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Trade aftermath: Next moves for D’backs after dealing Naylor, Yankees plans after adding McMahon · Foul Territory

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  Speaker 1: Snake's Territory host Jesse Friedman is here. Great shirt and
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  Speaker 1: great episode breaking. Last night the Josh Naylor News, they
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  Speaker 1: did a little breakdown on the return for the Diamondbacks. Jesse,
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  Speaker 1: good to see. We're gonna get to that. I want
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  Speaker 1: to start with Gino Suarez. I mean, this is by
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  Speaker 1: far the best available bat at the trade deadline. The
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  Speaker 1: Yankees just took their name off the list. So what
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  Speaker 1: do you think about Gino Suarez and what he could
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  Speaker 1: bring to the table for some of the other teams
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  Speaker 1: looking for third base help, potentially Chicago, potentially Detroit, potentially
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  Speaker 1: the Mariners. Still, what do you think about where he
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  Speaker 1: could go? And what have you seen from him offense
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  Speaker 1: and defense this year that stands out.
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  Speaker 2: I mean the offense is pretty easy to talk about, right,
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  Speaker 2: I mean, the man just hits home runs in bunches.
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  Speaker 2: It's been unbelievable to watch it recently. He's up to
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  Speaker 2: thirty six home runs now for the season, and he's
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  Speaker 2: on pace for something like fifty I believe, which would
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  Speaker 2: tie a Diamondbacks franchise record if he actually stuck around
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  Speaker 2: and did that. So yeah, I mean I think we
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  Speaker 2: all know Scott the teams love power this time of year,
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  Speaker 2: if you're a contender and trying to put yourself in
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  Speaker 2: position to go on a deep playoff run. I think
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  Speaker 2: it's well documented at this point that home runs are
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  Speaker 2: a really big part of the equation, and if you
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  Speaker 2: want home runs, there's really no one better on the
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  Speaker 2: market than Gino Suarez, certainly not on the defensive side.
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  Speaker 2: I do wonder if maybe that played a role in
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  Speaker 2: the Yankees calculus in pivoting to Ryan McMahon. Gino Suarez
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  Speaker 2: is by no means a terrible third basement at this
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  Speaker 2: stage in his career, but I think it's safe to
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  Speaker 2: say that he's slipped a little bit defensively. Just looking
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  Speaker 2: at outs above average over on Baseball Savant, he was
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  Speaker 2: at positive twelve a couple years ago with the Mariners,
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  Speaker 2: he was at plus three last year with the Diamondbacks,
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  Speaker 2: and this year he's at minus six up to this
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  Speaker 2: point in the season. So you know, I wouldn't necessarily
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  Speaker 2: call him a lot ability out there, but the Yankees
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  Speaker 2: are definitely getting a better defender in Ryan McMahon at
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  Speaker 2: third base.
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  Speaker 1: If we're playing the prediction game, do you have any
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  Speaker 1: thoughts on where you think he could end up sometimes
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  Speaker 1: I also do this, and it's helpful. Where have teams
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  Speaker 1: made deals in the past because these guys are friends
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  Speaker 1: with some of their colleagues or some of their competitors
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  Speaker 1: around the game, and that helps lead to trade some
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  Speaker 1: of them just see eye to eye better. The Diamondbacks
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  Speaker 1: and Mariners have done some dealing, so that makes sense.
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  Speaker 1: The one way I'll go against the conversations or the
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  Speaker 1: rumors about Gino Suarez also ending up in Seattle is
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  Speaker 1: that the Mariners didn't love him. They traded him away,
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  Speaker 1: so they are looking for an impact bat in that lineup.
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  Speaker 1: They definitely helped themselves out with Naylor, but I do
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  Speaker 1: feel like they called him out a little bit. Jerry
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  Speaker 1: Depoto was very vocal after that season where the Mariners
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  Speaker 1: were a strikeout mess, and then they were the next
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  Speaker 1: year as well, so we're talking about after twenty three.
