors in to the reaction to this,
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Speaker 4: and I think it's justified absolutely to be sad about
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Speaker 4: losing a guy like Caleb Durbin. This is what Matt
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Speaker 4: Arnold had to say when asked about what his message
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Speaker 4: would be to the fans about making this deal.
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Speaker 8: Caleb Durbin mental a lot for our franchise. I will say, like,
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Speaker 8: somebody like David Hamilton plays with as much energy as
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Speaker 8: that guy, for sure. I mean, Hamilton is a guy
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Speaker 8: that we know very well. He's an elite bas runner.
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Speaker 8: He's really fast, he's a really good defender. He's an
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Speaker 8: exciting player. Again, not trying to compare apples to apples
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Speaker 8: here because they're both very different, but I think we're
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Speaker 8: adding a player that fits our brand there in David Hamilton.
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Speaker 8: And then when you talk about the young pitching that
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Speaker 8: we're getting that's majorly ready and really exciting, you know,
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Speaker 8: to add to our stable of good young arms. I mean,
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Speaker 8: you know, especially Weathering, the loss of somebody like Freddie
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Speaker 8: is something that we're really excited about. I mean, Harrison's
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Speaker 8: not that far removed from being one of the best
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Speaker 8: pitching prospects in the sport. Johan had an outstanding year
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Speaker 8: last year in TRIPAA. So both of these guys are
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Speaker 8: are really exciting for us to add. So I think
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Speaker 8: that the combination of both the infield depth and the
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Speaker 8: rotation depth is something that we feel really good about.
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Speaker 7: No lies in there. He didn't he didn't try to
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Speaker 7: say he's a good hitter like he said. He's a
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Speaker 7: really really good bass runner and a good defender. Five
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Speaker 7: hundred ops would say that he's not an offensive player.
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Speaker 7: But if you have some versatility and he's a gamer
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Speaker 7: and and he can take over for that spot of
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Speaker 7: Pat Murphy's you know, favorite player being Caleb Durban, you know,
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Speaker 7: maybe that grit is for all.
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Speaker 2: The Brewers prowess and polishing up pictures and getting them
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Speaker 2: to be the best version of themselves, guys like you know,
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Speaker 2: Monasterio and just kind of like the baseline replacement level guys.
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Speaker 2: They seem to get a lot out of those guys too,
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Speaker 2: that's fair. Yeah, I don't know what that the ethos
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Speaker 2: is there or what the reason is, but it does
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Speaker 2: seem like they have now Sigler went through a big
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Speaker 2: dep like he was really scoffling small sample all that.
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Speaker 7: Right, it's Anthony Siegler, right, Like, I'm not as much
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Speaker 7: as I'm going to be more happy, Drew, like you said,
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Speaker 7: for the wins you're going to get from Monasterio, for
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Speaker 7: you know, blaming you for Hector Gomez.
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Speaker 1: Or Anthony Siegeler now being able to perform any chance
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Speaker 1: that they're not done yet.
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Speaker 2: They're always looking to be creative, and then there will
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Speaker 2: be guys who are out of options at the end
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Speaker 2: of camp. And I'm old enough to remember when they
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Speaker 2: got Niger Morgan right where they were leaving Arizona, they
15:13
Speaker 2: got Niger Morgan who ended up playing it made no
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Speaker 2: headlines like they got this outfielder great.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, being Tony Plush and a cultural phenomenalist and getting
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Speaker 1: a hit to win.
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Speaker 2: A playoff series, Like, Okay, does your spider sense say, Hunters,
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Speaker 2: Is there a chance they make an addition somehow, some
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Speaker 2: way before they before they start the regular season.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think there's a real chance of it.
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Speaker 4: I think I think we have to be careful of Oh,
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Speaker 4: they made this trade because they know another deal is coming. Well,
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Speaker 4: that next deal may not come, So you have to
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Speaker 4: when you make a trade, you have to be comfortable
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Speaker 4: with what you got. And he said, and the organization
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Speaker 4: has said that they are, you know, comfortable with their
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Speaker 4: infield depth right now. I don't think it's you know,
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Speaker 4: depending on what Jet Williams does.
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Speaker 6: Right.
