1 00:00:04,960 --> 00:00:09,200 Speaker 1: Welcome everyone this week's edition of Fair Territory. I'm going 2 00:00:09,240 --> 00:00:13,080 Speaker 1: to begin this show with a number. The number is 3 00:00:13,400 --> 00:00:14,840 Speaker 1: one seventy five. 4 00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:17,920 Speaker 2: I might ask Campbell, what's up with one seventy five? 5 00:00:18,720 --> 00:00:22,640 Speaker 1: That is the number of remaining free agents right now. Yes, 6 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:27,000 Speaker 1: one hundred and seventy five remaining free agents. Spring training 7 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:30,200 Speaker 1: is a month away. Now. I'm getting that number from 8 00:00:30,320 --> 00:00:33,800 Speaker 1: Mlbtrade Rumors dot COM's list of available free agents. I 9 00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:37,120 Speaker 1: don't know that it's exact to the exact exact number, 10 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:40,280 Speaker 1: but it's pretty close. And we've talked a lot about 11 00:00:40,320 --> 00:00:44,360 Speaker 1: the Big Four, the Scott Boris four, Cody Bellinger, Matt Chapman, 12 00:00:44,440 --> 00:00:47,800 Speaker 1: Blake Snell, Jordan Montgomery. We've talked a lot about those guys, 13 00:00:47,840 --> 00:00:51,480 Speaker 1: will continue talking a lot about those guys. But there 14 00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:54,880 Speaker 1: are a number of other players out there, good players, 15 00:00:55,400 --> 00:00:57,680 Speaker 1: And I want to take you through some partial lists 16 00:00:58,080 --> 00:01:01,760 Speaker 1: just to show you where we are on January sixteenth, 17 00:01:01,960 --> 00:01:05,720 Speaker 1: as free agency continues. So let's start with some hitters, 18 00:01:06,040 --> 00:01:08,520 Speaker 1: and then we'll go through with pitchers and relievers, the 19 00:01:08,600 --> 00:01:12,319 Speaker 1: whole gamut of players. These are some of the remaining 20 00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:15,400 Speaker 1: free agent hitters. Now I'm not pretending these lists are complete, 21 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:17,520 Speaker 1: So if your favorite player is not on it, don't 22 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:18,880 Speaker 1: go howling and screaming. 23 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:20,680 Speaker 3: This is just a partial list. 24 00:01:21,160 --> 00:01:26,880 Speaker 1: Brandon Belt, Adam Duval, kyk Hernandez, Reyes Hoskins, Trey Mancini, 25 00:01:27,319 --> 00:01:32,800 Speaker 1: Jad Martinez, Jack Peterson, Eddie Rosario, Jorge Solaire, Mike l. A. 26 00:01:32,959 --> 00:01:35,399 Speaker 3: Taylor, Justin Turner, Joey Vado. 27 00:01:35,640 --> 00:01:40,120 Speaker 1: Again, I'm excluding Bellinger and Chapman for purposes of this exercise. 28 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:42,399 Speaker 1: I want to show you the rest of the players 29 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:44,360 Speaker 1: that are still out there, or at least a portion 30 00:01:44,520 --> 00:01:44,880 Speaker 1: of them. 31 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:46,160 Speaker 3: All right, let's go to the. 32 00:01:46,120 --> 00:01:49,280 Speaker 1: Next phase here of this discussion. This would be remaining 33 00:01:49,320 --> 00:01:53,080 Speaker 1: free agent starters, not as many, Mike Clevenger, Zach grenk 34 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:59,000 Speaker 1: Clayton Kershaw, Michael Lorenzen, James Paxton, Heyn Jin Ru, some 35 00:01:59,040 --> 00:02:03,120 Speaker 1: pretty good pitchers still available in free agency, and finally, 36 00:02:03,240 --> 00:02:06,559 Speaker 1: the relievers. This list is quite lengthy and I couldn't 37 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:08,800 Speaker 1: get to them all, but we'll show you some of 38 00:02:08,840 --> 00:02:14,880 Speaker 1: them right here. Ryan Brasier, John Brebia, Earldis Chapman, Matt Moore, Hectoranaris, 39 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:19,440 Speaker 1: David Robertson, and Robert Stevenson. So what do we take 40 00:02:19,480 --> 00:02:22,160 Speaker 1: from this? What do we take from the fact that 41 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:24,880 Speaker 1: a month away from spring training, one hundred and seventy 42 00:02:24,919 --> 00:02:26,120 Speaker 1: five free agents remain. 43 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:30,079 Speaker 3: Well, it's a few things. Let's just take a global 44 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:30,920 Speaker 3: view from. 45 00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:34,560 Speaker 1: The start right now, Some players, as happens every year, 46 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:36,040 Speaker 1: will be driven out of the game. 47 00:02:36,240 --> 00:02:38,040 Speaker 3: That's the natural course of the game. 48 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:41,720 Speaker 1: It's the Darwinian element of this. Not every player plays 49 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:45,079 Speaker 1: every year. Some players, some of the guys we just 50 00:02:45,160 --> 00:02:47,600 Speaker 1: saw on those lists, we'll still get decent contracts. I 51 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:52,720 Speaker 1: expect that. And some will not get decent contracts. Some 52 00:02:52,760 --> 00:02:55,560 Speaker 1: will be forced to sign low guarantees. Some will be 53 00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:58,920 Speaker 1: forced to sign minor league contracts. Now, we've seen this 54 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:04,920 Speaker 1: pattern before. We've seen slow off seasons before, and this offseason, okay, 55 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:09,359 Speaker 1: some things happen that kept matters on hold. Shoe Otani 56 00:03:09,520 --> 00:03:13,280 Speaker 1: that held up the market, Yoshinobu Yamamoto that held up 57 00:03:13,320 --> 00:03:18,040 Speaker 1: the market. And now we have the bores for again, Bellinger, Chapman, Sell, Montgomery. 