WEBVTT - Red Sox MLB Trade Deadline Heating Up! 0:00:06.840 --> 0:00:10.600 Welcome to Boss the territory. Ladies and gentlemen. There's no 0:00:10.720 --> 0:00:13.920 game here tonight. It's the day off. So you're probably thinking, Robbie, 0:00:13.960 --> 0:00:17.159 what are we doing when we got some news to 0:00:17.239 --> 0:00:21.880 talk about. We've got some rumors, got some trade deadline juiciness, 0:00:21.960 --> 0:00:27.760 some trade deadline gossip to bite into. I'm excited, you're excited, 0:00:27.800 --> 0:00:29.960 We're all excited. You know why. You know what feels 0:00:30.040 --> 0:00:32.479 good about right now is that we get to talk 0:00:32.520 --> 0:00:35.840 about being buyers at the deadline. Who would have thought 0:00:35.880 --> 0:00:38.320 this a few weeks ago. Oh man, I'm all revved up. 0:00:38.360 --> 0:00:40.479 I'm excited about it. We got a big story here today, 0:00:41.080 --> 0:00:45.040 Zach Netto of the Angels. Could he be a possibility? 0:00:45.640 --> 0:00:47.760 We got an article from Cam Rosenthal. We're gonna dive 0:00:47.760 --> 0:00:50.320 into that. We also got a little something from Mark 0:00:50.400 --> 0:00:52.920 find Son of MLB dot Com. We'll talk about that 0:00:53.000 --> 0:00:55.760 as well here in tonight's episode. We're gonna make it 0:00:56.040 --> 0:00:58.440 a quick one here. I know you're all enjoying your 0:00:58.480 --> 0:01:02.120 Thursday evening wherever you may be. We'll go over those 0:01:02.200 --> 0:01:04.360 and we'll hang out with the chat at the end 0:01:04.400 --> 0:01:06.880 of the show. So if anyone does have a question 0:01:07.000 --> 0:01:10.160 or whatever, feel free to super chats are open if 0:01:10.200 --> 0:01:12.560 you want to drop one in. I'll pay attention to 0:01:12.560 --> 0:01:15.959 the chat as best as I can. 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The Red 0:01:49.880 --> 0:01:56.160 Sox view Angels shortstop zach Netto as a strong fit. 0:01:56.320 --> 0:02:02.760 And listen, there's been no sea could hear about the 0:02:02.760 --> 0:02:05.520 possibility of zach Netto as a Boston Red Sox. I've 0:02:05.560 --> 0:02:08.519 been on the record multiple times saying I think he's 0:02:08.560 --> 0:02:13.919 a great fit multiple times. Now you go this this started, 0:02:14.040 --> 0:02:16.080 I would say a couple of months ago. Remember when 0:02:16.120 --> 0:02:18.720 we had that time where oh man, the Red Sox 0:02:18.760 --> 0:02:21.600 are looking for a right handed bat even Mike Shrout 0:02:21.919 --> 0:02:25.240 was popping up in the news. Mike freaking Shrout, Well, 0:02:25.280 --> 0:02:28.560 that wasn't gonna happen, but that's what we all started saying. Well, hey, 0:02:28.639 --> 0:02:31.040 right handed bat, you know, have some injuries in the 0:02:31.040 --> 0:02:35.000 middle infield. The Angels, they're at organization that's just never 0:02:35.040 --> 0:02:38.440 really going anywhere. Why not someone like zach Netto, who's 0:02:38.440 --> 0:02:40.799 got a few years of control, not even twenty six 0:02:40.880 --> 0:02:43.800 years old. Yet he's shown some pretty good things in 0:02:43.840 --> 0:02:45.840 the first couple of years of his major league career. 0:02:46.040 --> 0:02:49.240 A guy that has pop, has speed, Yeah, you get Well, 0:02:49.280 --> 0:02:52.800 we'll talk about the deficiencies in just a little bit, 0:02:52.840 --> 0:02:54.880 but there's a lot of talent with zach Netto. Over 0:02:54.919 --> 0:02:59.720 the last couple of years, he's averaged right around like 0:02:59.760 --> 0:03:03.040 a three and a half Fangraft wins above replacement. That's 0:03:03.040 --> 0:03:07.160 a solid player, just for comparison's sake. Last year, Trevor Story, 0:03:07.160 --> 0:03:10.440 who was finally healthy, finally productive, he was a three 0:03:10.800 --> 0:03:14.639 f war player last year. Zach Netto, he's been around 0:03:14.639 --> 0:03:18.359 a three and a half in his early