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  Speaker 1: Let's look back at twenty twenty four, so it's just
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  Speaker 1: one year ago. An article from The Athletic called what
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  Speaker 1: we got wrong? Looking back at our MLB trade grades
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  Speaker 1: from the twenty twenty four deadline.
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  Speaker 2: Cam.
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  Speaker 1: We love to grade trades instantly, but they started to
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  Speaker 1: do some revisions. So let's start with a fun one.
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  Speaker 1: The Orioles. The Orioles get Trevor Rodgers. The Marlins get
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  Speaker 1: Kyle Stowers and Connor Norby. The Orioles like to hold
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  Speaker 1: on to prospects too long. Those two didn't really have
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  Speaker 1: a spot, but they had to be on the big
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  Speaker 1: league team. So the Ools think they're just trading some
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  Speaker 1: depth away. And the original grade was Marlin's A Orioles C.
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  Speaker 1: The revised grades are Marlin's A plus plus plus and
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  Speaker 1: the Orioles got a B. Trevor Rodgers has pitched better
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  Speaker 1: so far in his limited work this year. What do
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  Speaker 1: you think about this one?
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  Speaker 2: To start? Cam, He's got one more year of control
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  Speaker 2: after this too.
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  Speaker 3: Trevor, listen, I agree. I have to agree with the A.
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  Speaker 4: The A especially on the Marlins zone when you look
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  Speaker 4: at what the Orioles have done, and also too nobody
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  Speaker 4: talks about this connor Norby was the big fish in
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  Speaker 4: that trade. Stours was was low key like the throwing guys,
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  Speaker 4: So no point intend on the big fish. But I
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  Speaker 4: think this is pretty fair evaluation on this one.
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  Speaker 3: I do.
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  Speaker 2: I also like it.
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  Speaker 5: I think it's I think it's they nailed it, Like
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  Speaker 5: even right out of the gate with with Rogers. I
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  Speaker 5: think that maybe even a month after, you know, after August,
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  Speaker 5: they would have said it was a D or maybe
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  Speaker 5: an F for the Orioles. But you can't you can't.
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  Speaker 5: You can't ignore what Norby and Stowers, who was the
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  Speaker 5: All Star this year for the Marlins, have done since
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  Speaker 5: they've been there, and they seem to get these core guys.
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  Speaker 5: Though Rogers has hitched better as of late. I mean,
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  Speaker 5: the value really might come from trading him away because
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  Speaker 5: they're not really in it, so uh, they could get
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  Speaker 5: a little bump by get rid of him, but that's
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  Speaker 5: not what they wanted. So I would definitely say it
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  Speaker 5: has gotten better on the oil side, but definitely the
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  Speaker 5: Marlins get the w on this one.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, let's move to the Rays and the Padres. Remember
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  Speaker 1: last year the Rays sold They're very decisive. They were like,
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  Speaker 1: we are selling short term pieces, and this one actually
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  Speaker 1: was a bit of a long term piece too. Jason
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  Speaker 1: Adam gets dealt away to the Padres and in return,
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  Speaker 1: the Rays receive outfielder Homer Bush, junior catcher j D. Gonzalez,
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  Speaker 1: and right into pitcher Dylan LESCo, who is a pretty
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  Speaker 1: big name prospect to Ustak has fallen a bit. And
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  Speaker 1: now the original grades had the Rays as an A,
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  Speaker 1: the Padres as a B. They're giving the Padres a B.
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  Speaker 1: They're giving the Rays as C as those prospects. You know,
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  Speaker 1: I haven't taken great steps, or at least some of
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  Speaker 1: them so far.
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  Speaker 2: Here.
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  Speaker 1: Who wants to go first on this one? I will
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  Speaker 1: disagree with the revised grade. I don't know how much
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  Speaker 1: more you want than Jason Adam looking himself and then
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  Speaker 1: maybe a little bit more than that and cam For me,
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  Speaker 1: the Padres were went away from beating the Dodgers and
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  Speaker 1: getting to the World and in my mind, I think
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  Speaker 1: they would have gotten into the World Series last year
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  Speaker 1: and won it, and then this year they still have
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  Speaker 1: a four headed monster in their bullpen and Jason Adam
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  Speaker 1: is one of those guys, so I think they still
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  Speaker 1: got it wrong.
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  Speaker 2: I'm giving the Padres an A.
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  Speaker 3: One hundred was the the original grade was an A.
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  Speaker 2: Right, original grade was Padres B and they kept it there.
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  Speaker 1: They did the raising, okay, and now they give the
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  Speaker 1: A C because the prospects haven't shined yet.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I would have flipped it.
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  Speaker 4: It's definitely a Padres and A now and then really
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  Speaker 4: until we see what those prospects do. It's probably like
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  Speaker 4: a D for me for the raise, and I say
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  Speaker 4: an A for the Padres, especially when you look at
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  Speaker 4: how banged up the Dodgers are right now.
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  Speaker 3: Right the beauty of our game, and when you talk
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  Speaker 3: about you.
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  Speaker 4: Know, collective, the collective, competitive balance or whatever you want
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  Speaker 4: to call it, there's there's always a different champion in
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  Speaker 4: our game, right, that's the beauty of our game.
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  Speaker 3: It's very rare you see back to back grocery champs.
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  Speaker 4: So for me, I think you look at where the
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  Speaker 4: Padres are right now, where the Dodgers are banged up,
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  Speaker 4: Jason Adam is going to be a big part of
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  Speaker 4: the success that they have going down in the end stretch.
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  Speaker 3: So I'm gonna have to disagree.
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  Speaker 4: And he was an All Star, so he's an all
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  Speaker 4: star who is not always closing as well, So you
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  Speaker 4: got to give him a lot of credit for what
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  Speaker 4: he's done for that bullpen.
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  Speaker 6: One hundred percent.
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  Speaker 5: Uh, It's it comes down to, like, what was your
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  Speaker 5: intent with the trade?
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  Speaker 3: Right?
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  Speaker 5: Maybe the bee there comes from they think they should
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  Speaker 5: have gotten more than just Jason Adam because he is
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  Speaker 5: just one reliever. That could be a case being made,
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  Speaker 5: but like in terms of getting what you were expecting
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  Speaker 5: to get, Jason Adam has been the most rock slid
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  Speaker 5: reliever in the major leagues in the last three years,
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  Speaker 5: full stop. Like he has been top notch and done
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  Speaker 5: the same thing every year in been elite. So they've
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  Speaker 5: gotten that version of him. So if that's not an a,
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  Speaker 5: I don't know what to tell you. And we just
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  Speaker 5: when it comes to prospects, was their plan for these
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  Speaker 5: guys to be part of the equation in the next
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  Speaker 5: two years the next year Because if it's the next year,
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  Speaker 5: it's a d. But if it's in the next two years,
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  Speaker 5: we got to wait and see.
