WEBVTT - BREAKING: RED SOX TRADE FOR CURTIS MEAD 0:00:00.040 --> 0:00:03.680 Let's talk about the numbers. Curtis Mead, what have we 0:00:03.720 --> 0:00:08.280 got going on? Mister Curtis Mead, He's having a breakout year. 0:00:08.360 --> 0:00:12.760 I mean, this guy is finally putting together a good season. 0:00:12.800 --> 0:00:15.000 And this is a highly tatted prospect with the Rays 0:00:15.160 --> 0:00:20.960 a little while back, just never fully got it going. 0:00:21.480 --> 0:00:22.759 He ended up going to the White He was with 0:00:22.800 --> 0:00:24.520 the Rays for a few years. He went to the 0:00:24.520 --> 0:00:27.720 White Sox last year. I couldn't really get anything going. 0:00:27.720 --> 0:00:30.720 But he went to the Nationals this year, still only 0:00:30.760 --> 0:00:33.040 twenty five years old, by the way, and he's having 0:00:33.120 --> 0:00:35.839 himself a breakout year. He's hitting two fifty six, three 0:00:35.960 --> 0:00:37.720 fifty one on base, a five oh five on the 0:00:37.760 --> 0:00:42.680 slugging seventeen home runs forty eight RBIs a two forty 0:00:42.760 --> 0:00:45.280 nine ICEO percentage. So yeah, there's a there's a lot 0:00:45.320 --> 0:00:49.959 to like here. I think my initial reaction is is 0:00:50.000 --> 0:00:53.440 this sustainable? That's kind of where I'm at right now, 0:00:53.440 --> 0:00:57.000 because obviously he is only just having this breakout year. 0:00:57.400 --> 0:00:59.279 And when you do take a look at the metrics, 0:00:59.840 --> 0:01:01.680 I mean, you got a lot of good stuff going 0:01:01.680 --> 0:01:03.320 on here. I mean you got a lot of reds. 0:01:03.360 --> 0:01:06.280 The expected numbers, the BATA ball profile. The plate discipline 0:01:06.319 --> 0:01:10.600 has been very good. I mean defensively here, So I 0:01:10.640 --> 0:01:15.280 mean he's been mostly playing at third base. He's played third, 0:01:15.319 --> 0:01:17.039 he's played some first. He's not gonna play first with 0:01:17.080 --> 0:01:19.000 the Red Sox. He's played actually a few games at 0:01:19.040 --> 0:01:23.160 second base as well. He's the age. I find the 0:01:23.200 --> 0:01:26.600 timing of this really interesting because Caleb Durban was just 0:01:26.640 --> 0:01:31.199 saying today that he'd be okay with moving to second base. 0:01:31.280 --> 0:01:36.959 So is he going to be playing third base? I'm 0:01:37.040 --> 0:01:42.320 speculating about the fit here. Again, I got some questions. 0:01:42.560 --> 0:01:46.600 I'm this was not Here's the funny thing. When I 0:01:46.640 --> 0:01:50.520 was going over trade candidates. You know, obviously we all 0:01:50.560 --> 0:01:53.680 know the names, right, guys like Zach Neeto, c J. Abrams, 0:01:53.720 --> 0:01:56.880 you know in the middle infield, Luis Arise over a 0:01:56.960 --> 0:02:00.400 third base, Max Shaban, Esak Paratus. You all know the names. 0:02:01.720 --> 0:02:04.280 I looked at Curtis Mead and I'm like, I don't know. 0:02:04.480 --> 0:02:07.320 He just broke out this year, like he's just having 0:02:07.320 --> 0:02:10.760 a good year. The Nationals are looking to continue to 0:02:10.919 --> 0:02:12.960 step forwards, and he's under a lot of control. So 0:02:13.000 --> 0:02:15.600 I'm thinking, I don't think you would be a trade candidate. 0:02:16.320 --> 0:02:18.600 Funny enough, here he is coming to the Boston Red Sox. 0:02:18.639 --> 0:02:22.960 So I'm a little iffy on this one. And I'll 0:02:22.960 --> 0:02:25.119 tell you right now, ladies and gentlemen, if you are 0:02:26.639 --> 0:02:32.280 a beat a Baseball Trade Values user, well, Baseball Trade 0:02:32.320 --> 0:02:36.680 Values does not like this trade. Why because Connolly Early. 0:02:37.440 --> 0:02:41.400 And it's so funny because I have mocked trades with 0:02:41.520 --> 0:02:45.480 Connolly Early and with like C. J. Abrams, Like I've 0:02:46.000 --> 0:02:48.959 made those proposals in my head thinking, hey, you know Early, 0:02:49.560 --> 0:02:51.400 it would be a really nice get for the Nationals. 