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Gambling problem 0:03:28.000 --> 0:03:30.920 called one eight hundred gambler very excited for the super Bowl, 0:03:31.000 --> 0:03:33.000 but more excited for this mailbag. How about that? 0:03:33.320 --> 0:03:34.960 Yeah? Should we get the super Bowl questions out of 0:03:34.960 --> 0:03:35.600 the way right now? 0:03:36.000 --> 0:03:39.320 I think yes? Super Bowl question? Oh for the our 0:03:39.600 --> 0:03:41.880 last take question on the mailback winning? 0:03:42.000 --> 0:03:44.720 No? No, no, Like who's winning the super Bowl? Peter 0:03:45.600 --> 0:03:50.200 Chiefs Chiefs and Chiefs Big? Who's a big super Bowl? Arem? 0:03:51.040 --> 0:03:53.760 I'm I'm listening to Peter one hundred on this front. 0:03:54.520 --> 0:03:57.360 He's given me all the pitches, all the stuff. I'm 0:03:57.440 --> 0:04:00.080 I'm in on it. He's been Wait, when did you 0:04:00.080 --> 0:04:02.360 place your Chiefs like future? That was like probably week 0:04:02.440 --> 0:04:04.000 ten week now, like something like that. 0:04:04.400 --> 0:04:06.080 Two and a half units on the Chiefs at plus 0:04:06.080 --> 0:04:07.840 four forty like two and a half months ago. And 0:04:07.840 --> 0:04:09.440 when I mean Chiefs big, I don't mean that they're 0:04:09.440 --> 0:04:11.120 gonna blow them out. I just mean the amount of 0:04:11.240 --> 0:04:12.760 units deployed on the Chiefs will. 0:04:13.480 --> 0:04:15.760 Oh it's a big play. Yeah, bad play. 0:04:16.360 --> 0:04:18.919 I'm gonna I feel like every single time people start 0:04:18.960 --> 0:04:20.960 to doubt Mahomes a little bit, we do the same, 0:04:21.040 --> 0:04:23.240 Like why did you ever doubt Mahomes? So I'm just 0:04:23.279 --> 0:04:26.440 gonna go with the best player on the field, and 0:04:26.600 --> 0:04:28.960 you know, I'll take the coaching edge with the Chiefs. 0:04:29.000 --> 0:04:31.000 I'm not in an NFL expert or anything like that, 0:04:31.080 --> 0:04:33.599 but yeah, I'll just go with the team that doesn't lose. 0:04:33.920 --> 0:04:35.000 That sounds easy to me. 0:04:35.240 --> 0:04:37.520 So Andy Reid good, But I know you're also not 0:04:37.600 --> 0:04:39.039 a Sirianni guy at all. 0:04:39.440 --> 0:04:39.480 No. 0:04:39.839 --> 0:04:42.560 I For whatever reason, that guy just pisses me off. 0:04:43.200 --> 0:04:45.040 It was it didn't help when he was going at 0:04:45.040 --> 0:04:47.120 his own fans. But there's something about him. Maybe if 0:04:47.120 --> 0:04:50.960 I ever talked to him, I never will, maybe that'll change. 0:04:51.000 --> 0:04:53.159 Like you know, you have a preconceived notion sometimes like wait, 0:04:53.279 --> 0:04:54.960 actually like that guy way more than I thought. 0:04:55.200 --> 0:04:56.800 I don't think that would happen with Siriani. 0:04:56.920 --> 0:04:58.680 He just bothers me. I don't know what it is. 0:04:58.680 --> 0:05:00.599 So I would love to see them lose. To be honest, 0:05:00.720 --> 0:05:02.920 it's like Rob Riggle and step Brothers. It's like something 0:05:02.920 --> 0:05:03.559 about your face. 0:05:03.560 --> 0:05:04.840 I just want to suck ya. 0:05:05.120 --> 0:05:06.080 I'm telling you, man. 0:05:06.160 --> 0:05:07.680 Even the way he like shakes the hand to the 0:05:07.680 --> 0:05:10.800 coaches like after every game, it's something way about the 0:05:11.040 --> 0:05:12.239 way he goes about his business. 0:05:13.040 --> 0:05:16.520 I've got not like us to cap Kendrick's performance. I 0:05:16.560 --> 0:05:18.359 don't have it as the first song I have it 0:05:18.360 --> 0:05:19.200 as the last. 0:05:18.960 --> 0:05:21.200 Song and hopefully the last time we hear it for 0:05:21.240 --> 0:05:21.640 a while. 