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  Speaker 3: Wow, that rhyme.
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  Speaker 5: Doesn't mean it too, But you can take that and
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  Speaker 5: that if you want so. I'm a huge Jayson Adam fan.
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  Speaker 5: I think that he anything involving him and you get him,
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  Speaker 5: it's an a because he's he just does what he's
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  Speaker 5: He does what he does and there's been no slowing.
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  Speaker 3: I like that. I like that, you know what.
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  Speaker 4: I like that what Trev just said too, I just
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  Speaker 4: got goosebumps. You know what I always say, Scott, there's
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  Speaker 4: no stat for character not to mention the guy you're getting.
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  Speaker 4: I just spoke to this guy, and Trev knows a
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  Speaker 4: lot of dudes just come off All Star game. I
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  Speaker 4: can text crickets. I get it, you're an All Star.
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  Speaker 3: You know.
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  Speaker 4: I'm just a civilian now. But Jason Adams immediate text back,
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  Speaker 4: immediate reply. The dude is one of those glue guys
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  Speaker 4: also in the clubhouse, and there's no staff for that.
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  Speaker 4: So I love what r I love the point Trev made.
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  Speaker 1: Hey, you know the famous tweet from Sam Miller years
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  Speaker 1: back where he's like, the race made a trade, right?
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  Speaker 2: I love it. Who they get?
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  Speaker 1: You remember seeing that one? It went super viral? Did
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  Speaker 1: you ever see that one?
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  Speaker 2: Trevor?
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  Speaker 5: I not ringing any bells, but I bet you I
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  Speaker 5: didn't see it. I bet you it happens every year
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  Speaker 5: because they're always in some trade like this.
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  Speaker 2: Dude, it was really good.
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  Speaker 1: Hold on, let me, I'll try and pull it as
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  Speaker 1: we're chatting here. But anyway, the reason I bring it
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  Speaker 1: up is have the Rays lost a little bit of
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  Speaker 1: their touch? Not in terms of wins and losses, but
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  Speaker 1: you know, I'm looking at another deal from last year.
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  Speaker 1: They traded away Yestak Parades to the Cubs and they
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  Speaker 1: got Christopher Morrell. Morell is definitely you know, stack cast starling,
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  Speaker 1: but it hasn't come together for him either. They gave
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  Speaker 1: the Rays a B minus, they gave the.
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  Speaker 2: Cubs a B.
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  Speaker 1: To me, the Cubs get an A because it ended
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  Speaker 1: up being a part of a future deal to get
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  Speaker 1: them Kyle Tucker, who's a superstar. So now we can
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  Speaker 1: push that one forward. And I don't know if either
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  Speaker 1: of you want to comment first on what you would
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  Speaker 1: give the raise right now for taking a chance on
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  Speaker 1: a player like that and giving up someone in Paradis
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  Speaker 1: who also, even just in his own right, was an
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  Speaker 1: All Star again this year, is a really solid player.
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  Speaker 3: Listen.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, again, I agree, I don't I get I would
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  Speaker 4: give you know, what Because the Rays have been so
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  Speaker 4: ingrained in their ways right trying to get prospects to hit,
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  Speaker 4: it's starting to finally finally backfire. You know, when we
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  Speaker 4: were coming up, prospects meant you haven't done a damn thing.
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  Speaker 4: But the Rays have done a great job of getting
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  Speaker 4: prospects that eventually have got to the big league, they
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  Speaker 4: have blossomed, and they continue to flip them for more prospects.
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  Speaker 3: We're here late. It's not working out that way.
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  Speaker 4: So I think, you know, to some maybe to some point,
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  Speaker 4: I've been with those people who've also been like, man,
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  Speaker 4: the Rais have got really lucky hitting on all these prospects.
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  Speaker 4: Maybe the luck is starting to change, right So if
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  Speaker 4: I'm thinking in my way, I'm definitely giving them a
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  Speaker 4: C or you know, a C minus right now. And
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  Speaker 4: so these prospects, like Tramp said, start to work out
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  Speaker 4: and figure it out.
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  Speaker 5: It comes down to win. It just comes down to win.
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  Speaker 5: I think we're just used to them getting a big
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  Speaker 5: league ready guy who steps right in and is valuable,
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  Speaker 5: and then one of the prospects comes up, like either
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  Speaker 5: a month later or the next year and is immediately
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  Speaker 5: you know, one of the dominant guys in the bullpen
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  Speaker 5: or he's like closing games or you know, or he's
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  Speaker 5: just hitting three and hitting thirty bounds for whatever. They
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  Speaker 5: always have someone that seems to do that. That second
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  Speaker 5: part doesn't seem to be happening last few even though
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  Speaker 5: there's a couple under the radar. Ones last year they
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  Speaker 5: went and grot Joe Boyle. He's been great since he's
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  Speaker 5: been there. They put him in the pen and he's dominating.
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  Speaker 5: He could be the next you know, Fairbanks. It's completely possible,
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  Speaker 5: just kind of going on the raider because the reliever.
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  Speaker 5: So there is a couple they're still getting the value
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  Speaker 5: out of. But like I would say, like Christopher Morrel
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  Speaker 5: versus Fretis, that's not really lining up the way that
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  Speaker 5: they had hoped yet. But again, there's like still a
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  Speaker 5: bunch a handful, like five or plus prospects that are
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  Speaker 5: in double triple A, and it's completely within the possibility
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  Speaker 5: that they two of them come up in April next
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  Speaker 5: year and then we're like, oh, okay, they win. So
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  Speaker 5: it's a wait and see game, but that's how they operate.
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  Speaker 5: So maybe it's just taking longer than normal.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, for the morel Paradius matchup, it's more obvious. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: Praatis again having a great year, Morell still sub one
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  Speaker 1: hundred ohps plus ninety and then not giving you enough.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, it's a zero baseball reference war right now.
