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Speaker 1: Hey, AJ reported report on time. Good job a J.

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Speaker 2: Why is this a story? We're not really going to

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you report it on time, although you're only going

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Speaker 1: find out that little nugget this weekend. Did you know that?

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Speaker 2: Do you mean what? So they can they can send

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Speaker 1: Pay him if he says I won't be a reliever.

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Speaker 1: That's not allowed. You have to do what the team

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Speaker 1: you know that?

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Speaker 1: Is that not true?

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Speaker 2: What else? I mean? No?

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Speaker 2: So it goes back to my phil Nevin story. So

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Speaker 2: it goes back to my Phil Nevin story where Phil Nevin.

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Speaker 1: I think not fair that you tell that story. I

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Speaker 1: We are charging the mound. Alex Bregman is in camp,

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Speaker 1: By the way, the Red Sox are operating a little

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Speaker 1: They also got to pick back even though they lost

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Speaker 1: is where is Alex Bregman going to play? Did we

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Speaker 4: AC and I we have an obligation to the team,

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Speaker 2: Second base second base is going to play second base

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Speaker 2: because they need I think they need they need casts

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Speaker 2: So because if Devers is DH's DH in every single day.

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Speaker 3: I get what you're saying that you heard him say

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Speaker 3: both offense and defense, but you're you're hearing it for

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Speaker 3: what you want to hear. Yes, they're a better team

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Speaker 3: defensively with Bragman at third base. How much worse are

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Speaker 2: I'm gonna say, we need you to play the position

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Speaker 2: will be a third I know devers defense is questionable,

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Speaker 2: but you need Cossus and you need Yoshida, and they

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Speaker 2: But if David Ortiz is your everyday DH, guess who

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Speaker 2: But other than that, David Orts is your DH every day.

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Speaker 2: don't seem willing to do. Alex Pregnant, I'm sorry, you're

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Speaker 2: gonna have to play second base for now, for now,

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Speaker 3: I love what and by the way. That was a

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Speaker 3: A j just saying, well, ask John Farrell at some

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Speaker 3: point if they were punishing you were not, but no.

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Speaker 2: They were. They were making sure David Price didn't throw

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Speaker 2: it David and hit them, which he did when he

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Speaker 2: but it was more of a we don't want David

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Speaker 2: we don't really care, and we had already gotten into

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Speaker 3: That's great, that's that's good stuff to me. What Preslo said,

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Speaker 3: now this is when whether the Red Sox spend three

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Speaker 3: is that to me is a shift in an organizational

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I agree with you, And we have a guest,

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Speaker 1: want to get to Shoho Tani. So he's back on

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Speaker 1: So how do you think they're going to play this out?

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Speaker 1: Do you think they're just going to say each day show, Hey,

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Speaker 2: No, I think they're gonna be careful and they're not

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Speaker 3: As they should, he doesn't know what it's like to

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Speaker 2: The Dodgers don't. So it's really on the Dodgers to

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Speaker 2: Yes, Okay. Basically, he took the Red Sox at their

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Speaker 2: not world. When you said world, it was word word.

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Speaker 1: This is breaking news. Devers was not a good third

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Speaker 2: That sums it up. I mean, what what what Alex

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Speaker 2: what you get, Bro? You're gonna play wherever we tell

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Speaker 1: So how do you think it's gonna play out when

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Speaker 3: It's going to play out really well because Alex has

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Speaker 3: And I don't know Alex well enough, but from what

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Speaker 2: I don't believe this is the first time he's told

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Speaker 3: And it's okay that Dever says something and then Alex

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Speaker 1: So how does this play out? You guys ever witnessed

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Speaker 2: Would I be disappointed. No, I'd be like, Okay, guys,

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Speaker 2: I get it. Everybody wants to win and everybody wants

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Speaker 3: It's not It's not a player thing. This is This

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Speaker 3: because that is where the Red Sox will live and

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Speaker 1: Okay, I gotta do role play for a moment, because

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Speaker 1: Okay, AJ coming to my office. I hear that you

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Speaker 1: Why don't you just mash Maybe you'll have the year

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Speaker 2: Nope, I want to play third base, but you.

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Speaker 2: Just want to be clear. Yeah, I'm telling you exactly

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Speaker 1: Okay, so you you propray me or bench me. You're

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Speaker 1: Not benching you, Okay. I just want to be clear

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Speaker 2: Why? And guess what? I'm playing? Third base? Because guess

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Speaker 2: Raffie Devers mindset because he's gonna be there longer. According

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Speaker 2: Guess who's gonna have to be your third baseman, Raffi Devers.

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Speaker 2: You want him pissed off after for no reason. No,

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna keep pushing this. So Yoshida gets traded. I

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Speaker 2: He's gonna play if you put him there, but that

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Speaker 3: Say what you want willing if he's willing to fight

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Speaker 1: I know how these guys communicate, especially talk to him,

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Speaker 2: Also say this yes, and I'm gonna say this too.

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Speaker 2: You know what Raphael Devers is saying, I'm at third basement.

432
00:20:11,080 --> 00:20:12,000
Speaker 2: I got a chance to go to the Hall of

433
00:20:12,040 --> 00:20:13,040
Speaker 2: Fame as a third baseman.

434
00:20:14,600 --> 00:20:16,720
Speaker 1: Great, I'll see you in twenty twenty six at third base.

435
00:20:16,920 --> 00:20:21,639
Speaker 2: Maybe you don't want to lose that year of him, Scott,

436
00:20:21,680 --> 00:20:22,919
Speaker 2: I'm telling you it's not worth it.

437
00:20:23,160 --> 00:20:25,600
Speaker 1: You don't think what if Christian Campbell is Rookie of

438
00:20:25,600 --> 00:20:27,800
Speaker 1: the Year, the next big thing? Where do you play him?

439
00:20:28,960 --> 00:20:30,600
Speaker 2: You gotta figure it out. What if Trevor's story goes

440
00:20:30,640 --> 00:20:33,480
Speaker 2: out and gets injured? Can Christian Campbell play shortstop? Who knows?

441
00:20:33,720 --> 00:20:36,800
Speaker 2: What if it has a bad year and he opts

442
00:20:36,800 --> 00:20:38,320
Speaker 2: in for two more years, then what do you do

443
00:20:38,359 --> 00:20:40,360
Speaker 2: with Christian Campbell? Do you trade him?

444
00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:42,000
Speaker 1: No?

445
00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:44,720
Speaker 2: No, I'm just saying that I can play what if

446
00:20:44,800 --> 00:20:47,600
Speaker 2: all day. But I'm telling you, as a player, when

447
00:20:47,640 --> 00:20:50,159
Speaker 2: the team comes to you, you don't want your superstar

448
00:20:50,240 --> 00:20:52,919
Speaker 2: pissed off. You just don't want him pissed off. You

449
00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:56,160
Speaker 2: don't want him to be mad on opening day, first

450
00:20:56,240 --> 00:20:59,359
Speaker 2: day of spring training. You just want your superstar to

451
00:20:59,359 --> 00:21:01,199
Speaker 2: be focused on what he needs to be focus on.

