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Speaker 1: Welcome man, everybody, Welcome to Monster Territory, brought to you

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Speaker 1: about the Foul Territory Network. One more show to talk

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Speaker 1: about the twenty twenty five Red Sox season. It's been

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Speaker 1: a weird day today. It was oddly quiet here today.

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Speaker 1: You know what it made me think about, not maybe

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Speaker 1: and the Yankees. That next day, it was it was

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Speaker 1: just so sad, you know, And maybe I'm over emphasizing

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Speaker 1: just thinking about how down of a day it was

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Speaker 1: in a way like, yes, it does not even compare

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Speaker 1: You know, you go back to two thousand and eight.

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Speaker 1: Obviously that was that day after you know. Funny enough,

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Speaker 1: But the difference here, the difference is you got high hopes, right,

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Speaker 1: You're looking towards the future. You're feeling pretty good about

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Speaker 1: this competitive window that you're going into, and you're feeling

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Speaker 1: I'll be talking about the Yankees here, be looking at

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Speaker 1: the Yankees. You know, they've been making the postseason a lot. Obviously,

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Speaker 1: you want to win the championship, but that's a team

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Speaker 1: that's what I'm you know, the Dodgers as well. Right,

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Speaker 1: every year it seems the Dodgers are in it. I'm

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Speaker 1: single year. I'm looking for them to be in contention

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Speaker 1: chat everybody, welcome in, George Corbyn, rath Sean, how we doing, Moose,

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Speaker 1: what's going on? My friend? How you doing? Funny how Man?

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Speaker 1: The chat over the last few nights it was popping.

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Speaker 1: could definitely tell the difference here. A lot of people

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Speaker 1: get to it. Let's get to it. Let's start with

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Speaker 1: the great. Let's start with the great. And there's no

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Speaker 1: other there's no other way to start. You gotta talk

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Speaker 1: about Garrett Crochet. The guy was absolutely phenomenal this year.

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Speaker 1: I would say he's the MVP of the team in

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Speaker 1: my complete and honest opinion. Thirty two starts, a career

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Speaker 1: he finished second in fangraft wins above replacement. Schoobl had

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Speaker 1: That's just the way the cookie crumbled. Wouldn't be surprised

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Speaker 1: that conversation. For next year, I'm gonna put Alex Bregman

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Speaker 1: to me, yes, I understand Bregman. He ended up missing

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Speaker 1: saying it was an honor to wear a Red Sox jersey. Listen,

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Speaker 1: of the day. That's leverage. Bregman is a businessman. The

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Speaker 1: anything can always happen. Another team can come into the mix. Hey,

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Speaker 1: We'd like you to come here. We'll give you more,

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Speaker 1: I love Trevor Story. I love what he did, and honestly,

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Speaker 1: Very happy with Brian Bao this year. Obviously he didn't

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Speaker 1: were definitely a lot of good things, but there were

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Speaker 1: some hiccups as well. But overall, if I wrap it

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Speaker 1: all up, put a bow on top, I'll say they

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Speaker 1: were good overall as a group. Moving on, moving on here,

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Speaker 1: and really quick, we are actually about to be out

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Speaker 1: of time on nesson if you are watching with us

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Speaker 1: on Nesson, I'm gonna have to wrap it up here

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Speaker 1: in the next couple of minutes, but I'll also point

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Speaker 1: out the young arms with the Red Sox. Nice to

434
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Speaker 1: see the Red Sox finally getting some young pitching coming

435
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Speaker 1: up the pipe. Peyton Totally. How electric was that debut?

436
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Speaker 1: Connolly Early? He had a couple of electric moments this year.

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Speaker 1: How about his debut he was fantastic with Totally. After

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Speaker 1: that debut against the Pirates, he came back down to

439
00:25:45,080 --> 00:25:47,840
Speaker 1: earth early though. He was looking really good. I mean,

440
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Speaker 1: and he looked great last night as well against the Yankees.

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Speaker 1: You know, Unfortunately the defense didn't help him out. He

442
00:25:53,880 --> 00:25:57,160
Speaker 1: got a raw deal. Kyle Harrison, he showed some good

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Speaker 1: things this year with the Red Sox, right, you know, inconsistent,

444
00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:05,359
Speaker 1: but you saw some potential with him moving forward to

445
00:26:05,359 --> 00:26:08,560
Speaker 1: be a part of the staff. But overall, I'd say

446
00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:12,119
Speaker 1: it's good that we got some young pitching coming up

447
00:26:12,119 --> 00:26:14,639
Speaker 1: the pipe. We haven't had a whole lot of that

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00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:18,399
Speaker 1: as of late. But everybody on Nesson, I am going

449
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Speaker 1: to wrap it up right there. If you want to

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Speaker 1: see the rest of the show, come on over to YouTube.

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Speaker 1: Monster territory and see what else we got to say. Nesson, viewers,

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Speaker 1: thank you for watching, and we'll talk to you next time.

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Speaker 1: So let's wrap up the rest of the good and

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Speaker 1: then we're gonna get to the bad and the ugly.

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Speaker 1: I know you all love the drama. I know you

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00:26:38,840 --> 00:26:40,960
Speaker 1: all do. We're gonna get to the bad and the ugly.

457
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Speaker 1: I know you're excited for that one. Let's take a look.

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Speaker 1: I'll talk about Romy, Romy and ref Snyder, the lefty killers.

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00:26:53,640 --> 00:26:56,960
Speaker 1: Good years for these guys. I mean I think you

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Speaker 1: could even say they were you could put him in

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Speaker 1: the great category against the lefty pictures, right, I mean

462
00:27:04,119 --> 00:27:06,840
Speaker 1: they were excellent. Romy was one of the best best

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00:27:06,920 --> 00:27:09,919
Speaker 1: hitters this year against left handed pitching. I believe he

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00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:12,320
Speaker 1: had He was top five with his ops, so I

465
00:27:12,359 --> 00:27:16,119
Speaker 1: think you could say that's great, right, and ref Snyder

466
00:27:17,160 --> 00:27:20,880
Speaker 1: four eighty four slugging overall this year. You know another

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Speaker 1: thing about Romy two, He had a three eighty three

468
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Speaker 1: slugging this year. With Romy, you saw that he even

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Speaker 1: had success against righties this year, so it wasn't just

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Speaker 1: against the lefties. Let's take a look at the splits

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Speaker 1: with Romy against lefties, he hit three thirty one, hit

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Speaker 1: two eighty six against righties. Now when he came into

473
00:27:39,840 --> 00:27:44,480
Speaker 1: the run production a one to sixty two WRC plus,

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Speaker 1: a nine to seventy eight ops against lefties righty's seven

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Speaker 1: eighteen ops ninety five WRC plus, but not bad ref

476
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Speaker 1: Snyder against righty'sh I mean, Refsnider was more of that, uh,

477
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Speaker 1: more of that prototypical platoon only hit two twelve against

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Speaker 1: righties but three h two against lefties. But for what

479
00:28:08,720 --> 00:28:12,560
Speaker 1: they did overall, yes, against lefties, I'll say great. But

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00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:17,200
Speaker 1: overall the whole package, I'll say good. I'll say good.

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00:28:17,720 --> 00:28:22,480
Speaker 1: Carlos Sarvas had a good year. Good rookie season for

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Speaker 1: Carlos Nervas showed a lot of good things. He was

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Speaker 1: very good defensively. I know he had a lot of

484
00:28:27,040 --> 00:28:30,879
Speaker 1: catcher's interference this year, but he, according to the numbers

485
00:28:30,920 --> 00:28:33,520
Speaker 1: of this year, one of the better defenders behind the plate.

486
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Speaker 1: He was very good. You know that. We can actually

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Speaker 1: pull up here, We'll pull up the stat cast and uh,

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Speaker 1: I think Nervas not only was very good this year,

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Speaker 1: but I think he was very underrated. I mean, looking

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Speaker 1: at the defensive numbers here, he was in the eighty

491
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Speaker 1: eighth percentile. When he came to his blocks ninety eighth percentile.

492
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Speaker 1: Throwing out runners, he had nine caught stealing runs above average,

493
00:29:00,920 --> 00:29:07,760
Speaker 1: it's excellent, ninety eighth percentile framing, had five five runs

494
00:29:07,800 --> 00:29:10,760
Speaker 1: saved eighty fifth percentile. He ranked in the top twenty

495
00:29:10,760 --> 00:29:14,440
Speaker 1: percent With his pop time, I think you could say

496
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Speaker 1: his defense. That's another thing. Defense excellent, great with the bat,

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Speaker 1: he had his moments. He definitely had some good things

498
00:29:23,360 --> 00:29:26,880
Speaker 1: this year. Each showed some pop, had fifteen home runs,

499
00:29:26,920 --> 00:29:30,320
Speaker 1: had a four to nineteen slugging ninety seven WRC plus.