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  Speaker 1: So if you matched those two players up, it's not
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  Speaker 1: really close. It's a good question for Mark Hopkins, so
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  Speaker 1: we'll bring this up to him too, to see how
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  Speaker 1: the Rays have been lately with trades. I think their
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  Speaker 1: development has also taken a step up. For a while,
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  Speaker 1: they were drafting great. Now now in the past five
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  Speaker 1: to seven years it's been much better. But you go
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  Speaker 1: a little bit earlier when they were still okay, they
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  Speaker 1: were actually dominating and winning trade after trade, and we
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  Speaker 1: found the tweet here to send us off. Sam Miller
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  Speaker 1: in fourteen said, love this trade for the race. Who'd
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  Speaker 1: they give up and who'd they get? So if I'm
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  Speaker 1: last point here, Trevor, if I'm the Orioles, for example,
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  Speaker 1: and I get a random call about Brian Baker with
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  Speaker 1: super interest and essentially a first round pick, don't you
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  Speaker 1: have to stop for a moment and say, should we
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  Speaker 1: actually just trade Baptista and make him our closer? The
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  Speaker 1: Ra's are obsessed with him.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean, I think that when it comes to
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  Speaker 5: relievers too, you got to just be open at any
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  Speaker 5: of that stuff and slotting people in to those roles,
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  Speaker 5: especially backhand guys, and if there's like increase value that
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  Speaker 5: you can get just based on need right now, like
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  Speaker 5: you're not gonna get more value for relievers moving than
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  Speaker 5: at the trade DeLine because they're so valuable in a
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  Speaker 5: playoff run.
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  Speaker 2: They're so valuable in the playoffs themselves.
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  Speaker 5: They're the most valuable they'll ever be in those situations.
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  Speaker 5: And so I think taking advantage of those situations, like
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  Speaker 5: the Twins have a couple right that are probably the
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  Speaker 5: top premium guys. They really need to think about going
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  Speaker 5: to getting a lot for those those guys. I think
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  Speaker 5: that that is it's always in need for everybody. And
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  Speaker 5: if you have two or three to move, or you
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  Speaker 5: have one like a Brian Baker, or you have someone
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  Speaker 5: you can move out, you just pull a Brewers and
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  Speaker 5: trade your closer and then put the next guy who's
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  Speaker 5: going to be your closer the next four years in there,
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  Speaker 5: Like you gotta do it. You gotta do it because
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  Speaker 5: it's going to pay off long term.
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  Speaker 1: Hey, Tanner, Scott said his MRI just showed inflammation, no
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  Speaker 1: structural or ligament damage. Plant is not throw for a
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  Speaker 1: couple days and go from there. But the best possible outcome,
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  Speaker 1: seemingly this coming from Fabian, Nardia and Trevor, the Dodgers
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  Speaker 1: will be bullpen shopping.
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  Speaker 5: I didn't know. I don't know how that's possible after
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  Speaker 5: going into this year, but I do believe. I heard
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  Speaker 5: on loud Out's yesterday by by Spillburg's spillboorg that they
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  Speaker 5: have eleven guys on the sixty day.
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  Speaker 2: I believe they're all pictures.
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  Speaker 5: Eleven that is, that's increasble I can't I'm still processing.
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  Speaker 5: I don't know how that's possible. So for them to
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  Speaker 5: be able to need need to go get some guys
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  Speaker 5: after how promising it was. I mean, I don't envy
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  Speaker 5: that that medical staff and the flag they're getting over there,
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  Speaker 5: because I know a lot of this isn't their fault.
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  Speaker 5: But man, well, if anyone has the capital to do
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  Speaker 5: it or the savvy I guess to put together clever,
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  Speaker 5: creative packages and stuff, it's the Dodgers, and expect them
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  Speaker 5: to be one of the bigger buyers at the deadline.
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  Speaker 2: As they always are.
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  Speaker 5: That might be boring, they might not be boring, but
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  Speaker 5: it's probably gonna happen.
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  Speaker 1: Sorry, And it's the guys they're going after too, cam.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I don't think any of us can speak
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  Speaker 1: well enough about you know, medical staff and all that
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  Speaker 1: without knowing the people and what's being recommended and all that.
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  Speaker 1: But I mean, the Dodgers go after these riskier arms
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  Speaker 1: that often have an injury history, and then this happens.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, this one is a tough one for me.
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  Speaker 4: You know, has Michael Kopak been hear? I don't know.
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  Speaker 3: Tony Gosling, Evan Phillips is he has a history of injury.
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  Speaker 3: I don't know.
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  Speaker 4: I have to go look at it. But just to
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  Speaker 4: go back to your point, they will be in the
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  Speaker 4: market for arms at the end of the day. You know, people,
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  Speaker 4: a lot of people are making out how bad the
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  Speaker 4: Dodgers have played.
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  Speaker 3: But listen, they're still in first place. I think they're
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  Speaker 3: three games up.
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  Speaker 4: And the Dodgers at the end of the day, they're
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  Speaker 4: playing for, you know, a World Series. They're not playing
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  Speaker 4: for the Pennant Uh, they're not. They're not playing for
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  Speaker 4: the division. They would love to do it, but they
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  Speaker 4: want to win a championship at the end of the day.
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  Speaker 4: And I don't know where some of these guys are
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  Speaker 4: in a sixty day rehab either, because I heard Blake
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  Speaker 4: Trnon has been throwing a little bit u they say,
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  Speaker 4: rokies up to you know, ninety miles per hour. So
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  Speaker 4: there are the reports coming about coming back, you know,
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  Speaker 4: out about some of these guys possibly being ready. So
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  Speaker 4: we'll also see two you know, do you get these
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  Speaker 4: guys back and actually ready for October?
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  Speaker 2: We don't know, yep.
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  Speaker 1: Time of Year, Front Office, Unfiltered right JB. Jim Bowden
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  Speaker 1: with us right now or Resident GM Jim. We'll get
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  Speaker 1: into some info that you're hearing about teams. But I
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  Speaker 1: want to hit people hard right from the jump. So
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  Speaker 1: I've read everything you've put out there in the Athletic
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  Speaker 1: really ever, but especially this week.
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  Speaker 2: You had some trade ideas.
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  Speaker 1: I want to start with one that you came up
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  Speaker 1: with for the Mets and the Yankees and let everyone know,
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  Speaker 1: these aren't actual talks. This is an idea from someone
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  Speaker 1: who has done this for a while. But give us
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  Speaker 1: what you got.
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  Speaker 7: Yeah, so I think you're referring to the Yankees Mets
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  Speaker 7: deal Jason Domingez for Mark Viento's Is that the one
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  Speaker 7: referring to or was it Gisham for baiting?
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  Speaker 6: Okay?
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  Speaker 7: So either way, so this is what I'm hearing, right, Like,
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  Speaker 7: you know, the Yankees are pursuing Henio Suarez like a
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  Speaker 7: lot of teams are. Five other teams are pursuing him.
