Phillies are back: Zack Wheeler’s rib, Nick Castellanos’ locker

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Day 1 of Phillies spring training is in the books.

Phillies ace Zack Wheeler talked about his recovery from thoracic outlet decompression surgery in September, which required the removal of the first rib near his right shoulder. Wheeler revealed that he kept the rib, and it’s sitting in a case in his closet at home!

Wheeler is missing a rib and Nick Castellanos is missing a locker in the Phillies’ clubhouse. He’s still on the 40-man roster, but he won’t be much longer.

Plus, the plan for Aidan Miller, Aaron Nola’s decision to pitch for Italy in the WBC and Orion Kerkering’s tweaked hamstring.

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2026-02-12 27 min Transcript

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00:00:03
Speaker 1: Hi, this is Zach Wheeler.

00:00:04
Speaker 2: Welcome to Philly.

00:00:04
Speaker 3: Shown Uber tomorrow Junior, Jim Salisberry Todds Aleki. It is Thursday, February twelfth, twenty twenty six. Phillies pitchers and catchers had their first workout official workout on Wednesday. Guys always a big day, treated like a holiday.

00:00:28
Speaker 4: And Mits the.

00:00:30
Speaker 2: Popping Jim, Jim the phrase that Jimmy made famous years ago.

00:00:34
Speaker 3: I feel like it was always in the Inquiry, every right, Jim.

00:00:39
Speaker 4: And now it's everywhere. Mits of pomping.

00:00:42
Speaker 2: Yeah, Mits it look at you.

00:00:44
Speaker 3: You're such a trendsetter, Jim.

00:00:45
Speaker 5: You are, I mean, for for a Barney Rubble type guy, I mean you really tred some. You really had some trends.

00:00:53
Speaker 3: But it is cool though the first day of spring training. It's not the first fullwards full, first full squad workout of his next week. But you know today, just guys coming out playing cats. You have Aaron Nolan, you have Zach Wheeler playing catch, Christopher Sanchez playing cats, and then you see Jose Alvarado, Juan Duran, Taiwan Walker go out and throw a bullpen sessions. You have JT Real Mutil behind the plate, and Marshan behind the plate and Garrett stubbed behind the plate. Sun peeked out for a couple of minutes. It was a good day.

00:01:28
Speaker 4: Looked like you got a little son.

00:01:30
Speaker 2: I feel like I got a little bit of sun.

00:01:32
Speaker 3: I tried to put some sunblock on, which is funny, Like I said, those kind of overcast on on Wednesday down in clear Water Carpenter Complex.

00:01:40
Speaker 2: But everybody, it was, you know, that's a great question. It was warm.

00:01:47
Speaker 3: It was a little chili, a little chili, but hopefully it'll be.

00:01:50
Speaker 5: Warm and fifty.

00:01:52
Speaker 3: I think it was maybe a little bit warmer than that.

00:01:55
Speaker 2: It was a little bit warmer than that.

00:01:56
Speaker 3: But yeah, yeah, but it was you know, everybody seen being a real good mood. Everybody seemed to be real up eight. That's what spring training is about, though, right guys.

00:02:06
Speaker 6: Spring training where the uh where everybody's tied for first place and the MRIs are clean.

00:02:13
Speaker 5: Not all of them, not for them of braves.

00:02:16
Speaker 6: No, a lot of handmade injuries, a lot of hand injuries and swelling back.

00:02:21
Speaker 4: Yeah, you're right, but they step back. That's the spring man.

00:02:27
Speaker 5: As a GM, I mean, and as an assistant dude, you're just holding your breath, the entire spring. Can we please get through this healthy?

00:02:38
Speaker 6: Think about some of the I remember you guys acquired Jim Tomy and then he suffered a broken finger first week. First week of camp, you acquire brad Leedge and he tweaks his knee the first week of camp.

00:02:51
Speaker 4: Oh my god.

00:02:54
Speaker 5: I ever got Michael Jackson and he can't get out of the gate. He comes.

00:03:00
Speaker 4: I'll never forget that all night.

00:03:01
Speaker 5: Dan can't come out of the gate.

00:03:03
Speaker 4: They signed to Todd.

