WEBVTT - Jim Bowden's Front Office Unfiltered: MLB Trade Deadline Grades 0:00:09.680 --> 0:00:12.440 Trade grades. We need them. Front Office Unfiltered. 0:00:12.520 --> 0:00:16.440 Our professor and resident GM, Jim Bowden, who was hustling yesterday. 0:00:16.840 --> 0:00:19.560 Good to see you, jab and you look refreshed after 0:00:19.640 --> 0:00:22.560 a crazy day of trades. So let's get right into 0:00:22.560 --> 0:00:25.120 this and we're going to show a board. We'll show three. 0:00:25.200 --> 0:00:27.560 As we're talking through this, you split it up with 0:00:27.640 --> 0:00:31.440 buyers buyer sellers. So that's its own little, unique, crazy 0:00:31.480 --> 0:00:33.879 category that only has two teams and then sellers. So 0:00:34.159 --> 0:00:36.720 let's start with the good stuff, the teams that went 0:00:36.760 --> 0:00:39.519 in the buyers from A to I see a D 0:00:39.600 --> 0:00:40.320 plus on here. 0:00:40.360 --> 0:00:41.239 What do you have for us? 0:00:42.479 --> 0:00:42.760 Yeah? 0:00:42.800 --> 0:00:45.320 So, I mean obviously it starts with the Los Angeles Dodgers. 0:00:45.320 --> 0:00:47.080 They get an A plus. You went and got the 0:00:47.080 --> 0:00:49.199 best picture in the American League that's won two Cy 0:00:49.320 --> 0:00:51.680 Young Awards. You were able to consummate the deal with 0:00:51.760 --> 0:00:54.560 forty eight hours to go before the trade deadline. You 0:00:54.600 --> 0:00:56.520 didn't have to throw in the fourth prospect, and you 0:00:56.560 --> 0:00:59.280 did what the Dodgers do. They are the model franchise 0:00:59.360 --> 0:01:04.200 for any sport on planet Earth. San Diego Padres aj Preller. 0:01:04.280 --> 0:01:06.240 He won the trade deadline a year ago when he 0:01:06.280 --> 0:01:08.440 went and got Mason Miller at the deadline and he 0:01:08.520 --> 0:01:11.120 decided he wanted to win it again. He gets a 0:01:11.160 --> 0:01:14.000 straight A, and it reminds me of Raiders Are the 0:01:14.080 --> 0:01:17.080 Lost Ark in that scene where the villains pulls out 0:01:17.120 --> 0:01:18.840 that sword and he starts. 0:01:18.560 --> 0:01:20.680 To twirl it around and starts. 0:01:20.400 --> 0:01:23.640 To threaten for fifteen minutes and then Harrison Ford sits 0:01:23.680 --> 0:01:25.920 there and he pulls up their revolve and just shoots him. 0:01:26.160 --> 0:01:29.360 That's what aj did. Didn't make a single move until Monday. 0:01:29.680 --> 0:01:31.960 He waited at the end of the day. Here's Casey Mice, 0:01:32.000 --> 0:01:35.479 Here's Robbie Ray. Here comes a wild card birth Arizona. Goodbye, 0:01:35.640 --> 0:01:37.959 Hope you enjoyed second place. I'm about to go past you. 0:01:38.840 --> 0:01:41.400 They get an A. A couple others that got in 0:01:41.440 --> 0:01:45.080 the A minus range, the Red Sox obviously, Ally Rutchmand 0:01:45.120 --> 0:01:48.240 Curtis Mead, Eric Miller loved all three pickups for them. 0:01:48.320 --> 0:01:49.720 Great job by Craig Breslow. 0:01:49.960 --> 0:01:52.640 People are gonna keep playing because he overpaid and maybe 0:01:52.720 --> 0:01:54.600 you know, he lose some trades, but he made his 0:01:54.720 --> 0:01:57.960 franchise better. He gave his team a better chance of winning. 0:01:58.160 --> 0:01:59.960 That's what the job is. It's not the win. Trade 0:02:00.120 --> 0:02:03.160 is to win championships. It's not to hold on to prospects, 0:02:03.160 --> 0:02:04.040 it's to have parades. 0:02:04.640 --> 0:02:06.800 Chicago Cubs gave them an A minus. 