1 00:00:01,840 --> 00:00:07,440 Speaker 1: No fresh signings in the past twenty four hours, but 2 00:00:07,520 --> 00:00:09,760 Speaker 1: we did get some news from the league. It's not 3 00:00:09,800 --> 00:00:13,200 Speaker 1: crazy big news, but it's news. The trade deadline this 4 00:00:13,320 --> 00:00:20,079 Speaker 1: year will be on August third, Monday, August third, a 5 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:23,400 Speaker 1: little bit later than usual because we have the weekend, Ajane. 6 00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:26,000 Speaker 1: We do not want a trade deadline over the weekend, 7 00:00:26,239 --> 00:00:28,800 Speaker 1: and I agree with that. That is one of the 8 00:00:28,880 --> 00:00:31,120 Speaker 1: biggest days of the year for the FT network. 9 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:34,680 Speaker 2: But what happened when it used to just fall on 10 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:36,959 Speaker 2: July thirty first and it fell on a weekend? Did 11 00:00:36,960 --> 00:00:40,000 Speaker 2: anybody care or did we just not care then? 12 00:00:40,880 --> 00:00:43,479 Speaker 1: We didn't care then? And now we are smarter as 13 00:00:43,520 --> 00:00:44,400 Speaker 1: a sport? 14 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:46,559 Speaker 2: Got it? Got it? 15 00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:46,880 Speaker 3: Are we? 16 00:00:46,960 --> 00:00:50,480 Speaker 2: Though? We're smarter as human species and we're smarter as 17 00:00:50,680 --> 00:00:53,720 Speaker 2: baseball people or slowly. 18 00:00:53,440 --> 00:00:56,560 Speaker 1: Maybe not, I retract my statement. We're smarter about some 19 00:00:56,640 --> 00:01:01,560 Speaker 1: things and we are definitely dumber about other things. True 20 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:02,480 Speaker 1: as a sport. 21 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:07,000 Speaker 2: True. Anyways, it's good, Listen. That means that I don't 22 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:09,399 Speaker 2: have to work an extra day in order to cover 23 00:01:09,440 --> 00:01:11,920 Speaker 2: the trade deadline, because I'll already be on unless it's 24 00:01:11,959 --> 00:01:14,399 Speaker 2: a Friday, then I won't be on. So no, it's Monday, 25 00:01:15,040 --> 00:01:16,959 Speaker 2: Oh perfect, Monday, so we don't think. 26 00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:18,760 Speaker 1: They would do it Friday. I think it's got to 27 00:01:18,760 --> 00:01:20,640 Speaker 1: be a Monday through a Thursday, and that's how they 28 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:21,560 Speaker 1: always adjust it. 29 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:25,959 Speaker 2: Oh because August third second verse Jube July. Yeah, okay, 30 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:28,360 Speaker 2: I get it. I'm down with that. You know what, 31 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:30,400 Speaker 2: I'm down with this. I'm down with this as long 32 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:31,920 Speaker 2: as they don't put a trade deadline in the off 33 00:01:31,959 --> 00:01:33,880 Speaker 2: season or as signing deadline the off season. I'm good 34 00:01:33,880 --> 00:01:35,880 Speaker 2: with the moving trade deadline the season. 35 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:39,280 Speaker 1: I think message sent on that one. There will not 36 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:42,640 Speaker 1: be any movement on that front anytime soon. So you're safe. 37 00:01:44,440 --> 00:01:51,880 Speaker 1: Let's charge charge. Dylan Hernandez, friend of the show, works 38 00:01:51,880 --> 00:01:55,680 Speaker 1: for the California Post, which is a new publication, and 39 00:01:55,840 --> 00:01:58,800 Speaker 1: he did an exclusive sit down with manager Dave Roberts. 40 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:03,880 Speaker 1: One of the notable sound bites doc said that Roki 41 00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:06,600 Speaker 1: Sazaki will have to develop a third pitch to be 42 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:10,200 Speaker 1: an effective starting pitcher, and then the article talks about 43 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:14,160 Speaker 1: the twenty four year old starter turned closer turned back 44 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:17,000 Speaker 1: starter who will once again show up to camp as 45 00:02:17,040 --> 00:02:20,840 Speaker 1: one of the team's great mysteries. Heyj what do you 46 00:02:20,880 --> 00:02:23,679 Speaker 1: think about Roki Sazaki trying to figure out a third 47 00:02:23,720 --> 00:02:26,800 Speaker 1: pitch at twenty four years old, and the backup plan 48 00:02:26,919 --> 00:02:29,160 Speaker 1: that he could be a very effective reliever if it 49 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:29,880 Speaker 1: doesn't work out. 50 00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:33,840 Speaker 2: It's only if only a show talked about this when 51 00:02:33,880 --> 00:02:36,560 Speaker 2: they first signed him, thinking, Man, I wonder how he's 52 00:02:36,680 --> 00:02:39,679 Speaker 2: gonna be, how he's gonna be since he only throws 53 00:02:39,680 --> 00:02:41,360 Speaker 2: a fastball on a split, and when he throws as 54 00:02:41,440 --> 00:02:43,880 Speaker 2: fastball and split, they're not strikes a lot. If only 55 00:02:43,919 --> 00:02:46,440 Speaker 2: we had know of a show that had mentioned this, 56 00:02:46,520 --> 00:02:50,200 Speaker 2: and now he needs a slider break involved hmm. Strange 57 00:02:50,480 --> 00:02:52,560 Speaker 2: good though that he worked out as a closer, because 58 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:55,000 Speaker 2: now that they have Edwin Diaz, they can't use him 59 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:57,720 Speaker 2: as a closer and Tanner, Scott and everybody else at 60 00:02:57,760 --> 00:03:00,080 Speaker 2: the back ano their bullpen. So we'll see what happens. Well, 61 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:01,960 Speaker 2: let's not forget he was hurt most of last year 62 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:03,359 Speaker 2: and he was in Triple A for most of the 63 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:07,519 Speaker 2: year until the end, so they have options. But this 64 00:03:07,560 --> 00:03:09,839 Speaker 2: is maybe why teams No, I'm just kidding. Every team 65 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:12,560 Speaker 2: wanted this guy, so it wasn't that they just I 66 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:14,839 Speaker 2: don't know, I don't know. It's an interesting comment from 67 00:03:14,919 --> 00:03:16,720 Speaker 2: Dave Roberts's close to spring training. 68 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:19,760 Speaker 3: I mean, I think it's definitely a good reason for 69 00:03:19,919 --> 00:03:22,360 Speaker 3: exactly what I said last year. This guy will spend 70 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:24,399 Speaker 3: some time in Triple A. What are you gonna spend 71 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:28,320 Speaker 3: time in Triple A doing figuring out another pitch. It's 72 00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:33,359 Speaker 3: okay that Roki Sasaki, who every team wanted, can learn things. 73 00:03:33,360 --> 00:03:35,880 Speaker 3: You can learn things at twenty four years old. Now 74 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:39,240 Speaker 3: can he figure out how to throw a slider that 75 00:03:39,360 --> 00:03:44,360 Speaker 3: isn't a below average spin, below average horizontal break like 76 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:47,360 Speaker 3: the ones he was throwing this year? Yeah, obviously, does 77 00:03:47,400 --> 00:03:49,960 Speaker 3: it need to be a elite slider? 78 00:03:50,520 --> 00:03:50,680 Speaker 2: No? 79 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:53,520 Speaker 3: And this is one of the things that when you 80 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:56,400 Speaker 3: talk about analytics and you talk about game plans nowadays, 81 00:03:57,320 --> 00:03:59,040 Speaker 3: how they build them. 82 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:00,440 Speaker 2: What is his best pitch? 