452
00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:03,520
Speaker 2: With Raffi Devers is go out there and hit Homer's

453
00:21:03,520 --> 00:21:06,000
Speaker 2: off Garrett Cole and make his life miserable, right, make

454
00:21:06,080 --> 00:21:08,440
Speaker 2: him make him walk you make him know.

455
00:21:08,400 --> 00:21:10,680
Speaker 1: It, which he can do as a DH I would

456
00:21:10,680 --> 00:21:12,720
Speaker 1: just be pissed, honestly. If I'm on the other side,

457
00:21:12,880 --> 00:21:15,359
Speaker 1: this is what the decision is from the front office

458
00:21:15,359 --> 00:21:18,200
Speaker 1: and the team, I would be pissed that he's not.

459
00:21:20,240 --> 00:21:22,720
Speaker 2: Role play. I'm pissed this became a public thing and

460
00:21:22,760 --> 00:21:24,840
Speaker 2: that the front office went and made it a public

461
00:21:24,840 --> 00:21:26,879
Speaker 2: thing because I'm like this. We could have had this

462
00:21:26,920 --> 00:21:29,280
Speaker 2: conversation behind closed doors. Why is the manager having this

463
00:21:29,600 --> 00:21:32,800
Speaker 2: with the media? It works, see how players think, because

464
00:21:32,840 --> 00:21:34,840
Speaker 2: then you know what the player does. The player goes

465
00:21:34,880 --> 00:21:36,359
Speaker 2: to another player and the player goes, You're right, he

466
00:21:36,359 --> 00:21:38,239
Speaker 2: shouldn't have said that, And then the next player goes

467
00:21:38,280 --> 00:21:40,119
Speaker 2: to the next player in that locker room goes, man,

468
00:21:40,119 --> 00:21:42,119
Speaker 2: he shouldn't have said that. I love Alex Cora. So

469
00:21:42,160 --> 00:21:44,679
Speaker 2: I'm sure there's been conversations that have already had. But

470
00:21:44,800 --> 00:21:46,920
Speaker 2: this is how it works in the locker room. Man, Right,

471
00:21:46,960 --> 00:21:51,000
Speaker 2: Am I wrong? Crats if you if you're in New York, right,

472
00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:52,760
Speaker 2: and Aaron Judge, if Aaron Boon would have come out

473
00:21:52,760 --> 00:21:56,040
Speaker 2: and said something about hey Aaron without with you know, hey,

474
00:21:56,240 --> 00:21:58,400
Speaker 2: putting him in a spot, guess what Aaron Judge does

475
00:21:58,440 --> 00:22:00,119
Speaker 2: he goes to the next player and goes, man, can

476
00:22:00,160 --> 00:22:02,200
Speaker 2: you believe Boone said this about me? Look at the newspaper,

477
00:22:02,440 --> 00:22:04,080
Speaker 2: And then that player is not going to side against

478
00:22:04,080 --> 00:22:07,160
Speaker 2: Aaron Judge. He's gonna say, yeah, you're right, Boone should

479
00:22:07,160 --> 00:22:09,160
Speaker 2: have said that, And then the whole clubhouse starts talking

480
00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:11,000
Speaker 2: about it and talking about and talking about it, and

481
00:22:11,040 --> 00:22:12,840
Speaker 2: it becomes a thing that it doesn't need to become.

482
00:22:13,680 --> 00:22:17,879
Speaker 1: No, you're right. John Carlos Stanton had some interesting words

483
00:22:17,920 --> 00:22:20,400
Speaker 1: spoken about him from Cashman last year, saying whatever, he's

484
00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:22,480
Speaker 1: gonna get hurt, and then he bashed a bunch of

485
00:22:22,480 --> 00:22:25,280
Speaker 1: postseason homers for the team and said take that. So,

486
00:22:25,400 --> 00:22:27,800
Speaker 1: I do think you can also just play like a

487
00:22:27,840 --> 00:22:30,960
Speaker 1: stud and then make everyone happen.

488
00:22:31,040 --> 00:22:32,359
Speaker 2: For him to be at his best, he thinks he

489
00:22:32,359 --> 00:22:33,280
Speaker 2: has to play third base.

490
00:22:34,119 --> 00:22:35,920
Speaker 1: Eloya Menez thought he had to be at his best

491
00:22:35,920 --> 00:22:37,880
Speaker 1: playing the outfield and forgetting.

492
00:22:37,600 --> 00:22:42,320
Speaker 3: Not talking about not talking about players. I understand that

493
00:22:42,400 --> 00:22:45,960
Speaker 3: we're talking about superstars, and here's here's here's the bottom line.

494
00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:48,560
Speaker 3: I don't know if it even applies to this. Not

495
00:22:48,640 --> 00:22:52,200
Speaker 3: everybody on the team is treated equally. They're all treated fairly.

496
00:22:52,840 --> 00:22:55,720
Speaker 3: Superstars are way different if you're a manager that tries

497
00:22:55,760 --> 00:22:59,800
Speaker 3: to treat everybody equally, you're gonna be a five hundred

498
00:22:59,840 --> 00:23:01,960
Speaker 3: man and the rest of your life, that's how it goes.

499
00:23:01,960 --> 00:23:04,600
Speaker 2: You'll be fired. You can be fired quick. Oh you'll

500
00:23:04,640 --> 00:23:05,520
Speaker 2: be fired for sure.

501
00:23:06,520 --> 00:23:08,879
Speaker 1: I just remember sitting with Tony LaRussa and him saying,

502
00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:10,840
Speaker 1: we need a lay to be a DH. This this

503
00:23:10,880 --> 00:23:13,320
Speaker 1: outfield experiment's not going well and he's getting hurt, and

504
00:23:13,359 --> 00:23:14,960
Speaker 1: I'm like, well tell him. He's like, we do, but

505
00:23:15,040 --> 00:23:17,040
Speaker 1: he's really fighting us on it, and I'm just like, damn,

506
00:23:17,040 --> 00:23:19,280
Speaker 1: that sucks because he doesn't know what's best for him.

507
00:23:19,320 --> 00:23:21,080
Speaker 1: And he would have made more money because he would

508
00:23:21,080 --> 00:23:22,760
Speaker 1: have had less injuries. But I know it's not the

509
00:23:22,760 --> 00:23:25,280
Speaker 1: perfect example, just saying it does happen a lot. When

510
00:23:25,280 --> 00:23:27,119
Speaker 1: Boden comes on later this week, he can tell us

511
00:23:27,160 --> 00:23:29,359
Speaker 1: the story about Alfonso Soriano because they had a battle.