0:02:06.880 --> 0:02:10.360 Great job by Jed Hoyer. Pitching was the biggest issue 0:02:10.400 --> 0:02:15.480 in catching Milwaukee. Enter Kevin Gosman, Enter Clay Holmes, enter 0:02:15.840 --> 0:02:18.720 Ryan's ever got John and Boom all of a sudden, 0:02:18.760 --> 0:02:20.760 you did that, You get a fourth outfield and Tyrone Taylor. 0:02:21.600 --> 0:02:25.120 I thought those four teams separated themselves as buyers, did 0:02:25.160 --> 0:02:27.040 the best job, and they did what they were supposed 0:02:27.080 --> 0:02:29.960 to do, improving their chances of getting the playoffs or 0:02:30.000 --> 0:02:32.239 winning a division or winning a championship. 0:02:32.840 --> 0:02:33.160 Nice. 0:02:33.280 --> 0:02:35.680 Okay, so some good a's on the board. Let's take 0:02:35.720 --> 0:02:36.799 a pause for a second here. 0:02:36.800 --> 0:02:37.040 Do you have. 0:02:37.280 --> 0:02:39.720 First of all, Jim, do you like movies about gladiators? 0:02:41.280 --> 0:02:45.519 Not in particular, but that particular scene I loved because 0:02:45.639 --> 0:02:47.840 in life I see so many people that do all 0:02:47.880 --> 0:02:51.120 this talking and yapping and throwing all these opinions, and 0:02:51.120 --> 0:02:53.239 then the quiet guy in the room just pulls the 0:02:53.280 --> 0:02:54.080 trigger and beat you. 0:02:54.520 --> 0:02:59.280 And I exactly right, exactly, so you're right. So let 0:02:59.360 --> 0:03:01.120 me let me ask you this about this. And by 0:03:01.160 --> 0:03:03.919 the way, Jim, when you said that it's about having parades. 0:03:04.360 --> 0:03:08.880 We have gotten more hate. I guess by saying yesterday 0:03:09.400 --> 0:03:11.560 that a lot of people are like, oh, we don't 0:03:11.560 --> 0:03:13.680 want to go all in, especially a certain team just 0:03:13.720 --> 0:03:15.960 north of Chicago. We don't want to go all in 0:03:16.040 --> 0:03:19.360 because we're competitive every year and we make the playoffs 0:03:19.360 --> 0:03:21.520 every year, and we lose in the first round every year. 0:03:21.760 --> 0:03:23.160 But we don't want to win. We just want to 0:03:23.200 --> 0:03:24.960 win lose in the first round because we make the 0:03:25.000 --> 0:03:28.280 playoffs every year. Jim, So, I don't understand that feeling 0:03:28.320 --> 0:03:31.240 from a fan because I will lose for five years 0:03:31.280 --> 0:03:33.840 if it gets me a World Series the next year. 0:03:34.080 --> 0:03:36.000 I will give up everyone if it gets me that 0:03:36.080 --> 0:03:39.080 one parade. I have a different thing, maybe because I'm competitive, 0:03:39.680 --> 0:03:40.400 just my thoughts. 0:03:41.280 --> 0:03:43.680 Yeah, I was only a part of one World Championship 0:03:43.680 --> 0:03:45.360 and there's nothing like it. And I thought when I 0:03:45.400 --> 0:03:47.560 got that first World Championship was a part of it. 0:03:47.560 --> 0:03:49.080 I thought we're going to get a whole bunch of them. 0:03:49.480 --> 0:03:52.080 I never got another one, right, It's truly hard to get, 0:03:52.080 --> 0:03:55.120 as you know AJ as a player and watching it. 0:03:55.160 --> 0:03:57.000 I mean, so, yeah, it is what it is. That's 0:03:57.000 --> 0:03:59.560 what it's all about. You have a chance, you go 0:03:59.640 --> 0:03:59.880 for it. 0:04:00.120 --> 0:04:00.440 Get it. 0:04:00.520 --> 0:04:00.760 Now. 0:04:01.000 --> 0:04:05.480 That being said, I also understand it's complicated because you know, 