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Speaker 4: If Jet Williams slots in at third, he is a
16:00
Speaker 4: definite chance to be better than Caleb Durbin. So if
16:02
Speaker 4: that guy is your starting third baseman, okay, then I
16:05
Speaker 4: get it. I think David Hamilton is You're a really
16:07
Speaker 4: good team. If David Hamilton's you're Andre Monasterio, I think so,
16:10
Speaker 4: like where that goes in the depth chart, we shall
16:14
Speaker 4: see you talk about being creative, something they experimented in
16:17
Speaker 4: twenty twenty four in the spring Salfree look at third base.
16:20
Speaker 3: Matt Arnold was asked about that. Let's see what he
16:22
Speaker 3: has to say.
16:22
Speaker 6: Yeah.
16:22
Speaker 8: I mean, look, we're always open to experimenting, and Sal's
16:27
Speaker 8: the best and he's always willing to just do whatever
16:29
Speaker 8: it takes. So I think it's something we'll discuss when
16:32
Speaker 8: we get to Arizona. But he's also a really good
16:34
Speaker 8: outfielder gold Glove winner out there. We like him in
16:37
Speaker 8: the outfield for sure, and we like the other infielders
16:40
Speaker 8: as well. But I love that about Sal, that he's
16:42
Speaker 8: willing to do whatever it takes to help the team,
16:45
Speaker 8: and so certainly something that will potentially discuss and explore.
16:49
Speaker 8: Like you said, we've done that in the past, but
16:51
Speaker 8: I would expect he starts as a Gold Glove outfielder
16:55
Speaker 8: for us going forward, but again open to having those
16:58
Speaker 8: conversations with him when we get to Arizona.
17:00
Speaker 7: Great job spiking the football there at the end of
17:01
Speaker 7: the Gold Club outfielder I think start. But the other
17:05
Speaker 7: I also don't know. Guys, is it because of the
17:08
Speaker 7: lack of options at third base that you're wondering if
17:10
Speaker 7: he should play the third base or the ridiculous amount
17:12
Speaker 7: of options that you have in the outfield as well. Right,
17:14
Speaker 7: Like Drew, you said it like somebody's gonna go down.
17:17
Speaker 7: One of those guys is Christian Yelich, so he's you know,
17:19
Speaker 7: last year. I think he plays the most games he's
17:21
Speaker 7: played in the last seven years. So like it's difficult
17:24
Speaker 7: to not forecast injuries and more guys that you're gonna
17:28
Speaker 7: need to play in the outfield. But it does feel
17:30
Speaker 7: like you just have so many athletes out there that
17:31
Speaker 7: you might want to move.
17:33
Speaker 1: I don't think he's gonna play there.
17:34
Speaker 7: I think he's gonna pay right field and people can
17:35
Speaker 7: enjoy hanging out and getting the ball thrown to him
17:38
Speaker 7: by South Freelik in the right field bleachers. The pitchers
17:41
Speaker 7: you mentioned drowing earlier. Harrison is, you know, formerly one
17:46
Speaker 7: of the top prospects in the sport and big time
17:50
Speaker 7: left handed starter. And I know we already had our
17:53
Speaker 7: friend mad City Brewce saying finally we have a left
17:55
Speaker 7: handed starting pitcher, you know, not named Aaron Ashby with
17:58
Speaker 7: an opener. Situation, Like, it does feel like they went
18:01
Speaker 7: for something they've been looking for for a while, and
18:05
Speaker 7: Harrison has a chance. If Chris Hook is the master
18:08
Speaker 7: that we believe to be a massive piece of this.
18:11
Speaker 4: Trade, I think he is the piece I mean, he's
18:14
Speaker 4: it's you know, when Jeff Passen first tweeted out the
18:16
Speaker 4: trade yesterday, it was a you know, headlining the deal
18:19
Speaker 4: as Kyle Harrison. This guy if, if this trade is
18:22
Speaker 4: going to work out, I think Kyle Harrison has to
18:24
Speaker 4: be a significant part of this rotation going forward. But
18:28
Speaker 4: that's also to say you have a lot of other
18:31
Speaker 4: options who also, you know, can be a very good
18:33
Speaker 4: part of this rotation, and guys that have some major
18:36
Speaker 4: league experience as well.
18:37
Speaker 3: Kyle Harrison when he made his debut.
