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Robert Murray talks Trade Deadline buzz + Nats buying & selling? · Foul Territory

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Speaker 1: Fans added an ft inside of Robert Murray with us,
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Speaker 1: we are one week away from the trade deadline. Let's
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Speaker 1: get right into it. Let's start with big names. Robert,
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Speaker 1: I'm gonna go Mason Miller to start. Percentage chance in
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Speaker 1: your mind that he gets moved over the next.
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Speaker 2: Week, I would say ten percent or less like and
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Speaker 2: I've even said that before the winning streak that they
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Speaker 2: just had against the Miami Marlins where they swept them
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Speaker 2: in Miami, and then like a j Preller absolutely loves
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Speaker 2: Mason Miller. He went out of his way and parted
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Speaker 2: with one of the best prospects in baseball in Lao
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Speaker 2: Devrees and others to get Mason Miller. And since getting
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Speaker 2: Mason Miller, the Padres have just been absolutely blown away
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Speaker 2: with him. He's been easily the best reliever in baseball
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Speaker 2: at this point. He can get the biggest outs in
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Speaker 2: the biggest situations, and he's been He's exceeded their expectations
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Speaker 2: and a year all this talk about possibly moving on
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Speaker 2: from a Galley Mason Miller, I just personally don't see it.
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Speaker 2: Like the thing is is, like I think the rumors
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Speaker 2: started with this is that Preller listens on everything. He
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Speaker 2: considers everything, and when any team asks about a specific player,
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Speaker 2: he'll be inclined to listen to see what exactly you
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Speaker 2: can get. I think that's what happened here, and I
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Speaker 2: just don't see him shopping Mason Miller. I see him
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Speaker 2: being in San Diego both now and going forward, and
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Speaker 2: it would take just a godfather blowing away offer for
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Speaker 2: Preller to even consider it. So my impression is that
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Speaker 2: Miller is likely going to be staying in San Diego,
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Speaker 2: and that kind of throws another wrench into the relief
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Speaker 2: market because there's really no clear dominant arm at least
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Speaker 2: as of this point, who could be on the move.
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Speaker 3: So they keep Miller, So that means they got to
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Speaker 3: be buyers, right.
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Speaker 2: I'm thinking so A J. Preller is always aggressive, like
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Speaker 2: that guy. Aggressive is in his nature. He loves to buy,
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Speaker 2: He loves to put his team in the best position
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Speaker 2: to go out and compete. And there's still very much
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Speaker 2: in the thick of this thing too, because the Marlins
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Speaker 2: are right there in that wildcard race with them, and
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Speaker 2: now they sweep them. Marlins are just they're not looking
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Speaker 2: good as of this point. It's possible if they continue
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Speaker 2: to lose like this that they could even sell, although
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Speaker 2: I think minimal at best there, but Preller he'll see
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Speaker 2: an opportunity here and whether you can add a bat.
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Speaker 2: But I think the real priority would be starting pitching
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Speaker 2: for them. If they can get another arm or two,
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Speaker 2: I think that'd be really good for them, And knowing
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Speaker 2: AJ Preller, he'll probably consider almost anything. But that being said,
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Speaker 2: if I'm a J. Pereller, which spoiler alert I'm not,
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Speaker 2: this would not be the year that I would go
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Speaker 2: out and get like a Trek School type. Like if
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Speaker 2: you're trying to address this team now and like want
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Speaker 2: a big, impactful player, I would look for somebody who's controllable.
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Speaker 2: That being said, I don't really know if that arm
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Speaker 2: exists on this market at least as of this point,
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Speaker 2: but I wouldn't go all in for a Gleic school,
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Speaker 2: but I think you can add pieces who can end
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Speaker 2: up helping you this year and then also going forward
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Speaker 2: as well. I think I think that definitely is possible
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Speaker 2: for them for sure.
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Speaker 4: Okay, So to shift focus a little bit.
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Speaker 5: You just spoke about obviously what asked about San Diego
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Speaker 5: being buyers.
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Speaker 4: Then you mentioned school. Could his market be heating up?
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Speaker 5: Obviously with everything going on you mentioned his name, I
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Speaker 5: wanted to, you know, mention buyers. Obviously it's his market
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Speaker 5: going to be heating up with the Tigers losing some
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Speaker 5: games and we're getting here about a week away from
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Speaker 5: the deadline.
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Speaker 3: Yeah.
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Speaker 2: For as as what I just said about Mason Miller,
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Speaker 2: where I didn't think he was going to be going,
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Speaker 2: I do think that Schooble, the chances of him being
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Speaker 2: moved at least went up this weekend with with their
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Speaker 2: series loss against the Kansas City Royals. That was a
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Speaker 2: very winnable series for them, and they did not go
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Speaker 2: out and do that. And Schooble once again did show
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Speaker 2: that he is just as dominant as he's always been.
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Speaker 2: His numbers right there. It's not necessarily like the school
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Speaker 2: that we've seen in years past, but he's still phenomenal.
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Speaker 2: He's somebody who is if you go into a Game
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Speaker 2: seven and you have Trek scoobl on the moud, do
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Speaker 2: you automatically feel phenomenal at your chances there? So he
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Speaker 2: is going to be somebody. If he's moved, it's going
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Speaker 2: to be the biggest move of the deadline. It's going
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Speaker 2: to be the move that actually defines the deadline, and
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Speaker 2: you can think of so many different teams here who
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Speaker 2: make sense. The Los Angeles Daughters, to me, are the
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Speaker 2: best fit for him. They have the prospect, they have
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Speaker 2: the aggressiveness, they have everything that they can go out
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Speaker 2: and get a guy out, Schooble. The Tampa Bay Rays
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Speaker 2: would make a lot of sense here as well. We've
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Speaker 2: heard about them being in the mix here and we've
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Speaker 2: seen we've also seen them be aggressive in years past,
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Speaker 2: whether it's been with a Freddie Freeman, a show Hey Otani,
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Speaker 2: or some of these other players. I firmly expect them
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Speaker 2: to be involved. I still think the Brewers should be
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Speaker 2: but my sense, at least as of this point, as
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Speaker 2: the Brewers are not likely going to be moving on
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Speaker 2: from the prospects that would require or that school would require.