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  Speaker 7: We get that not a great defender at third base.
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  Speaker 7: But you know, if he does get traded, which is
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  Speaker 7: still a question mark, we're not going to know until
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  Speaker 7: next week. You know, there's no promise that the Yankees
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  Speaker 7: can pick him up, and so they've looked around the
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  Speaker 7: other third basement available. Ryan McMahon and Colorado, right, Cabrian
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  Speaker 7: Hayes over there in Pittsburgh. You know, neither one of
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  Speaker 7: them really tickles their fancy for understandable reasons. And so
• 15:35
  Speaker 7: you know, how do the Yankees make a contender for
• 15:38
  Speaker 7: contender trade to kind of solve the third base situation
• 15:42
  Speaker 7: for them? And so you know, I came up with
• 15:44
  Speaker 7: the idea of Jason Dominguez going to the Mets for Ventos,
• 15:49
  Speaker 7: you know, two similar talents.
• 15:51
  Speaker 6: Changes scenery might help both guys.
• 15:53
  Speaker 7: For the Yankees, you know, they've got Bellinger, Grisham and
• 15:56
  Speaker 7: Judge in the outfield, and Spencer Jones is ready. He's
• 15:58
  Speaker 7: at twenty six homers in the your leagues. He's been
• 16:01
  Speaker 7: on base at a forty percent clip all year. He's
• 16:03
  Speaker 7: made incredible adjustments and quite frankly, the minute the Yankees
• 16:07
  Speaker 7: promote Jones, they're gonna have a better team. That may
• 16:10
  Speaker 7: end up being one of the best acquisitions they make
• 16:12
  Speaker 7: at the deadline. He's just calling him up from Triple A.
• 16:14
  Speaker 7: So because of the outfield depth, I kind of feel
• 16:16
  Speaker 7: like maybe they could take an outfielder turn it into
• 16:18
  Speaker 7: a third baseman, and if it's not the Mets, you know,
• 16:21
  Speaker 7: maybe it's the Royals and mikel Garcia the All Star
• 16:24
  Speaker 7: third baseman. But it may end up being a contender
• 16:26
  Speaker 7: for contender type of trade where they trade from some
• 16:29
  Speaker 7: depth in the outfield to try to get a third baseman.
• 16:32
  Speaker 6: So that was my thinking behind it.
• 16:35
  Speaker 4: Hey, hey, Jim, I love that because I haven't thought
• 16:38
  Speaker 4: about that at all. You just made me audible from
• 16:40
  Speaker 4: my original question because I know a lot has been
• 16:43
  Speaker 4: said about Ron McMahon not being liked as a Yankee.
• 16:46
  Speaker 4: I know a lot of that has to do with
• 16:47
  Speaker 4: the contract, but I feel like there could be or
• 16:49
  Speaker 4: could there be a situation where the Rockies may be
• 16:52
  Speaker 4: willing to eat some of that to move robick mannon.
• 16:55
  Speaker 4: And why wouldn't he fit in New York when you
• 16:56
  Speaker 4: talk about that ballpark, when you talk about a guy
• 16:59
  Speaker 4: playing baseball, and the guy still at a young age
• 17:02
  Speaker 4: where I think we've seen already he has been an
• 17:05
  Speaker 4: All Star, you know there.
• 17:07
  Speaker 3: I think there's still some positive things that he could do.
• 17:10
  Speaker 4: Why is that not a fit of what have you
• 17:11
  Speaker 4: heard on the reason why they don't like him?
• 17:14
  Speaker 7: I think they want to do better than McMahon, right,
• 17:17
  Speaker 7: I mean, look at Ryan's not the same guy it
• 17:19
  Speaker 7: was three years ago.
• 17:20
  Speaker 6: I agree with you. I think the Rockies can pay
• 17:22
  Speaker 6: it down.
• 17:22
  Speaker 7: I'm not sure the front office has shown much creativity
• 17:25
  Speaker 7: in those kind of trades, but maybe that'll change it
• 17:28
  Speaker 7: this year's deadline. But it's just what I'm hearing, right,
• 17:31
  Speaker 7: you know, I stay pretty plugged into the front offices
• 17:34
  Speaker 7: of all thirty teams, and you know, I just get
• 17:37
  Speaker 7: I get the feeling that, you know, the Yankees love
• 17:41
  Speaker 7: Suarez his power, they don't love the defense analytic department
• 17:45
  Speaker 7: doesn't love Hayes or McMahon.
• 17:47
  Speaker 6: It doesn't mean the Scouts wouldn't take a chance on him.
• 17:49
  Speaker 7: You know, I might take a chance on him if
• 17:50
  Speaker 7: I didn't have to give up much and the Rockies
• 17:52
  Speaker 7: ate the contract. But you know, contracts matter in both
• 17:55
  Speaker 7: McMahon's and Hayes's situation and production the last year and
• 17:59
  Speaker 7: a half. When you're talking about those kind of guys,
• 18:02
  Speaker 7: remember the expectations in New York is to win a
• 18:04
  Speaker 7: World Series or bus not just beat Toronto and win
• 18:08
  Speaker 7: the Al East. You know, they're trying to win a
• 18:10
  Speaker 7: World Series, and so I think they're shooting for better.
• 18:13
  Speaker 7: They're shooting for the Suarez or Michel Garcia or Mark
• 18:16
  Speaker 7: Ventos or that next level above McMahon, above Hayes.
• 18:22
  Speaker 4: Okay, Yeah, that was gonna be my next question that
• 18:24
  Speaker 4: what would be their their next best?
• 18:27
  Speaker 5: Uh?
• 18:27
  Speaker 3: And you said Michael Garcia.
• 18:29
  Speaker 4: Uh, but I want to go back to the Yankees
• 18:31
  Speaker 4: and talking about prospects and you being locked in and connected.
• 18:35
  Speaker 3: Who is it?
• 18:36
  Speaker 4: Spencer Jones to get a Euheno Suarez or Mark like,
• 18:40
  Speaker 4: who would they have to give up? Is it a
• 18:42
  Speaker 4: would you have to give up a major league ready
• 18:45
  Speaker 4: guy to go get one of those guys?
• 18:47
  Speaker 3: Or is it a forty eighty great player. I'm just curious.
• 18:50
  Speaker 7: Yeah, well you're not getting Spencer Jones from the Yankees
• 18:54
  Speaker 7: and you're not getting George Lombard Junior from the Yankees.
• 18:57
  Speaker 7: So just put them aside and understand, and that's not happening.