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Speaker 1: Not amazing, but right around league average. The whole package

501
00:29:33,880 --> 00:29:36,760
Speaker 1: or the nervaias, I'll say good. And he did a

502
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Speaker 1: great job of the pitching staff. Very underrated. I think

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Speaker 1: I'll put him in the good category. Speaking of defense.

504
00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:51,040
Speaker 1: Speaking of defense, I can't not shout this out, Marcello

505
00:29:51,120 --> 00:29:56,320
Speaker 1: Meyer's defense. I gotta talk about it. With Marcello Meyer

506
00:29:56,400 --> 00:29:59,560
Speaker 1: out in the field, mostly playing third base this year

507
00:29:59,600 --> 00:30:03,000
Speaker 1: when bregg And went down, played some second base, couple

508
00:30:03,040 --> 00:30:08,600
Speaker 1: of games at short, there was something different. We haven't

509
00:30:08,680 --> 00:30:13,600
Speaker 1: seen a defender like this, you know. Man, Unless I'm

510
00:30:13,640 --> 00:30:17,320
Speaker 1: really miss unless I'm I'm whiffing on someone like defensively

511
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Speaker 1: at shortstop. Bolgart's was good, but he wasn't one of

512
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Speaker 1: the best defenders. He was good with the routine play,

513
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Speaker 1: but his range was a bit limited, right. He definitely

514
00:30:30,040 --> 00:30:34,480
Speaker 1: had some good plays along the way, but overall he wasn't,

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Speaker 1: you know, one of the top defenders in the game.

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Speaker 1: I'm not saying he was a bad defender, but one

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Speaker 1: of the best defenders. No, you know, Marcella Myer. You

518
00:30:43,720 --> 00:30:46,960
Speaker 1: know again, I'm probably whiffing on a guy here completely,

519
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Speaker 1: But the last time I remember a guy who just

520
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Speaker 1: was so impressive, so fun more so fun to watch

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Speaker 1: defensively was Jose Iglesias right back with they had him

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Speaker 1: in twenty thirteen, right before they moved him Jake Peevey

523
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Speaker 1: in that trade. That was the last guy that I

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Speaker 1: can remember again, unless I'm just completely whiffing on a

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Speaker 1: guy that I just had fun watching in the field,

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Speaker 1: you know, in the infield, probably missing someone, but Marcella

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Speaker 1: Meyer was great. He was so good to watch. He

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Speaker 1: was so smooth out there. No play seemed difficult for him.

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Speaker 1: No matter how hard the play looked, he just made

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Speaker 1: it look easy. And I'm excited to see what he

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Speaker 1: can do. When it comes to wherever he ends up

532
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Speaker 1: playing next year, you know he's going to be on

533
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Speaker 1: the major league team. You know he's going to be contributing.

534
00:31:41,640 --> 00:31:43,560
Speaker 1: Is he going to be at short? What happens with

535
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Speaker 1: the story? Is he going to be at second? I mean, listen,

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Speaker 1: you know we all I do think Bregman is going

537
00:31:49,440 --> 00:31:51,440
Speaker 1: to be back long term, but you have to prepare

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Speaker 1: for the fact that maybe he doesn't come back. Do

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Speaker 1: you end up seeing someone like Meyer playing third? If

540
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Speaker 1: that ends up happening, is he your third baseman? Let's

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Speaker 1: say Bregman ends up going elsewhere and then story ops

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00:32:05,200 --> 00:32:11,200
Speaker 1: back in. I mean, we'll talk about story uh when

543
00:32:11,240 --> 00:32:13,040
Speaker 1: it comes to the defense here in a second, because

544
00:32:13,080 --> 00:32:17,960
Speaker 1: I think that is something to talk about. But that's

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Speaker 1: something I it could happen, you know, that's we'll see

546
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Speaker 1: what happens in the offseason, right But Meyer, he was

547
00:32:24,120 --> 00:32:27,160
Speaker 1: great at third base this year, and he showed pop,

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Speaker 1: you know, not a great batting average two twenty eight,

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00:32:29,520 --> 00:32:32,000
Speaker 1: two seventy two on base four oh two on the

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00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:35,040
Speaker 1: slugging though, you know, pretty decent slugging. He had four homers,

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00:32:35,640 --> 00:32:38,200
Speaker 1: had some extra base hits along the way, I'm excited

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Speaker 1: for what Meyer can do. The defense was great, and

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Speaker 1: last but not least for the good category, I'm gonna

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Speaker 1: say Alex Cora. I think Alex Cora was a good

555
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Speaker 1: manager this year. Sure, you know, he made some questionable calls,

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Speaker 1: and I guarantee someone's gonna be in the comments and

557
00:32:53,840 --> 00:32:56,000
Speaker 1: they're gonna say, oh, Alex Core, he was terrible. What

558
00:32:56,040 --> 00:32:58,360
Speaker 1: are you talking about, Robbie. Yeah, of course, you know,

559
00:32:59,280 --> 00:33:01,600
Speaker 1: not every manager it was gonna be perfect. But when

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00:33:01,640 --> 00:33:04,480
Speaker 1: it came to what he did, you know, with all

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Speaker 1: the platoon matchups, the injuries that happened along the way,

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Speaker 1: I felt like in the end he pushed more buttons

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00:33:13,960 --> 00:33:18,280
Speaker 1: good than bad. And hey, he kept this team together.

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Speaker 1: You know, it was a fun team this year, and

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Speaker 1: I think he did a good job. You know what.

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Speaker 1: I put him in the great category. I mean, you know,

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Speaker 1: who knows. You know, maybe you know there was a

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Speaker 1: better team, you know, if they had a you know,

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Speaker 1: when they had more talent on the team that was healthy,

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00:33:32,920 --> 00:33:36,280
Speaker 1: they were looking great. So I think Core is a

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Speaker 1: good manager. I do. I'd be again. I mean, I'm

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Speaker 1: still seeing people here. I told you all after last

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Speaker 1: night's game, you're gonna be seeing people saying Core needs

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Speaker 1: to get fired. I don't think that's gonna happen. That's no,

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Speaker 1: that's not happening. So I think he was a good

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Speaker 1: manager this year. I think he made a lot of

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Speaker 1: good calls with the bullpen. He was a little iffy

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Speaker 1: with I'll definitely say that. I think there were definitely

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Speaker 1: some question So we go back to Game two. I

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00:34:03,400 --> 00:34:07,360
Speaker 1: think Chapman should have been in that game. Garrett Whitlock

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00:34:07,480 --> 00:34:09,640
Speaker 1: was clearly fading, and he was going up against two

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Speaker 1: lefties in a row. He watched Jazz. Fine, if you

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Speaker 1: because he was looking good up to that point, but

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00:34:16,480 --> 00:34:19,719
Speaker 1: he walked him. I'm bringing in Chatman to go up

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Speaker 1: against Austin Wells. That's kind of what I'm doing there.

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00:34:23,160 --> 00:34:25,320
Speaker 1: I'm not taking any chances, right and I know Chapman

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00:34:25,360 --> 00:34:28,920
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Speaker 1: Alrighty, onto the bat, Onto the bat. The injuries, the

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Speaker 1: injuries this year were bad. I think you could even

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Speaker 1: say they're ugly. You could even say they're ugly. A

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Speaker 1: lot of injuries this year, right, especially with the pitching staff.

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Speaker 1: I mean you never even saw Crutter Crawford this year.

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Speaker 1: Richard Fitz looked good out of the gate, but he

621
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Speaker 1: ended up having problems. Hunter Dobbins unfortunately had the knee injury.