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Speaker 2: But there's gonna be plenty of other teams in the
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Speaker 2: mix here for school as well. I think Philadelphia could
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Speaker 2: make some sense, plenty of others. As I said, but
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Speaker 2: I think the chances of him being on the move
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Speaker 2: in the next week have gone up.
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Speaker 4: Okay, now that you mentioned that, I kind of I
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Speaker 4: had a two part question.
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Speaker 5: Moving on, I think White Sox are looking in the
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Speaker 5: starting pitching, and Pirates are also looking for bullpen Hilp. So,
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Speaker 5: I know the Pirates and White Socks just you know,
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Speaker 5: made a trade. I think Jose or Keaty and I
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Speaker 5: don't know if the White Socks are planning to use
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Speaker 5: him as a starter or kind of.
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Speaker 4: A bridge guy.
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Speaker 5: But two part question of that or Katy was signed
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Speaker 5: by the Pirates and obviously coming off an injury. Where
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Speaker 5: do the Pirates look on the second part as far
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Speaker 5: as bullpen?
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Speaker 6: Hilp.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, so I'll start with the Pirates aspect of this.
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Speaker 2: It seems like adding to the bullpen is a real
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Speaker 2: priority for them in Pittsburgh, and I think they're going
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Speaker 2: to consider almost anybody. Do they have the financial means
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Speaker 2: to go out and get like a Luke Weaver type
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Speaker 2: that part, I'm not necessarily so sure, but I do
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Speaker 2: expect them to be adding at least one or two
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Speaker 2: guys to that bullpen. I think that's something that watching
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Speaker 2: their first half performance, it has to be a real
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Speaker 2: priority for them in order to compete going forward or
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Speaker 2: this year. But like that being said, though I still
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Speaker 2: am a huge fan of what the Pirates have built,
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Speaker 2: they are closer to what they want to be than
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Speaker 2: they have been in a very long time. But there's
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Speaker 2: still a legit bullpen away, probably a catcher and maybe
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Speaker 2: a little bit more besides that, But they're close. They
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Speaker 2: have the foundation in place here, so whatever they do
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Speaker 2: with the deadline, they either have to add somebody who's
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Speaker 2: controllable it can help them in future seasons, or if
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Speaker 2: they end up adding a rental, they can't be given
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Speaker 2: up the farm by any means. So I'm very optimistic
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Speaker 2: about what they're doing, and again I expect them to
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Speaker 2: be very active in that bullpen market. As far as
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Speaker 2: the White Sox go. Addressing the rotation is a huge
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Speaker 2: priority for them, and from what I'm told, they're casting
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Speaker 2: a very wide net in that search. I've mentioned read
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Speaker 2: Detmers is a possible option for them. I think he
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Speaker 2: would be just a tremendous fit in that organization, and
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Speaker 2: he's also controllable. He's somebody who they can build around.
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Speaker 2: They can partwer those with some of those top prospects
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Speaker 2: and in order to get him and build around him,
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Speaker 2: and I think that'd be an awesome fit. Clay Holmes,
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Speaker 2: he's drawing a ton of interest. Obviously, he's coming off
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Speaker 2: the injuries. Team's got to see exactly what he is
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Speaker 2: going to be coming off that injury. But he's got
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Speaker 2: another rehab out and coming up here in the not
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Speaker 2: so distant future, so teams can get another look at him.
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Speaker 2: But my impression of the White Sox is they are
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Speaker 2: indeed willing to move on from players in their top
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Speaker 2: ten or in the top ten of the farm system.
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Speaker 2: They're willing to talk about them, so that would to me,
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Speaker 2: would indicate that those higher end options would be in
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Speaker 2: the realm of possibilities for them. So I think the
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Speaker 2: White Sox, at least as of this point, are definitely
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Speaker 3: Are you feeling a different temperature, I guess would be
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Speaker 3: the right word between American League teams to National League
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Speaker 3: teams when it's coming to this trade deadline, because the
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Speaker 3: American League, I mean, is just it's not good. It's
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Speaker 3: for the most part, they're pretty it's pretty bad. So
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Speaker 3: I feel like there's so many teams that are kind
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Speaker 3: of right there and Okay, we're we're in contention, and
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Speaker 3: the National League I think is a little more top heavy.
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Speaker 3: There's a little bit bigger separation between those top three
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Speaker 3: fourteen teams then definitely in the American League.
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Speaker 2: No, I think that's totally spot on by you, because
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Speaker 2: if you look at the Dodgers, the Phillies, the Brewers,
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Speaker 2: the Braves, and maybe a couple others in the National League,
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Speaker 2: they can definitely go all in, they can try to
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Speaker 2: make these big splashes and be willing to part with
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Speaker 2: those high end prospects. But that being said, if you're
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Speaker 2: the American League, if you're not let's say, the Yankees
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Speaker 2: or the Rays or maybe even a couple others in there,
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Speaker 2: how willing are you to actually part with some of
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Speaker 2: those top guys, Because I don't know how many of
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Speaker 2: those teams in the American League are actually that good,
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Speaker 2: and there's somebody who are still on the fence between
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Speaker 2: buying and selling. So if you're a week away from
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Speaker 2: the deadline and you're not even sure what your direction
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Speaker 2: is going to be, unless you end up having one
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Speaker 2: of the craziest weeks of the entire season or just
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Speaker 2: in modern memory, I don't know if you can really
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Speaker 2: try to go all in this season unless it's for
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Speaker 2: one of those controllable pieces, which again I don't know
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Speaker 2: how many of those actually exist in this current market
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Speaker 2: because it's in a weird spot right now. A lot
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Speaker 2: of teams still are not even sure one what direction
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Speaker 2: going to go in, but two like who's even going
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Speaker 2: to be available at this point? So it's going to
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Speaker 2: be a very unique market. But I think we're going
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Speaker 2: to see a lot of these more, a lot of
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Speaker 2: these National League teams be much more aggressive and the
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Speaker 2: bigger names than possibly the American League teams except for
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Speaker 2: like the Yankees and the Rays among others.