• 19:02
  Speaker 7: That being said, you can get Roderick Arius as the
• 19:05
  Speaker 7: headliner middle infielder, you know, really solid player. You know,
• 19:10
  Speaker 7: you saw them bring up Cam Scutler to join their rotation.
• 19:14
  Speaker 7: He could get involved with Arias to try to land Suarez.
• 19:18
  Speaker 7: That would probably be some something close to what the
• 19:21
  Speaker 7: Yankees would be willing to do. And look, the Yankees
• 19:24
  Speaker 7: look at Arizona and say, if you do sell, we
• 19:26
  Speaker 7: do match up well because I could use either Gallon
• 19:29
  Speaker 7: or Merrill Kelly and I could use Surez. Those are
• 19:32
  Speaker 7: my two biggest needs. And so I think the Yankees
• 19:35
  Speaker 7: will work hard to try to do that. But under
• 19:36
  Speaker 7: no circumstances for a two month rental for any of
• 19:40
  Speaker 7: those guys. I just mentioned, are you getting Jones or Lombard?
• 19:43
  Speaker 6: You're just not. And really the.
• 19:44
  Speaker 7: Yankees need to find a pathway or a runway or
• 19:47
  Speaker 7: have a little bit more open mind of getting Jones
• 19:50
  Speaker 7: to the big leagues right now because he's so locked in.
• 19:52
  Speaker 7: And it's not just the power. I mean, he said
• 19:54
  Speaker 7: ten homers since he got promoted to Triple A. Like
• 19:57
  Speaker 7: I'm just telling you. In anyone that's seen this kid,
• 20:00
  Speaker 7: you know he's got that presence, but he's got that speed,
• 20:03
  Speaker 7: power combination, and he can play all three outfield positions,
• 20:07
  Speaker 7: all three right, center or left, wherever you want to
• 20:09
  Speaker 7: put him. The big question has always been the hit tool.
• 20:11
  Speaker 7: You know, he used to bar with his left arm
• 20:14
  Speaker 7: cam and that's what made us concern that he wouldn't
• 20:17
  Speaker 7: hit high velo inside. He's made that adjustment, so he's
• 20:21
  Speaker 7: not getting traded and I think you'll see him in
• 20:24
  Speaker 7: the big leagues either in August or September for the Yankees.
• 20:27
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• 21:27
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• 21:27
  Speaker 5: I want to shift gears real quick to another team
• 21:30
  Speaker 5: that seems to always do this every year, and that
• 21:33
  Speaker 5: is the Milwaukee Brewers. It was talked about on this
• 21:35
  Speaker 5: show recently that we think they should go get a bat.
• 21:38
  Speaker 5: Brewers fans were not a fan of that take. They
• 21:42
  Speaker 5: think that the bullpen is the only place they really
• 21:44
  Speaker 5: need to touch your what's your take on that? What
• 21:48
  Speaker 5: do you think the Brewers could use? They just moved
• 21:50
  Speaker 5: into the best record in the major leagues. A lot
• 21:52
  Speaker 5: of things are going right over there. So how you
• 21:54
  Speaker 5: feeling about that take?
• 21:56
  Speaker 7: Yeah, well, tre First of all, Milwaukee won the trade
• 21:59
  Speaker 7: devine right. They got two number one starters right now.
• 22:01
  Speaker 7: One came for the minor leagues and Jacob Mazarowski, and
• 22:04
  Speaker 7: one came off the injured list in Brandon Woodruff.
• 22:06
  Speaker 6: But now you put him with Haralter. They got three
• 22:08
  Speaker 6: number ones.
• 22:09
  Speaker 7: So not only are they the favorites to win the Central,
• 22:11
  Speaker 7: they can run the table in October and when a
• 22:13
  Speaker 7: World's Series. They're at a great spot. And look, I
• 22:16
  Speaker 7: agree with the fans that they need a relief pitcher.
• 22:18
  Speaker 6: I'd go get an arm two.
• 22:20
  Speaker 7: But you know, it is very clear based on the
• 22:24
  Speaker 7: teams Milwaukee has talked to, they would like to upgrade
• 22:26
  Speaker 7: the left side of the infield with a bat, either
• 22:28
  Speaker 7: at shortstop or a third base, regardless of what the
• 22:31
  Speaker 7: fans think. What matters is what the front office thinks, right,
• 22:34
  Speaker 7: So what Matt Arnold thinks, it's what Pat Murphy thinks.
• 22:36
  Speaker 7: And I think when you look at Joey Ortiz at shortstop,
• 22:39
  Speaker 7: he's hitting two fourteen with seven homers.
• 22:42
  Speaker 6: That's just a fact.
• 22:43
  Speaker 7: Caleb Durbin at third base, we all love them out
• 22:45
  Speaker 7: of the fans love him. He's hitting two sixty one
• 22:48
  Speaker 7: with five homers. So that's what they've gotten on the
• 22:50
  Speaker 7: left side of the infield. I think it makes sense
• 22:53
  Speaker 7: that the Brewers are calling around to see if they
• 22:55
  Speaker 7: can upgrade at one of the two positions, to try
• 22:58
  Speaker 7: to add a little bit more punch to the left
• 23:01
  Speaker 7: side of the enfield and late in the lineup a
• 23:02
  Speaker 7: little bit.
• 23:03
  Speaker 6: Look, they're gonna have the pitching in October, as I said,
• 23:06
  Speaker 6: to go all the way to the World Series. They are.
• 23:09
  Speaker 7: But are they gonna be able to hit with the
• 23:11
  Speaker 7: Cubs if they face them? Will they hit with the Dodgers?
• 23:13
  Speaker 7: Will they hit with the Mets and the Phillies? Will
• 23:15
  Speaker 7: their offense be able to match up in those two
• 23:18
  Speaker 7: one three two games to win those? I think if
• 23:21
  Speaker 7: I'm running the Brewers, I would feel comfortable going to
• 23:23
  Speaker 7: get let's just say, Griffin Jacks from the Twins from
• 23:26
  Speaker 7: my bullpen. And if I could be the team that
• 23:29
  Speaker 7: beats out the Yankees and Mariners and Cubs to get
• 23:32
  Speaker 7: you Hennio Suarez to put on that team, boy, I
• 23:35
  Speaker 7: feel good about my chances. So look, the fans may
• 23:39
  Speaker 7: not think they did an upgrade on the left side
• 23:40
  Speaker 7: of the enfield. That's fine, you know, and I respect fans.
