WEBVTT - Red Sox MLB Trade Deadline Reaction 0:00:07.040 --> 0:00:13.440 Welcome tobous the territory, ladies and gentlemen. I'm a little tired. 0:00:13.880 --> 0:00:18.720 I'm not gonna lie. I'm a little exhausted. My brains scrambled, 0:00:18.760 --> 0:00:22.119 my brain is fried. I can't feel my face a 0:00:22.160 --> 0:00:24.040 little bit. It's been a long day. I haven't even 0:00:24.040 --> 0:00:27.639 eaten yet, I've had I finally finished my coffee that 0:00:27.720 --> 0:00:31.960 I had this morning. And it's been a long day. 0:00:32.360 --> 0:00:34.200 But it was an exciting one for the Red Sox. 0:00:34.240 --> 0:00:36.400 We were all on the edge of our seats. We 0:00:36.400 --> 0:00:41.639 were all waiting for a big move. You felt it. 0:00:41.800 --> 0:00:43.880 You felt like it was gonna happen at some point. 0:00:43.920 --> 0:00:49.760 You just with everything that's happened here over the last month, everything, 0:00:49.880 --> 0:00:52.760 you know, the completely turning around the season, the fifteen 0:00:52.800 --> 0:00:56.960 game win streak, winning just how many how many series 0:00:57.000 --> 0:00:59.360 at this point? Was it eight straight series wins or 0:00:59.400 --> 0:01:01.440 something like that. I can't remember. I can't remember anything. 0:01:01.480 --> 0:01:06.600 My brain is completely cooked. But obviously this huge turnaround, 0:01:06.640 --> 0:01:10.800 and you felt like, especially after coming off a sweep 0:01:10.840 --> 0:01:14.760 of the La Dodgers, you had to do something here 0:01:15.360 --> 0:01:18.319 and not just go after a dust In May, not 0:01:18.480 --> 0:01:21.360 just go after a Danny Jansen. You needed to go 0:01:21.400 --> 0:01:24.199 do something big. You need to go do something impactful, 0:01:25.160 --> 0:01:28.200 and Holy cal he did that here today, getting Adley Rushman, 0:01:29.560 --> 0:01:31.720 one of my favorite players in the game for a while. 0:01:31.840 --> 0:01:34.320 I've always been a big fan of Adli. I was 0:01:34.440 --> 0:01:37.000 very down when the bat went down for a little bit. 0:01:37.120 --> 0:01:40.600 He started regressing a little bit, but always, in my opinion, 0:01:40.720 --> 0:01:42.800 just one of the most solid catchers in the game 0:01:42.880 --> 0:01:45.760 going over the last five years. And that bat started 0:01:45.800 --> 0:01:48.880 picking up more this year, started getting it back on 0:01:48.960 --> 0:01:52.720 track this year. The defense was still great, but you 0:01:52.800 --> 0:01:55.520 kept hearing about Adley popping up in these trade rumors, 0:01:55.520 --> 0:01:59.040 and I kept saying time and time again, there's no 0:01:59.160 --> 0:02:02.040 way the Orioles trade him, right, There's no way, And 0:02:02.080 --> 0:02:05.240 if they do, they're not going to trade him in division, right, 0:02:05.640 --> 0:02:11.440 There's no way. And by golly, it actually happened, and 0:02:11.520 --> 0:02:13.680 by golly, it was with the team that I've been 0:02:13.760 --> 0:02:16.520 rooting for for all these years. I couldn't believe it. 0:02:16.880 --> 0:02:20.280 I couldn't believe it. We saw the initial reports, Jared 0:02:20.320 --> 0:02:25.560 Carrobas first on it, and I'm thinking, I'm still I 0:02:25.600 --> 0:02:29.840 was still processing it until I actually saw it, until 0:02:29.840 --> 0:02:31.799 I actually saw a pass and put it out there 0:02:31.840 --> 0:02:36.640 that it was a done deal. I just couldn't believe 0:02:36.639 --> 0:02:38.400 it up to that point, and when it actually happened, 0:02:38.400 --> 0:02:41.880 I'm like, oh my god, it's actually happening. Adley Rushman, 0:02:42.760 --> 0:02:46.200 I'll say it right off the bat absolutely loved this 0:02:46.400 --> 0:02:50.720 edition of Adley Rushman, especially because he has been able 0:02:50.720 --> 0:02:54.840 to get the bat on track. He ran into a 0:02:54.840 --> 0:02:58.519 little while there where Holy cow, he just couldn't figure 0:02:58.520 --> 0:03:01.280 out what to do with the plate. The numbers completely 