0:04:05.520 --> 0:04:07.600 you talk about the Milwaukee Brewers in Tampa Bay for 0:04:07.640 --> 0:04:11.480 a minute, They're always challenged because they can't compete in 0:04:11.520 --> 0:04:15.560 a payroll world at all with anybody, and they're trying 0:04:15.600 --> 0:04:18.520 to have a shot every year of being there, and 0:04:18.680 --> 0:04:20.840 you got to have young star players to do that. 0:04:21.480 --> 0:04:24.400 And so I'm not going to criticize the Brewers for 0:04:24.480 --> 0:04:27.000 not trading hayesus Mo Day, which is the only way 0:04:27.000 --> 0:04:29.080 they could have gotten Schooble. And I'm not going to 0:04:29.160 --> 0:04:31.680 blame the Race for not trading Theo Gillen, which is 0:04:31.680 --> 0:04:33.560 the only way they could have gotten Schooble. From what 0:04:33.600 --> 0:04:37.120 I'm being told, for two months of Schooble doesn't guarante 0:04:37.600 --> 0:04:40.160 you are world championship. And if you want to keep 0:04:40.200 --> 0:04:42.560 winning and have a chance, you better hold onto those 0:04:42.560 --> 0:04:44.200 two guys because they're going to be stars. 0:04:44.839 --> 0:04:48.039 So outside of them, though, I don't. 0:04:47.839 --> 0:04:49.960 Think anyone should have been an untouchable in either club 0:04:50.000 --> 0:04:50.679 to get Schooble. 0:04:51.440 --> 0:04:55.400 Wait, so the Tigers were demanding the very top prospect 0:04:55.720 --> 0:04:59.320 in those two organizations, yet they started at five with 0:04:59.440 --> 0:05:02.919 zire Hoe hope with the Dodgers. Do you know, like 0:05:02.960 --> 0:05:03.719 that's there? 0:05:04.040 --> 0:05:06.440 Yeah, So here's my thing on that. So I'm glad 0:05:06.440 --> 0:05:08.440 you brought that up, right. I get so sick of 0:05:08.440 --> 0:05:11.599 these prospect rankings. We got some really smart. 0:05:11.279 --> 0:05:12.680 People right in baseball. 0:05:12.839 --> 0:05:15.640 I ask all of you go back and look at 0:05:15.920 --> 0:05:20.000 MLB Pipeline, Baseball America, and go study what all these 0:05:20.040 --> 0:05:22.800 great prospects were over the last fifteen years and tell 0:05:22.800 --> 0:05:25.080 me how many lived up to that. And tell me 0:05:25.160 --> 0:05:28.120 how many times a number ten prospect was actually the 0:05:28.200 --> 0:05:30.800 number one prospect and guys that weren't even in the 0:05:30.839 --> 0:05:32.960 top ten that got to the big leagues and made 0:05:32.960 --> 0:05:35.240 All Star teams. Like, you're going to be shocked and 0:05:35.279 --> 0:05:37.840 stunned if you actually go back and look at all 0:05:37.839 --> 0:05:41.880 these rankings that are never close. They're never close. So 0:05:42.279 --> 0:05:43.880 in the case that you just asked me, was I 0:05:43.960 --> 0:05:46.320 your hope? He would have been the number one prospect 0:05:46.360 --> 0:05:49.560 in most organizations? Just is anyone that's seen this player 0:05:49.880 --> 0:05:52.160 going to hit for average? He's got twenty to thirty 0:05:52.160 --> 0:05:55.360 home run power, twenty to thirty stolen base how's the 0:05:55.400 --> 0:05:59.800 work ethic? High baseball IQ, great baseball instincts? Now, would 0:05:59.800 --> 0:06:02.520 I have taken made over him, Yep, what I have 0:06:02.640 --> 0:06:05.440 taken Gillan over him, probably, but it's close. 