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Fair Territory: Ken Rosenthal's early trade deadline sellers list, Yanks surging, PCA MVP bid? · Foul Territory

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Speaker 1: Welcome everyone to the Thursday edition of Fair Territory. I'm
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Speaker 1: Ken Rosenthal here with my friend Alana Rizzo. And Alana,
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Speaker 1: we are going to start the show today reading the
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Speaker 1: calendar because it's important. And the calendar says that today's
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Speaker 1: date is June eighteenth. And why might you think that
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Speaker 1: is significant?
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Speaker 2: Well, I tell you because everybody seems to think that
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Speaker 2: the trade deadline, Ken Rosenthal, is tomorrow. It is not.
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Speaker 2: I understand that everybody wants to know what's going on,
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Speaker 2: who is buying, who is selling. But there's still plenty
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Speaker 2: of time. Let's just hold off a little bit, tell
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Speaker 2: us more.
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Speaker 1: Well, here's the deal, Alana, and you're absolutely right. The
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Speaker 1: deadline is still nearly seven weeks away. Most teams right
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Speaker 1: now are preparing for the draft, which of course occurs
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Speaker 1: during the All Star break, and then even after the
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Speaker 1: All Star break. If you take ten days and go
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Speaker 1: beyond that, say to July twenty sixth, deadline is still
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Speaker 1: almost a week away, or actually a little more than
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Speaker 1: a week away, because the deadline this year is August third.
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Speaker 1: That's the date Major League Baseball shows. It's a Monday.
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Speaker 1: It's the maximum attention day without having day games, having
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Speaker 1: guys pulled off the field and all that. So there's
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Speaker 1: a long way to go, That's what I'm trying to
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Speaker 1: say here, And I want to show people the wildcard
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Speaker 1: standings to show you just how muddled this whole sport
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Speaker 1: is right now, because there are so many teams still
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Speaker 1: in it, so much still to be defined before the deadline. Okay,
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Speaker 1: here's the American League wildcard standings, and I want you
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Speaker 1: to look beyond the leaders, which are obvious, but Texas, Baltimore, Minnesota, Houston.
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Speaker 1: I would categorize those teams all as disappointments to some
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Speaker 1: degree this season. They are all within two games of
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Speaker 1: the wildcard the final spot. Even the Red Sox, as
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Speaker 1: bad as they've been, and we'll get to them in
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Speaker 1: doork of the week, they're only five and a half
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Speaker 1: games out. So what I'm trying to say here there
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Speaker 1: is a lot more baseball to be played, a lot
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Speaker 1: more that can happen, and a lot more definition that
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Speaker 1: needs to occur. And let's look at the National League
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Speaker 1: because I'll show you it's almost the same way, stronger
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Speaker 1: league this year, but still muddled. Okay, at the top,
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Speaker 1: this is interesting. Padres Nationals and Cubs all tied right
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Speaker 1: now for the third spot. Then you go to the Diamondbacks, Pirates,
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Speaker 1: and Marlins and Reds. Those four teams, none of them
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Speaker 1: playing like world meters, all at various points had their moments,
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Speaker 1: but they're all within three games of the final spot.
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Speaker 1: So by the deadline, some of these teams on the
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Speaker 1: fringes of the wildcard race will probably fade, some might
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Speaker 1: even surge. Some who are currently in wildcard positions, say
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Speaker 1: the Nationals, the Cardinals, the White Sox, they may fade
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Speaker 1: because they were never expected to contend anyway. All of
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Speaker 1: these possibilities exist. So what we're talking about here are
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Speaker 1: a number of teams, really more than half the league,
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Speaker 1: that probably don't know what exactly they want to do yet.
