1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,840 Speaker 1: How we do what ever about it. Hello, Hello, Hello, 2 00:00:03,279 --> 00:00:08,200 Speaker 1: welcome to the very first episode of Monster Territory. We 3 00:00:08,320 --> 00:00:12,799 Speaker 1: used to be known as Family Faithful, but now we 4 00:00:12,840 --> 00:00:15,920 Speaker 1: were with the Foul Territory Network. I am greatly honored 5 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:18,680 Speaker 1: to be a part of the network. I have loved 6 00:00:18,720 --> 00:00:24,120 Speaker 1: everything those guys have done over there, Prazinski, Kratz, Scott Braun. 7 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:26,079 Speaker 1: I mean, they've been having a great show over the 8 00:00:26,160 --> 00:00:30,560 Speaker 1: last few years, and they've now started to expand the 9 00:00:30,640 --> 00:00:36,600 Speaker 1: Foul Territory Network, and we decided, hey, let's have myself 10 00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:39,880 Speaker 1: cover the Red Sox moving forward again. I'm very honored 11 00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:42,120 Speaker 1: to do this and we're gonna have a lot of 12 00:00:42,120 --> 00:00:44,680 Speaker 1: fun here. We got the season coming up rather quick. 13 00:00:44,760 --> 00:00:47,440 Speaker 1: I mean we're what I mean, a couple of weeks 14 00:00:47,440 --> 00:00:51,600 Speaker 1: away now from pictures and Catchers recording. So just in 15 00:00:51,640 --> 00:00:54,160 Speaker 1: case you know you're wondering, you know what we're gonna 16 00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:57,040 Speaker 1: be doing here moving forward during the season, We're gonna 17 00:00:57,040 --> 00:01:01,240 Speaker 1: be doing postgame shows every single game. Unless I come 18 00:01:01,280 --> 00:01:04,440 Speaker 1: down with some kind of a terrible illness or whatever, 19 00:01:04,760 --> 00:01:07,720 Speaker 1: I will be here and I'm excited to do it. 20 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:10,920 Speaker 1: And every game we'll be here talking, breaking it down, 21 00:01:11,160 --> 00:01:14,440 Speaker 1: giving my thoughts everything else during the season as well, 22 00:01:15,319 --> 00:01:20,800 Speaker 1: Trey Deadline. Hopefully the postseason is a thing this year, 23 00:01:20,840 --> 00:01:23,080 Speaker 1: and that would be even more fun to do. I 24 00:01:23,120 --> 00:01:26,040 Speaker 1: can't wait for that if that happens. But we're gonna 25 00:01:26,040 --> 00:01:27,679 Speaker 1: be doing a whole bunch of other things too, like 26 00:01:27,800 --> 00:01:32,000 Speaker 1: mail bag questions. It's just gonna be a good time. 27 00:01:32,040 --> 00:01:36,200 Speaker 1: I'm excited for it everybody, but everybody enough to be 28 00:01:36,319 --> 00:01:38,360 Speaker 1: rambling here. We got a lot to talk about here 29 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:43,160 Speaker 1: on the very first episode of Monster Territory, and I 30 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:46,520 Speaker 1: think we got to start this off with the one 31 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:50,960 Speaker 1: man we've all been waiting to see. What he's gonna 32 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:53,560 Speaker 1: do and what are the Red Sox gonna do. Honestly, 33 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:57,720 Speaker 1: when it comes to mister Alex Bregman, I think you 34 00:01:57,720 --> 00:02:00,640 Speaker 1: know we've talked about this at length right without Lex Bregman. 35 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:03,720 Speaker 1: We know the fit, We know how good this guy 36 00:02:03,760 --> 00:02:06,920 Speaker 1: can be at Femway Park. The right handed bat has 37 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:10,519 Speaker 1: been amazing at Famway Park in his career. I think 38 00:02:10,520 --> 00:02:13,040 Speaker 1: it would be a seamless fit. Now we'll get more 39 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:15,800 Speaker 1: into that as we kind of dive into more things 40 00:02:15,840 --> 00:02:19,280 Speaker 1: here tonight, but we got a pretty big update when 41 00:02:19,320 --> 00:02:22,760 Speaker 1: it comes to Alex Bregman and a possible return to 42 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:25,720 Speaker 1: the Houston Astros. Everyone, if you are live with me 43 00:02:25,880 --> 00:02:28,000 Speaker 1: here on YouTube, just hit that like button for me. 44 00:02:28,040 --> 00:02:29,840 Speaker 1: If you are new to the channel, just fining us 45 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:32,640 Speaker 1: for the first time, subscribe. We're trying to get to 46 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:36,720 Speaker 1: three k by opening day. 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I'm gonna 56 00:03:05,639 --> 00:03:10,720 Speaker 1: start off with a little pole that I posted, a 57 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:15,320 Speaker 1: little pole that I posted earlier today. Potential Red Sox 58 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:20,960 Speaker 1: lineup if Alex Bregman heads back to the Astros, Jaron 59 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:25,000 Speaker 1: Duran leading off, Rafael Devers batting second, Trevor's Story batting, third, 60 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:28,720 Speaker 1: Tristan Cossa is betting. Fourth, Yoshida in the five hole, 61 00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:32,440 Speaker 1: maybe Von Grissom, Maybe Christian Campbell. However that shakes out 62 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:35,320 Speaker 1: batting six will or brave you batting seventh long in 63 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:38,560 Speaker 1: the eighth spot and Rafaela at the ninth spot. I 64 00:03:38,600 --> 00:03:41,440 Speaker 1: asked three or I gave you three possible options. How 65 00:03:41,480 --> 00:03:46,200 Speaker 1: are you feeling about this lineup? Eleven? Almost about nine 66 00:03:46,280 --> 00:03:50,480 Speaker 1: hundred people have voted for this. Eleven percent say it's 67 00:03:50,520 --> 00:03:56,400 Speaker 1: a great lineup, twenty six percent say not good, and 68 00:03:56,680 --> 00:04:02,120 Speaker 1: by far the winning choice at sixty three percent say 69 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:06,520 Speaker 1: it's fine, but it still needs more. That's where I'm 70 00:04:06,560 --> 00:04:08,920 Speaker 1: at and I as you can see here based off 71 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:11,640 Speaker 1: of the results, that's what most people are thinking here. 72 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:15,640 Speaker 1: And Alex Bregman, this is the one guy we've most 73 00:04:15,760 --> 00:04:18,520 Speaker 1: red Sox fans have had their eye on as the 74 00:04:18,560 --> 00:04:21,200 Speaker 1: guy that can come in right now and give this 75 00:04:21,279 --> 00:04:25,800 Speaker 1: lineup the right handed hitter that they need. However, we've 76 00:04:25,800 --> 00:04:28,680 Speaker 1: gotten some reports over the last few days and we 77 00:04:28,720 --> 00:04:31,640 Speaker 1: actually just got a big trade a little earlier today, 78 00:04:32,360 --> 00:04:36,320 Speaker 1: Ryan Presley heading to the Chicago Cubs looks like he's 79 00:04:36,320 --> 00:04:38,640 Speaker 1: going to be their clotheser moving forward. Now you might 80 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:41,880 Speaker 1: be asking, well, what does this have to do when 81 00:04:41,920 --> 00:04:45,520 Speaker 1: it comes to Alex Bregman. Well, we have been getting 82 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:49,640 Speaker 1: some reports as of late from Bob Nightingale not too 83 00:04:49,680 --> 00:04:54,000 Speaker 1: long ago saying that the Astros offer is still on 84 00:04:54,360 --> 00:04:57,520 Speaker 1: the table. And you know, back at the time when 85 00:04:57,520 --> 00:05:00,479 Speaker 1: they brought in Christian Walker, they traded away Kyle, they 86 00:05:00,520 --> 00:05:02,520 Speaker 1: got Esac Paratus back in that deal, a lot of 87 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:06,320 Speaker 1: us were thinking, well, I mean, how does Alex Bregman 88 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:09,920 Speaker 1: really fit on the Astros anymore? It looked like the 89 00:05:09,960 --> 00:05:14,719 Speaker 1: Astros had pretty much look at least at the time, 90 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:17,320 Speaker 1: it was looking like, you know, all right, Alex, thank 91 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:19,760 Speaker 1: you for everything you did here in Houston, but we're 92 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:23,320 Speaker 1: gonna be moving on now. However, you tell you you 93 00:05:23,520 --> 00:05:27,360 Speaker 1: saw how Bregman's market has unfolded over the last month 94 00:05:27,440 --> 00:05:31,160 Speaker 1: or so since all of those moves the Astros made, 95 00:05:32,320 --> 00:05:34,440 Speaker 1: and he's still out there, right, I mean, you just 96 00:05:34,480 --> 00:05:37,640 