58 00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:21,680 Speaker 1: You can argue that to some extent they are holding 59 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:25,480 Speaker 1: up the market as well. However, I don't know that 60 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:28,080 Speaker 1: they're holding up the DH market for example. 61 00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:29,440 Speaker 3: I don't know what they're holding up. 62 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:31,639 Speaker 1: All these other outfielders, not all of them are going 63 00:03:31,680 --> 00:03:35,840 Speaker 1: to be Cody Bellinger. So at this point you kind 64 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:39,400 Speaker 1: of have to wonder what's going on. So perhaps the 65 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:42,320 Speaker 1: bigger issue is this, and this is an issue that 66 00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:45,000 Speaker 1: has taken place for a number of recent off seasons. 67 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:49,680 Speaker 1: Clubs have figured out that the longer you wait on 68 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:53,240 Speaker 1: certain types of players, the more their prices will be 69 00:03:53,320 --> 00:03:56,320 Speaker 1: driven down, the better their prices will be from a 70 00:03:56,400 --> 00:04:01,280 Speaker 1: club's perspective. Now, I'm not going to say it's you 71 00:04:01,360 --> 00:04:04,440 Speaker 1: can't prove its collusion, and actually I don't even know 72 00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:08,080 Speaker 1: that it's that coordinating. Again, I just think the teams 73 00:04:08,880 --> 00:04:10,600 Speaker 1: have kind of gained the system here and they know 74 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:11,160 Speaker 1: what they're doing. 75 00:04:12,120 --> 00:04:12,280 Speaker 3: Now. 76 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:16,040 Speaker 1: In some cases, agents might be at fault too. I 77 00:04:16,080 --> 00:04:18,839 Speaker 1: spoke with a GM yesterday who was in the DH market, 78 00:04:19,400 --> 00:04:21,560 Speaker 1: and he said to me, I want to get this 79 00:04:21,680 --> 00:04:24,560 Speaker 1: done already, but I can't get the agents to move. 80 00:04:25,200 --> 00:04:25,320 Speaker 3: Now. 81 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:27,320 Speaker 1: I don't know why that is, and none of the 82 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:31,440 Speaker 1: agents that I tried to reach about this responded to me. 83 00:04:32,040 --> 00:04:34,680 Speaker 1: But perhaps there are other things that work. Perhaps they're 84 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:37,400 Speaker 1: all waiting for better deals and holding out and holding 85 00:04:37,440 --> 00:04:39,400 Speaker 1: out and it's to their own detriment. 86 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:39,960 Speaker 3: I don't know. 87 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:41,760 Speaker 2: Maybe it's not to their detriment. 88 00:04:41,800 --> 00:04:44,279 Speaker 3: Maybe they'll get the deals that they're seeking. Hard to know. 89 00:04:45,279 --> 00:04:46,760 Speaker 3: So what's the answer to all this. 90 00:04:48,360 --> 00:04:50,440 Speaker 1: I'm not sure there is one, and I know some 91 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:52,919 Speaker 1: fans don't see it as a problem at all. But 92 00:04:53,640 --> 00:04:59,120 Speaker 1: to me, a deadline here is an interesting idea, signing 93 00:04:59,200 --> 00:05:01,800 Speaker 1: deadline of some I'm not gonna get into the mechanics 94 00:05:01,839 --> 00:05:03,960 Speaker 1: of it right now how it would work. I'm sure 95 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:06,559 Speaker 1: if I proposed one idea, you could find one hundred 96 00:05:06,560 --> 00:05:07,080 Speaker 1: and three. 97 00:05:06,960 --> 00:05:07,920 Speaker 3: Faults with it. 98 00:05:08,440 --> 00:05:11,400 Speaker 1: But the deadline is not something that's going to happen 99 00:05:11,400 --> 00:05:14,320 Speaker 1: anytime soon, if it ever happens at all. 100 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:16,320 Speaker 2: The league has proposed. 101 00:05:15,839 --> 00:05:21,919 Speaker 1: Signing deadlines in the past, and we saw before the 102 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:25,800 Speaker 1: twenty twenty one lockout, how quickly things could move with 103 00:05:25,880 --> 00:05:28,159 Speaker 1: the deadline, how a frenzy could take place. 104 00:05:28,440 --> 00:05:29,560 Speaker 2: You remember what happened. 105 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:34,039 Speaker 1: The lockout was beginning December first, and then right in 106 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:36,920 Speaker 1: the week before December first, teams were scrambling to get 107 00:05:36,960 --> 00:05:40,119 Speaker 1: players signed because they wanted them under their control before 108 00:05:40,160 --> 00:05:41,200 Speaker 1: the lockout started. 109 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:43,080 Speaker 3: That was a crazy week of. 110 00:05:43,040 --> 00:05:46,480 Speaker 1: Free agency, actually probably a crazy three or four days. 111 00:05:47,080 --> 00:05:49,120 Speaker 1: It was the action that we all kind of craved, 112 00:05:49,520 --> 00:05:53,040 Speaker 1: similar to the NBA similar to the NFL. So the 113 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:57,000 Speaker 1: league has proposed a deadline, They've done it multiple times. 114 00:05:57,320 --> 00:05:58,880 Speaker 3: The union has always said no. 115 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:02,960 Speaker 1: And the union said no because it believes that any 116 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:05,680 Speaker 1: kind of restrictions on the market, whether it's through a 117 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:09,760 Speaker 1: cap or whether it's through some kind of time restriction, 118 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:13,920 Speaker 1: a deadline that will inhibit the market, that will hurt players. 