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Speaker 1: And the other aspect of this, we can certainly identify
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Speaker 1: players who might be traded, but team needs are going
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Speaker 1: to evolve and change over the next six to seven weeks,
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Speaker 1: there's no doubt about that. So while certain teams are
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Speaker 1: out there already, the Giants are one. We wrote about
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Speaker 1: them this week, how they are already putting feelers out,
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Speaker 1: there's not going to be much action until the very end,
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Speaker 1: because there never is. So while it's fun to talk
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Speaker 1: about all this that we are going to talk about it.
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Speaker 1: Of course, Terrek Scoogle, the Tiger's the whole deal. The
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Speaker 1: reality is, the plot is still to be unveiled.
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Speaker 2: I can't remember a wild Card picture as muddled as
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Speaker 2: it is in twenty twenty six? Can you mention the
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Speaker 2: San Francisco Gent We know that they're going to be sellers.
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Speaker 2: They've already talked about that. You just wrote about it.
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Speaker 2: But let's continue to scratch the itch for fans. Besides
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Speaker 2: San Francisco, who else might be selling.
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Speaker 1: Well? Obviously, teams like the Rockies, teams at the bottom
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Speaker 1: of the barrel. The Red Sox are a team under
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Speaker 1: much discussion right now. They're one but all the teams
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Speaker 1: that you think about at the bottom of the standings
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Speaker 1: right now. And Detroit, of course, is going to be
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Speaker 1: a really interesting one fourteen games under five hundred. They
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Speaker 1: just put Glabor Torres back on the injured list. Yes,
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Speaker 1: Scooble is back, Yes Casey Miz is back. But the
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Speaker 1: idea of them being a serious contender when they're fourteen
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Speaker 1: under it's kind of hard to imagine. So yes, I
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Speaker 1: would expect them to sell and Scooble Yes to be
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Speaker 1: part of that conversation. Casey Mice to be part of
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Speaker 1: that conversation, both potential free agents, as is glabor tore Is.
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Speaker 1: He needs to get healthy. It's the second time on
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Speaker 1: the il with an oblique. So these are some of
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Speaker 1: the teams that we'll be talking about as sellers. The
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Speaker 1: Angels obviously a bottom of the barrel club, but we
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Speaker 1: never seem to be able to figure out what they're
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Speaker 1: going to do because they are rather unpredictable.
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Speaker 2: All right, So talk about a couple of teams that
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Speaker 2: might be adding. You had mentioned some of the teams
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Speaker 2: that were low on the totem pole in the al
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Speaker 2: Wild Carter a surprise team, I say. One of those
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Speaker 2: teams in the nl KEN is the Washington Nationals. Do
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Speaker 2: you think they make some sort of push to buy
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Speaker 2: at the deadline and force the issue.
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Speaker 1: It's so funny a lota. I remember talking to one
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Speaker 1: of their people in April, must have been late April,
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Speaker 1: and they were scoring a bunch of runs and the
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Speaker 1: person with the Nationals said to me, I can't imagine
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Speaker 1: this is going to continue. We're probably going to regress.
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Speaker 1: They haven't regressed. They continue to score like crazy. Yes,
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Speaker 1: they're pitching is insufficient, and yes, this is a rebuilding
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Speaker 1: team and they do not plan to contend or did
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Speaker 1: not plan to contend. But the reality is that you
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Speaker 1: can see it right there. They are in really good shape.
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Speaker 1: That's in the end at least, not as good shape obviously,
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Speaker 1: but in the wildcard position. Yes, so will they buy?
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Speaker 1: I expect them, the White Sox, the Cardinals, these rebuilding
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Speaker 1: clubs to buy, but in a limited way. They're not
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Speaker 1: going to go out and get Tarrek Scoogle. But will
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Speaker 1: they try to address their pitching some of these teams, Yeah,
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Speaker 1: I would think that they would, just not in a
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Speaker 1: way that would require them to part with big prospects.
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Speaker 2: What about the Orioles? Do they make a push?
