1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:03,200 Speaker 1: No from the Star Renols sports touts your ninety three 2 00:00:03,279 --> 00:00:06,040 Speaker 1: point three KJRFM sports headlines. 3 00:00:06,360 --> 00:00:09,039 Speaker 2: All right, here we go headlines live on Safie Deka. 4 00:00:09,119 --> 00:00:12,119 Speaker 3: Jackson no Jackson, Andrews back in the studio or Anders 5 00:00:12,400 --> 00:00:14,840 Speaker 3: hanging out live from Husky Stadium. Headlines, of course, are 6 00:00:14,840 --> 00:00:16,760 Speaker 3: brought to you by our friends of Frostbured Corps Light 7 00:00:16,840 --> 00:00:20,439 Speaker 3: Cheo's chill baby, All right, Mariners of a day off today, 8 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:24,360 Speaker 3: They're at the Angels tomorrow, wu Hancock Castillo. I wonder 9 00:00:24,360 --> 00:00:27,319 Speaker 3: if Colin Emerson's gonna ask for another race. He is 10 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:29,400 Speaker 3: no longer the highest paid player in the history of 11 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:32,360 Speaker 3: baseball without facing a pitch in the major leagues. That 12 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:35,720 Speaker 3: out and now belongs to Connor Griffin, who got nine years, 13 00:00:35,720 --> 00:00:38,400 Speaker 3: one hundred and forty million dollars from the Pirates, and 14 00:00:38,440 --> 00:00:40,960 Speaker 3: they're bringing him up to start against the Orioles tomorrow. 15 00:00:41,080 --> 00:00:43,960 Speaker 4: Cracking tonight on ninety three point three KJRFM seven o'clock 16 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:47,320 Speaker 4: against Utah at Climate Pledge pre Game six thirty with Mike. 17 00:00:48,120 --> 00:00:50,400 Speaker 3: Raiders by the way, signing Kirk Cousins to a twenty 18 00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:53,479 Speaker 3: million dollar guaranteed contract in two twenty six, him a 19 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:56,040 Speaker 3: new Raiders head coach Clint Kubiak, as you know, spent 20 00:00:56,080 --> 00:00:59,360 Speaker 3: three years together with the Vikings in Minnesota. All right, 21 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:03,400 Speaker 3: speaking of Connor Griffin Colin Emerson deal, I bet this 22 00:01:03,440 --> 00:01:05,720 Speaker 3: guy just let it a giant sire relief. 23 00:01:05,440 --> 00:01:08,160 Speaker 2: Holy cow, min Am I glad we signed him when 24 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:08,560 Speaker 2: we did. 25 00:01:09,120 --> 00:01:12,759 Speaker 3: Connor Griffin just got nine years, one hundred and forty million. 26 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:18,200 Speaker 3: Jerry Depoto, reigning Executive of the Year and Baseball President 27 00:01:18,280 --> 00:01:22,080 Speaker 3: of Baseball Operations, with us on the radio show Jerry, 28 00:01:22,120 --> 00:01:24,640 Speaker 3: are we certain that cold has already signed that deal? 29 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:27,160 Speaker 2: With this Connor Griffin news coming out today? 30 00:01:29,120 --> 00:01:32,400 Speaker 5: You know, I mean, is my answer. But yeah, he 31 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:35,840 Speaker 5: was here at the ballpark this morning, sat down with 32 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:38,640 Speaker 5: a group of us and signed the contract. So I've 33 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:39,640 Speaker 5: seen it with my own eyes. 34 00:01:39,880 --> 00:01:40,920 Speaker 2: I love it. I love it. 35 00:01:40,920 --> 00:01:41,160 Speaker 6: Well. 36 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:43,760 Speaker 3: First of all, thanks for doing this. I appreciate you 37 00:01:43,880 --> 00:01:46,160 Speaker 3: coming on and let me just start there. 38 00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:46,400 Speaker 7: Man. 39 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:48,760 Speaker 3: Obviously, it's been a big topic of conversation for us 40 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:52,880 Speaker 3: the last couple of days, universally praised. Everybody loves it. 41 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:55,080 Speaker 3: You know, I love it, Dick loves it, fans love it. 42 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:59,160 Speaker 3: Great move by everybody involved. But why this kid for 43 00:01:59,240 --> 00:02:01,720 Speaker 3: a guy that's not even twenty one. You got to 44 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:03,400 Speaker 3: trust him, right, You got to trust him that he'll 45 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:07,120 Speaker 3: continue to work hard, put in the effort, represent the franchise, 46 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:09,919 Speaker 3: all that stuff. What is it about this kid at 47 00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:12,400 Speaker 3: this time where you thought he was worthy of a 48 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:12,960 Speaker 3: deal like this? 49 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:18,040 Speaker 5: Well, first, I would say, you know, our collective beliefs 50 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:20,840 Speaker 5: is that he's just a tremendous player. And we've seen 51 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:24,200 Speaker 5: with each step that he's doing things at very young 52 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:29,040 Speaker 5: ages versus advanced competition that stand out, and he. 53 00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:30,480 Speaker 7: Does a little bit of everything. 54 00:02:30,639 --> 00:02:33,280 Speaker 5: You know, there's there's nothing that blows you away when 55 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:35,480 Speaker 5: you first look at Colt, you know, and then you 56 00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:37,720 Speaker 5: sit there and you watch a week's worth of games, 57 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:40,840 Speaker 5: and you walk away thinking, this guy is a really 58 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:43,880 Speaker 5: good hitter, he is a he's got burgeon in power, 59 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:47,440 Speaker 5: he plays really good defense, and you say, really good, 60 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:50,720 Speaker 5: so much, and then you recognize that he's only twenty 61 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:53,960 Speaker 5: years old, and you know, really good at twenty has 62 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:57,800 Speaker 5: a chance to turn into something better than really good 63 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:00,760 Speaker 5: by the time we get into what should be the 64 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:04,640 Speaker 5: most impactful ages of his career, which we now know 65 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:08,160 Speaker 5: will likely be spent with the Seattle marriage, which is exciting. 66 00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:12,799 Speaker 4: Jerry, do you use successes and maybe mistakes in the 67 00:03:12,880 --> 00:03:16,040 Speaker 4: past that have been made. When young guys get called 68 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:18,560 Speaker 4: up and how much you play them and when you 69 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:22,440 Speaker 4: bring them up, or is each guy a one unique 70 00:03:22,440 --> 00:03:25,240 Speaker 4: player that you don't worry about what happened with Julio 71 00:03:25,320 --> 00:03:27,239 Speaker 4: in the past or Jared Keellenick in the past or 72 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:27,960 Speaker 4: anybody else. 73 00:03:29,880 --> 00:03:33,120 Speaker 5: You know, each player is unique to himself. And you know, 74 00:03:33,160 --> 00:03:36,400 Speaker 5: I would say that you know each player is unique 75 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:39,680 Speaker 5: and that they're wiring is just different. And you know, 76 00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:43,760 Speaker 5: there are different levels of maturity, different types of work habits, 77 00:03:43,760 --> 00:03:47,440 Speaker 5: focus levels, you know, and really the biggest thing with 78 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:52,720 Speaker 5: baseball is the difference in understanding how to process failure. 