18:39
Speaker 4: For San Francisco in twenty twenty three, he was the
18:41
Speaker 4: number one prospect of the Giant system. He went to
18:43
Speaker 4: Boston in the Rafael Devers deal over the summer, was
18:46
Speaker 4: a big part of that trade. So the pedigree of
18:49
Speaker 4: this guy is there, and the upside is clearly there.
18:52
Speaker 4: He just hasn't been able to do it quite yet
18:54
Speaker 4: with a four point three to nine ERA in forty
18:56
Speaker 4: two games and thirty seven starts at the major league
18:58
Speaker 4: level yet.
18:59
Speaker 3: So it's just way for that to happen.
19:02
Speaker 4: And you think that you combine the Brewers coaching with
19:05
Speaker 4: the guy like that, and yeah, like you said, you
19:07
Speaker 4: could kind of turn into gold hopefully and really get
19:09
Speaker 4: him on the right path. And he's only twenty four
19:12
Speaker 4: years old as well. This is what Matt Arnold had
19:14
Speaker 4: to say about both Harrison andro And when asked about
19:17
Speaker 4: the pitching pitchers coming over to Milwaukee.
19:19
Speaker 8: Harrison obviously super high pedigree guy that came over in
19:23
Speaker 8: the Dever's trade. I mean, he's a huge part of
19:25
Speaker 8: that that deal obviously, and you know, we've had a
19:30
Speaker 8: lot of good reports on him for a really long
19:32
Speaker 8: time and at one point I think he might have
19:34
Speaker 8: been one of the best pitching prospects in the sport,
19:37
Speaker 8: you know, and so to be able to access him
19:39
Speaker 8: is really exciting and a really good arsenal there with
19:43
Speaker 8: really good stuff. And the same thing with Drohan. You know,
19:47
Speaker 8: he's kind of flown under the radar, probably a little
19:48
Speaker 8: bit more than Harrison, but you know, this guy dominated
19:52
Speaker 8: in Triple A last year. I mean, he was very good,
19:55
Speaker 8: you know, and strikes out a lot of guys and
19:56
Speaker 8: have really good stuff, and our scouts really really liked
19:59
Speaker 8: this guy. Was a very big part of this for
20:01
Speaker 8: us as well. And so the combination of adding both
20:03
Speaker 8: of those guys that we think could could impact our
20:06
Speaker 8: team in twenty seven is really exciting.
20:09
Speaker 2: Harrison's on the marquee, but the left. He could be
20:12
Speaker 2: the key to this deal eventually, not right away but
20:15
Speaker 2: in two years or here or two.
20:17
Speaker 7: But Chad Patrick mold right dominate Triple A a little
20:19
Speaker 7: bit later on in life, maybe on Earth something a
20:22
Speaker 7: little bit.
20:22
Speaker 1: I'm excited for it. It'd be hunter.
20:24
Speaker 2: Last thing I got for you is that you know,
20:26
Speaker 2: Joey Ortiz isn't even eligible for arbitration yet. You think
20:29
Speaker 2: he's been around for a long time and stuff seems
20:31
Speaker 2: like it he doesn't have that much service time. And
20:34
Speaker 2: Garrett Mitchell's interesting to me because I wonder, unless he
20:37
Speaker 2: is like, you know, blows out in camp, unless he's
20:40
Speaker 2: like really good in camp, isn't there a chance he
20:42
Speaker 2: could start in Nashville just to get some more at
20:44
Speaker 2: bats and get used to playing every day and you know,
20:47
Speaker 2: get get back in a rhythm of playing.
20:49
Speaker 6: Yeah.
20:49
Speaker 4: I mean, there's only enough roster spots for a certain
20:52
Speaker 4: amount of people, obviously, so.
20:53
Speaker 1: It's itictions left minor league points.
20:55
Speaker 3: So totally, I think so.
20:57
Speaker 4: And obviously you're you're paying him not much above the
21:00
Speaker 4: league minimum right now, so I think, Yeah, I think
21:03
Speaker 4: that's possible, get his legs underneath him. But I also
21:06
Speaker 4: think the organization wants to obviously see what they have. However,
21:10
Speaker 4: it depends on obviously how much Yelich is gonna play
21:12
Speaker 4: in the outfield. I think everybody would probably prefer Yelich
21:15
Speaker 4: to be that d h Uh and so you got
21:17
Speaker 4: Blake Perkins, who can be your guy who's in there.