119 00:06:15,200 --> 00:06:16,800 Speaker 1: I'm not sure that's accurate. 120 00:06:17,080 --> 00:06:17,880 Speaker 3: They might be right. 121 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:20,000 Speaker 1: It's their job to have a feel for the market, 122 00:06:20,080 --> 00:06:22,080 Speaker 1: and I would suggest that in many ways they have 123 00:06:22,120 --> 00:06:26,400 Speaker 1: a better feel than certain sports writers would. But I 124 00:06:26,480 --> 00:06:30,000 Speaker 1: don't know. With one hundred and seventy five free agents 125 00:06:30,040 --> 00:06:34,080 Speaker 1: remaining with a month to go before spring training, I 126 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:37,919 Speaker 1: don't know that you can say the current system is 127 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:41,120 Speaker 1: working optimally for players either time. 128 00:06:41,160 --> 00:06:43,159 Speaker 3: Now for the Inside Dish, this is the part. 129 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:44,960 Speaker 1: Of the show where I go inside a story I've written, 130 00:06:45,040 --> 00:06:48,279 Speaker 1: inside a trend in the game, or sometimes I just 131 00:06:48,360 --> 00:06:51,080 Speaker 1: talk about a player, tell some stories about that player, 132 00:06:51,440 --> 00:06:53,920 Speaker 1: and kind of go about it that way. Today is 133 00:06:53,960 --> 00:06:56,480 Speaker 1: going to be one of those days. And it's going 134 00:06:56,520 --> 00:06:59,279 Speaker 1: to be one of those days because Albert Poohole's The 135 00:06:59,279 --> 00:07:04,039 Speaker 1: Great Poohole turns forty four today. Happy birthday, Albert. I 136 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:07,240 Speaker 1: thought i'd take a moment to share some personal reflections 137 00:07:07,279 --> 00:07:10,480 Speaker 1: on maybe the best right handed hitter I've ever seen. 138 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:11,760 Speaker 3: Now, Albert. 139 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:13,720 Speaker 1: Let's go through the numbers, because if you go back 140 00:07:13,760 --> 00:07:16,480 Speaker 1: and look at them, even a couple of years removed 141 00:07:16,480 --> 00:07:20,400 Speaker 1: now from his playing career, they are staggering seven hundred 142 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:24,200 Speaker 1: and three home runs that's fourth all time behind Bonds, 143 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:28,000 Speaker 1: Aaron and Ruth three thousand, three hundred and eighty four 144 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:32,280 Speaker 1: hits that is tenth all time. Albert is eligible for 145 00:07:32,320 --> 00:07:35,680 Speaker 1: the Hall in twenty twenty eight, becomes eligible the same 146 00:07:35,800 --> 00:07:39,840 Speaker 1: year as his former Cardinals teammate Yadayir Molina, So that 147 00:07:39,880 --> 00:07:42,560 Speaker 1: should be a cool moment in cooper'stown. And yes, Molina 148 00:07:42,680 --> 00:07:43,400 Speaker 1: is getting in. 149 00:07:43,760 --> 00:07:44,320 Speaker 2: He should be. 150 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:47,080 Speaker 1: First ballot for me. I know you're gonna argue, or 151 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:48,720 Speaker 1: some sabermetricians are gonna. 152 00:07:48,520 --> 00:07:49,480 Speaker 3: Argue, they are the numbers. 153 00:07:49,760 --> 00:07:52,559 Speaker 1: No, no, no, no, no, YadA your Molina Hall of Famer. 154 00:07:52,680 --> 00:07:53,480 Speaker 2: But we digress. 155 00:07:54,520 --> 00:07:57,960 Speaker 1: People often ask me, what are the players like? What's 156 00:07:58,000 --> 00:07:58,680 Speaker 1: this guy like? 157 00:07:58,840 --> 00:08:00,080 Speaker 3: Is he cool? What is this? 158 00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:04,920 Speaker 1: And I can't really answer that question. All I know 159 00:08:05,680 --> 00:08:09,040 Speaker 1: about a player's personality is how he acts toward me. 160 00:08:09,160 --> 00:08:10,720 Speaker 3: Toward other members of the media. 161 00:08:11,120 --> 00:08:13,200 Speaker 1: I don't see him with his family. I don't even 162 00:08:13,240 --> 00:08:16,360 Speaker 1: really see him with his teammates except in certain group settings. 163 00:08:17,760 --> 00:08:21,520 Speaker 1: So how a player treats a writer, how a player 164 00:08:21,560 --> 00:08:24,080 Speaker 1: treats a group of writers, that's hardly an indication of 165 00:08:24,080 --> 00:08:28,000 Speaker 1: his character, good or bad. It might be a tiny slice, 166 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:30,680 Speaker 1: but it really doesn't tell you much at all. But 167 00:08:30,720 --> 00:08:33,800 Speaker 1: if I had to choose one word to describe Albert 168 00:08:33,840 --> 00:08:36,680 Speaker 1: in all my years of covering him, I guess the 169 00:08:36,720 --> 00:08:38,360 Speaker 1: word I would use is gruff. 170 00:08:39,960 --> 00:08:41,640 Speaker 3: Now, some writers. 