0:05:22.200 --> 0:05:25.400 See potentially that they, I guess, could get in trouble 0:05:25.760 --> 0:05:28.400 for playing that song like that could create a defamation 0:05:28.560 --> 0:05:31.520 lawsuit on a scale that rig Yeah, I. 0:05:31.480 --> 0:05:34.200 Guess he's fine in every angle. 0:05:34.240 --> 0:05:37.120 I think he want a Grammy for it. Like I 0:05:37.240 --> 0:05:41.120 loved that narrative earlier this week. It's like if you've 0:05:41.160 --> 0:05:44.200 ever thought, maybe you're pushing the hate too far, like 0:05:44.279 --> 0:05:50.080 Kendrick won a Grammy for hating something. Yeah, that Grammys 0:05:50.120 --> 0:05:50.880 for being a hater. 0:05:51.040 --> 0:05:54.200 That's while wearing while wearing a Canadian suit. To top 0:05:54.240 --> 0:05:56.240 it all off, just a little bit of note over 0:05:56.240 --> 0:05:58.000 there to Drake. I thought he was going to say something, 0:05:58.040 --> 0:05:59.440 but then I saw what he was wearing, and I'm like, 0:05:59.720 --> 0:06:00.719 that's as all of that's it? 0:06:01.680 --> 0:06:05.679 Speaking of Canada. Should we talk about pet Alonso hate 0:06:05.680 --> 0:06:07.960 doing that to you guys? I would say we should 0:06:07.960 --> 0:06:10.360 talk about pet Alanso, But that actually was a question 0:06:10.440 --> 0:06:12.680 on the mailbag, So we just made that question one. 0:06:12.720 --> 0:06:15.000 Get it out of the way, all right, Start the mailbag. 0:06:15.279 --> 0:06:18.159 Question one comes to us from Big Nate twenty one 0:06:18.320 --> 0:06:22.400 forty four on X with Pete Alonzo finally being re 0:06:22.560 --> 0:06:25.040 signed by the Mets. Do you think it's possible for 0:06:25.120 --> 0:06:27.280 four teams out of the National League East to make 0:06:27.320 --> 0:06:29.880 the playoffs? I believe the Nationals are a sleeper to 0:06:29.960 --> 0:06:34.359 make the playoffs. Pete Alonso signed a one plus one 0:06:34.760 --> 0:06:37.960 it's what thirty in year one player option and then 0:06:38.040 --> 0:06:41.680 twenty four in year two with the Mets. This is 0:06:41.720 --> 0:06:45.600 an all time bag fumble. Obviously, I'm not breaking any 0:06:45.640 --> 0:06:47.760 news here that Pete was looking at one hundred and 0:06:47.839 --> 0:06:51.160 fifty million and ended up getting a max of fifty four, 0:06:51.279 --> 0:06:54.640 but maybe just one year for thirty. Scott Boris again 0:06:54.680 --> 0:06:57.840 falls back on his tried and true one plus one plan. 0:06:58.839 --> 0:07:01.880 Just kind of sucks that it came to this. It's 0:07:01.920 --> 0:07:04.640 the perfect fit. It was the only fit for Pete, 0:07:04.760 --> 0:07:07.640 I think, aside from Toronto. But even then that probably 0:07:07.720 --> 0:07:10.480 meant that, you know, like they weren't confident in their 0:07:10.520 --> 0:07:13.400 in their pursuit of Lottie during the course of the 0:07:13.440 --> 0:07:15.960 season our next year. It was just a little bit 0:07:16.000 --> 0:07:18.120 more convoluted in Toronto that it is in New York, 0:07:18.160 --> 0:07:21.000 where there was just a clear cut okay, insert feedback 0:07:21.040 --> 0:07:22.640 into this lineup. It just makes more sense. 