twenties. Unfortunately, 0:03:18.440 --> 0:03:23.200 he's just been with a bad Angels organization and uh so, yeah, 0:03:24.240 --> 0:03:26.480 you don't tend to hear a whole lot about him, 0:03:26.520 --> 0:03:28.399 But he is I would say, one of the better 0:03:28.440 --> 0:03:31.240 shortstops in Major League Baseball. Now taking a look at 0:03:31.280 --> 0:03:36.400 the article here. Now also another thing too, I forgot 0:03:36.440 --> 0:03:39.000 to mention as well. The reason he was coming up 0:03:39.040 --> 0:03:41.000 is because he was a guy that popped up last 0:03:41.040 --> 0:03:45.320 offseason as a possibility for the Red Sox, Craig Breslow 0:03:45.400 --> 0:03:48.840 making a couple of phone calls. It never materialized, and 0:03:48.880 --> 0:03:53.080 its said that here. The Red Sox, after expressing interest 0:03:53.200 --> 0:03:58.160 in La Angels shortstop last offseason, continue to view him 0:03:58.560 --> 0:04:02.839 as a strong according to people briefed on their discussions, 0:04:02.880 --> 0:04:08.160 but granted a nomine I can't even say that they're 0:04:08.160 --> 0:04:10.720 anonymous to speak freely, I can never say that word. 0:04:11.040 --> 0:04:13.680 The talks between the Red Sox and Angels regarding Nedo 0:04:13.840 --> 0:04:16.880 last winner did not progress to the point of exchanging names. 0:04:17.440 --> 0:04:20.599 Jehan Mazelak has since taken over as interim general manager 0:04:20.640 --> 0:04:24.520 of the Angels, replacing Perrymanajian. Now, it goes on to 0:04:24.520 --> 0:04:27.240 say here it is not clear how willing the team 0:04:27.440 --> 0:04:31.120 would be to trade Neto, who was earning four point 0:04:31.120 --> 0:04:33.560 one to five million this season and under club control 0:04:33.680 --> 0:04:39.680 for three additional years. So you know, before we get 0:04:39.680 --> 0:04:42.480 into the idea of Netto being a good fit for 0:04:42.520 --> 0:04:44.400 the Red Sox, let's talk about the Angels here for 0:04:44.440 --> 0:04:48.559 a second. With the Angels, obviously, you know we've seen 0:04:49.800 --> 0:04:55.159 everything that's been going on over there. But Perrymanajian just 0:04:55.240 --> 0:04:58.400 let go not too long ago, John Mozzaylok, who was 0:04:58.440 --> 0:05:01.360 the longtime leader of the car Dal's front office, that's 0:05:01.400 --> 0:05:04.279 a guy that he has been within the game of 0:05:04.279 --> 0:05:06.880 baseball for a very long time. If there is a 0:05:07.040 --> 0:05:12.280 guy that can convince Arty Moreno to finally go through 0:05:12.320 --> 0:05:15.760 a rebuild, I would say, out of anyone there right now, 0:05:15.839 --> 0:05:19.239 John moze Lock easily anyone over the last few years 0:05:19.360 --> 0:05:22.960 or so several years, John mose Loc, I would say, 0:05:23.160 --> 0:05:27.960 is the guy that can finally convince Arty Moreno. Hey, listen, 0:05:29.160 --> 0:05:31.359 I know you want to sell the experience. I know 0:05:31.440 --> 0:05:33.360 you want to sell the tickets. I know you want 0:05:33.400 --> 0:05:36.320 to have the family friendly atmosphere. But you know what, 0:05:36.880 --> 0:05:39.880 people are starting to get a little sick and tired here. 0:05:39.920 --> 0:05:43.640 They want to win ball games. Yes, let's still keep 0:05:43.680 --> 0:05:46.680 that experience. We'll keep guys like trout Right, that's the 0:05:46.720 --> 0:05:48.400 guy that's gonna put butts in the seats. He's a 0:05:48.400 --> 0:05:50.640 future Hall of Famer. But we got to start getting 0:05:50.640 --> 0:05:54.360 this organization on the right track because how many times 0:05:54.400 --> 0:05:56.840 over the years, I mean, you need to make one 0:05:56.839 --> 0:05:59.640 postseason with Otani and Shrout Trout, what was it twenty 0:05:59.640 --> 0:06:03.640 fourteen the last time they made the postseason. You've pretty 0:06:03.720 --> 0:06:07.440 much wasted all of these years of Mike Trout. You 0:06:07.560 --> 0:06:11.200 