0:02:51.440 --> 0:02:54.760 They need more pitching within that rotation. And in a way, 0:02:54.840 --> 0:02:58.120 it's like I actually because here's the thing with the 0:02:58.200 --> 0:03:01.240 Nationals and here's the thing with the Reds. So it's 0:03:01.240 --> 0:03:03.720 a surplus for a surplus. The Nationals have had a 0:03:03.760 --> 0:03:06.120 great offense this year, very good. They have one of 0:03:06.160 --> 0:03:08.760 the top offenses in the game, but they're pitching leaves 0:03:08.800 --> 0:03:11.239 a lot to be desired. The Red Sox, on the 0:03:11.280 --> 0:03:12.760 other hand, have had a lot of good pitching this 0:03:12.840 --> 0:03:16.280 year and they need an upgrade offensively. So you know 0:03:16.360 --> 0:03:19.679 that's funny. Now, there's now been two one for one 0:03:19.800 --> 0:03:22.040 swaps with the Red Sox in the Nationals, this time 0:03:22.120 --> 0:03:24.720 major leaguer for major leaguer. But going to go back 0:03:24.720 --> 0:03:30.519 to the offseason, I can't breathe. You had Jake Bennett 0:03:30.520 --> 0:03:33.480 for Luis Parwis. So that's two times now. They have 0:03:33.600 --> 0:03:36.840 made the connection with former Red Sox exec Paul Deboni. 0:03:37.440 --> 0:03:44.280 So it's interesting. This is a really interesting trade value wise. 0:03:45.720 --> 0:03:48.480 I mean, listen, you know, I'm not gonna say baseball 0:03:48.480 --> 0:03:51.120 trade values is the end all be all. I think 0:03:51.120 --> 0:03:52.560 it does a great job when it comes to the 0:03:52.600 --> 0:03:57.400 fundamentals of a trade of a player's trade value. But 0:03:57.560 --> 0:04:01.960 considering Curtis Meade just broke out, there's not really much 0:04:02.000 --> 0:04:06.320 of a track record at this point. Well early, well yes, 0:04:06.440 --> 0:04:10.240 he's still very no pun intended, still early in his career. 0:04:11.440 --> 0:04:16.039 He he has shown more up to this point. And 0:04:16.080 --> 0:04:19.240 with early obviously being a starting pitcher, has five more 0:04:19.279 --> 0:04:21.960 years of control. There's a lot of value there. So 0:04:22.279 --> 0:04:24.680 the way I read this from the Red Soxes, and 0:04:24.800 --> 0:04:30.760 every team is going to have their own algorithms when 0:04:30.760 --> 0:04:35.080 it comes to valuing a player, right, So the Red Sox, 0:04:35.120 --> 0:04:39.400 I mean they are buying in to Curtis Mead here, 0:04:39.480 --> 0:04:41.560 who was one of the you know, one of the 0:04:41.640 --> 0:04:46.800 higher ranked prospects in the game at one point on Fangrass. 0:04:46.800 --> 0:04:51.320 Back in twenty twenty four, he was number thirty two overall. 0:04:51.400 --> 0:04:57.760 Let me pull up here the Baseball America rankings, and 0:04:57.839 --> 0:05:00.240 let me pull up MLB pipeline. Let me go back 0:05:00.279 --> 0:05:03.640 to twenty twenty four, see where he ranked there. He 0:05:03.640 --> 0:05:07.919 was number fifty five on MLB Pipeline. He was a 0:05:08.000 --> 0:05:12.520 higher ranked prospect. So, I mean, this guy was putting 0:05:12.600 --> 0:05:14.479 up some really good numbers in the minor leagues a 0:05:14.480 --> 0:05:17.200 few years back. I mean, holy col nothing was clicking 0:05:17.200 --> 0:05:19.640 when he got to the Rays. It just, I don't know, 0:05:19.680 --> 0:05:23.359 he just never fully materialized. I mean, back in twenty 0:05:23.400 --> 0:05:26.800 twenty four he had an ops just like around five 0:05:26.800 --> 0:05:29.920 point fifty. I just I don't know that the Rays 0:05:29.960 --> 0:05:32.880 just decided to move on and then he figured it 0:05:32.880 --> 0:05:37.400 out in Washington. But it's funny you think about it. 0:05:37.440 --> 0:05:40.080 You think about, right, Paul Taboni coming from the Red 0:05:40.120 --> 0:05:45.240 Sox organization, where you know, over the last few years 0:05:45.320 --> 0:05:47.320 or so, the Red Sox have been very big into 0:05:47.839 --> 0:05:50.440 right hitting the crap out of the ball, more