Speaker 1: saw this last offseason where with the Scott Boris clients, 97 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:41,640 Speaker 1: Matt Chapman, Cody Bellinger, Blake SNeW, Jordan Montgomery's signing late 98 00:05:42,040 --> 00:05:46,400 Speaker 1: into spring training, and it looks like that could end 99 00:05:46,480 --> 00:05:49,960 Speaker 1: up happening here with Bregman, unless something can happen here. 100 00:05:50,120 --> 00:05:52,480 Speaker 1: But you're looking at the past, you know, a couple 101 00:05:52,520 --> 00:05:57,360 Speaker 1: of weeks and nothing's been happening, right, The Detroit Tigers 102 00:05:57,360 --> 00:06:01,080 Speaker 1: were involved, the Blue Jays were involved. Obviously, the Red Sox, 103 00:06:01,120 --> 00:06:02,880 Speaker 1: you know, they've been involved, you know, going back to 104 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:05,440 Speaker 1: the Winter meetings ever since Alex Kuorra, you know, made 105 00:06:05,440 --> 00:06:07,800 Speaker 1: his comments saying he sees, you know, him as an 106 00:06:07,839 --> 00:06:11,840 Speaker 1: elite middle infielder, you know, and obviously you know you say, 107 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:13,839 Speaker 1: well at Femway Park, right handed bat, you know, it 108 00:06:13,839 --> 00:06:15,400 Speaker 1: makes a lot of sense for the Red Sox to 109 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:18,960 Speaker 1: go after him. You've seen the Cubs get involved a 110 00:06:18,960 --> 00:06:21,719 Speaker 1: little bit, right, interested in a short term deal, but 111 00:06:21,760 --> 00:06:24,239 Speaker 1: you're seeing these teams that have interest and you're thinking, 112 00:06:24,279 --> 00:06:28,720 Speaker 1: why is Alex Bregman still on the market. Well, when 113 00:06:28,760 --> 00:06:30,479 Speaker 1: you take a look at the Detroit Tigers, right, that 114 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:32,599 Speaker 1: was a team that I thought, oh yeah, Bregman on 115 00:06:32,640 --> 00:06:35,359 Speaker 1: the Tigers, I think that could make some sense. Aj 116 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:38,360 Speaker 1: Hinch in Detroit, young team could use a veteran guy 117 00:06:38,520 --> 00:06:42,119 Speaker 1: like that. But there was a report a little while 118 00:06:42,120 --> 00:06:46,080 Speaker 1: ago that the Tigers they were they had a bit 119 00:06:46,120 --> 00:06:50,520 Speaker 1: of a different opinion on his value. All right. You 120 00:06:50,560 --> 00:06:52,520 Speaker 1: take a look at the Toronto Blue Jays, They've been 121 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:56,560 Speaker 1: aggressive for pretty much every free agent out there this offseason. However, 122 00:06:57,320 --> 00:07:00,839 Speaker 1: looking like maybe Bregman. Who knows what the answer is there, 123 00:07:00,839 --> 00:07:04,280 Speaker 1: but my guess is he probably doesn't see Toronto as 124 00:07:04,360 --> 00:07:07,920 Speaker 1: a destination. Now knowing Toronto, right, they've been throwing money 125 00:07:07,920 --> 00:07:10,800 Speaker 1: at people. I'm sure whatever offer they have on the table, 126 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:14,240 Speaker 1: it's probably a decent offer. But in the end, he's 127 00:07:14,240 --> 00:07:16,080 Speaker 1: not a Toronto blue Jay, so I don't see him 128 00:07:16,120 --> 00:07:17,920 Speaker 1: going there. And then you take a look at the 129 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:21,440 Speaker 1: Red Sox. Well, we got a report going back to 130 00:07:21,480 --> 00:07:25,000 Speaker 1: the winter meetings, right when Alex corr was talking about Bregman, 131 00:07:25,560 --> 00:07:29,320 Speaker 1: there was a report of a possible divide in the 132 00:07:29,320 --> 00:07:33,360 Speaker 1: front office right on kind of what these guys thought 133 00:07:33,360 --> 00:07:37,120 Speaker 1: about Bregman, Right, we were told Alex Corus, Sam Kennedy, 134 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:39,160 Speaker 1: they think very highly of him, while there's some other 135 00:07:39,160 --> 00:07:42,040 Speaker 1: people in the front office that you know, aren't really 136 00:07:43,160 --> 00:07:46,520 Speaker 1: too sold on the idea of Alex Bregman long term. 137 00:07:46,720 --> 00:07:50,080 Speaker 1: So that was always something that came up. And then 138 00:07:50,120 --> 00:07:52,400 Speaker 1: you're thinking, oh, man, are they actually gonna do it? 139 00:07:52,440 --> 00:07:55,200 Speaker 1: But you know they still kept getting connected there, right 140 00:07:55,320 --> 00:07:57,760 Speaker 1: John Hamon, even though a lot of people think he's 141 00:07:57,840 --> 00:08:03,320 Speaker 1: just a mouthpiece for Scott boris still connecting Bregman to Boston. Right, 142 00:08:03,360 --> 00:08:06,040 Speaker 1: Guys like John Morosi were going out there and saying 143 00:08:06,120 --> 00:08:09,480 Speaker 1: that a lot of the national media, we're saying Bregman 144 00:08:09,560 --> 00:08:11,400 Speaker 1: to Boston could be a great fit. We even had 145 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:14,160 Speaker 1: Carlos Vierga last week say the Red Sox did have 146 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:16,320 Speaker 1: an offer on the table, and he was I mean, 147 00:08:16,320 --> 00:08:18,840 Speaker 1: I know Carlos Bierga can be hit or miss, but 148 00:08:19,960 --> 00:08:22,040 Speaker 1: he was even saying that, you know, he could see 149 00:08:22,040 --> 00:08:25,320 Speaker 1: the Red Sox and Bregman figuring out a deal in 150 00:08:25,360 --> 00:08:27,400 Speaker 1: the next couple of days. Well, it looks like we 151 00:08:27,440 --> 00:08:32,120 Speaker 1: got another miss from Carlos Bierga, and that obviously hasn't happened. 152 00:08:32,160 --> 00:08:34,960 Speaker 1: And now, you know, the Astros they had their fan 153 00:08:35,080 --> 00:08:39,720 Speaker 1: fest over this past weekend, and uh, it looks like 154 00:08:39,800 --> 00:08:42,880 Speaker 1: that door is still open for Alex Bregman to come back. 155 00:08:43,640 --> 00:08:45,560 Speaker 1: You know when you connect all the dots, when you 156 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:48,000 Speaker 1: think you know all these teams, Yeah, interested right, they 157 00:08:48,040 --> 00:08:50,720 Speaker 1: would love to bring him in, but he's still not signed. 158 00:08:50,760 --> 00:08:53,240 Speaker 1: So it doesn't seem like these teams are really willing 159 00:08:53,280 --> 00:08:57,040 Speaker 1: to go the extra mile to sign him. But here 160 00:08:57,080 --> 00:09:01,920 Speaker 1: are the Astros still just sitting there, Bob Nightingale saying 161 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:05,080 Speaker 1: they got their offer on the table, still and even 162 00:09:05,120 --> 00:09:08,440 Speaker 1: Dana Brown talked about it this past weekend, saying that 163 00:09:08,520 --> 00:09:12,760 Speaker 1: he has had some positive talks with Bregman's camp. Still 164 00:09:12,840 --> 00:09:16,880 Speaker 1: considers the signing a long shot though, But this was 165 00:09:17,080 --> 00:09:20,720 Speaker 1: before the Ryan Presley trade. Now getting back to that, 166 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:22,880 Speaker 1: what does that have to do with Bregman? Well, Ryan 167 00:09:22,920 --> 00:09:27,000 Speaker 1: Presley was scheduled to make a decent chunk of change 168 00:09:27,120 --> 00:09:31,000 Speaker 1: for this coming year, right around fourteen million. The Astros 169 00:09:31,040 --> 00:09:33,480 Speaker 1: are going to be covering five and a half million 170 00:09:33,520 --> 00:09:35,839 Speaker 1: dollars of that, So the Cubs they're going to be 171 00:09:35,880 --> 00:09:41,160 Speaker 1: paying I believe eight and a half million, So that's 172 00:09:41,400 --> 00:09:44,520 Speaker 1: you know, a decent amount of salary relief, right Maybe 173 00:09:44,520 --> 00:09:47,560 Speaker 1: they could work in some deferrals to kind of ease 174 00:09:47,640 --> 00:09:53,040 Speaker 1: the Astros payroll for right now and in the end, 175 00:09:53,200 --> 00:09:57,400 Speaker 1: I'm starting to wonder here if the Astros where at 176 00:09:57,400 --> 00:09:59,439 Speaker 1: one point it looked like Bregman was going to go 177 00:09:59,520 --> 00:10:03,040 Speaker 1: back until they couldn't figure out a contract. Even after 178 00:10:03,280 --> 00:10:07,160 Speaker 1: all of the moves they've made, at this point, I'm 179 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:08,960 Speaker 1: starting to think, I mean, how does he not go 180 00:10:09,040 --> 00:10:11,480 Speaker 1: back to Houston? At this point? Now you might be thinking, well, 181 00:10:12,280 --> 00:10:15,120 Speaker 1: what what do you do with the infield? Right? You 182 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:18,360 Speaker 1: got Paradis at third. You got Christian Walker at first. 183 00:10:18,440 --> 00:10:21,440 Speaker 1: You know Paradis isn't sliding over there, So what do 184 00:10:21,480 --> 00:10:24,880 Speaker 1: you do? Well, we got a bit of an interesting 185 00:10:24,920 --> 00:10:31,839 Speaker 1: report here, and Jose al Tuove is open to maybe 186 00:10:31,920 --> 00:10:34,840 Speaker 1: moving to the outfield right to go play some left field. 