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Speaker 1: The Oils are in to win this year and they
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Speaker 1: want to be a team that is getting back to
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Speaker 1: the playoffs. That was the whole plan, Signing Pete Alonso,
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Speaker 1: Signing Ryan Helsley, who came back last night, gave up
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Speaker 1: two home runs the first two pitches, but ultimately settled
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Speaker 1: down Taylor Ward. All these guys they are trying to
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Speaker 1: win now. They're not going to give up easily. And
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Speaker 1: I know people are talking about Avlete, Rutchman and all
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Speaker 1: these guys, and they could trade Ward, etc. No, not
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Speaker 1: so fast. If they fall out of it short anything
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Speaker 1: would be in play, though I doubt Rushman would. He's
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Speaker 1: back to being a star level player again. But at
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Speaker 1: that point, yeah, they could sell. But really I expect
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Speaker 1: them to go after more pitching and try to get
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Speaker 1: into an even better position with regard to the wildcard race.
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Speaker 1: As inconsistent as they've been, kind of disappointing as they've been,
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Speaker 1: they're still within range here of the wildcard, at least
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Speaker 1: the last wildcard, and I don't expect them to concede
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Speaker 1: unless it's absolutely obvious that they should.
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Speaker 2: Ken Looking at our chat right now, see Carrera nine
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Speaker 2: to five to one says my money is on Philadelphia
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Speaker 2: not making any moves at the deadline whatsoever, just going
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Speaker 2: to roll with it and run it back. So I
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Speaker 2: ask you this, Phillies are already looking to add though
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Speaker 2: according to the industry, they need an outfielder. They're looking
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Speaker 2: for a swing man, a fitt starter, a long relief
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Speaker 2: type of player to fill out that rotation. They optioned
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Speaker 2: Andrew Paynter to triple A. What do you see the
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Speaker 2: Phillies doing all on.
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Speaker 1: I'd be shocked if they stood Pat Dave Dombrowski, their
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Speaker 1: president of baseball operations, I'd have to look this up.
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Speaker 1: He's been doing this a long time. I don't recall
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Speaker 1: him ever sitting out a deadline. And as you just outlined,
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Speaker 1: their needs are clear. They need a right fielder Dolics
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Speaker 1: Garsia probably lost for the season and he wasn't hitting anyway.
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Speaker 1: They also could use, as you mentioned, that swingman, long
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Speaker 1: relief type because Painter back to Triple A is not
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Speaker 1: going to be their fifth starter. So yes, they're going
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Speaker 1: to add I would expect that's going to happen. And
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Speaker 1: while their farm system isn't particularly strong, Dave Dombrowski is
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Speaker 1: ultra aggressive always, and this team has an older group
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Speaker 1: of position players and even on the pitching staff as well,
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Speaker 1: and they know that their window is not going to
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Speaker 1: be extended forever with this particular group.
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Speaker 2: All right, more on the Orioles to come, But I
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Speaker 2: want to talk about another team in that division. One
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Speaker 2: team ken that's not going to be selling is the
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Speaker 2: New York Yankees. What they are doing now is incredibly impressive.
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Speaker 2: They won nine in the thirteen games without judging the
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Speaker 2: lineup without Stanton, Max Freed, and now Trent Grisham. How
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Speaker 2: are they doing it.
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Speaker 1: They're doing it with contributions up and down their roster.
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Speaker 1: They're doing it with a remarkable season from Paul Goldschmid.
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Speaker 1: He already has more home runs than he did last year.
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Speaker 1: He was only expected to be a part time guy,
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Speaker 1: and yet he's contributing in a big way. And the
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Speaker 1: thing that stands out the most about the Yankees is
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Speaker 1: the overall depth of their roster. They were built to
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Speaker 1: withstand these types of injuries. Now, obviously they need Aaron Judge,
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Speaker 1: they need Stanton too, and Max Freed, all of those
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Speaker 1: players along with Grisham. But they have alternatives now. Jason
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Speaker 1: Domingez came back from the minor leagues. They put Cabairo
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Speaker 1: in the outfield, started playing Volpie. It's short and on
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Speaker 1: the pitching staff as well. They have some pretty outstanding
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Speaker 1: prospects that we may see later this season. Carlos Lebroney
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Speaker 1: could be a factor in their bullpen. Overall, their roster
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Speaker 1: top to bottom is just deeper than in the past.