79 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:53,440 Speaker 7: You know, it's. 80 00:03:54,280 --> 00:03:57,280 Speaker 5: Processing failure is the biggest thing we deal with every day. 81 00:03:57,400 --> 00:04:00,160 Speaker 5: It's a it's a game that's built on it. The 82 00:04:00,320 --> 00:04:03,240 Speaker 5: very best players in our game fail twice as often 83 00:04:03,280 --> 00:04:06,640 Speaker 5: as they succeed. And that's a really tough thing in 84 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:11,920 Speaker 5: any job to process and carry forward to the next day. 85 00:04:12,080 --> 00:04:14,800 Speaker 5: And you know, you see how resilient a player is 86 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:17,480 Speaker 5: and how they manage it. And that's where we really 87 00:04:17,680 --> 00:04:20,760 Speaker 5: trust Colt. You know, he is he is a very 88 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:24,000 Speaker 5: mature young guy. He has a great feel for the game. 89 00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:27,880 Speaker 5: And while he's incredibly intense and he brings it to 90 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:31,839 Speaker 5: the field every time, and he plays with, you know, 91 00:04:32,320 --> 00:04:36,960 Speaker 5: an intensity that you can just feel, and which is great, 92 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:39,719 Speaker 5: he is able to process it and move on to 93 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:42,600 Speaker 5: the next and zero for four and we win the game. 94 00:04:42,839 --> 00:04:45,279 Speaker 5: Is a good day for Colt Emerson. And yeah, you know, 95 00:04:45,480 --> 00:04:49,159 Speaker 5: very few players at his age have that sense of 96 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:52,880 Speaker 5: awareness and and I think that's a real positive for 97 00:04:52,960 --> 00:04:55,719 Speaker 5: us as we step forward with this, with this deal 98 00:04:55,760 --> 00:04:57,440 Speaker 5: and with Colt's career in the big leagues. 99 00:04:57,560 --> 00:05:00,440 Speaker 3: Yeah, Jerry Depoto with us, and Jerry you mentioned his efense. 100 00:05:01,279 --> 00:05:02,960 Speaker 3: I mean that's something that we're all keeping an eye 101 00:05:03,040 --> 00:05:04,920 Speaker 3: on right Like, I don't know if I've ever paid 102 00:05:04,920 --> 00:05:07,440 Speaker 3: this much attention to what the Rainiers lineup looks like 103 00:05:07,520 --> 00:05:09,720 Speaker 3: every day to see where cold Emerson's playing. I mean, 104 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:11,640 Speaker 3: JP was down there the last couple of days and 105 00:05:11,680 --> 00:05:15,320 Speaker 3: now he's back up obviously, but he was playing third base. 106 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:17,560 Speaker 3: So I mean, if John Russell calls you and says, hey, 107 00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:20,080 Speaker 3: where do you want the kid playing? Where do you 108 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:21,159 Speaker 3: want cold Emerson playing? 109 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:22,760 Speaker 2: In Tacoma? Third base? Shortstop? 110 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:26,440 Speaker 5: Both of them, And you know, I think we have 111 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:29,800 Speaker 5: to be prepared and especially with that. You know, Cold 112 00:05:29,960 --> 00:05:32,479 Speaker 5: is a left handed hitter, as is JP, as is 113 00:05:32,520 --> 00:05:35,760 Speaker 5: Brandon Donovan, as is Cole Young. And you know, the 114 00:05:35,760 --> 00:05:38,880 Speaker 5: one thing that Colt has not done to this point 115 00:05:38,960 --> 00:05:42,480 Speaker 5: has seen a high volume of left hand pitching at 116 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:46,159 Speaker 5: the upper levels, especially you know, veteran guys that have 117 00:05:46,279 --> 00:05:50,599 Speaker 5: feel for the secondary stuff, and that'll be a challenge 118 00:05:50,640 --> 00:05:53,760 Speaker 5: for him and something he needs to to lean into. 119 00:05:54,320 --> 00:05:57,120 Speaker 5: But by and large, all those guys are left hand hitters. 120 00:05:57,160 --> 00:06:00,520 Speaker 5: You know, JP has a good history hitting lefties. We're 121 00:06:00,520 --> 00:06:03,760 Speaker 5: seeing that Brendan Donovan can handle the lefties. Cole Young 122 00:06:04,120 --> 00:06:07,680 Speaker 5: has generally always hit lefties, and again a very young guy, 123 00:06:07,839 --> 00:06:10,640 Speaker 5: and he's doing a good job this early in this 124 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:14,560 Speaker 5: season hitting versus the lefties. And as we figure out 125 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:18,160 Speaker 5: how to rotate these players, we don't have the advantage 126 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:21,880 Speaker 5: of the obvious, which is platoon benefits and saying that 127 00:06:21,920 --> 00:06:24,920 Speaker 5: they're all left handed hitters, so we might need to 128 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:29,120 Speaker 5: be creative and where they play, so more positional versatility 129 00:06:29,200 --> 00:06:32,080 Speaker 5: is a better thing. We started preparing for this in 130 00:06:32,120 --> 00:06:35,599 Speaker 5: the spring. Cold played second, You played third, You played 131 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:39,080 Speaker 5: a lot of shortstop. JP has primarily been a shortstop 132 00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:41,960 Speaker 5: his entire career, Cole Young has played a ton of 133 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:45,200 Speaker 5: shortstop and we went back to some shortstop play in 134 00:06:45,279 --> 00:06:49,839 Speaker 5: spring training and preparation, and obviously Brendan Donovan plays just 135 00:06:49,839 --> 00:06:52,880 Speaker 5: about any position on the field. So you know, it's 136 00:06:53,240 --> 00:06:56,640 Speaker 5: we have tried to be thoughtful in how we're preparing 137 00:06:56,720 --> 00:06:58,440 Speaker 5: for it. But you know, if we need a third 138 00:06:58,520 --> 00:07:01,480 Speaker 5: basement tomorrow, that players probably going to be Colt Emerson, 139 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:04,560 Speaker 5: And if we need a shortstop tomorrow, it's probably Colt Emerson. 140 00:07:04,680 --> 00:07:07,280 Speaker 5: And you know, but we'd like to see him get 141 00:07:07,279 --> 00:07:09,680 Speaker 5: his feet on the ground and just get away from 142 00:07:09,720 --> 00:07:12,920 Speaker 5: the dock, so to speak, and start a good season 143 00:07:13,080 --> 00:07:15,320 Speaker 5: before we really push him into the deep end with 144 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:17,680 Speaker 5: exposure at the major league level. 145 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:19,160 Speaker 6: Jerry Depoto joining us. 146 00:07:19,560 --> 00:07:22,040 Speaker 4: Jerry, we asked you about why you made the deal 147 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:25,000 Speaker 4: for cold Emerson. Did he shed any light on why 148 00:07:25,080 --> 00:07:27,640 Speaker 4: he decided to take the contract offer? Because if he's 149 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:30,200 Speaker 4: as good as we all hope he is, and he 150 00:07:30,320 --> 00:07:33,560 Speaker 4: bets on himself, I mean, he could be making fifty 151 00:07:33,640 --> 00:07:35,200 Speaker 4: plus million dollars. 152 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:37,120 Speaker 6: Per year by like twenty thirty two if he just 153 00:07:37,120 --> 00:07:39,880 Speaker 6: decided to roll the dice. So why did he decide 154 00:07:39,880 --> 00:07:40,400 Speaker 6: to take the deal? 155 00:07:40,440 --> 00:07:40,960 Speaker 7: Do you think. 