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Speaker 5: Okay, to circle back a little bit about our conversation,
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Speaker 5: the name you brought up was Luke Weaver. Do you
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Speaker 5: think it's important or do you think the Mets should
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Speaker 5: I want to say not necessarily to take advantage, But
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Speaker 5: you think this is a time for them to move
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Speaker 5: him to get what they can or do you think
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Speaker 5: they hold on to him.
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Speaker 2: I think this is an opportunity where they can really
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Speaker 2: try to take advantage of a bad market here, because
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Speaker 2: as I said before, Mason Miller is not like he's
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Speaker 2: not likely to move or old as Chapman, considering the
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Speaker 2: Red Sox Red Sox's success, he's not likely to be moved,
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Speaker 2: So who's exactly going to be that high end reliever
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Speaker 2: that could be on the move. And to me, Luke
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Speaker 2: Weaver stands out as a really high end option who's
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Speaker 2: had a strong season with the Mets can table for
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Speaker 2: next year and that also adds to the value there
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Speaker 2: as well. So this could be a position where David
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Speaker 2: Stearns in that front office have an opportunity to really private,
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Speaker 2: to really take advantage of this get a lot of value,
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Speaker 2: maybe more so than they would expect coming into the season,
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Speaker 2: and I think it would behove them to really listen
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Speaker 2: to see what's out there. So I think there's gonna
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Speaker 2: be a huge market for him. But I would also
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Speaker 2: look at the rest of that roster as well, whether
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Speaker 2: it's a Clay Holmes or a Freddie Peralta, some of
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Speaker 2: those left handed guys like an aj Mentor type, or
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Speaker 2: a Brooks Raley or I mean, shoot, even a Tyrone Taylor.
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Speaker 2: From what I'm gathering, he's drawing interest there as well.
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Speaker 2: So it's going to be a really strong trade market
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Speaker 2: as far as the Mets go. But I do think
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Speaker 2: Luke Weaver is gonna be a guy who's going to
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Speaker 2: draw a ton of interest. I'm pretty sure he's already
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Speaker 2: drawing a bunch of interest. And if the offer is
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Speaker 2: good enough, I would absolutely expect David Sterns to try
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Speaker 2: to take advantage of it, because in an offseason of
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Speaker 2: bad moves, that was easily his best. So I think
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Speaker 2: he deserves credit for that one at least.
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Speaker 3: All right, don't put you on the spot here, we're
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Speaker 3: gonna take off the table, but give me the best
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Speaker 3: your your your biggest arm and biggest bet that that
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Speaker 3: you think can moved.
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Speaker 2: Oh biggest arm. I'll go Whether it's is Clay Holmes?
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Speaker 6: Is that?
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Speaker 2: Is that a? Is that a proper answer there?
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Speaker 3: Like what's that's nasty? That's a big answer.
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Speaker 2: He's coming off the injury. He's somebody who Yeah, he's
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Speaker 2: he's phenomenal and if he's healthy, like we saw what
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Speaker 2: he did with the Mets at the start of the season,
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Speaker 2: he's an absolute difference maker there. And I would absolutely,
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Speaker 2: I firmly expect him to be traded because every indication
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Speaker 2: that I've had is that he is unlikely to be
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Speaker 2: extended unless something happens in talks where it changes. It
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Speaker 2: seems like he's probably going to be traded, and I
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Speaker 2: think his market's gonna be huge. I don't Okay, biggest
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Speaker 2: possibility for a bat Okay, let me preface with this.
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Speaker 2: I don't think he's going to be traded, but I'm
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Speaker 2: gonna throw C. J. Abrams into this because he is
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Speaker 2: drawing widespread interest and he is somebody who the Nationals,
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Speaker 2: at least as of this weekend, were not engaging with teams.
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Speaker 2: But that being said, Paul Taboni, who leads the front
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Speaker 2: office there with the Nationals, he always listens on every
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Speaker 2: one of his players. He was not looking to move
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Speaker 2: Mackenzie Gore, and he ended up going out and doing it,
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Speaker 2: and he got a prospect hall that absolutely blew him
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Speaker 2: away from the Texas Rangers. He saw this. We saw
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Speaker 2: this trade this past weekend where Condie Early ended up
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Speaker 2: going to the Nationals that was not even on the
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Speaker 2: Nationals as radar. Even they were not looking to move
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Speaker 2: on from the player that they did in that deal,
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Speaker 2: and they got an offer where they got Early. They
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Speaker 2: just could not turn it down. So he considers everything again.
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Speaker 2: Do I think it's likely that Abrams is going to
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Speaker 2: be moved at this point, No, but an offer could
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Speaker 2: come that blows him away considering that interest. So that's
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Speaker 2: at least my nomination there.
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Speaker 4: I don't know if I just.
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Speaker 2: Cheated with with that answer, but that's at least.
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Speaker 4: What I believe. So with that just mentioned CJ.
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Speaker 5: Who could you potentially being see being you know, like
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Speaker 5: good fits or best fits for him?
