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🚨TRADE!🚨 Pirates acquire Brandon Lowe, Jake Mangum, and Mason Montgomery · Bucco Territory: A Pittsburgh Pirates Podcast

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Speaker 1: What's up, everybody? Welcome back to another episode of Bucco
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Speaker 1: Territory presented by the Foul Territory Network. I'm Noah Hyles.
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Speaker 1: He is Platinum Key aka Mark and Mark the hit
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Speaker 1: the Sirens. Let's go breaking news trade alert. The Pirates
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Speaker 1: make another big move here in December. They acquire Brandon Lee,
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Speaker 1: Jake Mangum, and Mason Montgomery in a three team trade,
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Speaker 1: and all they gave up Mark is Mike Burrows. I
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Speaker 1: have a lot of analysis on this deal, but I
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Speaker 1: know the fan and you has to be going absolutely
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Speaker 1: nuts right now because it seems like they got a
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Speaker 1: lot for only giving up one.
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Speaker 2: I like a huge like whoo. As soon as I
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Speaker 2: saw that Ken rosensaw like the Pirates are getting closed,
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Speaker 2: like rubbing my hands together, like come on, come on,
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Speaker 2: make this happen. And once we saw that it's been
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Speaker 2: confirmed pending medicals, Yeah, I mean this is so exciting.
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Speaker 2: This is exactly what we've been begging the Pirates to do.
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Speaker 2: We've been saying, hey, Brandon Lowes right there, go get
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Speaker 2: him and look at that they date. So yeah, I'm ecstatic.
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Speaker 2: The excitement levels palpable, and it feels like this seems
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Speaker 2: a lot closer than they were just a few hours.
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Speaker 1: Ago, right And I want to start by saying this,
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Speaker 1: this is by no means a winning ball club right now,
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Speaker 1: as currently assembled. You look at their lineup, I mean,
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Speaker 1: you could still argue they have a pretty big hole
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Speaker 1: at catcher, at least offensively. I mean, first base looks
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Speaker 1: pretty good, second base looks pretty good. Shortstop will look
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Speaker 1: pretty good come like May. But third base was a
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Speaker 1: question heading into the offseason. It's still a question. And
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Speaker 1: then I think you can maybe add either a corner
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Speaker 1: outfield spot or the designated hitter spot as another question.
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Speaker 1: I think if you address those two spots third base
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Speaker 1: and either primary DH or another outfielder, and made Reynolds
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Speaker 1: the primary DH, now you're really cooking with someone or something.
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Speaker 1: But this is a big first step or a big
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Speaker 1: second step, I should say. The first step is getting
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Speaker 1: was getting Garcia from the Red Sox, and we're gonna
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Speaker 1: talk about how he kind of fits into all of this.
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Speaker 1: But Mark, obviously the headliner of this deal is Brandon Lau,
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Speaker 1: a guy the Pirates have been reportedly interested in for
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Speaker 1: quite some time now, someone who they've been rumored to
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Speaker 1: be honing in on since you know, the start of
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Speaker 1: this offseason, and they get a guy that profiles to
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Speaker 1: be exactly what they were looking to bring in this offseason.
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Speaker 1: He doesn't have a ton of club control, but this
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Speaker 1: is a guy who hit thirty home runs last year.
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Speaker 1: I will say, I think he played in a pretty
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Speaker 1: hitter friendly park, so maybe the number won't be as
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Speaker 1: high this next year. But even if it's twenty five,
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Speaker 1: even if it's twenty, I mean, he's a professional at bat.
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Speaker 1: He's someone who provides consistent of above average power from
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Speaker 1: the left side of the plate. That's what they needed,
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Speaker 1: that's what they needed, and I think he's someone that
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Speaker 1: lengthens that lineup, someone that maybe gives a little bit
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Speaker 1: more protection to Reynolds and Cruz. Maybe you pack between
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Speaker 1: those two guys, maybe you bat him in front in
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Speaker 1: front of one of them, and then find another guy
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Speaker 1: and maybe your right handed bat to put in front
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Speaker 1: of the other. But overall he's the headliner. Brandon Low's
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Speaker 1: a pirate. Look at your smile, Mark, give me y.