83 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:04,120 Speaker 3: It's the split fork ghost fork not ghost fork, but 84 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:07,400 Speaker 3: the fork ball thing. I mean, it's ridiculous. It's essentially 85 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:11,680 Speaker 3: a knuckleball. It wasn't enough, it wasn't enough strikes for 86 00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:15,720 Speaker 3: him to have consistent success in the big leagues. I mean, 87 00:04:15,760 --> 00:04:17,760 Speaker 3: throws one hundred miles an hour. But then again, so 88 00:04:17,839 --> 00:04:20,760 Speaker 3: does everybody else. So to me, the slider doesn't need 89 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:24,520 Speaker 3: to be this elite wipeout slider. It just needs to 90 00:04:24,520 --> 00:04:28,160 Speaker 3: be something that goes off of this plane, it's all 91 00:04:28,279 --> 00:04:31,120 Speaker 3: up and down for him. And if you take away 92 00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:34,360 Speaker 3: the fact that hitters don't need to look east and west, 93 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:38,080 Speaker 3: it makes your job as a hitter so much better. 94 00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:40,200 Speaker 3: You just have to stay back through the middle. If 95 00:04:40,200 --> 00:04:42,760 Speaker 3: it goes east and west too, like a slider would 96 00:04:42,880 --> 00:04:44,880 Speaker 3: or some type of sinker which I don't think you 97 00:04:44,880 --> 00:04:48,560 Speaker 3: would throw, it would be it would It would add 98 00:04:48,640 --> 00:04:51,400 Speaker 3: to his arsenal. But it's okay. Like this team has 99 00:04:51,440 --> 00:04:53,600 Speaker 3: a lot of starters. If he goes to Triple A 100 00:04:53,680 --> 00:04:55,839 Speaker 3: and works this out and figures it out and builds 101 00:04:55,880 --> 00:04:58,360 Speaker 3: his innings up to make him a starter, that can 102 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:00,640 Speaker 3: be depth for them. 103 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:03,440 Speaker 1: I'll say it again, he's only twenty four, so he 104 00:05:03,480 --> 00:05:05,800 Speaker 1: could develop that slider or maybe even the. 105 00:05:05,760 --> 00:05:08,159 Speaker 2: Notes you make Scott, what's he making this year? 106 00:05:09,960 --> 00:05:12,800 Speaker 1: Not much? I mean the league minimum with the signing 107 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:15,080 Speaker 1: bonus that he has, but league minimum in terms of 108 00:05:15,120 --> 00:05:16,880 Speaker 1: his MLB salary. 109 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:21,920 Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly. So guess what guys go to Triple A 110 00:05:21,920 --> 00:05:24,760 Speaker 2: all the time that were making league minimum, right, Kratzy, 111 00:05:24,839 --> 00:05:26,200 Speaker 2: I know you did it. I know I did it. 112 00:05:26,240 --> 00:05:28,400 Speaker 2: When I was making league minimum, I went down to 113 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:30,400 Speaker 2: Triple A and had to figure some things out, But 114 00:05:30,520 --> 00:05:33,000 Speaker 2: it's not a knock on him. It's a learning process 115 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:37,320 Speaker 2: and figure out a Listen, how many I know, I know, Kratzy, 116 00:05:37,320 --> 00:05:39,200 Speaker 2: you play with some guys that couldn't figure out Why 117 00:05:39,240 --> 00:05:41,200 Speaker 2: do you think we have the kick change now? Because 118 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:45,440 Speaker 2: guys can't supernate or pronate or whatever they need right, 119 00:05:46,520 --> 00:05:48,720 Speaker 2: So now we have all these different pitches to try 120 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:51,400 Speaker 2: to help guys figure it out. Maybe he doesn't whatever 121 00:05:51,440 --> 00:05:54,040 Speaker 2: this one is, whatever, the breaking ball one is that pronate, 122 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:56,720 Speaker 2: supernate whatever that one is, right, and he goes down 123 00:05:56,720 --> 00:05:59,240 Speaker 2: there and they figure out some special gyro ball that 124 00:05:59,320 --> 00:06:01,600 Speaker 2: dice case. I don't know, but yes, he definitely needs 125 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:03,039 Speaker 2: a third pitch if he's going to be a starter. 126 00:06:03,640 --> 00:06:05,279 Speaker 3: I don't think it's I don't think it's as far. 127 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:06,839 Speaker 3: I don't think it's just far. 128 00:06:06,760 --> 00:06:08,960 Speaker 2: Away as like, oh man, he just doesn't have a 129 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:12,240 Speaker 2: third pitch. He threw sliders last year. No he did. 130 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:16,359 Speaker 3: But when you have a pitch and you're trying to 131 00:06:16,360 --> 00:06:19,359 Speaker 3: get a guy through an outing, the best of catchers 132 00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:23,800 Speaker 3: are so it's so tough to be like, hey, I'll 133 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:26,080 Speaker 3: start working that slider in. Anybody can do it in 134 00:06:26,120 --> 00:06:29,040 Speaker 3: spring training, but when it comes time to like win games. 135 00:06:29,760 --> 00:06:31,839 Speaker 3: You're like, what am I gonna go with? Oh, he 136 00:06:31,839 --> 00:06:34,280 Speaker 3: throws a knuckleball at eighty nine miles an hour. I'll 137 00:06:34,320 --> 00:06:38,960 Speaker 3: throw that pitch. That splitter is it is a devastating pitch. 138 00:06:39,279 --> 00:06:41,640 Speaker 3: I remember, I remember Joe Carrigan was our pitching coach 139 00:06:42,200 --> 00:06:45,680 Speaker 3: and Vladimir Guerrero Junior, I mean, Vladimir. 140 00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:46,920 Speaker 2: Guerrero was coming up. 141 00:06:47,520 --> 00:06:51,800 Speaker 3: And Jackson, Steve Jackson was our pitcher, and he threw 142 00:06:51,839 --> 00:06:54,120 Speaker 3: a splitter. He came out to the mountain and he goes, 143 00:06:55,200 --> 00:06:59,839 Speaker 3: he goes, I want you to throw nine straight splitters. 144 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:01,640 Speaker 3: The only pitch I want you to throw. That is 145 00:07:01,680 --> 00:07:03,839 Speaker 3: the best pitch, and you can throw against him, throw 146 00:07:03,880 --> 00:07:06,679 Speaker 3: it the whole time. So there's sometimes when pitching coaches 147 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:10,480 Speaker 3: and catchers are like, well, this is the one. Okay, 148 00:07:10,520 --> 00:07:12,720 Speaker 3: it didn't work, this is the one, this is the one. 149 00:07:12,720 --> 00:07:14,600 Speaker 3: Before you know it, he's thrown ninety three pitches and 150 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:17,080 Speaker 3: he's thrown three sliders the whole game. That's not how 151 00:07:17,120 --> 00:07:20,080 Speaker 3: you develop it. 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It's splitter, 171 00:08:29,320 --> 00:08:32,080 Speaker 1: by the way, does have the kind of movement where 172 00:08:32,080 --> 00:08:33,960 Speaker 1: you could almost call it two pitches. I know you 173 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:37,760 Speaker 1: still need a third pitch, but it's special, right, didn't didn't. 174 00:08:37,559 --> 00:08:38,360 Speaker 2: Remember last year? 175 00:08:39,280 --> 00:08:39,600 Speaker 1: Left? 176 00:08:40,280 --> 00:08:43,199 Speaker 2: Remember last year though when he one of his early starts, 177 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:46,080 Speaker 2: it might have been the first start he had, the 178 00:08:46,120 --> 00:08:48,280 Speaker 2: one they had in tow Didn't he start the second 179 00:08:48,320 --> 00:08:50,280 Speaker 2: game of the year. Did he starts a Moto and 180 00:08:50,280 --> 00:08:55,120 Speaker 2: then Suzaki or yes, I thought, and he's okay, I 181 00:08:55,120 --> 00:08:56,880 Speaker 2: did those games, but there were three in the morning, 182 00:08:56,920 --> 00:09:03,280 Speaker 2: so I kind of forgot what happened. He threw a slider, remember, 183 00:09:03,320 --> 00:09:05,560 Speaker 2: because he wouldn't throw a fastball for a strike, and 184 00:09:05,640 --> 00:09:08,480 Speaker 2: he was really struggling with the split and everyone just said, 185 00:09:08,480 --> 00:09:11,600 Speaker 2: we're not swinging at that split finger. So he actually 186 00:09:11,640 --> 00:09:14,480 Speaker 2: threw some slider. So that's where this is a little 187 00:09:14,480 --> 00:09:17,240 Speaker 2: bit confusing to me, because he has the ability to 188 00:09:17,320 --> 00:09:19,839 Speaker 2: throw a slider. Maybe they just don't think it's that good. 189 00:09:20,280 --> 00:09:22,000 Speaker 2: I don't know. That's weird. That's the one thing, because 190 00:09:22,040 --> 00:09:25,480 Speaker 2: I remember distinctly last year when his first start, he 191 00:09:25,520 --> 00:09:28,440 Speaker 2: couldn't throw a fastball or a split first strike. So 192 00:09:28,480 --> 00:09:31,000 Speaker 2: the one pitch that will Smith called was the slider 193 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:33,000 Speaker 2: because that was the one pitch he could throw over 194 00:09:33,040 --> 00:09:33,400 Speaker 2: the plate. 