171 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:44,240 Speaker 1: Have better relationships with certain players than others. That's just 172 00:08:44,320 --> 00:08:46,120 Speaker 1: the way it is. That's the way it is in 173 00:08:46,160 --> 00:08:50,079 Speaker 1: real life too. My relationship with Pooholes was okay. It 174 00:08:50,160 --> 00:08:52,840 Speaker 1: could be quite engaging at times, and other times he 175 00:08:52,880 --> 00:08:55,520 Speaker 1: could be kind of prickly. Toward the end of his career, 176 00:08:56,240 --> 00:08:58,800 Speaker 1: I found him to be much warmer, and I thought 177 00:08:59,720 --> 00:09:03,600 Speaker 1: perhaps was a little bit like Bonds, so focused on 178 00:09:03,640 --> 00:09:06,640 Speaker 1: his success, so locked into what he was doing on 179 00:09:06,679 --> 00:09:08,760 Speaker 1: a day to day basis. He had no patience, no 180 00:09:08,920 --> 00:09:13,600 Speaker 1: time for the media game. If he came off his edgy, 181 00:09:13,640 --> 00:09:16,480 Speaker 1: it's because he wanted to maintain a certain edge. That 182 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:19,120 Speaker 1: was what drove him as a player. That's what he 183 00:09:19,160 --> 00:09:22,240 Speaker 1: felt he needed to do. I've never asked Albert about this. 184 00:09:22,360 --> 00:09:25,040 Speaker 1: I don't know that that's the case, but that was 185 00:09:25,080 --> 00:09:28,240 Speaker 1: the impression I got. So anyway, I want to tell 186 00:09:28,280 --> 00:09:30,840 Speaker 1: you one story. It's my favorite Albert Poohole story. It 187 00:09:30,880 --> 00:09:33,880 Speaker 1: doesn't necessarily reflect well on him, but I don't know 188 00:09:33,880 --> 00:09:36,400 Speaker 1: that it reflects that badly either. It kind of sums 189 00:09:36,480 --> 00:09:39,960 Speaker 1: up all of what I'm saying. This goes back to 190 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:45,520 Speaker 1: the twenty eleven World Series Cardinals versus Rangers. In Game two, 191 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:48,960 Speaker 1: Albert failed to cut off a throw in the ninth inning, 192 00:09:49,600 --> 00:09:53,280 Speaker 1: Elvis Andrews advanced a second base eventually scored the winning 193 00:09:53,360 --> 00:09:57,439 Speaker 1: run in a two to one Rangers victory. So after 194 00:09:57,480 --> 00:10:01,920 Speaker 1: the game, reporters gather at Poohole waiting for him, just 195 00:10:01,960 --> 00:10:04,480 Speaker 1: wanting to get an explanation for what happened on that play. 196 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:07,560 Speaker 1: And one reason we talked to players is to find 197 00:10:07,559 --> 00:10:11,000 Speaker 1: out what was going through their minds, what might have 198 00:10:11,040 --> 00:10:14,560 Speaker 1: occurred that we might not have seen that might have explained. 199 00:10:14,640 --> 00:10:16,640 Speaker 2: A situation on the field. 200 00:10:16,840 --> 00:10:18,240 Speaker 3: So we gather at his locker. 201 00:10:19,120 --> 00:10:23,800 Speaker 1: He never showed other Cardinals Yadia Molina, Lance Berkman, Matt 202 00:10:23,800 --> 00:10:27,920 Speaker 1: Holliday also never showed at their lockers for whatever reason. 203 00:10:28,120 --> 00:10:31,640 Speaker 1: That's what happened that night. So the next day was 204 00:10:31,679 --> 00:10:34,960 Speaker 1: an off day. Remember game two is played off day 205 00:10:34,960 --> 00:10:38,000 Speaker 1: travel day. Game three is the day after that. A 206 00:10:38,080 --> 00:10:41,160 Speaker 1: lot of writers were critical of Pools on the off 207 00:10:41,240 --> 00:10:44,400 Speaker 1: day in their stories leading up to Game three, and 208 00:10:44,440 --> 00:10:48,319 Speaker 1: they basically said, Hey, you've got to be accountable. You've 209 00:10:48,360 --> 00:10:50,200 Speaker 1: got to be at your locker to explain a play 210 00:10:50,240 --> 00:10:51,439 Speaker 1: like that, Otherwise. 211 00:10:51,040 --> 00:10:52,480 Speaker 2: Your teammates have to do it for you. 212 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:55,480 Speaker 1: And fans often asked me, Ken, what's the difference if 213 00:10:55,480 --> 00:10:56,120 Speaker 1: they talk or not? 214 00:10:56,240 --> 00:10:58,040 Speaker 3: Why are you bothering the players? 215 00:10:58,480 --> 00:11:02,640 Speaker 1: Well, it's all about accountability and it's all about taking 216 00:11:02,640 --> 00:11:04,920 Speaker 1: the heat off. Your teammates might have to answer your 217 00:11:04,960 --> 00:11:08,800 Speaker 1: questions for you. Derek Jeter was perhaps the best at this. 218 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:13,000 Speaker 1: Derek Jeter was at his locker every single night, win 219 00:11:13,240 --> 00:11:16,240 Speaker 1: or lose. He wasn't always interesting, In fact, he was 220 00:11:16,360 --> 00:11:20,320 Speaker 1: rarely interesting, but he showed his teammates, hey, I'm going 221 00:11:20,400 --> 00:11:22,880 Speaker 1: to stand up. I am going to be accountable, and 222 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:28,160 Speaker 1: as a result, his teammates were often usually accountable too. Now, 223 00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:32,680 Speaker 1: my column the next day wasn't so much a criticism 224 00:11:32,679 --> 00:11:35,880 Speaker 1: of pooholes as it was kind of an explanation of 225 00:11:36,160 --> 00:11:39,320 Speaker 1: what I just said why it's beneficial for players to 226 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:42,199 Speaker 1: talk for a number of reasons. It's the direct way 227 00:11:42,240 --> 00:11:45,520 Speaker 1: to communicate with fans. I went through the whole thing again. 228 00:11:45,720 --> 00:11:47,600 Speaker 1: I wouldn't call it a rip job by any stretch 229 00:11:47,640 --> 00:11:49,560 Speaker 1: of the imagination, at least compared to some of the 230 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:53,120 Speaker 1: other things that were written. Okay, so we go to 231 00:11:53,160 --> 00:11:57,559 Speaker 1: Game three. What happens in Game three? Albert pooholes three 232 00:11:57,600 --> 00:12:01,480 Speaker 1: home runs, Historic night, one of the great World Series 233 00:12:01,520 --> 00:12:06,360 Speaker 1: performances in recent memory, maybe ever. After the game, I 234 00:12:06,440 --> 00:12:09,920 Speaker 1: interview him for Fox. That's normally what happens when a 235 00:12:09,920 --> 00:12:11,760 Speaker 1: guy hits three home runs of a World Series game 236 00:12:11,760 --> 00:12:12,560 Speaker 1: and his team wins. 237 00:12:14,040 --> 00:12:14,920 Speaker 3: I do the interview. 238 00:12:15,520 --> 00:12:19,640 Speaker 1: Albert answers the questions, but as he's answering the questions, 239 00:12:19,960 --> 00:12:20,400 Speaker 1: he's not. 240 00:12:20,400 --> 00:12:21,000 Speaker 3: Looking at me. 241 00:12:21,480 --> 00:12:24,120 Speaker 1: He's really not looking anywhere close to me. He's kind 242 00:12:24,120 --> 00:12:25,920 Speaker 1: of staring off into the outfield. 