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Speaker 2: I've been smiling just literally since this happened. Finally we
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Speaker 2: have some extra power. We have another left handed bat.
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Speaker 2: Everything that we've been asking for all offseason, and I
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Speaker 2: mean there's not necessarily a lot to break down just
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Speaker 2: because it's like, yeah, this is an awesome move at
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Speaker 2: a price that is very palatable. I mean, to only
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Speaker 2: give up Mike Burrows and we'll get into the other
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Speaker 2: pieces here, but just Burrows for Law, I think there's
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Speaker 2: questions if that been enough. Yeah, Loo only has one
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Speaker 2: year left on his contract, but you don't get too
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Speaker 2: many second basemen that are going to hit thirty home runs, right, Yeah,
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Speaker 2: So I mean you got to pay to get players
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Speaker 2: of Loo's quality, and I feel like Burrows is a
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Speaker 2: very fair asking price.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, And you know, it's not like they just gave
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Speaker 1: up Burrows for Loo. I think it's important to highlight
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Speaker 1: the other two guys in this return because they are
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Speaker 1: more long term assets. I mean, Mangum last year played
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Speaker 1: one hundred and eighteen games as a twenty eight year
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Speaker 1: old rookie, where he hit two ninety six was worse,
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Speaker 1: I believe one point six v. War. He's a switch hitter,
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Speaker 1: a guy who's above average defender, who runs the bases
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Speaker 1: really well. Not a ton of pop. But mark, to
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Speaker 1: circle back to the first deal they made this offseason
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Speaker 1: getting Garcia from the Red Sox. This is a perfect
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Speaker 1: platoon exactly in my opinion. You have a guy who's
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Speaker 1: kind of boom or bust, who hits from the right
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Speaker 1: side with a ton of power, who's super young in Garcia,
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Speaker 1: and you pair him with an older guy, someone who
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Speaker 1: played a ton of college baseball. He's the SEC's all
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Speaker 1: time hits leader, he hits from both sides of the play,
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Speaker 1: who's probably the better defender of the two, who can
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Speaker 1: steal a lot of bases, he can be a late
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Speaker 1: game sub at all three outfield positions. Essentially, he's the
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Speaker 1: guy that they wanted g one base at the major
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Speaker 1: league level. And so I love the way this platoon
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Speaker 1: unfolds because you have a little bit of everything. You
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Speaker 1: have some speed, you have some power, you have some
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Speaker 1: bat to ball skills, you have a little bit of
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Speaker 1: age versus a little bit of youth. Both of these
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Speaker 1: guys have minor league options. I think Mangum still has
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Speaker 1: three minor league option years, and Garcia should have all
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Speaker 1: of his minor league options because he only played five
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Speaker 1: major league games last year. So theoretically, I think that's
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Speaker 1: probably going to be one of your corner outfield spots
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Speaker 1: with Reynolds occupying right field. I see those two probably
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Speaker 1: competing to be everyday guys and left I think Mangum
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Speaker 1: probably gets that spot to start just because he was
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Speaker 1: in every player last year. He probably wouldn't have been
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Speaker 1: an everyday player for the Rays, but I think he
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Speaker 1: profiles well. He's not a game changer, but he is.
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Speaker 1: He's a solid platoon guy that you can have on
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Speaker 1: your roster for the foreseeable future.
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Speaker 2: I love him the other bench that's that's speed defense,
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Speaker 2: like late in the game. You know, if you're in
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Speaker 2: the playoffs, he's a great guy to have on your
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Speaker 2: playoff roster.