got to start figuring things out within the organization. It's 0:06:11.240 --> 0:06:13.599 gonna take a lot of work there. But right now, 0:06:13.640 --> 0:06:17.239 with the guys that they have, these talented players like Netto, 0:06:17.600 --> 0:06:21.120 like Greed, Deptmers like Jose Soriano, a couple others as well, 0:06:21.240 --> 0:06:24.159 Joe Adell last year thirty eight home runs, thirty seven 0:06:24.240 --> 0:06:28.880 whatever it was. They're not winning games. So it's like, yes, 0:06:29.120 --> 0:06:32.360 you can make this argument to keep Nedo, you can 0:06:32.360 --> 0:06:34.680 make the argument to keep Deptmers in Soriano. Yeah, they're 0:06:34.720 --> 0:06:37.560 good players. If you want to actually win games, keep 0:06:37.560 --> 0:06:40.840 your good players. Well, the problem is is you have 0:06:40.880 --> 0:06:43.640 to be able to build a good team around those guys. Right, Yes, 0:06:43.760 --> 0:06:49.160 you have your top guys, but you have no support. 0:06:49.440 --> 0:06:53.440 The Angels they should go back to the point where 0:06:53.480 --> 0:06:55.440 they got to start building from the ground up. Again, 0:06:55.640 --> 0:06:58.800 they're trying to build from the top down. You can't 0:06:58.800 --> 0:07:02.040 put the roof before the foundation. That's what the Angels 0:07:02.040 --> 0:07:04.000 have been trying to do and it's not working. So 0:07:04.400 --> 0:07:07.680 they got to Everyone knows it, but Artie Moreno, He's like, no, 0:07:07.720 --> 0:07:09.480 I want to have a competitive team on the field, 0:07:10.200 --> 0:07:13.120 and yeah, let's try it. Well, let's figure this out. 0:07:13.160 --> 0:07:14.840 And they've been trying to figure it out and it 0:07:14.840 --> 0:07:19.760 has it worked so in my opinion. And this isn't 0:07:19.800 --> 0:07:21.320 me trying to be like, oh, I just want them 0:07:21.360 --> 0:07:23.800 to trade Neto to the Red Sox. No as someone 0:07:23.800 --> 0:07:28.320 that wants the Angel because listen, I respect the Angels 0:07:28.320 --> 0:07:30.360 from back in the day. We ran into the Angels 0:07:30.360 --> 0:07:33.240 a couple of times in the postseasons, you know, I 0:07:33.320 --> 0:07:36.040 mean just saying I remember those Angels teams. They were 0:07:36.840 --> 0:07:40.360 fun to watch. They were good teams. I mean, goodness, 0:07:40.480 --> 0:07:42.480 what was it two thousand and two thousand and nine, 0:07:42.480 --> 0:07:44.360 they knocked the Red Sox out in the division round, 0:07:44.400 --> 0:07:47.600 if I remember correctly. I want the Angels to get 0:07:47.600 --> 0:07:50.640 back to a good place, right. You know, Angels fans 0:07:50.680 --> 0:07:54.400 are very dedicated. They're good loyal fans. You know, they 0:07:54.440 --> 0:07:57.520 deserve a winning team. I think they need to start 0:07:57.520 --> 0:08:00.960 going in the right direction. And Netto with what he 0:08:01.000 --> 0:08:03.920 can bring back. I think that's a very good start 0:08:04.200 --> 0:08:06.360 for the Angels. And then you look into moving debtvers 0:08:06.360 --> 0:08:08.280 in Soriatto, you'll be able to get a lot back 0:08:08.320 --> 0:08:10.400 for those kind of guys. You look at what these 0:08:10.440 --> 0:08:13.160 teams have done, like look at the White Sox, Look 0:08:13.160 --> 0:08:15.400 at the White Sox over the last few years. Look 0:08:15.400 --> 0:08:18.240 at the moves they've made, and look at where they are. 0:08:18.920 --> 0:08:21.800 That should be the blueprint for the Angels. Start moving 0:08:21.800 --> 0:08:24.520 your top guys and get back good talent to get 0:08:24.560 --> 0:08:27.200 you on the right track. Start hiring people within the 0:08:27.280 --> 0:08:30.240 organization that are gonna help you get there. You know, 0:08:30.560 --> 0:08:32.960 they need to start here though. I've been saying this 0:08:33.040 --> 0:08:37.480 for years, and we might maybe maybe be finally getting 0:08:37.480 --> 