156 00:07:42,520 --> 00:07:45,520 Speaker 5: You know, I think the same reasons any player takes 157 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:49,800 Speaker 5: an early career extension these types of deals. It's just 158 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:53,360 Speaker 5: this is life changing money for just about anybody. I 159 00:07:53,400 --> 00:07:55,520 Speaker 5: can't imagine a human being that could look at ninety 160 00:07:55,520 --> 00:07:59,920 Speaker 5: five million dollars and say, ah, not for me. It's 161 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:03,240 Speaker 5: a great opportunity. He's twenty years old, and he thinks 162 00:08:03,280 --> 00:08:07,640 Speaker 5: he understood that this was now something that could change 163 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:11,720 Speaker 5: generations for his family. And when he wakes up at 164 00:08:11,760 --> 00:08:14,240 Speaker 5: the end of this contract, and this assumes that we'll 165 00:08:14,280 --> 00:08:18,520 Speaker 5: pick up the option that belongs to the Mariners, he's 166 00:08:18,520 --> 00:08:21,360 Speaker 5: still going to have just completed his twenty eight year 167 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:24,920 Speaker 5: old season, which is pretty amazing to think about. And 168 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:28,320 Speaker 5: you know, I said to him today, and I meant 169 00:08:28,320 --> 00:08:31,720 Speaker 5: it sincerely. You know, we did a signing here in 170 00:08:31,760 --> 00:08:34,520 Speaker 5: twenty twenty three where we had Colt in after the 171 00:08:34,640 --> 00:08:37,240 Speaker 5: draft and we did a little photo session and we 172 00:08:37,280 --> 00:08:41,640 Speaker 5: signed his contract and all the pomp and circumstance. We 173 00:08:41,720 --> 00:08:46,160 Speaker 5: had something similar today with a few, you know, less attendees, 174 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:49,160 Speaker 5: but no less impactful. And I said to him, if 175 00:08:49,160 --> 00:08:51,120 Speaker 5: we do this right, we're going to do this three 176 00:08:51,200 --> 00:08:54,079 Speaker 5: times in your career, and you'll retire as a Mariner. 177 00:08:53,720 --> 00:08:55,560 Speaker 7: And I mean that. 178 00:08:55,679 --> 00:08:59,280 Speaker 5: You know, he's a special kid, He's an awesome player, 179 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:02,280 Speaker 5: and I feel like he will be a leader here 180 00:09:02,320 --> 00:09:04,800 Speaker 5: and foundational to what we do for a long time. 181 00:09:05,160 --> 00:09:08,760 Speaker 3: So the decision if and when to call him up right, 182 00:09:09,520 --> 00:09:13,640 Speaker 3: is this all driven by him and how he's performing 183 00:09:13,760 --> 00:09:14,440 Speaker 3: and when. 184 00:09:14,240 --> 00:09:17,120 Speaker 2: You believe he is ready or is it a. 185 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:20,360 Speaker 3: Combination of him being ready and what's happening at the 186 00:09:20,400 --> 00:09:22,400 Speaker 3: major league level with the big club. 187 00:09:24,200 --> 00:09:25,600 Speaker 7: I think it's both of those things. 188 00:09:25,640 --> 00:09:27,960 Speaker 5: You know, it's a if the major league club is 189 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:32,040 Speaker 5: playing well and everybody's doing their thing and having good seasons, 190 00:09:32,559 --> 00:09:36,560 Speaker 5: then more exposure, more time to grow is better. And 191 00:09:37,080 --> 00:09:39,600 Speaker 5: you know, we can't we can't put ourselves in a 192 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:44,120 Speaker 5: position where we're rushing Cult into one of these spots, 193 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:46,120 Speaker 5: you know, with the belief that he's going to save 194 00:09:46,679 --> 00:09:49,400 Speaker 5: a bad week or a bad month for our season. 195 00:09:49,480 --> 00:09:52,360 Speaker 5: But you know, if if there is an opening, and 196 00:09:52,400 --> 00:09:54,880 Speaker 5: we deem the opening to be more long term than 197 00:09:54,920 --> 00:09:58,600 Speaker 5: short and you know, I'll use JP's situation leaving spring 198 00:09:58,679 --> 00:10:02,720 Speaker 5: training and I said this at the time, and I 199 00:10:02,760 --> 00:10:06,120 Speaker 5: have no problem saying and now obviously it's changed because 200 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:10,040 Speaker 5: now he signed an eight year contract but when we 201 00:10:10,200 --> 00:10:13,600 Speaker 5: left spring training and JP was likely to miss no 202 00:10:13,720 --> 00:10:16,160 Speaker 5: more than the first week or ten days of games, 203 00:10:16,960 --> 00:10:21,120 Speaker 5: we immediately resolved that that cult would go start and Tacoma. 204 00:10:21,160 --> 00:10:24,079 Speaker 5: We didn't want to start his engine, have him spend 205 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:26,199 Speaker 5: seven or ten days in the Big League, and then 206 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:30,000 Speaker 5: option him back to Tacoma regardless of the results, because 207 00:10:30,360 --> 00:10:33,640 Speaker 5: we felt the other guys Cole Young earned his spot 208 00:10:33,840 --> 00:10:37,120 Speaker 5: and Brendan Donovan earned his spot, and so did JP 209 00:10:37,320 --> 00:10:39,439 Speaker 5: Crawford with all the years that he's put in and 210 00:10:39,720 --> 00:10:42,800 Speaker 5: the things that he's done as a Mariner, and it 211 00:10:42,840 --> 00:10:46,600 Speaker 5: wouldn't be right to jerk cult around. So we thought 212 00:10:46,640 --> 00:10:49,840 Speaker 5: sending him to Tacoma was the wisest thing. And you 213 00:10:49,840 --> 00:10:52,120 Speaker 5: know that part has changed a little bit. And if 214 00:10:52,160 --> 00:10:55,080 Speaker 5: there's a thirty day window or a forty five day 215 00:10:55,120 --> 00:10:58,599 Speaker 5: window where we have four six week absence with a 216 00:11:00,320 --> 00:11:03,320 Speaker 5: significant injury to any of our players in the field, 217 00:11:03,679 --> 00:11:07,320 Speaker 5: that I think the conversation becomes, is Colt Emerson ready 218 00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:10,680 Speaker 5: to go do this for the next six weeks? Because 219 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:12,800 Speaker 5: our feeling is if he does it for six weeks, 220 00:11:12,840 --> 00:11:14,680 Speaker 5: he's probably gonna do it for the next nine years, 221 00:11:14,720 --> 00:11:16,400 Speaker 5: and then we'll have this conversation again. 222 00:11:16,760 --> 00:11:18,800 Speaker 2: Yeah, so you see the possibility. 223 00:11:18,840 --> 00:11:20,800 Speaker 3: Then I don't want to put words in your mouth, Jerry, 224 00:11:20,880 --> 00:11:23,760 Speaker 3: Jerry Depoto with us, but the idea of Colt Emerson 225 00:11:23,920 --> 00:11:27,240 Speaker 3: playing a significant role on this baseball team this year, 226 00:11:27,840 --> 00:11:30,000 Speaker 3: that's not out of the question. It sounds like if 227 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:31,400 Speaker 3: the circumstances call for it. 228 00:11:33,040 --> 00:11:35,760 Speaker 5: Oh yeah, we actually believe that to be true. And 229 00:11:35,760 --> 00:11:38,200 Speaker 5: we thought that was true even before he signed a contract. 230 00:11:38,320 --> 00:11:42,719 Speaker 5: And I believe Colt knew that, and I've talked about that, 231 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:43,880 Speaker 5: you know, publicly. 232 00:11:44,080 --> 00:11:47,680 Speaker 7: Is he is. He is a special player. 233 00:11:47,720 --> 00:11:49,920 Speaker 5: And I know he's only twenty years old, and it's 234 00:11:49,960 --> 00:11:52,000 Speaker 5: it is rare for a twenty year old to come 235 00:11:52,040 --> 00:11:55,280 Speaker 5: to the big leagues and impact the club, especially a club, 236 00:11:55,679 --> 00:11:59,080 Speaker 5: you know, with that aspires to go win a World Series. 237 00:11:59,120 --> 00:12:01,719 Speaker 5: And I think we have that kind of talent. And 238 00:12:02,080 --> 00:12:05,319 Speaker 5: I just I think this is one of those types 239 00:12:05,360 --> 00:12:09,040 Speaker 5: of guys who comes in and just handles any situation 240 00:12:09,160 --> 00:12:11,520 Speaker 5: you throw at him. And he'll struggle like any young 241 00:12:11,559 --> 00:12:14,160 Speaker 5: player will, but I don't think he'll let it, you know, 242 00:12:14,320 --> 00:12:17,880 Speaker 5: drag him down. And I would be shocked if we 243 00:12:17,960 --> 00:12:21,400 Speaker 5: made it through this season without tapping into the Colt 244 00:12:21,480 --> 00:12:24,720 Speaker 5: and giving him the opportunity to contribute, and I believe 245 00:12:24,800 --> 00:12:26,280 Speaker 5: when he gets that chance, he will. 246 00:12:27,520 --> 00:12:29,800 Speaker 4: When he does come up, you mentioned the positions you're 247 00:12:29,840 --> 00:12:33,280 Speaker 4: comfortable to him playing what I love Brendan Donovan. I mean, 248 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:36,120 Speaker 4: this is a perfect addition to this team, Jerry, and 249 00:12:36,160 --> 00:12:37,600 Speaker 4: I don't want to see him out of the lineup 250 00:12:37,640 --> 00:12:40,840 Speaker 4: at all. So where are you comfortable playing Brendan Donovan 251 00:12:40,840 --> 00:12:42,199 Speaker 4: when cold Emberson comes up? 252 00:12:43,840 --> 00:12:46,760 Speaker 5: You know, I said beauty about Donnie is then one 253 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:50,000 Speaker 5: of the reasons why we were so hell bent on 254 00:12:50,080 --> 00:12:53,600 Speaker 5: acquiring him multiple times over the last few seasons, but 255 00:12:53,720 --> 00:12:58,800 Speaker 5: especially this offseason. We knew or felt that that Colt 256 00:12:58,920 --> 00:13:03,400 Speaker 5: was close. Obviously we've we've shown with our you know, 257 00:13:03,640 --> 00:13:06,920 Speaker 5: our roster behavior how much we think of Cole Young 258 00:13:07,760 --> 00:13:10,720 Speaker 5: another guy who was promoted at twenty one and last 259 00:13:10,760 --> 00:13:12,600 Speaker 5: year was one of the five youngest players in the 260 00:13:12,640 --> 00:13:14,920 Speaker 5: league for all of his time in the big league. 