0:06:06.120 --> 0:06:07.360 So even though for. 0:06:07.360 --> 0:06:10.880 The Dodgers people have ranked them fifth, I'll argue that 0:06:10.920 --> 0:06:13.799 he's better than that. I'll argue that he probably should 0:06:13.800 --> 0:06:16.479 have been two after Depaula for me. And he's a 0:06:16.480 --> 0:06:20.960 better defender than de Paula. So again, it's all about evaluations, right. 0:06:21.040 --> 0:06:23.280 I Mean, it was funny when that trade was made 0:06:23.400 --> 0:06:28.880 between the Washington Nationals and the Yankees. I quickly looked 0:06:28.880 --> 0:06:32.280 at the rankings that lou Pipeline and Baseball America. 0:06:31.920 --> 0:06:33.560 Had on the four players. 0:06:33.800 --> 0:06:36.960 So the guy that they had first not the guy 0:06:37.120 --> 0:06:40.200 the Nationals wanted. They wanted the guy that they had 0:06:40.240 --> 0:06:43.279 second on those lists, who they think clearly was the 0:06:43.320 --> 0:06:45.440 headliner in Grabile over Sebert. 0:06:45.760 --> 0:06:46.000 Right. 0:06:46.320 --> 0:06:49.400 And so that's why when I do my research, well, 0:06:49.400 --> 0:06:51.680 I'm either evaluating the players myself or I'm calling the 0:06:51.680 --> 0:06:54.240 teams that I'm asking them directly, what does your organization 0:06:54.320 --> 0:06:56.680 think of these players? Because it doesn't matter what all 0:06:56.680 --> 0:06:59.000 these publications think or what all these analysts think or 0:06:59.000 --> 0:07:02.800 experts think. It's really about what is an organization and 0:07:02.839 --> 0:07:06.080 all their scouts, how do they summarize the rankings and 0:07:06.120 --> 0:07:09.200 it's just not consistent. So I guess my answer to 0:07:09.200 --> 0:07:12.200 you is, Hope is better than how he is ranked 0:07:12.200 --> 0:07:15.240 in the Dodger system. Also, the Dodger system is so 0:07:15.400 --> 0:07:18.720 good that Hope gets knocked down a little bit. But 0:07:18.760 --> 0:07:20.960 the Tigers did well on their return. I don't care 0:07:21.000 --> 0:07:23.640 what anybody says. Could they have gotten more on Monday? 0:07:23.760 --> 0:07:27.320 I think so, but they still for a rental. This 0:07:27.440 --> 0:07:29.480 is one of the best rental returns we've ever seen. 0:07:32.880 --> 0:07:34.880 For parents looking for a new path to help your 0:07:34.960 --> 0:07:37.560 child succeed this year, there's still time to enroll in 0:07:37.720 --> 0:07:41.640 K twelve powered online schools. K twelve Powered schools offer 0:07:41.720 --> 0:07:46.000 tuition free, accredited online public education for students in kindergarten 0:07:46.000 --> 0:07:48.160 through twelfth grade. 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And I'm 0:08:51.080 --> 0:08:53.440 saying this also because we have an audio crowd on 0:08:53.480 --> 0:08:55.120 podcasts later that's going to listen, so I want to 0:08:55.120 --> 0:08:57.720 make sure they get every team here, Yankees, Guardians, Raised 0:08:57.720 --> 0:09:01.520 White Sox, and Mariners. Got to be be My was Braves, Brewers, 0:09:01.520 --> 0:09:03.040 and Pirates. I guess we'll go back to the Brewers 0:09:03.040 --> 0:09:04.600 in a sect, But let me go to Braves for 0:09:04.640 --> 0:09:07.120 a moment. Why did the Braves get a B minus 0:09:07.160 --> 0:09:11.040 and not a lower grade for neglecting a frontline starter 0:09:11.160 --> 0:09:12.800 that they've badly needed for a while. 