0:08:41.880 to that point. So we'll see. Now for the Red 0:08:41.880 --> 0:08:45.880 Sox and Neto, I think it's a great fit. I 0:08:45.880 --> 0:08:48.480 think it's a very good fit. Now, there are some 0:08:48.559 --> 0:08:53.000 deficiencies with Netto. Let me pull up the stack cast page. 0:08:54.280 --> 0:08:58.960 So I was all over Twitter here today. I was 0:08:59.120 --> 0:09:01.720 looking around, poking around. I was seeing what people were 0:09:01.760 --> 0:09:04.520 having to say. I was seeing positives I was seeing 0:09:04.559 --> 0:09:09.800 negatives and for me, I'm yeah, listen, no player is 0:09:09.840 --> 0:09:11.640 perfect at the end of the day. Well, I guess 0:09:11.679 --> 0:09:14.120 you know, I guess you could say Otani pretty much. 0:09:15.240 --> 0:09:18.320 But for the most part, ever, guys, even like Otani, 0:09:18.360 --> 0:09:22.560 they are gonna have their flaws. Netto has definitely had 0:09:22.600 --> 0:09:24.920 some flaws. Now, as you can see here, we do 0:09:24.920 --> 0:09:27.000 see quite a lot of blues. He is barreling up 0:09:27.000 --> 0:09:29.120 the ball quite a bit this year. He is walking 0:09:29.600 --> 0:09:32.000 a good amount as well, but there has been a dip. 0:09:32.040 --> 0:09:35.760 The bat of ball profile has dipped since last year. 0:09:36.280 --> 0:09:38.320 You go back to twenty twenty four. Actually he went 0:09:38.480 --> 0:09:41.440 up last year, but then there's been a deficiency this 0:09:41.520 --> 0:09:44.840 year with the bat ball metrics going back down a 0:09:44.840 --> 0:09:49.319 little bit. However, he has still been able to figure out. 0:09:49.640 --> 0:09:51.760 Even with the batted ball going down a little bit, 0:09:51.800 --> 0:09:53.800 he's still got nineteen home runs on the year. That 0:09:53.920 --> 0:09:55.800 ranks near the top when it comes to shortstops in 0:09:55.840 --> 0:09:59.160 Major League Baseball the ops at seven seventy two. That's 0:09:59.160 --> 0:10:03.840 pretty solid for the most part. Now for the Red Sox, 0:10:04.360 --> 0:10:07.319 here's why I think the Red Sox view him as 0:10:07.720 --> 0:10:10.880 a guy that would be a good candidate to a 0:10:10.920 --> 0:10:14.920 good player within their organization, because well, what are the 0:10:14.920 --> 0:10:18.640 Red Sox been good at developing over the years more 0:10:18.720 --> 0:10:24.040 bat at ball, right, so being able to increase that 0:10:24.120 --> 0:10:26.680 exit velo a little bit. Yeah, they've changed the approach 0:10:26.880 --> 0:10:29.640 this year, but they've shown time and time again you 0:10:29.640 --> 0:10:32.560 know they can get more out of these guys, right, 0:10:32.679 --> 0:10:34.680 I mean, you look at Wilson Contreres having the best 0:10:34.679 --> 0:10:38.760 season of his career. That's just one example they probably 0:10:38.760 --> 0:10:41.040 in my opinion, I feel like those guys over there 0:10:41.080 --> 0:10:42.920 feel like, oh, they could make a couple of tweaks 0:10:42.920 --> 0:10:45.360 with Netto and they can get him straightened out a 0:10:45.400 --> 0:10:48.440 little bit, get him more towards that twenty twenty five season, 0:10:48.840 --> 0:10:51.520 and maybe even further than that. Again, he's only twenty five, 0:10:52.160 --> 0:10:54.640 so yeah, there are some things that he's got to 0:10:54.640 --> 0:10:59.320 do to start hitting the ball harder more consistently. But 0:10:59.360 --> 0:11:02.760 then you look at the discipline, this is something he 0:11:03.040 --> 0:11:06.360 could probably work on a little bit. Right. There is 0:11:06.400 --> 0:11:07.840 a lot of strong There is a lot of swing 0:11:07.880 --> 0:11:10.280 and miss here. There are a lot of strikeouts. Over 0:11:10.320 --> 0:11:12.640 thirty percent of the time he's swinging and missing, he's 0:11:12.720 --> 0:11:16.080 chasing out of the zone. He's not squaring up, so yeah, 0:11:16.360 --> 0:11:20.520 those are things that I think you're gonna