187 00:10:34,840 --> 00:10:37,040 Speaker 1: He was even asked about it at the fan fest 188 00:10:37,040 --> 00:10:40,320 Speaker 1: this past weekend, saying he'll do whatever it takes to 189 00:10:40,400 --> 00:10:45,120 Speaker 1: get Bragman, to get Bregman back in the fold. I mean, 190 00:10:45,240 --> 00:10:48,200 Speaker 1: Jose al Tuove out in left field sounds kind of ridiculous. 191 00:10:48,679 --> 00:10:51,160 Speaker 1: I mean, we have seen guys on the Astros before 192 00:10:51,679 --> 00:10:54,680 Speaker 1: make those position changes, right, remember Craig Bigio, you know, 193 00:10:54,920 --> 00:10:56,959 Speaker 1: longtime second basement. This is a guy that was going 194 00:10:56,960 --> 00:11:00,480 Speaker 1: out there and playing some outfield. Josel two. I mean, 195 00:11:00,480 --> 00:11:01,840 Speaker 1: at the end of the day, this is this is 196 00:11:01,840 --> 00:11:06,680 Speaker 1: a good leader of the organization. Jose Altuve saying, listen, 197 00:11:06,720 --> 00:11:08,640 Speaker 1: if I gotta go play left field, I'll go play 198 00:11:08,640 --> 00:11:11,080 Speaker 1: some left field. If that means Alex Bregman comes back 199 00:11:11,720 --> 00:11:14,480 Speaker 1: place third, and so be it. Esauk Paratist can move 200 00:11:14,480 --> 00:11:18,840 Speaker 1: over to second, however they do it right. But at 201 00:11:18,840 --> 00:11:23,360 Speaker 1: this point, if Altuve is willing to move to left field, 202 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:26,800 Speaker 1: which you know, that's a different conversation in itself, whether 203 00:11:26,880 --> 00:11:31,760 Speaker 1: or not he would be an effective option in the outfield. Obviously, 204 00:11:31,880 --> 00:11:34,920 Speaker 1: he's he's he's been known as one of the more 205 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:38,000 Speaker 1: undersized players in the game. Would a guy at his 206 00:11:38,160 --> 00:11:41,079 Speaker 1: height be a good option out in left field? I 207 00:11:41,120 --> 00:11:43,840 Speaker 1: don't know. I mean, that's a different conversation. But the 208 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:46,000 Speaker 1: fact that he's willing to do it, and these other 209 00:11:46,080 --> 00:11:48,319 Speaker 1: teams are not budging, and they're not going the extra 210 00:11:48,400 --> 00:11:51,360 Speaker 1: mile to bring him in, and they just cleared a 211 00:11:51,400 --> 00:11:54,320 Speaker 1: little bit of payroll. I mean, I'm starting to think here, 212 00:11:54,720 --> 00:11:58,680 Speaker 1: how does Bregman not go back to the Astros at 213 00:11:58,679 --> 00:12:03,000 Speaker 1: this point? I mean, listen, I think when you take 214 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:06,400 Speaker 1: a look at the Red Sox, I mean, obviously I'm 215 00:12:06,400 --> 00:12:08,280 Speaker 1: not going to get you know, more into the into 216 00:12:08,400 --> 00:12:11,280 Speaker 1: how good of a fit I think it is. I mean, 217 00:12:11,360 --> 00:12:13,800 Speaker 1: in the end, they're just not going the extra mile. 218 00:12:14,480 --> 00:12:17,640 Speaker 1: The the Tigers, they're not doing what they got to 219 00:12:17,679 --> 00:12:20,080 Speaker 1: do to go land the big ticket. The Cubs they 220 00:12:20,080 --> 00:12:21,959 Speaker 1: only want a short term deal. Doesn't want to go 221 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:24,839 Speaker 1: to the Blue Jays. If the Tigers in the Red 222 00:12:24,880 --> 00:12:26,960 Speaker 1: Sox aren't going to make the push, then how does 223 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:28,800 Speaker 1: he not go back to the Astros at this point, 224 00:12:29,520 --> 00:12:31,800 Speaker 1: all right, and you know, you could say what you 225 00:12:31,840 --> 00:12:35,480 Speaker 1: will about the Red Sox where you know, yeah, coming 226 00:12:35,480 --> 00:12:39,200 Speaker 1: into the off season saying some things, giving you hopes 227 00:12:39,400 --> 00:12:41,640 Speaker 1: right going out there and spending the big bucks, you know, 228 00:12:41,679 --> 00:12:44,280 Speaker 1: And that is something I do want to touch on, right. 229 00:12:44,320 --> 00:12:46,120 Speaker 1: I actually want to go back to the Sam Kennedy 230 00:12:46,160 --> 00:12:48,680 Speaker 1: comments that he made in the beginning of the off season, 231 00:12:48,840 --> 00:12:50,920 Speaker 1: and I keep seeing people bringing this up, and that's 232 00:12:50,960 --> 00:12:53,120 Speaker 1: why I do want to touch on this really quick. 233 00:12:54,520 --> 00:12:57,280 Speaker 1: Says here, even if it takes us over the CBT, 234 00:12:58,120 --> 00:13:01,800 Speaker 1: our priority is to is ninety to ninety five wins 235 00:13:01,840 --> 00:13:04,280 Speaker 1: and winning the American League East and winning the division 236 00:13:04,320 --> 00:13:08,000 Speaker 1: for multiple years. Now, I'm not gonna defend you know, 237 00:13:08,320 --> 00:13:11,800 Speaker 1: Sam Kennedy and the Red Sox front office. The one 238 00:13:12,440 --> 00:13:15,960 Speaker 1: little part here that I think people have maybe misconstrued 239 00:13:16,400 --> 00:13:18,760 Speaker 1: a little bit. And I know people are still gonna 240 00:13:18,760 --> 00:13:20,800 Speaker 1: say they're the Red Sox, they should spend money. I 241 00:13:20,840 --> 00:13:25,520 Speaker 1: am just gonna point out, says here, even if it 242 00:13:25,640 --> 00:13:30,960 Speaker 1: takes us over the CBT, if I think he carefully 243 00:13:31,120 --> 00:13:34,400 Speaker 1: he put that in there. Right in the end, he 244 00:13:34,440 --> 00:13:36,720 Speaker 1: didn't come out, he didn't come out here and say, oh, yeah, 245 00:13:36,760 --> 00:13:39,320 Speaker 1: we're going over the CBT. We're gonna spend just all 246 00:13:39,360 --> 00:13:41,200 Speaker 1: the money, We're gonna land all the players. He didn't 247 00:13:41,200 --> 00:13:45,400 Speaker 1: say that, even if it takes us over the CBT. 248 00:13:45,920 --> 00:13:48,280 Speaker 1: Where if you did bring in Bregman maybe another reliever, 249 00:13:48,440 --> 00:13:52,080 Speaker 1: yeah you're over the CBT. But I don't think it 250 00:13:52,120 --> 00:13:54,880 Speaker 1: was ever a guarantee that they were gonna go just 251 00:13:55,080 --> 00:13:58,559 Speaker 1: dropping tons of cash this offseason. And you know, when 252 00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:00,600 Speaker 1: it comes to a long term deal for you know, 253 00:14:00,600 --> 00:14:02,560 Speaker 1: when you take a look at the advanced metrics with him, 254 00:14:03,559 --> 00:14:07,199 Speaker 1: I mean, yeah, there is a little uh, a little 255 00:14:07,200 --> 00:14:08,880 Speaker 1: bit of pause, right. You take a look at the 256 00:14:08,920 --> 00:14:11,800 Speaker 1: advanced metrics, you know, the eggs of v low, you know, 257 00:14:11,920 --> 00:14:14,679 Speaker 1: bat speed kind of middle of the road the last 258 00:14:14,679 --> 00:14:16,840 Speaker 1: couple of years, and then you just wonder, Okay, how's 259 00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:20,600 Speaker 1: that contract gonna do as he gets further into his thirties. 260 00:14:21,040 --> 00:14:23,920 Speaker 1: You know, you just wonder, right, So that's where I've 261 00:14:24,560 --> 00:14:30,480 Speaker 1: I feel like I've seen a lot from people saying, yeah, 262 00:14:30,760 --> 00:14:33,480 Speaker 1: if it's a you know, four year deal, five years tops, 263 00:14:33,480 --> 00:14:34,960 Speaker 1: I'm okay with it. But there's a lot of people 264 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:37,240 Speaker 1: out there that say, I don't really want to go 265 00:14:37,320 --> 00:14:40,480 Speaker 1: six years. Definitely don't want to go seven, you know, 266 00:14:40,560 --> 00:14:42,400 Speaker 1: and I see some people even saying, no, let's just 267 00:14:42,400 --> 00:14:44,440 Speaker 1: do a short term deal, you know, maybe with an 268 00:14:44,440 --> 00:14:47,600 Speaker 1: opt out. For me, personally, I would be cool if 269 00:14:47,600 --> 00:14:50,560 Speaker 1: it was a five year deal. I can't understand where 270 00:14:50,680 --> 00:14:53,000 Speaker 1: when you start adding on you maybe that's sixth or 271 00:14:53,040 --> 00:14:57,600 Speaker 1: seventh year. Yeah, you can sort of think, okay, yeah, 272 00:14:57,640 --> 00:14:59,520 Speaker 1: that might be a little too much for him. I 273 00:14:59,600 --> 00:15:02,520 Speaker 1: would be willing to go five years personally. That's just 274 00:15:02,560 --> 00:15:05,520 Speaker 1: where I'm at. Just to me. I want to add talent, 275 00:15:05,560 --> 00:15:09,040 Speaker 1: all right. I want to add a bat to this lineup. 276 00:15:09,160 --> 00:15:11,080 Speaker 1: I want to get a good right handed hitter like Bregman, 277 00:15:11,120 --> 00:15:13,080 Speaker 1: who's had a ton of success at Family Park. I 278 00:15:13,080 --> 00:15:16,480 Speaker 1: think it'd be amazing. Now people are gonna say, well, 279 00:15:16,520 --> 00:15:20,200 Speaker 1: he's blocking Christian Campbell, he's blocking Vaughan Grissom. I'm in 280 00:15:20,240 --> 00:15:24,520 Speaker 1: the camp where if you bring in Bregman, because he 281 00:15:24,560 --> 00:15:27,560 Speaker 1: has the versatility. He can play obviously plays third, he 282 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:30,320 Speaker 1: can play second, he can play shortstop in a pinch. 