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean automatically you look, I mean, shoot, in
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Speaker 2: the in the off season, the Giants showed a bunch
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Speaker 2: of interest in a gal like CJ. Abrams, and they
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Speaker 2: also really like Jacob Young there as well with the Nationals,
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Speaker 2: So automatically got to thank them. But I don't know
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Speaker 2: if that's necessarily the most likely thing in the entire
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Speaker 2: world we could see. I mean, shoot, there's I mean
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Speaker 2: there's I'm not kidding you, Like, I think the Yankees
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Speaker 2: would make a ton of sense, although I don't know
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Speaker 2: if they're gonna be a team that goes out and
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Speaker 2: makes that big splash where they part with some of
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Speaker 2: those top prospects. But we see a team like the
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Speaker 2: Boston Red Sox where they it seems like they really
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Speaker 2: want to shortstop this. This is a deadline, and we've
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Speaker 2: seen them connected to zach Netto as well. I think
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Speaker 2: Abrams makes a ton of sense for them as well,
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Speaker 2: And based on my conversations with people, it seems like
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Speaker 2: even after this trade this this past weekend, they're engaged
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Speaker 2: in a bunch of different fronts. So I would be
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Speaker 2: hardly surprised at all if the Red Sox make at
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Speaker 2: least another move or two. So I think that's they're
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Speaker 2: definitely a team to watch. I don't know if they
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Speaker 2: get Abrams again. I I can't stress it enough. I
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Speaker 2: think Abrams trade is unlikely, but we've seen Paul Tabony
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Speaker 2: act when he gets an offer that is just meets
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Speaker 2: his valor or even exceeds it, and considering the interest
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Speaker 2: I wonder if that's possible here for Galy Abrams.
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Speaker 1: Hey question for you, Robert Jim Bowden with his GM
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Speaker 1: Territory show said there's more interest in Clay Holmes than
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Speaker 1: Freddy Peralta. I mean, it's crazy to hear that, given
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Speaker 1: what Freddy went for in the offseason and the pedigree
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Speaker 1: he's had. Sounds like he might have had his last
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Speaker 1: start the other day, maybe has one more, but it
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Speaker 1: really hasn't worked out from him. What are your thoughts
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Speaker 1: on what you've seen from Freddy and if you double down,
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Speaker 1: whether it's from sources or even just from the eye test,
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Speaker 1: I mean, I would agree with JB. If I'm a team,
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Speaker 1: I'd rather take Clay Holmes coming back from an injury
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Speaker 1: right now, just given what's going on at the same time,
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Speaker 1: change of scenery for Freddy to get the old version
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Speaker 1: would not surprise anyone, right, No.
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Speaker 2: I think that's spot on what we've seen with Clay Holmes.
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Speaker 2: He's been phenomenal when he's been healthy. And Freddy, I've
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Speaker 2: got to see him up close to Milwaukee. We all
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Speaker 2: got to see it, like for almost a decade in Milwaukee.
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Speaker 2: He was dependable. He was just really stellar in that rotation.
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Speaker 2: And he's also just an A plus clubhouse guy. Everybody
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Speaker 2: who's around Freddy Parolta, whether it's been a Milwaukee or
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Speaker 2: even Queens now, they love the guy. And I think
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Speaker 2: you get him to a different environment, probably some better
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Speaker 2: defense behind him, and I think that could end up brilliant,
16:25
Speaker 2: ending up helping him out, and he can end up
16:28
Speaker 2: being one of the better value adds of the entire deadline.
16:31
Speaker 2: Because the Mets are not going to get what they
16:33
Speaker 2: got or what they gave up in the offseason where
16:35
Speaker 2: they gave up Jet Williams and Brandon Sprote to get Paralta.
16:38
Speaker 2: But I do think considering his history and then also
16:41
Speaker 2: like the other aspects that I think people are forgetting
16:43
Speaker 2: with Paralta is he's only signed for eight million bucks
16:46
Speaker 2: this year. So if you end up adding Peralta, you're
16:48
Speaker 2: adding that par eight million dollars salary, which is super
16:51
Speaker 2: affordable for all of these teams. A lot of these
16:53
Speaker 2: clubs can end up adding that contract to their books
16:55
Speaker 2: when in reality, adding a school type even on that
16:58
Speaker 2: paraded salary, it could be difficult for some of these
17:01
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17:03
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17:06
Speaker 2: even despite a bad season, is going to be relatively active.
17:10
Speaker 2: But I do agree that I think a guy Clay
17:12
Speaker 2: Holmes is definitely going to be the priority among the two,
17:16
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Speaker 3: Robert question about an old friend of mine. You're talking
18:24
Speaker 3: about big arms. When do you think about Kevin Gosman.
18:26
Speaker 3: What are you hearing about about Gussie?
18:29
Speaker 4: Oh?
18:29
Speaker 2: I think it's absolutely nuts. What's going on with what's
18:32
Speaker 2: Toronto right now? And it's really unfortunate because I love
18:37
Speaker 2: the Blue Jays like I think that last year what
18:39
Speaker 2: ended up happening to them was really unfortunate, and they
18:42
Speaker 2: going into this season, even despite losing Bolbashett they wanted
18:45
Speaker 2: to go out and compete for another World Series. They
18:47
Speaker 2: thought they did or they thought they were, and this
18:50
Speaker 2: season just gone totally awry here and Gosman, he's going
18:53
Speaker 2: to be drawing a ton of interest and whether it's
18:57
Speaker 2: I think a team that would make a ton of
18:58
Speaker 2: sense for him would be the Atlanta Braves. I think
19:00
Speaker 2: he feels very bravezy. I also think he'd be a
19:02
Speaker 2: really strong fit for a team like the Chicago White
19:04
Speaker 2: Sox because it's a young team you add him to
19:07
Speaker 2: that rotation there. Again, I know he's a rental option,
19:10
Speaker 2: but still like he can be somebody who really ends
19:13
Speaker 2: up impacting your club, and again a positive way. So
19:16
Speaker 2: I think he's going to be drawing just an absolute
19:18
Speaker 2: ton of interest here. So he's super intriguing. He's also
19:21
Speaker 2: one of the better innings years in baseball. You see
19:23
Speaker 2: his numbers there. Obviously don't look at wins and losses,
19:26
Speaker 2: but like his numbers there are just are impressive and
19:30
Speaker 2: I would firmly expect him to be drawing a bunch
19:32
Speaker 2: of interests there. And I would also mention Jeff Hoffman
19:35
Speaker 2: here as well, because he's somebody who we mentioned before
19:39
Speaker 2: how this is gonna be a limited bullpen market and
19:41
Speaker 2: Luke Weaver maybe the best guy to go. I get
19:43
Speaker 2: it's been an up and down time for a guy
19:44
Speaker 2: Hoffman in Toronto, but he's dependable. He's been somebody who
19:48
Speaker 2: has thrived in big moments before and I know, like again,
19:53
Speaker 2: it's been up and down in Toronto, but he's got
19:54
Speaker 2: value across the league. He's controllable through next season, so
19:57
Speaker 2: you know what, I think he's gonna be a guy
19:59
Speaker 2: who U is going to draw interest, and I wouldn't
20:01
Speaker 2: be surprised if he's moved in the next week.