00:03:04
Speaker 6: They signed Mike Jackson to be their closer return engagement with the Phillies in about ninety seven or ninety eight, and opening day they got he's going to be their closer. And it's like opening day in Arizona, and they got a lead and he never gets up in the bullpen.

00:03:26
Speaker 5: He gets up, but he doesn't come. It doesn't come out.

00:03:29
Speaker 4: It doesn't come out. Y that's right.

00:03:30
Speaker 6: Yet to shut that one, Todd, Oh my god. And then of course there was the one spring at the end of the end of camp. It was at Jack Russell Stadiums. Was a long time ago they put do you remember this route when you put five? I think it was ninety seven. You were probably still playing. Finally, final like two days of camp, they put five pictures on the injured list on the DL and Calvin Maduro Young Calvin Maduro, who had been sent out like a week earlier to go pitch a triple A. They not only call him back to big league camp, they say you're going to be our number two starter.

00:04:13
Speaker 3: About that, well, the Phillies hope that they are a little bit deeper gone.

00:04:21
Speaker 5: From those days for the Fighting Phillies.

00:04:23
Speaker 4: Yeah, far a different different world.

00:04:27
Speaker 5: That was Terry Francona's first season, I think, is that right?

00:04:31
Speaker 4: Oh, and then then there was Tartable gets hurt first trip.

00:04:36
Speaker 5: Fallas went off his ankle or foot and he's out for the entire season.

00:04:41
Speaker 6: And Dutch goes and plays right field admirably insane.

00:04:48
Speaker 3: Well, the Phillies are obviously hoping they don't have to deal with as much of that stuff. The only injury news today, guys, was that Ryan Kirkering has a mild hamstring strain that he tweaked to maybe I think it was within the past week. They don't think it's anything serious, though, So that's good news when we're talking about all each other other injuries.

00:05:11
Speaker 5: Gotta take care of that hammy though. We gotta slow it down. Yeah for a little while. You cannot have that nagging on you.

00:05:20
Speaker 3: Yeah, but it was it was you know, yeah, like I said, it was. Zach Wheeler spoke for the first time since he had his thoracic outlet decompression surgery. Uh, you know, so he talked about that. There's some things we noticed.

00:05:38
Speaker 4: What was your big takeaway from the day, It was your big takeaway? Well, you know, put us there.

00:05:44
Speaker 3: I think these guys really truly you know, there's a lot of talk about running it back. There's a lot of talk about running it back just across the causeway in Tampa with the Yankees, and I think these guys really do believe that they are good enough. In talking to Zach Wheeler talk to Aaron No a little bit, that they just need to kind of keep it going to the post. They're not they understand, I guess, you know, they see how they brought most everybody back running it back, but they there's a real belief I believe in that clubhouse that at least in the guys I spoke to today, that they can go out.

00:06:20
Speaker 2: And win a World Series.

00:06:23
Speaker 3: A lot of doubt, a lot of doubt, a lot of fan frustration with the you know, the lack of big off season moves. But they seem to be pretty optimistic. And then in Zach Wheeler, and Zach Wheeler was definitely optimistic about his ability to return.

00:06:41
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00:06:43
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00:07:48
Speaker 3: Zach Wheeler spoke to us after the workout. Like I said, it was the first time he had talked since like last August when he had the blood clout. He had the blood clout remove hadn't talked since then, and he's thrown from ninety feet. He feels really good about his progress. He seems to under he wants to get back as quickly as possible, but he also sees no reason to rush himself back. He's like, listen, I'm not going to be ready by opening day. Why do I need to be back rush myself back to be back in the first week or the first week and a half. So he's going to listen to the phillies, trainers, the doctors and continue to kind of move check certain boxes as he goes, and then finally come back.

00:08:29
Speaker 2: But he seems pretty optimistic.

00:08:31
Speaker 3: Again, everybody's always optimistic, and Zach said the same thing. You know, as an athlete, you're always optimistic you're going to come back and return to prior for him, but he's really optimistic that the way he feels, the way he's throwing the ball, the way he's kind of recovered so far, that he is going to bounce back and be the pitcher that he once was. And if that actually happens, that is obviously a huge development for the Phillies.

00:09:04
Speaker 2: No doubt about it.

00:09:05
Speaker 5: I mean having that man at the top of that rotation or near the top of the rotation, flanked by those two lefties. Boy, that's pretty special. Hey, Todd, you said somebody, uh noticed.