283 00:15:31,440 --> 00:15:35,240 Speaker 1: I think because of that versatility, baseball always has this 284 00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:38,400 Speaker 1: weird way of working itself out all the time. Right, 285 00:15:38,400 --> 00:15:41,120 Speaker 1: you took a look at the Astros. I mean, even 286 00:15:41,200 --> 00:15:44,360 Speaker 1: with the addition of Esac Paratus and Christian Walker, they 287 00:15:44,360 --> 00:15:48,680 Speaker 1: are still finding a way to make it work, even 288 00:15:48,720 --> 00:15:51,560 Speaker 1: if it means Altuve goes out to left field. That's 289 00:15:51,680 --> 00:15:56,000 Speaker 1: just the beauty of baseball. You figure it out, all right. 290 00:15:56,040 --> 00:15:59,280 Speaker 1: And that's where I'm kind of in that boat when 291 00:15:59,360 --> 00:16:01,160 Speaker 1: it comes to who you know, if he came to 292 00:16:01,200 --> 00:16:03,760 Speaker 1: the Red Sox, right, Christian Campbell, you know, he's played 293 00:16:03,760 --> 00:16:06,160 Speaker 1: some outfield as well. He can move around to the infield. 294 00:16:06,720 --> 00:16:10,480 Speaker 1: You just let it work out. But in the end, 295 00:16:11,080 --> 00:16:13,480 Speaker 1: I'm just I don't think. I don't know, man, I 296 00:16:13,560 --> 00:16:17,960 Speaker 1: was pretty hopeful about Bregman coming to Boston at one point. 297 00:16:18,040 --> 00:16:20,080 Speaker 1: I'm thinking, all right, you know what, maybe you know, 298 00:16:20,120 --> 00:16:23,960 Speaker 1: they're kind of taking the JD. Martinez approach, and who knows. 299 00:16:24,240 --> 00:16:26,840 Speaker 1: I mean, maybe they wake up tomorrow and they think, 300 00:16:26,880 --> 00:16:29,400 Speaker 1: you know what, let's go make a big push. Let's 301 00:16:29,440 --> 00:16:32,480 Speaker 1: go get this done. You know, we'll see. I mean, 302 00:16:32,640 --> 00:16:35,360 Speaker 1: in the end, never say never, but I'm starting to 303 00:16:35,360 --> 00:16:37,560 Speaker 1: get the impression that he's probably just going to go 304 00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:42,200 Speaker 1: back to Houston because if there is ever a time 305 00:16:42,240 --> 00:16:44,720 Speaker 1: to make that push, it's now. But they're not doing it, 306 00:16:45,040 --> 00:16:47,080 Speaker 1: you know, and you know, you take a look back 307 00:16:47,080 --> 00:16:49,880 Speaker 1: at some of the comments that Craig Breslo's made. You 308 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:52,160 Speaker 1: take a look back at you know, when he said 309 00:16:53,080 --> 00:16:55,640 Speaker 1: they want to be disciplined, right, they want to go 310 00:16:55,720 --> 00:16:59,280 Speaker 1: out there, and they're making the offers. Right. They made 311 00:16:59,320 --> 00:17:01,600 Speaker 1: a pretty good offer for Max Freed. In the end, 312 00:17:01,600 --> 00:17:04,919 Speaker 1: the Yankees went the extra mile. They have made an 313 00:17:04,920 --> 00:17:09,000 Speaker 1: offer for Alex Bregman, reportedly and uh, you know, and 314 00:17:09,040 --> 00:17:10,520 Speaker 1: that was another thing I wanted to bring up to, 315 00:17:11,520 --> 00:17:15,520 Speaker 1: according to Alex Spear of the Boston Globe, saying that 316 00:17:15,600 --> 00:17:18,680 Speaker 1: the Red Sox have been focusing on shorter term offers 317 00:17:18,680 --> 00:17:21,280 Speaker 1: with Bregman, with an eye towards signing him to a 318 00:17:21,359 --> 00:17:24,439 Speaker 1: deal of no more than four years in length. I 319 00:17:24,520 --> 00:17:26,679 Speaker 1: would be willing to go a fifth year option. But 320 00:17:28,840 --> 00:17:31,560 Speaker 1: why would he when he already had a six year 321 00:17:31,640 --> 00:17:35,480 Speaker 1: deal on the table from Houston, You know what I mean? 322 00:17:35,520 --> 00:17:36,720 Speaker 1: And you know, you take a look at some of 323 00:17:36,800 --> 00:17:39,879 Speaker 1: the other aspects too, right, state of Texas, it's tax free, 324 00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:42,199 Speaker 1: So he probably looks at that while thinking, Okay, well 325 00:17:42,240 --> 00:17:45,440 Speaker 1: I got a longer deal with the Astros. Very familiar 326 00:17:45,480 --> 00:17:50,320 Speaker 1: with the organization homegrown Talent, tax free state. I mean 327 00:17:51,640 --> 00:17:55,399 Speaker 1: Why take a why take a shorter deal with the 328 00:17:55,400 --> 00:17:58,080 Speaker 1: Red Sox at this point, you know what I mean. 329 00:17:58,160 --> 00:18:00,520 Speaker 1: So that's where I'm just like, unless the Reds wake 330 00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:03,919 Speaker 1: up with a completely, you know, change of heart, I 331 00:18:03,960 --> 00:18:06,119 Speaker 1: just don't think it's gonna happen, Ladies and gentlemen. I 332 00:18:06,160 --> 00:18:08,840 Speaker 1: hate saying that. I would love for him to come 333 00:18:08,840 --> 00:18:11,800 Speaker 1: to Boston, but I'm just starting to think it's not 334 00:18:11,800 --> 00:18:17,840 Speaker 1: gonna happen. Now. We do have some other options. We 335 00:18:17,880 --> 00:18:20,679 Speaker 1: do have some other options out there. Let's say, you know, 336 00:18:20,720 --> 00:18:25,320 Speaker 1: Bregman to Boston. It's done, it's over. It's it's not 337 00:18:25,359 --> 00:18:30,080 Speaker 1: gonna happen. Right, Well, I still think the Red Sox 338 00:18:31,040 --> 00:18:33,480 Speaker 1: need to add something here now, going back to the pole, 339 00:18:33,960 --> 00:18:37,160 Speaker 1: go back to the pole. Right sixty three percent saying 340 00:18:37,160 --> 00:18:41,080 Speaker 1: the lineup is fine but it still needs more. I 341 00:18:41,119 --> 00:18:44,000 Speaker 1: agree with that. I think they need to add something, 342 00:18:44,080 --> 00:18:46,000 Speaker 1: right because when you take a look at the current lineup, 343 00:18:46,359 --> 00:18:50,240 Speaker 1: I mean, listen, you know Yoshidah, you know, I know 344 00:18:50,320 --> 00:18:53,000 Speaker 1: all off season people have kind of just been writing 345 00:18:53,040 --> 00:18:56,400 Speaker 1: them off, and you know, you gotta remember with Yoshida, 346 00:18:56,480 --> 00:18:58,399 Speaker 1: this guy was hurt this past year. He's dealing with 347 00:18:58,400 --> 00:19:01,439 Speaker 1: a shoulder injury. Who knows how he's gonna be this 348 00:19:01,520 --> 00:19:04,000 Speaker 1: coming year. I mean, let's see, what's the recovery gonna be. 349 00:19:04,119 --> 00:19:06,760 Speaker 1: Like with the shoulder, how's he gonna be. You don't know. 350 00:19:07,160 --> 00:19:09,600 Speaker 1: He didn't do well against left handed pitching last year. 351 00:19:09,640 --> 00:19:12,520 Speaker 1: He's really just a light hitting d H at this point. 352 00:19:13,560 --> 00:19:17,439 Speaker 1: I do wonder how he does this coming year, But 353 00:19:17,680 --> 00:19:22,000 Speaker 1: it's still a question mark, right Trevor story, big question mark. 354 00:19:22,040 --> 00:19:23,840 Speaker 1: With the healthy you just don't even know what you're 355 00:19:23,840 --> 00:19:25,439 Speaker 1: gonna get out of him. I would love for him 356 00:19:25,480 --> 00:19:27,920 Speaker 1: to be healthy over a full season. I mean I'm 357 00:19:27,920 --> 00:19:30,320 Speaker 1: sure he would too, but you don't know what you're 358 00:19:30,320 --> 00:19:34,280 Speaker 1: gonna get, you know. I mean, I hate to even 359 00:19:34,320 --> 00:19:37,960 Speaker 1: bring this up, but Jared Duran, who was you know, 360 00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:43,320 Speaker 1: absolute stud this past year, superstar. The projections are these 361 00:19:43,359 --> 00:19:46,760 Speaker 1: outlets are not being very kind to Jared Durant. Are 362 00:19:46,800 --> 00:19:49,600 Speaker 1: we gonna get another season like that? Ata Duran? I 363 00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:52,119 Speaker 1: don't know. I hope so. I mean I think the 364 00:19:52,200 --> 00:19:54,520 Speaker 1: dude's amazing. I mean what he did this past year, 365 00:19:54,560 --> 00:19:57,200 Speaker 1: Holy cow. I mean, the guy was legit one of 366 00:19:57,200 --> 00:19:59,679 Speaker 1: the best players in Major League Baseball. But you don't know, 367 00:20:00,040 --> 00:20:01,760 Speaker 1: you know, what's he gonna what's he going to be like, 368 00:20:03,040 --> 00:20:06,399 Speaker 1: can he even you know, get back to you know, 369 00:20:06,480 --> 00:20:08,639 Speaker 1: even close to those numbers. Those numbers he put up 370 00:20:08,640 --> 00:20:12,240 Speaker 1: were ridiculous. Can he get back to that? I mean, 371 00:20:12,240 --> 00:20:14,520 Speaker 1: I still think he's gonna be very good, but you know, 372 00:20:14,640 --> 00:20:18,440 Speaker 1: casas question mark with the health. If he's healthy, we 373 00:20:18,480 --> 00:20:20,720 Speaker 1: all know what this guy can do. I mean, the guy, 374 00:20:20,800 --> 00:20:23,080 Speaker 1: the guy's a freaking monster with the bat, but he's 375 00:20:23,119 --> 00:20:27,560 Speaker 1: had problems staying on the field. There's question marks all 376 00:20:27,600 --> 00:20:31,240 Speaker 1: over this lineup, you know, and even go further down. 377 00:20:31,880 --> 00:20:34,800 Speaker 1: Von Grissom, Christian Campbell. Von Grissom, I mean, he was 378 00:20:34,880 --> 00:20:36,960 Speaker 1: non existent last year. He did hit well towards the 379 00:20:37,040 --> 00:20:39,639 Speaker 1: end of the year, but how's the health going to 380 00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:42,000 Speaker 1: be with him moving forward? Christian Campbell? I mean, I'm 381 00:20:42,200 --> 00:20:45,480 Speaker 1: very high on Christian Campbell. He is now officially a 382 00:20:46,359 --> 00:20:49,440 Speaker 1: He is in the top ten, in the top one 383 00:20:49,480 --> 00:20:53,040 Speaker 1: hundred prospects on MLB pipeline, and they've already come out 384 00:20:53,040 --> 00:20:55,119 Speaker 1: and said that, you know, hey, according to Alex Spear, 385 00:20:55,840 --> 00:20:58,359 Speaker 1: they would be comfortable if he ends up winning a 386 00:20:58,480 --> 00:21:00,840 Speaker 1: job out of opening at a spring train for opening day. 387 00:21:01,400 --> 00:21:03,560 Speaker 1: I think he can. I mean, the guy was a 388 00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:05,760 Speaker 1: monster last year. I mean, I would love to see 389 00:21:05,840 --> 00:21:08,679 Speaker 1: if Christian Campbell can win a job at a spring training. 