0:03:01.360 --> 0:03:03.000 went down. You know, a guy that was still getting 0:03:03.040 --> 0:03:07.640 on base well still, you know, with ADLEI you know, 0:03:08.800 --> 0:03:10.959 the first couple of years he had in the major leagues, 0:03:11.000 --> 0:03:13.679 he was looking like he was turning into, you know, 0:03:13.919 --> 0:03:17.200 one of the next faces of the game. And then 0:03:17.480 --> 0:03:19.640 the second half of twenty twenty four, the back just 0:03:19.639 --> 0:03:22.440 took a turn for the worst. Still had nineteen home 0:03:22.480 --> 0:03:24.760 runs to end the year, but he wasn't getting on 0:03:24.840 --> 0:03:26.840 base as much. I mean, he had a three seventy 0:03:26.840 --> 0:03:29.000 four on base back in twenty twenty three, just to 0:03:29.280 --> 0:03:31.959 give some reference there. It gives some a comparison there, 0:03:32.680 --> 0:03:34.680 But then it went down to a three eighteen in 0:03:34.720 --> 0:03:37.200 twenty twenty four, went down to a three zero seven 0:03:37.360 --> 0:03:39.800 in twenty twenty five. You're thinking, holy cow, like, I mean, 0:03:39.800 --> 0:03:42.960 what has happened to Adley Rushman. Still was walking a 0:03:42.960 --> 0:03:47.000 good amount, still was keeping the strikeouts down, but something 0:03:47.080 --> 0:03:49.320 was just off. But he made some tweaks in the 0:03:49.360 --> 0:03:53.600 offseason and the numbers have gone back up, hitting two 0:03:53.640 --> 0:03:56.000 fifty one, three thirty one on base, four to thirty 0:03:56.000 --> 0:03:58.480 three on the slugging a one to fifteen WRC plus, 0:03:58.680 --> 0:04:02.320 but also still keeping up that amazing defense. Not quite 0:04:02.360 --> 0:04:06.960 back to where he was, but a guy that is 0:04:07.080 --> 0:04:11.360 getting closer to that status that he had as one 0:04:11.400 --> 0:04:14.920 of the top players in the game. And in the end, 0:04:14.920 --> 0:04:17.440 the Red Sox they needed another bat, they needed something 0:04:17.440 --> 0:04:20.240 else for this lineup in the end. You know, sure, 0:04:20.240 --> 0:04:22.840 a couple of down years, numbers still getting back up there, 0:04:22.880 --> 0:04:26.200 but a plate discipline machine at the end of the day, 0:04:26.520 --> 0:04:28.760 that's what you love. Especially you go back over the 0:04:28.839 --> 0:04:30.880 last few years or so, we've been so tired of 0:04:30.920 --> 0:04:34.440 the strikeouts, so tired of it. Was I open to, 0:04:35.080 --> 0:04:40.120 you know, taking on zach netto dealing with the strikeout 0:04:40.160 --> 0:04:43.920 so you can get that pop, that athleticism that is 0:04:44.600 --> 0:04:47.520 dealing with the frustrations. Yeah, you know what, because I 0:04:47.560 --> 0:04:49.120 was like, you know what I really want another bat. 0:04:49.160 --> 0:04:51.760 But you know what, I'd much rather all day, every 0:04:51.839 --> 0:04:55.719 day have a guy that has great plate discipline, and 0:04:55.839 --> 0:04:59.200 Adley absolutely brings that to the table. And you know why, 0:04:59.440 --> 0:05:02.880 I think obviously we know the status of a player 0:05:02.880 --> 0:05:07.160 that he is. But you know what else we've talked 0:05:07.160 --> 0:05:09.479 about this before you go back to the Curtis Mead trade, 0:05:09.520 --> 0:05:11.680 there are, believe it or not, there are actually some 0:05:12.200 --> 0:05:18.240 similarities with Curtis Meade and Adley Rutshman. Just a little bit. 0:05:19.320 --> 0:05:21.200 You might be thinking, Robbie, what are you talking about? 