00:09:18
Speaker 2: Some other things?

00:09:19
Speaker 3: Oh yeah, I did notice some other Well real quick, before I get to that, I do want to mention that.

00:09:26
Speaker 2: It caught fire. Is that you know, Zach took.

00:09:30
Speaker 3: Home home his rib which he had removed, which I thought, yeah, so which is I guess is not believe it or not?

00:09:37
Speaker 5: Actually, like how.

00:09:38
Speaker 3: Big is it?

00:09:40
Speaker 2: It's his first rib right below his shoulder. He had his first rib removed, And.

00:09:45
Speaker 3: He said, he said, yeah, you know a lot of times people take back stuff and you hear about this, right guys. You hear like a picture has his bone spurs removed, and he's like, oh, yeah, the doctor.

00:09:54
Speaker 2: Gave me the bone spurs.

00:09:56
Speaker 3: You know, somebody has a kidney stone or whatever removed, they keep that. A hip replacement they had the hip joint or the hip joint, they keep that. But so that after the surgery, the doctor came in and said it was in a in a bag and the doctor goes, I wanted to personally give this to you, and Zach took it.

00:10:17
Speaker 2: I guess. I guess somebody that was pul Bukee.

00:10:20
Speaker 3: The trainer said he had to do some stuff to kind of preserve it, and he said it's now in a case in the closet in his house. I think if the Phillies win the World Series and he pitches, well, I think he's got to break that out for the for the celebration, you know, like like remember Jason Worth had the Hault hands, the Hulk hand.

00:10:43
Speaker 2: I think he got to break out the rib.

00:10:45
Speaker 3: The Phillies win the world But you got to get that thing authenticated though, Jim, come on, I gotta get that hologram stick around that thing, think.

00:10:57
Speaker 2: But yeah, so there he goes Zach wheel right.

00:10:59
Speaker 3: Obviously, if he does come back and pitches like he does, that is huge, absolutely huge with But gojam.

00:11:06
Speaker 4: No, I'm fine with We've been talking all along.

00:11:09
Speaker 6: We didn't think he was gonna be ready opening day, and I am fine with it.

00:11:13
Speaker 4: I'm gonna pitch at thirty six.

00:11:16
Speaker 6: I expect this team to play in October, and I like their chances a lot better if Zach Wheeler is ready for the playoff opener, not necessarily the March twenty eighth opener against the Texas Rangers. It's a long season. Get healthy, get right, build a good foundation for the season, and save a few bullets for the big month.

00:11:41
Speaker 3: So, Rubin, you mentioned things that we're noticed in the clubhouse today and a lot of things. I noticed a lot of things in the clubhouse. First thing I noticed when I walked in there no locker for Nick Castianos, who's.

00:11:52
Speaker 2: Still on the forty man roster. What do you think about it?

00:11:55
Speaker 3: Though not like a huge surprise. He's been told.

00:12:00
Speaker 5: Again something we've been talking about four off season.

00:12:04
Speaker 2: Yes, he's not coming back.

00:12:06
Speaker 9: I mean we had this discussion since November, right, Yeah, they've been They've been very clear he's not coming back, right, they're gonna I.

00:12:18
Speaker 6: Told you this morning. I think my gut feel, I know it's extended. It's gone very it's gone deep. They're in camp. He's still here. I would be surprised. I'm surprised it's lasted this long. But I gotta think the end of business on Friday something. Yeah, just because the regulars report on Monday or first working on Monday, report on Sunday, and.

00:12:45
Speaker 4: It's you know, it's gonna come to a resolution.

00:12:50
Speaker 5: Hey, you know what, the Santander just got thrown on the d L or the i L for the Toronto Blue Jays. They might need a d H A bat. I mean he's out for what five or six months?

00:13:06
Speaker 2: Yeah, I never know.

00:13:09
Speaker 3: Maybe Phillies just want to you know, the Phillies just want to try to scratch and claw a few dollars back. Remember, because the Phillies are over the luxury tax. If they can save just two million dollars in salary, that's actually like a four million dollars in savings because of the luxury tax penalties that they're paying. But I want to get your guys opinion on this because it's been this has been obviously a lot of hot takes coming on about Nick Castianos.

00:13:35
Speaker 4: Is it.