390 00:21:08,720 --> 00:21:11,480 Speaker 1: You're seeing a lot of these guys now, you know, 391 00:21:11,920 --> 00:21:15,320 Speaker 1: go to Jackson marrow over in San Diego, want a 392 00:21:15,400 --> 00:21:17,640 Speaker 1: job out of spring training. Ended up having just a 393 00:21:17,680 --> 00:21:20,960 Speaker 1: great year. The main competition for Paul Skeans when he 394 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:24,920 Speaker 1: came to Rookie of the Year Jacksonurio, highly tated prospect 395 00:21:24,960 --> 00:21:27,240 Speaker 1: for the Brewers, ended up having a very good year. 396 00:21:27,680 --> 00:21:30,200 Speaker 1: So I think Christian Campbell can do the same thing. 397 00:21:30,240 --> 00:21:31,440 Speaker 1: But at the end of the day, you have to 398 00:21:31,440 --> 00:21:33,880 Speaker 1: give a little bit of pause there because obviously he's 399 00:21:33,920 --> 00:21:37,040 Speaker 1: still very young. You would like the best case scenario 400 00:21:37,160 --> 00:21:39,240 Speaker 1: would be to ease him in. However, you know, you 401 00:21:39,280 --> 00:21:40,640 Speaker 1: take a look at the other part of it too, 402 00:21:40,960 --> 00:21:43,320 Speaker 1: where a lot of people out there think he has 403 00:21:43,600 --> 00:21:48,560 Speaker 1: a great mentality, all right. Probably they think he's probably 404 00:21:48,800 --> 00:21:51,960 Speaker 1: more than capable of handling major league baseball in twenty 405 00:21:52,040 --> 00:21:55,200 Speaker 1: twenty five. So but again it's question mark, will you 406 00:21:55,280 --> 00:21:57,439 Speaker 1: or bry You showed a lot of good things this 407 00:21:57,480 --> 00:21:59,800 Speaker 1: past year, But how's he going to be against left 408 00:21:59,840 --> 00:22:03,080 Speaker 1: in pitching? You know, Raphaella, are you gonna see more 409 00:22:03,119 --> 00:22:05,439 Speaker 1: of the bat right, definitely. You know he's he's an 410 00:22:05,440 --> 00:22:07,960 Speaker 1: exciting player, but you do want to see more out 411 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:12,240 Speaker 1: of him. So to me, like there's so many question marks. 412 00:22:14,440 --> 00:22:17,119 Speaker 1: That's why you would like someone like Bregman. Right, you 413 00:22:17,160 --> 00:22:18,879 Speaker 1: know he's gonna come in, He's gonna give you a 414 00:22:18,880 --> 00:22:22,000 Speaker 1: bit more stability in that lineup, which has a lot 415 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:27,440 Speaker 1: of question marks. If Bregman's not the answer. If he's 416 00:22:27,440 --> 00:22:30,000 Speaker 1: not the answer, well then who's the answer going to be? Well, 417 00:22:30,440 --> 00:22:32,399 Speaker 1: I've got a list here of some people that I 418 00:22:32,520 --> 00:22:36,440 Speaker 1: think some players that I think could be impactful. Now 419 00:22:37,119 --> 00:22:39,399 Speaker 1: I will get to that super chat just zach in 420 00:22:39,640 --> 00:22:42,360 Speaker 1: just a little bit. Thank you for that, really appreciate that. 421 00:22:42,760 --> 00:22:44,240 Speaker 1: I'll get to that at the end of my friend. 422 00:22:44,560 --> 00:22:47,960 Speaker 1: But first guy I want to talk about here, say 423 00:22:48,040 --> 00:22:51,120 Speaker 1: is Azuki? Now, I'm gonna write this one off right, 424 00:22:51,240 --> 00:22:53,240 Speaker 1: I've been seeing a lot of Red Sox fans out 425 00:22:53,240 --> 00:22:56,200 Speaker 1: there saying, you say, is Azuki you'd be a great 426 00:22:56,240 --> 00:22:58,520 Speaker 1: right handed back for the Red Sox. Well, here's the problem. 427 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:01,000 Speaker 1: I don't see the Cubs get him up. I mean, yeah, 428 00:23:01,080 --> 00:23:02,920 Speaker 1: very good year this past year hit two eighty three, 429 00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:06,160 Speaker 1: a one point thirty eight WRC plus twenty one Homers. Yeah, 430 00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:07,840 Speaker 1: he would be a great bat for the Red Sox. 431 00:23:07,840 --> 00:23:09,600 Speaker 1: But I don't see the Cubs giving him up. And 432 00:23:09,640 --> 00:23:14,159 Speaker 1: they already talked about this, Craig Counsel saying, say, is 433 00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:17,000 Speaker 1: gonna DH a lot, That's what's gonna happen. Kyle's gonna 434 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:20,120 Speaker 1: play right field, Pete er Armstrong and center, Ian hapout 435 00:23:20,160 --> 00:23:22,600 Speaker 1: and left. We feel like we have another outfielder in 436 00:23:22,760 --> 00:23:25,639 Speaker 1: Saya if something happens to one of those guys. But 437 00:23:25,760 --> 00:23:28,359 Speaker 1: we've talked to Saya this week about that, and he 438 00:23:28,440 --> 00:23:31,119 Speaker 1: understands that and he's on board with that. And things 439 00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:35,520 Speaker 1: happened during a season, So sounds like that whatever that 440 00:23:35,560 --> 00:23:38,920 Speaker 1: little rift was, Remember when Duell Wolf, his agent came 441 00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:42,000 Speaker 1: out saying, you know, bringing up a possible trade and 442 00:23:42,080 --> 00:23:45,640 Speaker 1: how he Saya was not expecting to be a DH 443 00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:47,400 Speaker 1: and he wanted to be playing in the outfield. Well, 444 00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:49,800 Speaker 1: it looks like they've gotten that figured out. I don't 445 00:23:49,800 --> 00:23:52,320 Speaker 1: see the Cubs moving him, to be honest, I just 446 00:23:52,359 --> 00:23:55,879 Speaker 1: don't if we're moving on to another option, maybe Taylor Ward. 447 00:23:56,040 --> 00:23:58,159 Speaker 1: All right, Taylor Ward's but on the trade block. What 448 00:23:58,320 --> 00:24:02,879 Speaker 1: feels like a while now. Think of Taylor Ward, you know, 449 00:24:03,160 --> 00:24:07,800 Speaker 1: as a pretty solid everyday player. His bread and butter 450 00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:10,520 Speaker 1: is against left handed pitching. This guy mashes lefties and 451 00:24:10,800 --> 00:24:13,480 Speaker 1: he holds his own against righty's right He's a guy 452 00:24:13,480 --> 00:24:15,440 Speaker 1: that you can pencil in, but you're gonna be more 453 00:24:15,480 --> 00:24:18,040 Speaker 1: excited about him against that left handed pitching. Now. A 454 00:24:18,080 --> 00:24:20,840 Speaker 1: pretty solid year overall. This past year had a one 455 00:24:20,880 --> 00:24:24,639 Speaker 1: eleven WRC plus with twenty five home runs. You know, 456 00:24:24,720 --> 00:24:29,760 Speaker 1: Taylor Ward. The thing with Ward is it's not the 457 00:24:29,840 --> 00:24:33,880 Speaker 1: player that I don't like. It's more of And it's 458 00:24:33,880 --> 00:24:36,679 Speaker 1: not even that I don't like this, but I'm just 459 00:24:36,840 --> 00:24:41,040 Speaker 1: curious about the fit right Because you got Jaron Durant, 460 00:24:41,240 --> 00:24:45,360 Speaker 1: you got Willi or Bray, you you got Sadam Rafaela. Well, 461 00:24:45,440 --> 00:24:48,760 Speaker 1: Taylor Ward is a guy. He is good enough against 462 00:24:48,840 --> 00:24:53,200 Speaker 1: right handed pitching to where he should be playing every day. 463 00:24:53,280 --> 00:24:56,040 Speaker 1: He's not gonna be a platoon bat. I just don't 464 00:24:56,080 --> 00:24:59,199 Speaker 1: see that happening. You know, sure you can maybe get 465 00:24:59,280 --> 00:25:01,919 Speaker 1: him at bats at d H spot as well, but 466 00:25:02,560 --> 00:25:05,000 Speaker 1: you know Duran's gonna be playing every day. Willi or 467 00:25:05,040 --> 00:25:08,199 Speaker 1: Bray is gonna be playing a good chunk if the 468 00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:10,879 Speaker 1: only the only thing with Willi or Bray again, getting 469 00:25:10,920 --> 00:25:12,679 Speaker 1: back to you know the fact that he's not he 470 00:25:12,760 --> 00:25:15,960 Speaker 1: hasn't been very good against left handed pitching. Well, Taylor Ward, 471 00:25:15,960 --> 00:25:19,359 Speaker 1: like I said, is not a platoon bat, so that's 472 00:25:19,440 --> 00:25:22,040 Speaker 1: kind of an awkward sort of a fit right there. 