243 00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:27,440 Speaker 2: The interview is. 244 00:12:27,440 --> 00:12:31,360 Speaker 1: Over, I sort of think nothing of it. Welcome back 245 00:12:31,400 --> 00:12:34,679 Speaker 1: to the production truck. I'm not like reacting one way 246 00:12:34,760 --> 00:12:36,720 Speaker 1: or the other. I'm not even upset. I'm not anything. 247 00:12:36,760 --> 00:12:37,880 Speaker 1: It's just the interview's over. 248 00:12:37,920 --> 00:12:39,520 Speaker 3: I gotta go right now, and let's go. 249 00:12:40,440 --> 00:12:42,720 Speaker 1: But when I get back to the truck, this is 250 00:12:42,720 --> 00:12:45,520 Speaker 1: where the Fox people are. The producer, the director, and 251 00:12:46,480 --> 00:12:49,000 Speaker 1: with playoff games often are executives as well. 252 00:12:50,200 --> 00:12:51,440 Speaker 3: Are head of Fox Sports. 253 00:12:51,440 --> 00:12:53,960 Speaker 1: At the time, Ed Goren is in the truck. He 254 00:12:54,040 --> 00:12:57,679 Speaker 1: of course has watched the interview and he is livid. 255 00:12:58,400 --> 00:13:01,000 Speaker 1: He is livid because of the way it came off, 256 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:04,400 Speaker 1: because it looked like Albert was being disrespectful, he was 257 00:13:04,440 --> 00:13:06,319 Speaker 1: staring off into the sky, he was. 258 00:13:06,280 --> 00:13:08,320 Speaker 2: Not really engaged all of that. 259 00:13:09,640 --> 00:13:13,480 Speaker 1: And Ed Goren had a point, this is the showcase 260 00:13:13,480 --> 00:13:17,480 Speaker 1: event for baseball, the World Series, and you want your 261 00:13:17,480 --> 00:13:21,960 Speaker 1: players to kind of be with it, and what Albert 262 00:13:21,960 --> 00:13:24,080 Speaker 1: did it certainly wasn't a great look. 263 00:13:24,400 --> 00:13:24,640 Speaker 3: Now. 264 00:13:24,679 --> 00:13:28,520 Speaker 1: Of course, Albert Pooles is an analyst for MLB Network 265 00:13:28,679 --> 00:13:31,520 Speaker 1: and there was a recent story about him and his 266 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:35,000 Speaker 1: new job, and it detailed how Albert was working just 267 00:13:35,040 --> 00:13:36,920 Speaker 1: as hard at this job as he worked as a 268 00:13:36,920 --> 00:13:37,679 Speaker 1: baseball player. 269 00:13:37,720 --> 00:13:40,120 Speaker 2: He wants to be great as an analyst. 270 00:13:40,720 --> 00:13:43,520 Speaker 1: And it's always interesting to me with certain players become 271 00:13:43,640 --> 00:13:46,240 Speaker 1: members of the media and they see the other side. 272 00:13:46,679 --> 00:13:52,240 Speaker 1: It's all fine, it's all good. And actually with Albert pooles. 273 00:13:52,320 --> 00:13:55,800 Speaker 1: Forget anything that might have happened in our interactions or 274 00:13:56,160 --> 00:13:57,200 Speaker 1: anything at all like that. 275 00:13:57,559 --> 00:13:58,760 Speaker 2: It's not really relevant. 276 00:13:58,880 --> 00:14:01,120 Speaker 1: What is relevant is that he was a singular pleasure 277 00:14:01,200 --> 00:14:04,520 Speaker 1: to watch on an everyday basis. I loved watching this 278 00:14:04,559 --> 00:14:07,400 Speaker 1: guy hit and you know what, I loved our back 279 00:14:07,440 --> 00:14:10,680 Speaker 1: and forth over the years too. Happy birthday, Albert, Happy 280 00:14:10,679 --> 00:14:14,080 Speaker 1: birthday number five. Time now for dude and dork. 281 00:14:13,920 --> 00:14:15,559 Speaker 3: Of the week due to the week. 282 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:18,920 Speaker 1: I don't often like the honor players simply because they're 283 00:14:18,960 --> 00:14:21,160 Speaker 1: making a lot of money. But I'm going to honor 284 00:14:21,200 --> 00:14:23,320 Speaker 1: a player who is making a lot of money because 285 00:14:23,560 --> 00:14:28,080 Speaker 1: his career to this point, well, his earnings have reflected 286 00:14:28,080 --> 00:14:30,920 Speaker 1: what he has accomplished, and he's going to accomplish even 287 00:14:30,960 --> 00:14:34,800 Speaker 1: more going forward. I feel relatively comfortable saying that Juan 288 00:14:34,880 --> 00:14:36,040 Speaker 1: Soto due to the week. 289 00:14:36,080 --> 00:14:36,760 Speaker 2: And here's why. 290 00:14:37,520 --> 00:14:40,160 Speaker 1: Thirty one million dollars in arbitration. 291 00:14:39,960 --> 00:14:41,320 Speaker 3: That is what his settlement was for. 292 00:14:41,480 --> 00:14:45,000 Speaker 1: That is the highest salary ever for an arbitration eligible player, 293 00:14:45,240 --> 00:14:47,840 Speaker 1: beats Shoheo Tani's thirty million from last year. 294 00:14:48,520 --> 00:14:50,880 Speaker 3: Also, Soto in. 295 00:14:50,920 --> 00:14:54,160 Speaker 1: Part because he was eligible for arbitration four years and 296 00:14:54,240 --> 00:14:56,120 Speaker 1: not the typical three. 297 00:14:56,240 --> 00:14:57,200 Speaker 3: He was a super two. 298 00:14:58,240 --> 00:15:03,760 Speaker 1: His career earnings in arbitration alone seventy nine point six million, 299 00:15:03,880 --> 00:15:07,880 Speaker 1: almost eighty million dollars just in arbitration. That too is 300 00:15:07,920 --> 00:15:11,560 Speaker 1: a record. And as I wrote the other day, for 301 00:15:11,640 --> 00:15:14,600 Speaker 1: all that money, if you look at Juan Soto's war, 302 00:15:15,200 --> 00:15:17,520 Speaker 1: his career war, or his war even during that four 303 00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:21,320 Speaker 1: year period, and you assign an eight million dollar value 304 00:15:21,480 --> 00:15:25,720 Speaker 1: per each point of war, that properly is a low estimate. 305 00:15:25,840 --> 00:15:28,400 Speaker 1: Some people say, now war is worth one war is 306 00:15:28,440 --> 00:15:30,720 Speaker 1: worth nine million or ten million whatever. 