21:20
Speaker 4: We all know Murphlow's Blake Perkins and then uh and
21:23
Speaker 4: but I do think Garrett Mitchell gets to see some time.
21:26
Speaker 3: Whether it's right away, we'll see.
21:28
Speaker 4: But I'm I am very much you know me, I'm
21:30
Speaker 4: very much looking forward to seeing Garrett Mitchell back and
21:33
Speaker 4: healthy because.
21:34
Speaker 3: I think he's I think he's got.
21:35
Speaker 4: Me upside in there, and I want to see it
21:38
Speaker 4: consistently at the major league.
21:39
Speaker 1: Until it's over.
21:40
Speaker 5: I'm gonna hold on to that belief, just like Marshan Lloyd.
21:43
Speaker 5: Until it's over. I'm holding on that belief. We get
21:46
Speaker 5: him right one day and he's gonna be I've been
21:48
Speaker 5: a big big.
21:49
Speaker 1: On that and uh and moving on.
21:50
Speaker 5: I think moving on tis back to third where he
21:52
Speaker 5: had his best successes in Major leagu hunter great run.
21:55
Speaker 2: Today we're gonna hear from you again tomorrow as you
22:03
Speaker 2: warm up to sit in the seat here next week
22:06
Speaker 2: with your interview with Daniel Vogelbox.
22:07
Speaker 1: So you'll be back on the show. I can't wait
22:08
Speaker 1: for that.
22:09
Speaker 3: Yes, looking forward to that.
22:10
Speaker 1: Thanks Bud for you buddy. Thanks guys, Hunter Bombguart bringing
22:13
Speaker 1: it to us.
22:13
Speaker 2: Hey, when we come back, stan Van Gundy's going to
22:15
Speaker 2: join the program. We'll talk to him about the Howard
22:17
Speaker 2: Moore doc and what you know, he got to hit
22:19
Speaker 2: Howard work to play for him. Stan Van Gunney will
22:22
Speaker 2: squeeze some bucks questions as well.
22:23
Speaker 1: Don't you go anywhere.
22:25
Speaker 2: We're still rocking the huddles Fox Sports Radio Wisconsin, Milwaukee,
22:32
Speaker 2: worldwide on the iHeartRadio app as well. Drew Wilson, Billy Schmid,
22:35
Speaker 2: armand Sary and we are happy to welcome the program
22:37
Speaker 2: special guest stan Van Gundy joining us. The documentary A
22:41
Speaker 2: Road at Night about Howard Moore and the tragic accident
22:44
Speaker 2: we've been talking about. It starts its run at Marcus
22:46
Speaker 2: Theater and Madison on Thursday. It's going to run for
22:49
Speaker 2: a week and Stan is featured in the stand. Thanks
22:51
Speaker 2: for joining us. This is such a heavy topic because
22:54
Speaker 2: on one hand, we want to celebrate and keep thinking about
22:57
Speaker 2: Howard Moore, and on the other hand, thinking about it
22:59
Speaker 2: makes you realize how unfair the world is and how
23:01
Speaker 2: tragic the circumstance is.
23:04
Speaker 6: Yeah.
23:04
Speaker 9: Absolutely, I mean, there's no better person in this world
23:07
Speaker 9: that I've run into than Howard Moore. And to see
23:11
Speaker 9: what happened to him and his family on a drive
23:15
Speaker 9: down just to see his wife's family is tragic. But
23:20
Speaker 9: I think the documentary that John Roach did I wrote
23:23
Speaker 9: at Night is powerful, and it also celebrates the spirit
23:30
Speaker 9: of Howard Moore and his family and how they've moved
23:34
Speaker 9: past this and are trying to get on.
23:37
Speaker 6: I mean, it's an amazing.
23:41
Speaker 9: Family, and Howard's an amazing person who's still in there fighting.
23:47
Speaker 2: You coached Howard, and I'm wondering, I think I remember
23:49
Speaker 2: his career to have the impact that he had. I
23:51
Speaker 2: think he scored about one hundred points in his collegiate
23:54
Speaker 2: basketball career, but he struck me as kind of the
23:57
Speaker 2: thanasis energy guy. What was it like to coach And
24:00
Speaker 2: when you were coaching him, did you think to yourself,
24:01
Speaker 2: this guy's going to be a coach at some point?