eggs 0:05:50.480 --> 0:05:54.120 of v low, you know, so kind of you go 0:05:54.200 --> 0:05:56.880 to Paul Taboni's system over there in Washington, and then 0:05:56.960 --> 0:06:01.320 things clicks, so I wonder how that goes over here. 0:06:01.839 --> 0:06:04.800 So it's interesting. There's a lot of upside with this. 0:06:05.400 --> 0:06:08.240 It's funny, like Curtis Mead was a guy when I've 0:06:08.520 --> 0:06:10.960 done like prospect videos and stuff in the past. He's 0:06:10.960 --> 0:06:14.400 always a guy that I've mentioned from time to time. 0:06:14.720 --> 0:06:16.520 It's just I don't know, he's never got it going. 0:06:16.600 --> 0:06:19.640 But when you looked at all the scouting reports, when 0:06:19.680 --> 0:06:22.280 you look at the numbers in the past, there was 0:06:22.320 --> 0:06:25.520 a lot to like, it's just a matter of can 0:06:25.680 --> 0:06:32.360 he sustain what the scouting reports have said about him. 0:06:32.720 --> 0:06:35.440 I mean, listen, you know, sometimes it takes guys a 0:06:35.520 --> 0:06:39.240 little bit. You take a look at Jordan Walker. Jordan Walker, 0:06:39.240 --> 0:06:41.960 you have a twenty twenty first round pick, could not 0:06:42.080 --> 0:06:43.880 figure it out for a few years, and here he 0:06:44.000 --> 0:06:46.800 is breaking out this year, winning the home run derby 0:06:47.400 --> 0:06:50.000 just the cherry on top of a great year so far. 0:06:50.520 --> 0:06:52.599 So you know, sometimes it takes guys a few years. 0:06:52.600 --> 0:06:57.640 So are the Red Sox are they Is this a 0:06:57.680 --> 0:07:00.680 move where they're like, man, we have a shot to 0:07:00.760 --> 0:07:05.360 get him right now? Is this the time we pull 0:07:05.440 --> 0:07:08.960 the trigger and we don't miss out on an opportunity 0:07:09.040 --> 0:07:11.840 like this Because there is a ton of upside with him. 0:07:12.960 --> 0:07:17.960 There is. Then I also question why were the Nationals? Well, 0:07:18.000 --> 0:07:20.280 I guess you can answer. I can answer this question already. 0:07:20.360 --> 0:07:23.080 Why were the Nationals willing to move on from him 0:07:23.440 --> 0:07:26.400 at this point when he's putting up great numbers? So 0:07:26.640 --> 0:07:28.560 is there a possible red flag there? I don't know, 0:07:28.840 --> 0:07:32.680 or was it they just really needed pitching, That's what 0:07:32.880 --> 0:07:35.800 I lean towards that, because their pitching is so thin 0:07:36.400 --> 0:07:39.480 over there, they really needed a guy like Early. They 0:07:39.640 --> 0:07:42.880 need more young pitching in that system. So I really 0:07:42.920 --> 0:07:45.520 like this for the Nationals. Big fan of Connolly Early 0:07:45.560 --> 0:07:48.160 and a big fan. He fills a big need over there, 0:07:48.440 --> 0:07:51.280 So I like it for the Nationals. The question is 0:07:51.800 --> 0:07:55.880 time will As always with trades, time will tell, But 0:07:56.000 --> 0:07:58.560 that is really the case here with the Red Sox again. 0:07:59.080 --> 0:08:02.200 Can he keep doing doing what he's been doing? And 0:08:02.240 --> 0:08:04.360 you know what, when you take a look at the 0:08:04.360 --> 0:08:09.640 stack caast profile taking a look, and as always with 0:08:10.000 --> 0:08:14.360 mister Craig Breslo, he likes guys that can give you 0:08:14.360 --> 0:08:17.600 a nice good pull air percentage. So if we're looking 0:08:18.040 --> 0:08:22.680 and uh, just as I expected, a very good pull 0:08:22.720 --> 0:08:25.320 air percentage of about twenty three percent that fits with 0:08:25.360 --> 0:08:31.960 the green monster. So right now, the track record holds 0:08:32.000 --> 0:08:35.840 his value back, his trade value back. But there's a 0:08:35.840 --> 0:08:40.040 lot of ceiling here, and he's already shown you floor 0:08:40.920 --> 0:08:43.800 this year. I mean again, looking at the numbers, hitting 0:08:43.840 --> 0:08:46.839 two fifty four eight fifty two ops of one thirty 0:08:46.840 --> 0:08:52.200 five WRC plus seventeen homers forty eight RBIs man, oh man, 0:08:52.320 --> 0:08:55.600 I mean there is a when it comes to he's 0:08:55.640 --> 0:08:58.319 got a little bit of speed. Now again, I get 0:08:58.320 --> 0:09:03.319 back to the question where is he gonna be playing third? 