0:09:13.320 --> 0:09:15.360 Yeah, I don't think they neglected it. They just weren't 0:09:15.360 --> 0:09:17.440 able to land it right. They wanted to hold on 0:09:17.520 --> 0:09:20.560 to Cam kemmidyty, the best pitching prospect in Jr. Richie, 0:09:21.080 --> 0:09:25.000 and didn't find a rental that they liked to give up. 0:09:25.080 --> 0:09:28.080 And remember Alex in Thoppol's histories, that doesn't give up rentals. 0:09:28.800 --> 0:09:31.520 His number one goal at the deadline was to get 0:09:31.559 --> 0:09:33.680 a starter that could start a playoff game, and he 0:09:33.720 --> 0:09:36.920 did not accomplish that. That's why I got to be minus. 0:09:36.720 --> 0:09:39.800 So why was the grade not lower? Because I thought 0:09:39.840 --> 0:09:43.240 he did a really good job of blocking Philadelphia. What 0:09:43.320 --> 0:09:46.000 I mean by that is Phillies really needed a right 0:09:46.040 --> 0:09:48.880 hand hitting outfielder, someone that could rake against left hand 0:09:48.920 --> 0:09:50.920 pitching because they struggle against left hand pitching. 0:09:51.240 --> 0:09:52.319 Lane Thomas does that. 0:09:52.720 --> 0:09:55.760 Lane Thomas can play all three outfield positions and he 0:09:55.840 --> 0:09:58.559 Rakes left handed pitching. He was the perfect acquisition for 0:09:58.600 --> 0:10:02.040 the Phillies number two. One of the Phillies issues is 0:10:02.120 --> 0:10:04.360 they don't win when their fourth and fifth starters are 0:10:04.360 --> 0:10:07.400 out there. That has been their achilles heel all year long. 0:10:07.880 --> 0:10:11.480 They needed not a starting pitcher that you know, top 0:10:11.520 --> 0:10:14.160 of the rotation or playoff pitcher. They needed someone that 0:10:14.200 --> 0:10:17.080 could eat innings at the back end. They weren't able 0:10:17.080 --> 0:10:18.920 to get that at the deadline. Part of the reason 0:10:19.000 --> 0:10:20.679 is that Atlanta went and got Tyler. 0:10:20.360 --> 0:10:23.280 Malley, who was available at a very cheap price. 0:10:23.800 --> 0:10:27.240 So I thought being able to get Lane Thomas and 0:10:27.320 --> 0:10:30.240 Tyler Malley at the price that they did, I thought 0:10:30.280 --> 0:10:32.400 Alex did a really good job, and more importantly, I 0:10:32.400 --> 0:10:34.800 think he prevented the Phillies from getting those two guys. 0:10:35.040 --> 0:10:36.160 I think if the Phillies that. 0:10:36.200 --> 0:10:38.720 Added Malley and Thomas with what they already did with 0:10:38.760 --> 0:10:41.000 the Rise and the two relievers, they would have had 0:10:41.040 --> 0:10:44.559 a shot at least of catching Atlanta. You know, now 0:10:44.720 --> 0:10:46.800 they have to sweat out the back of their rotation 0:10:47.120 --> 0:10:49.080 between now and October just to get there. 0:10:51.480 --> 0:10:56.280 Okay, back to the Brewers for a moment, because they're 0:10:56.320 --> 0:10:59.880 on this list too. For the bus. So did you 0:11:00.080 --> 0:11:03.240 feel like a two part questionnaire? Let's start here, sends 0:11:03.240 --> 0:11:07.040 a tella Dustin May, Jojo Romero. Do the Brewers have 0:11:07.320 --> 0:11:09.720 a chance at beating the Dodgers if they match up 0:11:09.720 --> 0:11:11.040 again in the postseason this year? 0:11:11.679 --> 0:11:11.760 No? 0:11:12.720 --> 0:11:16.040 Okay, no, No, they needed they needed school. 0:11:16.720 --> 0:11:20.040 If they didn't wa wait, hold up, pulled up. 0:11:20.080 --> 0:11:21.840 I know, JB. 0:11:22.240 --> 0:11:24.000 Even taking that aside for a moment, I'm going to 0:11:24.080 --> 0:11:26.160 still try to craft an offer to woo you. But 0:11:26.679 --> 0:11:29.520 before we get to that, anybody else on the market 0:11:29.559 --> 0:11:31.559 that maybe would have given them more of a boost. 