00:13:36
Speaker 3: Are you guys offended that the Phillies have not let Nick walk by this point and just released him and given him an opportunity to hook up with another team, because I will tell you this, I don't. I am not offended by it. I think the Phillies have to do what they have to do. Nick is going to get paid. He's getting one hundred million dollars from the Phillies. If he gets released last week, or if he gets released on Friday at five o'clock, he's gonna have plenty of time to get ready for spring training. He's gonna have plenty of time to get settled in. The Phillies owe it to themselves as an organization to try to get what they can for Nick Castios. If they think there's a trade there. Obviously they think there's a trade there. They're not just holding on to them just to hold on to them. They're trying to get a deal for him. So take all the time you need.

00:14:30
Speaker 6: I agree, I agree they have to think of what's best for the team. But I do think if you start getting to this weekend, it's time. But I'm not offended. I don't think it's been an embarrassing situation that for them, that they've hung on to them this long. They're trying to do something that's good for the team, trying to make something work, and you know, because of the slow developing or the lingering free agency that may have affected the possibility of a trade. If they think they have one percent a chance to make it trade, you know, take it right down to the end. But I think by this weekend, uh, it's time to as Jonathan paple Wan once said, tinkle or get off the pot.

00:15:13
Speaker 5: I think ruby, Yeah, I think it's a you know, if from the perspective of the player, you know, he's well, they're holding on to me. They're not giving me a chance to if they're going to release me, they're not giving me a chance to you know, find a place for me to go play. Well, I think you guys are both right the right thing to do for the organization. They've already paid him, they've already guaranteed him the money. He's going to get his money. They have to do what's right for the for themselves and and uh and see if they can, you know, somehow get a deal done for him.

00:15:49
Speaker 2: So I think Ruben, you might disagree with me on this one.

00:15:52
Speaker 3: But if Dave Dombrowski had not said, yeah, well, you're basically telegraphed to the world that you know, we're moving on from Nick Castianos, he's not coming back, I don't I don't know that that would have changed anything for Nick Castianos. I mean, you know, the Phillies tried to trade him at least each of the past two off seasons, and they found no interest in him at all. So, like the whole world already knew that the Phillies were going to try to trade Nick Castios, and they certainly knew it once they acquired a Doley Scarcia.

00:16:27
Speaker 2: So even if Dave had just bsked.

00:16:30
Speaker 3: The media and said, well, you know, we're gonna see if we can what we can do here, and you know, maybe there's a spot for both of them to play, and you know, I don't think that would have helped their chances to trade him. Like, do you guys disagree with that, because that's a that's a big thing, right. It's like, well, the Phillies just screwed themselves because they they said, oh, he's not coming back. He's not coming back, and so that totally tanked his trade value.

00:16:54
Speaker 2: I don't know if I believe that.

00:16:57
Speaker 5: I think the teams know what he is. I think they know who he is. I think they know what kind of production they can get out of them. I do think that they in some ways they painted themselves in a little bit of a corner by not being a little bit more koy. But you know, Dave Dobrowski, he's honest. He's honest about what he said about Harper. Who's honest what he said about CASTI honest, he was like, Hey, it's just not gonna be on the team. It's just that's the deal. And you know, he can't fault the honesty, and that's that's how it's worked out there hasn't. It's been such a slow developing off season as far as free agents are concerned, especially the guys on the second, third, fourth tier, that it's taken this long because means are sort of slow to move for whatever reason, whether it's the agents that are doing it or whether it's the teams. I'm not sure. It could be a combo platter, but I really I don't think it really necessarily affects his market because the players have teams have seen him for years. He's been scouted and seen and they know what he is and who he is.

00:18:10
Speaker 6: And I do think teams know he's been out there for quite some time. I mean he was he was discussed widely this past trade deadline. There was some interest in Kansas City that closed up. They actually went they wanted a right handed bat, They went for left handed bat Neustremski, and the previous two off seasons no takers. Everybody knows they were interested in eating some money to make this subtraction. So I don't think it affected things that much. I think I think just it It got to the point where teams are out there knowing that, Okay, this is the time they're gonna they're gonna do something. They're gonna they're gonna subtract him from their roster. Why give up anything if we have any interest, just wait for him to be released.

00:18:56
Speaker 4: And get him for the minimum. And that time is basically here.