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  Speaker 1: He's like, we need to get better. We cannot have
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  Speaker 1: this much swing and miss in our offense. And in
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  Speaker 1: that ballpark, I felt like he was taking a direct
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  Speaker 1: shot at Gino Suarez. Not for the person he is.
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  Speaker 1: He's a great dude, he's very lovable in the clubhouse,
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  Speaker 1: but for the swing and miss that he has in
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  Speaker 1: his game in the streakiness. So why would the Mariners
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  Speaker 1: suddenly say, Okay, now we're going to pay top dollar
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  Speaker 1: at the trade market to bring this back.
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  Speaker 2: I'm with you, I think that's a pretty logical line
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  Speaker 2: of reasoning there. I too would be surprised if the
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  Speaker 2: Mariners were actually the team that made this move. I
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  Speaker 2: know there were a lot of reports yesterday that, oh,
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  Speaker 2: the Mariners are still in on Gino even though they
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  Speaker 2: just acquired Josh Naylor. But it almost feels like those
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  Speaker 2: reports always happened. You know, when a team trades for
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  Speaker 2: the teammate of one of the players that they're rumored
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  Speaker 2: to be interested in. You know, feels like there's always
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  Speaker 2: rumors like, oh that you know they're still interested in
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  Speaker 2: that other player too. But it feels like we don't
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  Speaker 2: normally see that type of thing happen. And yeah, I
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  Speaker 2: mean when the Diamondbacks fired Ao Henio Suarez a couple
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  Speaker 2: of years ago, he was not a premium asset. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: I don't know if it would be totally fair to
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  Speaker 2: call it a salary dump, but I don't think it
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  Speaker 2: would be all that off base either. I mean, the
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  Speaker 2: Diamondbacks only gave the Mariner Sebbi Zavala, who is a
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  Speaker 2: backup catcher, and then Carlos Vargas, who was a right
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  Speaker 2: handed reliever. Continues to be a factor for the Mariners.
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  Speaker 2: He's in their major league bullpen right now. But by
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  Speaker 2: no means was a top prospect at the time. His
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  Speaker 2: command was way off at that point in his career.
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  Speaker 2: More of a lottery ticket sort of sort of player
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  Speaker 2: if anything. So yeah, I would be a little surprised
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  Speaker 2: if it wound up being the Mariners. As far as
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  Speaker 2: some other teams in the mix, it's it's really hard
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  Speaker 2: to say. I mean, I know the Cincinnati Reds have
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  Speaker 2: had reported interest, and we know that the Reds love
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  Speaker 2: Gino Suarez. I think there's probably no secrets there. He
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  Speaker 2: has a long history in that ballpark. We know the
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  Speaker 2: fan base loves him, and he's pretty far removed from
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  Speaker 2: his time in Cincinnati at this point. I could maybe
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  Speaker 2: see that happening. And but I mean, there's there's a
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  Speaker 2: lot of other teams in the mix here. The Diamondbacks
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  Speaker 2: have made some trades with the Brewers in the past,
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  Speaker 2: maybe maybe that becomes a thing. The Tigers are here
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  Speaker 2: as well, the Cubs. It's it's it's really hard to say,
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  Speaker 2: but it looks like the market for Gino is going
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  Speaker 2: to be quite a bit more robust than the market
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  Speaker 2: for Josh Naylor.
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  Speaker 3: Even with the Yankees out of it, even with one team,
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  Speaker 3: by the way twinning today. But we go love it
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  Speaker 3: even with the Yankees out of it. Anytime we talk
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  Speaker 3: about free agency and the big players are out on
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  Speaker 3: a free agent, the value goes down. Have the have
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  Speaker 3: the Diamondbacks in past history overvalue a player and then
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  Speaker 3: kind of missed out because they didn't keep the market
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  Speaker 3: open for everybody.
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  Speaker 2: That's a good question. I mean, this is almost uncharted
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  Speaker 2: territory for Diamondbacks general manager Mike Hazen. I mean, he's
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  Speaker 2: been around this organization for for a long time. This
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  Speaker 2: would be his ninth season as the general manager of
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  Speaker 2: this team. But the Diamondbacks haven't sold a whole lot
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  Speaker 2: under Mike Haysen. They've made a few trades here and there.