261 00:13:15,520 --> 00:13:19,000 Speaker 5: And I think now is showing what he can do. 262 00:13:19,320 --> 00:13:23,000 Speaker 5: And we saw it at various points last year. But 263 00:13:23,120 --> 00:13:26,000 Speaker 5: this is you know, this is a special kid too, 264 00:13:26,120 --> 00:13:29,240 Speaker 5: and and just twenty two years old. So it's having 265 00:13:29,320 --> 00:13:33,439 Speaker 5: those guys, you know, get their their ads, get their reps. 266 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:37,800 Speaker 5: Was a priority for us, and Brendan Donovan's versatility allows 267 00:13:37,880 --> 00:13:40,960 Speaker 5: them to play. And you know, because we do. We 268 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:43,000 Speaker 5: want to go out and we want to win a 269 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:45,199 Speaker 5: World Series, and in order to do that, you need 270 00:13:45,240 --> 00:13:48,240 Speaker 5: more Brendan Donovan's. But we want to win multiple World 271 00:13:48,280 --> 00:13:50,520 Speaker 5: series and we want to be at this level of 272 00:13:50,640 --> 00:13:54,640 Speaker 5: competition for the foreseeable future. And in order to do that, 273 00:13:54,880 --> 00:13:57,280 Speaker 5: you have to find ways to get reps for your 274 00:13:57,320 --> 00:14:01,280 Speaker 5: Cole t Emerson's and you're Cole Young, et cetera. And 275 00:14:01,520 --> 00:14:03,480 Speaker 5: how you do that and you find guys that can 276 00:14:03,520 --> 00:14:06,400 Speaker 5: go play left field, right field, second base, third base 277 00:14:06,520 --> 00:14:09,520 Speaker 5: and hit leadoff for you and do the things that 278 00:14:09,600 --> 00:14:14,000 Speaker 5: Donnie does. And low ego player, he knows he's good, 279 00:14:14,080 --> 00:14:17,000 Speaker 5: but he is willing to do whatever is required for 280 00:14:17,040 --> 00:14:19,760 Speaker 5: the team to win games. And I'm comfortable with him 281 00:14:19,760 --> 00:14:21,040 Speaker 5: playing any of those spots. 282 00:14:21,080 --> 00:14:22,840 Speaker 7: And I know Dan is too. Yeah. 283 00:14:22,880 --> 00:14:24,080 Speaker 2: Well, Jerry Depoto with us. 284 00:14:24,080 --> 00:14:25,600 Speaker 3: And by the way, not that you didn't know this, 285 00:14:25,680 --> 00:14:29,040 Speaker 3: but Colt's playing shortstop tonight in Tacoma for everybody tuning 286 00:14:29,080 --> 00:14:31,800 Speaker 3: in right now, So there you go. But Jerry Depoto's 287 00:14:31,840 --> 00:14:33,920 Speaker 3: with us on the radio show. And as long as 288 00:14:33,960 --> 00:14:35,640 Speaker 3: you've been here. You've always said we want to take 289 00:14:35,640 --> 00:14:37,440 Speaker 3: care of our guys, right, we want to re sign 290 00:14:37,600 --> 00:14:39,880 Speaker 3: our players, and you're doing that. 291 00:14:40,760 --> 00:14:41,520 Speaker 2: Who's next? 292 00:14:42,240 --> 00:14:43,960 Speaker 3: I mean, can you give us kind of an idea 293 00:14:44,080 --> 00:14:46,880 Speaker 3: on how close we are to maybe seeing extensions with 294 00:14:47,160 --> 00:14:49,400 Speaker 3: maybe somebody like Logan Gilbert for example. 295 00:14:51,120 --> 00:14:54,640 Speaker 5: You know, we've we've had a variety of conversations both 296 00:14:54,720 --> 00:14:57,920 Speaker 5: internal and with the reps for more than one of 297 00:14:57,960 --> 00:15:01,920 Speaker 5: our players. Now, I wouldn't say we're particularly close to anything, 298 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:07,120 Speaker 5: and and I think the the reality is that I 299 00:15:07,160 --> 00:15:11,960 Speaker 5: guess different players will choose, you know, to to negotiate 300 00:15:12,080 --> 00:15:15,040 Speaker 5: during seasons or in seasons, and others might find it 301 00:15:15,040 --> 00:15:17,800 Speaker 5: to be a distraction. And and I don't think either 302 00:15:17,840 --> 00:15:20,600 Speaker 5: one of those things is right or wrong. It's a 303 00:15:20,800 --> 00:15:24,720 Speaker 5: it's it's just a preference. And we've done in season extensions. 304 00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:28,120 Speaker 5: You know, obviously this is a unique one here with Colt. 305 00:15:28,200 --> 00:15:31,320 Speaker 5: But you know we did Uilio in season, we did 306 00:15:31,360 --> 00:15:35,120 Speaker 5: the Rock in season. Others we took care of in 307 00:15:35,120 --> 00:15:38,880 Speaker 5: in off seasons, like more Jp Crawford or and Andres Munus. 308 00:15:38,920 --> 00:15:42,080 Speaker 5: But you know, we will we will be open for 309 00:15:42,120 --> 00:15:46,040 Speaker 5: as much conversation and and to get as many deals 310 00:15:46,080 --> 00:15:48,320 Speaker 5: done as we can. We do want to keep our 311 00:15:48,360 --> 00:15:52,000 Speaker 5: players here, and and there's nothing about what we're doing 312 00:15:52,240 --> 00:15:54,520 Speaker 5: that I think is a turn off to our players. 313 00:15:54,560 --> 00:15:57,280 Speaker 5: They love it here and they know we have a 314 00:15:57,320 --> 00:16:00,880 Speaker 5: good team. They they're thrilled with the I guess the 315 00:16:00,920 --> 00:16:04,000 Speaker 5: way our our team has trended in the last couple 316 00:16:04,040 --> 00:16:06,600 Speaker 5: of years, and and I think they do. 317 00:16:06,440 --> 00:16:07,000 Speaker 7: Want to stay. 318 00:16:07,040 --> 00:16:09,720 Speaker 5: But you know, it's we have to find a place 319 00:16:09,720 --> 00:16:13,920 Speaker 5: in the road where it's mutually beneficial to everyone, including 320 00:16:14,200 --> 00:16:17,200 Speaker 5: you know, the player and his family. So we'll keep 321 00:16:17,240 --> 00:16:21,000 Speaker 5: having those conversations. I don't think there's there's an extension 322 00:16:21,280 --> 00:16:23,960 Speaker 5: coming down tomorrow or around the corner, but it's not 323 00:16:24,080 --> 00:16:26,600 Speaker 5: for lack of willingness or desire to do it. And 324 00:16:26,680 --> 00:16:28,880 Speaker 5: we'll stay open as much as the players would like 325 00:16:28,920 --> 00:16:30,160 Speaker 5: to talk in season. 326 00:16:31,040 --> 00:16:34,520 Speaker 4: Jerry, is it a priority to stagger contracts of guys 327 00:16:34,560 --> 00:16:37,320 Speaker 4: like Wu and Gilbert and Kirby or do you feel 328 00:16:37,360 --> 00:16:39,480 Speaker 4: like you can afford to keep all those guys long 329 00:16:39,560 --> 00:16:41,560 Speaker 4: term regardless of when they want to sign. 330 00:16:43,320 --> 00:16:46,200 Speaker 5: Uh. You know, it's I would say stagger in terms 331 00:16:46,280 --> 00:16:50,240 Speaker 5: of the interval at which you're signing them, but you 332 00:16:50,240 --> 00:16:55,160 Speaker 5: know you may need to to stagger salaries. I said 333 00:16:55,200 --> 00:16:58,400 Speaker 5: this the day before yesterday with with Colt. You know, 334 00:16:58,480 --> 00:17:01,560 Speaker 5: one of the things that we did and Colt's contract 335 00:17:01,760 --> 00:17:03,720 Speaker 5: was we put more money into the front end of 336 00:17:03,720 --> 00:17:06,840 Speaker 5: the contract than the back. And you know, that's a 337 00:17:06,880 --> 00:17:11,879 Speaker 5: little unusual in today's game. Usually it just gets pushed 338 00:17:11,880 --> 00:17:15,080 Speaker 5: out further. And I think there was something in the 339 00:17:15,119 --> 00:17:18,359 Speaker 5: neighborhood of twenty million dollars on the in the front 340 00:17:18,440 --> 00:17:20,879 Speaker 5: end of the contract when cult would otherwise be in 341 00:17:20,920 --> 00:17:23,760 Speaker 5: his zero to three years and you know, the zero 342 00:17:23,840 --> 00:17:26,800 Speaker 5: to three years we'll at ballpark and say those usually 343 00:17:27,320 --> 00:17:30,600 Speaker 5: we'll give you an aggregate three million dollars. So we 344 00:17:31,480 --> 00:17:34,000 Speaker 5: took care of him on the front end and hope 345 00:17:34,080 --> 00:17:37,280 Speaker 5: that we could maintain, you know, a more neutral salary 346 00:17:37,320 --> 00:17:40,600 Speaker 5: moving forward for that very reason, so we could continue 347 00:17:40,640 --> 00:17:44,840 Speaker 5: to go out there add talent, extend our talent, and build. 