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Speaker 1: He is, and there's gonna be stretches throughout the season
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Speaker 1: where you know, ONEO Cruz might go down for ten days,
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Speaker 1: or Reynolds or heck, someone else. And this is a
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Speaker 1: guy that you know, if you're studying one hundred and
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Speaker 1: sixty two games, that's probably not the best. But if
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Speaker 1: he has to be your leadoff hitter, if he has
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Speaker 1: to be, you know, a primary starter for a month
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Speaker 1: or two, I don't think it's the end of the world.
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Speaker 1: Because he did it for the Tampa Bay Rays, who
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Speaker 1: were semi competitive last year, despite you know, some pretty
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Speaker 1: tough accommodations they had to play through. The other part
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Speaker 1: of this return is also intriguing Montgomery. He seems to
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Speaker 1: be the bigger throw in of the three, I would say,
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Speaker 1: but at the end of the day, Mark, I mean,
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Speaker 1: this is a guy. He's a left hander who's fastball
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Speaker 1: sits one hundred. The Pirates something to work. Yeah, and
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Speaker 1: the Pirates do well with these types of guys. They
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Speaker 1: they have a really good, you know, pitching group who
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Speaker 1: will now look to maximize this guy. I mean, yeah,
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Speaker 1: the fastball, the fastball v low per Baseball savant is
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Speaker 1: in the ninety seventh percentile, as is the whift rate.
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Speaker 1: The k rate is at the ninetieth percentile, chase rate
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Speaker 1: at eighty third percentile, So the stuff is clearly nasty.
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Speaker 2: But I think his fastball has like a lot of
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Speaker 2: induced vertical break as well to twenty some IVB.
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Speaker 1: So yeah, and he's a he's a he's a simple
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Speaker 1: two pitch guys, fastball slider. The Pirates teach these guys well,
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Speaker 1: I mean some names come to mind, like Jared Jones.
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Speaker 1: Obviously he's throwing from the left side, but yeah, he's wild.
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Speaker 1: I mean, the twelve point nine percent walk rate isn't great.
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Speaker 1: I mean the barrel raid is still not ideal at
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Speaker 1: a thirty second percent tile nine point three percent. Yeah,
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Speaker 1: in the in the standard baseball card numbers aren't pretty.
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Speaker 1: I mean, he had a five point sixty seven earned
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Speaker 1: run average last year. But again, this is a guy
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Speaker 1: who was a sixth round pick. He's twenty five years old,
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Speaker 1: and he's a lefty who's going to pitch out of
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Speaker 1: your bullpen, and his top pitch is a one hundred
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Speaker 1: miles poor fastball. And if he's your throw in in
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Speaker 1: addition to a platoon guy who has tons of control
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Speaker 1: and Brandon Lowe who hit thirty home runs last year
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Speaker 1: at second base, and you're giving up. And that's where
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Speaker 1: we can pivot this conversation Mike Burrows. Who let's take
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Speaker 1: a look at Burrows. He was an impressive rookie last year,
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Speaker 1: no doubt. But there's a chance this guy didn't He
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Speaker 1: wasn't even going to make the opening day rotation as
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Speaker 1: is it currently assembled. Now, there's a chance that he
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Speaker 1: could keep the ball rolling and do really well in Houston.
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Speaker 1: I wouldn't be shocked by that. At all. But if
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Speaker 1: I had to choose between keeping him or braxtonn Ash,
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Speaker 1: I would keep Ashcraft. If I had to choose between
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Speaker 1: keeping him or Hunter Barco, I would keep Barco. I mean,
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Speaker 1: I think I would trade Harrington ahead of Burrows, but
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Speaker 1: I don't think you get this return for Harrington. And
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Speaker 1: I'm certainly not moving Bubba Chandler for something like this.
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Speaker 1: So this tells me that a Mitch Keller is probably
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Speaker 1: sticking around now, which is something I did not expect
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Speaker 1: to say this winter. And b I mean, Burrows is
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Speaker 1: just a guy again, not a guarantee to make this
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Speaker 1: starting rotation, and his health isn't a guarantee. He's only
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Speaker 1: a few years removed from Tommy John surgery, certainly showed
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Speaker 1: a lot of promises, change ups, a nasty pitch. I
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Speaker 1: wish him all the best in Houston. I had some
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Speaker 1: good conversations with him during his rookie season last year.