622
00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:21,279
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Speaker 1: the pitching staff, and again that's where I also all

624
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Speaker 1: credit Cora because he had a lot of guys go

625
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Speaker 1: down and that's not on him. You know, he had

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Speaker 1: to really work his way. And I also shout out

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Speaker 1: to the bullpen this year, you know, for the job

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Speaker 1: they did. You know, with all the injuries they had

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Speaker 1: very good, very good, but the injuries were bad. It

630
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Speaker 1: was rough Roman obviously, Marcella Meyer. Yeah, yeah, Bregman. I mean, honestly,

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Speaker 1: I think now that I'm thinking about it, I think

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Speaker 1: you could actually put the injuries in the ugly category

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Speaker 1: because you had some bad losses, So I might I

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635
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Speaker 1: I had it in bad at first, but now that

636
00:37:05,640 --> 00:37:10,120
Speaker 1: I'm thinking about it, that was tough. That was tough

637
00:37:10,120 --> 00:37:15,960
Speaker 1: this year. Christian Campbell. I hate saying this one. I

638
00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:21,319
Speaker 1: hate saying this one because, man, I really really think

639
00:37:21,360 --> 00:37:25,080
Speaker 1: he's got a bright future. I really do. I hate

640
00:37:25,160 --> 00:37:30,040
Speaker 1: doing this one because I think it's more so because

641
00:37:30,040 --> 00:37:33,360
Speaker 1: he got off to the great start. He looked great,

642
00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:36,560
Speaker 1: but he just wasn't able to figure it out. After that.

643
00:37:37,520 --> 00:37:41,200
Speaker 1: Pictures adjusted to him. They saw the way he was

644
00:37:41,239 --> 00:37:44,120
Speaker 1: going apo a lot. He wasn't able to pull the ball.

645
00:37:44,640 --> 00:37:47,960
Speaker 1: Pictures are good in Major League Baseball these days. When

646
00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:50,120
Speaker 1: they find a weakness, they're going to attack it, and

647
00:37:50,160 --> 00:37:53,160
Speaker 1: he wasn't able to make the adjustment. I'm not gonna

648
00:37:53,200 --> 00:37:56,720
Speaker 1: say it was a he's a bad player. I think

649
00:37:56,760 --> 00:38:02,279
Speaker 1: he can be a very good player. Guy's athletic, he's

650
00:38:02,320 --> 00:38:06,440
Speaker 1: got incredible bat speed. The guy looks just phenomenal when

651
00:38:06,480 --> 00:38:10,799
Speaker 1: he's right. But the lack of adjustments that he was

652
00:38:11,800 --> 00:38:14,719
Speaker 1: that he was on, he was unable to make I

653
00:38:14,719 --> 00:38:17,120
Speaker 1: think that was bad, you know, And he went back

654
00:38:17,160 --> 00:38:19,759
Speaker 1: down to the miners. And when you look at the

655
00:38:19,840 --> 00:38:23,480
Speaker 1: metrics and the miners this year, you could see he

656
00:38:23,520 --> 00:38:25,279
Speaker 1: was still working on some things. He was pulling the

657
00:38:25,280 --> 00:38:27,560
Speaker 1: ball a little bit more. But I think he's going

658
00:38:27,600 --> 00:38:30,560
Speaker 1: to need an offseason to get into the lab really

659
00:38:30,600 --> 00:38:33,680
Speaker 1: work on it more. I expect Campbell to bounce back

660
00:38:34,040 --> 00:38:39,960
Speaker 1: for next year. But it was just bad. Oh also,

661
00:38:40,080 --> 00:38:44,239
Speaker 1: Sam Storm, My goodness, I left out tristing causes from

662
00:38:44,239 --> 00:38:47,320
Speaker 1: the injuries. Okay, we're definitely going ugly for the injuries.

663
00:38:47,520 --> 00:38:51,759
Speaker 1: Holy cow, How did I forget about tristing causes? How

664
00:38:51,760 --> 00:38:54,000
Speaker 1: did I forget that one? That was that was obviously

665
00:38:54,080 --> 00:38:58,399
Speaker 1: rough too? That was rough. So many injuries injuries into

666
00:38:58,440 --> 00:39:04,480
Speaker 1: the ugly category. Another bat for the Red Sox runners

667
00:39:04,600 --> 00:39:10,000
Speaker 1: in scoring position. I wouldn't say it was ugly, but

668
00:39:10,080 --> 00:39:13,359
Speaker 1: it wasn't good. I'd say it was bad. They were

669
00:39:13,360 --> 00:39:16,160
Speaker 1: eighteenth in batting average with runners in scoring position this year,

670
00:39:17,920 --> 00:39:26,120
Speaker 1: sixteenth in OPS, eighteenth in WRC plus. It's not horrible,

671
00:39:26,680 --> 00:39:30,560
Speaker 1: but it's not good. It's below average. They had problems

672
00:39:30,600 --> 00:39:34,160
Speaker 1: this year all year when Roman was in the leadoff spot. Yes,

673
00:39:34,280 --> 00:39:39,200
Speaker 1: they definitely got better. They did, but listen, you gotta

674
00:39:39,239 --> 00:39:42,760
Speaker 1: make the adjustments you have to. Yeah, I know, losing

675
00:39:42,800 --> 00:39:44,799
Speaker 1: a player like that's tough, but you got to step up.

676
00:39:44,840 --> 00:39:47,319
Speaker 1: The other guy's got to figure it out, you know,

677
00:39:47,960 --> 00:39:50,480
Speaker 1: and they just weren't able to do it. It is

678
00:39:50,520 --> 00:39:52,960
Speaker 1: what it is. In Bregman, you know, the injury that

679
00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:55,880
Speaker 1: he had that was bad timing as well. You know,

680
00:39:56,360 --> 00:39:59,120
Speaker 1: of course the injuries Bright Costas. You know, we never

681
00:39:59,160 --> 00:40:02,160
Speaker 1: even got a chance to see if Costas could have

682
00:40:02,200 --> 00:40:05,880
Speaker 1: gotten himself turned around, you know. And that was a

683
00:40:05,920 --> 00:40:10,400
Speaker 1: bopper that you lost. So that's something they're gonna have

684
00:40:10,440 --> 00:40:13,360
Speaker 1: to figure out. I think they're going to attack that

685
00:40:13,560 --> 00:40:15,680
Speaker 1: this coming off season. I think they're gonna go after

686
00:40:15,719 --> 00:40:18,439
Speaker 1: it when it comes to getting a bopper. I'm very

687
00:40:18,480 --> 00:40:23,160
Speaker 1: curious to see what they do when it comes to

688
00:40:23,200 --> 00:40:28,680
Speaker 1: that first base d H spot. I'm curious about Masa.

689
00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:31,000
Speaker 1: Oh my goodness, I left out another injury. There were

690
00:40:31,040 --> 00:40:33,319
Speaker 1: so many injuries and I'm going but Masa was hurt

691
00:40:33,400 --> 00:40:36,880
Speaker 1: for the how for how long? Holy cow? I'm missing

692
00:40:36,920 --> 00:40:40,120
Speaker 1: all these guys. We had so many injuries this year. Ugly,

693
00:40:43,560 --> 00:40:46,440
Speaker 1: But I'm curious to see what they do. Are they

694
00:40:46,440 --> 00:40:50,919
Speaker 1: gonna try and move Massa's contract. If they can't, are

695
00:40:50,960 --> 00:40:55,759
Speaker 1: they will they DFAM? I don't know. I mean I'm

696
00:40:55,800 --> 00:41:02,359
Speaker 1: not sure, uh or do they keep them and they

697
00:41:02,440 --> 00:41:05,080
Speaker 1: just kind of keep them in that that same role,

698
00:41:05,320 --> 00:41:07,440
Speaker 1: you know, like a lefty bat. That's where I wonder

699
00:41:07,560 --> 00:41:10,600
Speaker 1: could someone like Pete Alonso come into play, where if

700
00:41:10,640 --> 00:41:15,960
Speaker 1: you get a right handed hitter in Pete Alonzo and

701
00:41:16,040 --> 00:41:18,440
Speaker 1: then you've got a left handed one Yoshida who could

702
00:41:18,480 --> 00:41:23,120
Speaker 1: stay at DH right and then if Cassis comes back,

703
00:41:23,200 --> 00:41:26,760
Speaker 1: then you figure it out. Then again, the cast is injury.

