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Speaker 1: Mets Twitter world right now, the rumor world, everything is

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Speaker 1: Williadamez a seven year, one hundred and sixty million dollar contract.

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Speaker 1: And this signals, this alarms big things because if you're

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Speaker 1: probably not bringing Pete Alonso, because Willia Damez is going

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Speaker 1: to be playing third base for the New York Mets

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Speaker 1: if he is in New York. Met James haven't spoke

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Speaker 1: to you in a few days. We've been pumping out

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Speaker 1: go home to New Jersey. Initial thoughts when you saw

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Speaker 1: the Williadamas rumors, initial thoughts was were just that was

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Speaker 1: not true. I just didn't believe it.

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Speaker 2: The reports came from Mike Rodriguez, who he has had

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Speaker 2: some scoops. He's been very hither or misz. He's shop

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Speaker 2: I know, been saying he scoop or his hilarire and

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Speaker 2: this is just a situation. Now that this is the

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Speaker 2: new world. I think you I Mets fans, Baseball Towether

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Speaker 2: has to get used to that. The Mets will be

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Speaker 2: the focal point of every single free agent, every single

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Speaker 2: murmur from an agent, every single rumor. We are the

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Speaker 2: bad boys. We have the most money, Like we are

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Speaker 2: the ones that everybody wants to connect with because we

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Speaker 2: are the ones to drive a Bed Neuwine's value. We

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Speaker 2: we have so many holes and so much money. This

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Speaker 2: is the world we're gonna live in now. This was

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Speaker 2: the Yankees twenty years ago, and now this is the Mets,

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Speaker 2: where every single free agent will be connected to the

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Speaker 2: Mets in some oftentimes some very direct fashion, Like right now,

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Speaker 2: Willia Damas.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and you can draw a line from Willia Damas

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Speaker 1: over in Milwaukee when they traded from for Willia Damas

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Speaker 1: And as soon as Willia Damas went from the Race

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Speaker 1: if he comes to the Mets, he'd be making that

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Speaker 1: That means Mark Vientos then moves to first base, and

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Speaker 1: that leaves a gap where Pete Alonso doesn't seem like

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Speaker 1: he fits into this team. Willi Adamas versus Peter Alwans?

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Speaker 1: Was that really the whole conversation here? Is there any

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Speaker 2: You probably can't do both if you also signed one

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Speaker 2: It feels like to me that if you do Willie

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Speaker 2: And we have a lot of infielders and none of

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Speaker 2: but we have them and they're free, so it seems

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Speaker 2: We talked about a few episodes ago about one hundred

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and the thing that is interesting to me, like

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Speaker 1: But that comes out to just under twenty three million

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Speaker 2: weirdly in his career, he's been worse playing up the

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Speaker 2: I don't exactly see the value proposition going for Willia

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Speaker 1: And the thing that concerns me about Williadamas too, is

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Speaker 1: Like this year. He had an OPS right around eight

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Speaker 2: It seemed like there was a mindset for Willia Damas.

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Speaker 2: like plate discipline is not something that's just not swinging

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Speaker 1: We know that the Mets do numbers, as Jeff Passing

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Speaker 1: So it's like, I'm very torn. I don't Again, I

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Speaker 2: It feels backwards true, but the good all around player

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Speaker 2: is just is that what the Mets need more than

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Speaker 2: I'll say this truthfully because we have to do this

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Speaker 1: Well, because we know that there's definitely a real possibility

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Speaker 2: But I think at that point, like the Mets, just

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Speaker 1: Willia Damaz moving to third put on a little more

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Speaker 1: His exit Velo's averagex Villa wasn't great, but maxix Villa

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Speaker 1: The bat speed's great. The launch angle and everything I know.