0:05:21.200 --> 0:05:24.240 What's going on? What do you mean? What are you 0:05:24.279 --> 0:05:28.080 talking about? Well, here's what I'm talking about. When it 0:05:28.080 --> 0:05:30.440 comes to the bat of ball profile along, you know, 0:05:30.520 --> 0:05:33.840 with him getting the swing back on track, what better 0:05:33.920 --> 0:05:36.559 home than the Boston Red Sox, who've done a great 0:05:36.680 --> 0:05:40.000 job at upping the eggs of ve Low, upping the 0:05:40.040 --> 0:05:44.080 bat speed adly. As you can see here, when it 0:05:44.080 --> 0:05:45.839 comes to the bat of ball metrics, he's right in 0:05:45.880 --> 0:05:48.800 the middle of the road. Either the Red Sox. They 0:05:48.800 --> 0:05:50.479 could tap into that a little bit, maybe make a 0:05:50.480 --> 0:05:53.680 couple of adjustments, don't change too much, but don't change 0:05:53.680 --> 0:05:56.840 too much, but try to tap into it a little bit. More. 0:05:57.080 --> 0:05:59.520 As you can see with the play discipline, chase percent ings, 0:05:59.520 --> 0:06:04.320 fifth percent, strikeout percentage, walk percentage all in the Reds, 0:06:04.560 --> 0:06:07.520 but the batted ball in the Blues. But with Adlely, 0:06:09.120 --> 0:06:11.120 try and up that a little bit, tap into a 0:06:11.120 --> 0:06:12.719 little bit more power, try to get him back to 0:06:12.720 --> 0:06:15.240 that twenty twenty five home run potential along with the 0:06:15.240 --> 0:06:18.560 great defense that he already brings to the table. And 0:06:18.600 --> 0:06:20.400 you also think about the fact that he's a switch hitter. 0:06:20.720 --> 0:06:23.240 Let's play with that green monster a little bit. You know, 0:06:23.760 --> 0:06:27.000 when he's going up against the lefties, let's tap into 0:06:27.200 --> 0:06:31.240 a little bit of that pole from the right side 0:06:31.279 --> 0:06:36.320 of the plate. He's a guy that when you're looking 0:06:36.360 --> 0:06:40.120 at the pole air percentage over on stat cast. Now, 0:06:41.160 --> 0:06:43.280 I'm gonna I could be wrong on this, but I 0:06:43.839 --> 0:06:47.000 think this is his ability to pull from either side 0:06:47.000 --> 0:06:50.320 of the plate. So a right handed pole swing at 0:06:50.320 --> 0:06:52.200 Fenway Park or a green monster when he goes up 0:06:52.200 --> 0:06:56.040 against those lefties, that's a nice fit. Yeah, lefty bat 0:06:56.080 --> 0:06:58.360 at Femway Park. You know, he maybe got to tap 0:06:58.440 --> 0:07:00.880 into a little bit more there to try and clear 0:07:00.920 --> 0:07:05.000 that deep right field. But with Adley, let me actually 0:07:05.560 --> 0:07:09.560 pull up these numbers really kick really quick at Femway Park. 0:07:11.080 --> 0:07:13.480 Hope everyone's doing well. Hope you all enjoyed the trade 0:07:13.520 --> 0:07:18.440 deadline here today. Hope you're all just doing well. I'm 0:07:18.640 --> 0:07:21.280 I am hanging on by a thread here, ladies and gentlemen. 0:07:21.480 --> 0:07:25.200 I am doing the best that I can over here. 0:07:25.400 --> 0:07:28.800 But let me pull up the numbers with ADLEI in 0:07:28.840 --> 0:07:33.560 his career at Femway Park, So taking me a look. 0:07:33.600 --> 0:07:35.160 I mean, obviously he's played a lot of games at 0:07:35.200 --> 0:07:39.200 Femway Park. The numbers have not been amazing at Fenway, 0:07:39.480 --> 0:07:42.120 hitting two thirty nine, three twenty six, on base three 0:07:42.200 --> 0:07:44.920 seventy two when it comes to the slugging six ninety 0:07:44.920 --> 0:07:49.440 seven ops overall, but has three home runs at Femway. So, 0:07:49.480 --> 0:07:51.120 I don't know, let's see you again, if they can 0:07:51.160 --> 0:07:52.840 tap into a couple of things, try to get the 0:07:52.840 --> 0:07:57.880 back going a little bit more with ADLEI. There's I 0:07:57.960 --> 0:08:02.000 think more to tap into you here and again. You 0:08:02.040 --> 0:08:04.160 think of just a switch hitter, right, you think of 0:08:04.160 --> 0:08:06.600 getting a switch hitting catcher. Well, I don't know if 0:08:06.640 --> 0:08:09.960 you all remember the name. Jason Veritek kinda kind of 0:08:10.000 --> 0:08:12.840 gives me some good memories. Now, is Adley Ruschman gonna 0:08:12.840 --> 0:08:17.800 be getting in any brawls with you know, like Veritech 0:08:17.880 --> 0:08:20.600 did with a Rod. I don't know about that. Adley 0:08:20.640 --> 0:08:24.480 seems like a very nice fellow, but obviously with ADLEI 0:08:24.640 --> 0:08:29.080 he brings I think a lot to