have to 0:11:20.520 --> 0:11:23.160 get cleaned up a little bit. But with the Red Sox, 0:11:23.200 --> 0:11:25.800 you know, with how they've been able to go about 0:11:25.880 --> 0:11:29.760 things this year offensively, they've gone you know, yeah, they're 0:11:29.800 --> 0:11:32.679 still getting a little bit of well, at least over 0:11:32.679 --> 0:11:34.840 the last month or so, they're getting a bit more 0:11:34.920 --> 0:11:37.920 power from well. Wilson's been good all year, but you know, 0:11:37.960 --> 0:11:41.000 you're starting to see some more a few more home 0:11:41.080 --> 0:11:43.000 runs over the last month or so. But with the 0:11:43.040 --> 0:11:45.880 Red Sox have been very good at over the last 0:11:45.920 --> 0:11:47.880 month or so. Is getting the bat on the ball, 0:11:48.480 --> 0:11:54.680 making more contact, striking out less. So I am confident 0:11:54.720 --> 0:11:58.360 that if they bring netto in find a way to 0:11:58.400 --> 0:12:01.719 do it, that they could get him on a bit 0:12:01.760 --> 0:12:05.840 of a better track. I feel like, I feel strongly 0:12:05.880 --> 0:12:11.440 about that. But also too, he's still young. He's twenty five, 0:12:12.559 --> 0:12:15.960 turning twenty six soon. You know, there's a lot more 0:12:16.040 --> 0:12:20.200 room to grow there. I wouldn't be surprised at all 0:12:20.240 --> 0:12:22.760 if they were able to get him right now. Defensively, 0:12:22.920 --> 0:12:25.000 this is a different conversation as well. He has a 0:12:25.080 --> 0:12:28.000 very good arm, so there's a plus, but the range 0:12:28.080 --> 0:12:31.000 has not been very good. I look at that profile 0:12:31.120 --> 0:12:35.199 and it screams third base to me. But obviously you 0:12:35.280 --> 0:12:38.480 got Caleb Durbin at third base right now, So yeah, 0:12:38.920 --> 0:12:42.560 he's great there. So, yeah, you do worry about that 0:12:42.559 --> 0:12:47.080 defense a little bit over its short I don't know. 0:12:47.400 --> 0:12:50.560 You know, that's a conversation, you know, does he end 0:12:50.640 --> 0:12:52.839 up staying at shortstop in his career? Does he move 0:12:52.880 --> 0:12:54.760 over to third or second base at some point? I 0:12:54.800 --> 0:13:00.520 don't know. When it comes to Neto and his field, 0:13:00.679 --> 0:13:05.040 you know, looking a little deeper. Defensive run saved wise, 0:13:05.320 --> 0:13:10.760 he's been better. He has that athleticism to make up 0:13:11.240 --> 0:13:14.120 for the inconsistencies. As you can see last year he 0:13:14.160 --> 0:13:17.440 had thirteen defensive runs saved. He's got two this year. 0:13:17.720 --> 0:13:21.400 But yeah, the range, it's inconsistent. He's definitely been goofing 0:13:21.480 --> 0:13:26.360 up a little bit. Could you know, the infield coaches 0:13:26.360 --> 0:13:28.719 there with the Red Sox, you know, maybe could they 0:13:28.720 --> 0:13:31.079 find a way to make a couple of tweaks defensively, 0:13:31.160 --> 0:13:33.320 maybe get a little bit better there. I don't know, 0:13:33.520 --> 0:13:35.920 Fielding wise, that is a bit of a concern in 0:13:35.960 --> 0:13:40.360 my opinion, especially at a position like short So yeah, 0:13:40.520 --> 0:13:44.800 that's definitely a conversation, of course, And then you also 0:13:45.520 --> 0:13:51.120 think about too, if you did bring in Netto, you know, 0:13:51.240 --> 0:13:56.160 and stories coming back eventually. I mean, let's say this hypothetically. 0:13:56.280 --> 0:13:58.160 Let's say they figure it out, they can get a 0:13:58.160 --> 0:14:01.640 deal done. How do you make that work? You know? 0:14:01.800 --> 0:14:06.040 So like, would Netto play short? Would story go back 0:14:06.040 --> 0:14:08.840 to short? You know, I got a couple of different 0:14:08.920 --> 0:14:13.240 arguments here. One story is the veteran, so he goes 0:14:13.280 --> 0:14:15.560 back to short. Netto's the new guy in town, so 0:14:16.160 --> 0:14:20.480 he moves over to second base. Okay, that's pretty simple. However, 0:14:20.960 --> 0:14:25.360 with story coming off the hernia, could you make the 0:14:25.480 --> 0:14:28.280 argument maybe it would be better for him to move 0:14:28.280 --> 0:14:30.640 over to second base. You need some range over there too, 0:14:30.760 --> 0:14:33.120 But it's not as demanding of a position as short. 