195 00:09:34,720 --> 00:09:39,480 Speaker 3: And analytically, yeah, they would they essentially looking at the 196 00:09:39,559 --> 00:09:43,480 Speaker 3: charts that I'm looking at. Analytically, his slider is all 197 00:09:43,520 --> 00:09:46,200 Speaker 3: blue and when you see blue, it means it's bottom 198 00:09:46,320 --> 00:09:49,960 Speaker 3: twenty fifth percentile in the league as far as spin rate, 199 00:09:50,600 --> 00:09:57,679 Speaker 3: velocity thrown, perceive, velocity at the plate, horizontal break, all 200 00:09:57,720 --> 00:10:01,440 Speaker 3: those things. But he has it. When you're going into 201 00:10:01,480 --> 00:10:03,640 Speaker 3: a star, you're saying, okay, well where does this guy's 202 00:10:03,679 --> 00:10:06,600 Speaker 3: Where does this guy's pitches match up against the other guy? 203 00:10:06,640 --> 00:10:09,439 Speaker 3: Instead of saying or you say, well, I'm just gonna 204 00:10:09,440 --> 00:10:13,480 Speaker 3: throw my strengths against this guy, and his strengths are 205 00:10:14,440 --> 00:10:18,360 Speaker 3: that fork ball. That yes, Scott, it does move in 206 00:10:18,440 --> 00:10:22,040 Speaker 3: either direction. But he to me the starts I watched, 207 00:10:22,440 --> 00:10:23,839 Speaker 3: and it wasn't a lot of starts. I might have 208 00:10:23,840 --> 00:10:24,840 Speaker 3: watched half it starts. 209 00:10:25,880 --> 00:10:26,360 Speaker 2: He didn't. 210 00:10:26,440 --> 00:10:29,040 Speaker 3: He wasn't able to control it like some Japanese pitchers 211 00:10:29,080 --> 00:10:32,280 Speaker 3: are able to control, like the split, where they're able 212 00:10:32,320 --> 00:10:34,599 Speaker 3: to you don't move it, so maybe it cuts a 213 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:36,679 Speaker 3: little bit more, or it breaks to the left, or 214 00:10:36,679 --> 00:10:37,520 Speaker 3: it breaks to the right. 215 00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:41,320 Speaker 2: His is so deep, so deep, and it's more like 216 00:10:41,360 --> 00:10:41,920 Speaker 2: a fork. 217 00:10:43,240 --> 00:10:45,080 Speaker 3: It takes a lot of the spin off and so 218 00:10:45,160 --> 00:10:49,000 Speaker 3: he gets more action on it, but it's less it's 219 00:10:49,080 --> 00:10:51,079 Speaker 3: less controlled. He's not one hundred percent sure which way 220 00:10:51,080 --> 00:10:51,440 Speaker 3: it's gone. 221 00:10:53,880 --> 00:10:58,600 Speaker 1: Here's some good news. The Dodgers don't need him right now. 222 00:11:00,800 --> 00:11:05,319 Speaker 2: Good problem, great the Dogs, But the Dodgers of room baseball, 223 00:11:05,360 --> 00:11:07,599 Speaker 2: scot stop it. They need everybody they want all, you 224 00:11:07,640 --> 00:11:09,559 Speaker 2: know what, just because they're mad. Now they're going to 225 00:11:09,640 --> 00:11:11,360 Speaker 2: go out and sign from er Valdez. 226 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:19,880 Speaker 3: Breaking news, breaking news, and I forgot about it. 227 00:11:19,920 --> 00:11:22,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, they could definitely afford Zach Callen right now. 228 00:11:22,760 --> 00:11:25,920 Speaker 1: Yeah, they can afford anything. Actually, you'll find out later 229 00:11:25,920 --> 00:11:28,319 Speaker 1: in our show. While why it's easier for them to 230 00:11:28,360 --> 00:11:31,920 Speaker 1: afford things than some others based on a little revenue 231 00:11:31,920 --> 00:11:36,360 Speaker 1: sharing agreement. But I digress. This team has plenty of 232 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:40,960 Speaker 1: starting pitching help. You're heading into a season where arms 233 00:11:40,960 --> 00:11:43,600 Speaker 1: should be healthy. I mean, we get guys that drop 234 00:11:43,800 --> 00:11:47,160 Speaker 1: during spring training, but there's some depth there. They actually 235 00:11:47,200 --> 00:11:50,200 Speaker 1: needed him in the bullpen last year. The problem for 236 00:11:50,280 --> 00:11:54,080 Speaker 1: them was the bullpen, and he emerges as this out 237 00:11:54,120 --> 00:11:57,520 Speaker 1: of nowhere closer for them and picked up valuable innings 238 00:11:57,920 --> 00:12:01,360 Speaker 1: for the Dodgers in their playoff run. During twenty twenty five, 239 00:12:02,120 --> 00:12:04,240 Speaker 1: it looks like the bullpen is in better shape. Here's 240 00:12:04,240 --> 00:12:07,920 Speaker 1: the starting rotation we're looking at right now. Yamamoto, Snell, Glass, 241 00:12:07,920 --> 00:12:12,400 Speaker 1: now Otani Emmachian and Roki's on there. There are others 242 00:12:12,400 --> 00:12:15,960 Speaker 1: that can be on there in that sixth slot. And yes, 243 00:12:16,160 --> 00:12:19,160 Speaker 1: this is going to be a six man rotation when 244 00:12:19,240 --> 00:12:23,320 Speaker 1: you have multiple pitchers from Japan who are used to 245 00:12:24,559 --> 00:12:27,600 Speaker 1: that once a week deal. Otani is not going to 246 00:12:27,640 --> 00:12:30,400 Speaker 1: pitch more than once a week. I imagine they're going 247 00:12:30,440 --> 00:12:32,440 Speaker 1: to try and I don't want to say take it 248 00:12:32,440 --> 00:12:36,040 Speaker 1: easy on Yamamoto, but definitely manage his workload throughout the season. 249 00:12:36,160 --> 00:12:39,800 Speaker 1: They worked them pretty damn good last October and he's 250 00:12:39,800 --> 00:12:43,480 Speaker 1: pitching bull speed in the WBC. And then of course 251 00:12:43,559 --> 00:12:46,160 Speaker 1: Roki Sazaki is going to be monitored if he does 252 00:12:46,280 --> 00:12:48,719 Speaker 1: end up in the rotation. But aj when you look 253 00:12:48,720 --> 00:12:52,439 Speaker 1: at the relief pitching, they should be in much better shape. Also, 254 00:12:52,559 --> 00:12:55,640 Speaker 1: that's not even considering that they could get a bounce back. 255 00:12:55,800 --> 00:12:58,600 Speaker 1: Tanner Scott might look like himself again. Oh and then 256 00:12:58,960 --> 00:13:01,200 Speaker 1: Edwin Diaz is lockdown in the ninth inning. 257 00:13:01,240 --> 00:13:04,439 Speaker 2: Now, yeah, I mean he's been pretty good for the 258 00:13:04,520 --> 00:13:07,360 Speaker 2: last few years for the old Metropolitans there in New York, 259 00:13:07,480 --> 00:13:09,520 Speaker 2: So yeah, they threw him in there. The year before 260 00:13:09,520 --> 00:13:11,559 Speaker 2: Tanner Scott was unbelievable. That's why they went out and 261 00:13:11,559 --> 00:13:13,800 Speaker 2: got him and Blake Blake Trina. Still there isn't he 262 00:13:14,160 --> 00:13:17,839 Speaker 2: last time I checked? And also, uh gosh, what's the 263 00:13:18,040 --> 00:13:24,680 Speaker 2: uh Kopek? No Evan Phillips. Evan Phillips, Sorry I was. 264 00:13:25,480 --> 00:13:27,280 Speaker 2: I don't know why I was. Couldn't blake his name? 265 00:13:27,320 --> 00:13:29,040 Speaker 2: But isn't he coming back to the guy that wouldet 266 00:13:29,080 --> 00:13:31,120 Speaker 2: the ball goes this way and then this way? I 267 00:13:31,160 --> 00:13:33,760 Speaker 2: mean they've they've they just have so much depth on 268 00:13:33,800 --> 00:13:35,360 Speaker 2: this team and if oh yeah, and if they're in trouble, 269 00:13:35,400 --> 00:13:40,120 Speaker 2: they can always bounce uh sorry, Uh, Evan Phillips is 270 00:13:40,120 --> 00:13:42,200 Speaker 2: bouncing back from Tommy john so he's not there. But 271 00:13:42,880 --> 00:13:46,960 Speaker 2: in Kopec's a free agent, so apologies. But they can 272 00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:49,079 Speaker 2: always use rookie Sazaki in the bullpen. He proved he 273 00:13:49,120 --> 00:13:50,560 Speaker 2: could do it if they need him to. So it's 274 00:13:50,559 --> 00:13:52,520 Speaker 2: just another thing that the Dodgers have done where they've 275 00:13:52,559 --> 00:13:54,920 Speaker 2: just added so much depth around him. They still had 276 00:13:54,920 --> 00:13:57,280 Speaker 2: the left he's in Vessia right, and some of the 277 00:13:57,320 --> 00:14:00,000 Speaker 2: other lefties they have going along. So this team's fine. 278 00:14:00,160 --> 00:14:02,720 Speaker 2: Pitching wise, they're fine. Remember we went in the last year. 279 00:14:02,760 --> 00:14:04,600 Speaker 2: They have too many starters and they needed every one 280 00:14:04,640 --> 00:14:05,880 Speaker 2: of them to get through the World Series. 