704
00:41:26,760 --> 00:41:31,280
Speaker 1: That's that's rough, right, that's a brutal injury. That's that's

705
00:41:31,320 --> 00:41:34,279
Speaker 1: been one of the worst injuries in sports. Hopefully he

706
00:41:34,320 --> 00:41:38,640
Speaker 1: can come back. So I just kind of wonder how

707
00:41:38,640 --> 00:41:41,959
Speaker 1: they attack that. I think that's interesting because you can't

708
00:41:42,040 --> 00:41:45,359
Speaker 1: trade cases, Like let's just get that out of the way,

709
00:41:45,400 --> 00:41:47,560
Speaker 1: the obvious out of the way. I mean, you're not

710
00:41:47,600 --> 00:41:55,000
Speaker 1: moving him obviously, so he's coming back at some point,

711
00:41:55,880 --> 00:41:57,560
Speaker 1: So what do you do with Masa? Like, I mean,

712
00:41:58,200 --> 00:42:01,680
Speaker 1: I don't know, Like, because if I'm going with a guy,

713
00:42:02,440 --> 00:42:04,400
Speaker 1: if you're not gonna have Masa and you're gonna go

714
00:42:04,440 --> 00:42:08,080
Speaker 1: after a bopper for a left handed hitter. I mean

715
00:42:08,120 --> 00:42:12,160
Speaker 1: Schwarber all day. To me, you can't have Schwarber and

716
00:42:12,640 --> 00:42:15,399
Speaker 1: Masa on the same team. I mean that's just kind

717
00:42:15,400 --> 00:42:21,040
Speaker 1: of like, I don't see the point. I don't know.

718
00:42:21,480 --> 00:42:25,720
Speaker 1: So that's where Alonzo to me, I think may could

719
00:42:25,719 --> 00:42:28,560
Speaker 1: make a bit more sense because he gives you that

720
00:42:28,600 --> 00:42:31,680
Speaker 1: flexibility where he can play first and then d H

721
00:42:31,840 --> 00:42:35,359
Speaker 1: is still open, and then when Kassas comes back, if

722
00:42:35,360 --> 00:42:37,640
Speaker 1: he comes back again like that, it's such a big if, Like,

723
00:42:37,680 --> 00:42:42,840
Speaker 1: I don't know how that's gonna go. That's a tough injury.

724
00:42:43,640 --> 00:42:46,160
Speaker 1: How's that? You know? Does he just work back in?

725
00:42:46,800 --> 00:42:49,560
Speaker 1: That's where again Alonso, he gives you have that flexibility

726
00:42:49,600 --> 00:42:52,919
Speaker 1: Park and Alonzo at Family Park, I mean that could

727
00:42:52,920 --> 00:42:55,640
Speaker 1: be incredible with the power that he brings or the

728
00:42:55,680 --> 00:42:58,640
Speaker 1: monster he's he's always hit well at Family Park. I

729
00:42:58,640 --> 00:43:00,600
Speaker 1: don't know. I don't think he's about to the Mets.

730
00:43:01,800 --> 00:43:03,279
Speaker 1: I don't know. I think he's going back to the Mets.

731
00:43:03,280 --> 00:43:06,120
Speaker 1: The way they just melt it down, I don't think

732
00:43:06,120 --> 00:43:12,040
Speaker 1: he's going back. So I think he's possible. Let's move

733
00:43:12,040 --> 00:43:13,920
Speaker 1: on to the ugly. I already said one ugly. I

734
00:43:13,920 --> 00:43:18,560
Speaker 1: know I've said it a few times. The injuries. Infield

735
00:43:18,680 --> 00:43:23,240
Speaker 1: defense was ugly this year. That has been a problem

736
00:43:23,520 --> 00:43:26,440
Speaker 1: over the last couple of years, and I feel like

737
00:43:26,560 --> 00:43:33,920
Speaker 1: this year, how do I say this, It wasn't as

738
00:43:34,040 --> 00:43:37,000
Speaker 1: bad that we've seen in recent years, but it's still

739
00:43:38,040 --> 00:43:40,239
Speaker 1: was some The infield defense was still some of the

740
00:43:40,239 --> 00:43:43,680
Speaker 1: worst in Major League Baseball. This year. They were twenty

741
00:43:43,760 --> 00:43:48,359
Speaker 1: seventh and outs above average with their infield second base

742
00:43:48,400 --> 00:43:52,680
Speaker 1: they had negative six outs above average, first base negative

743
00:43:52,719 --> 00:43:56,920
Speaker 1: six outs above average. They were twenty fifth. Low definitely

744
00:43:56,920 --> 00:44:01,480
Speaker 1: helped that, but overall for the year, not great defense.

745
00:44:02,080 --> 00:44:09,000
Speaker 1: And here's another one, Shrev's story. Shrevor's story. Even though

746
00:44:10,080 --> 00:44:13,279
Speaker 1: he made the routine most of what I felt like

747
00:44:13,320 --> 00:44:16,959
Speaker 1: the routine plays, there were a lot of times where

748
00:44:17,000 --> 00:44:20,640
Speaker 1: something got by him. He had negative nine outs above

749
00:44:20,640 --> 00:44:26,560
Speaker 1: average according to stat Cast. So that's something to think about.

750
00:44:27,360 --> 00:44:29,120
Speaker 1: I don't know, and I see you in the chat.

751
00:44:29,160 --> 00:44:31,480
Speaker 1: B Snide is Low a free agent, Corbin, he has

752
00:44:31,480 --> 00:44:35,120
Speaker 1: one more year of arbitration. They that's another thing as well.

753
00:44:35,160 --> 00:44:44,120
Speaker 1: Do they keep Low. I don't know, not sure. I'm

754
00:44:44,160 --> 00:44:46,360
Speaker 1: not sure what they're gonna do there. I felt like

755
00:44:46,360 --> 00:44:50,279
Speaker 1: he was pretty productive for the most part. Obviously, he

756
00:44:50,360 --> 00:44:54,279
Speaker 1: had that bad moment last night, but you know, I

757
00:44:54,280 --> 00:44:57,360
Speaker 1: felt like he did fine for the Red Sox. So

758
00:44:57,440 --> 00:45:00,319
Speaker 1: that's gonna be another factor that works in two. So

759
00:45:00,360 --> 00:45:03,560
Speaker 1: we'll see. We'll see. But if that's another thing you

760
00:45:03,560 --> 00:45:06,120
Speaker 1: can think about as well, if you do bring an Alonzo,

761
00:45:06,800 --> 00:45:12,200
Speaker 1: well then you could have low Pete Alonzo. You know

762
00:45:12,440 --> 00:45:14,759
Speaker 1: you got a lefty righty right there, right, and you

763
00:45:14,800 --> 00:45:17,319
Speaker 1: know one guy can dage whatever. I don't know. You know,

764
00:45:17,680 --> 00:45:19,960
Speaker 1: you know how Cora likes the matchups, right, so maybe

765
00:45:19,960 --> 00:45:23,239
Speaker 1: that could be a possibility. Nate. Look, yes, he still

766
00:45:23,239 --> 00:45:24,680
Speaker 1: has one more year, but I wonder what the Red

767
00:45:24,719 --> 00:45:29,080
Speaker 1: Sox do. But Trevor Story, you know, do we have

768
00:45:29,160 --> 00:45:31,239
Speaker 1: to if he ends up coming back? Is this a

769
00:45:31,280 --> 00:45:35,879
Speaker 1: conversation that needs to be had. Is he gonna stay

770
00:45:35,880 --> 00:45:42,880
Speaker 1: at short? Does he move to second? Marcella Meyer a

771
00:45:43,040 --> 00:45:46,000
Speaker 1: short again? You gotta see what happens to Bregman. But

772
00:45:46,320 --> 00:45:50,600
Speaker 1: Story's defense this year the arm, We saw the arm

773
00:45:51,320 --> 00:45:54,360
Speaker 1: in September. Something was going on there. I don't know

774
00:45:54,400 --> 00:45:57,040
Speaker 1: what happened, but a lot of his throws were off

775
00:45:58,280 --> 00:46:02,400
Speaker 1: that led to runs scoring. So I don't know, that

776
00:46:02,800 --> 00:46:06,200
Speaker 1: might be a conversation that might be a tough conversation.