0:11:31.880 --> 0:11:34.120 And yes, I know that some of these guys, Jojo 0:11:34.240 --> 0:11:37.559 and sends a telegoon to the bullpen Gray, I'm sure 0:11:37.559 --> 0:11:39.640 they'll do nice things there. Dustin May, Okay, I don't 0:11:39.640 --> 0:11:41.160 know if he's starting a playoff game for them. He's 0:11:41.160 --> 0:11:43.240 definitely not going more than once through the lineup. Knowing 0:11:43.240 --> 0:11:47.360 how the Brewers operate, Clay Holmes Freddy seemed like they 0:11:47.360 --> 0:11:50.200 weren't as interested anybody else on the starting pitching list, 0:11:50.240 --> 0:11:52.679 even like a Soriano go down the line. Was there 0:11:52.720 --> 0:11:55.160 anyone else that the Brewers could have commanded that would 0:11:55.160 --> 0:11:57.160 have been in their top three to start a playoff game. 0:11:57.240 --> 0:11:59.680 I felt like I saw other guys that were moved. 0:12:00.280 --> 0:12:02.840 Yeah, that's why they didn't get an A or B 0:12:02.920 --> 0:12:04.959 plus or a B. That's why they got the grade 0:12:04.960 --> 0:12:08.160 that they did because they didn't get Soriano, they didn't 0:12:08.160 --> 0:12:09.880 get Mys. I would have taken Ray, I would have 0:12:09.920 --> 0:12:13.199 taken all those guys you know over Dustin May. 0:12:13.679 --> 0:12:13.760 So. 0:12:13.920 --> 0:12:16.280 Yeah, a lot of choices out there, Ree Debtner's perhaps 0:12:16.280 --> 0:12:18.400 could have been gotten. I mean, the Brewers have a 0:12:18.520 --> 0:12:22.200 very deep farm system, and they certainly could have gotten 0:12:22.559 --> 0:12:24.360 if they didn't want to do Schooble with Maday, I 0:12:24.480 --> 0:12:29.160 get that. But that being said, they did have enough 0:12:29.440 --> 0:12:32.040 to go get Schooble without ma Day in my opinion, 0:12:32.400 --> 0:12:35.719 and they certainly had enough to get anybody else more 0:12:35.760 --> 0:12:38.160 than above any other team. They could have done it 0:12:38.200 --> 0:12:42.080 and they didn't. So hopefully, you know, Harrison will come 0:12:42.120 --> 0:12:44.040 back and be what he was in April, and May, 0:12:45.000 --> 0:12:48.600 hopefully May will step up. Hopefully, you know, Logan Henderson 0:12:48.640 --> 0:12:50.400 and Sproute will be able to do what they do. 0:12:50.440 --> 0:12:52.960 I know they tried to get Freddy Peralta. They felt 0:12:52.960 --> 0:12:54.760 like they could fix him, but Tampa came in and 0:12:54.800 --> 0:12:56.800 paid more than they were willing to do, and I'm 0:12:56.800 --> 0:12:59.760 not sure the Mets president David Stearns wanted to return 0:12:59.840 --> 0:13:02.880 them to the Brewers at twenty five cents on the dollars, 0:13:02.920 --> 0:13:06.000 so that probably lessened their chances of acquiring him. 0:13:06.000 --> 0:13:07.720 But yeah, I mean I wish they had done more. 0:13:07.760 --> 0:13:12.040 But Dustin May and Senzatela is better than not doing anything. 0:13:12.240 --> 0:13:15.079 At least you got better. He added two arms plus Romerow. 