00:19:01
Speaker 2: A couple more things and then we'll as we wrap up.

00:19:06
Speaker 3: Rob Thompson said that, and again this isn't a surprise, but he kind of clarified it. Aiden Miller is going to play a lot of shortstop and third basis spring and maybe get a look, maybe a little taste at second base, but a lot of short a lot of third basis spring. We're kind of wondering where he might play, So that'd be fun to watch see what he can do. You know what he can do short. We know he can play shortstop, but to see him play third base ought to be pretty interesting.

00:19:33
Speaker 5: Well, it makes some sense. I mean, Alec Bohm is gonna be a free agent next year and that that hole needs to be filled. Bryce and Stott. He's under control for another couple of years, so I can see where Aiden Miller at some point may may shift to short just the third that makes some sense, playing playing on the left side of the field. We we had a discussion about Aiden Miller earlier about being fascinated by where he's going to be playing as he prepares in Leigh Valley this year, he's he gonna be playing third or short or second. Sounds like he's gonna be playing short and third, and that's exactly what he should be doing, I think, just to prepare himself a little bit like we did with Chase Utley. It's one point when we moved into third base in Lehigh actually Scranton back then correct skip double A, skipped double A. We put him right in and we knew he can handle it offensively. Struggled a little bit at third base for a while with his throwing, but then but then sort of straighten things out. Talked to my dad about him, said he leave them, they will be fine, leave them a second will be fine eventually, and ended up making some moves getting Polanco and then sort of moving Chase back into third so or wherever it was we got or back to second.

00:20:54
Speaker 6: And do you remember why you started the conversion process to third base?

00:20:59
Speaker 5: Oh it's Scott rolling.

00:21:01
Speaker 4: Yeah, he go, he got rolling.

00:21:03
Speaker 6: They could see it coming, and they sent Chase to triple A. And he made a lot of throwing errors. But he really played better in the second half.

00:21:12
Speaker 5: He really could. I mean he had in the first half, I think he had fifteen or eighteen errors throwing twelve air or something like that, and then after that he got pretty solid.

00:21:22
Speaker 6: So you guys were forecasting what was going to happen with a player moving on and Boem being in his final year of the contract. I think it's pretty easy to see him moving on. You always got to be, you know, funneling in the new guys when guys hit free agency. And that's the perfect example of how it can work. If Aight Miller is ready a year from now and looks like he might be, and I'm sure he can play third base. I have a scout friend I can't mention his name. He works for another team, and he has seen this kid since amateur ball and likes him very much as if the basement.

00:22:01
Speaker 5: Interestingly enough, they've been talking a lot about him and pairrying him Alex Bragman. Where did Alex Bragman play at LSU?

00:22:08
Speaker 2: Short stop?

00:22:09
Speaker 5: And an excellent shortstop move? He shifted the third base and became an All Star and a world champion.

00:22:16
Speaker 2: There you go.

00:22:17
Speaker 3: So then one last thing is Aaron Nola is playing for Team Italy in the World Baseball Class. And I asked him, you know, how did this happen?

00:22:24
Speaker 2: Why is it going on?

00:22:25
Speaker 3: Like? What makes you want to play for Team Italy? And I said, yeah, they just approached me. I go, he goes, Nola, Man, that's Italian.

00:22:32
Speaker 2: I go, yeah, I know, I know it's Italian. I said, but how did this happen?

00:22:36
Speaker 3: And he basically said they approached him and his brother Austin, who was a catcher, and they had it was like, this might be our only opportunity to ever play together again. Now, interesting enough, Mariner Mariners just signed him as a bench coach.

00:22:50
Speaker 2: Austin Nola as a bench coach.

00:22:52
Speaker 3: So now Austin will not be playing for Team Italy in the World Baseball Classic. But Rob and Aaron said, hey, you know, I I'm getting started a little bit earlier. Maybe I'll be a little bit more ready in time for the beginning of the regular season. And Erin also said that he has been long tossing more this winter. He said he kind of got away from the past few years. And he goes, now, listen, I'm not gonna be throwing ninety eight.

00:23:24
Speaker 2: Because I'm long tossing.

00:23:26
Speaker 3: But maybe I'll be a little bit crisper and be a little bit have a little bit more arm strength going into the season. So just something I just wanted to mention. That's something to keep it with.