0:07:23.480 --> 0:07:25.720 It worked out nicely for the Mets, too, right, I mean, 0:07:25.720 --> 0:07:29.600 they just kind of sat back, And I don't think 0:07:29.640 --> 0:07:33.240 you can, you know, fully blame this on anybody like 0:07:33.280 --> 0:07:35.720 I think the Mets they knew what they wanted to 0:07:35.720 --> 0:07:38.560 spend and it didn't make too much sense for them 0:07:38.560 --> 0:07:41.240 to go above and beyond. And I think the way 0:07:41.280 --> 0:07:43.080 that we talked about it a few weeks ago, just 0:07:43.120 --> 0:07:45.120 the way that the first base market had settled in 0:07:45.400 --> 0:07:47.640 and with a couple of trades being made for teams 0:07:47.640 --> 0:07:50.040 to address their first base opening, and then a couple 0:07:50.120 --> 0:07:52.080 other signings a couple of other teams going maybe a 0:07:52.080 --> 0:07:54.360 little bit cheaper, all of a sudden that market thinned 0:07:54.400 --> 0:07:56.440 out a lot, and a lot of the leverage swung 0:07:56.480 --> 0:07:58.640 back to the Mets. And I think it just really 0:07:58.680 --> 0:08:00.840 made it hard for a be able to get the 0:08:00.880 --> 0:08:01.680 number that he wanted. 0:08:01.720 --> 0:08:04.240 And I think we also saw the teams are a little. 0:08:04.000 --> 0:08:06.640 Bit wary of a guy that's gonna have to hit, 0:08:06.920 --> 0:08:09.120 you know, forty home runs, which he does a lot 0:08:09.160 --> 0:08:11.600 of years, but hit forty home runs and also, you know, 0:08:11.680 --> 0:08:13.240 have the bat to ball and on base playing a 0:08:13.280 --> 0:08:14.880 little bit better than it did last year for him 0:08:14.920 --> 0:08:17.200 to be you know, worth that thirty million a year. 0:08:17.520 --> 0:08:19.480 That said on the Alonzo side, he's gonna come back 0:08:19.480 --> 0:08:22.200 pissed off next year, and I think you're gonna see 0:08:22.240 --> 0:08:25.080 him have a big year, And I think it's it's 0:08:25.120 --> 0:08:27.880 fine to bet on yourself at a high aav for 0:08:27.920 --> 0:08:30.920 one year. I feel like this is one of those 0:08:30.920 --> 0:08:32.960 one place when were talking about Bellinger and stuff, We're like, oh, 0:08:33.040 --> 0:08:36.079 he's probably gonna opt in. I feel confident about Alonso 0:08:36.160 --> 0:08:38.640 having a monster year and opting out in worst case 0:08:38.640 --> 0:08:40.520 for the Mets. If he has a bad year or 0:08:40.600 --> 0:08:42.960 like a disappointing year and opts in, you still just 0:08:43.000 --> 0:08:45.080 retain one of your fan favorites. And even what's a 0:08:45.080 --> 0:08:48.040 down year for Pete Alonzo at that point anyways, too right. 0:08:48.360 --> 0:08:50.880 I'm totally with arm On Peter Alonzo having a big 0:08:50.960 --> 0:08:54.200 year next year. He needs hit twenty seven home runs 0:08:54.679 --> 0:08:58.000 to tie Darryl Strawberry's Mets record for home runs, and 0:08:58.040 --> 0:09:00.520 I think he's I think you can go that. 0:09:00.600 --> 0:09:01.440 But was by that? 0:09:02.080 --> 0:09:06.640 Yeah, this was a master class negotiations with Dave Stearns 0:09:06.800 --> 0:09:08.720 and Steve Cohen because. 0:09:08.800 --> 0:09:11.880 One reason that like, Okay, so the price tag says yes, 0:09:12.080 --> 0:09:15.640 but was it because clearly Pete got pissed for a moment, 0:09:15.720 --> 0:09:17.640 and three for ninety was on the table a couple 0:09:17.679 --> 0:09:20.040 of months ago, and then like this felt like a 0:09:20.120 --> 0:09:22.600 last resort. And I guarantee you Pete is not happy 0:09:22.640 --> 0:09:23.560 with how this shook out. 0:09:23.880 --> 0:09:26.880 Yeah, he's probably not happy with how it shook up, 0:09:27.120 --> 0:09:29.680 but he has to see a thirty million dollar check 0:09:29.720 --> 0:09:33.080 that he's getting this year being more than basically any 0:09:33.080 --> 0:09:35.760 first basement in Major League Baseball, and then he can 0:09:35.800 --> 0:09:39.199 go out on the market and potentially sign a bigger 0:09:39.280 --> 0:09:41.680 deal if he really truly bets on himself and he 0:09:41.720 --> 0:09:44.240 has a forty plus home run year. But