512
00:23:29,359 --> 00:23:31,320
Speaker 1: He played. I think he moved to left field and

513
00:23:31,320 --> 00:23:33,000
Speaker 1: he had the best season of his life. Quotes are

514
00:23:33,040 --> 00:23:36,720
Speaker 1: coming out and some things are getting confirmed. AJ Mike

515
00:23:36,800 --> 00:23:39,760
Speaker 1: Trout officially now the right fielder for the Angels. A

516
00:23:39,840 --> 00:23:42,520
Speaker 1: dash of DH here, a dash of center field there.

517
00:23:42,800 --> 00:23:45,119
Speaker 1: But he's gonna play right field, and this was the

518
00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:48,040
Speaker 1: right option. I assume he's well aware of this. He

519
00:23:48,080 --> 00:23:50,520
Speaker 1: wants to stay on the field. They need his bat.

520
00:23:51,960 --> 00:23:53,560
Speaker 2: Oh great, they need him in the lineup. They need

521
00:23:53,560 --> 00:23:55,280
Speaker 2: to keep his legs healthy. That's been his thing, he said,

522
00:23:55,359 --> 00:23:59,159
Speaker 2: leg problems lately, back legs. Right. How do they keep

523
00:23:59,240 --> 00:24:00,680
Speaker 2: him healthy? How does he keep him on the field?

524
00:24:00,760 --> 00:24:03,760
Speaker 2: Right field is much easier than centerfield. That's the argument

525
00:24:03,800 --> 00:24:05,800
Speaker 2: with playing judge in centerfield, as it's too hard on

526
00:24:05,840 --> 00:24:10,400
Speaker 2: his body. So moving to right or a corner, I mean, preferably.

527
00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:11,760
Speaker 2: I would have probably liked to have seen him go

528
00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:13,600
Speaker 2: to left, but I get why they put him in right.

529
00:24:14,119 --> 00:24:16,640
Speaker 2: Little d h here maybe a center field every once

530
00:24:16,680 --> 00:24:18,119
Speaker 2: in a while, but this is the right move for

531
00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:21,800
Speaker 2: the Angels. I would love to see him and left.

532
00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:22,639
Speaker 2: I'm not sure.

533
00:24:22,960 --> 00:24:26,600
Speaker 3: I'm not sure he has the arm for right, but

534
00:24:27,680 --> 00:24:29,560
Speaker 3: I would much rather see him and left, unless they

535
00:24:29,640 --> 00:24:32,400
Speaker 3: have to stick so layer out there more than they

536
00:24:32,400 --> 00:24:34,359
Speaker 3: want to. But I don't think that's the case either,

537
00:24:34,680 --> 00:24:38,000
Speaker 3: And I kind of like it. Maybe it took Joe

538
00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:41,160
Speaker 3: Adele's Maybe I'm missing somebody, but is it Joe Adele's

539
00:24:41,280 --> 00:24:44,520
Speaker 3: chance to kind of be that superstar. Everybody thought he

540
00:24:44,600 --> 00:24:47,399
Speaker 3: was going to be in a superstar position. That's a

541
00:24:47,400 --> 00:24:49,120
Speaker 3: big jump to superstar for him.

542
00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:57,760
Speaker 1: But we'll take star. What I'll take star, I'll take yeah,

543
00:24:57,800 --> 00:24:59,960
Speaker 1: I'll take good, I'll take average. I mean, I agree

544
00:25:00,280 --> 00:25:05,280
Speaker 1: you good, good fella, super athlete. It hasn't all come

545
00:25:05,320 --> 00:25:07,520
Speaker 1: together for him. He's gotten a little better, right, It

546
00:25:07,600 --> 00:25:10,080
Speaker 1: was a really rough start for him, And I wonder

547
00:25:10,440 --> 00:25:13,040
Speaker 1: how old do we think he is at this point? Right?

548
00:25:16,400 --> 00:25:18,760
Speaker 1: Let me check, because.

549
00:25:18,520 --> 00:25:22,760
Speaker 3: He was quickly twenty. He was twenty and nineteen when

550
00:25:22,800 --> 00:25:24,320
Speaker 3: I played twenty at the end of nineteen.

551
00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:28,320
Speaker 1: Yeah, yep, now that twenty five years old. So yeah,

552
00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:30,320
Speaker 1: this is the time. You're right. I mean, you got

553
00:25:30,320 --> 00:25:33,000
Speaker 1: Taylor Ward and Mike Trout in the corners, and you

554
00:25:33,040 --> 00:25:34,919
Speaker 1: got to keep both of those guys healthy, which is

555
00:25:34,960 --> 00:25:37,520
Speaker 1: an issue, and then Joe Adell in centerfield. Do we

556
00:25:37,600 --> 00:25:39,240
Speaker 1: like the outfield arrangement?

557
00:25:42,840 --> 00:25:45,600
Speaker 2: Yeah? It keeps for that on the field. Sure, it

558
00:25:45,720 --> 00:25:48,640
Speaker 2: keeps Trout on the field. Sure. I mean, I don't

559
00:25:48,680 --> 00:25:51,399
Speaker 2: think Trout's a center fielder anymore for me personally. I

560
00:25:51,440 --> 00:25:53,240
Speaker 2: know he wants to say he is, but I just

561
00:25:53,280 --> 00:25:55,560
Speaker 2: don't think he's a center fielder. Anymore with the injuries

562
00:25:55,560 --> 00:25:57,560
Speaker 2: he's had and what he's gone through, and plus if

563
00:25:57,560 --> 00:25:59,119
Speaker 2: he plays a corner again, I'd like to see him

564
00:25:59,160 --> 00:26:01,480
Speaker 2: and left. I know Ward's not going to play right,

565
00:26:01,560 --> 00:26:02,840
Speaker 2: so they have to put him in right, but I

566
00:26:02,840 --> 00:26:04,520
Speaker 2: would love to see him left because it's even less

567
00:26:04,560 --> 00:26:07,359
Speaker 2: on his legs. Especially. This is gonna sound dumb and crowds.

568
00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:09,399
Speaker 2: You can agree with me or not, but this is

569
00:26:09,440 --> 00:26:12,760
Speaker 2: going to sound dumb. When the Angels are in the

570
00:26:12,760 --> 00:26:14,760
Speaker 2: third day stugout, they got to run to left field

571
00:26:14,920 --> 00:26:17,160
Speaker 2: as opposed to running to right field. That's like fifty

572
00:26:17,440 --> 00:26:20,440
Speaker 2: more steps per inning, and that would be a nice

573
00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:25,760
Speaker 2: move for him too. Every other sport is going to

574
00:26:26,560 --> 00:26:30,560
Speaker 2: mock you for saying that, mock me for agreeing with you.