777
00:46:08,440 --> 00:46:11,560
Speaker 1: Story comes to me, comes across to me as a

778
00:46:11,600 --> 00:46:16,000
Speaker 1: guy if they were to go with a better defender

779
00:46:16,040 --> 00:46:20,120
Speaker 1: at short, This is my opinion, he would be a

780
00:46:20,160 --> 00:46:23,440
Speaker 1: guy where if they said, hey, Trevor, we feel like

781
00:46:23,480 --> 00:46:26,120
Speaker 1: we can be a better team with you at second base,

782
00:46:27,040 --> 00:46:30,160
Speaker 1: I feel like he wouldn't hesitate. He doesn't come off

783
00:46:30,160 --> 00:46:33,239
Speaker 1: as a guy that Yeah, I'm sure deep down he

784
00:46:33,280 --> 00:46:37,640
Speaker 1: would be bummed out about not playing short, but he

785
00:46:37,680 --> 00:46:40,680
Speaker 1: comes off in a such a big way as a

786
00:46:40,680 --> 00:46:43,359
Speaker 1: team player, and if they asked him to move to second,

787
00:46:43,360 --> 00:46:47,279
Speaker 1: I don't think he would hesitate. Will that conversation happen though,

788
00:46:47,360 --> 00:46:52,520
Speaker 1: if he comes back, I don't know. Not sure. Something

789
00:46:52,560 --> 00:46:55,560
Speaker 1: to think about though. Again, negative nine outs above average

790
00:46:57,000 --> 00:46:59,000
Speaker 1: infield defense has to be better. They got to find

791
00:46:59,040 --> 00:47:03,760
Speaker 1: a solution at second. Maybe Story is that answer. Second

792
00:47:03,760 --> 00:47:06,120
Speaker 1: base has been just a black hole for the Red

793
00:47:06,160 --> 00:47:08,280
Speaker 1: Sox man they just can't seem to figure it out.

794
00:47:08,440 --> 00:47:15,160
Speaker 1: So maybe that ends up being the answer. Walker Buehler, Oh,

795
00:47:15,440 --> 00:47:18,960
Speaker 1: I'm really disappointed with this one for two reasons. One

796
00:47:19,000 --> 00:47:22,080
Speaker 1: because I've been a fan of Walker Buehler for ever

797
00:47:22,120 --> 00:47:25,440
Speaker 1: since he came up, And two he was my first interview,

798
00:47:25,719 --> 00:47:29,400
Speaker 1: my first ever interview for a major league player. Walker

799
00:47:29,440 --> 00:47:33,879
Speaker 1: Buehler was that guy. So I hate putting that here,

800
00:47:33,920 --> 00:47:37,160
Speaker 1: but it was a huge let down, a huge disappointment.

801
00:47:37,920 --> 00:47:41,000
Speaker 1: And uh, you were hoping he was going to get

802
00:47:41,040 --> 00:47:44,239
Speaker 1: back to what he was before. You were hoping he

803
00:47:44,239 --> 00:47:46,120
Speaker 1: was gonna find some of that magic before and he

804
00:47:46,120 --> 00:47:48,480
Speaker 1: could have been that number two. You were hoping he

805
00:47:48,600 --> 00:47:51,239
Speaker 1: was gonna be that guy in the postseason for you,

806
00:47:51,480 --> 00:47:55,719
Speaker 1: whether that was Game two or Game three. And now

807
00:47:55,760 --> 00:47:58,880
Speaker 1: he's with the Phillies, probably probably gonna pich here in

808
00:47:58,920 --> 00:48:00,840
Speaker 1: this series coming up with the that should be a

809
00:48:00,840 --> 00:48:04,080
Speaker 1: fun one. But Walker Buehler, that turned into an ugly signing.

810
00:48:06,600 --> 00:48:13,759
Speaker 1: Jordan Hicks Jordan Hicks. Man, Oh man, I think he

811
00:48:13,840 --> 00:48:17,120
Speaker 1: got banished to the shadow realm. I think I don't

812
00:48:17,160 --> 00:48:19,960
Speaker 1: know where he is. Where is Jordan Hicks? I don't

813
00:48:19,960 --> 00:48:23,640
Speaker 1: know where he pitched it. I think of a few

814
00:48:23,680 --> 00:48:25,520
Speaker 1: too many games and all of a sudden, you just

815
00:48:25,560 --> 00:48:30,160
Speaker 1: never saw that guy again. Jordan Hicks was rough for

816
00:48:30,239 --> 00:48:36,719
Speaker 1: the Red Sox. He was rough. Goodness gracious, I mean

817
00:48:36,760 --> 00:48:40,680
Speaker 1: we got to pull up the numbers. Oh man, Oh,

818
00:48:40,760 --> 00:48:42,680
Speaker 1: this is gonna be ugly. Ladies and gentlemen. I'm sorry

819
00:48:42,719 --> 00:48:45,440
Speaker 1: to do this to you here on a Friday evening,

820
00:48:47,760 --> 00:48:50,719
Speaker 1: twenty one games of the Red Sox an eight point

821
00:48:50,800 --> 00:48:53,640
Speaker 1: two zero era fifth and a six point one nine.

822
00:48:53,960 --> 00:48:57,960
Speaker 1: He had a negative zero point four f war. Those

823
00:48:58,000 --> 00:49:03,800
Speaker 1: are brutal numbers through till Oh yeah, Cayden and the chat.

824
00:49:03,800 --> 00:49:07,560
Speaker 1: Liam Hendricks. That's another one you could you put in

825
00:49:07,600 --> 00:49:10,759
Speaker 1: the injury category. Liam Hendricks, I think he also got

826
00:49:10,800 --> 00:49:13,920
Speaker 1: banished to the shadow realm. What happened to him? I

827
00:49:13,960 --> 00:49:18,640
Speaker 1: don't know. He did get the he got the award. Shoot,

828
00:49:18,680 --> 00:49:21,719
Speaker 1: I'm going blank on the I'm going blank on the

829
00:49:21,760 --> 00:49:27,440
Speaker 1: name of the award where he's just uh where it's

830
00:49:27,440 --> 00:49:30,040
Speaker 1: just for what he does off the field. What was it?

831
00:49:30,160 --> 00:49:34,160
Speaker 1: What's the award called? Again? Darn it, I am so

832
00:49:34,400 --> 00:49:42,880
Speaker 1: blank on what that is called? The Yes, the Roberto

833
00:49:42,960 --> 00:49:46,000
Speaker 1: Clemente Award. Thank you, Cayden, Oh my goodness, I don't

834
00:49:46,040 --> 00:49:50,320
Speaker 1: know why I just blanked on that one. Holy cow.

835
00:49:50,719 --> 00:49:55,360
Speaker 1: Liam Hendricks, great, great person, but man, oh man, that

836
00:49:55,560 --> 00:49:58,680
Speaker 1: he was unable to pitch this year, and uh, you

837
00:49:58,719 --> 00:50:01,359
Speaker 1: were hoping he was gonna be something. You know, you're thinking,

838
00:50:01,400 --> 00:50:03,200
Speaker 1: all right, cool, maybe let's tap into some of that

839
00:50:03,280 --> 00:50:06,840
Speaker 1: old magic with Hendricks, right, gets fired up in the

840
00:50:06,920 --> 00:50:10,919
Speaker 1: ninth inning. Couldn't find it, couldn't find it. But yes,

841
00:50:11,000 --> 00:50:14,160
Speaker 1: he was another one of the many injuries. But Jordan Hicks.

842
00:50:15,520 --> 00:50:20,080
Speaker 1: Here's the thing with Jordan Hicks. I actually think he

843
00:50:20,480 --> 00:50:24,160
Speaker 1: can still be a guy that can have a big

844
00:50:24,239 --> 00:50:26,000
Speaker 1: role for the Red Sox down the road. I know

845
00:50:26,040 --> 00:50:30,280
Speaker 1: that might sound crazy, but give him an off season,

846
00:50:31,960 --> 00:50:35,080
Speaker 1: give him some homework to do. Right, Hey, we're gonna

847
00:50:35,080 --> 00:50:37,640
Speaker 1: go work on this, this, and this. He's got to

848
00:50:37,680 --> 00:50:39,480
Speaker 1: work on the command, he's got to do something with

849
00:50:39,480 --> 00:50:44,160
Speaker 1: the mechanics. He's got to figure something out. He's obviously

850
00:50:44,160 --> 00:50:48,680
Speaker 1: had a good track record. So I say, fresh off season,

851
00:50:48,920 --> 00:50:52,200
Speaker 1: fresh start next year, and that could be a guy

852
00:50:52,200 --> 00:50:55,160
Speaker 1: that could go right into your bullpen and maybe get

853
00:50:55,160 --> 00:50:57,200
Speaker 1: back to doing what he was doing just a couple

854
00:50:57,280 --> 00:51:02,480
Speaker 1: of years ago. Right, last, but not least, last, but

855
00:51:02,520 --> 00:51:06,839
Speaker 1: not least. I hate to do this one. I hate

856
00:51:06,880 --> 00:51:13,680
Speaker 1: to end on this note. I think the Raffi saga

857
00:51:13,719 --> 00:51:19,680
Speaker 1: was ugly. The Raffi saga as a whole was ugly.