0:09:03.480 --> 0:09:06.480 Is he gonna be dhing? That's where I kind of wonder. 0:09:08.040 --> 0:09:10.520 You know, I don't know unless we've gotten like a rapport. 0:09:10.600 --> 0:09:13.720 I am reacting to this just like all of you 0:09:13.840 --> 0:09:16.040 right now. I have not gotten any preparation done. I 0:09:16.120 --> 0:09:18.120 just came on here, so I don't know if anything's 0:09:18.160 --> 0:09:21.920 been said. Also, I do want to give credit, making 0:09:21.920 --> 0:09:27.000 sure we give the credit. Jeff Passon, of course, mister Jeffy, 0:09:27.040 --> 0:09:30.640 Jeff putting it out. Boston Red Sox are trading left 0:09:30.640 --> 0:09:33.760 handed Connolly early to the Washington Nationals for infielder Curtis Meat. 0:09:34.440 --> 0:09:40.080 So I'm very curious. Here's the thing I'm gonna say, 0:09:40.440 --> 0:09:45.960 unless I've missed it. It seems to me based off 0:09:46.000 --> 0:09:53.840 of the defensive profile, which is non existent. Really, does 0:09:53.880 --> 0:09:56.319 this still leave open the possibility that the Red Sox 0:09:56.360 --> 0:09:59.760 could add another bat somewhere if he goes to DH 0:10:00.880 --> 0:10:03.560 could they still add someone for the middle infield? Could 0:10:03.600 --> 0:10:05.880 you still add to someone for third base? Does he 0:10:05.920 --> 0:10:09.520 play third base? I don't know. I wonder if there's 0:10:09.559 --> 0:10:13.280 another move. Possibly if there's, and and the fact that 0:10:13.320 --> 0:10:17.319 you still have over a week, I mean, this could 0:10:18.480 --> 0:10:22.200 possibly be the first of multiple moves for the Red Sox, 0:10:22.240 --> 0:10:26.360 at least they try. I don't think this puts them 0:10:26.360 --> 0:10:30.200 out of possibly looking to upgrade at either short, second base, 0:10:30.400 --> 0:10:34.000 third base, or even catcher. I don't think that that 0:10:34.040 --> 0:10:37.120 puts it away. And the fact that you only had 0:10:37.120 --> 0:10:39.640 to give up Connolly early here and I don't mean 0:10:39.720 --> 0:10:42.880 to say that to sound like a negative towards him, 0:10:42.880 --> 0:10:45.520 but you only had to give up one player. Granted 0:10:45.559 --> 0:10:48.640 it is a big overpay in this situation because Mead 0:10:48.760 --> 0:10:55.240 lacks the track record, but you still have other younger 0:10:55.280 --> 0:10:58.520 players than the organization you could possibly look to move. 0:10:58.840 --> 0:11:02.200 And I'll also say this about Connor Early too. With 0:11:02.360 --> 0:11:08.480 Early when Jake Bennett emerged this year that to me 0:11:10.520 --> 0:11:13.400 was a possible sign. I've mentioned Connolly early as a 0:11:13.400 --> 0:11:17.160 trade candidate, going back the last few weeks. I mean, 0:11:19.120 --> 0:11:21.680 I've been talking about this, right, you know, you see 0:11:21.679 --> 0:11:24.680 Anthony Iinson. I've talked about him too, But I wondered 0:11:24.679 --> 0:11:27.120 a while ago. I'm like, man, you know Early, because 0:11:27.200 --> 0:11:29.880 Bennett has broken out, that kind of gives them a 0:11:29.880 --> 0:11:33.079 bit of a luxury of having just all these young 0:11:33.440 --> 0:11:37.080 left handed pictures. They're not moving totally. And with how 0:11:37.120 --> 0:11:39.400 good Bennett's been, how do you move him? I mean, 0:11:39.920 --> 0:11:41.880 funny enough, you could say the same thing with the Nationals. 0:11:41.960 --> 0:11:45.000 How could you move Curtis Mead at this point? Right? 