20:04
Speaker 1: I last one another team that's just flung in the
20:07
Speaker 1: other direction where we at on the Marlins. Do you
20:10
Speaker 1: think that they might end up looking at this losing streak,
20:14
Speaker 1: especially if it continues or if just bad times continue
20:17
Speaker 1: for another week and a half and it's a top
20:20
Speaker 1: what three analytical team in baseball? If Peter Bendix looks
20:22
Speaker 1: and goes, okay, my playoff percentage is now down to
20:27
Speaker 1: ten percent whatever it is, right after another week, do
20:30
Speaker 1: you think that they actually look to unload multiple players.
20:36
Speaker 2: Yeah, it was funny. I was on the Marlins show
20:38
Speaker 2: for Fall Territory last week and they asked me, like,
20:41
Speaker 2: can you see him buying and selling on him? Like,
20:42
Speaker 2: the only way that I can see them selling is
20:45
Speaker 2: if they lost out from here on out, and well, lo, behold,
20:48
Speaker 2: here we are, and it's it's not a good situation
20:50
Speaker 2: here with the Marlins, and it's it's unfortunate. But even
20:53
Speaker 2: if they do end up selling, I wouldn't expect them
20:55
Speaker 2: to be moving like a Sandi El Contra type or
20:58
Speaker 2: anyone along those lines. I think it be a smaller sell,
21:01
Speaker 2: nothing like we've seen in years past. But the name
21:04
Speaker 2: that I think everybody would be watching here would be
21:06
Speaker 2: Anthony Bender, considering the limited trade market overall for relievers. Again,
21:10
Speaker 2: that's why I mentioned Jeff Hoffman before. I think Bender
21:13
Speaker 2: would be drawing a bunch of interest, but I don't
21:15
Speaker 2: get the census would be anything any like Big Cell
21:20
Speaker 2: by the Marlins. So again, Bender would be the guy
21:23
Speaker 2: to watch. And if they do end up buying, I
21:25
Speaker 2: would look at third base, I'll look at rotation among
21:28
Speaker 2: those two things. But they're definitely a team here where
21:31
Speaker 2: we mentioned it with the American League where all these
21:32
Speaker 2: teams are limbo. This next week is going to determine
21:35
Speaker 2: whether or not they buy or sell. And I think
21:37
Speaker 2: everyone's watching it because I think Bender would be drawing
21:39
Speaker 2: a batch of interest.
21:41
Speaker 1: It's crazy. It does get this playoff feel to watching
21:44
Speaker 1: games over the next week, where you're like a team
21:46
Speaker 1: goes on a little run one way or another, it
21:48
Speaker 1: could help decide their fate. You're just dealing with the
21:51
Speaker 1: deadline that's coming up. That's a little bit later than
21:53
Speaker 1: usual to Monday, August third, one week away. Robert, you're
21:55
Speaker 1: the man.
21:56
Speaker 4: Thank you.
21:56
Speaker 1: We'll be talking again, of course. And also that show,
21:59
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22:00
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22:16
Speaker 2: Okay, that sounds good to be I appreciate you boys.
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22:20
Speaker 1: Here we go District territory host and the athletic spencer.
22:23
Speaker 1: Nussbaum dreading us right now. He is very busy. We're
22:25
Speaker 1: going to get to the trade, the need for Finnelly
22:27
Speaker 1: early action a little bit later on. I want to
22:29
Speaker 1: start with some other names though, because this appeals to
22:32
Speaker 1: the masses. Good to see a spencer. Do you think
22:35
Speaker 1: that some of the big boys on the Nats could
22:37
Speaker 1: get moved like a CJ. Abrams And I know it's
22:40
Speaker 1: not necessarily the most well known name, but Foster Griffin
22:43
Speaker 1: All Star has been awesome this year, well known in DC.
22:46
Speaker 1: Let's start with those two. What do you think percentage
22:48
Speaker 1: chance at this point with a week to go?
22:51
Speaker 6: Yeah, I think it's tricky, right because the standings actually matter,
22:54
Speaker 6: which they haven't in forever for this team. I think
22:57
Speaker 6: Foster is a lot more likely than CJ. Because he's
23:00
Speaker 6: set to become a free agent after this year and
23:02
Speaker 6: we haven't heard anything sharp about extension talks or whether
23:06
Speaker 6: anything is close. And I think that that's meaningful when
23:08
Speaker 6: you think about the Nationals having a long term vision
23:12
Speaker 6: beyond that CJ. I think there are people out there
23:14
Speaker 6: who would tell you they'd be shocked if he wasn't moved.
23:17
Speaker 6: There are people that would tell you he's shocked if
23:18
Speaker 6: he was moved. I kind of lean on the side
23:22
Speaker 6: of things where I would be surprised if he goes.