281 00:14:07,120 --> 00:14:09,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, Ben Casparius is still pretty good out of the 282 00:14:09,200 --> 00:14:12,559 Speaker 1: bullpen for them. Yeah. 283 00:14:12,600 --> 00:14:13,920 Speaker 2: When does Graderole come back? 284 00:14:14,040 --> 00:14:15,920 Speaker 1: I don't know. I think he might be ready for 285 00:14:15,960 --> 00:14:18,200 Speaker 1: the start of the season, but he's really struggled to 286 00:14:18,240 --> 00:14:20,600 Speaker 1: stay on the field, so I don't know how much 287 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:23,440 Speaker 1: you can rely on him. Will Klein can pitch every 288 00:14:23,520 --> 00:14:27,200 Speaker 1: day for innings and innings. Right, he was their little. 289 00:14:26,920 --> 00:14:29,680 Speaker 2: Hero in that marathon game Bonda. Right. 290 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:33,640 Speaker 1: They have a number of guys that are also going 291 00:14:33,680 --> 00:14:38,360 Speaker 1: to come back throughout the season from injury. So who 292 00:14:38,440 --> 00:14:42,680 Speaker 1: is it River Ryan, Although I think they'll try to 293 00:14:42,720 --> 00:14:44,880 Speaker 1: make him a starter. There are a number of names there. 294 00:14:45,160 --> 00:14:48,480 Speaker 1: It is an embarrassment of riches for the Dodgers, and 295 00:14:48,640 --> 00:14:52,440 Speaker 1: they are playing a game where they know that. I 296 00:14:52,440 --> 00:14:54,000 Speaker 1: don't want to say, you know you're going to make 297 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:56,240 Speaker 1: the playoffs, but it's about as much of a sure 298 00:14:56,320 --> 00:14:58,320 Speaker 1: thing for any team as we've seen in a minute. 299 00:14:58,960 --> 00:15:02,120 Speaker 1: So that is why we've talked about them from an 300 00:15:02,120 --> 00:15:07,040 Speaker 1: over under perspective, and it might not be the smoothest ride, 301 00:15:07,560 --> 00:15:11,160 Speaker 1: but they'll make the playoffs, don't. I do think when 302 00:15:11,160 --> 00:15:13,920 Speaker 1: you look at the roster it's incredible, but I don't 303 00:15:14,080 --> 00:15:16,480 Speaker 1: automatically go, oh, yeah, these guys are going to steam 304 00:15:16,560 --> 00:15:17,960 Speaker 1: roll to one hundred and ten wins. I don't think 305 00:15:17,960 --> 00:15:22,720 Speaker 1: anybody would be surprised if we're in July or August 306 00:15:22,720 --> 00:15:28,600 Speaker 1: in like, hey, who's starting on Tuesday for the Dodgers, 307 00:15:28,600 --> 00:15:31,360 Speaker 1: who are they bringing up from the minor leagues? Because 308 00:15:31,360 --> 00:15:33,720 Speaker 1: of the fact that there could be injuries that pop up. 309 00:15:34,320 --> 00:15:36,680 Speaker 1: The World Series hangover wasn't real for them for the 310 00:15:36,720 --> 00:15:39,440 Speaker 1: first time in a quarter century. But I think that 311 00:15:39,520 --> 00:15:40,880 Speaker 1: had a lot to do with the fact that they 312 00:15:40,960 --> 00:15:44,920 Speaker 1: almost had a different looking starting rotation from the year before. 313 00:15:45,280 --> 00:15:47,600 Speaker 1: What was the carryover from the World Series twenty four 314 00:15:47,640 --> 00:15:49,440 Speaker 1: to twenty five in terms of guys that were actually 315 00:15:49,520 --> 00:15:54,000 Speaker 1: contributing in the World Series. Do you guys remember besides Samamoto? 316 00:15:54,160 --> 00:15:57,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, Amamoto, I don't know. I mean who else the 317 00:15:57,240 --> 00:15:58,960 Speaker 2: hitters were. A lot of the hitters were the. 318 00:15:58,880 --> 00:16:02,320 Speaker 1: Same, right, But I'm looking at arms. Snow wasn't there, 319 00:16:02,920 --> 00:16:08,280 Speaker 1: Glass Night wasn't healthy, Otani wasn't pitching, Nook he wasn't. 320 00:16:08,080 --> 00:16:12,800 Speaker 3: There, Yamamoto, Vesia didn't throw in the World Series. 321 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:14,800 Speaker 2: It's in the World Series. Remember he had the personal 322 00:16:14,840 --> 00:16:16,040 Speaker 2: thing mhm. 323 00:16:16,560 --> 00:16:20,160 Speaker 1: But their rotation in twenty five was completely different in 324 00:16:20,200 --> 00:16:20,960 Speaker 1: the World Series. 325 00:16:21,480 --> 00:16:24,200 Speaker 3: That's why Dave Roberts solidified himself as the best manager 326 00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:26,560 Speaker 3: in the game with those back to back not just 327 00:16:26,560 --> 00:16:29,640 Speaker 3: because he won, but the fact that they won in 328 00:16:29,720 --> 00:16:34,440 Speaker 3: two completely different ways. Saying, how's this team gonna win 329 00:16:34,600 --> 00:16:38,520 Speaker 3: with no starting pitching done? How's this team gonna win 330 00:16:38,600 --> 00:16:42,560 Speaker 3: with no bullpen done? Like this year, he's gonna be like, 331 00:16:42,600 --> 00:16:44,120 Speaker 3: that's why he wants to do the Olympics. He's like, 332 00:16:44,880 --> 00:16:46,800 Speaker 3: that's the only thing I haven't won yet. I'm sure 333 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:49,520 Speaker 3: he's won. I'm sure he went and coached in winter 334 00:16:49,640 --> 00:16:51,920 Speaker 3: ball somewhere at some point. 335 00:16:53,120 --> 00:16:56,680 Speaker 1: Gavin Stone is expected to be ready for spring training. 336 00:16:57,000 --> 00:17:00,560 Speaker 1: That's a good arm. There's a lot to like if 337 00:17:00,560 --> 00:17:03,080 Speaker 1: you're a Dodger fan. But we'll see. It'll be an 338 00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:07,240 Speaker 1: interesting mystery. What does Roki Sazaki do from a development perspective? 339 00:17:07,880 --> 00:17:11,119 Speaker 1: The only thing I feel like he and Dodger fans 340 00:17:11,119 --> 00:17:13,919 Speaker 1: and the organization should feel comfortable with is that he 341 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:16,280 Speaker 1: is a major league caliber arm and he has proven 342 00:17:16,359 --> 00:17:19,400 Speaker 1: himself out of the bullpen at the very least. That's 343 00:17:19,440 --> 00:17:22,199 Speaker 1: a pretty good floor. High leverage reliever is his floor. 344 00:17:22,880 --> 00:17:27,040 Speaker 1: We expect him to be a top end rotation, solid contributor. 345 00:17:27,200 --> 00:17:30,359 Speaker 1: But if not, this guy's going to be special for them. 346 00:17:30,400 --> 00:17:32,479 Speaker 1: And like AJ said, he's making the league minimum, so 347 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:35,480 Speaker 1: it's a good little contributor to have on the roster. 348 00:17:35,880 --> 00:17:36,879 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's what he said. 349 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:37,920 Speaker 1: That's what he said. 350 00:17:39,280 --> 00:17:40,200 Speaker 2: That's what he said. 351 00:17:40,480 --> 00:17:41,359 Speaker 1: That's what he said. 352 00:17:44,280 --> 00:17:47,440 Speaker 4: Uh, you know, uh, you know, I just got here 353 00:17:48,119 --> 00:17:51,600 Speaker 4: and I think that I gotta I gotta CRL have 354 00:17:51,760 --> 00:17:57,439 Speaker 4: to share the time with my teammates and you know, 355 00:17:59,600 --> 00:18:05,080 Speaker 4: team to about different ideas you know later about everybody coaches, 356 00:18:05,640 --> 00:18:07,560 Speaker 4: the organization genera. 