the table. And yeah, 0:08:29.240 --> 0:08:31.520 he has been dealing with some injuries this year. He's 0:08:31.560 --> 0:08:34.200 on a rehab assignment, I believe right now, or he's 0:08:34.240 --> 0:08:37.439 at least about to go on one. We're gonna listen 0:08:37.480 --> 0:08:39.640 to Craig in a little bit. We do have some 0:08:39.679 --> 0:08:43.720 comments from Craig. We'll take a take a seat for 0:08:43.760 --> 0:08:45.640 a second, we'll sit back, and we'll listen to what 0:08:45.679 --> 0:08:47.800 Craig had to say about all this. But he did 0:08:47.800 --> 0:08:53.800 talk about Adley obviously talking about the timetable for a return. Now, 0:08:55.400 --> 0:08:59.280 the one talking point with this trade with Adley Rutchman 0:09:00.920 --> 0:09:04.520 was the trade itself. And listen, when I first saw 0:09:04.520 --> 0:09:11.200 the trade, ladies and gentlemen, I gasped, I think I did, 0:09:11.240 --> 0:09:14.199 if I remember correctly, I definitely felt like I gasped. 0:09:14.679 --> 0:09:17.160 Because as you can see here on the screen, you 0:09:17.200 --> 0:09:19.600 could be a fan of baseball trade values. You cannot 0:09:19.600 --> 0:09:21.800 be a fan of baseball trade values. I don't care 0:09:21.880 --> 0:09:24.880 what side of the coin you live on, but This 0:09:25.000 --> 0:09:27.680 was absolutely an overpay from the Red Sox point of view. 0:09:27.679 --> 0:09:30.839 I don't care what you believe on with trades, but yeah, 0:09:30.960 --> 0:09:37.120 you gave up a lot in this deal. Now, what 0:09:37.160 --> 0:09:41.920 I'm about to say is not me trying to sound 0:09:44.040 --> 0:09:48.240 like a biased Homer Red Sox fan. I guarantee someone 0:09:48.240 --> 0:09:50.959 who's gonna think I'm saying I'm trying to make this point, 0:09:51.000 --> 0:09:54.440 but I'm not. This is absolutely an overpay. But it's 0:09:54.520 --> 0:10:01.360 kind of one of those where when you look at 0:10:01.440 --> 0:10:06.520 every single player, going back to the Orioles, you can 0:10:06.640 --> 0:10:12.000 find a justification with every single one. Ironson, that one 0:10:12.120 --> 0:10:14.960 stings because obviously he's broken out, just made it to 0:10:15.000 --> 0:10:18.800 the futures game not too long ago. He's looked really good. 0:10:19.080 --> 0:10:21.839 He's had a good swinging admissibility. I mean, the numbers 0:10:21.880 --> 0:10:27.320 speak for themselves. With Anthony, iinsim he's been fantastic. I mean, 0:10:27.360 --> 0:10:29.440 looking at the numbers here, he's had good v low, 0:10:29.840 --> 0:10:33.559 good breaking stuff, good off speed. I mean, the guys 0:10:33.600 --> 0:10:38.320 look great overall this year. Twelve strikeouts per nine, a 0:10:38.320 --> 0:10:42.280 little over three walks per nine now in the tens. 0:10:42.559 --> 0:10:45.360 In the eleven games that he's pitched at double A, 0:10:45.679 --> 0:10:50.040 that command has lessened a little bit. His walk rate 0:10:50.160 --> 0:10:54.040 did jump to over four walks per nine, so that 0:10:54.160 --> 0:10:57.240 is something to keep in mind. Now, the strikeouts came 0:10:57.320 --> 0:10:58.960 down a little bit too, but they were still looking 0:10:59.000 --> 0:11:02.320 really good. At a per nine, Era was at a 0:11:02.320 --> 0:11:04.920 one point six' nine at double A fip was at 0:11:04.920 --> 0:11:08.280 a three point three to. One obviously a very good pitching. 0:11:08.320 --> 0:11:10.640 PROSPECT i mean you look at the eye. Test he's 0:11:10.640 --> 0:11:14.199 been getting a lot of swing and, miss very repeatable. 0:11:14.200 --> 0:11:18.640 Delivery stuff looks, Good Anthony, iinson looking like the real. 0:11:18.720 --> 0:11:23.360 Deal that one, stings that one does. Sting so but 0:11:24.559 --> 0:11:29.559 the justification, is like the old saying, goes if you 0:11:29.600 --> 0:11:31.559 want to get something, good you got to give up something. 