23:24
Speaker 6: At this point, the Nationals have held an incredibly high
23:28
Speaker 6: bar when it comes to offers. They're even willing to
23:31
Speaker 6: listen to on CJ. Abrams And I think, you know, sure,
23:35
Speaker 6: there are a lot of contenders that would see him
23:37
Speaker 6: as the difference between a World Series and not. And
23:39
Speaker 6: that's why I don't think you can rule it out.
23:42
Speaker 6: But I think when you think about the amount of
23:43
Speaker 6: control he has left and what the team has done
23:46
Speaker 6: this year, they could theoretically kick the can down and
23:50
Speaker 6: kind of ahead to this winter. And so for me,
23:53
Speaker 6: it's less likely than not, but it is absolutely still
23:57
Speaker 6: in the cards. They're not actively shopping him, but I
23:59
Speaker 6: think that will listen to serious offers.
24:03
Speaker 2: Spencer.
24:03
Speaker 3: Let's get some love to my my old, my old
24:05
Speaker 3: buddy and old teammate Foster Griffin. I mean, what are
24:09
Speaker 3: you seeing? What? What has he talked about that has
24:12
Speaker 3: really helped him take that next level in the big
24:16
Speaker 3: leagues that he learned overseas? Uh, pitching in Japan, has
24:19
Speaker 3: he has he kind of dove into that any is
24:21
Speaker 3: the what he learned over there because he was he
24:24
Speaker 3: was a good he was a good, solid pitcher. But
24:26
Speaker 3: this is what he's doing now is it's so it's
24:28
Speaker 3: so great to see what what's what's been the biggest
24:31
Speaker 3: difference for.
24:32
Speaker 6: Yeah, he might be the smartest player I've ever covered.
24:35
Speaker 6: Now again I haven't been at this that long, but
24:38
Speaker 6: when you think about his pitch ability, that's something where
24:41
Speaker 6: he had that to a certain degree when he was
24:44
Speaker 6: coming up through the farm, but over in Japan he
24:48
Speaker 6: added three pitches. And when you think about about a
24:50
Speaker 6: guy who has seven pitches, has command of all of them,
24:54
Speaker 6: has a nasty, nasty cutter, and can have everything play
24:57
Speaker 6: off of that, that's not a look that guy are
25:00
Speaker 6: used to seeing, right, Like, Yeah, maybe in the nineties
25:03
Speaker 6: or early two thousands, you'd get a lot of these
25:06
Speaker 6: kind of archetypes. But he is unbelievably unique when it
25:10
Speaker 6: comes to the sort of look that you're getting out
25:12
Speaker 6: of a starter. And beyond that, again, like I said,
25:15
Speaker 6: incredibly intelligent and game plans probably better again than any
25:19
Speaker 6: pitcher I've covered. When you think about him, like swiping
25:22
Speaker 6: through his binder before the start of a game, or
25:26
Speaker 6: just again calling his own pitches like understanding, Hey, I
25:29
Speaker 6: can walk this guy if it means I can get
25:32
Speaker 6: to this guy and I know what to do here.
25:34
Speaker 6: He's thinking three steps ahead, he's thinking thirteen steps ahead.
25:37
Speaker 6: He's been unbelievable and I think that when you think
25:40
Speaker 6: about him as a guy on a postseason roster, I
25:42
Speaker 6: think at the start of the year, you're going, you know,
25:45
Speaker 6: what does he contribute? Is he a bullpen arm down
25:47
Speaker 6: the line? To me, I think there are enough teams
25:49
Speaker 6: out there that would see him as hey, we can
25:51
Speaker 6: slot this guy in as our number three in October,
25:53
Speaker 6: and it's just such a testament to what he is
25:56
Speaker 6: and who he is on the mound.
26:00
Speaker 5: Sorry, Spencer, first off, just want to say what's going
26:03
Speaker 5: on with you? Appreciate you being here, and quick question
26:06
Speaker 5: as far as you know, you just hit Foster Griffin.
26:08
Speaker 5: Let's talk about the starting pitching with Washington as they
26:11
Speaker 5: made this trade with Boston to get Early. I think
26:13
Speaker 5: the bullpen is twenty seventh in era and the starting
26:16
Speaker 5: pitching is twenty fourth. Obviously Early will be looking to
26:21
Speaker 5: get back in August. Do you see them trying to
26:23
Speaker 5: get creative with adding another starting pitching or some bullpen help. Obviously,
26:27
Speaker 5: you mentioned this is a situation that Washington hasn't been
26:30
Speaker 5: in in a while to be buyers. So how aggressive
26:33
Speaker 5: do you see them after this move with early even
26:36
Speaker 5: in the starting rotation or in a bullpen.
26:39
Speaker 6: Yeah, I still find it unlikely that they'd target like
26:42
Speaker 6: the top of the market sort of. Guys, Right, there
26:44
Speaker 6: are a lot of teams you think, I mean, even
26:47
Speaker 6: the Pirates, right, the Pirates are way more motivated to
26:49
Speaker 6: buy a ninth inning guy or an eighth inning guy
26:52
Speaker 6: than the Nationals are. Per se, you think about other
26:55
Speaker 6: teams out there that lack starting pitching, way more motivated.
26:59
Speaker 6: But the Nationals have a real shot this year in
27:02
Speaker 6: a way that they didn't think they would. And so
27:05
Speaker 6: if I'm sitting in pol Tavone's chair, I'm probably targeting.
27:08
Speaker 6: And I think they will likely try to get at
27:10
Speaker 6: least one bullpen arm to help shore up this thing,
27:13
Speaker 6: whether it's an expiring contract or control alarm kind of TBD.
27:17
Speaker 6: And I wrote this morning a little bit about the
27:19
Speaker 6: potential of adding a controllable starter. The thing is that
27:23
Speaker 6: they will explore it The issue is that's really hard
27:27
Speaker 6: to do right, Like, if you're doing it at the deadline,
27:29
Speaker 6: it probably is going to take a c. J. Abrams
27:31
Speaker 6: type hal and you might not want to move off
27:33
Speaker 6: that guy. Beyond that, it's hey, can we trust guys
27:36
Speaker 6: in our farm? Can we trust this? Can we trust that?