575
00:26:31,520 --> 00:26:33,359
Speaker 2: It adds up.

576
00:26:34,119 --> 00:26:36,760
Speaker 3: It's like a difference in having a bruise and letting

577
00:26:36,800 --> 00:26:39,359
Speaker 3: it heal, or every single day you just keep touching

578
00:26:39,359 --> 00:26:43,040
Speaker 3: that bruce it never heals, keep running a little bit extra.

579
00:26:43,160 --> 00:26:46,000
Speaker 3: That's why center field you're still running to catch balls

580
00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:46,560
Speaker 3: in the outfield.

581
00:26:46,600 --> 00:26:47,560
Speaker 2: No matter where you're playing.

582
00:26:47,880 --> 00:26:51,160
Speaker 3: The difference is center field you're running to back up

583
00:26:51,280 --> 00:26:54,119
Speaker 3: every ball hit to right and left, and you're running

584
00:26:55,280 --> 00:26:57,600
Speaker 3: for the balls that you have to catch. So this

585
00:26:57,680 --> 00:27:01,240
Speaker 3: is why it is more. And you're talking about one

586
00:27:01,320 --> 00:27:03,640
Speaker 3: hundred and I guess we barely talk about one hundred

587
00:27:03,640 --> 00:27:05,320
Speaker 3: and sixty two games anymore, but you're talking about one

588
00:27:05,400 --> 00:27:08,720
Speaker 3: hundred and fifty one hundred and fifty repeated days of

589
00:27:08,800 --> 00:27:10,320
Speaker 3: that for nine innings.

590
00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:17,600
Speaker 1: Injury suck. This is a segment that gets play all season,

591
00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:20,280
Speaker 1: but probably gets the most play in spring training. We're

592
00:27:20,280 --> 00:27:23,919
Speaker 1: just days in. Here's one that's popped up. That's righty.

593
00:27:24,359 --> 00:27:27,800
Speaker 1: Frankie Montas has a high grade latch strain. According to

594
00:27:27,840 --> 00:27:30,840
Speaker 1: his manager, Carlos Mendoza, he's going to be shut down

595
00:27:31,280 --> 00:27:33,439
Speaker 1: for six to eight weeks. He's going to get a

596
00:27:33,440 --> 00:27:37,000
Speaker 1: PRP injection, and then once he does come back, they're

597
00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:39,800
Speaker 1: going to give him a full spring training process. So

598
00:27:39,960 --> 00:27:43,600
Speaker 1: I haven't seen exact math, but see in July, Yeah,

599
00:27:43,640 --> 00:27:46,159
Speaker 1: halfway through the season, if that. If that, this is

600
00:27:46,160 --> 00:27:49,199
Speaker 1: someone who's battled some serious injuries in the past and

601
00:27:49,240 --> 00:27:52,960
Speaker 1: taken a while to get himself right. They signed him

602
00:27:52,960 --> 00:27:55,919
Speaker 1: for two years, thirty four million dollars. This was the

603
00:27:56,040 --> 00:27:59,360
Speaker 1: risk with the way that they're operating with starters, right,

604
00:27:59,440 --> 00:28:03,280
Speaker 1: they chose to go more of the Montoss route the

605
00:28:03,320 --> 00:28:07,720
Speaker 1: shorter term guys, the experiments. It worked out beautifully last year,

606
00:28:07,840 --> 00:28:11,040
Speaker 1: but it's not always the case. I'm not going to

607
00:28:11,359 --> 00:28:14,800
Speaker 1: criticize the player, but I did criticize the organization for

608
00:28:14,880 --> 00:28:17,520
Speaker 1: this signing. So did the other two people that you

609
00:28:17,560 --> 00:28:19,440
Speaker 1: see on the screen right now. This was not what

610
00:28:19,600 --> 00:28:21,480
Speaker 1: I felt good about. And it's not off to a

611
00:28:21,480 --> 00:28:24,760
Speaker 1: good start. He's an injury prone starter for many years.

612
00:28:25,680 --> 00:28:30,000
Speaker 2: Yep, that's it. It sucks. It sucks to say injury prone.

613
00:28:30,040 --> 00:28:32,240
Speaker 2: But he didn't pitch for two years, sign one years

614
00:28:32,240 --> 00:28:34,240
Speaker 2: with the Brewers, right or the Reds got traded to

615
00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:36,879
Speaker 2: the Brewers. And now he signed and he has a

616
00:28:37,080 --> 00:28:38,880
Speaker 2: you know, he had a good year. I guess, I

617
00:28:38,880 --> 00:28:41,120
Speaker 2: don't know, a decent year, and then it showed some

618
00:28:41,160 --> 00:28:43,360
Speaker 2: flashes at the end. Yeah, and then now he signs

619
00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:44,800
Speaker 2: a two year deal and the Mets are like, here's

620
00:28:44,840 --> 00:28:48,160
Speaker 2: thirty plus million dollars. You had to see this coming.

621
00:28:48,480 --> 00:28:50,240
Speaker 2: It's as much as it sucks, and people want to

622
00:28:50,280 --> 00:28:52,240
Speaker 2: get on Rendon and they want to get on this

623
00:28:52,280 --> 00:28:53,920
Speaker 2: guy for being hurt, and this guy for being hurt.

624
00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:56,160
Speaker 2: Frankie Montoss has kind of flown under the radar, but

625
00:28:56,160 --> 00:28:58,080
Speaker 2: don't forget when the Yankees made that trade for him,

626
00:28:58,320 --> 00:28:59,800
Speaker 2: he was supposed to be the next in line to

627
00:28:59,800 --> 00:29:02,560
Speaker 2: be another big star for him and never really pitched right.

628
00:29:02,800 --> 00:29:04,680
Speaker 2: And then he becomes a free agent science and oh a,

629
00:29:04,680 --> 00:29:07,000
Speaker 2: Marxley pitches again, and then too now he signs a

630
00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:08,200
Speaker 2: two year deal and now he's hurt. I mean, you

631
00:29:08,240 --> 00:29:10,440
Speaker 2: never want to see anyone get hurt, but gosh, this

632
00:29:10,560 --> 00:29:12,640
Speaker 2: is just a vicious cycle man that he seems stuck

633
00:29:12,680 --> 00:29:13,800
Speaker 2: in and we need him to get out of it.