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Speaker 1: But if you would have told me that you could
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Speaker 1: just get Mangam and Montgomery for Burrows, I would strongly
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Speaker 1: consider making that deal. The fact that you're getting low
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Speaker 1: in addition is remarkable. I think this is one of
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Speaker 1: Chrrington's best trades.
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Speaker 2: I was just about to say, this feels like out
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Speaker 2: I'm trying to think what would be a better Charrington
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Speaker 2: trade than this. I love it, so, I mean it's
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Speaker 2: extremely fairly priced and it sets up free agency now too.
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Speaker 2: You're just talking last or a couple of days ago
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Speaker 2: about how you know, if the Pirates were to make
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Speaker 2: a trade before they go after some of these free agents,
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Speaker 2: that might push people a little bit more to sign
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Speaker 2: with the Pirates, seeing, oh, now I have allow in
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Speaker 2: the lineup behind me or in front of me, I
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Speaker 2: have a little bit of extra protection. This team actually
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Speaker 2: seems like they're committed to winning, to competing. Yeah, it's
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Speaker 2: a really encouraging move.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, so now let's let's talk about what's next here.
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Speaker 1: Like we said, I mean, it's harder to see Keller
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Speaker 1: go now, right, And honestly, you feel pretty good about that.
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Speaker 2: I'm smiling to you for that.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, you're looking at what this rotation can be. If
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Speaker 1: you were to go into next year with Brandon Law
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Speaker 1: in your lineup, with potentially other additions and some young,
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Speaker 1: controllable outfielders, you can plan platoon and your top three
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Speaker 1: is Skeins, Keller, Chandler. Yeah, with Ashcraft at the four,
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Speaker 1: and then we can talk about what else could be
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Speaker 1: at the five. Be it Hunter Barco, be it you know,
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Speaker 1: a Thomas Harrington, maybe somebody else. So let's talk about
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Speaker 1: how they fail out the rest of this team. I'll
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Speaker 1: give my thoughts real quick. I think there's still two
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Speaker 1: bats away Connor Griffin Aside. You look at third base
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Speaker 1: and you look at either designated hitter or another outfield spot. However,
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Speaker 1: you want to play Reynolds next year, if you want
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Speaker 1: to make him your primary DH and go acquire another outfielder,
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Speaker 1: I think you can do that. If you can go
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Speaker 1: get a primary DH, maybe a Marzello Zuna, and you
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Speaker 1: and you're comfortable having Reynolds be her everyday right fielder. Again,
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Speaker 1: I think that's fine too. Obviously you're probably sacrificing some
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Speaker 1: defense for offense there, but I don't I don't have
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Speaker 1: a huge issue with that. Third base is clearly the
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Speaker 1: only place in the infield that really is an area
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Speaker 1: of need. Now, Mark, I mean, what's your shopping list
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Speaker 1: look like?
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think third base is where I would start.
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Speaker 2: Murkami's got just three days left before he signs somewhere
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Speaker 2: on Monday and then you have Okamota January fourth. So
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Speaker 2: I'd look at one of those two guys. I know
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Speaker 2: Murkami's got a lot of concerns, but at the same time,
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Speaker 2: you know, you gotta take a risk and gotta find
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Speaker 2: power somewhere add to this lineup. So third base is
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Speaker 2: where I would start. I would also consider, I mean
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Speaker 2: possibly adding a lefty starting pitcher. Again, we talked about that,
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Speaker 2: maybe like a hose A King Tana or someone just
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Speaker 2: to add in and then start filling out that outfield
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Speaker 2: or dh. I I like the Osuna idea. I think
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Speaker 2: O'Hearn would be awesome.
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Speaker 1: It would probably be more desirable, right yeah, A long terms.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, so yeah, I mean any of those, like two
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Speaker 2: of those guys just take this team to another level yet.