24:04
Speaker 6: You know what?
24:05
Speaker 9: That's just a great analogy with Danasis. I hadn't used
24:09
Speaker 9: that one. That's fantastic, But look I've said, you're right.
24:14
Speaker 9: He scored I think ninety nine points in his college career,
24:17
Speaker 9: and I would argue that no one has had the
24:20
Speaker 9: impact on the University of Wisconsin basketball program over the
24:24
Speaker 9: last thirty years that Howard Morris had. You know, from
24:29
Speaker 9: his time as a player and a coach, He's been
24:32
Speaker 9: influential in recruiting so many of the great players going
24:36
Speaker 9: back to his time as a student. As it's pointed
24:40
Speaker 9: out in the documentary, he was a big part of
24:44
Speaker 9: recruiting Michael Finley here, and then as a coach he
24:47
Speaker 9: recruits a guy like Frank Kaminski here. So Howard's had
24:51
Speaker 9: tremendous impact. And I didn't know if he would go
24:56
Speaker 9: into coaching, but I knew he would go into something
25:00
Speaker 9: where he was leading people because he was just a
25:04
Speaker 9: great leader and a people magnet. He's the guy who
25:09
Speaker 9: cared about every one of his teammates. He's the best
25:14
Speaker 9: I've been around the game my entire life. Literally my
25:16
Speaker 9: dad coach and he is the best teammate I have
25:21
Speaker 9: ever been around because his thoughts every day were on
25:26
Speaker 9: what can I do to help each and every one
25:29
Speaker 9: of his teammates, and it would be different with different guys,
25:33
Speaker 9: and he would do it. So I'm not surprised at
25:36
Speaker 9: all that he went into coaching.
25:38
Speaker 7: Stan that do you hit it right on the head here,
25:40
Speaker 7: as you've been around teams your whole life, and team
25:44
Speaker 7: is just something that's so impactful, so important, and for
25:47
Speaker 7: somebody that loves team sports as much as I do,
25:49
Speaker 7: like watching the brotherhood and the camaraderie and friendship around
25:55
Speaker 7: Howard with all of his teammates is inspiring. But it's
25:59
Speaker 7: also one that out of the worst circumstances, some of
26:02
Speaker 7: that loves teams like I do, it's inspiring to see
26:06
Speaker 7: how great of a friendship they are able to have
26:09
Speaker 7: and be brought together this late in life.
26:12
Speaker 1: That's rare.
26:13
Speaker 7: You talked about it just because of Howard and who
26:15
Speaker 7: he was, but that team that takes a special group
26:18
Speaker 7: of individuals to be brought together and want to give
26:22
Speaker 7: back to their brother as much as they have.
26:25
Speaker 9: You know, it's a great point, and it's absolutely true.
26:28
Speaker 9: It really is a phenomenal group of people. But you know,
26:33
Speaker 9: one of the things that is talked about ad nauseum.
26:38
Speaker 9: Actually in sports now is culture culture. Everybody talks about culture. Well,
26:45
Speaker 9: Howard Moore is, in my opinion, responsible for the culture
26:50
Speaker 9: of Wisconsin basketball. He promoted from his time as a player,
26:56
Speaker 9: that community and that close feeling. And you know, one
27:01
Speaker 9: of the hardest things for all of us who knew
27:05
Speaker 9: Howard around this tragedy is if this tragedy had happened
27:09
Speaker 9: to someone else in the group, Howard is the guy
27:13
Speaker 9: we would have all leaned on. Howard is the guy
27:16
Speaker 9: that would have been there for everyone else.
27:19
Speaker 6: And so I think it is fitting that.
27:23
Speaker 9: Everybody and literally everyone who was Howard's teammate or played
27:29
Speaker 9: at Wisconsin when Howard coached there, everyone has really come
27:33
Speaker 9: together to try to help he and his family as
27:37
Speaker 9: much as they possibly could.
27:39
Speaker 2: Talking to Stan Van Gunda here on the huddle, Drew
27:41
Speaker 2: Billy and Arman, you mentioned the culture and Howard's role
27:45
Speaker 2: in it, and it does strike me thirty years ago,
27:48
Speaker 2: it's thirty years since you coached at Wisconsin and they're
27:52
Speaker 2: on their fourth coach and Greg Guard's been there since,
27:54
Speaker 2: like you know, took over for Bow in twenty fifteen.