634
00:29:14,880 --> 00:29:17,880
Speaker 3: Will this push them to make that move that they

635
00:29:17,920 --> 00:29:21,680
Speaker 3: should have made before that trade move because they don't

636
00:29:21,680 --> 00:29:24,880
Speaker 3: want to go long term. So if you have a

637
00:29:24,920 --> 00:29:30,480
Speaker 3: starting pitcher Luis Castillo, Dylan Cees, hey, you know what,

638
00:29:30,520 --> 00:29:33,800
Speaker 3: we could kind of get into the water. To me,

639
00:29:33,960 --> 00:29:37,520
Speaker 3: that would be a major, major upgrade for this Mets

640
00:29:37,520 --> 00:29:41,240
Speaker 3: team because that would be somebody that would solidify it. Now,

641
00:29:41,240 --> 00:29:43,960
Speaker 3: all of a sudden, you have Manaiah as a number two,

642
00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:46,560
Speaker 3: not saying that he would slide in behind Castillo, but

643
00:29:46,840 --> 00:29:49,880
Speaker 3: he would definitely slide in as number two, behind behind

644
00:29:49,960 --> 00:29:52,440
Speaker 3: Dylan Ceese. Like maybe this is a type of move

645
00:29:52,800 --> 00:29:55,959
Speaker 3: or this type of something like this happens. Now they

646
00:29:56,040 --> 00:29:58,440
Speaker 3: might jump into that trade market. Land I don't think

647
00:29:58,480 --> 00:30:01,160
Speaker 3: they will because they liked what they had.

648
00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:02,440
Speaker 2: But it's interesting.

649
00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:07,680
Speaker 1: Could I sang go super talented, but he's also had

650
00:30:07,720 --> 00:30:09,800
Speaker 1: a lot of injury issues in his career. I get it,

651
00:30:10,800 --> 00:30:15,160
Speaker 1: their arms their injury prone, but there are still some

652
00:30:15,400 --> 00:30:18,680
Speaker 1: players that you can bank on more than others. Yeah,

653
00:30:18,680 --> 00:30:23,320
Speaker 1: for Montas, the last time he had an ERA plus

654
00:30:23,440 --> 00:30:26,200
Speaker 1: that was above league average, So above league average pitcher

655
00:30:26,440 --> 00:30:31,880
Speaker 1: was for a full season twenty twenty one. What do

656
00:30:31,880 --> 00:30:34,200
Speaker 1: we always say oakland A's shoulders.

657
00:30:34,560 --> 00:30:35,720
Speaker 2: Shoulders is what.

658
00:30:35,800 --> 00:30:38,280
Speaker 3: He ended up coming down with when he came to

659
00:30:38,960 --> 00:30:42,040
Speaker 3: New York, not saying he had it before he got there, whatever,

660
00:30:42,120 --> 00:30:44,000
Speaker 3: whatever the however it happened.

661
00:30:44,720 --> 00:30:48,760
Speaker 2: Shoulders are tough. They are so tough to come back from.

662
00:30:48,800 --> 00:30:49,400
Speaker 2: So tough.

663
00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:53,840
Speaker 1: Yeah, And you know, when we criticized the deal at

664
00:30:53,840 --> 00:30:56,560
Speaker 1: the time, we caught some flak online from people that

665
00:30:56,600 --> 00:30:58,720
Speaker 1: were like, he was a different guy with Milwaukee. I'm like,

666
00:30:58,760 --> 00:31:01,280
Speaker 1: he was there for five minutes, relaxed, He's been in

667
00:31:01,320 --> 00:31:03,720
Speaker 1: the league for a while. You do go to different

668
00:31:03,800 --> 00:31:06,040
Speaker 1: orgs and try different things, and it can totally work.

669
00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:08,800
Speaker 1: Sean Manay is the ultimate story. We've talked about him.

670
00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:11,960
Speaker 1: Many times and what he did last year. But Sewn

671
00:31:12,040 --> 00:31:14,280
Speaker 1: Manai has also been on the field a lot more

672
00:31:14,320 --> 00:31:16,479
Speaker 1: and still even at his low times, it's just been

673
00:31:16,560 --> 00:31:19,000
Speaker 1: much more consistent. I mean, Montas still put it together

674
00:31:19,200 --> 00:31:23,120
Speaker 1: a four and a half ERA, right, I just four

675
00:31:23,640 --> 00:31:24,040
Speaker 1: last year?

676
00:31:24,240 --> 00:31:26,960
Speaker 2: Can I just say this, he was a different pitcher

677
00:31:27,320 --> 00:31:31,000
Speaker 2: Cincinnati he had a five point oh one ERA. Milwaukee

678
00:31:31,080 --> 00:31:33,120
Speaker 2: had a four point five to five RA. It's not

679
00:31:33,160 --> 00:31:37,520
Speaker 2: like he went from crazy good to crazy. I mean,

680
00:31:37,560 --> 00:31:39,160
Speaker 2: you know, from good to really good. I mean he

681
00:31:39,200 --> 00:31:44,800
Speaker 2: went from below average to a little bit around average.

682
00:31:44,920 --> 00:31:47,200
Speaker 2: I don't know. I mean what's considered average. I mean

683
00:31:47,240 --> 00:31:49,600
Speaker 2: ERA plus. He went from eighty eight to ninety two.

684
00:31:49,640 --> 00:31:52,440
Speaker 2: That's still below league average, right, So maybe they're backing

685
00:31:52,440 --> 00:31:54,560
Speaker 2: on another year. He's going to continue to go up

686
00:31:54,560 --> 00:31:56,320
Speaker 2: and up and up. But I mean, this was the

687
00:31:56,440 --> 00:31:59,719
Speaker 2: risk of signing this contract that we knew. I mean,

688
00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:03,480
Speaker 2: and Frankie Montos has made a lot of money. Now

689
00:32:03,560 --> 00:32:05,160
Speaker 2: I need him to stay healthy and go out there

690
00:32:05,200 --> 00:32:06,000
Speaker 2: and pitch, please.

691
00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:08,880
Speaker 1: So when that was going on and I did a

692
00:32:08,880 --> 00:32:10,440
Speaker 1: little back and forth, you know, I love to do

693
00:32:10,520 --> 00:32:13,760
Speaker 1: that with fans. I got hit with We'll look at

694
00:32:13,800 --> 00:32:16,200
Speaker 1: the strikeout rate. Look at the strikeout numbers. I'm like, yo,

695
00:32:16,320 --> 00:32:18,720
Speaker 1: I love strikeout rates and strikeout numbers, and I believe

696
00:32:18,760 --> 00:32:21,400
Speaker 1: in changes. I'm like, it is such a small sample size,

697
00:32:21,440 --> 00:32:23,680
Speaker 1: without remembering what the game log was, who was he

698
00:32:23,760 --> 00:32:27,120
Speaker 1: facing all that? Just a really small sample size. And

699
00:32:27,160 --> 00:32:29,360
Speaker 1: it was a two year contract for thirty four mil

700
00:32:29,440 --> 00:32:31,680
Speaker 1: to get the insurance in case something like this happened,

701
00:32:31,720 --> 00:32:34,480
Speaker 1: with an opt out in case. He was amazing fine

702
00:32:34,480 --> 00:32:36,560
Speaker 1: with opt outs, it's usually a good situation. But for

703
00:32:36,640 --> 00:32:39,480
Speaker 1: this kind of pitcher, I was surprised that he got

704
00:32:39,760 --> 00:32:42,400
Speaker 1: really nice money and an opt out on a two

705
00:32:42,480 --> 00:32:44,600
Speaker 1: year contract. It just is what it is. So now

706
00:32:44,600 --> 00:32:48,479
Speaker 1: it's Senga, it's David Peterson, who was awesome for them

707
00:32:48,560 --> 00:32:51,880
Speaker 1: last year, really broke out. Finally Clay Holmes, who's going

708
00:32:51,920 --> 00:32:54,080
Speaker 1: to learn how to be a starter this coming season.