858
00:51:21,200 --> 00:51:25,000
Speaker 1: It's tough, man, you know. Listen. Craig breslo He said

859
00:51:25,520 --> 00:51:28,520
Speaker 1: he thinks the team was gonna end up winning more

860
00:51:28,600 --> 00:51:33,680
Speaker 1: games without Raffi. I'm paraphrasing that, but that's basically what

861
00:51:33,719 --> 00:51:37,960
Speaker 1: he said, and that ended up being true. It was true,

862
00:51:38,000 --> 00:51:43,239
Speaker 1: but it was still very disappointing the way things ended up,

863
00:51:43,760 --> 00:51:46,920
Speaker 1: how it ended up happening. You would have loved for

864
00:51:47,040 --> 00:51:49,480
Speaker 1: Raffi to be your first baseman. You would have loved

865
00:51:49,840 --> 00:51:51,600
Speaker 1: for him to be a part of this team, to

866
00:51:51,640 --> 00:51:54,439
Speaker 1: be a part of another playoff run. For him and

867
00:51:54,560 --> 00:51:58,359
Speaker 1: Alex Bregman to be on the same team with Rome

868
00:51:58,400 --> 00:52:04,120
Speaker 1: and Anthony Raffi with the Red Sox would be awesome

869
00:52:06,600 --> 00:52:13,040
Speaker 1: in the end, though the Red Sox did not handle

870
00:52:13,080 --> 00:52:16,000
Speaker 1: it well. I think I don't know what happened this

871
00:52:16,040 --> 00:52:21,279
Speaker 1: past offseason. I don't know. I don't know. I mean,

872
00:52:21,280 --> 00:52:23,520
Speaker 1: I don't know. You had David Ortiz coming out and

873
00:52:23,560 --> 00:52:27,239
Speaker 1: saying that he had tried contacting him. You know, this

874
00:52:27,400 --> 00:52:29,680
Speaker 1: was during the season, but he wasn't answering the phone,

875
00:52:29,719 --> 00:52:34,160
Speaker 1: he wasn't returning his texts. I don't know what happened

876
00:52:34,160 --> 00:52:37,840
Speaker 1: with the communication. I think, to me, the Red Sox

877
00:52:37,880 --> 00:52:41,319
Speaker 1: where they messed up. And I'm gonna also provide a

878
00:52:41,360 --> 00:52:44,240
Speaker 1: counter argument for this. I also hate that I'm talking

879
00:52:44,239 --> 00:52:51,520
Speaker 1: about this, but we are recapping the year, right, I

880
00:52:51,560 --> 00:52:55,200
Speaker 1: think going into the off season, that should going into

881
00:52:55,239 --> 00:52:57,520
Speaker 1: the off season, I think that should have been something

882
00:52:57,520 --> 00:53:01,840
Speaker 1: that you talked about. Hey, RAFFI obviously you're an incredible bat,

883
00:53:01,880 --> 00:53:05,040
Speaker 1: but hey, we are letting you know that we're gonna

884
00:53:05,080 --> 00:53:08,399
Speaker 1: go out there this offseason and we need to try

885
00:53:08,440 --> 00:53:12,120
Speaker 1: and improve the defense at third base. We understand you're

886
00:53:12,239 --> 00:53:16,160
Speaker 1: very passionate about third but we still think you're an

887
00:53:16,200 --> 00:53:19,920
Speaker 1: incredible player, an incredible bat, and you are going to

888
00:53:19,960 --> 00:53:21,680
Speaker 1: be right there in the middle of the order for us.

889
00:53:22,040 --> 00:53:25,440
Speaker 1: You know. I think the way they just handled it

890
00:53:25,480 --> 00:53:29,640
Speaker 1: going into the offseason, I don't think they handled it

891
00:53:29,760 --> 00:53:33,160
Speaker 1: very well. However, there's also the side where at the

892
00:53:33,239 --> 00:53:36,960
Speaker 1: end of the day, the Red Sox are writing your check,

893
00:53:38,840 --> 00:53:41,960
Speaker 1: and hey, I get it. It's fair to be frustrated,

894
00:53:42,000 --> 00:53:46,880
Speaker 1: but when the team needs you to do something, you

895
00:53:47,000 --> 00:53:48,960
Speaker 1: have to do it. You got to do it, not

896
00:53:49,200 --> 00:53:52,919
Speaker 1: just just to do it, but it's for the team.

897
00:53:53,239 --> 00:53:55,360
Speaker 1: The twenty six other guys, the twenty six guys in

898
00:53:55,360 --> 00:53:58,960
Speaker 1: that clubhouse, right, the twenty five other guys that was

899
00:53:59,000 --> 00:54:03,040
Speaker 1: going to open up a can open up flexibility, especially

900
00:54:03,080 --> 00:54:05,600
Speaker 1: when Cassas went down, You're gonna be able to put

901
00:54:05,800 --> 00:54:08,120
Speaker 1: Roman into this lineup, you were gonna have Masa into

902
00:54:08,120 --> 00:54:12,040
Speaker 1: the lineup. Cossus went down. That was it, And I

903
00:54:12,120 --> 00:54:15,640
Speaker 1: get it. Rafi, you know, he didn't feel comfortable moving

904
00:54:15,680 --> 00:54:20,200
Speaker 1: into that spot mid season, and I get it. There's

905
00:54:20,239 --> 00:54:25,080
Speaker 1: a lot of arguments to not do it. But and

906
00:54:25,120 --> 00:54:28,520
Speaker 1: there was a lot of arguments as well where he

907
00:54:28,640 --> 00:54:32,320
Speaker 1: should have just done it, you know. And it's tough.

908
00:54:32,840 --> 00:54:36,800
Speaker 1: In the end, it was just a marriage that didn't

909
00:54:36,840 --> 00:54:40,920
Speaker 1: work out. Sometimes that's just the way it is in life.

910
00:54:41,680 --> 00:54:45,799
Speaker 1: You can make arguments for both sides, but really what

911
00:54:45,880 --> 00:54:50,360
Speaker 1: it is sometimes some things are just not meant to

912
00:54:50,400 --> 00:54:53,160
Speaker 1: work out. And that's what happened here. I think I

913
00:54:53,200 --> 00:54:55,760
Speaker 1: think the Red Sox did things poorly. I think Raffi

914
00:54:55,800 --> 00:54:58,880
Speaker 1: made some poor decisions. I think things could have been

915
00:54:58,920 --> 00:55:02,120
Speaker 1: done better and communication could have been better. It is

916
00:55:02,120 --> 00:55:05,279
Speaker 1: what it is. But the whole process was ugly. It

917
00:55:05,320 --> 00:55:10,120
Speaker 1: was dramatic. It was shocking when it happened. I couldn't

918
00:55:10,160 --> 00:55:14,520
Speaker 1: believe it. That blew my mind. It's funny because I

919
00:55:15,320 --> 00:55:17,520
Speaker 1: in my head where I love to come up with

920
00:55:17,600 --> 00:55:20,680
Speaker 1: mock trades and I love to fantasize about all these

921
00:55:20,760 --> 00:55:26,200
Speaker 1: different trade possibilities and ideas and yeah, I'm thinking, man,

922
00:55:26,239 --> 00:55:29,480
Speaker 1: what could a Raffie trade look like? You know, But

923
00:55:29,560 --> 00:55:31,880
Speaker 1: I just didn't think it would happen, you know. It

924
00:55:31,960 --> 00:55:35,080
Speaker 1: was more something I thought was MLB the show, you know,

925
00:55:36,880 --> 00:55:39,839
Speaker 1: and then it actually happened, and I couldn't believe it.

926
00:55:40,600 --> 00:55:42,759
Speaker 1: Still to this day, it kind of stuns me that,

927
00:55:43,440 --> 00:55:45,759
Speaker 1: especially with the contract that he had. You never see

928
00:55:45,760 --> 00:55:47,680
Speaker 1: that in the middle of the season. But the whole

929
00:55:47,719 --> 00:55:51,200
Speaker 1: saga was just ugly. John Henry going to Kansas City,

930
00:55:52,120 --> 00:55:57,080
Speaker 1: weren't able to come to get on the same page.