307 00:15:31,440 --> 00:15:32,520 Speaker 2: The earnings or. 308 00:15:32,480 --> 00:15:36,800 Speaker 1: The actual value is something like two hundred and twenty million, 309 00:15:37,040 --> 00:15:39,479 Speaker 1: and he's earned eighty million, So he's. 310 00:15:39,200 --> 00:15:40,600 Speaker 2: Provided some bang for the buck. 311 00:15:40,680 --> 00:15:43,960 Speaker 1: And let's face it, he is going to get one 312 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:46,400 Speaker 1: more big payday once he becomes a free agent, and 313 00:15:46,400 --> 00:15:48,480 Speaker 1: I assume he will become a free agent and not. 314 00:15:48,440 --> 00:15:49,960 Speaker 2: Sign an extension with the Yankees. 315 00:15:50,800 --> 00:15:52,680 Speaker 1: I expect he's going to get five hundred million in 316 00:15:52,720 --> 00:15:53,840 Speaker 1: free agency, and I. 317 00:15:53,800 --> 00:15:56,040 Speaker 2: Expect that it won't be deferred. 318 00:15:56,440 --> 00:15:58,160 Speaker 1: He's going to get his money and he's going to 319 00:15:58,200 --> 00:15:59,000 Speaker 1: get it upfront. 320 00:15:59,400 --> 00:16:01,120 Speaker 3: One so great player. 321 00:16:01,160 --> 00:16:03,720 Speaker 1: Of course, we're all looking forward to seeing him play 322 00:16:03,800 --> 00:16:07,080 Speaker 1: at Yankee Stadium due to the week because of all 323 00:16:07,120 --> 00:16:09,280 Speaker 1: that he has accomplished and all the money he has 324 00:16:09,320 --> 00:16:10,720 Speaker 1: earned in his career. 325 00:16:11,760 --> 00:16:12,400 Speaker 3: Dark of the Week. 326 00:16:12,440 --> 00:16:14,440 Speaker 1: We had some interesting candidates this week. 327 00:16:14,560 --> 00:16:16,040 Speaker 3: We had yours truly. 328 00:16:15,760 --> 00:16:18,760 Speaker 1: For the column, Wander Franco. I certainly was a candidate, 329 00:16:18,840 --> 00:16:20,840 Speaker 1: and I am a candidate and in the eyes of 330 00:16:20,920 --> 00:16:24,480 Speaker 1: many viewers and listeners, might be the guy. We also 331 00:16:24,560 --> 00:16:29,880 Speaker 1: had ESPN for using over a thirteen year period fake 332 00:16:30,280 --> 00:16:33,040 Speaker 1: names that they submitted for Emmy Awards and then they 333 00:16:33,040 --> 00:16:34,760 Speaker 1: have to give the Emmys back. It was a whole 334 00:16:35,520 --> 00:16:39,160 Speaker 1: to do, as documented by the Athletics Katie Strang one 335 00:16:39,200 --> 00:16:42,920 Speaker 1: of the great athletics stories ever. Okay, two candidates there, 336 00:16:43,040 --> 00:16:46,760 Speaker 1: myself ESPN, but we're going to go with one of 337 00:16:46,760 --> 00:16:51,400 Speaker 1: my old employers and one of my good friends, MLB Network. 338 00:16:51,240 --> 00:16:52,160 Speaker 2: And Brian Kenny. 339 00:16:52,680 --> 00:16:54,960 Speaker 1: And this is not a grudge kind of thing, well, 340 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:56,760 Speaker 1: not against the network anyway. 341 00:16:57,000 --> 00:16:59,800 Speaker 2: Brian different story and Brian. 342 00:16:59,600 --> 00:17:01,640 Speaker 1: And them Network or Dorks of the Week because of 343 00:17:01,720 --> 00:17:07,680 Speaker 1: their wonderful top ten list as comprised by the Shredder. Now, 344 00:17:07,760 --> 00:17:09,760 Speaker 1: let's take a look at a tweet from a friend 345 00:17:09,760 --> 00:17:12,520 Speaker 1: of mine, Jared Sandler, played by play Man, studio host 346 00:17:12,600 --> 00:17:16,600 Speaker 1: for the Texas Rangers, about the omission of jonah Heim, 347 00:17:16,840 --> 00:17:20,920 Speaker 1: World Series winning catcher, All Star Gold Glove winner from 348 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:24,400 Speaker 1: the top ten catchers. Here's what Jared had to say. 349 00:17:24,480 --> 00:17:27,800 Speaker 1: I'm sorry, Jonaheim was the All Star catcher who won 350 00:17:27,880 --> 00:17:30,440 Speaker 1: a Gold Glove, was one of the top offensive performing 351 00:17:30,480 --> 00:17:32,919 Speaker 1: catchers and helped lead a team to a World Series 352 00:17:32,920 --> 00:17:34,439 Speaker 1: and he isn't even on this list. 353 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:35,760 Speaker 3: Is this a joke? 354 00:17:36,920 --> 00:17:41,000 Speaker 1: The list is comprised of Adley Rushman, will Smith, Sean Murphy, 355 00:17:41,080 --> 00:17:45,639 Speaker 1: j t Urol Muto, William Contreras, Wilson Contreras, Alejandro Kirk, Jiner, 356 00:17:45,720 --> 00:17:50,280 Speaker 1: Diez cal Raley, and Gabriel Moreno, all fine players, but 357 00:17:50,359 --> 00:17:53,960 Speaker 1: my goodness, jonah Heim belongs somewhere in there, probably on 358 00:17:54,800 --> 00:17:56,200 Speaker 1: or in the top five. 359 00:17:56,880 --> 00:17:57,160 Speaker 2: Now. 360 00:17:57,520 --> 00:18:02,120 Speaker 1: When I was at MLB Network, I often went back 361 00:18:02,160 --> 00:18:04,880 Speaker 1: and forth with mister Brian Kenny, and the top ten 362 00:18:04,920 --> 00:18:10,240 Speaker 1: lists were occasionally subject to debate, and I would tell 363 00:18:10,280 --> 00:18:13,600 Speaker 1: Brian who or ask him. I would ask Brian, who 364 00:18:13,680 --> 00:18:14,360 Speaker 1: is the shredder? 365 00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:15,720 Speaker 2: Are you the shredder? 366 00:18:16,480 --> 00:18:18,359 Speaker 1: Where are we getting the shredder from? And there was 367 00:18:18,400 --> 00:18:22,800 Speaker 1: some kind of compilation of computer analysis, and Brian would 368 00:18:22,800 --> 00:18:25,879 Speaker 1: always demand that if you had an opinion on a player, 369 00:18:25,920 --> 00:18:30,080 Speaker 1: you had to give your objective methodology. Well, I would 370 00:18:30,119 --> 00:18:34,680 Speaker 1: like to know the objective methodology that omitted jonah Heim 371 00:18:35,160 --> 00:18:38,280 Speaker 1: from the top ten catchers. B K. You are welcome 372 00:18:38,320 --> 00:18:41,440 Speaker 1: to address this at any time. And I'm taking this 373 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:46,119 Speaker 1: and using this opportunity to jab at BK because I know, 374 00:18:47,200 --> 00:18:49,400 Speaker 1: I know that I need a preemptive strike, because once 375 00:18:49,400 --> 00:18:51,720 Speaker 1: the Hall of Fame vote is announced, he is going 376 00:18:51,760 --> 00:18:55,320 Speaker 1: to assail, as he does every year, the voting members 377 00:18:55,359 --> 00:18:58,080 Speaker 1: of the Baseball Writers Association of America, the people he 378 00:18:58,160 --> 00:19:01,720 Speaker 1: calls the brethren. Hey, dork of the week, We're coming 379 00:19:01,800 --> 00:19:05,119 Speaker 1: at you first time. Now for Brilli and Ken, let's 380 00:19:05,119 --> 00:19:08,560 Speaker 1: get to your questions. The first question comes from Machado 381 00:19:08,680 --> 00:19:10,360 Speaker 1: runs as the ruben Vasquez. 