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Speaker 1: Bellinger's having an All Star, Top ten MVP candidate type
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Speaker 1: of Seas and they just have a lot of good
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Speaker 1: players doing a lot of good things. Now they're going
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Speaker 1: to need bullpen help. They know that at the deadline
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Speaker 1: they want to get a right handed hitting catcher. Chris
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Speaker 1: Kershner of The Athletic wrote today about Minnesota's Ryan Jeffers.
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Speaker 1: That's a team too. That's going to be interesting because yes,
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Speaker 1: they sold big time last year, but their new head
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Speaker 1: of ownership, Tom Pohlad, has kind of said, we want
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Speaker 1: to compete, and they are competing, so again, it's going
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Speaker 1: to be really interesting to see. But the Yankees getting
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Speaker 1: back to them what they are doing here, As you
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Speaker 1: mentioned nine to thirteen without judge, that's really impressive.
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Speaker 2: All right, really quick, We're going to wrap up the
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Speaker 2: Orioles momentarily. I think we're going to do it next
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Speaker 2: in Grilling Ken because there is some certain direction that
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Speaker 2: I just wanted to put a bow on the Orioles conversation. Ken,
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Speaker 2: it seems like cal Ripken Junior is taking a more
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Speaker 2: mean by that?
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Speaker 1: Yes, I wrote a story today with Brittieroli about this
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Speaker 1: very thing, and the story goes into a number of things,
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Speaker 1: for the first time to he retired, is becoming active
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Speaker 1: with the Orioles. And he, of course, as a player,
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Speaker 1: was a master of fundamentals, devoted to fundamentals, and he
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Speaker 1: wants to see the Orioles in the minor leagues start
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Speaker 1: to get back to doing some fundamental things. This is
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Speaker 1: an initiative that Mike Alias, their president base operations, kind
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Speaker 1: of went on by hiring Mike Shildt to be a
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Speaker 1: coordinator of instruction in the upper levels of the minor leagues. Ripkin,
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Speaker 1: of course is a part owner. He doesn't need to
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Speaker 1: be hired, but he has been giving more input. He
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Speaker 1: talks with Elias regularly, talks with minor league coaches, was
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Speaker 1: active in spring training. So this is an interesting development
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Speaker 1: for a team that at times this season and last
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Speaker 1: season certainly has not looked like a fundamental monster.
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Speaker 2: All right, This is a question that I think a
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Speaker 2: lot of people perhaps have. How strong of an MVP
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Speaker 2: candidate is Pete crow Armstrong. He's been on fire Ken
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Speaker 2: of course, he didn't have the best interaction with White
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Speaker 2: Sox fan about a month ago, but he's been on
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Speaker 2: fire since then. Is he an MVP?
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Speaker 1: He is an MVP candidate now. Of course, in the
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Speaker 1: National League. As long as Otani is playing and playing
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Speaker 1: effectively and pitching and hitting, Otani is going to be
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Speaker 1: the favorite every year, And understandably so. But right now
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Speaker 1: among National League position players, PI k Armstrong is first
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Speaker 1: in both Baseball References version of War and Fangrabs version
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Speaker 1: of War. Now, a lot of that is attributable to
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Speaker 1: his defensive prowess in center field, a premium position, but
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Speaker 1: as you mentioned, Alana, he's been hot offensively. Now in
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Speaker 1: the National League, you have some other worthy MVP candidates
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Speaker 1: early on, Corbyn Carroll of the Diamondbacks, certainly, James Wood
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Speaker 1: of the Nationals. Absolutely, it will all come down to Otani,
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Speaker 1: as it always does. But Pca, in a year that
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Speaker 1: started really badly for him, has yes emerged as an
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Speaker 1: MVP candidate.