473 00:25:22,080 --> 00:25:24,280 Speaker 1: And then Saday in Raphaela. You know, he's gonna be 474 00:25:24,320 --> 00:25:28,560 Speaker 1: the everyday center fielder. So there's not really in my opinion, 475 00:25:28,600 --> 00:25:31,359 Speaker 1: I just think the fit of Taylor Ward when it 476 00:25:31,359 --> 00:25:35,000 Speaker 1: comes to the playing time, I don't know, unless there 477 00:25:35,080 --> 00:25:38,520 Speaker 1: was another move that was made, I don't know. I 478 00:25:38,520 --> 00:25:40,760 Speaker 1: don't know. If Taylor Ward ends up happening, I think 479 00:25:40,760 --> 00:25:42,560 Speaker 1: that would be a very fun bat to add to 480 00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:45,560 Speaker 1: the lineup. I think you're just gonna have to do 481 00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:50,200 Speaker 1: other things to make that a more seamless fit when 482 00:25:50,200 --> 00:25:52,480 Speaker 1: it comes to the playing time, you know, getting one 483 00:25:52,520 --> 00:25:55,520 Speaker 1: to Luis Robert the White Sox, you know, obviously we 484 00:25:55,560 --> 00:25:57,880 Speaker 1: already made a trade with them this offseason for Garrett Crochet. 485 00:25:58,440 --> 00:26:00,280 Speaker 1: He's been on the trade block for a while now. 486 00:26:00,280 --> 00:26:02,280 Speaker 1: There's no reason for the White Sox to keep him. 487 00:26:02,560 --> 00:26:05,200 Speaker 1: But I don't see the Red Sox going after him 488 00:26:05,480 --> 00:26:08,240 Speaker 1: because I mean, if you want to, you know, think 489 00:26:08,240 --> 00:26:11,440 Speaker 1: about the durability of Luis Robert you're like, Okay, yeah, 490 00:26:11,480 --> 00:26:12,840 Speaker 1: he's missed a lot of time, but you know what 491 00:26:12,920 --> 00:26:16,760 Speaker 1: he can do when he's healthy. The problem again, it's 492 00:26:16,800 --> 00:26:19,639 Speaker 1: the playing time. How much is he going to give you? 493 00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:21,920 Speaker 1: What is the availability going to be like to be? 494 00:26:22,440 --> 00:26:24,480 Speaker 1: I think I would rather have just brought back Tyler 495 00:26:24,520 --> 00:26:27,159 Speaker 1: O'Neil instead of Louise Robert because you just don't know 496 00:26:27,160 --> 00:26:29,000 Speaker 1: what you're gonna get with him. You know, what kind 497 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:30,760 Speaker 1: of an injury is going to have this coming year. 498 00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:33,520 Speaker 1: Can he stay healthy? You know? So I don't see 499 00:26:33,520 --> 00:26:36,840 Speaker 1: the Red Sox really making a move for him, and 500 00:26:36,880 --> 00:26:39,560 Speaker 1: I don't know if the White Sox are going to 501 00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:43,120 Speaker 1: sell low on him at this point. I could see 502 00:26:43,119 --> 00:26:46,440 Speaker 1: them hanging on to him until the deadline. I mean, 503 00:26:46,480 --> 00:26:49,160 Speaker 1: maybe they could find a taker of this offseason, but again, 504 00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:52,199 Speaker 1: you are going to be selling low. He could be 505 00:26:52,240 --> 00:26:54,440 Speaker 1: maybe a scenario where they say, all right, let's see 506 00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:56,520 Speaker 1: what we can get for him. But I think for 507 00:26:56,560 --> 00:26:59,959 Speaker 1: the White Sox, you know, maybe you're just better off 508 00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:02,720 Speaker 1: off hanging on to him at this point and see 509 00:27:02,720 --> 00:27:05,840 Speaker 1: if you can re establish his value over the first 510 00:27:05,840 --> 00:27:08,320 Speaker 1: couple of months of the year. Now, if you're taking 511 00:27:08,359 --> 00:27:12,440 Speaker 1: a look at some right handed bats that maybe could 512 00:27:12,440 --> 00:27:16,159 Speaker 1: be platoon bats. Right. Like I said with Taylor Ward, 513 00:27:16,520 --> 00:27:19,320 Speaker 1: he's more of an everyday player. And I don't know 514 00:27:19,320 --> 00:27:22,280 Speaker 1: if Taylor Ward right now fits. But if you added 515 00:27:22,400 --> 00:27:26,119 Speaker 1: another platoon bat, which I'm not the biggest span of, 516 00:27:27,880 --> 00:27:30,400 Speaker 1: I think that's kind of a thing where I look 517 00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:32,680 Speaker 1: at it. If you added a right handed platoon bat, 518 00:27:33,320 --> 00:27:36,800 Speaker 1: then I guess it's better than nothing. But you know, 519 00:27:36,880 --> 00:27:40,000 Speaker 1: when you think about the fact you already have Rob Refsnyder, 520 00:27:40,840 --> 00:27:43,679 Speaker 1: you got Romey Gonzalez, you can kind of move around everywhere. 521 00:27:44,320 --> 00:27:47,080 Speaker 1: I don't know, man, the idea of another right handed 522 00:27:47,080 --> 00:27:51,120 Speaker 1: bat off the bench, it just feels like overkill when 523 00:27:51,320 --> 00:27:54,000 Speaker 1: it just feels like you're just setting yourself up for 524 00:27:54,800 --> 00:27:57,840 Speaker 1: a lot of possible problems late in games when you're, 525 00:27:57,880 --> 00:28:00,840 Speaker 1: you know, going with platoon options and team are utilizing 526 00:28:00,880 --> 00:28:06,359 Speaker 1: their bullpens, and it just feels like you might be 527 00:28:06,400 --> 00:28:09,560 Speaker 1: getting yourself into some trouble. But if it's the only 528 00:28:09,640 --> 00:28:12,400 Speaker 1: thing you know at this point, you know, if you're 529 00:28:12,400 --> 00:28:18,560 Speaker 1: not willing to go the years for Bregman, then maybe 530 00:28:18,560 --> 00:28:20,679 Speaker 1: you go with a platoon option. Right. The one that 531 00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:23,080 Speaker 1: we've heard the most is Randall Gritschick. I mean This 532 00:28:23,160 --> 00:28:25,359 Speaker 1: guy had a very good year this past year, one 533 00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:28,080 Speaker 1: hundred and six games overall, hit two ninety one, a 534 00:28:28,119 --> 00:28:29,840 Speaker 1: three forty eight on base a five to twenty eight 535 00:28:29,840 --> 00:28:33,000 Speaker 1: on the slugging a one thirty nine WRC. Plus. He's 536 00:28:33,480 --> 00:28:36,520 Speaker 1: experienced in the American League East. I could see it. 537 00:28:36,800 --> 00:28:39,200 Speaker 1: You know, a guy that can. He'll get his at 538 00:28:39,240 --> 00:28:43,960 Speaker 1: bats in the outfield at designated hitter. You know. But again, 539 00:28:44,160 --> 00:28:46,480 Speaker 1: it's not the it's not the player that I don't like. 540 00:28:46,600 --> 00:28:49,560 Speaker 1: It's just more because you already got ref Sneyder. You know, 541 00:28:49,680 --> 00:28:52,000 Speaker 1: Greg Schick, he's gonna I'd say Gritschick gives you a 542 00:28:52,040 --> 00:28:55,840 Speaker 1: bit more pop there, But I don't know. It's again, 543 00:28:56,160 --> 00:29:01,160 Speaker 1: it's just another another right handed bat. You know, if 544 00:29:01,200 --> 00:29:04,720 Speaker 1: it ends up being grit Shick, it's not my favorite. 545 00:29:05,480 --> 00:29:09,000 Speaker 1: You know, nothing against him. He had himself a great year, 546 00:29:09,040 --> 00:29:11,760 Speaker 1: But it's more just I feel like it's a bit 547 00:29:11,800 --> 00:29:14,640 Speaker 1: of overkill. I'm not the biggest fan of adding another 548 00:29:14,840 --> 00:29:17,880 Speaker 1: right handed platoon bat. That's just me. If they did 549 00:29:17,880 --> 00:29:21,960 Speaker 1: bring him in though, okay, all right, let's roll right, 550 00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:24,120 Speaker 1: you know what I mean, it wouldn't be my favorite option. 551 00:29:24,160 --> 00:29:26,240 Speaker 1: There are some other options, right, He got Mark Canna. 552 00:29:26,800 --> 00:29:30,400 Speaker 1: The thing about Mark Canna is he can play outfield. 553 00:29:30,400 --> 00:29:33,160 Speaker 1: He can also play some first base right DH obviously, 554 00:29:33,320 --> 00:29:35,640 Speaker 1: so there is some versatility with him that I do like. 555 00:29:37,240 --> 00:29:38,959 Speaker 1: So maybe he could be an option there a good 556 00:29:39,040 --> 00:29:42,720 Speaker 1: veteran guy. There's also Ramon Loreano. He attacked Sean with 557 00:29:42,720 --> 00:29:45,440 Speaker 1: the Braves this past year. He did very well against 558 00:29:45,520 --> 00:29:48,320 Speaker 1: left handed pitching. He can move around all around in 559 00:29:48,360 --> 00:29:52,520 Speaker 1: the outfield, so you know, maybe Loreano could be an option. 560 00:29:52,640 --> 00:29:57,040 Speaker 1: Maybe even someone like Connor Joe not amazing numbers this 561 00:29:57,080 --> 00:29:59,280 Speaker 1: past year, but he has been pretty solid against the 562 00:29:59,320 --> 00:30:02,520 Speaker 1: left handed pitching the past, has a decent amount of versatility. 