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Speaker 2: And so yeah, it's it's right on the press a piss.
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Speaker 2: It feels like you can see the path forward.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm gonna throw out some names that I like.
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Speaker 1: I still think they need to do their veteran left
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Speaker 1: handed handed signing like we talked about on our last show,
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Speaker 1: And I think like a Nestor Cortes even makes more sense.
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Speaker 1: Now you sign him with the understanding that look like
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Speaker 1: you're gonna have a spot in the rotation until Hunter
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Speaker 1: bart goes ready. And if you're performing well, then we'll
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Speaker 1: move Braxton Ashcraft to the bullpen and we'll have two
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Speaker 1: lefties in the rotation. If you're not performing well, you
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Speaker 1: get moved to the bullpen, or we send you your
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Speaker 1: walking papers, either way. I also look at the potential moves,
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Speaker 1: and I know everyone's thinking free agency, right, Everyone's thinking
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Speaker 1: Okamoda or Mari Kami or you know, banging the table
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Speaker 1: for Gino Suarez. I think they still have a lot
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Speaker 1: of trade capital to work with as well as far
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Speaker 1: as prospects are concerned, because they haven't traded really any
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Speaker 1: of them. Mark you look. I mean I went into
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Speaker 1: this offseason having conversations with people. I expected to Tamar
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Speaker 1: Johnson to be on the trade block. I expect Thomas
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Speaker 1: Harrington to be on the trade block. I'm not sure
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Speaker 1: about Harrington as much anymore, just because they traded to young,
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Speaker 1: controllable pitchers. But if Tamar Johnson's still available to be moved,
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Speaker 1: what can you get for him? Maybe Nick Gonzalez is
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Speaker 1: available for business as well, that they just got a
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Speaker 1: second basement, or maybe not, Maybe you just have Nick
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Speaker 1: play as a backup for a year or low could
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Speaker 1: sometimes and it could be it could be a platoon situation.
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Speaker 1: But yeah, you have Tamar Johnson, who I think could
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Speaker 1: be a movable prospect. Potentially some other young pitchers as well,
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Speaker 1: And if you want to maybe drop a deal for
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Speaker 1: like Alec Baum at third base, who has multiple years
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Speaker 1: of control, who is a guy that I would see
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Speaker 1: Philly being willing to move from, who's been reportedly in
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Speaker 1: trade discussions. He's a guy I look at. And then
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Speaker 1: that DH spot slash outfield, I mean, you can fill
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Speaker 1: that in a multitude of ways. You could go shopping
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Speaker 1: for another corner outfield, or you could get someone a
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Speaker 1: little bit more affordable. You could. Yeah, there's a lot
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Speaker 1: of possibilities. It is interesting to see that.
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Speaker 2: Just because his defense is.
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Speaker 1: Right, I mean you could you could hypothetically, you know,
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Speaker 1: play Lao in second base against righty's and then it lefties.
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Speaker 1: You start nickings all us at second and you d
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Speaker 1: h Lao, which I again, you're you're using that DH
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Speaker 1: spot to go left you on lefty there. But I
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Speaker 1: would take Loo over just about every other option they
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Speaker 1: have right now, unless you have better alternatives. You know,
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Speaker 1: if you have Marcello Zuna there, if you have Ryan
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Speaker 1: O'Hearn or whoever else, then yes, you have a different conversation.
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Speaker 1: But yeah, I still think they have room to make
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Speaker 1: another decent trade here. Maybe, uh, because like I said,
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Speaker 1: I still think there are some some prospects that are
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Speaker 1: worth moving, worth considering moving at the very least, and
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Speaker 1: they should even if Keller is around now, I still
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Speaker 1: think they have room to add a little bit more payroll.