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Speaker 2: He also hit hits him everywhere. He doesn't the home

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Speaker 2: Like that's bullshit. It's the pulled flyballs. The fact that

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Speaker 2: And the fact that he's again being able to marry

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Speaker 2: Like I don't know that it's a real thing, But

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Speaker 2: because Pete will always steal five bases a year. He

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Speaker 2: always will do that. It's just about probably a more

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Speaker 2: just said, And you know what, and he never will

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Speaker 1: It could also be a little bit of a play

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Speaker 2: I am happy you said that, because this seems like

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Speaker 2: by the time you guys hear this, it seems like

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Speaker 2: there's there's smoke, but there's not really a fire. But

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Speaker 2: does it? But then, like Maher came back report there

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Speaker 2: has been interest shown, there's been mutual interest. I had

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Speaker 2: really sorry, but I don't discount the Mets interest in

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Speaker 2: which makes him the most valuable. You're just buying Willia Damas'

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Speaker 1: Okay, so let me put a little bow tie on

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Speaker 1: this to wrap it up here, No Wan Soda right

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Speaker 1: now on the New York Mets. We know that Williadamas,

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Speaker 1: Pete Alonzo? Which one do you want? You don't know

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Speaker 1: if you're getting Won soda or not.

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Speaker 2: I don't know.

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Speaker 1: You don't know that. You know what you know right now,

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Speaker 2: It's the exact same money, exact same years.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, seven for one to sixty to both of them.

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Speaker 1: I don't know, because it's the first basement versus a

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Speaker 1: But you're right, in the context of this lineup, Pete

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Speaker 1: the beginning of the video, at the beginning of the episode,

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Speaker 1: they had a garbage defense at third base. Last year

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Speaker 1: they made to the NLCS Mark Fiento's could improve defensively

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Speaker 1: at third base. Probably can't get Probably can't get much worse,

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Speaker 1: Definitely can't get worse.

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Speaker 2: And again we've seen first of all, Fiano's improved just

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Speaker 2: of time. Yah won't do his ability to improve. I

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Speaker 2: Mark Vanto's just got a fucked him better. I always

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Speaker 2: think about like Marcus Semi and Austin Riley. Look what

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Speaker 2: Alex bom just did. He still kind of sucks, but

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Speaker 2: he's better than the worst player in the league. But

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Speaker 2: like we see players do this and it happens quickly.

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Speaker 2: Sometimes the third base is not I would say, even

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Speaker 2: the most difficult one. Last it seems like he got

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Speaker 2: a lot better last year, and all it was Acisco

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Speaker 2: Indoor like telling him how to get in the ready position.

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Speaker 1: Dude. Remember JD. Davis when he was like a great

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Speaker 1: fielder for the Giants for like a week and there

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Speaker 1: were seconds, Yeah, what's happening. He's like, I'm in a

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Speaker 2: Mark Vinzo's also funny enough drafted has a shortstop. It

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Speaker 2: is true, that is true.

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Speaker 1: People do forget that Mark Ena wasn't up the middle guy.

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Speaker 1: I think we're both taking Pete a Lonzo here.

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Speaker 2: Again.

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Speaker 1: Not sure if the Willia Domas rumors have any truth

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Speaker 1: to it or whatnot. But now that we can do

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Speaker 1: whatever we want in the offseason, we figured this would

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Speaker 1: be a good little episode for you guys on the weekend.

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Speaker 1: Anything else before we wrap it up here, James.

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Speaker 2: I think that's it just still solo watch if there

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Speaker 2: was a report that the Mets are taking a meeting

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Speaker 2: with one so though next week. So that's all we

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Speaker 2: have there, and it's been really quiet on the rest

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Speaker 2: of this stuff. Also qualifying offer deadline to accept the

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Speaker 2: decline I believe is next Friday or next Saturday and

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Speaker 2: the fourteenth to fifteen something like that.

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Speaker 1: Mets through one too.

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Speaker 2: Sever Reno, right, yes, Severno can Severno manaia MP Yeah,

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Speaker 2: I think that, But this also means it gives us

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Speaker 1: Yes, and I do think Severino probably out of all

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Speaker 1: those guys, the most likely to take that qualifying offer.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I also wouldn't discount a Minaya extension, but I

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Speaker 2: think Severian is the most likely one. But we're gonna

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Speaker 2: talk to you guys plenty of the times before then,

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Speaker 2: so we'll keep an eye on it.

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Speaker 1: We'll talk to you on Monday next that's next time

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Speaker 1: we'll talk to you guys. The next time we'll see it.

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Speaker 2: At James Underscore Siano.

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Speaker 1: I'm durraffick mark with the scene. Thank you guys for

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Speaker 1: listening and watching, and we will catch you all on

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Speaker 1: Monday or if something happens on Sunday and then we

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Speaker 1: could talk to you then. But if not, see you Monday,

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Speaker 1: peace peace said.

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Speaker 2: See you guys next time. Let's go Mets

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