0:14:34.160 --> 0:14:37.640 So because of him coming off the hernia, maybe second 0:14:37.680 --> 0:14:47.440 base would be better. What is going on in the chat? Oh? 0:14:47.680 --> 0:14:52.440 Not a good time to be uh for some breaking news? Well, 0:14:52.440 --> 0:14:54.520 I guess it's always a good time for breaking news. 0:14:54.880 --> 0:14:57.760 Hold on a second. What have we got here? I 0:14:57.760 --> 0:14:59.760 have some breaking news in the chat. Ladies and gente 0:14:59.760 --> 0:15:11.080 noaks trade. But hold on a second. Speaking of shortstops, Oh, they. 0:15:10.960 --> 0:15:16.360 Finally did it. They finally did it. There it is 0:15:17.360 --> 0:15:23.280 Franklinarius is getting to call the Worcester ladies and gentlemen. 0:15:23.840 --> 0:15:27.480 Franklinarius going up to Worcester. It is about freaking time. 0:15:30.320 --> 0:15:32.400 Oh it's been twenty five minutes. Well all right, well 0:15:32.480 --> 0:15:36.040 it's breaking news for me. Sorry, I'm talking zach netto 0:15:36.040 --> 0:15:39.040 over here. I had a planned show with me. When 0:15:39.080 --> 0:15:42.520 it comes to the live shows, I do try to 0:15:42.520 --> 0:15:44.560 pay attention to the chat as much as possible. When 0:15:44.600 --> 0:15:47.880 I got a planned outline, I tend not to look 0:15:47.880 --> 0:15:51.200 at the chat too much in the beginning. But I'm 0:15:51.200 --> 0:15:53.560 glad you guys got my attention. Thank you for the effort. 0:15:54.360 --> 0:15:58.560 Franklinarius going to the going to the WU socks. Uh 0:16:00.200 --> 0:16:03.640 needed to happen. It was absolutely needed to happen. It 0:16:03.720 --> 0:16:08.840 was a you know, I'm always gonna be the guy, 0:16:09.080 --> 0:16:12.280 you know, don't rush guys right, Let him get their seasoning, 0:16:13.000 --> 0:16:14.840 let them do what they gotta do. But holy cow, 0:16:15.000 --> 0:16:20.680 Arius has been He has been killing it this year. 0:16:20.720 --> 0:16:25.440 Looking at the numbers with Arius, he's hitting three nineteen 0:16:27.120 --> 0:16:30.880 at double A this year over seventy four games, seventy 0:16:30.880 --> 0:16:33.520 four games good amount, hitting three nineteen with the four 0:16:33.640 --> 0:16:35.840 h seven on base five eighty one of the slugging 0:16:36.160 --> 0:16:41.360 eighteen home runs. Arius is projecting to be a very 0:16:41.480 --> 0:16:47.240 good player. And listen, ladies and gentlemen, this is a 0:16:47.480 --> 0:16:55.240 very ear like that. The comparison to Zander Bogart's timeline wise, 0:16:56.160 --> 0:17:01.240 it's it's eerie because I believe Bogart's played around the 0:17:01.280 --> 0:17:04.040 same amount of games before he got to Triple A. 0:17:04.480 --> 0:17:06.240 I might be wrong about that. Hold, let me pull 0:17:06.240 --> 0:17:15.480 that up at double A back in twenty twelve or 0:17:15.480 --> 0:17:19.639 in twenty thirteen. Sorry, okay, he played fifty six games, Okay, 0:17:19.680 --> 0:17:23.280 So Arius was there a little bit longer. I do remember, 0:17:23.320 --> 0:17:26.239 if I recall, there was a I think Arius had 0:17:26.240 --> 0:17:29.520 been taken out of a game at some point. I 0:17:29.640 --> 0:17:33.240 wonder if that came into play a little bit. I 0:17:33.240 --> 0:17:35.600 feel like we never got like a concrete answer with that. 0:17:35.640 --> 0:17:39.919 People were speculating that maybe it was, you know, like 0:17:40.000 --> 0:17:42.880 a like a disciplinary kind of a thing. I don't 0:17:42.920 --> 0:17:46.760 know anyway, I wonder if whatever that was had anything 0:17:46.760 --> 0:17:52.200 to do with it. However, he's been performing. He's been great. 