0:11:45.080 --> 0:11:47.760 But the Red Sox had a big surplus here and 0:11:47.800 --> 0:11:49.839 I just couldn't. But wonder Early, he's got really good 0:11:49.840 --> 0:11:54.520 trade value and I had an inkling feeling that he 0:11:54.640 --> 0:12:00.760 was going to get moved. This is interesting again, where 0:12:01.040 --> 0:12:04.479 does he play now? I saw someone in the chat 0:12:04.720 --> 0:12:11.920 say that this is probably the end for Masa. Well, 0:12:11.920 --> 0:12:15.440 here's well the thing with Masa right lefty bat. So 0:12:15.840 --> 0:12:20.200 let me actually double check on Mead with the splits, 0:12:21.880 --> 0:12:27.520 looking at the splits, so, yeah, he does a lot 0:12:27.520 --> 0:12:31.320 better against left handed pitching hits two seventy nine against lefties, 0:12:31.320 --> 0:12:38.040 two thirty nine against righty's, and then ops. He's actually 0:12:38.080 --> 0:12:40.600 got a good ops against both, eight ninety five ops 0:12:40.600 --> 0:12:45.480 against lefties, eight twenty seven ops against righty's, So there's 0:12:45.520 --> 0:12:48.960 not really a big difference there. But yeah, you kind 0:12:49.000 --> 0:12:55.200 of wonder here is masa at risk here of really 0:12:55.960 --> 0:12:58.960 losing a good amount of playing time. So I don't 0:12:58.960 --> 0:13:04.800 know my guess right now. Initial reaction is he's gonna 0:13:04.800 --> 0:13:09.679 be your DH because the defense just isn't good. And 0:13:09.720 --> 0:13:11.920 then I still think you can go get another bat. 0:13:14.040 --> 0:13:19.560 That's really interesting to me. It's really interesting. I mean, hey, 0:13:19.880 --> 0:13:22.200 there's a lot of upside with this, a guy that 0:13:22.280 --> 0:13:26.439 I didn't think was even available. It's Funny's and again 0:13:26.559 --> 0:13:29.000 Craig Breslo and the Red Sox for an office that 0:13:29.040 --> 0:13:32.559 they pull it off again where they do another trade 0:13:32.600 --> 0:13:36.680 that no one saw coming, both player wise and timing wise. 0:13:36.679 --> 0:13:41.000 We're all enjoying our Saturday nights over here. Goodness, gracious, luckily, 0:13:41.040 --> 0:13:42.679 I just got home a little bit ago. I went 0:13:42.679 --> 0:13:46.000 out for a nice date night tonight, and I good 0:13:46.000 --> 0:13:49.920 as gracious, thank goodness, I was home. Man oh Man 0:13:50.320 --> 0:13:53.240 didn't expect this. Let me see what you're all saying 0:13:53.240 --> 0:13:55.000 here in the chat. I think we had a couple 0:13:55.000 --> 0:13:58.960 of super chats. Let me pull these up. We got 0:13:58.960 --> 0:14:02.520 some quite reactions over here. We got four super chats 0:14:03.320 --> 0:14:07.720 New York Sports, Zach Do you like it? I like 0:14:07.800 --> 0:14:11.920 the possible upside, right, I mean, obviously he's having a 0:14:11.960 --> 0:14:15.560 good year, So I am that's great. Hey, I mean 0:14:15.840 --> 0:14:17.560 he's already shown you what he can do this year. 0:14:19.080 --> 0:14:22.520 That's awesome. Hey. If he keeps up what he's been doing, 0:14:22.600 --> 0:14:25.880 that's an awesome addition for the Red Sox. It's just 0:14:25.920 --> 0:14:28.760 a matter of has he fully figured it out? Right? 0:14:28.880 --> 0:14:32.240 Is this gonna stick? And one more time, when you 0:14:32.280 --> 0:14:36.600 look at these metrics, they're pretty good. And that's another 0:14:36.640 --> 0:14:40.040 thing too. And I'll say this, I'll commend all the 0:14:40.080 --> 0:14:42.240 Red Sox fans out there that we're talking about Zach 0:14:42.280 --> 0:14:47.200 Netto saying he strikes out too much. Well, you can't 0:14:47.280 --> 0:14:51.520 say that here because he's only striking out nineteen percent 0:14:51.520 --> 0:14:54.960 of the time. That's really good, really good. What is 0:14:55.000 --> 0:15:00.000 Ari Alexander saying? Ari Alexander, I'm gonna I'm not gonna 0:15:00.160 --> 0:15:02.120 be doing too many of Like where I look at 0:15:02.120 --> 0:15:06.960 the you know where I'm looking at the Twitter machine? 