27:57
Speaker 2: So that culture that you guys helped establish, that kind
28:00
Speaker 2: of the ground floor of what has become one of
28:02
Speaker 2: the more successful basketball programs, not only a Big Ten
28:05
Speaker 2: but nationally. Go back to us when you were when
28:08
Speaker 2: you first got to the fieldhouse that that wasn't the job.
28:11
Speaker 1: Then it wasn't as shiny as it is now.
28:14
Speaker 9: Well, it certainly wasn't. I mean, you know, I Stu Jackson,
28:18
Speaker 9: I think probably has never gotten as much credit as
28:22
Speaker 9: he deserves in the way that turned around.
28:25
Speaker 6: But listen, I.
28:27
Speaker 9: Mean getting that team to the NCAA tournament after forty
28:31
Speaker 9: seven years, a forty seven year drought, and the recruitment
28:36
Speaker 9: of you know, Steve Yoder recruited Michael Finley, Tracy Webster,
28:43
Speaker 9: those guys, and then Sue recruited Rashard Griffith, and that
28:49
Speaker 9: momentum carried is what got the Coal Center built and
28:53
Speaker 9: things carried over from there. Obviously Dick Bennett did a
28:57
Speaker 9: fabulous job and then boy, incredible Greg Gard. I mean, yeah,
29:04
Speaker 9: now it's one of the most respected programs in the country.
29:08
Speaker 6: Howard was there at the beginning of that.
29:11
Speaker 9: He helped build the foundation of that, He helped put
29:15
Speaker 9: the culture in place, and then came back as the coach,
29:20
Speaker 9: helped recruit guys helped further the culture. I really don't
29:25
Speaker 9: think anyone as great as those coaches have been Stu Jackson,
29:30
Speaker 9: Dick Bennett, Bo Ryan, and Greg Gard. I don't think
29:35
Speaker 9: anyone has had more impact on the culture of Wisconsin
29:40
Speaker 9: basketball than Howard Moore has.
29:42
Speaker 2: That's fantastic. In the movie I wrote at night, this
29:44
Speaker 2: is starting Thursday. They got the premiere event. It's gonna
29:46
Speaker 2: run for a week, hopefully longer. I hope a lot
29:49
Speaker 2: of people can go see, especially our Madison audience. Since
29:51
Speaker 2: you mentioned culture, and I brought up Fanasis before I
29:54
Speaker 2: got about a quarter in the jukebox and ask you
29:56
Speaker 2: about the way the Yiannis thing is playing out for
29:59
Speaker 2: us in the state Wisconsin.
30:00
Speaker 1: Obviously we can stand down now.
30:02
Speaker 2: We don't have to worry about it being traded again
30:04
Speaker 2: until it fires up in May when we start having
30:06
Speaker 2: to hear about it.
30:08
Speaker 1: What's your take? What's your take on Yannis?
30:10
Speaker 2: Is it a situation where the Bucks have to move on,
30:12
Speaker 2: we have to part weighs amicably, or is it a
30:14
Speaker 2: situation where maybe John Horst can pull a rabbit out
30:17
Speaker 2: of his hat. Given some picks and some money to
30:19
Speaker 2: play with, he can fashion a team that Jannis wants
30:21
Speaker 2: to be part of.
30:23
Speaker 9: Well, you know what, I hope for the sake of
30:26
Speaker 9: the Bucks that they can figure out a way to
30:29
Speaker 9: put a team around Giannis that has a chance to contend,
30:33
Speaker 9: because I think Giannist has said it, and.
30:35
Speaker 6: I believe him. He wants to be there.
30:38
Speaker 9: He loves Milwaukee, but he also wants to win and
30:42
Speaker 9: he doesn't want to be part of a rebuilding roster.
30:46
Speaker 6: And hopefully they can pull that off.
30:49
Speaker 9: It's not going to be easy because they don't have
30:52
Speaker 9: a lot of assets right now to trade and move,
30:56
Speaker 9: you know, move around him. But the bottom line is
31:00
Speaker 9: they were a pretty competitive They've been a pretty competitive
31:02
Speaker 9: team this year when he's played because of his talent,
31:07
Speaker 9: and they do have some other guys. If they could
31:11
Speaker 9: find a way to put one or two other guys
31:14
Speaker 9: around him, I would.