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Speaker 2: All right, see Carrera nine to fifty. One would like
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Speaker 2: to know this. This is a question in regards to
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Speaker 2: the Phillies, while all season long needing a thumper and
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Speaker 2: one more in the outfield. By the way, does Trey
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Speaker 2: Turner still play for the Phillies? Do you think Trey
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Speaker 2: Turner gets moved?
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Speaker 1: No chance Tray Turner gets moved. And Trey Turner is
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Speaker 1: a guy with a huge contract. Why would they even
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Speaker 1: think about trading him when it would be almost impossible
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Speaker 1: to move that deal When he's playing not at his
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Speaker 1: best what they need from Trey Turner is Trey Turner
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Speaker 1: to find it offensively. Again, There's every reasona believe he will,
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Speaker 1: and we've seen a number of outstanding hitters this season.
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Speaker 1: Turner is one. Manny Machado another who have had basically
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Speaker 1: season long struggles. But I will bet on both those
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Speaker 1: guys coming out of it at some point. Now. Granted,
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Speaker 1: the season is well long here and it's high time
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Speaker 1: for them to come out of it. But I don't
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Speaker 1: believe Trey Turner is done as a big contributor. He's
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Speaker 1: playing good defense, he's running the base as well. It's
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Speaker 1: just going to take more time, I guess for him
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Speaker 1: to come out of it offensively. But no, oh, good
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Speaker 1: luck for them trying to trade him. It's not going
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Speaker 1: to happen.
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Speaker 2: And then not any I wouldn't think. I wouldn't think
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Speaker 2: that they would even try to move him. Okay, question
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Speaker 2: in regards to the Twins and Byron Buxton, Matt Patton
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Speaker 2: eighty eight oh six wants to know, do you expect
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Speaker 2: Buxton to be traded?
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Speaker 1: I do not, and I know there's going to be
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Speaker 1: a lot of talk about Byron Buxton, and let's face it,
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Speaker 1: the twins could end up sellers, and they could end
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Speaker 1: up trading Joe, Ryan and maybe others like Ryan Jeffers
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Speaker 1: as we mentioned. But Buxton seems committed to Minnesota and
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Speaker 1: clearly he's going to not necessarily want the team to
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Speaker 1: be torn down around him. But he's almost the mic
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Speaker 1: trout of the Midwest and certain respects, he wants to
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Speaker 1: win with his team. He wants to win as a twin.
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Speaker 1: So no, to answer the question, I do not expect
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Speaker 1: him to be moved all.
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Speaker 2: Right back to the Cubs for just a second, not
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Speaker 2: in regards to PCA, But what will the Cubs do
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Speaker 2: if anything at the deadline? Christian Evilis wants you three
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Speaker 2: wants to know well.
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Speaker 1: They're President of Baseball Operations Jed Hoyer made it pretty
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Speaker 1: clear about a week ago that for them to be
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Speaker 1: serious buyers, really for any team to be serious buyers,
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Speaker 1: they have to have in their minds a reasonable expectation
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Speaker 1: of getting a buy one of the two buys in
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Speaker 1: each league. Now the Cubs should be that team. There's
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Speaker 1: no question. They had the two ten game winning streaks earlier,
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Speaker 1: and they haven't been the same starting with their ten
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Speaker 1: game losing streak. They've been even lately inconsistent. They need pitching. Obviously,
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Speaker 1: they've had a horrible run of injuries to their rotation,
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Speaker 1: and they have a number of potential free agents on
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Speaker 1: their roster, pretty big names, and they're not going to
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Speaker 1: sign all of them. So I could possibly see them
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Speaker 1: being creative. I wrote about the possibility of Saya Suzuki
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Speaker 1: about a week ago. I don't know that that would happen,
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Speaker 1: but I would imagine they entertain everything. But it will depend.