0:15:09.200 --> 0:15:11.920 All right, Aria, Okay, here we go, Aria, Alexander. He 0:15:12.040 --> 0:15:14.800 said the feedback that I've heard the last few days 0:15:14.880 --> 0:15:16.480 of the Red Sox had been eyeing the top of 0:15:16.520 --> 0:15:21.400 the market, Jeremy Paine is zach netto Shay Langleiers, et cetera. However, 0:15:21.480 --> 0:15:25.080 industry sources are skeptical any of those guys get traded 0:15:25.080 --> 0:15:29.320 at all. Astro's shutting down anything on Payna. At least 0:15:29.360 --> 0:15:31.920 one team got shut down on Langleiers. So the Red 0:15:31.920 --> 0:15:35.680 Sox went out and made a workable deal. It's interesting, 0:15:35.840 --> 0:15:39.080 and I've I've said that. I've said I've made a 0:15:39.120 --> 0:15:42.280 tweet the other day, and I say it all the 0:15:42.360 --> 0:15:46.080 time to you know, when people say, oh, we need 0:15:46.120 --> 0:15:48.480 to go get this guy, it takes two to tango. 0:15:49.120 --> 0:15:51.040 You know. You can sit here and say we need this, 0:15:51.120 --> 0:15:55.600 we need this. Well, I mean you have to go 0:15:55.680 --> 0:15:59.160 with what's available, right and I mean, listen. I'll also 0:15:59.360 --> 0:16:02.600 say this about the Nationals again, Nationals fans, you're getting 0:16:04.040 --> 0:16:06.840 you're getting a really good arm for the rotation. Not 0:16:06.920 --> 0:16:08.160 just a good arm, but a guy with a good 0:16:08.160 --> 0:16:10.680 head on his shoulders, a guy you know, if you 0:16:10.720 --> 0:16:13.440 think about a future, a future one to two punch 0:16:13.880 --> 0:16:18.440 of kid Cavali and Connolly early. That's really nice at 0:16:18.440 --> 0:16:21.560 the top of the rotation right there. So Nationals fans, 0:16:21.760 --> 0:16:24.240 I know you're giving up a big bat here, but 0:16:24.680 --> 0:16:29.680 you're getting some much needed pitching. And I mean again, now, 0:16:29.920 --> 0:16:31.800 they just got rid of a righty. They have so 0:16:31.880 --> 0:16:37.840 many lefties in this lineup, so you know, they felt 0:16:38.040 --> 0:16:43.520 they were okay with the bats that they have. You know, again, 0:16:43.560 --> 0:16:45.400 they've had one of the best offenses in the game, 0:16:45.760 --> 0:16:52.520 and I believe too they I mean, Eli Willits, he's 0:16:52.520 --> 0:16:53.960 not going to be coming up right now. He'll be 0:16:54.040 --> 0:16:58.280 up at some point, probably the next couple of years. 0:16:58.320 --> 0:17:05.440 Really quick. Let me go to the Nationals. I mean, 0:17:05.440 --> 0:17:09.879 there's not like I mean, besides Willits, there's not, at least, 0:17:10.000 --> 0:17:12.840 you know, anywhere near the top, a big bopper that's 0:17:12.880 --> 0:17:15.360 going to be probably coming up soon. They got some 0:17:15.400 --> 0:17:19.920 guys that have some upside, but yeah, I guess they 0:17:20.000 --> 0:17:24.840 feel they're okay without them. And if you think about 0:17:24.840 --> 0:17:28.320 it from the Nationals point of view, here I'll get 0:17:28.320 --> 0:17:29.920 back to the Red Sox and just the second ladies 0:17:29.960 --> 0:17:35.680 and gentlemen. But you know, the Nationals right now, where 0:17:35.720 --> 0:17:39.440 are they at in this wildcard I mean they're too out. 0:17:39.840 --> 0:17:44.760 That's a real This is a very interesting trade because 0:17:44.760 --> 0:17:48.439 the Nationals are right there and they really needed pitching, 0:17:48.600 --> 0:17:51.440 so they must feel confident that their offense is good 0:17:51.520 --> 0:17:56.840 enough to help them down the stretch here. And you 0:17:56.840 --> 0:17:59.080 know early he's been progressing in his rehabs, so I 0:17:59.080 --> 0:18:03.000 wouldn't worry about that. You know, this, this is actually 0:18:03.080 --> 0:18:07.440 a like a man. It's a very unique move. It's 0:18:07.480 --> 0:18:11.280 like a it's a young player for young players, swap 0:18:12.640 --> 0:18:17.359 while both teams are in the wildcard race, two good 0:18:18.240 --> 0:18:22.159 upside players and you and you swap them in the 0:18:22.160 --> 0:18:25.639 middle of a of a postseason race. It's very interesting, 0:18:25.720 --> 0:18:28.800 like it's a it's it's