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I am your host, Brad Rowland.

It is Sunday evening.

January is nearly over.

In fact, by the time to listen to this podcast, it's probably going to be February and joining me to discuss things as often, Scott Coleman is here. Hello, sir.

Hey, Brad. Good to be on. We have a lot of stuff to talk about, maybe not necessarily direct Braves news, but a lot of good stuff going around the league. And it feels like we're close to having some kind of Braves transaction. We've been

so starved for really anything since the early weeks of the off season. And hopefully we are

nearing the end and have some good stuff to chat about. Yeah, this is a pretty full outline.

We will get through all of it, of course. And before we dive in here, I will remind you to

subscribe to the podcast and check out the

previous episodes. Eric and I talk twice at the end of last week in short fashion and then longer

fashion for episode number two of those. But check those out. Subscribe, tell your friends,

and all of that. Before we get to some brave specific stuff, there is some widespread reporting

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