the reason 0:09:44.240 --> 0:09:47.040 I call it just such a masterclass is not only 0:09:47.040 --> 0:09:49.240 did they get him on a one plus one deal 0:09:49.280 --> 0:09:52.840 for a powerheater of Pete Alonzo's stature, but the Mets 0:09:53.000 --> 0:09:55.959 needed him a lot more than they let on. Yeah, 0:09:56.000 --> 0:09:58.720 I mean, look at the Mets lineup right now. Lindor 0:09:59.520 --> 0:10:01.959 is going to Soto and then who well, you could 0:10:01.960 --> 0:10:04.640 say Mark Fiento's, but that puts a lot of pressure 0:10:04.679 --> 0:10:06.800 on Mark Fiento's. You could say Brandon Imo, but I 0:10:06.840 --> 0:10:09.360 wouldn't say that that's heavy protection for a guy like 0:10:09.440 --> 0:10:12.400 Juan Soto. Now you put in forty home runs back 0:10:12.440 --> 0:10:15.559 in that lineup, elongate it, and we can't forget that 0:10:15.640 --> 0:10:18.439 Pete Alonzo had the biggest home run arguably in Mets 0:10:18.480 --> 0:10:21.080 history off of Devin Williams. So you know that in 0:10:21.120 --> 0:10:23.880 a big moment, you got another big bopper who can 0:10:24.000 --> 0:10:26.320 send all the runners home. So I think that the 0:10:26.360 --> 0:10:29.960 Mets lineup kind of really needed a guy like Pete Alonzo, 0:10:30.400 --> 0:10:33.480 but they pretended like, yeah, we could take him, but 0:10:34.760 --> 0:10:36.280 they really needed him, and they got him for a 0:10:36.360 --> 0:10:37.160 one plus one. 0:10:37.880 --> 0:10:40.079 That's the crazy part is, like I was trying to 0:10:40.120 --> 0:10:42.120 think if they were you know, it was a game 0:10:42.120 --> 0:10:44.880 of chicken or you know, the ultimate leverage is actually 0:10:44.920 --> 0:10:47.839 being okay with with somebody walking right and saying, hey, 0:10:47.840 --> 0:10:49.400 you know, we would definitely be better with you, but 0:10:49.679 --> 0:10:50.320 we don't need you. 0:10:50.679 --> 0:10:53.839 And it almost felt like they believe that they didn't 0:10:53.840 --> 0:10:54.960 need him. I'm with you, Peter. 0:10:55.120 --> 0:10:58.080 They if you look at that lineup, they needed another master, 0:10:58.480 --> 0:11:02.480 especially because of going to see your hoping Fianto's match. 0:11:02.520 --> 0:11:04.800 But there's some you know, yellow flags in the battle 0:11:04.840 --> 0:11:07.040 ball profile. I don't think it would shock anybody if 0:11:07.160 --> 0:11:10.520 there's some you know, adjustment periods through what is technically 0:11:10.520 --> 0:11:12.600 his his sophomore season, and then you know, you look 0:11:12.600 --> 0:11:14.320 at Nemo being banged up, and. 0:11:14.160 --> 0:11:16.319 You know, how is his how his feet going to be? 0:11:16.440 --> 0:11:18.960 Like it could become very top heavy with just a 0:11:19.000 --> 0:11:22.880 couple guys, very easily. And now you add a tried 0:11:22.960 --> 0:11:25.880 and true, proven sucker who, even if it's not again 0:11:25.920 --> 0:11:28.440 an incredible walk here, he's gonna hit you thirty and 0:11:28.440 --> 0:11:31.000 he's going to be productive. And you know, again we've 0:11:31.000 --> 0:11:34.000 seen him perform in big spots. So I was amazed 0:11:34.040 --> 0:11:37.440 at how willing the Mets were to potentially let him walk, 0:11:37.440 --> 0:11:38.880 and I think they actually were. 0:11:39.480 --> 0:11:41.000 I don't know why, but. 0:11:41.400 --> 0:11:43.680 You know, I think this ultimately makes the most sense 0:11:43.679 --> 0:11:46.439 for both parties and and it's a great deal for 0:11:46.480 --> 0:11:47.320 the Mets especially. 