357 00:18:07,680 --> 00:18:11,640 Speaker 1: And then we can see that's Freddy Braalta a sn 358 00:18:11,720 --> 00:18:15,479 Speaker 1: why with that footage that was his intro virtual presser 359 00:18:15,800 --> 00:18:18,440 Speaker 1: and they asked him about an extension and he said TVD, 360 00:18:19,400 --> 00:18:21,480 Speaker 1: Fredday's a happy, go lucky guy. He's done the extension 361 00:18:21,480 --> 00:18:23,520 Speaker 1: thing before. I think if he shows up to camp, 362 00:18:23,560 --> 00:18:26,120 Speaker 1: has a good time, they could start to have some conversations. 363 00:18:27,119 --> 00:18:29,600 Speaker 1: The other part of the Mets conversation that we learned 364 00:18:29,600 --> 00:18:31,280 Speaker 1: this week was a good interview with Joel Sherman and 365 00:18:31,320 --> 00:18:34,840 Speaker 1: John Hayman talking to Carlos Mendoza, manager of the Mets. 366 00:18:34,960 --> 00:18:36,399 Speaker 1: Mendy was on our show the other day and we 367 00:18:36,440 --> 00:18:38,560 Speaker 1: talked about some of this stuff too. But Mendy believes 368 00:18:38,560 --> 00:18:40,480 Speaker 1: the biggest issue with the Mets club ass last season 369 00:18:40,600 --> 00:18:43,400 Speaker 1: was that they were too quote corporate and didn't celebrate 370 00:18:43,480 --> 00:18:46,320 Speaker 1: each other enough. I'm going to start with Krats here 371 00:18:46,960 --> 00:18:51,120 Speaker 1: because Kratz, you thought that they had too many gimmicks 372 00:18:51,160 --> 00:18:53,760 Speaker 1: two years ago. I actually think they didn't have enough 373 00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:57,560 Speaker 1: gimmicks this past season. A little fun, keep things loose, right, 374 00:18:57,640 --> 00:19:00,399 Speaker 1: People don't all see the same thing. They're not all 375 00:19:00,480 --> 00:19:02,960 Speaker 1: on the same page about anything in life. On the 376 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:06,159 Speaker 1: baseball field, right, I think it's fun to have some 377 00:19:06,680 --> 00:19:09,960 Speaker 1: natural distractions. Maybe they were missing Hose. 378 00:19:09,880 --> 00:19:14,720 Speaker 2: Glacias, Grimace, Grimis Primis Grimis. 379 00:19:14,400 --> 00:19:19,359 Speaker 3: Grimace, Jseglacias, the playoff, Pumpkin the like. 380 00:19:19,440 --> 00:19:20,680 Speaker 2: They had a lot of gimmicks. 381 00:19:21,080 --> 00:19:24,640 Speaker 3: And to say you're corporate, I've been on I've been 382 00:19:24,640 --> 00:19:27,720 Speaker 3: on teams that have been too corporate, too much like 383 00:19:28,440 --> 00:19:31,639 Speaker 3: that veteran. Hey, you know what it's all about my routine, 384 00:19:31,760 --> 00:19:35,040 Speaker 3: It's all about this. Some of the best teams you 385 00:19:35,080 --> 00:19:38,600 Speaker 3: play on, you have some young dudes that are like, Wow, 386 00:19:39,240 --> 00:19:39,840 Speaker 3: he's going. 387 00:19:39,640 --> 00:19:40,159 Speaker 2: Out right now. 388 00:19:40,160 --> 00:19:42,040 Speaker 3: And then we're going out and we're playing a one 389 00:19:42,080 --> 00:19:46,080 Speaker 3: o'clock game tomorrow and he's hitting two dangers like running 390 00:19:46,119 --> 00:19:50,920 Speaker 3: around the outfield, like there's there's a level of there's 391 00:19:50,960 --> 00:19:54,919 Speaker 3: a level of immaturity that is needed. With maturity and 392 00:19:55,040 --> 00:20:00,000 Speaker 3: game gamerness, gamesmanship, whatever it is, it all comes down 393 00:20:00,040 --> 00:20:03,120 Speaker 3: onto winning and losing. Nobody was said they were corporate 394 00:20:03,160 --> 00:20:05,960 Speaker 3: had they just beaten the Reds out and made the 395 00:20:05,960 --> 00:20:09,200 Speaker 3: playoffs by one game instead of missing it by one game, 396 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:15,679 Speaker 3: like it's it's very It's like we're people saying this 397 00:20:15,800 --> 00:20:18,679 Speaker 3: stuff during the season last year and for Mandy to 398 00:20:18,680 --> 00:20:21,680 Speaker 3: come out and say this, that's awesome. Mendy's got a 399 00:20:21,680 --> 00:20:24,120 Speaker 3: good pulse on this type of thing. And I think 400 00:20:24,160 --> 00:20:26,600 Speaker 3: if he can say, hey, guys, like loosen up a 401 00:20:26,640 --> 00:20:28,320 Speaker 3: little bit. I get it, we're in the big Apple, 402 00:20:28,960 --> 00:20:34,000 Speaker 3: but loosen up, like, let's make sure we are. We're 403 00:20:34,080 --> 00:20:37,600 Speaker 3: there for the boys, like no better view of how 404 00:20:37,680 --> 00:20:40,639 Speaker 3: much the Mets in twenty twenty four we're there for 405 00:20:40,680 --> 00:20:44,080 Speaker 3: each other. When you see the rotation, all the rotation, guys, 406 00:20:44,080 --> 00:20:48,199 Speaker 3: somebody's starting and you know they have the numbers painted 407 00:20:48,240 --> 00:20:50,520 Speaker 3: on their face. Would some people say like me, would 408 00:20:50,560 --> 00:20:53,680 Speaker 3: some people say that's a gimmick. Yeah, But it's also 409 00:20:54,119 --> 00:20:56,920 Speaker 3: a show of hey, you know what, we're supporting our guys. 410 00:20:56,960 --> 00:21:00,840 Speaker 3: We are here for everybody. Did you see that last ye? Now, 411 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:02,800 Speaker 3: because the Mets didn't make the playoffs, that's why he 412 00:21:02,840 --> 00:21:03,359 Speaker 3: didn't see it. 413 00:21:03,359 --> 00:21:03,680 Speaker 2: You didn't. 414 00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:06,239 Speaker 3: I'm sure they had stuff they were doing, but they 415 00:21:06,240 --> 00:21:10,760 Speaker 3: were making this magical run in twenty four and everybody's like, wow, wow, 416 00:21:10,800 --> 00:21:13,560 Speaker 3: they beat the Phillies. Oh man, now look at them. 417 00:21:13,600 --> 00:21:17,000 Speaker 3: They're drawing on their faces so many stories. They stop 418 00:21:17,080 --> 00:21:19,800 Speaker 3: doing stories when you don't make the playoffs. So I 419 00:21:19,840 --> 00:21:21,960 Speaker 3: think part of it is that. But they clearly wanted 420 00:21:21,960 --> 00:21:24,360 Speaker 3: to change it because they've done a lot of changing 421 00:21:24,440 --> 00:21:27,960 Speaker 3: of this roster construction. In an area that I didn't 422 00:21:27,960 --> 00:21:29,560 Speaker 3: think they needed to change was the offense. 423 00:21:34,880 --> 00:21:38,040 Speaker 2: Gimmicks have to be skits have to be made organically, 424 00:21:38,040 --> 00:21:40,479 Speaker 2: though you can't force it right, So you got it, 425 00:21:40,520 --> 00:21:42,400 Speaker 2: they got They have to be organic in the clubhouse, 426 00:21:42,400 --> 00:21:44,800 Speaker 2: they have to be organic in the dugout. You can't 427 00:21:44,840 --> 00:21:47,159 Speaker 2: say going into a year, we're gonna do this. You 428 00:21:47,359 --> 00:21:49,760 Speaker 2: see what happens. Something happens either early in the year 429 00:21:49,840 --> 00:21:52,760 Speaker 2: or in spring training that everybody gets on board with 430 00:21:53,040 --> 00:21:55,119 Speaker 2: and they say that's gonna be our skit, or someone 431 00:21:55,160 --> 00:21:58,080 Speaker 2: makes a T shirt or someone does something dumb that's 432 00:21:58,119 --> 00:22:01,639 Speaker 2: not offensive to anybody, and then the team rolls with 433 00:22:01,680 --> 00:22:03,359 Speaker 2: it and they stick with it, and you know what, 434 00:22:03,400 --> 00:22:05,680 Speaker 2: if that doesn't work, then they go to something else, 435 00:22:05,720 --> 00:22:07,640 Speaker 2: and if that thing doesn't work, they go to something else. 436 00:22:07,640 --> 00:22:09,480 Speaker 2: And as soon as they find that thing and they 437 00:22:09,480 --> 00:22:11,399 Speaker 2: stick with it, and then the fans find out about it, 438 00:22:11,480 --> 00:22:14,399 Speaker 2: usually later after it's already been a thing for a while, 439 00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:18,520 Speaker 2: and it happens. How many teams are you on crats 440 00:22:18,520 --> 00:22:22,400 Speaker 2: where things happened Fans media never even found out about 441 00:22:22,480 --> 00:22:24,800 Speaker 2: until later on. And it was a thing in the 442 00:22:24,840 --> 00:22:27,600 Speaker 2: clubhouse forever. That was That was what was great. There 443 00:22:27,640 --> 00:22:31,240 Speaker 2: was inside jokes and things. I remember we were, you know, 444 00:22:31,720 --> 00:22:34,440 Speaker 2: I would be on a team and Paul can Erico 445 00:22:34,520 --> 00:22:36,080 Speaker 2: and Burley and some of the guys who had been 446 00:22:36,080 --> 00:22:37,720 Speaker 2: around for the White Sox. We would say stuff in 447 00:22:37,760 --> 00:22:40,480 Speaker 2: the paper and nobody understood, but we understood what we 448 00:22:40,480 --> 00:22:41,879 Speaker 2: were kind of saying. It was a joke, and we 449 00:22:41,880 --> 00:22:44,000 Speaker 2: would be like, oh, who can we get to actually 450 00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:46,840 Speaker 2: report what we said and put this line in the paper? Right. 