709
00:32:54,640 --> 00:32:57,080
Speaker 1: You usually worry about a pitcher fading down the stretch,

710
00:32:57,120 --> 00:32:59,160
Speaker 1: even if it does work out in the first half.

711
00:32:59,440 --> 00:33:03,280
Speaker 1: Paul Black coming back from serious injury, Griffin Canning who

712
00:33:03,320 --> 00:33:05,719
Speaker 1: has not been good but has been pretty healthy usually,

713
00:33:05,760 --> 00:33:07,760
Speaker 1: and there's others right that are going to be competing

714
00:33:07,800 --> 00:33:11,480
Speaker 1: for spots. But the rotation compared to the Phillies is

715
00:33:11,480 --> 00:33:13,840
Speaker 1: a massive difference, and even right now the rotation compared

716
00:33:13,840 --> 00:33:16,320
Speaker 1: to the Braids. Again, I like the Mets. They can

717
00:33:16,320 --> 00:33:19,080
Speaker 1: finish first, second, or third in the division. But when

718
00:33:19,080 --> 00:33:21,520
Speaker 1: aer Krats received so much crap for saying their third

719
00:33:21,520 --> 00:33:23,440
Speaker 1: place team, he was not off.

720
00:33:25,280 --> 00:33:28,640
Speaker 3: I'm on probation with Mets, so I have only nine

721
00:33:28,680 --> 00:33:32,840
Speaker 3: words that I can say before Mets fans get on again.

722
00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:38,880
Speaker 3: But depth is key in a tough division. Mets need

723
00:33:38,960 --> 00:33:40,920
Speaker 3: more depth ands can be tested right out the gate.

724
00:33:41,600 --> 00:33:44,680
Speaker 1: Injury we probably won't get to. Let's do a fun one.

725
00:33:45,920 --> 00:33:48,000
Speaker 1: It's not an injury. He's coming back from injury. Did

726
00:33:48,040 --> 00:33:51,560
Speaker 1: you guys see Brandon Nimmo, who's a great interview. When

727
00:33:51,600 --> 00:33:53,840
Speaker 1: you get him, he's awesome. So he's coming back from

728
00:33:53,840 --> 00:33:56,680
Speaker 1: planter fascy itis. He was battling that in the playoffs.

729
00:33:56,880 --> 00:33:58,600
Speaker 1: He did all kinds of things in the offseason to get

730
00:33:58,600 --> 00:34:00,880
Speaker 1: himself back. I know it's tough. They asked him how

731
00:34:00,880 --> 00:34:04,000
Speaker 1: he's doing. He goes, I'm up to ninety one percent,

732
00:34:04,160 --> 00:34:06,479
Speaker 1: So how you feeling, I'm ninety one percent? And of

733
00:34:06,480 --> 00:34:08,960
Speaker 1: course you met ninety one percent in his running progression,

734
00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:12,280
Speaker 1: which is measured against his previous top speed. This tweet

735
00:34:12,280 --> 00:34:14,520
Speaker 1: coming from Anthony Dacoma, who covers the team. He said

736
00:34:14,560 --> 00:34:16,799
Speaker 1: he's gonna take things slow this spring. He continues to

737
00:34:16,840 --> 00:34:18,800
Speaker 1: believe that he could make up that missing nine percent

738
00:34:18,840 --> 00:34:23,399
Speaker 1: before opening day. So that was a fun, little fun

739
00:34:23,440 --> 00:34:25,920
Speaker 1: little chat. Hey, how you feeling. I'm ninety one percent

740
00:34:26,040 --> 00:34:29,200
Speaker 1: technically by the numbers. I love.

741
00:34:29,360 --> 00:34:31,719
Speaker 3: I love when guys, especially high school kids right now

742
00:34:32,440 --> 00:34:34,759
Speaker 3: up here, because in Florida they're already playing up here.

743
00:34:34,840 --> 00:34:38,400
Speaker 2: They're like, yeah, I'm throwing throwing a bullpen. Eighty percent.

744
00:34:39,520 --> 00:34:40,120
Speaker 2: What did you hit?

745
00:34:40,960 --> 00:34:43,360
Speaker 3: Eighty seven miles an hour? It's it's my pr But

746
00:34:43,400 --> 00:34:45,959
Speaker 3: I was just eighty percent. So I'm like, eighty percent, okay,

747
00:34:46,040 --> 00:34:48,359
Speaker 3: so you tell me you got let's see, you got

748
00:34:48,400 --> 00:34:50,680
Speaker 3: another sixteen miles an hour in there, Like that's what

749
00:34:50,760 --> 00:34:54,520
Speaker 3: eighty percent is? Like ninety one percent of your sprint speed.

750
00:34:54,760 --> 00:34:57,239
Speaker 3: I'm so glad I didn't have sprint speed stuff till

751
00:34:57,280 --> 00:34:59,719
Speaker 3: the end of my career. That would have been just

752
00:34:59,719 --> 00:35:00,719
Speaker 3: a more for me.

753
00:35:03,520 --> 00:35:05,399
Speaker 1: Hey, j did you ever do the percent game when

754
00:35:05,440 --> 00:35:06,479
Speaker 1: they asked you how you were?

755
00:35:07,800 --> 00:35:09,560
Speaker 2: Yeah, I always said I was one hundred percent. There

756
00:35:09,600 --> 00:35:12,680
Speaker 2: was no there was no it was ready to go.

757
00:35:12,800 --> 00:35:15,360
Speaker 2: Are you kidding? What am I going to say? No,

758
00:35:15,719 --> 00:35:18,160
Speaker 2: how we feel, let's go. I'm ready to go. Because

759
00:35:18,160 --> 00:35:19,960
Speaker 2: if I can play, that means I'm one hundred percent.

760
00:35:20,320 --> 00:35:22,359
Speaker 2: There's no other There was either one hundred percent or zero.

761
00:35:22,400 --> 00:35:24,640
Speaker 2: If I couldn't play, it was because I literally had

762
00:35:24,680 --> 00:35:27,359
Speaker 2: something hanging off. Something I was missing a piece if

763
00:35:27,360 --> 00:35:29,160
Speaker 2: there was, if I wasn't playing.