0:11:47.480 --> 0:11:49.760 I thought they were operating like he was walking. I 0:11:49.760 --> 0:11:52.079 mean when they stand out with j Minter, like all 0:11:52.120 --> 0:11:55.040 the conversation around Minter was oh, no Alonzo, and then 0:11:55.040 --> 0:11:57.160 they signed somebody else and it's like, oh no Alonso. 0:11:57.559 --> 0:12:00.200 Like they were operating like they were not getting Pete 0:12:00.200 --> 0:12:03.000 Alonzo back. And I think they saw this at that 0:12:03.040 --> 0:12:05.840 price point fall under their lap and say, okay, here 0:12:05.880 --> 0:12:06.160 we go. 0:12:06.600 --> 0:12:09.000 That's why this is a masterclass. I agree with you. 0:12:09.280 --> 0:12:13.880 I think they inherently knew that they need somewhat of 0:12:13.880 --> 0:12:16.320 the stature of Pee Alonzo. I think they knew that 0:12:16.360 --> 0:12:19.760 they had the final say and yes, like, could they 0:12:19.800 --> 0:12:21.720 be a great team without Pete Alonzo? 0:12:21.840 --> 0:12:25.400 Of course, but they are they? 0:12:25.679 --> 0:12:25.920 Yeah? 0:12:25.960 --> 0:12:28.600 Are they winning the World Series? Are they going up 0:12:28.600 --> 0:12:31.240 against the Dodgers? Are they beating out the Phillies? Are 0:12:31.280 --> 0:12:34.199 they beating out the Braves with Pete Alonzo? Because the 0:12:34.320 --> 0:12:36.640 rotation is good, it's not great, So you're relying on 0:12:36.679 --> 0:12:41.600 this offense and without Pete Alonzo, it's not as good 0:12:41.640 --> 0:12:44.520 as it could be with him. So just a masterclass 0:12:44.520 --> 0:12:46.439 by Cohen and Dave starts. Like, if I'm a Bets 0:12:46.440 --> 0:12:48.760 fan right now, I feel like I'm in such a 0:12:48.800 --> 0:12:51.679 good spot because I have a GM who's smarter than 0:12:51.720 --> 0:12:53.960 basically every GM, and I have an owner who is 0:12:54.160 --> 0:12:56.880 richer than every GM. Just working on a perfect team. 0:12:56.880 --> 0:12:59.520 Obviously it's not perfect yet, but just the future and 0:12:59.559 --> 0:13:02.520 how these go as are operating, I'd be really excited. Yeah. 0:13:03.080 --> 0:13:06.520 Now, getting back to the question, does the NL East 0:13:06.559 --> 0:13:09.600 give us four postseason teams in twenty twenty five? My 0:13:09.679 --> 0:13:13.760 answer is no, they gave us three. Last year, Philly 0:13:13.800 --> 0:13:17.280 won the division and Atlanta and the Mets were wild cards, 0:13:17.280 --> 0:13:20.359 but you got a factor in Arizona missed the playoffs. 0:13:20.520 --> 0:13:23.400 San Diego was the other wild card team. I'm not 0:13:23.440 --> 0:13:26.160 looking at the Central obviously, the Brewers and Cubs. Like, 0:13:26.800 --> 0:13:29.200 could the Gnats in a world be better than both 0:13:29.240 --> 0:13:31.160 the Brewers and the Cubs, or at least match them 0:13:31.200 --> 0:13:34.360 by win total? I don't know I could. I could 0:13:34.559 --> 0:13:37.440 summersault my way to seeing that a heck of a 0:13:37.440 --> 0:13:40.160 lot easier than I could summrsault my way seeing them 0:13:40.200 --> 0:13:43.800 being better than Arizona. Like, I see no world where 0:13:43.960 --> 0:13:48.080 Washington is better than Arizona. I'm already penciling in Arizona 0:13:48.080 --> 0:13:50.880 that the wildcard. You know, Spot and La wins the 0:13:50.920 --> 0:13:53.600 division and the NL West is at the very least 0:13:53.640 --> 0:13:54.560 giving us two teams. 