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  Speaker 2: They traded Zach Granky to the Astros back in twenty nineteen.
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  Speaker 2: They traded Starling Marte in twenty twenty when he was
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  Speaker 2: playing really well at the time. But you know, Granky
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  Speaker 2: had a really big contract. The Diamondbacks had to eat
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  Speaker 2: a good portion of that in order to facilitate the
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  Speaker 2: trade Starling Marte. You know, it was twenty twenty, so
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  Speaker 2: you were only getting him for a month at that point.
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  Speaker 2: I believe he had.
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  Speaker 1: A club option after that as well.
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  Speaker 2: So, you know, the d Backs under Hazen have not
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  Speaker 2: done particularly well in cell trades. You look back at
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  Speaker 2: that granky deal and really they didn't wind up getting
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  Speaker 2: much value in there at all. Josh Rojas was definitely
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  Speaker 2: the most productive player, but then they of course traded
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  Speaker 2: him to the Mariners as part of the Paul Seawall
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  Speaker 2: trade a couple years ago. So the track record here
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  Speaker 2: isn't great. I'm not sure we have an exact comparison between,
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  Speaker 2: you know, what the Gino Suarez market looks like right
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  Speaker 2: now and what a market has looked like for any
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  Speaker 2: other Diamondbacks rentals here in recent seasons. But it'll be
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  Speaker 2: interesting to see if Hazen can kind of change course
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  Speaker 2: a little bit here and do pretty well for himself
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  Speaker 2: in some of these deals. Jesse.
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  Speaker 3: One of the things that Ken Rosenthal, who was just
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  Speaker 3: on the show said was he's hearing that it won't
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  Speaker 3: be Gallon and Kelly, it would be one or the other.
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  Speaker 3: Do you feel like that's a misstep for the Diamondbacks?
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  Speaker 3: I mean citing the fact that, yes, they still do
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  Speaker 3: have to get through the rest of their games with innings.
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  Speaker 3: But do you feel like that's a misstep for a
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  Speaker 3: team that, in my opinion, still can compete next year
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  Speaker 3: and the next year after that with filling some holes.
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  Speaker 3: But getting something for both of those guys, to me,
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  Speaker 3: seems like the route they should be going.
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  Speaker 2: I agree with you Kratz, Yeah, I think that if
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  Speaker 2: you're going to sell a little, you might as well
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  Speaker 2: sell a lot when it comes to your rental players.
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  Speaker 2: I don't really understand the thinking of trying to hold
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  Speaker 2: on to some of these guys. I mean, would the
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  Speaker 2: Dbacks be a lot less watchable the rest of the
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  Speaker 2: season without Zach Gallen and Merril Kelly. Yes, for sure.
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  Speaker 2: Pitching depth has been a problem for them this year,
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  Speaker 2: and I think you're probably looking at Anthony di scliffani
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  Speaker 2: stepping in to a rotation spot. They would probably bring
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  Speaker 2: Bryce Jarvis up from Triple A as well. His track
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  Speaker 2: record in the majors as a starter certainly has not
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  Speaker 2: been great, so it might be a little ugly, but
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  Speaker 2: as you said, this is a team that still has
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  Speaker 2: the ability to contend I think in twenty twenty six
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  Speaker 2: and beyond, and so it feels like you'd want to
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  Speaker 2: just get every possible asset out of what's really been
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  Speaker 2: a mess of a season for them if you can.