348 00:17:44,600 --> 00:17:45,760 Speaker 7: On top of what we have. 349 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:48,679 Speaker 5: And you know, you can do that when you're doing 350 00:17:49,320 --> 00:17:52,480 Speaker 5: deals like we've done with Colt, with cal with Julio, 351 00:17:52,680 --> 00:17:56,320 Speaker 5: when the contracts are five, six, eight, twelve years long, 352 00:17:56,480 --> 00:17:59,359 Speaker 5: you know, it is a heck of lot easier to 353 00:17:59,440 --> 00:18:02,280 Speaker 5: figure out how you're going to manage payroll than it 354 00:18:02,359 --> 00:18:04,960 Speaker 5: is in a series of one year contracts. So this 355 00:18:05,040 --> 00:18:09,879 Speaker 5: is part of the strategy and hopefully it results in 356 00:18:09,960 --> 00:18:12,199 Speaker 5: us being able to add you know, some more on 357 00:18:12,240 --> 00:18:14,000 Speaker 5: top of it, because I know we're willing. 358 00:18:14,800 --> 00:18:17,879 Speaker 3: Jerry, I'm curious about the ABS thing that we're dealing 359 00:18:17,880 --> 00:18:21,160 Speaker 3: with here. The other day, it looked like the Yankees 360 00:18:21,160 --> 00:18:24,120 Speaker 3: were kind of just giving free reign to challenge anything 361 00:18:24,280 --> 00:18:27,920 Speaker 3: right when they came through town. Are there certain players 362 00:18:27,960 --> 00:18:30,480 Speaker 3: on the roster that you feel have more of a 363 00:18:30,480 --> 00:18:33,360 Speaker 3: green light than others to challenge calls when they feel 364 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:34,200 Speaker 3: it's necessary. 365 00:18:35,960 --> 00:18:38,720 Speaker 5: No, I think it's just a it's a familiarity, a 366 00:18:38,840 --> 00:18:42,800 Speaker 5: courage thing. You know, the Yankees were the most aggressive 367 00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:46,840 Speaker 5: team in MLB during the spring and just testing it out, 368 00:18:46,880 --> 00:18:50,720 Speaker 5: and they encouraged their guys to go for it. They 369 00:18:50,760 --> 00:18:54,439 Speaker 5: did obviously. You know, you can look at a statuet 370 00:18:54,480 --> 00:18:58,440 Speaker 5: and see that the Yankees are are fairly good at 371 00:18:58,520 --> 00:19:01,640 Speaker 5: managing the strike zone and you know, identifying pitches. 372 00:19:01,680 --> 00:19:03,240 Speaker 7: They're also a veteran team. 373 00:19:03,320 --> 00:19:08,240 Speaker 5: With a unawareness of who they are, and our players 374 00:19:08,359 --> 00:19:11,760 Speaker 5: in general have not shown as much aggression with it. 375 00:19:11,760 --> 00:19:15,919 Speaker 5: It's not for a lack of willingness to do it. Organizationally, 376 00:19:15,960 --> 00:19:17,720 Speaker 5: I would love to see us do it some more 377 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:21,840 Speaker 5: the you know, the the opening homestand we I think 378 00:19:21,880 --> 00:19:25,159 Speaker 5: we had our moments against Cleveland and using it to 379 00:19:25,200 --> 00:19:28,200 Speaker 5: our advantage, and we did not do it against the Yankees. 380 00:19:28,240 --> 00:19:31,680 Speaker 5: And I can't tell you why. It certainly wasn't a 381 00:19:31,720 --> 00:19:34,800 Speaker 5: mandate we would prefer. And I know Dan addressed this 382 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:38,240 Speaker 5: that you know, it's the strike zone from a when 383 00:19:38,240 --> 00:19:42,360 Speaker 5: we were playing defense that challenges generally come from from 384 00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:44,479 Speaker 5: our catcher. You know, they're the one who sees it 385 00:19:44,960 --> 00:19:47,280 Speaker 5: best and has the ball right in front of them. 386 00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:51,480 Speaker 5: It's a little less easy for the pitcher, although we 387 00:19:51,520 --> 00:19:54,120 Speaker 5: saw George do it yesterday and kind of worked out 388 00:19:54,160 --> 00:19:57,679 Speaker 5: to our benefit. But we're just getting used to it, 389 00:19:57,720 --> 00:20:00,359 Speaker 5: as the league around us is. We'll get better at it. 390 00:20:00,480 --> 00:20:00,639 Speaker 7: You know. 391 00:20:00,760 --> 00:20:05,159 Speaker 5: Obviously the last three days we weren't good Cleveland. I 392 00:20:05,160 --> 00:20:08,280 Speaker 5: thought we were fine, and and we will figure out 393 00:20:08,280 --> 00:20:10,520 Speaker 5: how to use it as an advantage like we do 394 00:20:10,560 --> 00:20:13,800 Speaker 5: with with most of the things on the on the margins, 395 00:20:13,840 --> 00:20:17,720 Speaker 5: and you know, but we just saw what the the 396 00:20:17,720 --> 00:20:21,280 Speaker 5: the benefits are with what we watch the Yankees do 397 00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:23,960 Speaker 5: for three days, and if that gives our players a 398 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:26,840 Speaker 5: little bit more courage or or you know, desire to 399 00:20:26,880 --> 00:20:29,040 Speaker 5: go do it. It's a heck of a lot easier 400 00:20:29,040 --> 00:20:30,760 Speaker 5: to hit when the count is two and one instead 401 00:20:30,800 --> 00:20:31,320 Speaker 5: of one and two. 402 00:20:32,119 --> 00:20:34,880 Speaker 4: Well, Jerry, we started talking about a stud prospect, I'll 403 00:20:34,960 --> 00:20:38,119 Speaker 4: end asking about a couple of stud prospects. What's your 404 00:20:38,520 --> 00:20:41,919 Speaker 4: preferred timeline for Kate Anderson and Ryan Sloan. 405 00:20:44,240 --> 00:20:47,120 Speaker 5: I mean, the truth is, it's whenever they tell us. 406 00:20:47,160 --> 00:20:49,320 Speaker 5: You know, when you get guys like that, you just 407 00:20:49,440 --> 00:20:53,200 Speaker 5: you listen for the knock on the door. And spring 408 00:20:53,320 --> 00:20:57,400 Speaker 5: training was incredibly impressive for both. Obviously, you know they're 409 00:20:57,480 --> 00:21:02,159 Speaker 5: trending prospects. I think today both would probably be considered 410 00:21:02,320 --> 00:21:07,480 Speaker 5: consensus top we'll call it thirty five forty prospects in 411 00:21:07,520 --> 00:21:10,000 Speaker 5: the game, but certainly two of the ten best pitching 412 00:21:10,080 --> 00:21:13,720 Speaker 5: prospects in baseball. And you know, we also have one 413 00:21:13,720 --> 00:21:15,600 Speaker 5: of the better rotations in the league. 414 00:21:15,359 --> 00:21:16,280 Speaker 7: Here in the big leagues. 415 00:21:16,359 --> 00:21:19,440 Speaker 5: And I think with what Emerson did you know Emerson 416 00:21:19,480 --> 00:21:23,720 Speaker 5: Hancock on Sunday? It gives you real confidence and the 417 00:21:23,760 --> 00:21:25,800 Speaker 5: fact that we can run and we are a little 418 00:21:25,800 --> 00:21:30,679 Speaker 5: bit deep in ways that maybe people weren't expecting. But 419 00:21:30,720 --> 00:21:33,840 Speaker 5: when you get guys like Kate and Ryan, you just 420 00:21:34,080 --> 00:21:37,720 Speaker 5: listen for the loudness, and the stuff is loud. Their 421 00:21:37,760 --> 00:21:40,639 Speaker 5: performance needs to match up with the stuff. I have 422 00:21:40,960 --> 00:21:44,560 Speaker 5: confidence in both guys for what they do, and we're 423 00:21:44,600 --> 00:21:47,600 Speaker 5: in no rush to move them in. Obviously. We have, 424 00:21:48,080 --> 00:21:50,640 Speaker 5: you know, right now five and at some point soon 425 00:21:50,760 --> 00:21:53,480 Speaker 5: six starters in the big leagues, and that's a. 426 00:21:53,520 --> 00:21:54,720 Speaker 7: Really good problem to have. 427 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:57,639 Speaker 5: We will, I'm sure we will find a way to 428 00:21:57,680 --> 00:21:58,879 Speaker 5: squeeze both of them in. 429 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:00,440 Speaker 7: I just hope that we don't have to GM the 430 00:22:00,520 --> 00:22:02,400 Speaker 7: men because we need it, right. 431 00:22:02,359 --> 00:22:02,800 Speaker 2: No doubt. 