a pretty cool trade in 0:18:28.880 --> 0:18:31.479 my opinion. Now, I know a lot of people are 0:18:31.520 --> 0:18:38.040 gonna getting back to the values. Yeah, you're gonna see 0:18:38.040 --> 0:18:39.840 a lot of people say, oh wow, this is a 0:18:40.600 --> 0:18:43.560 this is a fleece from the Nationals. The Red Sox 0:18:43.600 --> 0:18:48.720 got fleeced. You know, I think with me, when you 0:18:48.760 --> 0:18:51.000 consider the amount of control that he has left with 0:18:51.040 --> 0:18:54.320 the type of year that he's having, had a good 0:18:54.359 --> 0:18:57.840 prospect status at one point. My guess is the Red 0:18:57.880 --> 0:19:02.240 Sox they saw more value here, but also they saw, 0:19:02.359 --> 0:19:06.159 like Ari Alexander just said, they see a guy that 0:19:06.720 --> 0:19:12.280 could be had. This sounds like a very unique opportunity 0:19:12.960 --> 0:19:17.439 where you know, it's two teams that just matched up 0:19:17.480 --> 0:19:21.680 perfectly and at the it's like the right time, right 0:19:21.720 --> 0:19:24.320 place kind of a trade. Right no one else is 0:19:24.359 --> 0:19:27.840 looking to, you know, Netto. I guess the Angels are 0:19:27.840 --> 0:19:32.640 maybe hesitant on him Langlers, who knows if he's going anywhere. Paine, 0:19:32.720 --> 0:19:36.920 I don't think he's going anywhere, So it's it's like 0:19:36.960 --> 0:19:38.920 a right place, right time kind of a move. I 0:19:38.960 --> 0:19:42.359 think you could say the Red Sox it's it's a 0:19:42.359 --> 0:19:45.120 little more I'll say one more time. I know I'm 0:19:45.119 --> 0:19:48.560 repeating myself. It does feel a bit more risky for 0:19:48.600 --> 0:19:53.360 the Red Sox because Mead hasn't shown that consistency over 0:19:53.359 --> 0:19:55.040 the last couple of years, but he's looked really good 0:19:55.080 --> 0:19:59.640 this year. So that's my guess. The Red Sox they 0:19:59.640 --> 0:20:02.320 seem more value there. And in the chat Edwin, like 0:20:02.359 --> 0:20:05.800 we just said, pull air percentage. He fits nice and 0:20:05.840 --> 0:20:10.119 it fits nicely at Famway Park from Australia. You know, 0:20:10.160 --> 0:20:12.560 the Red Sox they're gonna be they're gonna be hyping 0:20:12.600 --> 0:20:16.600 that up. They're gonna be hyping that up. Hey, Jim's 0:20:16.640 --> 0:20:21.320 in the chat extremely risky. There's there's risk here. It's 0:20:21.359 --> 0:20:24.960 more so like it's because we're only just seeing him 0:20:25.080 --> 0:20:29.920 hit now, you know, that's the only thing that it's like, Okay, 0:20:30.760 --> 0:20:35.280 we'll see, we'll see. Hopefully it keeps, you know, it sticks. 0:20:39.040 --> 0:20:45.240 I'll say one more time, if there are more moves 0:20:45.240 --> 0:20:49.360 to be made, then the Red Sox got a lot 0:20:49.400 --> 0:20:52.840 more time to still figure out other moves. And if this, 0:20:53.200 --> 0:20:55.840 if this ends up only being being the only bat 0:20:55.880 --> 0:21:02.320 the Red Sox acchoir. You know again, time will tell. 0:21:03.040 --> 0:21:05.399 It's hard to say, you know, yeah, would you have 0:21:05.600 --> 0:21:09.240 liked more of a sure thing going back over the 0:21:09.320 --> 0:21:13.840 last couple of years, you know, like Netto or Langliers 0:21:14.119 --> 0:21:16.840 or you know Abrams. You know, you can even say Abrams. 0:21:16.840 --> 0:21:19.520 He fully broke out this year, right, that's another guy. 0:21:19.720 --> 0:21:22.600 He's had some good stuff over the last couple of years, 0:21:22.680 --> 0:21:25.040 but he has really put it together like this, This 0:21:25.080 --> 0:21:28.679 to me is CJ. Abrams breakout breakout year. You know, 0:21:28.760 --> 0:21:30.960 he's shown good stuff, but this is like his best 0:21:30.960 --> 0:21:35.879 season by far. So AJ and the Chat had he 0:21:35.920 --> 0:21:42.720 trade Early for this. I mean, you know, if if 0:21:42.720 --> 0:21:47.240 he ends if this ends up sticking, this is going 0:21:47.280 --> 0:21:49.560 to be a good trade. If it ends up sticking 0:21:51.240 --> 0:21:54.960 ops at eight fifty two five WRSC plus a swing 0:21:55.040 --> 0:22:00.480 built for Famway Park. The only negative I'll for like 0:22:00.520 --> 0:22:04.879 the eighteenth time, it's just the lack of the track record. 