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Speaker 1: As we go back to our first segment on where
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Speaker 1: they are, we're a long way away from the deadline.
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Speaker 1: We don't even know what their needs might be at
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Speaker 1: that time. Their needs might be different then than they
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Speaker 1: are now.
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Speaker 2: And I didn't think many people thought that the Saint
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Speaker 2: Louis Cardinals were going to compete this year, perhaps a
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Speaker 2: surprise team. And Sir blood Raven thirty eighty nine to
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Speaker 2: eighty one wants to know, if they have their eyes
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Speaker 2: on the future, what types of prospects or picks do
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Speaker 2: you see them targeting for players like Dustin may Romero,
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Speaker 2: nutbar O'Brien.
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Speaker 1: Well, that's a pretty as stude observation, because those are
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Speaker 1: their leading trade candidates. And May and Romero in particular,
18:29
Speaker 1: and O'Brien as relievers could bring good stuff. May as
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Speaker 1: seemingly resurgent as a starter now. Nutbar is an interesting player,
18:36
Speaker 1: left handed hitter who can play all three outfield positions.
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Speaker 1: I don't know that they're going to be able to
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Speaker 1: justify trading all of them. If they are in the
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Speaker 1: top National League wildcard spot. Maybe they'll do one or
18:50
Speaker 1: two things, buy and sell. A lot of teams will
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Speaker 1: operate that way, buying and selling, kind of mixing it
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Speaker 1: up and maybe staying true to what they're trying to
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Speaker 1: do through that. But I don't see them trading all
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Speaker 1: four of their guys. This is not like the off season.
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Speaker 1: The off season, yes, they traded everybody, all the big
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Speaker 1: time money veterans that they had, But now when you
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Speaker 1: look at the standings, why would you want to take
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Speaker 1: this apart?
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Speaker 2: And Dustin May currently increasing his trade value with the
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Speaker 2: way that he is performing as a member of the
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Speaker 2: Saint Louis Cardinals. Okay, this is in regards to the
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Speaker 2: Angels and one of the best pitchers in the game
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Speaker 2: right now. Well, the Angels trade Soriano.
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Speaker 1: The answer to that is beats me and The reason
19:31
Speaker 1: I say that is because we all know they should,
19:35
Speaker 1: We've said this for years, should embark upon or rebuild
19:40
Speaker 1: and get some younger players in there and kind of
19:42
Speaker 1: just get going again. Their owner, Artie Moreno, has refused
19:46
Speaker 1: to do that, refuse to trade Sho Heo Tani has
19:48
Speaker 1: refused to trade others over the years, and with Soriano
19:52
Speaker 1: and Redebts, what they have are two controllable starters. Now,
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Speaker 1: because they're controllable starters, they'd have great value on the market,
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Speaker 1: but they could also have great value to the Angels
20:03
Speaker 1: if the Angels can get out of their own way
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Speaker 1: and build a competitive team. They haven't shown they can
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Speaker 1: do that, but they also haven't shown an incarnation to
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Speaker 1: bust it up.
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Speaker 2: All right, guys, thanks so much for the question. We
20:15
Speaker 2: crown this week's Dude and Dork's of the Week. Next,
20:18
Speaker 2: but first, a word about seat geek. All right, Ken,
20:22
Speaker 2: So do you have a good game this week Mets
20:24
Speaker 2: and Phillies? I guess a good game, certainly from the
20:27
Speaker 2: Phillies perspective. What are you looking most forward to? And
20:30
Speaker 2: we'll get into the seat geek stuff.
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Speaker 1: Momentarily, I would say I am looking most forward to
20:36
Speaker 1: this weekend. Jakob Mizerowski pitching again and he's going Friday
20:40
Speaker 1: against the Braves. He's coming off that miraculous performance. Well
20:44
Speaker 1: miraculous might be strong, but amazing performance last Friday against
20:48
Speaker 1: the what do they play, oh, the Philadelphia Phillies and
20:52
Speaker 1: fifteen strikeouts, one hit. It was amazing. So that's the
20:56
Speaker 1: thing I'm looking forward to every time miss pitches. Now
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Speaker 1: it's an event, all right.