432 00:22:02,840 --> 00:22:05,000 Speaker 3: Well, you gave a big deal to a guy who's 433 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:07,399 Speaker 3: never seen a pitch in the majors. Uh, Dick and 434 00:22:07,440 --> 00:22:09,480 Speaker 3: I have also never seen a pitch in the majors. 435 00:22:09,480 --> 00:22:11,840 Speaker 3: Can we get an eight year, ninety five million dollar 436 00:22:11,920 --> 00:22:14,160 Speaker 3: deal too, I mean, if you're just handing them. 437 00:22:14,080 --> 00:22:18,240 Speaker 5: Out, of course, Yeah, I said, there's well I think 438 00:22:18,320 --> 00:22:22,159 Speaker 5: you two, you know, certainly cover the performance aspect of it. 439 00:22:22,200 --> 00:22:26,359 Speaker 5: You know, there's a there's an element of trust and 440 00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:27,440 Speaker 5: have to get there. 441 00:22:27,800 --> 00:22:29,800 Speaker 2: Yeah, I got it. I got it all right. 442 00:22:29,840 --> 00:22:32,040 Speaker 3: Hey, listen, thank you for doing this, man, appreciate it, 443 00:22:32,119 --> 00:22:33,320 Speaker 3: and uh, we'll talk soon. 444 00:22:33,359 --> 00:22:37,840 Speaker 2: Thanks again. Jerry, You got it, You bet, Jerry Depoto 445 00:22:37,880 --> 00:22:38,640 Speaker 2: with us on the show. 446 00:22:38,640 --> 00:22:40,439 Speaker 3: All right, a lot to unpack there, We'll do that 447 00:22:40,480 --> 00:22:43,320 Speaker 3: next on ninety three three KJRFM. As we continue from 448 00:22:43,560 --> 00:22:46,920 Speaker 3: Husky Stadium, Day two of springball. Jetfish was with us 449 00:22:47,440 --> 00:22:49,440 Speaker 3: about a half an hour ago. You missed any of it, 450 00:22:49,520 --> 00:22:50,919 Speaker 3: We're gonna give you some of it coming up at 451 00:22:50,960 --> 00:22:53,240 Speaker 3: six on ninety three three KJR FM. 452 00:22:57,280 --> 00:23:01,440 Speaker 1: From the R and R Foundation specialists Brott Studio. Now 453 00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:04,800 Speaker 1: back to Safie and Dick on your home for the Huskies, 454 00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:08,200 Speaker 1: Kraken and the twelfth Man Sports Radio ninety three point 455 00:23:08,280 --> 00:23:16,920 Speaker 1: three kJ r FM. 456 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:20,880 Speaker 5: To process and and carry forward to the next day. 457 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:23,720 Speaker 5: And you know, you see how resilient a player is 458 00:23:23,800 --> 00:23:26,399 Speaker 5: and how they manage it. And that's where we really 459 00:23:26,600 --> 00:23:29,680 Speaker 5: trust Colt. You know he is he is a very 460 00:23:29,720 --> 00:23:32,920 Speaker 5: mature young guy. He has a great feel for the game. 461 00:23:33,560 --> 00:23:36,800 Speaker 5: And while he's incredibly intense and he brings it to 462 00:23:36,880 --> 00:23:40,800 Speaker 5: the field every time, and it's he plays with, you know, 463 00:23:41,240 --> 00:23:45,800 Speaker 5: an intensity that you can just feel and which is great. 464 00:23:46,400 --> 00:23:48,800 Speaker 5: He is able to process it and move on to the 465 00:23:48,880 --> 00:23:51,520 Speaker 5: next and hope for four and we win the game. 466 00:23:51,800 --> 00:23:54,199 Speaker 5: Is a good day for Colt Emerson And yeah, you know, 467 00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:58,840 Speaker 5: very few players at his age have that sense of awareness, 468 00:23:58,920 --> 00:24:02,040 Speaker 5: and and I think that's a real positive for us 469 00:24:02,080 --> 00:24:04,919 Speaker 5: as we stepped forward with this, with this, dealing with 470 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:06,240 Speaker 5: Colt's career in the big book. 471 00:24:07,119 --> 00:24:09,520 Speaker 3: All right, the voice of the reigning executive of the 472 00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:12,439 Speaker 3: Year in Major League Baseball, Jerry to Poto with us 473 00:24:12,520 --> 00:24:15,639 Speaker 3: last segment talking about a lot of issues. Spent a 474 00:24:15,640 --> 00:24:18,560 Speaker 3: majority of the conversations. We're back here at Husky Stadium, Softie, 475 00:24:18,600 --> 00:24:21,240 Speaker 3: Dick Anders, Oh Anders, back in the studio. You can't 476 00:24:21,240 --> 00:24:24,080 Speaker 3: say Andrews without saying oh Anders. I mean, it just 477 00:24:24,080 --> 00:24:27,280 Speaker 3: doesn't sound right, Softie, Dick Anders. See, it doesn't work, 478 00:24:27,320 --> 00:24:28,240 Speaker 3: That's Dick. 479 00:24:28,280 --> 00:24:30,920 Speaker 4: And that's why I like I asked yesterday, which is better, 480 00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:32,520 Speaker 4: Oh Anders or the ogre? 481 00:24:32,920 --> 00:24:37,400 Speaker 2: Anders? Oh, the mugger or the Ogre. Yeah, I'm not sure, Andrews. 482 00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:38,800 Speaker 2: Are you cool with the o Anders thing? 483 00:24:39,320 --> 00:24:40,840 Speaker 3: I never really asked you, Okay, I'm not sure if 484 00:24:40,840 --> 00:24:42,680 Speaker 3: Travis is cool with the Ogre deal? By the way, 485 00:24:43,119 --> 00:24:44,800 Speaker 3: that kind of feels like something that he may have 486 00:24:44,840 --> 00:24:46,240 Speaker 3: heard when he was like twelve years old. 487 00:24:46,320 --> 00:24:48,560 Speaker 6: Andres, are you as high brow as Softie said you 488 00:24:48,600 --> 00:24:49,600 Speaker 6: were on the area yesterday? 489 00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:52,520 Speaker 3: Absolutely not, No, that's worse by the way, Yeah, he 490 00:24:52,520 --> 00:24:54,840 Speaker 3: doesn't really need to work, you know that right at all? 491 00:24:55,200 --> 00:24:56,359 Speaker 6: Why does his wife makes so much? 492 00:24:56,440 --> 00:24:58,040 Speaker 2: Well, he's just got billions of dollars. 493 00:24:58,040 --> 00:25:00,800 Speaker 8: I mean totally. That is definitely exactly how it goes. 494 00:25:00,840 --> 00:25:04,000 Speaker 2: He is in line to inherit the entire Western hemisphere. 495 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:04,360 Speaker 6: What you eat? 496 00:25:04,680 --> 00:25:07,080 Speaker 2: Yeah, what are you doing back there? Ritz crackers? What 497 00:25:07,080 --> 00:25:07,359 Speaker 2: are you going? 498 00:25:07,600 --> 00:25:08,240 Speaker 8: I got a burger? 499 00:25:08,359 --> 00:25:09,080 Speaker 2: You got something. 500 00:25:09,800 --> 00:25:12,040 Speaker 8: Homemade burger for my wife? She gave me to bring the. 501 00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:12,520 Speaker 2: Home made burger. 502 00:25:12,600 --> 00:25:17,200 Speaker 3: Is he like an Argentinian burger wowing burgers to work? 503 00:25:17,320 --> 00:25:17,480 Speaker 7: You know? 504 00:25:17,520 --> 00:25:19,719 Speaker 2: What there is to eat here? By the way, you 505 00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:22,800 Speaker 2: just said to people, Yeah, but it's gone. 506 00:25:23,160 --> 00:25:25,399 Speaker 8: Yes, that's why I was. 507 00:25:26,520 --> 00:25:28,719 Speaker 2: Yeah, there there is some wine back there at the bar. 508 00:25:29,240 --> 00:25:30,120 Speaker 2: We actually have a bar. 509 00:25:30,240 --> 00:25:32,760 Speaker 3: We're here at the touchdown Terrace, which is the sweets 510 00:25:32,760 --> 00:25:35,280 Speaker 3: on the ground level by the way, uh East end zone, 511 00:25:35,280 --> 00:25:36,560 Speaker 3: and there's a bar, literally a. 512 00:25:36,480 --> 00:25:37,119 Speaker 2: Bar behind me. 513 00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:39,560 Speaker 3: So I think they have like cans of wine wow, 514 00:25:39,720 --> 00:25:41,520 Speaker 3: right over there, so I might have to go pop 515 00:25:41,520 --> 00:25:41,879 Speaker 3: one of them. 516 00:25:41,960 --> 00:25:42,400 Speaker 2: Anyway. 517 00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:45,320 Speaker 3: I though it was great with Jerry uh saying all 518 00:25:45,320 --> 00:25:47,560 Speaker 3: the right things. You know, It's it's kind of funny, man, 519 00:25:47,560 --> 00:25:50,040 Speaker 3: when the team wins. Uh, you go from saying all 520 00:25:50,080 --> 00:25:51,800 Speaker 3: the wrong things to saying all the right things right. 521 00:25:51,880 --> 00:25:54,359 Speaker 3: I mean, and we've we've had times on this show, 522 00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:56,679 Speaker 3: you know that where we've been critical of some of 523 00:25:56,680 --> 00:25:58,720 Speaker 3: the stuff that he's been saying, and but he's. 524 00:25:58,560 --> 00:26:01,560 Speaker 4: Always said right things to it's when he did and 525 00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:04,440 Speaker 4: when he did the the you know, the big interviews 526 00:26:04,520 --> 00:26:06,199 Speaker 4: where the fifth press. 