00:23:37
Speaker 6: So Todd, you can verify this with Aaron. His roots go back to Calabria in Italy.

00:23:45
Speaker 3: He told me that is that right, Okay, there we go.

00:23:48
Speaker 6: So his His favorite Italian restaurant is Skinny Chios on South broad.

00:23:53
Speaker 5: Street and it's a great one.

00:23:55
Speaker 4: That's his favorite out.

00:23:59
Speaker 2: Well, you know Italy.

00:24:00
Speaker 3: In the last World Baseball Classic, they had an espresso machine in the dugout and Aaron Nola actually bought a state of the art espresso machine for the Phillies clubhouse. So he'll be right at home as he's uh, when he's not pitching, he'll be making espressos for his Italian teammates.

00:24:19
Speaker 5: I want to make a comment. Do you want to make a comment about the long tossing. So one of the things that was really impressive about Aaron was to watch him prep for a LSU start. One of the things that he did was do a ton of long toss. It's one of the reasons why he has not had real any knock wood, any arm issues. He's had a lot of arm care and he's been really healthy with his arm. And I think one of the reasons why is he's on a very very rigorous and a very regimented long toss program. He could see him doing it before he pitched in games. I mean, it was in fact startling see how much long toss he threw before he actually got out when he was starting that day. So it's something he's been doing for a long time and I'm glad he's going back to it.

00:25:11
Speaker 6: Ruben, most impressive long toss guy you've ever seen.

00:25:15
Speaker 4: I bet, I.

00:25:16
Speaker 5: Bet Jose Mason's got to be one of them.

00:25:20
Speaker 4: He could throw it.

00:25:20
Speaker 6: He could throw it from pole to pole, foul pole to fall pole on the line.

00:25:25
Speaker 4: It was.

00:25:26
Speaker 5: I'll tell you that had a good one. Two guys, uh three guys, Glenn Allen Hill and hard hitting Mark Witton, all.

00:25:36
Speaker 4: Those.

00:25:37
Speaker 5: I watched those guys do it in in uh winter Ball and Barquis metto in Venezuela, and it was startling to watch him. Jackie Bradley Junior phenomenal long tosser.

00:25:50
Speaker 4: But I'm talking pictures pitchers.

00:25:53
Speaker 5: Jose Mason's best I've ever seen.

00:25:54
Speaker 6: Oh my god, Masa Todd. He could throw it. He could just he could like reach reach a path through, he could know.

00:26:00
Speaker 4: It was unbelievable.

00:26:01
Speaker 3: Well, I remember that because two thousand and three is my first year covering the Phillies. That was at the end, that was his last year of his you know, he came back I think at six you guys resigned him. Uh Rubin, I think it was an six. You guys brought him back halfway through the season. But I do remember his long toss. I'm like, god, dang man, this guy unbelievable.

00:26:22
Speaker 2: And he had a.

00:26:23
Speaker 5: Couple of arm surgeries and that's how he kept his shoulders strong. Pretty awesome.

00:26:29
Speaker 4: So Nola's brother is going to be Seattle's bench coach.

00:26:33
Speaker 3: I say, bench coach in a bullpen coach, my bull.

00:26:37
Speaker 4: Good for him.

00:26:38
Speaker 2: I missed both.

00:26:40
Speaker 3: He's on the Maritors coaching staff though, and it was it was I think it was a fairly recent higher. Uh so he is. He won't be able to compete, but Nola's Aaron. Nola's going to give it a shot. So they apologize that. Yeah, he's not the bench coach, but pretty cool.

00:26:55
Speaker 2: Pretty cool for him. So all right, guys, more to come.

00:26:59
Speaker 4: We'll see.

00:27:00
Speaker 5: Uh.

00:27:00
Speaker 3: You know, we're thinking the release or trade Nick Castianos before the end of the weekend. You know, guys are trickling in quiet. Kylech Warber rolled in at the end of camp today. You know, J t Rio Mutas obviously here, Brandon marsh is here, a bunch of other guys and so we'll see yeah, see, we'll see you.

00:27:20
Speaker 2: Later this week.

00:27:21
Speaker 4: All right, don't forget the sunblock.

00:27:23
Speaker 6: I won't thank you, Okay, smelling later, Smelling Jim.

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