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21:37
Speaker 1: See geek, I'm the dude, so that's what you call me.
21:46
Speaker 2: All right, we welcome you to Dude of the Week.
21:48
Speaker 2: I guess I'll go first on this one. My Dude
21:51
Speaker 2: of the week is longtime baseball man Dusty Baker, turning
21:55
Speaker 2: seventy seven years young. This is a man that absolutely
22:00
Speaker 2: loves the game of baseball. He doesn't really do social media,
22:04
Speaker 2: but we can still wish him a happy birthday and
22:07
Speaker 2: thanks for everything that you've done in this great game.
22:10
Speaker 2: And I guess he has a book coming out now too,
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Speaker 2: ken called Great Day or called Crossroads. So let's support
22:16
Speaker 2: Dusty in that.
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Speaker 1: A lot of that book was written co written by
22:21
Speaker 1: the guy who tweeted that, Steve Kettman, and it's an
22:24
Speaker 1: amazing baseball life. It's an amazing book and I recommend
22:28
Speaker 1: it to everyone. Now, my dude of the week is
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Speaker 1: the guy I was just talking about, Jacob Mizerowski. That
22:34
Speaker 1: game last Friday night was one of the best pitch
22:37
Speaker 1: games you will ever see. Fifteen strikeouts against the Phillies,
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Speaker 1: no walks, one hit, allowed his first career complete game.
22:46
Speaker 1: It was sheer dominance. The Phillies had no chance and
22:49
Speaker 1: of course they've got some accomplished hitters on their rosters
22:52
Speaker 1: from potential Hall of famers, But the miz right now
22:56
Speaker 1: is at the forefront of pitching in this sport. It's
23:00
Speaker 1: not just the velocity. He's commanding it. And he's my
23:04
Speaker 1: duty of the week.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, no doubt about it, you young pitcher in this game.
23:08
Speaker 2: Certainly a bright future ahead for him. Hopefully he can
23:11
Speaker 2: stay healthy with you's throwing one hundred and four point
23:13
Speaker 2: five miles an hour. Hopefully the arm stays on ken
23:15
Speaker 2: all right, who is your dudes of the week? To
23:19
Speaker 2: get them in in the comments, let us know who
23:21
Speaker 2: we missed time to get to the dork of the week.
23:31
Speaker 2: All right, guys, my dork of the week. I kind
23:33
Speaker 2: of think that this example just absolutely personifies everything that
23:38
Speaker 2: Pete crow Armstrong is in one situation. The kid is
23:43
Speaker 2: so good and such a dynamic player, hits for the
23:47
Speaker 2: cycle as a member of the Cubs. Of course, I
23:49
Speaker 2: believe it was against the Colorado Rockies. The final leg
23:52
Speaker 2: of the cycle was a single, so that was the
23:56
Speaker 2: easiest one. You would think that was what he did
23:58
Speaker 2: to complete the cycle, and then he was picked off
24:02
Speaker 2: when he kind of was waiting for the standing ovation
24:05
Speaker 2: and took his foot off the bag and uh got
24:08
Speaker 2: picked off. So even when he's really good, there's a
24:11
Speaker 2: blunder right around the corner. So I kid, I kid,
24:15
Speaker 2: But my dork of the week is PCA.