0:17:52.400 --> 0:17:55.320 So Xander, he played fifty six games back in twenty thirteen. 0:17:55.880 --> 0:18:01.400 Arius played about twenty more. So, but uh yeah, Arius 0:18:01.560 --> 0:18:04.439 is absolutely the real deal. He had always been great 0:18:05.240 --> 0:18:07.880 with the contact skills. The bat to ball was off 0:18:07.960 --> 0:18:13.320 the charts, a guy that never really he kept the 0:18:13.359 --> 0:18:17.840 strikeouts down so much, but also showed a good amount 0:18:17.840 --> 0:18:21.800 of a good amount of plate discipline too. This year though, 0:18:23.200 --> 0:18:26.280 he's walking fourteen percent of the time eleven percent of 0:18:26.320 --> 0:18:30.240 the time while also increasing his power. Good bat to ball, 0:18:30.359 --> 0:18:33.840 good plate discipline. But the power was something you wondered 0:18:33.840 --> 0:18:35.359 about with him, and they said, all right, hey, we 0:18:35.440 --> 0:18:37.520 got to get you in the weight room. We got 0:18:37.520 --> 0:18:39.040 to get that power going a little bit more. We 0:18:39.119 --> 0:18:40.760 got to get some pop going a little bit more. 0:18:41.240 --> 0:18:43.480 And he's already up to eighteen home runs. I believe 0:18:43.480 --> 0:18:48.600 he just had a home run today or yesterday. And 0:18:48.680 --> 0:18:51.159 you know what, you know, you could say, oh, you know, 0:18:51.200 --> 0:18:53.600 should he have been called up there sooner? You know, 0:18:54.800 --> 0:18:58.679 a few weeks ago. Listen, I am okay with not 0:18:58.800 --> 0:19:03.480 Russian guys. I'm really okay with it. And in the 0:19:03.560 --> 0:19:05.280 in the long run, that could end up being the 0:19:05.280 --> 0:19:07.720 best thing. We'll see how he does a triple A. 0:19:07.880 --> 0:19:10.520 But you know, all eyes are gonna be on him 0:19:11.000 --> 0:19:14.800 over the next month or so. Remember Peyton Toley. All 0:19:14.840 --> 0:19:16.919 eyes are on Peyton Toley. Last year when is he 0:19:16.960 --> 0:19:20.000 going to get the call? And then eventually he ended 0:19:20.080 --> 0:19:22.520 up helping out the Red Sox over the final month, 0:19:22.720 --> 0:19:26.240 final month and a half or so. Arius, I wonder 0:19:26.720 --> 0:19:28.480 if he's a guy that could end up coming up 0:19:28.480 --> 0:19:31.360 at some point. And you know, I also wonder too, 0:19:31.680 --> 0:19:35.800 you know, since we're talking about netto here, is it possible? 0:19:36.960 --> 0:19:40.600 I mean, I listen, I'm not saying to make Arius 0:19:40.640 --> 0:19:44.440 the starting shortstop by any means, but you know you 0:19:44.480 --> 0:19:48.160 can't but wonder, because you have so much depth within 0:19:48.200 --> 0:19:52.320 this organization, you kind of just wonder if that comes 0:19:52.359 --> 0:19:56.720 into play just a little bit. I will say, I 0:19:56.800 --> 0:20:01.159 wonder if you see a situation hypothet speaking of course, 0:20:01.400 --> 0:20:06.280 we're obviously nothing is concrete by any means, We're not 0:20:06.320 --> 0:20:08.840 even close. But let's say they found a way to 0:20:08.840 --> 0:20:12.640 bring a netto story. What you know, how does he 0:20:12.720 --> 0:20:17.720 look after the hernia? Could netto actually be some some 0:20:17.840 --> 0:20:22.320 good insurance here because you don't know what story's gonna 0:20:22.359 --> 0:20:27.200 look like. Obviously the performance was horrid, and yeah, you know, 0:20:27.400 --> 0:20:30.159 that injury definitely could have been coming into play. I 0:20:30.160 --> 0:20:33.560 wouldn't even say could, probably was most likely coming into play. 0:20:33.560 --> 0:20:37.119 With that he's trying to play through it. But could 0:20:37.320 --> 0:20:39.720 bringing a guy like Netto in be some good insurance 0:20:39.760 --> 0:20:44.680 here in case Story isn't performing. Let's say you bring 0:20:44.720 --> 