382 00:19:10,440 --> 00:19:12,320 Speaker 3: He asks, why do you. 383 00:19:12,359 --> 00:19:16,960 Speaker 1: Hate San Diego? Every chance you get, small dog? Now, 384 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:21,320 Speaker 1: I always love a good short comment. I've been short 385 00:19:21,359 --> 00:19:23,920 Speaker 1: for let's see sixty one years now. 386 00:19:24,400 --> 00:19:25,320 Speaker 2: You can't get me with that. 387 00:19:26,119 --> 00:19:30,040 Speaker 1: You ask me, as Padre fans have recently and often, 388 00:19:30,440 --> 00:19:31,840 Speaker 1: why do I hate the Padres? 389 00:19:31,920 --> 00:19:34,119 Speaker 2: Why do I hate San Diego? 390 00:19:34,359 --> 00:19:37,080 Speaker 1: Mets fans ask why I hate the Mets? Orioles fans 391 00:19:37,119 --> 00:19:38,920 Speaker 1: have been asking ever since I was at the Baltimore 392 00:19:39,040 --> 00:19:42,120 Speaker 1: son thirty five years ago why I hate the Orioles. 393 00:19:42,720 --> 00:19:45,520 Speaker 1: Other teams at various points asked why I hate their team. 394 00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:47,920 Speaker 1: The Phillies have been in this conversation once in a while. 395 00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:51,280 Speaker 1: This is not unusual for me, and I get it 396 00:19:52,200 --> 00:19:55,600 Speaker 1: some fans take offense when a national writer writes critically 397 00:19:55,600 --> 00:20:00,200 Speaker 1: about their team. That, however, is my job and I'm 398 00:20:00,200 --> 00:20:04,000 Speaker 1: going to continue doing it, and I do it knowing 399 00:20:04,320 --> 00:20:06,119 Speaker 1: that there is not a lot of this being done 400 00:20:06,240 --> 00:20:10,199 Speaker 1: nationally anymore. And the athletic is a particularly aggressive outlet. 401 00:20:10,240 --> 00:20:11,919 Speaker 1: That is the way we have fashioned it, that is 402 00:20:11,960 --> 00:20:14,320 Speaker 1: the way we want it to be now. Specifically with 403 00:20:14,359 --> 00:20:17,840 Speaker 1: the Padres, I believe I wrote twice about. 404 00:20:17,640 --> 00:20:18,359 Speaker 2: Them last year. 405 00:20:18,560 --> 00:20:21,719 Speaker 1: Once was in May when they played the Dodgers got 406 00:20:21,760 --> 00:20:23,760 Speaker 1: beaten a series at Dodger Stadium, and I kind of 407 00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:26,439 Speaker 1: compared the two clubs, and obviously it was not a 408 00:20:26,480 --> 00:20:28,960 Speaker 1: favorable comparison for the Padres, the way they were run, 409 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:31,440 Speaker 1: the way they were constructed, etc. And then, for the 410 00:20:31,480 --> 00:20:34,600 Speaker 1: second straight year, Dennis Linn and I combined on a 411 00:20:34,760 --> 00:20:37,960 Speaker 1: long story at the end of the year detailing the 412 00:20:37,960 --> 00:20:42,960 Speaker 1: team's problems, the financial issues, the internal issues, the fisher 413 00:20:43,119 --> 00:20:46,880 Speaker 1: between general manager a J Preller and manager Bob Melvin. 414 00:20:46,600 --> 00:20:48,840 Speaker 2: That eventually led to Melvin's departure. 415 00:20:49,640 --> 00:20:52,480 Speaker 1: I don't necessarily consider two articles and maybe there was 416 00:20:52,480 --> 00:20:54,399 Speaker 1: a third in there somewhere to be a crusade or 417 00:20:54,400 --> 00:20:58,800 Speaker 1: any kind. But I understand fans have this perception. And 418 00:20:58,880 --> 00:21:02,399 Speaker 1: I remember also that when AJ Preller had a press 419 00:21:02,400 --> 00:21:04,399 Speaker 1: conference at the end of the season, Any questioned our 420 00:21:04,480 --> 00:21:07,240 Speaker 1: use of unnamed sources and said he doesn't take or 421 00:21:07,440 --> 00:21:10,720 Speaker 1: put much credence in that. I came back on this 422 00:21:10,840 --> 00:21:14,520 Speaker 1: show and kind of fired back at him because much. 423 00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:16,520 Speaker 2: Of what we said, virtually all of what we. 424 00:21:16,520 --> 00:21:20,960 Speaker 1: Said has kind of come to pass. Now that doesn't 425 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:24,720 Speaker 1: mean that this thing can turn around tomorrow. But the Padres, 426 00:21:24,760 --> 00:21:26,960 Speaker 1: you look at them right now, they're not in a 427 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:30,199 Speaker 1: great spot. Starting pitching beyond the top three if you 428 00:21:30,200 --> 00:21:34,400 Speaker 1: include Michael King, not great. The outfield really includes only 429 00:21:34,440 --> 00:21:38,840 Speaker 1: Tattis Junior. So again, it's my job to look at 430 00:21:38,840 --> 00:21:41,760 Speaker 1: teams critically and to analyze them. I don't have a 431 00:21:41,800 --> 00:21:45,840 Speaker 1: grudge or a favorite or anything like that. This is 432 00:21:45,880 --> 00:21:48,400 Speaker 1: a job. And you want to know, my favorite team 433 00:21:48,400 --> 00:21:50,399 Speaker 1: growing up the Mets. With my favorite team growing up, 434 00:21:50,440 --> 00:21:53,880 Speaker 1: I grew up on Long Island and in Queens and 435 00:21:53,960 --> 00:21:56,800 Speaker 1: Mets fans routinely say why you're so mean to Steve Cohen. 436 00:21:57,359 --> 00:21:59,960 Speaker 1: It's just part of the job, all right, Let's go 437 00:22:00,080 --> 00:22:03,000 Speaker 1: to the next question now. The next question comes from 438 00:22:03,320 --> 00:22:08,399 Speaker 1: Jordan also known as Darth Lung, who asked in capital letters, 439 00:22:08,880 --> 00:22:10,320 Speaker 1: what are the Angels doing? 440 00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:12,560 Speaker 3: I wrote about the Angels. 441 00:22:12,240 --> 00:22:14,240 Speaker 2: The other day in my latest notes. 