527 00:26:06,800 --> 00:26:07,080 Speaker 2: Yeah. 528 00:26:07,119 --> 00:26:08,600 Speaker 3: Well, I mean whether he says it to us or 529 00:26:08,640 --> 00:26:10,800 Speaker 3: says it to a press conference room, I mean, so what, 530 00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:12,639 Speaker 3: he's still saying it right whatever, But I mean he 531 00:26:12,840 --> 00:26:15,600 Speaker 3: was he I am in lockstep with him, not that 532 00:26:15,680 --> 00:26:17,520 Speaker 3: it matters what I think, you know, I mean, you 533 00:26:17,520 --> 00:26:18,560 Speaker 3: think Jerry put the phone. 534 00:26:18,359 --> 00:26:20,040 Speaker 2: Down and God, thank god, Sothie agrees with me. 535 00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:23,720 Speaker 3: Yeah, But the idea that the line I love from 536 00:26:23,800 --> 00:26:26,200 Speaker 3: him when he said, hey, look man, we're not gonna 537 00:26:26,280 --> 00:26:29,520 Speaker 3: jack cold Emerson around, you know, meaning we're not gonna 538 00:26:29,560 --> 00:26:31,600 Speaker 3: bring him up and sit him on the bench. He's 539 00:26:31,600 --> 00:26:34,440 Speaker 3: gonna play, and if somebody's banged up for a month 540 00:26:34,520 --> 00:26:36,239 Speaker 3: or a month and a half, he can come up 541 00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:39,040 Speaker 3: and he can have forty five days of Major League baseball. 542 00:26:39,359 --> 00:26:41,200 Speaker 3: And then when that thing is over and the guy 543 00:26:41,320 --> 00:26:44,640 Speaker 3: is healthy again. Whoever it is will reevaluate. I mean, guys, look, 544 00:26:44,720 --> 00:26:49,760 Speaker 3: JP Crawford two years ago missed fifty seven games at shortstop. 545 00:26:50,119 --> 00:26:53,160 Speaker 3: Jorge Polanka was your starting third basement on day one 546 00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:55,960 Speaker 3: right anders last year against the East, he was so 547 00:26:56,240 --> 00:27:00,239 Speaker 3: putrid defensively, he played five games at third base and 548 00:27:00,280 --> 00:27:00,920 Speaker 3: he was done. 549 00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:03,760 Speaker 2: So you never know, right, you have no idea. Who 550 00:27:03,760 --> 00:27:04,479 Speaker 2: gets banged up. 551 00:27:04,520 --> 00:27:07,160 Speaker 3: Somebody runs into a wall, they bang into each other, 552 00:27:07,160 --> 00:27:11,159 Speaker 3: they get suspended from fighting a guy, whatever, something's gonna happen. 553 00:27:11,480 --> 00:27:14,359 Speaker 3: And so that really sounds like that's gonna be maybe 554 00:27:14,359 --> 00:27:17,320 Speaker 3: the window here for cold Emerson to come up. And 555 00:27:17,400 --> 00:27:19,080 Speaker 3: you know, we asked him, is it gonna be just 556 00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:21,680 Speaker 3: based on the way he's playing, Like, let's say, in 557 00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:24,600 Speaker 3: a month from now, he's hitting four eighty and with 558 00:27:24,680 --> 00:27:28,240 Speaker 3: a six fifty slugging percentage and a twelve hundred ops. 559 00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:31,439 Speaker 2: Well, if everyone's kicking ass up here, he may stay down. 560 00:27:31,280 --> 00:27:32,639 Speaker 6: There a little bit. And I think he should. 561 00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:34,679 Speaker 4: I hope it's it's only based on need when he 562 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:36,920 Speaker 4: comes up, because and I felt differently about the. 563 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:38,720 Speaker 3: No no, no, no, no no, it should not only be 564 00:27:38,720 --> 00:27:41,320 Speaker 3: based on need well, because he could be not ready 565 00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:42,120 Speaker 3: for that. 566 00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:45,040 Speaker 6: Right, I'm saying it needs to be he needs to be. 567 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:46,919 Speaker 3: Ready and they need to have a need that's what 568 00:27:47,359 --> 00:27:51,480 Speaker 3: that's right, right, because you're talking Zanino now, yes, right, because. 569 00:27:51,280 --> 00:27:54,120 Speaker 4: In the past, but in the past, Dustin Ackley, I mean, 570 00:27:54,200 --> 00:27:57,239 Speaker 4: but in the past, like it hasn't mattered to like 571 00:27:57,320 --> 00:28:00,399 Speaker 4: with Kelnick and even Julio Rodriguez, you didn't have a 572 00:28:00,560 --> 00:28:02,480 Speaker 4: nine man batting order anyway. 573 00:28:02,560 --> 00:28:03,960 Speaker 6: You always had a whole or two. 574 00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:07,080 Speaker 4: So who cares if it's if it's Kellmi kitten to 575 00:28:07,200 --> 00:28:09,520 Speaker 4: twenty or a thirty year old who in two twenty. 576 00:28:10,080 --> 00:28:14,080 Speaker 4: But now you've got with JP back, and hopefully JP 577 00:28:14,280 --> 00:28:16,560 Speaker 4: has a similar type season he did last year. I'm 578 00:28:16,560 --> 00:28:18,960 Speaker 4: a little skeptical he will, but hopefully he has a 579 00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:21,120 Speaker 4: similar type season he did last year. And if that's 580 00:28:21,160 --> 00:28:24,359 Speaker 4: the case, you really don't have an offensive spot for 581 00:28:25,160 --> 00:28:28,360 Speaker 4: cold Emberson right now because well, everybody's good in your line. 582 00:28:28,520 --> 00:28:28,680 Speaker 2: Yeah. 583 00:28:28,720 --> 00:28:31,120 Speaker 3: The thing is, though, and we're talking about this off 584 00:28:31,160 --> 00:28:34,399 Speaker 3: the air, and Jerry kind of hinted at it that 585 00:28:34,480 --> 00:28:37,679 Speaker 3: if cold Emerson is killing it and he's ready and 586 00:28:37,720 --> 00:28:40,600 Speaker 3: he's done everything he can do anders at Triple A, 587 00:28:41,400 --> 00:28:45,640 Speaker 3: yet Donovan's playing well, JP's playing well, Cole Young's playing well. 588 00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:48,520 Speaker 3: But let's say you're struggling and right right, or let's 589 00:28:48,520 --> 00:28:50,760 Speaker 3: say you're struggling and left, or let's say you're struggling 590 00:28:50,760 --> 00:28:51,640 Speaker 3: at DH. 591 00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:53,960 Speaker 2: That's the beauty of a Brendan Donovan's right. 592 00:28:54,240 --> 00:28:56,800 Speaker 3: That's what Jerry talked about that, Hey, we're not gonna 593 00:28:56,800 --> 00:28:59,000 Speaker 3: pull Donovan out of the lineup. We're just gonna play 594 00:28:59,040 --> 00:29:00,800 Speaker 3: him in the right field. Or we're going to play 595 00:29:00,840 --> 00:29:03,680 Speaker 3: him at DH and then Colin Emerson slides into third base. 596 00:29:03,520 --> 00:29:06,080 Speaker 8: Yeah, or put him at left, Randy d H's right, 597 00:29:06,160 --> 00:29:08,880 Speaker 8: anything like that, you have an option to do like that. 598 00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:11,640 Speaker 8: He laid that out perfectly. That that's kind of one 599 00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:13,600 Speaker 8: of the big reasons why they really wanted Brendan Donovan 600 00:29:13,640 --> 00:29:15,480 Speaker 8: because they knew that they would be in this situation. 601 00:29:15,960 --> 00:29:19,160 Speaker 8: Cole Jung's doing great, so you don't really think about 602 00:29:19,240 --> 00:29:21,080 Speaker 8: him slotting into second, but you never know how long 603 00:29:21,120 --> 00:29:21,880 Speaker 8: that's gonna last. 604 00:29:21,960 --> 00:29:22,160 Speaker 2: Right. 