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Speaker 1: All Right, I'm not going to agree with this, but
24:20
Speaker 1: a lot of PCA had an amazing week. But yes,
24:22
Speaker 1: he did get picked off. So I can understand where
24:24
Speaker 1: you're coming from. Now, my dork of the week, and
24:27
Speaker 1: this is a multiple time winner. It's a team. It's
24:31
Speaker 1: a team we keep talking and talking and talking about
24:34
Speaker 1: because they're not very good. And I want to show
24:38
Speaker 1: you a tweet from my friend Rob Bradford. Rob Bradford
24:41
Speaker 1: works up in Boston for WEEI Red Sox. Fans know
24:45
Speaker 1: him and love him. The Red Sox lost three nothing
24:47
Speaker 1: he's talking about last night. The Red Sox left thirteen
24:49
Speaker 1: runners on base. The Red Sox are now two nine
24:52
Speaker 1: and one in home series, nine and one at home
24:55
Speaker 1: in series. The Red Sox are now oh and thirty
24:57
Speaker 1: nine when trailing after eight innings. The Red Sox are
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Speaker 1: now twenty nine and forty two and six and sixteen
25:04
Speaker 1: versus ale. These teams now, they're obviously dorks of the
25:08
Speaker 1: week based on their performance alone, but really their dorks
25:11
Speaker 1: of the week based on the mixed signals we keep
25:15
Speaker 1: getting from their front office about where they might be
25:18
Speaker 1: as an organization. Sam Kennedy comes on one day and says, hey,
25:22
Speaker 1: we gotta turn it around. We're gonna have to look
25:24
Speaker 1: at selling. I don't know that he used the words selling,
25:26
Speaker 1: but that was the implication. Craig Breslo comes out a
25:29
Speaker 1: few days later and says, we're still in this thing. Man.
25:33
Speaker 1: True they are, and true they could come back, I
25:36
Speaker 1: guess in the standings, But my goodness, there's no Crochet,
25:39
Speaker 1: there's no Roman Anthony. There's no life to this team,
25:43
Speaker 1: even after the firing of Alex Corry. That usually kind
25:45
Speaker 1: of sparks. The club did it in Philadelphia with manningly
25:48
Speaker 1: replacing Rob Thompson, but not happening in Boston, and the
25:53
Speaker 1: question is going to be for them. Okay, they can sell,
25:57
Speaker 1: but who exactly goes Chapman. Sure, but you trade Sunny Gray?
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Speaker 1: Can you get much for him because of the salary?
26:05
Speaker 1: Do you pay it down? Wilson Contreras, I don't know
26:07
Speaker 1: why you would trade him when you need right handed hitting.
26:10
Speaker 1: But there are all these questions that are going to
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Speaker 1: face and reality is going to hit them at some
26:15
Speaker 1: point in the near future.
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Speaker 2: Oh, don't worry about it, Ken, Romey Gonzalez is coming back,
26:20
Speaker 2: He's on the way. It's gonna be just fine. Don't worry.
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Speaker 2: It's fine. Roman Anthony's on the IL. Trevor story is
26:26
Speaker 2: on the L, Garrett Crochet is on the I L.
26:28
Speaker 2: Marcela Meyer can't make adjustments. It's funny. Well, it's totally fine.
26:33
Speaker 2: Don't worry. Everything's good. Everything's good at Fenway. Fewest runs
26:36
Speaker 2: in Major League Baseball this season, the Red Sox, and
26:39
Speaker 2: they cannot win at home to save their life. That
26:42
Speaker 2: is a good dork of the week, Ken Rosenthal, you
26:44
Speaker 2: were always spot on, all right, guys, That is it
26:47
Speaker 2: for US. Fal Territory is coming up next. Guess who
26:51
Speaker 2: your host is. It is A J. Pierzinski. He is
26:54
Speaker 2: with Eric Kratzcott Braun is off today. Their guests some
26:57
Speaker 2: good ones, Brandon Hyde, Spencer no Osbam, Cody Stave and
27:00
Speaker 2: Hagen who covers the Tigers. They join Can of course
27:03
Speaker 2: is back on Monday. Can have a great weekend. On
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Speaker 2: your Mets Phillies game. You guys, thanks so much for
27:07
Speaker 2: being here. We'll see you next time.