764
00:35:29,719 --> 00:35:33,080
Speaker 3: There's broken, isn't hanging off. Broken is just broken, it's

765
00:35:33,120 --> 00:35:33,839
Speaker 3: not hanging off.

766
00:35:33,960 --> 00:35:37,240
Speaker 2: You can play what I what I did with my wrist,

767
00:35:37,280 --> 00:35:38,719
Speaker 2: I broke in there was a piece hanging off and

768
00:35:38,719 --> 00:35:40,880
Speaker 2: they were debating whether to surgically repair it or not.

769
00:35:41,320 --> 00:35:43,840
Speaker 3: Technically there was a piece hanging off, but it was

770
00:35:43,880 --> 00:35:46,000
Speaker 3: still connected to your body, so you can still play.

771
00:35:46,880 --> 00:35:48,040
Speaker 2: True. True.

772
00:35:48,120 --> 00:35:50,319
Speaker 1: It's the new age way of how to answer your

773
00:35:50,360 --> 00:35:53,759
Speaker 1: percent and we're playful on this. I Nemo's great, so

774
00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:57,200
Speaker 1: not criticizing him. I liked that he used data to

775
00:35:57,280 --> 00:36:01,040
Speaker 1: explain the percentage of where he's at.

776
00:36:01,320 --> 00:36:03,640
Speaker 2: I would have done that with me. Luckily, I never

777
00:36:03,680 --> 00:36:07,320
Speaker 2: pulled a hamstring or anything, so it's hard to pull stuff.

778
00:36:07,560 --> 00:36:08,759
Speaker 2: But if they would have done it on me, how

779
00:36:08,800 --> 00:36:10,279
Speaker 2: would they have known? If I was running the same

780
00:36:10,320 --> 00:36:12,000
Speaker 2: speed or not, because slow is still slow.

781
00:36:13,320 --> 00:36:15,520
Speaker 1: Also, did you guys see John Carlos stands hurt, He's

782
00:36:15,560 --> 00:36:17,440
Speaker 1: got tennis elbow in both elbows.

783
00:36:17,960 --> 00:36:19,600
Speaker 2: I mean, how do you get that? Does he played

784
00:36:19,600 --> 00:36:22,719
Speaker 2: tennis and amphibious? Man?

785
00:36:23,239 --> 00:36:28,440
Speaker 1: I actually have respect, I know, I know, I got it,

786
00:36:28,520 --> 00:36:30,480
Speaker 1: I got the joke, I got it. I just have

787
00:36:30,600 --> 00:36:33,160
Speaker 1: respect for the fact that he's still battling through all this.

788
00:36:33,320 --> 00:36:35,399
Speaker 1: Like for a moment you're like, damn, come on, dude,

789
00:36:35,400 --> 00:36:37,040
Speaker 1: say on the field, and now you're just like, I mean,

790
00:36:37,320 --> 00:36:39,960
Speaker 1: this guy's body is breaking down and he was a

791
00:36:40,040 --> 00:36:43,480
Speaker 1: postseason monster. He's not going to swing a back for

792
00:36:43,840 --> 00:36:45,839
Speaker 1: three to four weeks, unsure if he can be ready

793
00:36:45,840 --> 00:36:48,840
Speaker 1: for opening day. Very high level of pain in both elbows.

794
00:36:48,840 --> 00:36:50,440
Speaker 1: He said, I'll have to play through that pain when

795
00:36:50,520 --> 00:36:54,439
Speaker 1: he returns from those elbow injuries. And there's a quote

796
00:36:54,480 --> 00:36:56,640
Speaker 1: here and he's like, look, tennis elbow or whatever they

797
00:36:56,640 --> 00:36:59,799
Speaker 1: call it, tears in your tendon. So when you ask

798
00:37:00,080 --> 00:37:02,000
Speaker 1: when did it feel good, when did it feel bad?

799
00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:03,680
Speaker 1: There's always a pain level there. You've got to deal

800
00:37:03,719 --> 00:37:05,120
Speaker 1: with it. It's just the wisest point to give him

801
00:37:05,160 --> 00:37:12,160
Speaker 1: time right now. Kind of need him though, get healthy.

802
00:37:12,760 --> 00:37:15,280
Speaker 1: It was kind of need him. I'm not pitching a judge.

803
00:37:15,520 --> 00:37:18,520
Speaker 2: In April, Cashman called it last year. Is that we're

804
00:37:18,520 --> 00:37:19,920
Speaker 2: supposed to say, Scott, Is that what you want us

805
00:37:19,960 --> 00:37:21,640
Speaker 2: to say? I mean, I know it sucks. I wannestly

806
00:37:21,719 --> 00:37:23,280
Speaker 2: just kind of ashing Homer's.

807
00:37:23,440 --> 00:37:25,680
Speaker 1: I'm just giving the news. I think this one actually

808
00:37:25,760 --> 00:37:27,640
Speaker 1: really hurts for them this year more than last year

809
00:37:27,680 --> 00:37:30,840
Speaker 1: because they had Soto. Are you pitching around Judge in

810
00:37:30,880 --> 00:37:33,120
Speaker 1: the beginning of the season, Guys, who you scared of?

811
00:37:33,440 --> 00:37:36,600
Speaker 2: Who's sitting behind the whole season, the whole season judging

812
00:37:36,600 --> 00:37:40,919
Speaker 2: and getting nothing to hit? This year, I'm facing last year.

813
00:37:40,920 --> 00:37:43,120
Speaker 3: I'm pitching around Judge like you gotta be able to

814
00:37:43,120 --> 00:37:45,880
Speaker 3: deal with you, gotta be able to do behind him,

815
00:37:46,840 --> 00:37:48,200
Speaker 3: like you gotta deal.

816
00:37:48,040 --> 00:37:49,680
Speaker 2: With you, got to deal with where you're at in

817
00:37:49,719 --> 00:37:50,160
Speaker 2: the lineup.

818
00:37:50,280 --> 00:37:54,480
Speaker 3: Pitching around Judge means I'm missing in the areas that

819
00:37:54,520 --> 00:37:55,359
Speaker 3: he struggles in.

820
00:37:56,120 --> 00:37:56,520
Speaker 2: That's it.

821
00:37:57,280 --> 00:38:02,800
Speaker 3: Like I'm not letting him hit anything middle in to down,

822
00:38:03,200 --> 00:38:05,439
Speaker 3: like I am staying if I welcome or welcome. I'm

823
00:38:05,440 --> 00:38:08,680
Speaker 3: doing that all year with standing in the lineup, without

824
00:38:08,719 --> 00:38:09,640
Speaker 3: standing in the lineup.

825
00:38:10,320 --> 00:38:12,440
Speaker 2: It's just a matter of how you go about the line.