605 00:29:23,320 --> 00:29:25,680 Speaker 8: I do think defensively, they're infield right now. Leaves a 606 00:29:25,720 --> 00:29:28,560 Speaker 8: lot to be desired. I'm curious how JP is going 607 00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:29,880 Speaker 8: to look when he gets back, because I know towards 608 00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:31,880 Speaker 8: the end of last year his arm strength was a 609 00:29:31,880 --> 00:29:35,160 Speaker 8: big question. I wonder if that was injury related, So 610 00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:37,840 Speaker 8: I'm curious to see how he looks. Rivas has been okay, 611 00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:41,480 Speaker 8: not great. Brendon Donovan's definitely struggled a little bit at 612 00:29:41,520 --> 00:29:45,640 Speaker 8: third defensively again, so I'm curious how that works. But 613 00:29:45,880 --> 00:29:47,600 Speaker 8: everything that I'm hearing about col T Emerson is that 614 00:29:47,640 --> 00:29:49,960 Speaker 8: he is a plus defender no matter where you put him. 615 00:29:49,960 --> 00:29:52,040 Speaker 8: So that's another good thing to have ready to go. 616 00:29:52,240 --> 00:29:54,040 Speaker 3: Well, the number one thing you can't do is bring 617 00:29:54,040 --> 00:29:56,760 Speaker 3: this guy up before he's ready. Yeah, I mean, I 618 00:29:57,000 --> 00:29:58,960 Speaker 3: don't mind bringing him up when he's ready. If you 619 00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:01,240 Speaker 3: don't need him, just play every day. But if you 620 00:30:01,320 --> 00:30:03,440 Speaker 3: do need him and he's not ready, that's the kiss 621 00:30:03,440 --> 00:30:05,680 Speaker 3: of death. That's when you start to ruin a kid. So, 622 00:30:05,920 --> 00:30:08,840 Speaker 3: I mean, look, they're not stupid, right, this is not 623 00:30:09,520 --> 00:30:11,120 Speaker 3: And it was funny because I kind of like Jack's 624 00:30:11,160 --> 00:30:13,440 Speaker 3: Lorenzick as a person. It was no problem with. But 625 00:30:13,520 --> 00:30:17,080 Speaker 3: this isn't the old regime. This isn't forensic, it's not Bavasi. Okay, 626 00:30:17,120 --> 00:30:19,720 Speaker 3: this is a whole new deal now where you're not 627 00:30:19,720 --> 00:30:22,480 Speaker 3: going to start bringing guys up because the roster construction 628 00:30:22,600 --> 00:30:24,720 Speaker 3: is so bad that you have no choice, and you 629 00:30:24,800 --> 00:30:27,080 Speaker 3: need a body. That's what they did with Mike Zanino, 630 00:30:27,200 --> 00:30:29,920 Speaker 3: for Christ's sake. Okay, so that stuff still pisses me off. 631 00:30:29,960 --> 00:30:33,920 Speaker 3: But I just think with this kid, the look, I mean, 632 00:30:33,920 --> 00:30:36,920 Speaker 3: the pressure's on in some ways, right. I mean, people 633 00:30:36,960 --> 00:30:39,320 Speaker 3: are gonna expect this guy to be a star, right, 634 00:30:39,720 --> 00:30:41,960 Speaker 3: whether fair or unfair. It's kind of the Julio thing 635 00:30:41,960 --> 00:30:44,240 Speaker 3: that when you sign a big contract like that, the 636 00:30:44,320 --> 00:30:47,200 Speaker 3: expectations become ridiculous. And I don't know, like, what are 637 00:30:47,240 --> 00:30:51,440 Speaker 3: the expectations. I mean, honestly, for eleven whatever million, right, 638 00:30:51,800 --> 00:30:56,080 Speaker 3: thirteenth highest paid shortstop in baseball based on average annual value. 639 00:30:56,320 --> 00:30:58,280 Speaker 2: I mean, he's not making forty million dollars a year. 640 00:30:58,320 --> 00:31:01,080 Speaker 3: He's not making Boba shit, right, He's not making Lindor 641 00:31:01,360 --> 00:31:04,040 Speaker 3: right guys like that. I just expect the guy to 642 00:31:04,080 --> 00:31:08,040 Speaker 3: be a really good, everyday starting caliber shortstop. That's what 643 00:31:08,080 --> 00:31:11,160 Speaker 3: I expect out of him. I honestly don't expect the 644 00:31:11,240 --> 00:31:14,120 Speaker 3: start I'd be great. I just expect the guy to 645 00:31:14,160 --> 00:31:17,360 Speaker 3: be a borderline All star, but nail down the shortstop 646 00:31:17,440 --> 00:31:18,880 Speaker 3: spot for the next seven or eight. 647 00:31:18,880 --> 00:31:21,640 Speaker 4: Years and for twenty twenty six. Honestly, I'm expecting nothing, 648 00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:24,680 Speaker 4: absolutely nothing. Whatever he gives now, I think I think 649 00:31:24,680 --> 00:31:26,760 Speaker 4: he's going to be a solid defensive player right away 650 00:31:26,760 --> 00:31:29,160 Speaker 4: because the defense will translate better than the offense will. 651 00:31:29,480 --> 00:31:32,960 Speaker 4: But I am expecting zero offensively for cold Emerson, and 652 00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:37,480 Speaker 4: they're in therein lies. I'm always going to be either 653 00:31:38,160 --> 00:31:41,680 Speaker 4: overly satisfied or at least meeting my expectation even if 654 00:31:41,720 --> 00:31:44,120 Speaker 4: his OPS is six to pot because I'm not expecting. 655 00:31:44,160 --> 00:31:46,320 Speaker 4: I think it's just gonna be really hard for him 656 00:31:46,320 --> 00:31:49,120 Speaker 4: to translate to the Biggs right off the bat, and 657 00:31:49,160 --> 00:31:51,960 Speaker 4: then I'll have different expectations in twenty seven, twenty eight 658 00:31:52,120 --> 00:31:53,920 Speaker 4: and beyond, But for this year, yeah, no, but I 659 00:31:53,920 --> 00:31:55,880 Speaker 4: mean back then, I agree, but just real quick, yeah, 660 00:31:55,920 --> 00:31:58,200 Speaker 4: because one of the reasons why I think that's great 661 00:31:58,360 --> 00:31:59,920 Speaker 4: is that he doesn't need to be that guy. 662 00:32:01,560 --> 00:32:01,960 Speaker 6: Exactly. 663 00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:03,480 Speaker 2: We've got other players right well. 664 00:32:03,360 --> 00:32:05,400 Speaker 6: We needed kell Nick to be that guy. We needed 665 00:32:05,400 --> 00:32:07,040 Speaker 6: aclan Zannino to be get guy. 666 00:32:07,080 --> 00:32:08,600 Speaker 4: And that's one of the reasons why those some of 667 00:32:08,600 --> 00:32:10,320 Speaker 4: those guys were were rushed up, like where. 668 00:32:10,160 --> 00:32:10,560 Speaker 6: Does he hit? 669 00:32:10,640 --> 00:32:12,720 Speaker 2: Honestly, when he comes up, where's. 670 00:32:12,440 --> 00:32:16,680 Speaker 8: This guy hit fot of the order? Like right, yeah, right. 671 00:32:16,600 --> 00:32:18,680 Speaker 3: So we're talking about a seven a guy. I mean, 672 00:32:19,040 --> 00:32:20,960 Speaker 3: what what person would expect a seven or eight hitter 673 00:32:21,040 --> 00:32:23,600 Speaker 3: to be a superstar. Now, maybe he turns into that. Yeah, 674 00:32:23,680 --> 00:32:25,680 Speaker 3: but I'm totally with you. You know you don't need the 675 00:32:25,680 --> 00:32:26,320 Speaker 3: guy to do that. 676 00:32:26,600 --> 00:32:28,560 Speaker 4: And you know, I'm looking at Brendan Donovan and he's 677 00:32:28,600 --> 00:32:29,840 Speaker 4: becoming my favorite Mariner. 678 00:32:29,920 --> 00:32:32,480 Speaker 6: I swear to God, like I love guys that can play. 679 00:32:32,480 --> 00:32:33,880 Speaker 8: Guys I can't play third base. 680 00:32:34,640 --> 00:32:37,280 Speaker 2: Yes he does. I know told me that. 681 00:32:37,360 --> 00:32:42,160 Speaker 6: I the way I did not like Polanco. I appreciate. 682 00:32:44,040 --> 00:32:48,040 Speaker 3: He hated because Hora Polanco had the audacity to have 683 00:32:48,080 --> 00:32:49,320 Speaker 3: a baby in the middle of the season. 684 00:32:50,800 --> 00:32:54,840 Speaker 4: Add to my list, But no, Brendan Donovan. I love 685 00:32:54,880 --> 00:32:57,720 Speaker 4: guys that are just gritty and play everywhere, and you 686 00:32:57,800 --> 00:32:59,560 Speaker 4: know exactly where you're gonna get each and every day. 687 00:32:59,560 --> 00:33:02,000 Speaker 4: I mean, look, you get this guy's average every single 688 00:33:02,040 --> 00:33:05,000 Speaker 4: season two eighty one, two eighty four, two seventy eight, 689 00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:05,720 Speaker 4: two eighty seven. 690 00:33:05,960 --> 00:33:07,240 Speaker 6: His ops is just. 691 00:33:07,160 --> 00:33:10,240 Speaker 4: As consistent as his batting average. You know exactly what 692 00:33:10,280 --> 00:33:12,800 Speaker 4: you're gonna get from Brandon Donovan. I love that you're 693 00:33:12,800 --> 00:33:16,080 Speaker 4: never gonna get you know, these high strikeout guys, you're 694 00:33:16,120 --> 00:33:20,680 Speaker 4: gonna get the one for twenty seven with thirteen strikeouts. Yeah, 695 00:33:20,840 --> 00:33:23,520 Speaker 4: then you may get four bombs in twenty at bats. 696 00:33:23,680 --> 00:33:25,720 Speaker 4: But I just love guys that are just gonna get 697 00:33:25,760 --> 00:33:27,920 Speaker 4: me a hit or to every single game. 698 00:33:28,240 --> 00:33:31,120 Speaker 2: Bret Boone's gonna join at five. Uh, what does he 699 00:33:31,200 --> 00:33:33,320 Speaker 2: make of this deal? Man? He's probably pissed off, to 700 00:33:33,360 --> 00:33:34,000 Speaker 2: be honest with you. 701 00:33:34,680 --> 00:33:36,520 Speaker 3: Seriously, He's like, well, you know what if I was 702 00:33:36,520 --> 00:33:40,600 Speaker 3: born twenty five years later, Guarantee you. He's gonna make 703 00:33:40,600 --> 00:33:43,800 Speaker 3: a crack. Guarantee you at five. Coming up on ninety 704 00:33:43,800 --> 00:33:45,000 Speaker 3: three three KJRFM