• 23:44
  Speaker 7: But let me tell you this, your GM and Milwaukee's
• 23:47
  Speaker 7: executive of the year, the Rainy executive of the year.
• 23:49
  Speaker 7: I think I would trust his opinion a little bit
• 23:51
  Speaker 7: more than yours.
• 23:52
  Speaker 2: I'm with you, man, Arland knows what he's doing.
• 23:54
  Speaker 1: And let's remember that the Brewers had a lot of success,
• 23:57
  Speaker 1: but not October success.
• 23:59
  Speaker 2: They need more thumb. I'm with you, JB. Yet, we
• 24:01
  Speaker 2: got a lot of comments yesterday like, no.
• 24:03
  Speaker 1: We're not touching anything, Joey Ortiz, Durbin, etc. I'm like, really,
• 24:07
  Speaker 1: you wouldn't take a Geno Suarez. You want to disrupt
• 24:10
  Speaker 1: that nine. You're crazy, right, So it was important to
• 24:15
  Speaker 1: bring that up. I want to stay in the division
• 24:17
  Speaker 1: because you also came out with the article yesterday on
• 24:19
  Speaker 1: six front offices on the hot seat talking about some execs.
• 24:22
  Speaker 1: And while we're in the NL Central, you have Carter
• 24:25
  Speaker 1: Hawkins and Jed Hoyer on there as they don't have
• 24:27
  Speaker 1: a contract after this year, and that's somewhat rare in
• 24:31
  Speaker 1: our business. So what do you think about what the
• 24:33
  Speaker 1: Cubs could do and do you think they'll be more
• 24:36
  Speaker 1: aggressive than they have in the past. Sometimes I felt
• 24:38
  Speaker 1: like theo Epstein with Jed Hoyer together, we're kind of
• 24:42
  Speaker 1: yin yang. THEO a little more aggressive, Jed a little
• 24:44
  Speaker 1: more measured. Let's make sure we hang on to the
• 24:46
  Speaker 1: right guys and not trade them away. But what do
• 24:48
  Speaker 1: you think Jed will do now that there's a little
• 24:50
  Speaker 1: bit of heat not only from the contract but also
• 24:53
  Speaker 1: from the Brewers.
• 24:54
  Speaker 7: Yeah, first of all, I can't believe the ownership hasn't
• 24:57
  Speaker 7: taken care of Jed Hoyer and Carter Hawkins and signed
• 24:59
  Speaker 7: them a long term.
• 25:00
  Speaker 6: They deserve it.
• 25:00
  Speaker 7: They brought in Craig Counsel, and they made the trade
• 25:03
  Speaker 7: for Kyle Tucker and they're sitting here with one of
• 25:05
  Speaker 7: the best six teams in the National League with a
• 25:07
  Speaker 7: real chance at a World Series. And so why they
• 25:09
  Speaker 7: haven't been taken care of is beyond me, and I
• 25:11
  Speaker 7: think it's a mistake. I think they should go to
• 25:13
  Speaker 7: the podium and announce their long term extensions myself. That
• 25:17
  Speaker 7: being said, yeah, there's pressure under them to win now.
• 25:22
  Speaker 7: I think they've seen what has happened in Milwaukee. That's
• 25:25
  Speaker 7: going to be a fun race to the end. But
• 25:28
  Speaker 7: I think if you want to beat them, you need pitching,
• 25:30
  Speaker 7: You need another starter. I would argue you need another reliever.
• 25:33
  Speaker 7: Of course, I would argue every contender needs another reliever.
• 25:37
  Speaker 7: And they haven't gotten the production at third base that
• 25:39
  Speaker 7: they want, so I mean their needs are very similar
• 25:41
  Speaker 7: to the Yankee same kind of needs, right a starting
• 25:43
  Speaker 7: pitcher and a third baseman.
• 25:44
  Speaker 6: So you know, I think they're going to be aggressive.
• 25:47
  Speaker 3: You know.
• 25:47
  Speaker 7: One of the things that Jed Hoyer was talking about
• 25:49
  Speaker 7: when he hired Counsel is he went back and kind
• 25:52
  Speaker 7: of reflected on when they hired Joe Madden won the
• 25:54
  Speaker 7: World Series, and that was kind of the thinking.
• 25:56
  Speaker 6: When he went from David.
• 25:57
  Speaker 7: Ross to Craig Council last year it didn't really work.
• 26:00
  Speaker 7: They knew they had to get a big trade and
• 26:03
  Speaker 7: someone that could carry them. They got Tucker and then
• 26:05
  Speaker 7: PCA arrived this year and had his breakout year, and
• 26:08
  Speaker 7: so boom, here they are. But I do think that Jed,
• 26:12
  Speaker 7: like he had the memory of hiring Madden and tried
• 26:14
  Speaker 7: to copy that with counsel, is going to try to
• 26:17
  Speaker 7: do the same thing. And if you remember when THEO
• 26:20
  Speaker 7: went big right and went and brought in a role
• 26:22
  Speaker 7: as Chapman, and he wasn't afraid to trade a top
• 26:25
  Speaker 7: prospect like Eloy Jimenez, I think that blueprint is exactly
• 26:29
  Speaker 7: what Jed is planning because I've heard from too many
• 26:31
  Speaker 7: opposing GMS the mumbling of Owen Cassie, their young, power
• 26:36
  Speaker 7: hitting left fielder in the minor leagues. I just have
• 26:39
  Speaker 7: heard his name over and over again, and I kept
• 26:43
  Speaker 7: hearing and it never happened that Cassie was probably going
• 26:46
  Speaker 7: to be traded to the Pirates from Mitch Keller, which
• 26:48
  Speaker 7: made a lot of sense to me for both sides. Right,
• 26:50
  Speaker 7: the Cubs get that starting pitcher in the rotation, Pirates
• 26:53
  Speaker 7: get much needed power back to help try to build
• 26:55
  Speaker 7: that offense there. Look, it still may happen. I don't know,
• 26:58
  Speaker 7: but I've heard Cassie's name everywhere. That leads me to
• 27:01
  Speaker 7: believe because I know Jed doesn't want to trade him.
• 27:02
  Speaker 7: He was part of the you Darvish deal, and I
• 27:04
  Speaker 7: know that you know he wants him to get to
• 27:06
  Speaker 7: the big leagues and help him win, especially if they
• 27:07
  Speaker 7: can't resign Tucker. But just because that name has been
• 27:11
  Speaker 7: out there everywhere and I'm hearing it all over the
• 27:13
  Speaker 7: industry makes me believe he's ready to go all in
• 27:16
  Speaker 7: at this deadline. So it's gonna be a fun team
• 27:18
  Speaker 7: to watch. It's gonna be a fun deadline. I don't
• 27:20
  Speaker 7: think we're gonna get a lot of action till next week.