0:11:31.559 --> 0:11:35.520 Good Anthony. Iinson that was, tough but you could at 0:11:35.600 --> 0:11:45.000 least justify. It next, Up. Carlosnirvias we've talked About carlosnirvias 0:11:45.040 --> 0:11:51.320 on this show for a. While we've talked about it 0:11:51.320 --> 0:11:55.840 for quite a. While graham and the, chat Oh, man 0:11:55.920 --> 0:11:58.160 that is a bad, take my, friend that is a bad. 0:11:58.280 --> 0:12:02.080 Take Painfully, WELL i don't know what you're talking, about 0:12:02.360 --> 0:12:07.319 BUT i. Disagree the numbers speak for. Themselves Carlos, Nervias, 0:12:08.080 --> 0:12:14.520 definitely we've talked about him a. Bit we've talked about 0:12:14.559 --> 0:12:19.480 him a. Bit it's been. Weird, Right you go back 0:12:19.480 --> 0:12:25.040 to the. Offseason you go, back obviously coming off A 0:12:25.120 --> 0:12:28.599 rookie of The year caliber, SEASON i believe six overall 0:12:29.080 --> 0:12:34.040 In rookie of The year, voting and you're, thinking why 0:12:34.040 --> 0:12:37.280 are they going After Kyle, Teel why are they going 0:12:37.320 --> 0:12:42.000 after j t Rel? Mute like why are these names 0:12:42.040 --> 0:12:45.240 coming up for The Red, Sox Like nervas just had 0:12:45.280 --> 0:12:49.520 a good, Season, Yeah, graham and the chat TO i 0:12:49.559 --> 0:12:51.760 don't know why we're looking at batting, average my. Friend 0:12:51.760 --> 0:12:53.240 there's a lot more of the game of baseball in 0:12:53.280 --> 0:12:58.040 twenty twenty six than batting, average a lot more than. 0:12:58.040 --> 0:13:05.200 That but With carlos den, bias it's kind of one 0:13:05.240 --> 0:13:08.240 of those things where you just kind of, thought, like 0:13:08.440 --> 0:13:14.040 why why are they looking at other? Catchers it just 0:13:14.120 --> 0:13:19.120 never it just never really made sense to. Me but 0:13:19.240 --> 0:13:22.800 you kind of think back now and you just felt 0:13:22.800 --> 0:13:30.080 that there was something going on THAT i don't, know just, 0:13:30.080 --> 0:13:32.280 say we don't know the full, answer like what you? 0:13:32.320 --> 0:13:33.960 Know and you go back to the beginning of the, season, 0:13:34.040 --> 0:13:37.000 right he ended up getting benched at one, point and 0:13:37.200 --> 0:13:39.240 like you're, like what is happening, Here so LIKE i don't, 0:13:39.240 --> 0:13:42.560 know and you think here obviously landing, adly but then 0:13:42.600 --> 0:13:46.160 also sending him. Back so it's just very. Interesting you, 0:13:46.200 --> 0:13:48.560 know lost his footing as a. Starter he really struggled 0:13:48.559 --> 0:13:52.120 with the. Bat it's, LIKE i don't, know like for some, 0:13:52.320 --> 0:13:54.960 reason you, know well for a couple of, reasons, right 0:13:55.000 --> 0:14:00.640 But rarvas lost his footing as a. Starter but in 0:14:00.640 --> 0:14:02.800 the end you can justify sending him back in this 0:14:02.920 --> 0:14:05.840 kind of a deal because if you're getting Back adley's great, 0:14:05.880 --> 0:14:11.320 defense you didn't Need narvas, anymore you, know and like 0:14:11.320 --> 0:14:13.760 that that's not a knock on, him but Like adley 0:14:13.920 --> 0:14:17.160 is a great defender behind the, plate he's going to 0:14:17.240 --> 0:14:22.040 give you a lot of, value a lot of. Value So, 0:14:22.200 --> 0:14:27.480 nirvas you didn't really need that. Anymore and for The, orioles, 0:14:27.520 --> 0:14:30.600 hey they get themselves a very high floor catcher for 0:14:31.240 --> 0:14:35.760 the next few. Years So Carlos, dervias in my, opinion was, 0:14:35.760 --> 0:14:38.040 expendable AND i had brought him up over the last 0:14:38.120 --> 0:14:39.920 few weeks or, so is LIKE i wonder if they 0:14:39.920 --> 0:14:42.600 could send him, back you, KNOW i REMEMBER i talked 0:14:42.600 --> 0:14:46.680 about With Hunter. GOODMAN i remember proposing a mock trade 0:14:46.720 --> 0:14:48.640 at one, Point i'm, like could you send back nervas 0:14:48.720 --> 0:14:54.560 in this? Deal, yeah so that ended up happening Here Tyson. 