931
00:55:57,200 --> 00:56:01,600
Speaker 1: The whole process was just not good, and it is

932
00:56:01,640 --> 00:56:03,360
Speaker 1: what it is. But in the end, the Red Sox

933
00:56:03,360 --> 00:56:05,799
Speaker 1: were a better team without Raffi. I mean, yeah, of

934
00:56:05,800 --> 00:56:08,560
Speaker 1: course you would have liked his bat in the postseason,

935
00:56:08,600 --> 00:56:11,759
Speaker 1: the way that the lineup just went cold Turkey, Yeah,

936
00:56:11,760 --> 00:56:17,680
Speaker 1: of course. But they were a better team. And I'm

937
00:56:17,680 --> 00:56:21,839
Speaker 1: not saying that's because Rafi is a bad player. They

938
00:56:21,960 --> 00:56:24,040
Speaker 1: just had the flexibility to be able to get these

939
00:56:24,080 --> 00:56:27,640
Speaker 1: other great players into the lineup. You had Roman, and no,

940
00:56:27,760 --> 00:56:29,879
Speaker 1: it wasn't just because the pitching stepped up. I see

941
00:56:29,920 --> 00:56:33,120
Speaker 1: people say that too. No, they had a top ten

942
00:56:33,200 --> 00:56:37,000
Speaker 1: offense when Roman was into the lineup. Every day. So no,

943
00:56:37,040 --> 00:56:41,239
Speaker 1: it wasn't just the pitching. Offense was very good. There

944
00:56:41,320 --> 00:56:44,200
Speaker 1: was the whole team. The whole team was great. Right,

945
00:56:44,600 --> 00:56:49,160
Speaker 1: And again that's not because Raffi went to San Francisco,

946
00:56:50,320 --> 00:56:53,680
Speaker 1: because you had other options, so you would have I mean,

947
00:56:53,719 --> 00:56:59,440
Speaker 1: could you imagine if Raffi was still there, you had Roman, Raffi, Bregman.

948
00:57:00,080 --> 00:57:03,560
Speaker 1: I mean, holy cow, what a lineup. I'm like, man,

949
00:57:04,760 --> 00:57:07,920
Speaker 1: in the end, it is what it is, and I

950
00:57:07,920 --> 00:57:12,040
Speaker 1: see you in the Jack Jennifer. No drama this offseason

951
00:57:12,080 --> 00:57:16,200
Speaker 1: in spring training, and that is something that's gonna be nice.

952
00:57:16,480 --> 00:57:22,280
Speaker 1: This soft season. That's gonna be nice because last off

953
00:57:22,280 --> 00:57:24,600
Speaker 1: season we're like, all right, we need to have a

954
00:57:24,600 --> 00:57:28,200
Speaker 1: big off season. And everything was just under the microscope,

955
00:57:28,240 --> 00:57:35,000
Speaker 1: every move, every rumor, everything was right there. And it

956
00:57:35,040 --> 00:57:36,800
Speaker 1: was an exciting off season ended up being a very

957
00:57:36,800 --> 00:57:39,840
Speaker 1: good one. Greig Breslo did a great job. John Henry

958
00:57:40,040 --> 00:57:44,240
Speaker 1: he signed off on spending some money and then and

959
00:57:44,240 --> 00:57:48,520
Speaker 1: then in spring training, unfortunately, that's just how it. That's

960
00:57:48,680 --> 00:57:50,960
Speaker 1: just how things have been. Right, even though you had

961
00:57:51,000 --> 00:57:53,840
Speaker 1: a great off season, all of a sudden you had

962
00:57:53,840 --> 00:57:57,080
Speaker 1: this whole thing with the third base with Raffi and Bregman,

963
00:57:58,400 --> 00:58:00,880
Speaker 1: and it's like you couldn't cut may you just couldn't

964
00:58:00,920 --> 00:58:04,200
Speaker 1: catch a break. So that is gonna be nice about

965
00:58:04,320 --> 00:58:08,240
Speaker 1: twenty twenty six is that, yes, we need another big offseason,

966
00:58:08,320 --> 00:58:10,439
Speaker 1: but at least you can go into twenty twenty six

967
00:58:11,040 --> 00:58:14,160
Speaker 1: feeling good about the progress that was made here in

968
00:58:14,160 --> 00:58:18,360
Speaker 1: twenty twenty five, and then next spring you can just

969
00:58:18,440 --> 00:58:22,720
Speaker 1: focus on the baseball. Hopefully nothing else happens. I don't

970
00:58:22,760 --> 00:58:25,640
Speaker 1: see what else could happen at this point. But that's

971
00:58:25,640 --> 00:58:29,880
Speaker 1: gonna be nice to just have a nice spring training

972
00:58:30,000 --> 00:58:32,640
Speaker 1: and you can just focus on the baseball. It's gonna

973
00:58:32,640 --> 00:58:37,640
Speaker 1: be nice. It's gonna be nice. But everybody start wrapping

974
00:58:37,640 --> 00:58:40,200
Speaker 1: it up. Brent in the chat, despite all the positioning

975
00:58:40,200 --> 00:58:42,120
Speaker 1: from the Bregman camp, I think it's a high possibility

976
00:58:42,160 --> 00:58:44,880
Speaker 1: he opts in. That's another thing as well. Now I

977
00:58:45,000 --> 00:58:48,840
Speaker 1: have been on the record multiple times saying, hey, let's

978
00:58:48,840 --> 00:58:51,720
Speaker 1: get this guy a new contract. I think they'll eventually

979
00:58:51,760 --> 00:58:55,080
Speaker 1: come to terms. But I wonder if he actually ends

980
00:58:55,160 --> 00:59:00,840
Speaker 1: up just opting back in. It's forty million. You know,

981
00:59:02,400 --> 00:59:04,800
Speaker 1: if he did not get the quad injury and he

982
00:59:04,880 --> 00:59:08,200
Speaker 1: had that slow second half, I'd say there's no way

983
00:59:08,240 --> 00:59:10,600
Speaker 1: and he's gonna opt out. He could still look for

984
00:59:10,640 --> 00:59:12,560
Speaker 1: that long term security at the end of the day,

985
00:59:12,560 --> 00:59:16,720
Speaker 1: long term you know, hundreds of millions of dollars. That's

986
00:59:16,800 --> 00:59:19,200
Speaker 1: nice to have, all right, forty million, Yeah, that's a

987
00:59:19,200 --> 00:59:23,400
Speaker 1: lot for one year. But because of how the second

988
00:59:23,440 --> 00:59:27,520
Speaker 1: half went for him, I think you could still see

989
00:59:27,600 --> 00:59:29,880
Speaker 1: him up inn. We'll see. I hope they just come

990
00:59:29,920 --> 00:59:35,160
Speaker 1: to terms on a new contract, so we'll see. But everybody,

991
00:59:35,960 --> 00:59:38,040
Speaker 1: I'm gonna wrap it up right there. I'm gonna wrap

992
00:59:38,080 --> 00:59:39,439
Speaker 1: it up right there. If you kind of the way out,

993
00:59:39,880 --> 00:59:43,520
Speaker 1: hit that like button for me, I didn't see. I

994
00:59:43,680 --> 00:59:48,240
Speaker 1: just refreshed the voicemails. I'm not seeing anything. I don't

995
00:59:48,280 --> 00:59:50,560
Speaker 1: know what I thought I saw one earlier, but it's

996
00:59:50,560 --> 00:59:53,400
Speaker 1: not there. But anyway, we'll be back. We'll be back.

997
00:59:53,440 --> 00:59:58,520
Speaker 1: We're probably gonna take the weekend off. Monday, there is

998
00:59:58,560 --> 01:00:02,920
Speaker 1: the press conference, uh, the end of season press conference,

999
01:00:02,960 --> 01:00:08,000
Speaker 1: Alex Cora. I think you know Sam Kennedy, you know

1000
01:00:08,040 --> 01:00:14,040
Speaker 1: he'll be there, you know, the whole crew, they'll all

1001
01:00:14,080 --> 01:00:17,880
Speaker 1: be there. I'll definitely be live Monday to react to that.

1002
01:00:18,200 --> 01:00:21,800
Speaker 1: We'll give my thoughts and uh, we'll have some fun

1003
01:00:21,840 --> 01:00:23,760
Speaker 1: with it. I'm sure, there's gonna be some nice, uh,

1004
01:00:24,880 --> 01:00:27,280
Speaker 1: some nice juicy little tidbits that we're gonna be able

1005
01:00:27,320 --> 01:00:30,120
Speaker 1: to break into. I did see a couple of text messages.