0:13:55.559 --> 0:13:58.079 Yeah, the Giants too, Like the Giants are a lot better, 0:13:58.640 --> 0:14:00.319 yeah than they were last year and the one to 0:14:00.320 --> 0:14:01.400 eighty games last year. 0:14:02.280 --> 0:14:04.280 Yeah, you look at at I. 0:14:04.200 --> 0:14:06.520 Mean even the Reds like they I think I got 0:14:06.520 --> 0:14:08.240 a little bit more faith in them, especially with the 0:14:08.280 --> 0:14:09.199 movies that they've made too. 0:14:09.720 --> 0:14:12.480 And I want to say I think Washington since now. 0:14:12.440 --> 0:14:16.400 Like Washington, I do, I just and I love. 0:14:16.559 --> 0:14:18.679 I love where the Nationals are going, and I can 0:14:18.760 --> 0:14:23.960 understand why they're this exciting, you know, popular emergent team pick. 0:14:24.520 --> 0:14:26.680 But you also have to look at, you know, what 0:14:26.720 --> 0:14:27.600 the Reds. 0:14:27.280 --> 0:14:29.560 Have in terms of some proven talent, and then you 0:14:29.560 --> 0:14:31.880 look at the national side and like, yes, there was 0:14:31.960 --> 0:14:34.840 a lot of there's a lot of really fun young talent, 0:14:35.000 --> 0:14:36.440 but you know, I still think there's gonna be a 0:14:36.480 --> 0:14:39.360 learning period for Dylan Cruz, who still hasn't fully settled 0:14:39.400 --> 0:14:41.080 in at the big league level. I think Wood could 0:14:41.120 --> 0:14:42.720 end up just making that leap and never have the 0:14:42.760 --> 0:14:45.880 adjustment period. That's fine, but then you look around, I 0:14:46.120 --> 0:14:47.960 just don't know if there's quite as much impact. And 0:14:47.960 --> 0:14:49.600 then on the mound, I think you can look at 0:14:49.600 --> 0:14:51.200 a lot more upside with the Reds as well. And 0:14:51.200 --> 0:14:52.960 then the bullpen. I think that's a big problem with 0:14:53.000 --> 0:14:55.360 the Nationals too. Like it's a good team, it's a 0:14:55.360 --> 0:14:57.920 good young team, but I do see them potentially blowing 0:14:57.960 --> 0:15:00.320 a lot of leads with that bullpen, and it's not 0:15:00.360 --> 0:15:04.200 like the rotation is completely you know, tried and proven. 0:15:04.360 --> 0:15:06.960 So I love where they're headed, but I think these 0:15:07.000 --> 0:15:09.560 other teams are are more built for one sixty two. 0:15:10.040 --> 0:15:12.120 Yeah, because one of these teams is going to win 0:15:12.120 --> 0:15:14.480 the division. We're talking about the National League East, right, 0:15:14.480 --> 0:15:17.000 whether it's the Braves of the Phillies, you know, or 0:15:17.000 --> 0:15:18.840 the Mets, and then there's going to be two of 0:15:18.880 --> 0:15:20.760 those teams and then Arizona and then that's it. 0:15:21.120 --> 0:15:23.920 I will say, I do not think the Mets are 0:15:25.240 --> 0:15:27.720 all right. Call me out if you think I'm I'm 0:15:28.640 --> 0:15:30.040 being if I'm exaggerated. 0:15:30.080 --> 0:15:32.160 Friday, It's Friday, it is, give me a take. I'm 0:15:32.160 --> 0:15:32.640 here for it. 0:15:33.720 --> 0:15:35.920 I don't see very many worlds where the Mets can 0:15:35.920 --> 0:15:38.280 win the National League East. I don't even know if 0:15:38.280 --> 0:15:42.200 that's hot or not. But I think Philly is marginally better, 0:15:42.640 --> 0:15:47.080 and I think Atlanta, like with the health that they're 0:15:47.120 --> 0:15:49.840 getting and Strider back after what a month or so 0:15:49.920 --> 0:15:52.920 and Acuna back after what four to six weeks. I 0:15:52.920 --> 0:15:55.360 saw Mark Bowman report, like, I think those teams are 0:15:55.400 --> 0:15:58.040 running circles around what the Mets have right now, even 0:15:58.080 --> 0:16:00.800 with Juan Soto, Like I really can't close my eyes 0:16:00.800 --> 0:16:03.400 and see the New York Mets winning the National League eeest, So. 0:16:03.600 --> 0:16:07.200 You mean like significantly better, significant not Mark, so I 0:16:07.200 --> 0:16:08.840 didn't mean to correct. I don't I didn't want to 0:16:08.880 --> 0:16:09.840 