0:14:54.600 --> 0:14:58.720 Witherspoon moving on to, him, now if we were to 0:14:58.760 --> 0:15:02.280 take a look at these. Numbers you, Know, witherspoon obviously 0:15:02.360 --> 0:15:07.720 he had the first round draft pick status tied. Him 0:15:07.720 --> 0:15:09.800 he was rumored to go even in the top ten 0:15:10.480 --> 0:15:12.520 at one. Point The Red sox ended up getting him 0:15:12.680 --> 0:15:15.400 at number fifteen. Overall and you, know this is a 0:15:15.400 --> 0:15:18.680 guy with pretty good, velo good breaking, stuff has some 0:15:18.720 --> 0:15:20.400 good off speed as. Well he had a whole bunch 0:15:20.400 --> 0:15:22.160 of different pictures that he could play, with a good 0:15:22.200 --> 0:15:24.520 cutter on top of, that but for some reason it 0:15:24.640 --> 0:15:28.400 just wasn't fully working in the lower levels of the minor. 0:15:28.480 --> 0:15:31.080 Leagues like he had decent strikeout, numbers but the command 0:15:31.200 --> 0:15:35.040 was a little. Off four walks per, nine you, Know 0:15:35.200 --> 0:15:38.000 elra close to a, five fit close to a. Five 0:15:38.920 --> 0:15:42.200 so you know you're looking all, right, well not off 0:15:42.240 --> 0:15:45.680 to a good start in His Red sox, career and 0:15:46.560 --> 0:15:48.960 you kind of think that now might be the time 0:15:49.720 --> 0:15:54.440 before he gets even further removed from having that first 0:15:54.560 --> 0:15:58.000 round draft pick, Status now might be the time to 0:15:58.040 --> 0:16:00.960 move on before you potentially let it go any, lower 0:16:02.760 --> 0:16:08.040 so you can justify. Him this is where it gets 0:16:08.080 --> 0:16:12.760 a Little if you love prospects out, there this is 0:16:12.800 --> 0:16:16.360 where it gets a little Dicey endy as A, Car 0:16:16.880 --> 0:16:19.120 andy as A car was a guy that really broke 0:16:19.160 --> 0:16:22.720 out for The Red sox this. YEAR i mean the 0:16:22.760 --> 0:16:25.960 guy was looking LIKE i, mean first, off what a great, Name, 0:16:26.320 --> 0:16:29.240 Dy that just sounds like a Guy Red sox fans 0:16:29.280 --> 0:16:31.760 could root four years to. Come and he was putting 0:16:31.840 --> 0:16:34.720 up some great numbers BETWEEN a and HIGH a hitting 0:16:34.720 --> 0:16:36.840 two eighty, six three forty one on, bass five point 0:16:36.840 --> 0:16:40.360 forty on the slugging eighteen home, runs eleven stolen bases 0:16:40.840 --> 0:16:46.200 at only nineteen years. Old so if you like, prospects 0:16:46.640 --> 0:16:49.480 this is a guy for. You and On fangraphs he 0:16:49.560 --> 0:16:57.200 was actually In fangraft's top one hundred. Prospects so this 0:16:57.440 --> 0:17:01.640 was WHERE i was, like, ooh, like you, know, yeah 0:17:01.680 --> 0:17:04.200 maybe you took a bit of a gut puncture irons 0:17:04.280 --> 0:17:10.119 and oh. Nerbias, okay all, right Fine, Witherspoon yeah you 0:17:10.160 --> 0:17:13.840 know you'd like to be able to tap into that. Potential, Okay, 0:17:14.560 --> 0:17:19.480 ah But, andy whoa. Man he looked really. Good he 0:17:19.560 --> 0:17:22.720 has put up some good. Numbers, man there's. Potential but 0:17:22.840 --> 0:17:27.560 the justification here is that he's really far away and 0:17:27.600 --> 0:17:30.600 you and at the end of the, day you just never. 0:17:30.720 --> 0:17:33.600 Know with, prospects especially the ones that are far. AWAY 0:17:34.119 --> 0:17:35.760 i can't think of an example off the top of 0:17:35.840 --> 0:17:37.560 my head right, now BUT i know there's been a 0:17:37.600 --> 0:17:41.000 couple where they looked really good at a ball and 0:17:41.040 --> 0:17:42.960 then they get to DOUBLE a and TRIPLE a and 0:17:43.000 --> 0:17:47.480 then things just go. South so you, know you never 0:17:47.560 --> 0:17:48.920 know at the end of the. Day i'm not saying 0:17:48.960 --> 0:17:55.880 that's gonna happen with, him but you just never. Know granted, 0:17:55.880 --> 0:18:01.520 though value, wise, sure you of course prospects are always 0:18:01.520 --> 0:18:05.359 going to have the. Risk but value, wise because of 0:18:05.400 --> 0:18:07.280 