451 00:22:46,920 --> 00:22:49,040 Speaker 2: It was just stuff like that, but it wasn't offensive. 452 00:22:49,080 --> 00:22:51,000 Speaker 2: It was nothing we would just do it. And that's 453 00:22:51,040 --> 00:22:52,960 Speaker 2: what makes a team great, and that's what makes guys 454 00:22:52,960 --> 00:22:54,960 Speaker 2: have fun and get through eight months together. 455 00:22:55,960 --> 00:22:59,960 Speaker 3: And twenty fifteen, when the Royals won the World Series 456 00:23:00,600 --> 00:23:03,120 Speaker 3: the beginning of the year, if you did an interview, 457 00:23:03,520 --> 00:23:05,800 Speaker 3: you had to say because the one song that we 458 00:23:05,840 --> 00:23:06,680 Speaker 3: would play it was the. 459 00:23:06,720 --> 00:23:10,439 Speaker 2: Seventeen thirty eight. Hey was so hello, you know that. 460 00:23:10,600 --> 00:23:12,119 Speaker 3: I don't even know what the name of the song is, 461 00:23:12,160 --> 00:23:15,560 Speaker 3: but you had to say the number seventeen and thirty 462 00:23:15,600 --> 00:23:20,480 Speaker 3: eight in your interview, Like is that a gimmick or 463 00:23:20,520 --> 00:23:23,679 Speaker 3: is that just the boys spending eight to ten hours 464 00:23:23,680 --> 00:23:26,520 Speaker 3: a day and then going to hotels and going on 465 00:23:26,560 --> 00:23:29,840 Speaker 3: the road together and trying to accomplish a goal. That 466 00:23:29,960 --> 00:23:32,600 Speaker 3: kind of stuff comes up. It comes up at the 467 00:23:32,600 --> 00:23:36,280 Speaker 3: beginning of beginning of spring training. Somebody shows up with 468 00:23:36,320 --> 00:23:40,240 Speaker 3: a brutal outfit, somebody has a story, we're clowning somebody. 469 00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:43,639 Speaker 3: Whatever it is, that's how you build that team together. 470 00:23:43,720 --> 00:23:46,720 Speaker 3: And so if Mendy said they were too corporate, maybe 471 00:23:46,760 --> 00:23:49,480 Speaker 3: they didn't spend enough time connecting, or maybe they just 472 00:23:49,560 --> 00:23:51,479 Speaker 3: didn't win as many games as they thought they were 473 00:23:51,480 --> 00:23:54,199 Speaker 3: going to, or the team was split because the position 474 00:23:54,240 --> 00:23:57,400 Speaker 3: players were like, great, it's the fourth inning and our 475 00:23:57,480 --> 00:24:01,800 Speaker 3: starting pitchers out again. We're winning seven to six, and 476 00:24:01,880 --> 00:24:04,280 Speaker 3: now we're losing nine to six. Now we're losing nine 477 00:24:04,320 --> 00:24:06,640 Speaker 3: to seven. All right, we got to carry this team. 478 00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:09,240 Speaker 3: And maybe that's what's split the clubhouse and didn't allow 479 00:24:09,520 --> 00:24:13,400 Speaker 3: Grimace or the next OMG or the next playoff Pumpkin 480 00:24:13,440 --> 00:24:14,280 Speaker 3: and all that stuff. 481 00:24:15,520 --> 00:24:19,199 Speaker 1: Trap Queen Betty Wap disagree. I think they should have 482 00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:21,480 Speaker 1: had gimmicks. They had them two years ago and they 483 00:24:21,520 --> 00:24:22,280 Speaker 1: actually were terrible. 484 00:24:22,280 --> 00:24:23,920 Speaker 2: They probably did have them, we just didn't hear about 485 00:24:23,960 --> 00:24:26,520 Speaker 2: them because they weren't. They probably did have them, we 486 00:24:26,600 --> 00:24:27,520 Speaker 2: just didn't know about them. 487 00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:29,640 Speaker 1: They didn't have them like they did in twenty four. 488 00:24:29,720 --> 00:24:32,119 Speaker 2: Well, no, that's because they were riding that emotion. Anyways, 489 00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:33,840 Speaker 2: Let's let's move on. Let's because we got some more. 490 00:24:34,160 --> 00:24:36,120 Speaker 2: I gotta go, Leo. 491 00:24:42,280 --> 00:24:45,320 Speaker 1: Every team's mid eighties, this is the dream, and you 492 00:24:45,359 --> 00:24:48,320 Speaker 1: say we don't have parody. Bet MGM. Futures regular season 493 00:24:48,400 --> 00:24:50,960 Speaker 1: win total Detroit Tigers eighty four and a half over 494 00:24:51,080 --> 00:24:53,400 Speaker 1: under over. 495 00:24:52,520 --> 00:24:55,800 Speaker 2: I I'm taking over. I'm going over, you know what. 496 00:24:55,840 --> 00:24:58,600 Speaker 2: I'm taking over because they're gonna keep schooable and the 497 00:24:58,680 --> 00:25:01,000 Speaker 2: division hasn't gotten any better, so I think they go over. 498 00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:05,119 Speaker 1: The White Sox got better, the Twins got worse. 499 00:25:05,600 --> 00:25:10,439 Speaker 2: The Guardians didn't do anything, done anything. Royals are a 500 00:25:10,440 --> 00:25:13,680 Speaker 2: little better. Yeah, I mean, but the Tiger Tigers, you 501 00:25:13,720 --> 00:25:16,360 Speaker 2: know they're gonna say we got Kenley Jansen. I don't know. 502 00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:18,880 Speaker 2: I mean, someone has to win this division with eighty 503 00:25:18,920 --> 00:25:21,280 Speaker 2: eight wins, and I'm gonna say the Tigers won't blow 504 00:25:21,280 --> 00:25:22,480 Speaker 2: a fifteen game lead this year. 505 00:25:23,480 --> 00:25:26,679 Speaker 1: Yep. They are preparing nicely for the regular season. Crats. 506 00:25:27,880 --> 00:25:30,800 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, I think I just don't see. I 507 00:25:30,840 --> 00:25:33,080 Speaker 3: don't see them being a five hundred team. And if 508 00:25:33,080 --> 00:25:34,879 Speaker 3: you don't, if you take the under, you have to 509 00:25:34,920 --> 00:25:38,200 Speaker 3: be solidified that they are five hundred team. I think 510 00:25:38,240 --> 00:25:41,520 Speaker 3: they took an absolute crater job in the second half 511 00:25:42,280 --> 00:25:45,520 Speaker 3: and still won eighty seven. So if you're running Arrek 512 00:25:45,520 --> 00:25:49,040 Speaker 3: Scoogle out there for all of his thirty two starts, 513 00:25:49,480 --> 00:25:51,600 Speaker 3: have a tough time believing you're going to. 514 00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:55,400 Speaker 2: Only win eighty four games. So I'm taking you over 515 00:25:55,480 --> 00:25:55,880 Speaker 2: for sure. 516 00:25:56,560 --> 00:25:59,120 Speaker 1: It's still hard for me to believe that they essentially 517 00:25:59,119 --> 00:26:01,200 Speaker 1: did nothing this offseas and then they're not going to 518 00:26:01,240 --> 00:26:04,000 Speaker 1: get anything for Schoogle when he leaves, and this is there, 519 00:26:04,320 --> 00:26:06,200 Speaker 1: push your chips all in year. 520 00:26:09,560 --> 00:26:11,359 Speaker 2: One more starting pitcher, Yeah, one more starter. 521 00:26:11,480 --> 00:26:14,240 Speaker 1: Maybe Lucas Giulietto was signing soon to hang out with 522 00:26:14,280 --> 00:26:17,000 Speaker 1: his buddy Jack Flaherty. There's plenty of good parts. I'm 523 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:19,600 Speaker 1: not saying I don't like the team or just I 524 00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:22,520 Speaker 1: think I talk for many in Detroit when I say 525 00:26:22,640 --> 00:26:25,680 Speaker 1: that's it all right. If you want a little more, 526 00:26:26,359 --> 00:26:29,879 Speaker 1: an odds boost token for any sport could be yours 527 00:26:29,920 --> 00:26:32,720 Speaker 1: on the bet mgm app. Score a bigger payout, apply 528 00:26:32,800 --> 00:26:36,040 Speaker 1: that to your wager, and if that wager wins, you 529 00:26:36,040 --> 00:26:39,600 Speaker 1: get extra winnings in unrestricted bonus dollars depending on how 530 00:26:39,640 --> 00:26:43,600 Speaker 1: much you're putting down. Betmgm dot com or betmgm app. 531 00:26:43,680 --> 00:26:54,560 Speaker 1: Gambling problem or concern, callen an hundred gambling. Jack Curry 532 00:26:54,600 --> 00:26:57,560 Speaker 1: does that Yes Network show about the offseason. He's great 533 00:26:57,640 --> 00:27:00,240 Speaker 1: reporting on the Yankees, and he said there's interest in 534 00:27:00,280 --> 00:27:03,920 Speaker 1: the Yankees bringing back Paul Goldschmidt. What do we think 535 00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:08,120 Speaker 1: about that fit for the Yankees? Goldie is still really 536 00:27:08,119 --> 00:27:10,720 Speaker 1: good against left handed pitching. Do you feel like the Yankees' 537 00:27:10,760 --> 00:27:14,639 Speaker 1: roster is starting to become a lot more platoon oriented 538 00:27:15,119 --> 00:27:18,480 Speaker 1: old well, old too. That's been a thing for a while. 