Hey guys, welcome to Double Shot Pirates.

I'm Dan Kovach, which of D.K. Pittsburgh Sports,

joined by Jose Negro on our beat reporter over there just in time for big massive seismic franchise

altering trade or whatever this was just now this is yeah i wouldn't put it in that first category

yeah here's uh the person's name is Robert Hassel, the third.

He's a 24-year outfielder who has some not very good statistics.

And as a result, it's the nationals who gave up on him.

In exchange for a player to be named or cash, whatever, this who gave up on him.

In exchange for a player to be named or cash, whatever, this has no bearing on anything.

If anybody tries to make any kind of conversation out of this, it's going to be a big old swing and miss.

There's just nothing here.

It's not setting anything up.

It's just one of those things that comes up every once in a while.

GMs say, hey, do you want to give this guy a try? We've tried everything.

There it is. There it is. Hi, Jose. Hi, D.K. How are you today? I'd be better if Canada wasn't lighting us on fire. What is up with that?

I know, right? I don't know, like, this didn't used to be a thing like Canada didn't have a problem with wildfires

and now it's like there's one every other year

the one that tore up Quebec and now this one

Ontario it's like

it's stunning

when you step outside

it really is.

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