0:22:05.960 --> 0:22:08.640 So yeah, if it sticks, this will end up being 0:22:08.680 --> 0:22:12.040 a great trade for the Red Sox. For the Nationals, 0:22:12.080 --> 0:22:15.879 I already like it for them. There's more floor for 0:22:15.920 --> 0:22:19.120 the Nationals. For the Red Sox, it's a bit more weight. 0:22:19.160 --> 0:22:22.240 And see so let me get back to the other 0:22:22.240 --> 0:22:25.000 super chats here. We got almost one thousand people in 0:22:25.080 --> 0:22:27.720 this chat. If you can't everybody hit that like button 0:22:27.800 --> 0:22:29.320 for me, and if you are fighting us for the 0:22:29.320 --> 0:22:33.040 first time over here on Moster territory, think about subscribing. 0:22:33.760 --> 0:22:37.479 And uh, let's take a look, Brady Fox, what's going on. 0:22:37.560 --> 0:22:43.080 Let me size this up a little bit. Very strange 0:22:43.160 --> 0:22:45.919 trade mead looks okay according to a savant page, But 0:22:45.960 --> 0:22:49.520 you need more for Early. In my eyes, that is interesting. 0:22:50.240 --> 0:22:54.280 I do my guess. I would like to think that 0:22:54.359 --> 0:22:58.040 the Red Sox were really trying for more because surplus 0:22:58.160 --> 0:23:04.119 value based off of current projections. You know. It's it's 0:23:04.760 --> 0:23:10.040 it's yeah, there's not too much when it comes to 0:23:10.320 --> 0:23:14.600 needs future projections as of right now. I mean just uh, 0:23:14.840 --> 0:23:19.879 just to explain what I'm talking about. I don't know 0:23:19.880 --> 0:23:22.920 if you can see it, you might not be able 0:23:23.000 --> 0:23:30.560 to see it. Let me see, Okay, So zips again, 0:23:30.600 --> 0:23:34.760 this is based off of what we've seen from him 0:23:35.040 --> 0:23:38.040 most of his career so far, but zips right now, 0:23:38.080 --> 0:23:40.920 they're only projecting him for around a one wins above 0:23:40.960 --> 0:23:45.160 replacement for the next three years. But I don't think 0:23:45.160 --> 0:23:49.680 those those haven't been updated yet. So I think you 0:23:49.800 --> 0:23:53.479 gotta like wait a little bit for more updates. And 0:23:53.600 --> 0:23:56.120 you know, those people behind the projections, they're probably wait, 0:23:56.160 --> 0:23:58.760 you know, waiting to see if this sticks a little 0:23:58.760 --> 0:24:01.240 bit more, you know, And I think there is a 0:24:01.240 --> 0:24:08.560 good chance it does, because the metrics look good. And 0:24:08.600 --> 0:24:10.560 that's another thing too. I wonder if the Red Sox 0:24:10.600 --> 0:24:14.000 actually look to tap in more for him to hit 0:24:14.040 --> 0:24:18.520 the ball harder more consistently. That's something the Red Sox 0:24:18.600 --> 0:24:22.480 they you know, we've seen it time and time again. Right. 0:24:22.520 --> 0:24:25.200 They did it with Wilson, Right, Wilson was a guy 0:24:25.240 --> 0:24:27.840 who's always been a good hitter. But they said, you 0:24:27.880 --> 0:24:30.480 know what, we can put him into our system. We 0:24:30.520 --> 0:24:33.320 can put him at Famway Park and we can get 0:24:33.359 --> 0:24:35.000 more out of him. That's a guy that we can 0:24:35.040 --> 0:24:38.600 tap into a little bit more, and they did. So 0:24:38.640 --> 0:24:40.960 you wonder if the same thing could happen here. You 0:24:41.040 --> 0:24:44.720 wonder could they even get more out of him with 0:24:44.920 --> 0:24:48.280 already the good year that he's having if they if 0:24:48.280 --> 0:24:50.000 he can, if they could find a way for him 0:24:50.040 --> 0:24:57.680 to hit the ball harder, more consistently. Man, that's definitely 0:24:57.760 --> 0:25:01.440 that's fun to think about. But again, you are taking 0:25:01.480 --> 0:25:03.720