• 27:23
  Speaker 7: I don't think we're gonna see deals trickle in. I
• 27:25
  Speaker 7: think it's gonna take time, but I'll be surprised that
• 27:27
  Speaker 7: the Cubs aren't active at the buzzer.
• 27:30
  Speaker 4: Hey, hey, Jim, we talk about pitching, I'm excuse me,
• 27:33
  Speaker 4: talk about hitting.
• 27:34
  Speaker 3: We talk about moves that we made, teams that could
• 27:36
  Speaker 3: go all in.
• 27:37
  Speaker 4: I want to know when I look at guys like
• 27:39
  Speaker 4: Seth Lugo, Zach Gallen, Sandy Alcntra, who's that one team
• 27:43
  Speaker 4: or who's the team that can make him move for
• 27:45
  Speaker 4: one of those guys. And I know Sandy hasn't pitched
• 27:47
  Speaker 4: like he wants to, Like we know he can, Nor
• 27:49
  Speaker 4: has Zach and Seth Lugo has been outstanding, But who's
• 27:52
  Speaker 4: that team that can make him move for one of
• 27:54
  Speaker 4: those guys? When you talk about a rotation like Milwaukee,
• 27:56
  Speaker 4: you talk about the Cubs being right there, who's that
• 27:59
  Speaker 4: team that could take one of those guys and it
• 28:01
  Speaker 4: really could propel them because you know, like I know,
• 28:04
  Speaker 4: as much as we talk hitting, you need pitching to
• 28:06
  Speaker 4: keep you in the game until the bats get going.
• 28:08
  Speaker 3: So who's that guy for you?
• 28:10
  Speaker 6: Yeah?
• 28:11
  Speaker 7: So let me because he threw three names there and
• 28:14
  Speaker 7: I need to like address all three. So is Sanuel
• 28:16
  Speaker 7: Contrey just isn't back to being the guy he was
• 28:18
  Speaker 7: when he won the Cy Young Award, And so the
• 28:21
  Speaker 7: Marlins aren't going to be able to get the return
• 28:23
  Speaker 7: that they need for the talent that he has. So
• 28:26
  Speaker 7: I think they're going to be best holding him and
• 28:28
  Speaker 7: hope that he pitches better in August, in September and
• 28:31
  Speaker 7: then revisit this in the off season when free agent
• 28:34
  Speaker 7: pitchers cost two hundred million or you can trade for
• 28:37
  Speaker 7: a Contra. I think they're better off holding him. I
• 28:39
  Speaker 7: do think they will listen on Edward Cabrera. They don't
• 28:41
  Speaker 7: want to move him, but they will listen on Cabrera,
• 28:44
  Speaker 7: and as long as the medicals are okay, you know,
• 28:47
  Speaker 7: he could end up being the best pitcher that's traded.
• 28:49
  Speaker 7: So I think that's going to be interesting. Zach Gallan
• 28:51
  Speaker 7: is kind of frustrating to look at. I think it
• 28:53
  Speaker 7: really depends is there a pitching room out there that
• 28:56
  Speaker 7: knows how to fix them? For the buzzer, you know,
• 28:58
  Speaker 7: does the group with the Mets or the Red Sox
• 29:00
  Speaker 7: or the Yankees do they look and say, hey, I
• 29:03
  Speaker 7: know why he hasn't lived up to the expectations we have,
• 29:06
  Speaker 7: because I think that would be the most likely landing spot.
• 29:09
  Speaker 7: To your point, I think the safest trades right now
• 29:12
  Speaker 7: are for Mitch Keller, Seth Lugo, and Merrill Kelly. I
• 29:15
  Speaker 7: think those are the three pitchers most likely traded, and
• 29:18
  Speaker 7: I think they're the three that are the lowest risk
• 29:21
  Speaker 7: of all them out there now. Who has enough to
• 29:23
  Speaker 7: get them? I mean the Cubs certainly are a team
• 29:26
  Speaker 7: that has that. The Yankees, I think have enough and
• 29:30
  Speaker 7: I know that's a priority for them.
• 29:32
  Speaker 6: And don't sleep on the Blue Jays.
• 29:33
  Speaker 7: I don't think their farm system is as good as
• 29:36
  Speaker 7: the Cubs or Yankees.
• 29:37
  Speaker 6: But you know.
• 29:38
  Speaker 7: They are all in right now, right I think they
• 29:41
  Speaker 7: smell this right now. They've got a little bit of
• 29:44
  Speaker 7: a lead, but their schedule is not going to be
• 29:46
  Speaker 7: as easy down the stretch in September's as the Yankees is.
• 29:49
  Speaker 7: So if they could end up adding another pitcher right now,
• 29:51
  Speaker 7: it might be a huge difference maker for them. But
• 29:54
  Speaker 7: those are the teams that I'm looking at the most.
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  Speaker 7: Go grab a starter.
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  Speaker 5: Speaking of teams who already have pitching, Seattle Mariners, Jerry Depoto.
• 30:03
  Speaker 5: They seem to be in this exact position every single
• 30:06
  Speaker 5: trade deadline.
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  Speaker 6: According to my.
• 30:09
  Speaker 5: Numbers, GUARDI my numbers, they're only at fifty three point
• 30:13
  Speaker 5: four percent of wins this year, which is below quota.
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  Speaker 5: What does that mean for Jerry to Poto and what
• 30:18
  Speaker 5: are the Mariners? What do you think is most likely
• 30:21
  Speaker 5: for the Mariners to do at this break to maybe
• 30:24
  Speaker 5: add a couple more wins that's sneak into the playoffs.
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  Speaker 7: Well, I mean, first of all, they got to hope
• 30:28
  Speaker 7: that Arizona sells, and they got to hope they can
• 30:30
  Speaker 7: convince them to be the team that gets Suarez or
• 30:33
  Speaker 7: Josh Naylor. Either one of them, I think either one
• 30:35
  Speaker 7: of them is the difference maker for the Seattle Mariners.
• 30:37
  Speaker 7: They got to get another bat for me. I also
• 30:40
  Speaker 7: think they need another reliever as well, And I think
• 30:42
  Speaker 7: Jerry Depota has a long history of being able to
• 30:43
  Speaker 7: go get that under the radar bullpen arm. So I
• 30:46
  Speaker 7: think you'll go get that. But you need another back
• 30:48
  Speaker 7: to length in that lineup to help out cal Rawley,
• 30:50
  Speaker 7: to help out Julio Rodriguez, and so we'll see. You know,
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  Speaker 7: I think Jerry's under an extreme amount of pressure, and
• 30:56
  Speaker 7: I don't think his job necessarily is on the line,
• 31:00
  Speaker 7: but the pressure in Seattle and from the fan base.