1006
01:00:30,720 --> 01:00:35,560
Speaker 1: Did see a couple of texts. Let's get to a

1007
01:00:35,600 --> 01:00:41,600
Speaker 1: couple of these. What have we got here? What's up? Robbie,

1008
01:00:41,600 --> 01:00:44,480
Speaker 1: have a few questions for you. First, if Boston makes

1009
01:00:44,480 --> 01:00:46,000
Speaker 1: a trade for Joe Ryan, do you think that the

1010
01:00:46,000 --> 01:00:48,280
Speaker 1: main part of the package will involve Duran or Brave.

1011
01:00:48,400 --> 01:00:51,280
Speaker 1: I think Duran could be a possibility, depends on what

1012
01:00:51,280 --> 01:00:55,760
Speaker 1: the preference for the twins is. They could use more speed. Also,

1013
01:00:55,800 --> 01:00:58,640
Speaker 1: if Boston allows Bragmant to walk, do you think Marcella Meyers?

1014
01:00:58,800 --> 01:01:01,600
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, funny, I just meant that earlier. If Bregman

1015
01:01:01,680 --> 01:01:03,880
Speaker 1: does end up going elsewhere, then I think you got

1016
01:01:03,880 --> 01:01:07,560
Speaker 1: to look at Meyer being the third baseman. Do you

1017
01:01:07,560 --> 01:01:09,640
Speaker 1: think they get a big bath at DH? I think

1018
01:01:09,680 --> 01:01:13,480
Speaker 1: Schwarbur Alonso. I think either of them could make a

1019
01:01:13,480 --> 01:01:16,160
Speaker 1: lot of sense. I think Alonzo because of that versatility

1020
01:01:16,200 --> 01:01:18,800
Speaker 1: at first base. Again, you got to see what happens

1021
01:01:18,800 --> 01:01:22,160
Speaker 1: with Low. We'll see, but I think either of those

1022
01:01:22,160 --> 01:01:26,680
Speaker 1: guys would make sense. We got another text here, Yo

1023
01:01:26,760 --> 01:01:28,080
Speaker 1: sheet has got to go. Do you think they could

1024
01:01:28,080 --> 01:01:31,040
Speaker 1: get anything in return if they pay all or most

1025
01:01:31,040 --> 01:01:35,080
Speaker 1: of the eighteen million dollars ode. Also, I can't describe

1026
01:01:35,080 --> 01:01:37,040
Speaker 1: how much I appreciate your recaps and all of your

1027
01:01:37,040 --> 01:01:39,600
Speaker 1: main channel's content. Thank you so much. Appreciate that, my friend,

1028
01:01:39,600 --> 01:01:42,360
Speaker 1: I appreciate that. We again to the video coming out

1029
01:01:42,440 --> 01:01:45,880
Speaker 1: either tomorrow or Sunday on the main channel, so stay

1030
01:01:45,880 --> 01:01:50,320
Speaker 1: tuned for that. Yeah, that's what I wonder if they

1031
01:01:50,480 --> 01:01:52,760
Speaker 1: find a way to move on for Masa. He's got

1032
01:01:52,760 --> 01:01:58,520
Speaker 1: two more years left on there. Let's pull up, pull

1033
01:01:58,600 --> 01:02:01,280
Speaker 1: up the remainder of the contract. So yeah, he's owed

1034
01:02:02,640 --> 01:02:06,120
Speaker 1: a little over thirty seven million left. You go back

1035
01:02:06,120 --> 01:02:08,760
Speaker 1: to Chris Sale, he had two more I think did

1036
01:02:08,760 --> 01:02:15,520
Speaker 1: Sale have two more years on his contract? He had

1037
01:02:15,600 --> 01:02:18,520
Speaker 1: one more year left on the contract, and then there

1038
01:02:18,560 --> 01:02:24,320
Speaker 1: was a club option. So we'll see, you know, Masa,

1039
01:02:24,360 --> 01:02:28,160
Speaker 1: that is still a bit of money. But you know,

1040
01:02:28,200 --> 01:02:30,440
Speaker 1: the way his bat looked in the month of September,

1041
01:02:30,520 --> 01:02:33,480
Speaker 1: and he's healthy, maybe a team looks at him, you know,

1042
01:02:34,240 --> 01:02:38,640
Speaker 1: says hey, let's bring him in. You know, we'll see.

1043
01:02:38,920 --> 01:02:40,600
Speaker 1: I think Masa is going to be a guy that's

1044
01:02:40,600 --> 01:02:46,240
Speaker 1: on the rumor mill. Moving on. Thank you for that. Hey, Robbie,

1045
01:02:46,240 --> 01:02:47,800
Speaker 1: my name is Brody and I just wanted to say

1046
01:02:47,800 --> 01:02:49,600
Speaker 1: that your coverage on the Socks is awesome. I love

1047
01:02:49,600 --> 01:02:51,200
Speaker 1: your channel and your passion for the game. Thank you

1048
01:02:51,240 --> 01:02:53,600
Speaker 1: for all you do. Thank you, my friend. Thank you.

1049
01:02:53,640 --> 01:02:58,080
Speaker 1: Think appreciate that. Appreciate that. Hopefully we have a fun offseason.

1050
01:02:59,200 --> 01:03:03,000
Speaker 1: Here we go. If hey, I have a question for

1051
01:03:03,040 --> 01:03:06,080
Speaker 1: the live stream if Bregman leaves after we traded Raffi,

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Speaker 1: because the whole Raffi drama situation stemmed from the Bregman signing,

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Speaker 1: and if he leaves, would that be the worst thing

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Speaker 1: that the front office has done since Mookie. I feel

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Speaker 1: like the Raffi thing is not really gonna come into

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Speaker 1: play when it comes to Bregman. Obviously there was drama. Listen,

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Speaker 1: they wanted Bregman. You know, that was a guy that

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Speaker 1: was at the top of their list. You do have

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Speaker 1: to remember with the front office, they were split on

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Speaker 1: Bregman when it came to the metrics. When it came

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Speaker 1: to the health, right obviously, the health showed up. So

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Speaker 1: I just wonder how they're going to approach that. I

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Speaker 1: think Bregman, though, he just has the intangibles that he

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Speaker 1: brings to the table. I think that's too difficult to ignore.

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Speaker 1: I think he just brings a lot more value to

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Speaker 1: the organization as a whole. Yes, the player himself, I mean, yeah,

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Speaker 1: you saw the injuries down second half. He's such a

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Speaker 1: leader for the team though. So what more. Hey Robbie,

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Speaker 1: my name is Ko Kobe. Just wanted to say your

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Speaker 1: content on the socks. It's absolutely amazing. Thank you. Just

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Speaker 1: a couple of questions. Do you think they move on

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Speaker 1: from Duran? I think it was a high likelihood. I

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Speaker 1: think so. Do you think they will actually resign Bregmant

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Speaker 1: if he walks, because they have the young guys and

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Speaker 1: who knows of Breslo. It's interesting. Again, I would like

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Speaker 1: to think Bregman is gonna stay. I would be I'd

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Speaker 1: be very surprised. Again, I think I just think he's

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Speaker 1: such a good face of the franchise. I think he

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Speaker 1: wants to stay too. I think he would like to

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Speaker 1: stick around. He had a great year. He said it

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Speaker 1: was an honor to put on the jersey. He had

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Speaker 1: a lot of good things to say. He's a businessman,

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Speaker 1: so he said, you know, it was an honor, all right,

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Speaker 1: kind of put a little bit of a twist on that.

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Speaker 1: I think he stays. I hope he stays Bay. It's baseball,

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Speaker 1: it's a business. You never know how things are gonna go.

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Speaker 1: But everybody, I'm gonna wrap it up right there. I'm

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Speaker 1: out of here. Let's go enjoy the weekend. Let's go

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Speaker 1: get our minds off of things. We got football this weekend.

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Speaker 1: We got the Patriots. Hopefully they win. That'd be nice

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Speaker 1: for the Patriots to win. Who are they playing. I

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Speaker 1: don't know anything about the footballs. I'm out of here. Everybody,

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Speaker 1: if you're kind of the way out, hit the like

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Speaker 1: button for me, subscribe if you're new, and we'll probably

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Speaker 1: be back on Monday. If anything does happen over the weekend.

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Speaker 1: I don't know what would happen, but I'll be here.

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Speaker 1: If not, we'll probably see him Monday. Have a good weekend.

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Speaker 1: All don't know that I ha