27:39
Speaker 6: They've seemed to have solved hitting development to the degree
27:42
Speaker 6: that any team can solve hitting development, But the pitching
27:45
Speaker 6: is further away, And so if they want to contend soon, yeah,
27:48
Speaker 6: I'd expect they want at least one more starter. The
27:50
Speaker 6: question is can they get it now or can they
27:52
Speaker 6: push that off till this offseason?
27:55
Speaker 5: Gotcha, Let's shift gears a focus to a guy that
27:58
Speaker 5: I believe you tweeted about, James Wood. He had a
28:02
Speaker 5: second home run I think it was thirtieth of the year,
28:04
Speaker 5: and you said MVP candidate, and obviously I think he
28:10
Speaker 5: what has ninety six runs or is leading the league
28:13
Speaker 5: and run scored as well, And I just wanted to
28:16
Speaker 5: highlight him and give your thoughts on what he means
28:18
Speaker 5: to that team and just what you've seen as far as.
28:21
Speaker 4: Having him and CJ both in that lineup.
28:24
Speaker 5: These are two guys that are killing it, And what
28:27
Speaker 5: are you seeing as far as them really wanting to
28:29
Speaker 5: build around these guys or possibly, as you mentioned, CJ's
28:32
Speaker 5: name is in these trade talks. But are they I mean,
28:35
Speaker 5: they're going to have to be wild, obviously, I know that.
28:37
Speaker 5: But these are two guys that are literally kind of
28:40
Speaker 5: carrying this team offensively.
28:42
Speaker 6: Correct, right, And sure, you can love the depth as
28:45
Speaker 6: much as you love it. You can love what's happening
28:46
Speaker 6: on the farm, but you can't recreate James and CJ. Right,
28:50
Speaker 6: I think you know that you can't recreate what they
28:52
Speaker 6: do to a lineup. Beyond that, you can't recreate what
28:54
Speaker 6: they do to that room right where they've been asked
28:56
Speaker 6: at twenty three and twenty five years old to kind
28:59
Speaker 6: of take on a leadership role. Two guys who aren't
29:02
Speaker 6: necessarily outspoken or overly vocal, and yet they've kind of
29:08
Speaker 6: set that tone, that that loose, that comfortable, that relaxed,
29:11
Speaker 6: but that locked in tone for the Nationals this year.
29:15
Speaker 6: You search anything about James and what he's done this season,
29:19
Speaker 6: it's it's all, Oh, he's on pace to do what
29:21
Speaker 6: Ted Williams has done or Babe Ruth has done, or
29:24
Speaker 6: you know, even Barry Bonds for stretches has done. He
29:28
Speaker 6: is one of those players that you envision, you know,
29:30
Speaker 6: he's an MVP candidate at twenty three. What does that
29:32
Speaker 6: tell you twenty four, six, twenty seven is also going
29:36
Speaker 6: to look like it's probably the same thing. Right when
29:38
Speaker 6: you think about what these two guys have done at
29:40
Speaker 6: the top of the lineup, two top ten hitters in baseball,
29:43
Speaker 6: that is what gives you hope that in a short
29:45
Speaker 6: series this year in the postseason, you can get it done.
29:48
Speaker 6: In a series next year or the year beyond, you
29:52
Speaker 6: have a shot if you get just a couple more pitchers.
29:55
Speaker 6: But I just can't say enough about what James and
29:57
Speaker 6: cj have done. Two guys who came into this year
30:01
Speaker 6: with big first half last year and a disappointing second half,
30:05
Speaker 6: and there has been no sign that they will tail
30:07
Speaker 6: off this season. I mean, it's unbelievable what they've done.
30:12
Speaker 3: You think that transitional lead off has been. I mean,
30:14
Speaker 3: it seems like it's been so good for Wood. Has
30:15
Speaker 3: he talked about that and he seems really comfortable there.
30:18
Speaker 6: Yeah, he talks about how he's comfortable anywhere. Obviously he
30:21
Speaker 6: gets more at bats at a lead off spot, and
30:24
Speaker 6: so that's important. Beyond that, I think in years past,
30:28
Speaker 6: if you put him in the two or the three spot,
30:31
Speaker 6: you would have it where pitchers can pitch around the
30:34
Speaker 6: guy ahead of him or pitch around the guy behind him,
30:37
Speaker 6: I should say, whereas this year he's had usually someone
30:40
Speaker 6: with an eight hundred at or nine hundred ops hitting
30:43
Speaker 6: right behind him. So it's, oh my god, Like, if
30:45
Speaker 6: you're a pitcher, right, you want to set the tone early.
30:48
Speaker 6: How are you supposed to set the tone early when
30:50
Speaker 6: you're facing like an MVP candidate?
30:51
Speaker 3: Right?
30:52
Speaker 6: And so I think it's been big for him now
30:55
Speaker 6: when we've asked him about it, he said, I'm comfortable
30:57
Speaker 6: hitting anywhere. But marginally I think think it has helped
31:00
Speaker 6: him out.
31:03
Speaker 5: Okay, And just in a recent column you spoke on,
31:06
Speaker 5: you know, things the Nationals can do to get better,
31:09
Speaker 5: you know, if they wanted October bound possibly and want
31:13
Speaker 5: to give your thoughts on that, especially, you know, starting
31:15
Speaker 5: with the trade, do you see that as a step
31:17
Speaker 5: in the right direction. Obviously he can't pitch until possibly August,
31:22
Speaker 5: but you know, with your column and then that trade,
31:24
Speaker 5: you know, just wanted to get your thoughts on just
31:27
Speaker 5: both of them.