826
00:38:12,600 --> 00:38:14,320
Speaker 2: You know, how you attack the batters.

827
00:38:15,120 --> 00:38:18,000
Speaker 1: The difference is, guys, Sodo's not on base every time.

828
00:38:19,800 --> 00:38:22,520
Speaker 3: Okay, he still needs to drive them in.

829
00:38:23,840 --> 00:38:27,719
Speaker 1: No, no, I'm saying you are going to be in situations

830
00:38:27,760 --> 00:38:30,160
Speaker 1: where judge is up and there's no one on more

831
00:38:30,160 --> 00:38:31,719
Speaker 1: frequently this year most likely.

832
00:38:31,840 --> 00:38:35,600
Speaker 3: Right, for sure, nobody's going to be getting on base

833
00:38:35,640 --> 00:38:37,680
Speaker 3: as much as Soda was. I mean, you can't replace

834
00:38:37,719 --> 00:38:41,560
Speaker 3: that offense. But I'm still not pitching the judge. If

835
00:38:41,600 --> 00:38:45,440
Speaker 3: Sodo's on first, if Sodo's on second, Sodo's on third, right,

836
00:38:45,520 --> 00:38:47,239
Speaker 3: I'm still not he can't beat me.

837
00:38:47,440 --> 00:38:48,200
Speaker 2: He can't beat me.

838
00:38:49,239 --> 00:38:53,319
Speaker 1: Extensions handed out one for Marcotte through the twenty twenty

839
00:38:53,400 --> 00:38:57,040
Speaker 1: nine season, one for JJ Piccolo Koste by the way

840
00:38:57,080 --> 00:39:00,719
Speaker 1: the Sacramento as manager. Oh, I got it right.

841
00:39:00,920 --> 00:39:04,279
Speaker 2: And then no, no, no, no no, they're just the

842
00:39:04,560 --> 00:39:06,799
Speaker 2: apt at H. They don't say we.

843
00:39:06,840 --> 00:39:12,600
Speaker 1: Do arrest me, come get me, come get me, Yeah,

844
00:39:12,840 --> 00:39:16,560
Speaker 1: take me, take me all right, And then the Kansas

845
00:39:16,600 --> 00:39:20,200
Speaker 1: City Royals give out an extension to JJ Coolo, goodfella

846
00:39:20,800 --> 00:39:23,560
Speaker 1: through the twenty thirty season. He's running the front office

847
00:39:23,560 --> 00:39:26,319
Speaker 1: for the Kansas City Royals. Let's hit both one at

848
00:39:26,360 --> 00:39:26,680
Speaker 1: the time.

849
00:39:26,800 --> 00:39:29,960
Speaker 2: I'll got crafts go for help. We not have on

850
00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:31,319
Speaker 2: for By the way, how we not great?

851
00:39:31,400 --> 00:39:35,080
Speaker 1: Question? Actually, hey, j ask him you know well.

852
00:39:35,040 --> 00:39:37,520
Speaker 2: I have liked you. It must not have liked you.

853
00:39:37,640 --> 00:39:40,360
Speaker 2: It must be some kind of beef. I'm gonna have

854
00:39:40,440 --> 00:39:42,000
Speaker 2: to you know what I'll do. I'll have Gordon Beckham

855
00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:43,560
Speaker 2: text him and ask him to come on. That's the

856
00:39:43,560 --> 00:39:46,799
Speaker 2: only way we're gonna get him. This is I'll shoot them.

857
00:39:46,800 --> 00:39:48,520
Speaker 2: I'll shoot him a text. We're going to Arizona soon,

858
00:39:48,600 --> 00:39:50,480
Speaker 2: so don't worry. I'll see him and I'll and I'll

859
00:39:50,719 --> 00:39:53,800
Speaker 2: I'll humble him. This is super random.

860
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Speaker 3: But we talked about how the Rockies like they just

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Speaker 3: say in house all the time. The Royals have done

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Speaker 3: that for a long time, and they do a similar

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Speaker 3: like where they're just like, oh, we just want good guys,

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Speaker 3: and yet they're not afraid to ask the tough questions

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Speaker 3: and move guys around and make decisions that help the

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Speaker 3: team win.

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Speaker 2: But why can't the Rockies do that? The Royals do it.

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Speaker 3: JJ Paccolo has been there for a minute. A lot

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Speaker 3: of those assistant gym's have been there for a minute.

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Speaker 3: Dayton Moore is still kind of involved, and he's not

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Speaker 3: even employed by the team.

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Speaker 1: It's a good call out, and Marcote is an absolute

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Speaker 1: soldier for handling Sacramento the way he's doing it so far.

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Speaker 1: So AJ, that's an easy one for you to comment on.

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Speaker 1: He's one of the better managers in baseball, I think,

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Speaker 1: and maybe a surprise team this year.

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Speaker 2: People are saying it, people are saying they got it.

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Speaker 2: They think they might have a shot. I mean, they

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Speaker 2: made some moves, they made some nice moves.

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Speaker 1: They spend some money, a couple of quick signings guys

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Speaker 1: John Means and the Guardians one year contract, one million

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Speaker 1: club option worth up to seven point five million, no

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Speaker 1: buy out recovering from TJ. Target is August on the

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Speaker 1: return for him and the National signed Paul Deyong to

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Speaker 1: a one year, one million dollar contract. Twenty four homers

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Speaker 1: last year, and he's a really good defender, can play

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Speaker 1: third base, you can play a little shortstop and I

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Speaker 1: guess some DH time whatever, But thoughts on these two

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Speaker 1: on our way out. We got one minute each from Yeah, AJ,

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Speaker 1: you saw the young a little bit on the White

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Speaker 1: Sox pretty.

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Speaker 2: Well got you got another million. He got another year

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Speaker 2: possibly under your belt. Can Joel s purribably only got

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Speaker 2: one million after hitting homers, but you know he was

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Speaker 2: kind of homer or nothing and defense. He didn't really

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Speaker 2: have a position. I loved when he was on here.

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Speaker 3: Just he's just he just seems like a competitor, a

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Speaker 3: dude that's been through it. And I think he'll add

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Speaker 3: to that Guardian's organization, not just the team because he

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Speaker 3: won't be there till August, but he's going to add

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Speaker 3: to this organization, especially since they can have him again

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Speaker 3: next year for seven million easy signing.

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Speaker 1: Those are the kind of deals that could work out beautifully,

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Speaker 1: right if he does recover, comes back, because yes, this

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Speaker 1: is someone who's been injury from but when he's been

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Speaker 1: on the field, he's often been really productive. Yeah, Kratz,

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Speaker 1: you get a seven million dollar starter for twenty twenty six.

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Speaker 1: That's gold to Cleveland because they operate at a really,

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Speaker 1: really low budget.