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  Speaker 2: The only caveat that I'll give here is that you
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  Speaker 2: could give both of these guys qualifying offers. So there's
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  Speaker 2: a world where you capitalize on the trade value with
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  Speaker 2: one of them, and you move one guy, and then
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  Speaker 2: in the off season you give the other guy a
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  Speaker 2: qualifying offer. You know, likely they reject it, although I
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  Speaker 2: guess with Meryl Kelly maybe there's a world where he
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  Speaker 2: would accept it. But if the player rejects it and
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  Speaker 2: they signed somewhere else for fifty million dollars or more,
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  Speaker 2: certainly would expect Zach Gallen to hit that number at
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  Speaker 2: least most likely, then you're getting a draft pick after
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  Speaker 2: the first round. So I don't think it's like an
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  Speaker 2: egregious decision necessarily. If they don't deal both of these guys,
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  Speaker 2: you know, maybe the return just isn't quite what they
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  Speaker 2: want it to be and they'd rather just have a
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  Speaker 2: draft pick instead. But yeah, I have a feeling, given
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  Speaker 2: the state of this market, that they could do pretty
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  Speaker 2: well for both of these.
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  Speaker 1: Guys, Jesse last one. For anyone else. We're missing in
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  Speaker 1: terms of pieces that could be dealt big or small
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  Speaker 1: by the Diamondbacks. I listened to the full episode last night.
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  Speaker 1: Was great. I heard you guys lightly sprinkling a Lord
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  Speaker 1: of Scuriel conversation, but I haven't seen anything from insiders,
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  Speaker 1: so I think d Backs fans can take a big breath.
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  Speaker 1: But I'm not sure anyone else or do you think
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  Speaker 1: that there's a chance he could be moved.
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  Speaker 2: I think there's a chance Lordis could be moved at
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  Speaker 2: a local reporter here, John Gambadoro, who has definitely has
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  Speaker 2: some sourcing. He did say that some teams have asked
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  Speaker 2: about him, but you know, he's not a premium ass set.
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  Speaker 2: He's not Gino Suarez. He really has not had a
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  Speaker 2: very good season. He's been basically a replacement level player,
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  Speaker 2: and his contract situation is interesting. He could opt out
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  Speaker 2: after this season, in which case is just a two
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  Speaker 2: month rental, or he could opt in for next year
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  Speaker 2: as well, and then whatever team acquired him would be
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  Speaker 2: paying him. I think it's around thirteen fourteen million dollars
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  Speaker 2: in twenty twenty six, and he hasn't really played up
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  Speaker 2: to that level this year. So the Diamondbacks might like
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  Speaker 2: to move Lordis Guriel Junior just to get off of
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  Speaker 2: the money for next year. I'm not sure if they're
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  Speaker 2: going to find a taker on that. As far as
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  Speaker 2: other players go, there are some some more expiring contracts here.
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  Speaker 2: Randall Gritchik has a mutual option for next year, which
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  Speaker 2: we don't really ever see those come to fruition on
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  Speaker 2: both sides. So I think Gritschick is a team as
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  Speaker 2: a player that teams could look at and then in
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  Speaker 2: the bullpen, Theoretically they could get Shelby Miller and Jalen
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  Speaker 2: Beeks back from injury here pretty soon, and both of
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  Speaker 2: those guys also have their contracts up at the end
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  Speaker 2: of the year. I don't think you're getting a ton
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  Speaker 2: necessarily for either of them, but Shelby Miller has actually
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  Speaker 2: had a really good season for the d Backs in
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  Speaker 2: the bullpen, so you know, relievers certainly in high demand
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  Speaker 2: this time of year. Wouldn't shock me if a team
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  Speaker 2: made a run at him as well.
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  Speaker 1: Jesse great stuff dude, really appreciate it. On the way
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  Speaker 1: even if you're not a fan of the Diamondbacks, because
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  Speaker 1: you're gonna listen to all of the players that are
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  Speaker 1: getting dealt away here, including Josh Naylor who just got
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  Speaker 2: Okay, all right, sounds good, guys, Thanks for having me.
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  Speaker 1: Joining us right now. You gotta be all over your
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  Speaker 1: Pinstripe Territory and his channel dedicated to the Yankees covering
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  Speaker 1: this Ryan McMahon news, but we get him for a
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  Speaker 1: few minutes on FT. Derek, good to see you. Are
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  Speaker 1: you happy? Am I getting a smile out of this deal?
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  Speaker 1: What do you think?
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  Speaker 3: You know?