the good season that he's, having because of the good 0:18:07.320 --> 0:18:13.200 scouting reports that he's, gotten he had good. Value now 0:18:14.000 --> 0:18:17.360 with these four players that you sent, back you can 0:18:17.440 --> 0:18:21.600 make a justification for all of. Them from my point of, 0:18:21.680 --> 0:18:27.000 view surplus value, WISE i believe this was a massive, 0:18:27.040 --> 0:18:33.880 overpay huge surplus value, wise not thinking about it from 0:18:34.480 --> 0:18:37.600 an emotional point of, view not thinking about it from 0:18:38.680 --> 0:18:40.800 even just you, know just a baseball player point of. 0:18:40.840 --> 0:18:46.520 View When i'm thinking of pure, value this was a big, 0:18:46.560 --> 0:18:53.520 overpay BUT i don't mind. It even that might sound 0:18:53.560 --> 0:18:56.760 Like i'm. Coping it might MAYBE i am. COPING i don't, 0:18:56.760 --> 0:19:00.919 know BUT i am always someone that likes to spend. 0:19:00.920 --> 0:19:04.399 Wisely you, know even out there WHEN i go to 0:19:04.480 --> 0:19:07.000 the grocery, STORE i don't like THE i don't like 0:19:07.040 --> 0:19:08.600 the price of that too. MUCH i don't think that's 0:19:08.600 --> 0:19:10.439 really worth. That i'm Gonna i'm gonna go put that. 0:19:10.480 --> 0:19:16.600 Back but with trades, too you, know When i'm putting 0:19:16.600 --> 0:19:18.680 Together mott, trades you, KNOW i think about these kind 0:19:18.720 --> 0:19:22.680 of things AND i just feel like you really gave 0:19:22.760 --> 0:19:25.960 up a lot. Here but then there's a justification for 0:19:26.040 --> 0:19:32.719 that as. Well two. Justifications, one you needed to go 0:19:32.800 --> 0:19:37.560 get someone you. Needed you needed one more, Guy you 0:19:37.640 --> 0:19:40.680 needed something you. Need you needed this team with how 0:19:40.720 --> 0:19:43.520 hard they've been, playing you felt like they needed another. 0:19:43.600 --> 0:19:47.919 Bat you needed to make an, addition you needed to 0:19:47.920 --> 0:19:50.800 go get aggressive. It and you needed to go land a. 0:19:50.920 --> 0:19:58.520 Dude you got the. Dude another, justification we had heard 0:19:58.560 --> 0:20:03.080 The yankees were jumping in. On The yankees were making 0:20:03.119 --> 0:20:06.160 a play For Adlee. Rushman first, off it's just crazy 0:20:06.200 --> 0:20:10.000 that The. ORIOLES i still can't believe they traded, Him 0:20:10.119 --> 0:20:12.119 and second of, ALL i can't believe they traded him in, 0:20:12.160 --> 0:20:15.240 Division AND i was saying, That i'm, like, man there's 0:20:15.320 --> 0:20:17.680 no way they trade them to The, yankees, Right there's 0:20:17.680 --> 0:20:19.280 no way because The, orioles you think about, it it's 0:20:19.320 --> 0:20:21.720 not like they're twenty games under five hundred and ten 0:20:21.760 --> 0:20:24.600 games out of a postseason. Spot they're right there for 0:20:24.640 --> 0:20:28.160 a wildcard. Spot but obviously something with you, know In Oriols, 0:20:28.240 --> 0:20:31.120 land they weren't convinced that it wasn't it wasn't gonna get. 0:20:31.119 --> 0:20:36.040 Better SO i don't, Know So i'm, Thinking, okay, Man 0:20:37.080 --> 0:20:42.159 yankees are gonna make a play for. Him. Okay so 0:20:42.280 --> 0:20:45.160 the justification right there is you got to beat out 0:20:45.320 --> 0:20:48.720 not just another, team but another team in your. Division 0:20:48.880 --> 0:20:52.440 but not just another team in your, division another team 0:20:52.440 --> 0:20:55.040 that is near the top of The American. League so 0:20:56.080 --> 0:20:57.760 not only are you trying to beat out that, team 0:20:57.800 --> 0:21:00.840 but you're also trying to prevent that team from getting 0:21:00.840 --> 0:21:03.840 that good. Player so if you run under them in the, 0:21:03.840 --> 0:21:08.480 postseason possibly you know what that good player, making you regret. 