• 31:02
  Speaker 6: They're tired of it.
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  Speaker 7: And you know, this window to win with all this
• 31:06
  Speaker 7: great pitching isn't gonna last forever. Scar they had scares
• 31:09
  Speaker 7: this year with Kirby, they had scares with Bryce Miller,
• 31:12
  Speaker 7: they had scares with Logan Gilbert, and it's a reminder
• 31:14
  Speaker 7: how quickly pitchers can get injur him. Look at Arizona.
• 31:17
  Speaker 7: The only reason we're talking about them maybe selling, which
• 31:20
  Speaker 7: isn't a sure thing, is because Corbin Burns got hurt
• 31:23
  Speaker 7: and Zach Gallen regressed. I mean Otherwise we wouldn't be
• 31:26
  Speaker 7: talking about that. They'd be in the middle of this race.
• 31:28
  Speaker 7: And so Seattle has to take advantage of this window.
• 31:31
  Speaker 6: Now.
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  Speaker 7: Seattle has an owner that said to Jerry Depoto, he
• 31:35
  Speaker 7: will provide the money that it takes to make the
• 31:38
  Speaker 7: big move at this deadline. So they have the resources financially.
• 31:41
  Speaker 7: Number two, they have as good and deep a farm
• 31:44
  Speaker 7: system as any contending team right now.
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  Speaker 3: They have.
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  Speaker 7: There's no excuses for Jerry Depoto or Justin Holland or
• 31:52
  Speaker 7: the GM at this deadline, no excuses. You have the
• 31:54
  Speaker 7: money and you have more top one hundred prospects than
• 31:57
  Speaker 7: any contending team right now. So you know, look, you're
• 32:00
  Speaker 7: gonna have to make a painful trade. They're gonna have
• 32:02
  Speaker 7: to make a trade at this deadline that hurts. They're
• 32:06
  Speaker 7: gonna have to trade a prospect that's gonna come back
• 32:08
  Speaker 7: and haunt them.
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  Speaker 6: But you know what if.
• 32:10
  Speaker 7: They get Suarez and get them back, or they get
• 32:12
  Speaker 7: nailor back, and that's the difference, and they get to
• 32:15
  Speaker 7: October and that young pitching can show the world how
• 32:18
  Speaker 7: talented they are, and they get to the World Series.
• 32:21
  Speaker 7: I mean, how fun would it be to have a
• 32:22
  Speaker 7: Milwaukee Seattle World Series. I know Baseball would like and
• 32:25
  Speaker 7: the ratings would like it, but I'd get a chuckle
• 32:27
  Speaker 7: out of that. But you know, I think you got
• 32:30
  Speaker 7: to make the move now. This is the Mariner's time,
• 32:33
  Speaker 7: and I think there's as much pressure on Jerry to
• 32:35
  Speaker 7: Poto as there ever has been in his career.
• 32:38
  Speaker 1: One other team in that division with two minutes to
• 32:40
  Speaker 1: go here for us, the Texas Rangers. I know you've
• 32:42
  Speaker 1: liked their roster for most of the years. So two parter,
• 32:46
  Speaker 1: what do you think they'll do? And what would you do?
• 32:49
  Speaker 7: Bye bye baby, go get bats. You got as good
• 32:52
  Speaker 7: a pitching staff as there is. You get October. What
• 32:55
  Speaker 7: do you think they're gonna do? Man, They're just like
• 32:57
  Speaker 7: Seattle and Jacob de Gram is Jacob de Gram. You
• 32:59
  Speaker 7: get him a Valdi and lighter. Come on, now, we
• 33:03
  Speaker 7: just score some runs. And I believe in this team.
• 33:06
  Speaker 7: They've had a bad first half. I'm sorry, but now
• 33:09
  Speaker 7: they're creeping up there. A couple games over five hundred.
• 33:11
  Speaker 7: Corey Seger is starting to look like Corey Sieger. Marcus
• 33:14
  Speaker 7: Simeon's starting to turn the corner a little bit. Get
• 33:17
  Speaker 7: go get another bat? Or too beat Seattle to it.
• 33:19
  Speaker 7: You're in their own division. They can overtake Seattle. I'm
• 33:23
  Speaker 7: not sure anyone's gonna overtake Houston, to be honest, because
• 33:26
  Speaker 7: Houston beats all the good teams. They're fourteen and four
• 33:29
  Speaker 7: against first place teams this year, so I don't think
• 33:32
  Speaker 7: either Seattle or Texas are catching them. But I do
• 33:34
  Speaker 7: think Houston could catch Seattle if they beat him at
• 33:37
  Speaker 7: the trade deadline.
• 33:37
  Speaker 6: And just remember this about gms.
• 33:40
  Speaker 7: And I know it's coming from a former GM, but
• 33:42
  Speaker 7: the GM is just as important this next week as
• 33:45
  Speaker 7: the star player. This can be the difference whether or
• 33:49
  Speaker 7: not you make the playoffs or not. Is what can
• 33:50
  Speaker 7: the GM do to make your team better? And for me,
• 33:53
  Speaker 7: Chris Young, there's only one choice. It's not you can't sell,
• 33:57
  Speaker 7: you go buy you go get another bat, find a
• 34:00
  Speaker 7: put it.
• 34:00
  Speaker 6: I don't care if it's at first or third or DH.
• 34:03
  Speaker 6: I don't care where you put it. Go get a
• 34:05
  Speaker 6: big bat.
• 34:06
  Speaker 1: I remember two years ago a team won the World
• 34:10
  Speaker 1: Series by getting one of the prizes, and that was
• 34:14
  Speaker 1: Jordan Montgomery, and the team they beat wanted him badly,
• 34:17
  Speaker 1: the Diamondbacks. They're on the record saying they tried for him,
• 34:20
  Speaker 1: they failed. Chris Young won that battle and look what happened.
• 34:24
  Speaker 1: JB on the money as always, since this is the
• 34:27
  Speaker 1: most important time of year for the front offices, we'll
• 34:29
  Speaker 1: have you on more. We got to get all the latest,
• 34:31
  Speaker 1: but thanks for hanging with us for a few Thanks, guys,
• 34:34
  Speaker 1: appreciate it.