563 00:30:03,480 --> 00:30:07,440 Speaker 1: If you're gonna ask me, if the only thing I 564 00:30:07,440 --> 00:30:11,680 Speaker 1: could pick was a right handed platoon bat, then if 565 00:30:11,720 --> 00:30:13,760 Speaker 1: I were to pick one of these guys, I mean, 566 00:30:13,800 --> 00:30:17,200 Speaker 1: I'd probably go with grit Chick or Kana. I'd be 567 00:30:17,600 --> 00:30:20,400 Speaker 1: fine with it, right grit Chick obviously coming off the 568 00:30:20,440 --> 00:30:24,040 Speaker 1: good year, but again it would be underwhelming. I wouldn't 569 00:30:24,080 --> 00:30:27,280 Speaker 1: be coming on here and doing cartwheels. I wouldn't be 570 00:30:27,320 --> 00:30:31,880 Speaker 1: doing that. You know, we'll see what ends up happening. However, 571 00:30:33,160 --> 00:30:37,479 Speaker 1: moving on to the next option, Listen, if Bregman ends 572 00:30:37,520 --> 00:30:40,520 Speaker 1: up going back to the Astros. I'm not gonna be 573 00:30:40,520 --> 00:30:43,560 Speaker 1: surprised if Nolan Ernado's name comes up again. His name 574 00:30:43,640 --> 00:30:48,040 Speaker 1: is popping up not too long ago, I mean right now. 575 00:30:48,080 --> 00:30:53,320 Speaker 1: When it comes to Aeronato, he is basically waiting on Bregman. 576 00:30:53,600 --> 00:30:58,680 Speaker 1: That market is waiting on Bregman's market to get done. 577 00:30:58,920 --> 00:31:01,680 Speaker 1: And all these other teams tams, right, I think they're 578 00:31:01,720 --> 00:31:03,560 Speaker 1: waiting for the same thing, you know, if they're looking 579 00:31:03,600 --> 00:31:06,040 Speaker 1: at Aeronauto. I think it makes a lot of sense 580 00:31:08,840 --> 00:31:14,400 Speaker 1: with Aeronauto. Again, there is the debate, right, what do 581 00:31:14,440 --> 00:31:17,360 Speaker 1: you do with Raffi? All right, Eronato is clearly the 582 00:31:17,640 --> 00:31:20,120 Speaker 1: better defender, right, Raffi, what do you do with him? 583 00:31:20,160 --> 00:31:22,680 Speaker 1: Move him to first? Move him to DH? Well, I 584 00:31:22,720 --> 00:31:24,760 Speaker 1: think a lot of people would say DH, because if 585 00:31:24,800 --> 00:31:26,480 Speaker 1: you move Rafi over to first, Well, what do you 586 00:31:26,480 --> 00:31:28,320 Speaker 1: do with trysting causes? Now? I would love to keep 587 00:31:28,360 --> 00:31:32,320 Speaker 1: the bat of cases. The only way I would like 588 00:31:32,440 --> 00:31:35,480 Speaker 1: to I would be okay with trading causes is if 589 00:31:35,480 --> 00:31:39,600 Speaker 1: you got a if you got major pieces back at 590 00:31:40,040 --> 00:31:42,480 Speaker 1: big areas of need, whether or not you know, that's 591 00:31:42,560 --> 00:31:46,880 Speaker 1: the pitching in the organization. Maybe add some catching, I 592 00:31:46,920 --> 00:31:49,280 Speaker 1: would that's I think those are the only ways I 593 00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:54,080 Speaker 1: could be okay with moving causes. If you're getting back 594 00:31:55,240 --> 00:32:00,960 Speaker 1: a great piece at a big position, right, like we've 595 00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:04,840 Speaker 1: heard of von Herrera get thrown around, possibly i'd be 596 00:32:04,920 --> 00:32:07,360 Speaker 1: cool of that. You know. If they got back, you know, 597 00:32:07,400 --> 00:32:10,320 Speaker 1: a stud starting pitcher, I'd be cool of that, you know. 598 00:32:10,560 --> 00:32:14,040 Speaker 1: But the problem again with that is that's another move 599 00:32:14,200 --> 00:32:18,720 Speaker 1: in itself to make Aeronauta work. So you know, we've 600 00:32:18,880 --> 00:32:22,520 Speaker 1: we have seen some little things out there. You know, 601 00:32:22,560 --> 00:32:25,280 Speaker 1: could the Cardinals and the Red Sox maybe come up 602 00:32:25,280 --> 00:32:27,440 Speaker 1: with some kind of a trade where Cosas goes back 603 00:32:27,480 --> 00:32:30,600 Speaker 1: to Saint Louis and maybe you work out some kind 604 00:32:30,640 --> 00:32:34,000 Speaker 1: of a blockbuster deal in that way. I know there's 605 00:32:34,080 --> 00:32:36,200 Speaker 1: definitely a good amount of people out there that would 606 00:32:36,240 --> 00:32:38,040 Speaker 1: not like that, right, There's a lot of people that 607 00:32:38,320 --> 00:32:43,120 Speaker 1: want Tristan Costas to stay around. I would too. But 608 00:32:43,120 --> 00:32:45,400 Speaker 1: if the front office feels like they need to improve 609 00:32:45,440 --> 00:32:47,880 Speaker 1: the defense at third base, right and that, you know, 610 00:32:48,760 --> 00:32:50,680 Speaker 1: if they weren't able to get Bregman on the terms 611 00:32:50,680 --> 00:32:54,120 Speaker 1: that they wanted, well Eronato, I mean, these are the 612 00:32:54,200 --> 00:32:56,800 Speaker 1: term If you're going back once again to this report 613 00:32:56,840 --> 00:32:59,520 Speaker 1: from Alex Spear, they're only interested in Bregman on a 614 00:32:59,560 --> 00:33:03,080 Speaker 1: short term deal. Well, Aeronato is basically on a short 615 00:33:03,160 --> 00:33:05,640 Speaker 1: term deal. He's got three years left on that contract. 616 00:33:05,640 --> 00:33:07,440 Speaker 1: So that's where I also wonder if maybe the Red 617 00:33:07,480 --> 00:33:10,560 Speaker 1: Sox they're waiting to see if they can get Bregman 618 00:33:11,520 --> 00:33:13,480 Speaker 1: and if not, well then you can just turn to 619 00:33:13,560 --> 00:33:16,480 Speaker 1: Nolan Ernado on basically a three year deal, you know, 620 00:33:16,680 --> 00:33:18,960 Speaker 1: and whatever kind of a cash is involved there. You know, 621 00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:23,880 Speaker 1: I don't know. Again, if they did turn to Eronato 622 00:33:24,080 --> 00:33:26,680 Speaker 1: and they ended up getting a trade done, and then 623 00:33:26,800 --> 00:33:31,000 Speaker 1: you know, let's say Raffians that moving to first, Yeah, 624 00:33:31,040 --> 00:33:34,480 Speaker 1: I would completely stink losing causus it would. I would 625 00:33:34,520 --> 00:33:40,240 Speaker 1: be upset about losing that power Bat. I guess it 626 00:33:40,320 --> 00:33:41,760 Speaker 1: just comes down to, you know what, what do the 627 00:33:41,760 --> 00:33:44,120 Speaker 1: Red Sox think? You know, what does their front office think? 628 00:33:44,200 --> 00:33:47,240 Speaker 1: Do they feel like Aeronauto? Who I do think is 629 00:33:47,280 --> 00:33:49,040 Speaker 1: Bat would be better at a family park? I do. 630 00:33:49,960 --> 00:33:52,080 Speaker 1: I think he would end up being pretty productive. You'd 631 00:33:52,120 --> 00:33:54,400 Speaker 1: give you good defense. He was a three win player 632 00:33:54,440 --> 00:33:56,960 Speaker 1: this past year, even with the down year at the plate. 633 00:33:58,160 --> 00:34:00,120 Speaker 1: You know, a three win player, you know, that's an 634 00:34:00,680 --> 00:34:03,200 Speaker 1: nice player to add, right, And I think that Bat 635 00:34:03,200 --> 00:34:07,560 Speaker 1: would be a bit more rejuvenated at Famway Park. Then 636 00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:12,400 Speaker 1: the question comes down to is it worth losing a 637 00:34:12,440 --> 00:34:15,880 Speaker 1: potential middle of the order Bat and Cassus. You know, 638 00:34:16,160 --> 00:34:18,840 Speaker 1: who knows what's been going on with that? Right His 639 00:34:18,960 --> 00:34:22,239 Speaker 1: name just always seems to pop up. We don't know. 640 00:34:23,040 --> 00:34:25,719 Speaker 1: I don't know. I'm not sure what the reasoning is. 641 00:34:25,800 --> 00:34:27,960 Speaker 1: You know, what could what else could be going on 642 00:34:28,040 --> 00:34:30,160 Speaker 1: in the front office to why they're having these thoughts. 643 00:34:30,640 --> 00:34:33,080 Speaker 1: I'm not sure what the thought process is. But again, 644 00:34:33,360 --> 00:34:37,040 Speaker 1: kind of rounding up here, circling back, I wouldn't be 645 00:34:37,080 --> 00:34:40,440 Speaker 1: surprised to see Aeronatto's name pop up right right handed 646 00:34:40,480 --> 00:34:45,440 Speaker 1: bat three years left, veteran guy for the clubhouse, if 647 00:34:45,440 --> 00:34:46,560 Speaker 1: you want to look at it from that point of 648 00:34:46,600 --> 00:34:50,400 Speaker 1: view as well. You know, I do think there are 649 00:34:50,480 --> 00:34:52,959 Speaker 1: some boxes that he can check off. It just comes 650 00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:56,439 Speaker 1: down to what do the Red Sox think? All right, 651 00:34:56,800 --> 00:34:58,880 Speaker 1: I feel like I'm one of the few people that 652 00:34:58,920 --> 00:35:02,239 Speaker 1: would see the positives and Aeronauto. The defense has just 653 00:35:02,280 --> 00:35:04,840 Speaker 1: been terrible at third base over the last few years. Now, 654 00:35:07,120 --> 00:35:09,200 Speaker 1: you know, we talk about how they need a voice 655 00:35:09,200 --> 00:35:11,840 Speaker 1: in the clubhouse, they need that veteran guy. Well, Aeronauto. 656 00:35:12,080 --> 00:35:13,880 Speaker 1: I mean this guy could end up easily being a 657 00:35:13,880 --> 00:35:18,800 Speaker 1: Hall of Famer at some point. We'll see, we'll see. 658 00:35:18,960 --> 00:35:22,360 Speaker 1: But I think Aeronauto I think his name will pop 659 00:35:22,440 --> 00:35:25,120 Speaker 1: up if Bregman ends up going back to the Astros. 