31:15
Speaker 6: Hope that he could stay.
31:17
Speaker 9: And I think that's the decision that John Horst and
31:21
Speaker 9: the Bucks will have, like can we put a team
31:25
Speaker 9: around him that can contend? And if not, then we're
31:28
Speaker 9: going to have to start over. But you don't move
31:31
Speaker 9: a guy with like Giannis without getting a real haul
31:36
Speaker 9: in return. Look, their biggest problem over the last few
31:41
Speaker 9: years is been Giannis's health. I mean, you know, if
31:44
Speaker 9: he could stay healthy, you know, and health in general.
31:48
Speaker 9: Damian Lillard was not healthy. They just haven't had a
31:52
Speaker 9: chance really to contend since that championship season.
31:58
Speaker 1: Stan, you hit it on the head. If you're going
31:59
Speaker 1: to do it, you gotta get a haul.
32:01
Speaker 7: And what we were going for was like the bargain
32:03
Speaker 7: bin in the front of target. We're going to Costco
32:06
Speaker 7: and we're getting three cards. We're grabbing anything and everything
32:08
Speaker 7: we can if you.
32:09
Speaker 1: Have to move them.
32:10
Speaker 7: And in this day and age, like for an asset
32:13
Speaker 7: like him, that seems like the pinnacle of players that
32:16
Speaker 7: could be available. He would be the frontline center player.
32:19
Speaker 7: But it seems like there are some moves and some
32:21
Speaker 7: pieces around the fringes that the Bucks could be able
32:24
Speaker 7: to make. What do you think like a Ryan Rollins,
32:26
Speaker 7: he might win like Most Improved Player of the Year.
32:28
Speaker 7: Do you think he could be a piece of something
32:30
Speaker 7: that they have going forward with him?
32:33
Speaker 9: I think Ryan Rollins can be a piece. I think
32:35
Speaker 9: AJ Green can be a piece. Certainly Bobby Portis off
32:39
Speaker 9: the bench is a piece. Yeah, They've got some pieces.
32:44
Speaker 9: What they don't have right now is that second and
32:48
Speaker 9: third star, the guys who can really come in and
32:54
Speaker 9: you know, take over when Giannis is on the bench,
32:58
Speaker 9: takeover when misses games here and there. That's what they're
33:02
Speaker 9: missing right now. They're gonna have to find a way
33:05
Speaker 9: to do that if they're gonna hang on to Giannis
33:08
Speaker 9: and content.
33:11
Speaker 6: Now.
33:11
Speaker 9: Look, it's not easy right now. I mean, it's tough
33:15
Speaker 9: in the league, and it's gonna be a tough decision
33:18
Speaker 9: for John Horston, what decisions, you know, what direction to.
33:21
Speaker 6: Go with that roster.
33:24
Speaker 9: But Yannis, I guess I'm you know, look, I'm I'm
33:28
Speaker 9: an old dude, and I long for the days where
33:33
Speaker 9: people stayed with one team for a long long time.
33:36
Speaker 9: And Yannis is the Milwaukee Bucks. Heck, he's even a
33:42
Speaker 9: part owner of the Milwaukee Brewers. Like, these are guys
33:45
Speaker 9: that we need to to keep around in their cities.
33:49
Speaker 9: So I hope they can figure out a way to
33:51
Speaker 9: do that.
33:51
Speaker 5: How hard is the instinct and the armies of the
33:54
Speaker 5: different big markets and the and the NBA media machine
33:57
Speaker 5: that seemingly wants these guys to move in a trick.
34:00
Speaker 1: To bigger markets. When you are John horse when you
34:02
Speaker 1: are honest.
34:02
Speaker 5: When you do truly want to keep the that in
34:06
Speaker 5: the place that you were drafted, in the hometown and
34:08
Speaker 5: all that. How hard is it to in that role
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Speaker 5: to kind of fight everything off because it seems like
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Speaker 5: it's inevitable or a lot of people see it as
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Speaker 5: inevitable that they move on to a bigger market.
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Speaker 9: You know, yeah, you're right about that, and it's unfortunate.