539 00:27:18,520 --> 00:27:20,200 Speaker 1: But do you feel like it's starting to get more 540 00:27:20,320 --> 00:27:23,879 Speaker 1: platoonish where they're gonna have I mean they're gonna have 541 00:27:23,920 --> 00:27:28,000 Speaker 1: what if Goldie comes back, you might have half the 542 00:27:28,040 --> 00:27:31,040 Speaker 1: lineup change depending on the lefty or the righty. Some 543 00:27:31,080 --> 00:27:34,040 Speaker 1: teams do that and some teams don't do that at all. Right, 544 00:27:34,080 --> 00:27:35,639 Speaker 1: so it felt like the Yankees used to be a 545 00:27:35,640 --> 00:27:38,199 Speaker 1: team where it's like mostly the same dudes as long 546 00:27:38,240 --> 00:27:41,720 Speaker 1: as they're healthy every day. And now if Goldie came back, 547 00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:43,880 Speaker 1: you'd have Goldie. I mean, this is what they did. 548 00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:46,359 Speaker 1: I guess towards the end of last season. Med Rosario 549 00:27:46,760 --> 00:27:51,159 Speaker 1: is a platoon guy. Ryan McMahon is a platoon guy. 550 00:27:51,320 --> 00:27:55,640 Speaker 3: Who are they playing over because McMahon I think they 551 00:27:55,640 --> 00:27:59,880 Speaker 3: won his defense in there every day if I'm not mistaken. Obviously, 552 00:28:00,240 --> 00:28:03,359 Speaker 3: Kabiero is gonna play short and when Valpi comes back, 553 00:28:04,160 --> 00:28:06,480 Speaker 3: they don't have a platoon option. Maybe he won't play 554 00:28:06,480 --> 00:28:08,960 Speaker 3: as much, but that's not platoon. Jazz is gonna play 555 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:13,239 Speaker 3: every day, Judge, He's gonna play every day. Grishamans are 556 00:28:13,280 --> 00:28:16,080 Speaker 3: they gonna platoon Grisham in center field? And then when 557 00:28:16,080 --> 00:28:22,119 Speaker 3: the lefty goes, they're gonna have who played left field? 558 00:28:22,920 --> 00:28:25,439 Speaker 3: Veingas you can't hit right handed, yeah, you can't hit 559 00:28:25,480 --> 00:28:26,600 Speaker 3: against lefties like he's. 560 00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:29,439 Speaker 2: Not catcher Austin Wells. They trade the platoon a little bit, 561 00:28:29,480 --> 00:28:32,600 Speaker 2: Ben Rice, they platoon. I mean, that's that's where Goldschmid's 562 00:28:32,640 --> 00:28:34,639 Speaker 2: role would be. Was when we face a lefty, we 563 00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:37,119 Speaker 2: let you play first. But here's the thing. I mean, 564 00:28:37,160 --> 00:28:40,440 Speaker 2: I know Goldie did okay in New York, but he 565 00:28:40,440 --> 00:28:42,240 Speaker 2: couldn't even go back to Arizona. We could have that 566 00:28:42,360 --> 00:28:46,120 Speaker 2: reunite and it feels so good right in Arizona. Maybe 567 00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:49,080 Speaker 2: because who's their first baseman, Peven Smith, he's left handed. 568 00:28:49,120 --> 00:28:51,160 Speaker 2: Maybe they could use Goldie there and we could have 569 00:28:51,200 --> 00:28:54,520 Speaker 2: the happy feels again for him and the Diamondbacks. 570 00:28:54,760 --> 00:28:56,520 Speaker 3: I thought he should be in San Diego. We just 571 00:28:56,520 --> 00:28:59,920 Speaker 3: talked to Kevin Acey. I thought Paul Goldschmidt and Sandy 572 00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:06,160 Speaker 3: Diego would be would be a better fit than other places. 573 00:29:06,320 --> 00:29:08,280 Speaker 3: I'm not saying he's gonna go there. I'm not saying 574 00:29:08,640 --> 00:29:10,720 Speaker 3: he wants to go there or they even want him, 575 00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:15,560 Speaker 3: but I mean they're given him opportunity. They have a 576 00:29:15,640 --> 00:29:18,320 Speaker 3: they have a young they have a young lineup for 577 00:29:18,360 --> 00:29:20,560 Speaker 3: the most part that could fill in if they don't 578 00:29:20,560 --> 00:29:24,120 Speaker 3: want him to face righties. But I guess I wouldn't 579 00:29:24,120 --> 00:29:25,240 Speaker 3: add too much more. 580 00:29:25,040 --> 00:29:38,000 Speaker 1: Slow, So you would platoon cronin Worth in Goldie. 581 00:29:38,760 --> 00:29:40,800 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean I would give, I would give. 582 00:29:40,960 --> 00:29:43,600 Speaker 3: I would give Goldie all the left handed at bats, 583 00:29:43,640 --> 00:29:47,160 Speaker 3: and then cronin Worth still has still I mean, Cronilworth 584 00:29:47,240 --> 00:29:50,680 Speaker 3: still has value playing more than just first base. 585 00:29:51,480 --> 00:29:53,960 Speaker 1: No, no, no, I know that I'm saying at first base, 586 00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:57,600 Speaker 1: you could platoon cron I mean, we'll. 587 00:29:57,480 --> 00:29:59,320 Speaker 2: See he's making a song. 588 00:30:00,880 --> 00:30:02,840 Speaker 1: No, no, I'm not saying in the full time, but 589 00:30:02,880 --> 00:30:03,440 Speaker 1: I'm saying. 590 00:30:03,280 --> 00:30:05,040 Speaker 2: There's probably Goldie in the platoon. 591 00:30:05,360 --> 00:30:06,920 Speaker 1: When Goldie's playing first. 592 00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:09,440 Speaker 2: Goldie's gonna want too much money to do unless he 593 00:30:09,480 --> 00:30:11,520 Speaker 2: accepts the platoon role. And then you know, because if 594 00:30:11,560 --> 00:30:13,400 Speaker 2: you just say, hey, I'm a platoon role, a lot 595 00:30:13,440 --> 00:30:15,040 Speaker 2: of times you get some you get less money. And 596 00:30:15,040 --> 00:30:16,960 Speaker 2: San Diego didn't have any money. I mean, that's all 597 00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:19,880 Speaker 2: they're talked about, right, So would he accept less to 598 00:30:19,920 --> 00:30:21,040 Speaker 2: go somewhere? I don't know. 599 00:30:22,160 --> 00:30:28,440 Speaker 3: I mean, and we just talked about you darbish giving 600 00:30:28,520 --> 00:30:33,760 Speaker 3: back fifteen or sixteen for this year. It hasn't happened yet, right, right, 601 00:30:33,760 --> 00:30:34,680 Speaker 3: But I'm saying, I don't care. 602 00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:37,160 Speaker 2: Here's my thing about the you, Darvish. We we haven't 603 00:30:37,160 --> 00:30:40,200 Speaker 2: even really talked about this. He's just such a good guy. 604 00:30:40,240 --> 00:30:44,320 Speaker 2: He's gonna give back forty five million dollars whatever he's out. 605 00:30:44,360 --> 00:30:45,680 Speaker 2: I don't know what he's out the last three years 606 00:30:45,680 --> 00:30:49,320 Speaker 2: around there, right, he said fifteen. So he's just like, interesting, 607 00:30:49,400 --> 00:30:51,360 Speaker 2: I haven't earned it. I'm gonna give back forty five 608 00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:53,320 Speaker 2: even though I signed this contract. There's gonna be some 609 00:30:53,440 --> 00:30:55,520 Speaker 2: sort of a there's gonna have to be some sort 610 00:30:55,520 --> 00:30:57,880 Speaker 2: of a buyout, right, he says, Because first of all, 611 00:30:58,080 --> 00:31:00,960 Speaker 2: let me say this too. As much we love the PA, 612 00:31:01,120 --> 00:31:03,560 Speaker 2: the PA would not be happy if he said, I'm 613 00:31:03,600 --> 00:31:05,920 Speaker 2: just gonna give this back because I'm such a nice guy. 614 00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:08,680 Speaker 2: Like the PA would be like, who wha, whoa, whoa whoa. No, no, no, no, 615 00:31:08,880 --> 00:31:11,440 Speaker 2: let's get your money. We signed a we signed a contract, 616 00:31:11,440 --> 00:31:13,560 Speaker 2: and his agent would be like, hey, man, I get 617 00:31:13,560 --> 00:31:14,400 Speaker 2: my cut of that too. 618 00:31:15,360 --> 00:31:15,479 Speaker 1: You. 619 00:31:16,120 --> 00:31:18,160 Speaker 2: I don't know. Maybe he is that good of a guy. 620 00:31:18,320 --> 00:31:19,280 Speaker 2: I don't know. 621 00:31:21,160 --> 00:31:23,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, Well, the problem is you're eliminating the essence of 622 00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:26,320 Speaker 1: a guaranteed contract. But it's for one player, and if 623 00:31:26,320 --> 00:31:30,200 Speaker 1: he doesn't want to play, it's not unprecedented. Gil Mesh 624 00:31:30,240 --> 00:31:32,960 Speaker 1: did it. We brought him him the other day. There's 625 00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:34,760 Speaker 1: a few other names. There aren't many, but there are 626 00:31:34,760 --> 00:31:37,040 Speaker 1: a few other names. Yeah, there might be an internal 627 00:31:37,080 --> 00:31:39,120 Speaker 1: battle going on. You darbish might be like, yo, I'm 628 00:31:39,240 --> 00:31:44,160 Speaker 1: rich and for me reputation wise and what I believe in. 629 00:31:44,520 --> 00:31:46,960 Speaker 1: I don't think that I should be getting paid if 630 00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:49,959 Speaker 1: I'm not playing and I want to quit. And then 631 00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:53,000 Speaker 1: the other side, which is reps union the whole deal 632 00:31:53,080 --> 00:31:57,320 Speaker 1: is like, we don't like that. Ultimately, it comes down 633 00:31:57,320 --> 00:31:59,560 Speaker 1: to you. I think he can decide whatever you want. Starvish, 634 00:31:59,680 --> 00:32:02,280 Speaker 1: but sounds like they're trying to figure things out behind 635 00:32:02,320 --> 00:32:04,080 Speaker 1: the scenes. I don't think it's going to be a 636 00:32:04,120 --> 00:32:07,240 Speaker 1: case like Anthony Rendon where they're still paying him the 637 00:32:07,240 --> 00:32:09,920 Speaker 1: money out there, just stretching it a little bit with deferrals. 638 00:32:10,560 --> 00:32:12,960 Speaker 1: It sounds like there'll be a portion of this deal 639 00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:16,760 Speaker 1: that actually just gets mixed because he's not going to play. Right. 640 00:32:16,840 --> 00:32:19,520 Speaker 1: Maybe they look at this year and say, hey, you 641 00:32:19,560 --> 00:32:21,640 Speaker 1: weren't going to pitch anyway, so we'll take this year, 642 00:32:21,640 --> 00:32:23,680 Speaker 1: we'll defer it, and then the year after that, we'll 643 00:32:23,720 --> 00:32:26,120 Speaker 1: then get wiped. Something like that could occur. I'm just 644 00:32:26,160 --> 00:32:31,280 Speaker 1: throwing scenarios out there. We shall see. Michael Kadier was 645 00:32:31,320 --> 00:32:34,520 Speaker 1: another name that was just listed. 646 00:32:34,800 --> 00:32:37,240 Speaker 2: By Mark Condempy. 647 00:32:37,520 --> 00:32:40,480 Speaker 3: Every situation is different, and that's why ultimately it's up 648 00:32:40,520 --> 00:32:45,560 Speaker 3: to you. You get to get to decide. And he's 649 00:32:45,560 --> 00:32:48,520 Speaker 3: already done it. It's not unprecedented. He was going through something 650 00:32:48,920 --> 00:32:52,040 Speaker 3: in his personal life and he gave back the four 651 00:32:52,080 --> 00:32:55,200 Speaker 3: million dollars during that time. Plenty of players don't do that, 652 00:32:55,240 --> 00:32:59,000 Speaker 3: so it's it's not unprecedented. While I agree with AJ 653 00:32:59,680 --> 00:33:03,520 Speaker 3: it is a crazy precedent that the PA, his agents 654 00:33:04,160 --> 00:33:07,560 Speaker 3: and other players do not want to like be up 655 00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:08,800 Speaker 3: against that standard. 656 00:33:08,880 --> 00:33:10,280 Speaker 2: But ultimately it's up to you. 657 00:33:12,400 --> 00:33:17,560 Speaker 1: True as in darbish, not as in darbish. 658 00:33:17,760 --> 00:33:20,800 Speaker 3: Back to what the original Hot Corner topic was was 659 00:33:20,800 --> 00:33:22,800 Speaker 3: Paul Goldschmid the Yankees. 660 00:33:24,200 --> 00:33:27,160 Speaker 2: Cool. I mean, I think it's great again. 661 00:33:27,240 --> 00:33:32,400 Speaker 3: We talked about sometimes some guys have earned some leeway 662 00:33:32,680 --> 00:33:34,920 Speaker 3: in getting more at bats, and I think if you 663 00:33:35,080 --> 00:33:38,960 Speaker 3: think Ben Rice is as good as I think the 664 00:33:39,040 --> 00:33:42,760 Speaker 3: Yankees think he is, I'd like to see a few 665 00:33:42,800 --> 00:33:45,040 Speaker 3: more left Bill left at bats. I'd like to see 666 00:33:45,160 --> 00:33:48,240 Speaker 3: him because of where he's come as a hitter and 667 00:33:48,320 --> 00:33:50,880 Speaker 3: as a player, kind of coming out of nowhere, really 668 00:33:51,000 --> 00:33:54,640 Speaker 3: establishing himself, changing things when he was in the minor leagues, 669 00:33:54,720 --> 00:33:56,920 Speaker 3: to then get his shot in the big leagues. Take 670 00:33:56,960 --> 00:34:01,720 Speaker 3: advantage of his shot. To me, give him that challenge, 671 00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:06,640 Speaker 3: and you can have a guy who plays every day, 672 00:34:07,160 --> 00:34:10,479 Speaker 3: and to me, they could enhance that roster flexibility and 673 00:34:10,560 --> 00:34:15,640 Speaker 3: enhance that roster. Yeah, just the way that they can 674 00:34:15,640 --> 00:34:18,720 Speaker 3: deploy different guys. He can also catch. 675 00:34:18,880 --> 00:34:19,919 Speaker 2: They really liked. 676 00:34:20,360 --> 00:34:22,880 Speaker 3: I didn't like the way he moves around behind a dish, 677 00:34:23,640 --> 00:34:26,839 Speaker 3: but the organization really likes how he receives. And we'll 678 00:34:26,840 --> 00:34:29,680 Speaker 3: see how those receiving numbers actually matter when the ABS 679 00:34:29,719 --> 00:34:33,560 Speaker 3: comes in. But there's a value there when a guy 680 00:34:33,640 --> 00:34:37,600 Speaker 3: can truly catch in the big leagues once every five days. 681 00:34:37,640 --> 00:34:39,879 Speaker 3: But he's also playing first base. So you can give 682 00:34:39,920 --> 00:34:43,160 Speaker 3: Austin Wells those days off against lefties if you're not 683 00:34:43,280 --> 00:34:46,840 Speaker 3: afraid of letting Ben Rice hit against lefties. 684 00:34:48,360 --> 00:34:50,560 Speaker 1: Goldie got one year twelve and a half. Last year. 685 00:34:51,360 --> 00:34:53,680 Speaker 1: I think he'd be looking at about half of eight 686 00:34:57,880 --> 00:34:58,560 Speaker 1: five to seven. 687 00:35:01,680 --> 00:35:04,479 Speaker 3: I mean, Lane Thomas got more than that, and Paul 688 00:35:04,520 --> 00:35:06,200 Speaker 3: gold Schmith think Thomas. 689 00:35:06,680 --> 00:35:11,160 Speaker 1: We're going to make a Lane Thomas compay half pics 690 00:35:11,200 --> 00:35:12,000 Speaker 1: on the age curve. 691 00:35:13,320 --> 00:35:15,120 Speaker 3: I not six and a half million, and I think 692 00:35:15,360 --> 00:35:17,600 Speaker 3: I think Paul Goldschmid. I'm just saying, based on what 693 00:35:17,680 --> 00:35:21,759 Speaker 3: free agency is looking like right now, I think I 694 00:35:21,800 --> 00:35:23,799 Speaker 3: think he would get I think he'd project to get more. 695 00:35:24,760 --> 00:35:29,760 Speaker 1: I don't. I don't. Actually, I think the projections probably 696 00:35:29,800 --> 00:35:33,439 Speaker 1: have Lane Thomas doing more of this season. I'm talking 697 00:35:33,440 --> 00:35:35,600 Speaker 1: about what the front offices look at. The age curve 698 00:35:35,640 --> 00:35:38,839 Speaker 1: part is such a big deal. Right, Hotley has been 699 00:35:39,160 --> 00:35:42,040 Speaker 1: going down in one direction. I guess it's fair, not 700 00:35:42,239 --> 00:35:46,120 Speaker 1: in in production against left handed pitching, but career lo 701 00:35:46,239 --> 00:35:48,440 Speaker 1: slugin percentage all that. So if you're just wiping him 702 00:35:48,440 --> 00:35:50,359 Speaker 1: out and making him a platoon only player, I mean 703 00:35:50,360 --> 00:35:54,520 Speaker 1: the differential was large six nineteen ops versus right handed pitching. 704 00:35:54,840 --> 00:35:56,800 Speaker 1: That's not good enough for a first baseman or a 705 00:35:56,920 --> 00:35:59,040 Speaker 1: DH and he's not doing that for the Yankees. Nine 706 00:35:59,120 --> 00:36:01,759 Speaker 1: eighty one against left that's good. But that's a platoon guy, right, 707 00:36:01,840 --> 00:36:03,720 Speaker 1: that's a guy that's going to play just against lefties.