0:20:50.240 a Netto and you know, Story comes back. Whatever. Let's 0:20:50.280 --> 0:20:54.159 just say, you know, Stories at short, Netto's at second 0:20:54.160 --> 0:20:57.040 however you did it, Story's not hitting. Arius is hitting 0:20:57.080 --> 0:20:59.800 well down at Triple A. Could you see a bit 0:20:59.840 --> 0:21:05.600 of a scenario where if that happens, Arius is hitting, 0:21:05.640 --> 0:21:07.720 you give him a call, kind of like with Bogarts 0:21:07.720 --> 0:21:11.080 in twenty thirteen, and then Bogarts ended up taking, you know, 0:21:12.280 --> 0:21:15.600 the starting job in the postseason by the Horns. You know, 0:21:16.440 --> 0:21:20.439 is there a bit of a similar situation possibly there maybe, 0:21:20.440 --> 0:21:24.080 but you know, I think Neto would be good insurance 0:21:24.640 --> 0:21:28.120 in the end. And let's say it does happen that way, 0:21:29.240 --> 0:21:32.400 Story has another year on his contract, Well, you kind 0:21:32.400 --> 0:21:34.960 of figure that out in the off season, right, you know, 0:21:35.000 --> 0:21:38.160 if Arius ends up coming up and there's a lot 0:21:38.160 --> 0:21:40.679 of i's here, by the way, a lot of ives, 0:21:41.359 --> 0:21:47.000 big ifs, just having fun. Yeah, you know, if that 0:21:47.160 --> 0:21:50.800 situation plays out, then you figure something out with Story 0:21:50.840 --> 0:21:54.240 in the off season, you know, and then who knows, 0:21:54.280 --> 0:21:56.600 you end up having maybe a middle infield of Netto 0:21:56.640 --> 0:22:02.560 and Arius for the next few years. So you figure 0:22:02.560 --> 0:22:04.480 it out. I see you in the chat seven Moonbeam. 0:22:05.520 --> 0:22:09.479 Netto is not good defensively, yeah, I mean there's definitely 0:22:09.480 --> 0:22:11.880 some deficiencies there, has a very good arm and he's 0:22:12.160 --> 0:22:14.239 very athletic out there, so he's able to make up 0:22:14.240 --> 0:22:17.239 for a lot of mistakes. But yeah, you do need 0:22:17.280 --> 0:22:19.720 to see some improvement. But I still think at the 0:22:19.800 --> 0:22:22.960 end of the day, you can nitpick all these little 0:22:23.000 --> 0:22:25.199 thing well, defense isn't a little thing, but you can 0:22:25.280 --> 0:22:30.960 nitpick right, and you can find deficiencies, you can find flaws. 0:22:31.920 --> 0:22:34.400 At the end of the day, though, zach Netto has 0:22:34.440 --> 0:22:37.800 been a three and a half wins above replacement player 0:22:37.840 --> 0:22:40.840 over the last couple of years, even with not so 0:22:40.960 --> 0:22:45.280 great defense. He's on pace this year to be again 0:22:45.320 --> 0:22:51.239 a three wins above replacement player on fangrafts. So at 0:22:51.240 --> 0:22:54.119 the end of the day, yeah, you can say all 0:22:54.200 --> 0:22:56.720 the defense isn't good, he strikes out too much. Well, hey, 0:22:57.800 --> 0:23:07.760 he's still overall, he's still a productive player. So and 0:23:07.960 --> 0:23:12.600 I completely left out one thing. Let's talk about this, 0:23:16.240 --> 0:23:20.119 getting back to the bat of zach Netto. I forgot 0:23:20.160 --> 0:23:25.480 to mention this. I mean, you think about how productive 0:23:25.520 --> 0:23:28.560 he's been with the Angels. Well, imagine how productive he 0:23:28.600 --> 0:23:31.640 could be at Femway Park. Look at that pole air 0:23:31.680 --> 0:23:36.240 percentage this year almost at thirty percent. He's near the 0:23:36.240 --> 0:23:39.720 top when it comes to his poll air percentage twenty 0:23:39.760 --> 0:23:44.520 four percent last year. The Green Monster already sounds like 0:23:44.560 --> 0:23:49.320 his best friend. He would fit great at Famiway Park. 0:23:49.359 --> 0:23:53.280 Imagine the results at Femway Park. Maybe clean up some 0:23:53.320 --> 0:23:56.600 of that defense a little bit, tried to at least, 0:23:57.760 --> 0:24:03.399 but he could be amazing at Family Park. Now, if 0:24:03.440 --> 0:24:07.840