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  Speaker 4: First of all, shout out to Jesse Freeman a Snake's Territory,
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  Speaker 4: Your previous guest fabulous chairs, stylist chairs. But this move
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  Speaker 4: I don't think it catapults the Yankees to the top
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  Speaker 4: of the standings, but I think it does move the
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  Speaker 4: needle a little bit in the right direction.
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  Speaker 1: Right.
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  Speaker 4: He's better than both Oswald Parrazza and youor but Vivas offensively.
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  Speaker 1: Right.
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  Speaker 4: I know fans aren't going to be excited about the
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  Speaker 4: two seventeen average, but he's got sixteen home runs, he's
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  Speaker 4: approven major league hitter, and defensively he was very good.
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  Speaker 4: The Yankees played the Rockies in Colorado and they played
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  Speaker 4: Hi at Yankee Stadium, and both times he looked good defensively.
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  Speaker 4: To me anyway, I don't get a chance to watch
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  Speaker 4: him every day, but I'm excited to I know fans
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  Speaker 4: are not super pumped about the offense, but defensively, a
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  Speaker 4: big play from a slick defender can kind of be
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  Speaker 4: like a red bull for a couple of innings. Every
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  Speaker 4: time Bellinger makes a big play, seems like the Yankees
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  Speaker 4: pick up a little bit of momentum. So maybe you're
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  Speaker 4: adding a little bit of that factor.
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  Speaker 3: Okay, are you upset about his home road splits As
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  Speaker 3: a left handed hitter.
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  Speaker 4: I actually haven't dug two deep into his splits because
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  Speaker 4: the trade just happened and I had to hop on
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  Speaker 4: the show real quick. But I feel like Colorado feels
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  Speaker 4: like a place where you can, you know, if you
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  Speaker 4: get the ball in the air, hit the ball out
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  Speaker 4: of the ballpark, and Yankee Stadium is the same way.
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  Speaker 4: So I'm not sure how much he's going to be
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  Speaker 4: effective both. You know, both places are offensive spots right
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  Speaker 4: for a left handed hitter, But I haven't had a
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  Speaker 4: chance to dive into his numbers yet.
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  Speaker 3: Okay, go ahead, Scottie Kratz.
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  Speaker 1: I just wanted to see the classic question and I
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  Speaker 1: was bringing up here at Jim Bowden, who's our resident
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  Speaker 1: gym on this show, really pointed to how the Yankees
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  Speaker 1: were not that hot on Gino Suarez. They were super
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  Speaker 1: focused on improving the defense, even if that means getting
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  Speaker 1: a far less effective bat and powerful bat. Do you
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  Speaker 1: agree with that decision?
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  Speaker 3: I agree.
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  Speaker 4: I mean, the problems that the Yankees have faced this
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  Speaker 4: year have not been necessarily offensive, although they've had stretches
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  Speaker 4: where the offense hasn't been great. The problems have been
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  Speaker 4: the same thing that plagued them in the World Series,
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  Speaker 4: which is fundamental baseball defense. Base running in Ryan McMahon,
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  Speaker 4: they're getting an above average base runner. He's in the
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  Speaker 4: seventy third percent tile and base running run value according
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  Speaker 4: to Baseball Savant, and in fielding run value who's in
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  Speaker 4: the eightieth percent tile. So this is a guy who
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  Speaker 4: metrically fixes a couple of areas where they've shown that
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  Speaker 4: they're deficient. Now Suarez, yeah, he's a big bat. He
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  Speaker 4: might win you a playoff game with a big home run,
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  Speaker 4: and obviously he would be further protection for Aaron Judge.
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  Speaker 4: But he you know, he doesn't move the needle defensively.
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  Speaker 4: He's not a good defender. So I think that the
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  Speaker 4: Yankees are trying to address an area of weakness for
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  Speaker 4: once rather than just, oh, let's go out and get
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  Speaker 4: the guy who has the most home runs. And I
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  Speaker 4: think that's a smart move.