31:28
Speaker 6: Yeah, I have felt for so long that this team
31:32
Speaker 6: had next to no shot at making the postseason, which
31:35
Speaker 6: goes to show you what I know. Right like the
31:37
Speaker 6: it's it's late July, and they have a chance and
31:40
Speaker 6: they have frankly improved their chances because they have Connie
31:44
Speaker 6: Early on the team. Right now, I know that's that's
31:46
Speaker 6: difficult to say when you trade away an important bat
31:49
Speaker 6: who had an eight fifty ops. But again, the Nationals
31:52
Speaker 6: have shown that they can hit right all of a sudden,
31:54
Speaker 6: you have put yourself in a spot where you have
31:57
Speaker 6: Kid Cavali, who for those who are unfamiliar among the
32:00
Speaker 6: league leaders in FIP, if you look at stuff, he
32:03
Speaker 6: has it. If you just like kind of watch him,
32:05
Speaker 6: he has it. He is a He is an October
32:07
Speaker 6: type starter. But beyond that, especially if they trade away
32:10
Speaker 6: Foster Griffin, it's man who's filling in behind him, right
32:13
Speaker 6: like Zachotel, Miles, Michaeliss, some other guys have been okay
32:17
Speaker 6: in stretches, but haven't shown the sort of stuff ninety
32:22
Speaker 6: five or the crazy swing and miss that you usually
32:24
Speaker 6: see in October. And beyond that, the bullpen is set
32:28
Speaker 6: to you know, break the blown saves record, right, so
32:32
Speaker 6: it's what would they theoretically do on the mound? To me,
32:35
Speaker 6: this solidifies it. And again the president based operations, Paul
32:39
Speaker 6: Taboney said it the other day. This team has the
32:41
Speaker 6: it factor and right now it has two pitchers that
32:44
Speaker 6: it is more than comfortable with pitching in October. So
32:47
Speaker 6: even if they take the long vision, his game is
32:49
Speaker 6: not played on spreadsheets and they know, hey, we we
32:52
Speaker 6: have a shot this year, and I think it'll be
32:55
Speaker 6: really compelling to watch down the stretch.
32:58
Speaker 5: Okay, and then two part question with this trade, do
33:04
Speaker 5: you have you heard anything about the possible time table
33:07
Speaker 5: for early returning And then you know, what is your
33:10
Speaker 5: perspective on you got a chance to see Curtis meat
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Speaker 5: this year. Is that you know, did he overperform in
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Speaker 5: their eyes or is this something that you know they
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Speaker 5: they saw like all this guy is going to be
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Speaker 5: able to make a you know, potential impact and not
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Speaker 5: necessarily mean be traded, but is this something that they
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Speaker 5: saw as what could be considered somewhat of a breakout
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Speaker 5: year for them.
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Speaker 6: Yeah, I'll start on early, so he's expected to have
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Speaker 6: a rehab outing. We were told August third, although it's
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Speaker 6: a Monday so probably some time around then, and then
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Speaker 6: he could be ready as soon as two weeks after that.
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Speaker 6: And so if you're looking at a mid August return,
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Speaker 6: that still gives you, you know, six or seven starts
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Speaker 6: down the stretch. As for Curtis Mead, I mean, I
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Speaker 6: don't want to say that every single hitter on the
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Speaker 6: Nationals who's broken out is going to sustain their success.
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Speaker 6: I think that's maybe an unrealistic standard to set. I
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Speaker 6: think Curtis Meat is one of those guys who who
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Speaker 6: has right. I talked to him for twelve fifteen minutes
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Speaker 6: the other day just kind of about that concept right
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Speaker 6: before he was traded, as a matter of fact, and
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Speaker 6: he had mentioned right, like, in years past he was
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Speaker 6: someone who had inconsistent playing time, and you guys know
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Speaker 6: the downside of that, right, Like, if you have inconsistent
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Speaker 6: playing time, it's hard to get in a rhythm and
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Speaker 6: it's hard to kind of set your mind straight. And
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Speaker 6: so Curtis between every game would be changing his hands,
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Speaker 6: or he'd be chasing his stance, or he'd be doing
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Speaker 6: all these tweaks. He's kind of on the far end
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Speaker 6: of the spectrum of people who like to tinker all
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Speaker 6: of a sudden, he gets to Washington, reunites with his
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Speaker 6: old manager and Blake Terra, and what do you know,
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Speaker 6: he stops tweaking and adds a little bit bat speed.
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Speaker 6: For those of you that you know value that and
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Speaker 6: I would as well. And when you take that and
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Speaker 6: you look at what he's done this season, it's been
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Speaker 6: so consistent. He has pull side power, he has everything
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Speaker 6: that plays at Fenway right, and I think he's a
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Speaker 6: really smart hitter too, so he knows how to make
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Speaker 6: adjustments when he needs to. But yeah, if he has
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Speaker 6: what an eight to fifty ops this, ye, I don't
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Speaker 6: see that dipping below eight hundred before the end of
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Speaker 6: the season, which I think is probably exactly what Red
35:06
Speaker 6: Red Sox fans want to hear.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, that was a fascinating one. I love those types
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Speaker 1: of trades, right, it's too big. Leader's going to help
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Speaker 1: the team, you know in the short term. Here, Spencer,
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Speaker 1: thanks for the time, man, you had lots of action.
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Speaker 1: We're looking at you. This is one of the teams
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Speaker 1: that's I think, kind of all over the place, and
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Speaker 1: Paul Taboni has done a great job and his first
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Speaker 1: you know, half a season running the team will see
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Speaker 1: how he does here and get all the grades. We'll
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Speaker 1: talk to you soon, and also we'll be listening to
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Speaker 1: District Territory even for fans that don't care about the Nationals,
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Speaker 1: to hear about some players that they might be able
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Speaker 1: to acquire.
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Speaker 4: All right, thank you guys,