660 00:35:25,239 --> 00:35:30,160 Speaker 1: But I do wonder, I do wonder if there is 661 00:35:30,200 --> 00:35:35,880 Speaker 1: a long term play at play with all of this, 662 00:35:37,200 --> 00:35:42,600 Speaker 1: and that's Vlad Junior. You know, Yeah, we'd have to 663 00:35:42,640 --> 00:35:46,320 Speaker 1: wait right another year, right until he hits free agency. 664 00:35:46,400 --> 00:35:48,279 Speaker 1: That's a long time to wait. We really want to 665 00:35:48,280 --> 00:35:50,000 Speaker 1: add someone now. I mean, I don't know if they 666 00:35:50,040 --> 00:35:52,840 Speaker 1: do a trade, depending on what happens with the extension 667 00:35:53,160 --> 00:35:57,480 Speaker 1: with the Blue Jays. We haven't really heard anything yet 668 00:35:57,800 --> 00:36:01,160 Speaker 1: lately on that front. When it comes to an extension 669 00:36:01,200 --> 00:36:05,640 Speaker 1: getting done, I don't know. The last I think thorough 670 00:36:05,719 --> 00:36:08,160 Speaker 1: report that we got where that they were still pretty 671 00:36:08,200 --> 00:36:11,319 Speaker 1: far apart. We'll see if they don't end up coming 672 00:36:11,400 --> 00:36:16,680 Speaker 1: to an agreement on an extension, not gonna be surprised 673 00:36:16,680 --> 00:36:18,640 Speaker 1: at all of he ends up getting to free agency. Right, 674 00:36:18,640 --> 00:36:21,360 Speaker 1: We've been hearing more about Pete Alonzo lately, Right, it 675 00:36:21,440 --> 00:36:23,200 Speaker 1: is Pete Alonzo gonna end up with the Blue Jays. 676 00:36:23,200 --> 00:36:27,480 Speaker 1: I'm not sure what's going on there. You know, they 677 00:36:27,480 --> 00:36:33,839 Speaker 1: brought in Anthony Santander. But to me, I think, you know, 678 00:36:34,200 --> 00:36:36,640 Speaker 1: especially if they bring in Alonzo, I wonder if they 679 00:36:36,719 --> 00:36:40,520 Speaker 1: feel like, if they don't get an extension done where 680 00:36:40,560 --> 00:36:43,000 Speaker 1: you know what, Hey, they brought in Santander, they brought 681 00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:47,200 Speaker 1: in Alonzo, that's their fallback, you know. So would they 682 00:36:47,239 --> 00:36:50,560 Speaker 1: be more willing to let Vlad go at that point? 683 00:36:50,640 --> 00:36:52,919 Speaker 1: Who knows. I think they would love to obviously keep 684 00:36:52,960 --> 00:36:55,480 Speaker 1: them all around if that's the way it ended up unfolding. 685 00:36:56,000 --> 00:36:58,920 Speaker 1: But Vladd I do wonder if this is the long 686 00:36:59,040 --> 00:37:02,439 Speaker 1: term play for the Red Sox, if that's why they're 687 00:37:02,440 --> 00:37:04,359 Speaker 1: not making a big push for Bregman on a long 688 00:37:04,440 --> 00:37:07,200 Speaker 1: term deal. Who knows what ends up happening with Aeronato 689 00:37:07,320 --> 00:37:10,560 Speaker 1: or another bat, But I keep thinking in the back 690 00:37:10,600 --> 00:37:12,880 Speaker 1: of my head that if he ends up making it 691 00:37:12,880 --> 00:37:16,200 Speaker 1: to free agency, then if Ladd ends up making it 692 00:37:16,239 --> 00:37:19,360 Speaker 1: to free agency, that he could be the guy the 693 00:37:19,360 --> 00:37:22,560 Speaker 1: Red Sox have their eye on. I don't know. He's 694 00:37:22,600 --> 00:37:26,640 Speaker 1: got very strong connections with Pedro Martinez, David Ortiz. He 695 00:37:26,680 --> 00:37:29,960 Speaker 1: would mash at Femway Park. He'd be the closest thing 696 00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:35,319 Speaker 1: to Manny Ramirez since many Ramirez just was Manny being 697 00:37:35,360 --> 00:37:39,960 Speaker 1: Manny at Fenway Park. We'll see, We'll see what ends 698 00:37:40,040 --> 00:37:42,160 Speaker 1: up happening. Of course, that's not gonna be an option 699 00:37:42,239 --> 00:37:45,160 Speaker 1: if he ends up signing an extension with Toronto. But 700 00:37:45,239 --> 00:37:47,120 Speaker 1: I do wonder if that's something they have in the 701 00:37:47,120 --> 00:37:50,719 Speaker 1: back of their head in the end, if you were 702 00:37:50,719 --> 00:37:53,600 Speaker 1: to ask me, I feel like they probably just end 703 00:37:53,719 --> 00:37:58,319 Speaker 1: up with Randall Gritschik. I mean, again, that's underwhelming. I 704 00:37:58,360 --> 00:38:02,600 Speaker 1: hope that's not it. I hope it's someone, you know, whatever. 705 00:38:02,640 --> 00:38:04,319 Speaker 1: I know a lot of people out there will think, oh, 706 00:38:04,400 --> 00:38:08,360 Speaker 1: aeron Otto, no, we don't want him, right, It would 707 00:38:08,360 --> 00:38:10,120 Speaker 1: be fun to talk about. I mean, at the end 708 00:38:10,120 --> 00:38:12,120 Speaker 1: of the day, I know that's not the most important thing, 709 00:38:12,360 --> 00:38:16,320 Speaker 1: but you know, it would be a head turning headline 710 00:38:16,800 --> 00:38:19,120 Speaker 1: to see Aeronato getting traded to Boston. That would be 711 00:38:19,120 --> 00:38:22,239 Speaker 1: fun content. That would be a good discussion. But I 712 00:38:22,239 --> 00:38:23,920 Speaker 1: think a lot of things have to happen for that 713 00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:28,719 Speaker 1: to work. Who knows. There's still a lot of offseason left, 714 00:38:28,800 --> 00:38:31,719 Speaker 1: ladies and gentlemen. We're not even in February yet. We 715 00:38:31,840 --> 00:38:35,560 Speaker 1: still got a good, solid couple of weeks here. Let's 716 00:38:35,560 --> 00:38:38,040 Speaker 1: see what ends up happening, right, But everyone, I am 717 00:38:38,040 --> 00:38:42,120 Speaker 1: gonna wrap it up there. Do appreciate you stopping by 718 00:38:42,640 --> 00:38:47,320 Speaker 1: here tonight debut episode of Monster Territory with the Foul 719 00:38:47,400 --> 00:38:51,760 Speaker 1: Territory Network. Again, honored to be with the Foul Territory Network. 720 00:38:52,239 --> 00:38:53,840 Speaker 1: We're gonna be having a lot of fun here. But 721 00:38:54,280 --> 00:38:56,440 Speaker 1: we also did have a superchat come in from just 722 00:38:56,600 --> 00:38:58,600 Speaker 1: Zach five dollars. The worst thing to happen to the 723 00:38:58,600 --> 00:39:01,520 Speaker 1: Red Sox of this offseason was being tied to Soto 724 00:39:01,840 --> 00:39:04,160 Speaker 1: for as long as they were. Yeah, you know, I 725 00:39:04,239 --> 00:39:11,239 Speaker 1: agree to an extent because obviously, you know, we came 726 00:39:11,280 --> 00:39:15,200 Speaker 1: into the offseason thinking, all right, tai Oscar Hernandez, Max Freed, Okay, 727 00:39:15,280 --> 00:39:16,960 Speaker 1: you know, we're gonna go get some solid players. But 728 00:39:17,000 --> 00:39:19,279 Speaker 1: then the whole Wan Soto thing happened. You're thinking, what 729 00:39:19,400 --> 00:39:22,200 Speaker 1: the heck is going on here? And it gave you 730 00:39:22,280 --> 00:39:25,319 Speaker 1: high hopes, right, and then coming off of that, right, 731 00:39:25,600 --> 00:39:29,760 Speaker 1: you know, yeah, it got you excited, but you gotta remember, 732 00:39:29,800 --> 00:39:32,239 Speaker 1: at the end of the day, you know, the Wan 733 00:39:32,400 --> 00:39:36,040 Speaker 1: Soto bank account is completely different, right, what you were 734 00:39:36,040 --> 00:39:39,359 Speaker 1: gonna give that guy was completely different from everything else 735 00:39:39,440 --> 00:39:42,719 Speaker 1: on the market. But I understand, right, the mentality of that. 736 00:39:42,800 --> 00:39:46,400 Speaker 1: You're thinking, all right, Juan Soto over seven hundred million dollars. 737 00:39:46,440 --> 00:39:50,080 Speaker 1: We're in the ballpark, we're at the table, and you're thinking, 738 00:39:50,120 --> 00:39:52,520 Speaker 1: all right, you know, let's go get let's go get 739 00:39:52,520 --> 00:39:54,600 Speaker 1: it done with some other players. That's just not how 740 00:39:54,600 --> 00:39:57,319 Speaker 1: it works in the end. But I understand though, all right, 741 00:39:57,360 --> 00:40:01,520 Speaker 1: because you really started off hot with the whole Sodo thing. 742 00:40:01,880 --> 00:40:06,000 Speaker 1: So it is what it is at the end of 743 00:40:06,040 --> 00:40:08,520 Speaker 1: the day. But everyone, I'm gonna wrap it up right 744 00:40:08,520 --> 00:40:11,440 Speaker 1: there again, thank you for coming out for the first 745 00:40:11,480 --> 00:40:16,520 Speaker 1: episode of Monster Territory with the Foul Territory Network. Greatly 746 00:40:16,560 --> 00:40:18,640 Speaker 1: appreciate everybody. If you kind of the way out, hit 747 00:40:18,640 --> 00:40:21,239 Speaker 1: that like button for us, subscribe if you're new, and 748 00:40:21,280 --> 00:40:24,080 Speaker 1: if you are listening to this via audio wherever you 749 00:40:24,120 --> 00:40:27,239 Speaker 1: listen to your favorite podcast, whether that's Google, Stitcher, Spotify, 750 00:40:27,680 --> 00:40:30,279 Speaker 1: wherever it may be, give us a five star. Would 751 00:40:30,280 --> 00:40:33,840 Speaker 1: greatly appreciate that. But everyone, I'm gonna wrap it up 752 00:40:33,920 --> 00:40:36,680 Speaker 1: right there. Thanks for coming out tonight, and I'll talk 753 00:40:36,719 --> 00:40:37,359 Speaker 1: to you next time.