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  Speaker 3: Does this help Anthony Volpi play better defense at short
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  Speaker 3: because my argument is when you have a little bit
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  Speaker 3: of lackluster defense a third your shortstop has to cover,
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  Speaker 3: whether it's subconscious or it's actually conscious, least you know
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  Speaker 3: you're shading more towards third base. Is there a hope
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  Speaker 3: that it improves his defense?
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  Speaker 4: I mean, maybe Oswald Piazza wasn't necessarily known as being
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  Speaker 4: a bad defender. He's a good defender. He's made some
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  Speaker 4: tough plays, you know this year that in big spots
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  Speaker 4: where they were errors or he's thrown the ball away
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  Speaker 4: or whatever. But his problem is not range. I think
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  Speaker 4: he's a superior defender to Anthony Volpi in fact, but
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  Speaker 4: anything that you know, Ryan mcmahonn bring to the table
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  Speaker 4: in terms of range, so that Volpi can maybe slide
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  Speaker 4: to his left a little bit or you know where
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  Speaker 4: he doesn't have to throw it as far. Maybe that
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  Speaker 4: that helps, because the throwers have been the majority of
• 16:09
  Speaker 4: the issues for Volpi.
• 16:11
  Speaker 3: All right, where's the rest of the wish list? You're
• 16:14
  Speaker 3: not sitting on even though it is it is Christmas
• 16:17
  Speaker 3: in July today, July twenty fifth, you're not sitting on
• 16:20
  Speaker 3: my lap for a wish list. Okay, what is the
• 16:22
  Speaker 3: rest of the Yankees wish list?
• 16:25
  Speaker 4: You know, I've seen people talking about O'Neil Cruz lately,
• 16:28
  Speaker 4: but I don't think that's the move. I think you
• 16:30
  Speaker 4: got to focus on the pen. You know, any relievers
• 16:34
  Speaker 4: that you can get out there, and it's not necessarily
• 16:36
  Speaker 4: the big name guys. I was really into Felix Bautista,
• 16:41
  Speaker 4: but he's apparently had some injury problems. So maybe they'll
• 16:45
  Speaker 4: just pick up somebody like a Mason Miller and just
• 16:47
  Speaker 4: empty the farm. I don't know, but I think they
• 16:49
  Speaker 4: need a flame thrower in the bullpen. I think they
• 16:52
  Speaker 4: need somebody who can shut down some of these rallies
• 16:55
  Speaker 4: that they've been giving up. You know, if you get
• 16:57
  Speaker 4: more strikeouts, you don't have to rely on defense as much.
• 17:01
  Speaker 4: Jonathan Lowisega has not been good since coming back. Weaver's
• 17:04
  Speaker 4: been a little bit up and down.
• 17:06
  Speaker 3: You know.
• 17:06
  Speaker 4: Devin Williams Era is still over four, so how much
• 17:09
  Speaker 4: can you really trust him this year? You know, and
• 17:11
  Speaker 4: he was better for a little bit, but then he
• 17:13
  Speaker 4: had a rough patch last week. I would focus on
• 17:15
  Speaker 4: the bullpen. I know that they're interested in adding a
• 17:18
  Speaker 4: starting pitcher. Also, you know, we lost Clark Schmidt. We
• 17:21
  Speaker 4: obviously haven't had Garrett Cole all year. We are getting
• 17:24
  Speaker 4: Louise heel Back, and Cashman is known to view that
• 17:28
  Speaker 4: as a basically a trade deadline type of acquisition adding
• 17:32
  Speaker 4: him in. But I think they're going to focus on pitching.
• 17:37
  Speaker 1: Okay, Derek, good stuff, Thank you. For hopping on and
• 17:40
  Speaker 1: again a big reminder to everyone to check out Derek's channel,
• 17:43
  Speaker 1: especially right now, for much more on the Ryan McMahon acquisition.
• 17:47
  Speaker 1: He'll be on postgame after Yanks two and a lot
• 17:49
  Speaker 1: more conversation about this. Derek, thanks for the time, dude.
• 17:52
  Speaker 1: There's the pretty promo and the beautiful, beautiful graphics that
• 17:56
  Speaker 1: are on the show every day. Good stuff, Derek, appreciate you, man.