442 00:22:13,960 --> 00:22:17,440 Speaker 1: Column, and I explained that they're basically in on everyone 443 00:22:17,520 --> 00:22:21,880 Speaker 1: and anyone. Pitchers, hitters, expensive guys, cheaper guys, you name it. 444 00:22:21,960 --> 00:22:22,560 Speaker 2: They're trying. 445 00:22:23,480 --> 00:22:25,800 Speaker 1: What they're going to do, however, remains to be seen. 446 00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:28,640 Speaker 1: They sort of like their position group. 447 00:22:28,840 --> 00:22:29,639 Speaker 3: They know they need. 448 00:22:29,520 --> 00:22:34,160 Speaker 1: Another infielder type to protect with Rendon of course being 449 00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:37,720 Speaker 1: always hurt. But they like their group in general. They 450 00:22:37,760 --> 00:22:42,000 Speaker 1: want to add pitching first and foremost. They're dabbling in Snell. 451 00:22:42,119 --> 00:22:44,720 Speaker 1: They're gonna dabble on some of these other guys as well. 452 00:22:45,320 --> 00:22:49,120 Speaker 1: But as I wrote, Arnie Moreno as an owner has 453 00:22:49,240 --> 00:22:52,080 Speaker 1: not been one to spend big on free agent pictures. 454 00:22:52,720 --> 00:22:55,520 Speaker 1: Their biggest pitching signing ever was Jared Weaver. He was 455 00:22:55,560 --> 00:22:58,240 Speaker 1: an extension that was an eighty five million dollar deal. 456 00:22:58,680 --> 00:23:01,439 Speaker 1: The biggest free agent picture it was CJ. Wilson's seventy 457 00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:03,520 Speaker 1: seven point five million. That was the year they signed 458 00:23:03,520 --> 00:23:06,360 Speaker 1: Pooholes twenty eleven, so it's. 459 00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:07,400 Speaker 3: Not something they generally do. 460 00:23:07,520 --> 00:23:09,960 Speaker 1: They bid for coal a few years back but didn't 461 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:12,920 Speaker 1: work out, so I would expect they're going to. 462 00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:15,119 Speaker 3: Supplement with a few different things. 463 00:23:15,280 --> 00:23:16,640 Speaker 1: I don't know that. 464 00:23:16,640 --> 00:23:21,440 Speaker 2: They're gonna do anything on a major scale. All right. 465 00:23:21,560 --> 00:23:24,880 Speaker 1: Final question comes from JD johnny D forty nine, who 466 00:23:24,920 --> 00:23:28,800 Speaker 1: asks have teams finally gotten to the point where no 467 00:23:28,960 --> 00:23:34,640 Speaker 1: team will give into Boris's insane contract demands? JD, if 468 00:23:34,640 --> 00:23:36,919 Speaker 1: we had this show ten years running now, and of 469 00:23:36,920 --> 00:23:38,639 Speaker 1: course we don't, this is our first year, but if 470 00:23:38,640 --> 00:23:41,240 Speaker 1: we had a ten years running, I would assume we 471 00:23:41,280 --> 00:23:43,720 Speaker 1: would have gotten a question like that virtually every year, 472 00:23:44,240 --> 00:23:48,720 Speaker 1: and virtually every year GMS agents writers say this. 473 00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:50,760 Speaker 2: Is the year he finally gets caught. This is the 474 00:23:50,880 --> 00:23:51,880 Speaker 2: year Boris. 475 00:23:51,640 --> 00:23:55,600 Speaker 1: Isn't gonna get what he wants, and occasionally, in individual 476 00:23:55,680 --> 00:23:59,520 Speaker 1: examples you will see that Michael CONFORDA was an example. 477 00:23:59,560 --> 00:24:01,760 Speaker 3: Of course, he got hurt, but he had turned down 478 00:24:01,760 --> 00:24:02,280 Speaker 3: some money. 479 00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:04,480 Speaker 1: I can think of some other examples too, over the 480 00:24:04,560 --> 00:24:08,320 Speaker 1: years of players who did not meet expectations, but more 481 00:24:08,359 --> 00:24:11,360 Speaker 1: often than not with the big players, the stars, he 482 00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:14,680 Speaker 1: does get something resembling what he is aiming for, or 483 00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:18,760 Speaker 1: at least what we think is a good contract. I 484 00:24:18,760 --> 00:24:21,960 Speaker 1: think Snell's getting paid. I think Jordan Montgomery's getting paid, 485 00:24:22,080 --> 00:24:24,720 Speaker 1: Cody Bellinger's getting paid, and Matt Chapman's getting paid. 486 00:24:24,760 --> 00:24:26,359 Speaker 2: Those four, those are the Big Four. 487 00:24:27,320 --> 00:24:30,520 Speaker 1: How it all shakes out, I don't know, But so 488 00:24:30,640 --> 00:24:34,080 Speaker 1: many times in my career, so many times over the 489 00:24:34,160 --> 00:24:37,280 Speaker 1: last ten twenty years, I've thought, uh uh, he's not 490 00:24:37,320 --> 00:24:40,760 Speaker 1: going to get it this time, and almost always he does. 491 00:24:40,920 --> 00:24:44,919 Speaker 1: So while teams have maybe wised up to a certain degree, 492 00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:47,879 Speaker 1: all it takes is one, and all it takes is 493 00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:50,920 Speaker 1: one to sign any player, and I expect there will 494 00:24:50,960 --> 00:24:53,280 Speaker 1: be one team for each of the Big four that 495 00:24:53,359 --> 00:24:57,800 Speaker 1: Scott Boris represents. Thanks everyone for your questions, Thanks for listening, 496 00:24:57,880 --> 00:25:03,400 Speaker 1: Thanks for watching. You know where to find out us YouTube, Apple, Spotify, Like, subscribe, 497 00:25:03,640 --> 00:25:06,240 Speaker 1: do whatever you'd like. We'll be back next week regular 498 00:25:06,359 --> 00:25:09,200 Speaker 1: schedule Monday. Thanks everyone, and have. 499 00:25:09,160 --> 00:25:09,840 Speaker 2: A great week. 500 00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:12,480 Speaker 4: We've got a new offer for the ft fam with 501 00:25:12,560 --> 00:25:16,359 Speaker 4: the same bonus code foul fo ul bet five dollars 502 00:25:16,359 --> 00:25:19,879 Speaker 4: get one hundred and fifty eight dollars instantly. 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