0:21:08.560 --> 0:21:16.760 It so there are a lot of justifications and. Schules 0:21:17.480 --> 0:21:21.080 New york backed out bad. Medicals, WELL i don't. Know 0:21:21.119 --> 0:21:23.960 he's going on a rehab. Assignment, NOW i never found that. 0:21:24.040 --> 0:21:28.239 Report where was that? REPORT i never actually saw That 0:21:28.359 --> 0:21:31.600 yankee from the medical. REPORT i tried looking around for, 0:21:31.640 --> 0:21:37.920 it BUT i couldn't find. It did anyone have That Adly? 0:21:38.640 --> 0:21:50.960 Yankee let me? See Brian cashman said The yankees grinded 0:21:51.040 --> 0:21:54.200 through the catching market and had many conversations With baltimore 0:21:54.200 --> 0:21:56.800 About Adley. Rutschman we were unable to meet the, price 0:21:57.119 --> 0:22:02.639 so they did their business elsewhere. THERE i guess there 0:22:02.640 --> 0:22:08.760 were a couple outlets about the, medicals but never saw 0:22:08.800 --> 0:22:15.000 like an official. REPORT i don't, know never saw like 0:22:15.040 --> 0:22:17.520 an official report on that. THERE i saw a couple 0:22:17.520 --> 0:22:20.200 of outlets mentioning, it but never any of the big. 0:22:20.240 --> 0:22:28.359 Reporters either, way if the medicals were, concerned they were 0:22:28.359 --> 0:22:29.879 still trying to get. Them at the end of the, 0:22:29.960 --> 0:22:37.280 day they're obviously that report right there that was from 0:22:39.040 --> 0:22:45.160 this was From Brian, hoak WHO i believe is a 0:22:45.280 --> 0:22:54.119 very Reputable yankee. Source so, hey if The yankees were 0:22:54.119 --> 0:22:55.760 trying for him in the, end you got to try 0:22:55.760 --> 0:22:57.760 and beat them. Out and who, knows maybe The yankees 0:22:57.880 --> 0:23:02.680 were were also offering a monster package and you had 0:23:02.680 --> 0:23:07.800 to go beat that, out, Right SO i don't, KNOW 0:23:09.160 --> 0:23:12.120 i don't. Know either, way you didn't want The yankees 0:23:12.160 --> 0:23:15.800 to get. Them whether they were concerned with medicals or, 0:23:15.840 --> 0:23:19.159 not they were still interested in getting the. Player so 0:23:19.200 --> 0:23:20.800 you had to find a way to beat them. Out 0:23:21.119 --> 0:23:27.840 and you, KNOW i kind of wonder Was. Endy Was 0:23:28.000 --> 0:23:31.760 endy the guy that you end up adding to this 0:23:31.840 --> 0:23:34.720 deal to get a deal? DONE i don't. KNOW i 0:23:34.760 --> 0:23:38.639 wonder kind of what was the tipping, Point like was 0:23:38.680 --> 0:23:42.800 it ainsid R bias And witherspoon and then you're, like all, 0:23:42.880 --> 0:23:45.720 right we'll give You indy. NOW i will SAY i 0:23:45.720 --> 0:23:49.919 did see a report earlier in the day that That 0:23:50.119 --> 0:23:54.760 Elmer Rodriguez cruz was being talked about from The yankees' 0:23:54.760 --> 0:23:58.080 point of, view from The yankee side For. Rutshmen so 0:23:58.200 --> 0:24:00.440 The Red sox they had the advantage there With, yanson 0:24:00.800 --> 0:24:06.320 who is a higher ranking pitching, prospect and so it's, 0:24:06.359 --> 0:24:08.560 LIKE i don't, KNOW i kind of just feel, like 0:24:08.600 --> 0:24:12.199 do The Red, sox like what part of this did 0:24:12.240 --> 0:24:15.760 they get? AGGRESSIVE i would like to Think i'm not 0:24:15.800 --> 0:24:18.359 going to confirm that or, anything but you kind of 0:24:18.400 --> 0:24:21.160 wonder where they, like all, right you know what we'll 0:24:21.160 --> 0:24:24.120 give you, endy let's do the. Deal SO i don't 0:24:24.160 --> 0:24:27.520 know either, way no matter how you slice, it this 0:24:27.600 --> 0:24:32.239 is a massive, overpay absolutely is no question about. It 0:24:33.560 --> 0:24:37.639 but it's one of those only time will. Tell is 0:24:37.680 --> 0:24:39.600 that going to come back to bite The Red sox 0:24:39.680 --> 0:24:43.639 in the. End right? NOW i think with what you 0:24:43.720 --> 0:24:46.439 have in front of, you you have a shot to 0:24:46.480 --> 0:24:48.800 really make a run this, year but then you also 0:24:48.920 --> 0:24:52.800 have that strong core in place to go for it 0:24:52.840 --> 0:24:55.080