do that on the show, but I just want to 0:16:09.880 --> 0:16:13.200 make sure. I just want to magnificantly better. I agree 0:16:13.320 --> 0:16:15.400 like I, And again, the Mets, could you know, have 0:16:15.440 --> 0:16:17.880 a special year where you have Juan freaking sotof when 0:16:17.920 --> 0:16:20.760 Door's playing at a you know, MVP finalist level, and 0:16:20.800 --> 0:16:22.840 then Pete Alonso has that walk year that we think 0:16:22.840 --> 0:16:25.200 he can have. You can definitely talk your way into 0:16:25.240 --> 0:16:26.680 this team being really good. But I think when you 0:16:26.680 --> 0:16:32.040 compare the pitching situation, you know, it's not quite as 0:16:32.440 --> 0:16:35.440 exciting or impactful. I think they got good arms, but 0:16:35.480 --> 0:16:37.720 I don't think it's nearly the same as especially what 0:16:37.800 --> 0:16:40.800 you got going in Philly, and then even Atlanta if 0:16:40.920 --> 0:16:43.320 they're healthy, and I still don't think Atlanta's done right. 0:16:43.640 --> 0:16:45.800 They traded. Brave fans are freaking out. They traded for 0:16:45.840 --> 0:16:50.160 matt Olsen. I think on March thirteenth or whatever. Anthopoulos 0:16:50.480 --> 0:16:53.080 loves to kind of let things fall into his lap, 0:16:53.240 --> 0:16:56.240 and they did it with Profar. I wouldn't be surprised 0:16:56.280 --> 0:17:00.240 if there's another move in there for the Braves to potentially, 0:17:00.360 --> 0:17:02.360 you know, address that staff a little bit more. 0:17:02.200 --> 0:17:04.600 Also even if they're zero, I'm fine with it. Like 0:17:04.640 --> 0:17:06.639 looking at the starting rotation with where it is right 0:17:06.640 --> 0:17:08.920 now and looking at the upper miners, you know, backup 0:17:08.960 --> 0:17:12.640 plans that they that they have like Elder Smith, Shaw 0:17:12.720 --> 0:17:15.040 or Walder, all these guys exist and they're just hanging 0:17:15.080 --> 0:17:16.200 out in triple A right now. 0:17:16.240 --> 0:17:20.040 So yeah, god cool she had cool as well? 0:17:20.359 --> 0:17:24.119 Yeah, cool former pirate love Like I could see a 0:17:24.200 --> 0:17:27.480 move for you know, another another set up adjacent guy, 0:17:27.600 --> 0:17:29.680 like I think they could use another seventh inning guy 0:17:29.800 --> 0:17:32.960 in that bullpen. But frankly, like, I think they're close 0:17:33.040 --> 0:17:34.040 to being a finished product. 0:17:34.160 --> 0:17:37.640 What if they just surprise everybody and go get Cesar 0:17:37.720 --> 0:17:41.440 King or something like that, I could Nothing would shock me, man, 0:17:41.440 --> 0:17:44.479 I'm telling you it's Georgia boy too. I think I 0:17:44.520 --> 0:17:46.560 think so, so that would be interesting. But yeah, I 0:17:46.640 --> 0:17:49.000 think to answer the question though, it'd be pretty shocking. 0:17:49.320 --> 0:17:52.920 If the National League, I could see it maybe two years. 0:17:53.080 --> 0:17:54.959 Yeah, it could be the best division in baseball if 0:17:54.960 --> 0:17:57.960 things tracked the right way. But I think we're still 0:17:58.000 --> 0:17:59.320 like definitely a year early there. 0:17:59.560 --> 0:18:03.920 Yeah, for me, just to wrap this question up, answering 0:18:03.960 --> 0:18:06.560 the Phillies Mets versus the Braves, I have something on 0:18:06.600 --> 0:18:09.720 the Braves later that I want to talk about, but 0:18:09.800 --> 0:18:12.000 I think the Mets can be better than the Braves. 0:18:12.080 --> 0:18:15.600 I think that we're expecting so many bouncebacks from them. Again, 0:18:15.720 --> 0:18:17.760 I'll talk about that later, but the one thing that 0:18:17.800 --> 0:18:19.879