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Yeah yesterday was the Rule 5

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draft in by way of refresher

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there have been some notable

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Rule 5 draft qualify and playing

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an all star game.

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And then there's one already.

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Bill.

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Bobby Ball.

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Well like the homeboys saying

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they Cole.

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We just chill.

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Just chillin.

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Yeah.

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And then some more recent

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players including some pitchers

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like Joakim Soria on the right

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hand side of your screen Jim

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Callis covers this event.

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Pretty good playlist.

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The rest of Minor League

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Baseball more thoroughly than

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most humans.

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And Jim joins us on a Friday.

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Jim good morning.

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And I guess for the UN

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indoctrinated who is still

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unsure as to what exactly the

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Rule 5 draft is let's begin the

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conversation with the

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definition.

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Sure a quick primer.

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It's been around for almost 100

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years actually over 100 years.

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It's changed purposes over the

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years but it's basically around

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to give a little bit of freedom

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to players not protected on 40

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man rosters.

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If you sign when you're 18 years

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old you have to be protected

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after five seasons.

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If you sign when you're 19 or

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older you have to be protected

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after four seasons.

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If you get picked on the Rule 5

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draft you don't just become

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property of your new team.

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You actually have to stay on

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their active roster the entire

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next season.

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If that team wants to send you

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to the minors they have to clear

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you through waivers and then

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offer you back to your original

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club.

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Fifty thousand dollars so

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becomes a little bit of a

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strategy sometimes where you

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don't protect the guy who you

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like but you figure he's not

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going to stick with a big league

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club.

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And when we look back or 18 guys

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picked yesterday in a typical

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year maybe a third of them at

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most will stick with their new

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teams.

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So we'll we'll we'll see who

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sticks in two thousand twenty

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one.

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Yes.

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It's actually quite a benefit

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for the player too because it

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just means it may still be

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you're gonna stick to the big

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leagues.

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That's a cool thing to know that

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I had to stay there.

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That's a hefty price of 50 grand

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to give a guy back.

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Who is your favorite Rule 5 Jim.

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Through the years that you look

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back at now.

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You know since I've been

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covering it the most interesting

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one was Josh Hamilton.

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You just because he was number

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one overall pick.

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He went through a lot of

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troubles with addiction.

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He'd been out of the game and

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nobody really knew what he was

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going to become.

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I believe it was the Cubs who

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actually took him and sold into

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the Reds as part of a

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prearranged deal.

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And then he had a great comeback

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story.

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I think Josh Hamilton and he

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probably I'd save all the years

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I've covered it also generated

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the most buzz just at the time

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he was picked.

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Everybody in baseball was kind

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of.

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But yeah it was weird this with

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the Rule 5.

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Usually it's the backdrop of

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everybody there.

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That's the one event.

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The winner means where everybody

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goes to with the roller bags and

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then they all raced to the

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airport afterward.

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It felt weird not look around

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and and seen GM standing around

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with luggage while we were doing

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the rule five virtually

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yesterday.

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And that's what I was going to

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ask you was was that.

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But what about Lowe like all the

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other things that happened at

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the winter meeting where you get

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a chance to talk about prospects

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and things like that.

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How different has this winter

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been having that winter meetings

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where everybody could connect.

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Yeah.

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I mean that's pride.

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The thing I miss the most you

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know the dates the winter

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meetings is nice for me Harold

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because outside the Rule 5 draft

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I'm not a Molly jump Hosmer

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roscio where you're Ken Rosen

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followed those guys right to

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chase down every rumor or every

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possible Fried you get out any

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way that a raid might have been

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things that are being discussed.

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Not your turn Kenny.

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Exactly.

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So anyway I don't have to do

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that.

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I just get to basically see

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people I maybe haven't seen in a

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few months reconnect a T.

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It's a good time for me.

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So I miss that.

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I mean I've I've talked to

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people on the phone you know

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obviously a lot of it this year

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but it's not the same.

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Let's talk about the Rule 5

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draft as it went down yesterday

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and identify some of the the

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potential hits here on this top

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ten list.

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We've got a list of names built

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for you.

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Go where you want and tell us

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about some of these kids that

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got selected yesterday.

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We've got that full screen built

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right here.

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Right here.

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Yep.

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Okay.

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So number one overall pick is

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who is a Soriano who the pirates

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took from the angels.

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And he's interesting because

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he's up to 100 miles an hour

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with fastball.

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He's got a power curve.

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He's got to change up.

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It's crazy.

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I think seven of team players on

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this list had Tommy John surgery

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including Jose Soriano who had

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it in February.

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And that actually works too

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tired to vintage a little bit

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because you can stash a rule

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five guy on the injured list for

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part of the season.

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He just has to have.

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I think it's 90 days active time

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and the rest of it can be spent

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on the injured list.

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But he's a he's a potential

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starter very athletic needs to

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improve his control.

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The top position player on their

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Akeel BIDU is a second round

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pick out of high school a couple

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of years ago.

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Very athletic.

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He can run.

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He's got raw power.

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He can play center field.

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You know the Tigers took him

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from the twins.

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It comes down to you know if he

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makes enough contact.

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And my guy my my biggest pick to

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click on this list I really like

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Brett to Gus from the Dodgers

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who went to the Rangers and Rule

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5 draft saw him in their zone a

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fall league last year.

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That's another thing I miss.

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There isn't a fall league.

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And this is a guy who Dodgers

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player development just really

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helped develop his pitches.

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He was up to 90 miles an hour

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power curve power breaking ball

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and 2019 with twenty three

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straight scoreless innings.