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Speaker 1: I wouldn't expect multiple significant free agent signings. Heck, I
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Speaker 1: wouldn't even expect one big free agent signing, but I
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Speaker 1: think you're capable of signing a guy on a one year,
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Speaker 1: ten to twelve million dollar deal, someone like Again, Marcelo
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Speaker 1: Zuna is a name I keep mentioning just because I
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Speaker 1: feel like he's well in their price range, and he's
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Speaker 1: an upgrade at DH and he is another twenty to
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Speaker 1: thirty home run back. And you look at this potential
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Speaker 1: lineup now, Mark, You're you're looking at Connor Griffin potentially
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Speaker 1: being your leadoff hitter. You're looking at Lao being a
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Speaker 1: top three guy in the lineup, and if you add
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Speaker 1: Ozuna or a Suarez or someone like that, plus the
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Speaker 1: platoon out in left field. That's half of your opening
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Speaker 1: day lineup looking brand new and all of them being
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Speaker 1: pretty good odds to be an upgrade over what you
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Speaker 1: had there the year prior.
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Speaker 2: So you have the majority of the rotation from last
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Speaker 2: year too, Yes, Yeah, which was like seventh in the RAA.
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Speaker 2: And they're all young and improving, and so we're gonna
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Speaker 2: see more Bubba Chandler, and I think the rotation could
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Speaker 2: still be better than it was last year, even with
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Speaker 2: the loss of Oviedo and Burrows. So it's exciting times.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, And I'll make one final note before we wrap
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Speaker 1: up here. Having covered the Pirates, obviously, I've analyzed a
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Speaker 1: lot of trades and it always seems like their focus
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Speaker 1: is long term. Long term, They're always trading for controllable assets,
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Speaker 1: and I think that's plagued them a bit. Their their
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Speaker 1: hesitancy to try to go and win now per se.
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Speaker 1: This is a win now move. I mean the headliner. Obviously, Again,
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Speaker 1: like we said in the show, I would have considered
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Speaker 1: giving Burrows up for you in Montgomery.
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Speaker 2: I don't have something we suggested them in Montgomery, but just.
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Speaker 1: Just controllable for controllable. I don't know if that would
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Speaker 1: have been enough for me to pull the trigger there,
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Speaker 1: but it definitely would have been something I considered. The
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Speaker 1: fact that you add Lao again. He's on the final
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Speaker 1: year of his deal, and the Pirates obviously have an
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Speaker 1: opportunity to extend this guy and do something more long
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Speaker 1: term if that's the case, but they're trying to win now.
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Speaker 1: That's what this move shows. I mean, they traded a
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Speaker 1: guy who, if his career plays out well, could have
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Speaker 1: been in their starting rotation after Paul Skeven's window closes.
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Speaker 1: But they moved him, and they got a guy who
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Speaker 1: will definitely be in the top four or five spots
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Speaker 1: in their batting order on opening day if he's healthy
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Speaker 1: next year. So I like the move. They've made two
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Speaker 1: significant trades this year. And if I told you that
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Speaker 1: by moving Joannoviedo and Michael Burrows that they would be
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Speaker 1: able to bring in Brandon Lao, a young, controllable left
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Speaker 1: field platoon and a left handed bullpen arm who throws
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Speaker 1: a hundred. He's a little wild, but you know they've
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Speaker 1: made success out of that before. I think every Pirates
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Speaker 1: fan listening would have signed up for that from the Villa. Yeah.
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Speaker 2: I mean, it's hard to look at like Twitter and
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Speaker 2: see unanimously positive reactions to Pirates news. I've not seen
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Speaker 2: anyone criticizing this move yet. I mean, I'm sure there
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Speaker 2: is someone out there, but it seems pretty universal that
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Speaker 2: everyone's excited and happy about this move. So hey, good
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Speaker 2: job Pirates.
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Speaker 1: Absolutely he's more KKA platinum key. I am Noah Hayles.
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Speaker 1: Thanks for tuning into another episode of Bucco Territory presented
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Speaker 1: by the Foul Territory Network. We will see you again soon.
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Speaker 1: We'll see what other Pirates moves we have to talk
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Speaker 1: about then