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Speaker 9: I think I went through it when I was coaching
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Speaker 9: in Orlando with Dwight Howard. You know, and there is
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Speaker 9: a poll and the media wants people. But really what
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Speaker 9: the media wants I think is they want Giannis playing
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Speaker 9: deep into the playoffs. They want the stars deep into
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Speaker 9: the playoffs. I don't think this talk was going on
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Speaker 9: when the Bucks were winning a championship, you know. I mean,
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Speaker 9: you want your stars playing in May and June. That's
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Speaker 9: what you want in the league. That's what makes the
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Speaker 9: league great. They don't want their stars sitting it out,
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Speaker 9: as it looks like the Bucks will be doing this year.
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Speaker 9: And so hopefully they can put a contender around him,
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Speaker 9: something that makes him feel like he's got a chance,
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Speaker 9: makes the fans in Milwaukee feel like they've got a chance,
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Speaker 9: because look, they showed everybody in that championship run. The
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Speaker 9: fans in Milwaukee are as good as any team in
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Speaker 9: the league, and we know that in college basketball. I mean,
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Speaker 9: the Badger fans will match up with any group of
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Speaker 9: fans in the league, whether it's football, basketball, anything. So
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Speaker 9: there's great fans there. They've just got to have a
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Speaker 9: product that they can really support.
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Speaker 2: All Right, Stan, on the way out, we know you
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Speaker 2: coached in Madison, you lived there for a while, You
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Speaker 2: visited Milwaukee many times in your various capacities in the NBA.
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Speaker 2: Did you gain a new appreciation from Milwaukee when Brian
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Speaker 2: Anderson took you around? Because BA is pretty wired in
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Speaker 2: this city. I know he's taking you to places. I
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Speaker 2: know you've been to ex Golf, He's taking you around town.
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Speaker 2: Do you have a new appreciate because of our PELBA?
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Speaker 9: Well, you know what, I've got both an appreciation for
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Speaker 9: Milwaukee and an extreme appreciation for BA. I mean, he
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Speaker 9: is one of the great great people in the sports
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Speaker 9: business that you'll run into.
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Speaker 6: I mean, you know, he really is. He taught me
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Speaker 6: a lot.
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Speaker 9: Don't blame my performance on him, but he but he
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Speaker 9: taught me a lot. He's taken time to mentor me,
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Speaker 9: and he's just a great friend. Look, I'm going back
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Speaker 9: and doing a college game for TNT March the second,
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Speaker 9: just so I can work with work with BA again
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Speaker 9: since CNT lost CNBA, And that was really my only
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Speaker 9: motivation for doing it. He's fantastic. Love listening to him
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Speaker 9: on baseball. That's the thing I loved about working for him,
36:55
Speaker 9: working with him two is because I'm a big baseball
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Speaker 9: fan and and between him and Boom Shamby and uh Chicago,
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Speaker 9: that's where I get all my uh my baseball talking
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Speaker 9: and those guys.
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Speaker 6: Bring me up to day.
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Speaker 9: But yeah, I'm a I'm as big a Brian Anderson's
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Speaker 9: fan as anybody in the state of Wisconsin.
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Speaker 6: I'll tell you that.
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Speaker 2: We're right there with you. He's a treasured resource. Stan,
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Speaker 2: thanks for joining us. We appreciate it.
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Speaker 7: Well, get you baseball season. We'll have a couple of
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Speaker 7: sausages and we'll go to talk about No.
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Speaker 9: Damn, absolutely, I love it and I love the park
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Speaker 9: out there.
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Speaker 2: Oh fantastic. Stan, Thanks for joining us, Thanks for talking
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Speaker 2: about Howard. We're looking forward to a good run for
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Speaker 2: the doc. This is coming up at this end of
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Speaker 2: this week.
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Speaker 6: Yeah, thank you. Very much. I hope everybody will turn out.
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Speaker 9: It's a great way see a powerful story and support
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Speaker 9: Howard and his family because the proceeds are going to
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Speaker 9: his to him and his family, so sort of, you know,
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Speaker 9: do two things at once.
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Speaker 1: Fantastic.
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Speaker 6: Thanks stand much, all right, thank you guys.
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Speaker 1: Thanks Man and Man Gandhi join us right here on
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Speaker 1: the huddle.
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Speaker 2: Time to close up shop. We'll drop the mic after that.
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Speaker 2: The pleasure catching up with stan Van Gundhi.
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