0:13:16.640 --> 0:13:20.480 Okay, can I I just before my head might explode here, 0:13:20.600 --> 0:13:22.880 So you just said they could have got Scooble without 0:13:22.880 --> 0:13:23.800 giving up my day. 0:13:24.280 --> 0:13:26.040 So no, no, he said no. 0:13:26.080 --> 0:13:28.120 He just said they could have. He just said they 0:13:28.120 --> 0:13:30.520 could have gone see did look? 0:13:30.760 --> 0:13:35.680 I mean, look, I think they didn't wanted I think 0:13:35.679 --> 0:13:39.320 the Tigers really wanted hope. But the Brewers could have 0:13:39.400 --> 0:13:43.360 put a ridiculous package out there right Lewis Paygna and 0:13:43.480 --> 0:13:47.960 Laura Pratt, I mean, there has to be away with 0:13:48.080 --> 0:13:51.360 the farm system they have. You could have brought the 0:13:51.400 --> 0:13:54.160 Brinks truck up and loaded it and sended it over 0:13:54.200 --> 0:13:56.520 to Detroit and you could have had Schooble. And I 0:13:56.640 --> 0:14:00.480 would have tried to do that myself. Now, long term 0:14:00.679 --> 0:14:03.600 probably wouldn't be great for the employment line long term. 0:14:03.679 --> 0:14:07.120 But to win a world championship, I would have offered 0:14:08.040 --> 0:14:10.880 everything outside of my day. Let's try to make it work, 0:14:11.040 --> 0:14:12.800 and I would have tried to make it work. And 0:14:12.880 --> 0:14:15.360 I would have tried to also get Mys with him, 0:14:15.760 --> 0:14:17.960 like I don't mind unloading this system. I'm gonna win 0:14:18.080 --> 0:14:19.680 right now, but let me go get schoobl and Mys 0:14:19.720 --> 0:14:23.040 to put with Mansarowski, because I am that close to 0:14:23.080 --> 0:14:26.120 a world championship. But I got to get through the Dodgers, 0:14:26.600 --> 0:14:28.360 and the only way to get through the Dodgers and 0:14:28.400 --> 0:14:31.320 all probability is going to be Schooble, right, if you all, 0:14:31.360 --> 0:14:33.840 if we all want to be realistic, that's the one 0:14:33.880 --> 0:14:37.360 shot you have. And yeah, it didn't work out, didn't play, 0:14:37.360 --> 0:14:38.160 so it is what it is. 0:14:38.200 --> 0:14:39.160 So yeah, so. 0:14:39.120 --> 0:14:41.760 They're gonna be happy playing the Dodgers again getting swept. 0:14:41.760 --> 0:14:44.400 But hey, guys, we made it to the playoffs again. 0:14:44.760 --> 0:14:46.600 That's a fan of me. I'm sorry, Jim, that's the 0:14:46.640 --> 0:14:49.160 fan of me looking at it from the outside. Yeah. 0:14:49.440 --> 0:14:52.760 Now, and that's why all wonder you're gonna hear why 0:14:52.760 --> 0:14:54.400 the owners want to shut the game down for a 0:14:54.480 --> 0:14:55.080 salary cap. 0:14:56.280 --> 0:14:59.960 Okay, yes, so let's say that Brewers who gotta make 0:15:00.040 --> 0:15:01.640 go On win the World Series. That ends all that. 0:15:02.000 --> 0:15:05.400 Scott has a conspiracy theory. I don't believe in those, 0:15:05.440 --> 0:15:06.320 but Scott does. 0:15:06.320 --> 0:15:07.640 Right, But that's always going to bring up. 0:15:07.640 --> 0:15:10.960 But like Louis Pania, like Jim saying Louis Pania, maybe 0:15:10.960 --> 0:15:13.560 Henderson if they wanted more of an immediate impact guy, 0:15:13.960 --> 0:15:15.880 and then start going down the line of maybe their 0:15:15.920 --> 0:15:20.120 other you know, Tyson Harden, Bishop lets In, Andrew Fisher, right, 0:15:20.200 --> 0:15:20.800 like there's. 0:15:20.560 --> 0:15:21.480 A check check. 0:15:22.000 --> 0:15:23.760 I like some of these names that check check check. 0:15:23.800 --> 0:15:25.120 See you guys, right, But. 0:15:25.560 --> 0:15:28.960 Like that that doesn't affect like I do this. I've 0:15:29.000 --> 0:15:31.240 still got like eight guys I like in their system 0:15:31.320 --> 0:15:33.400 that I think can impact the major league club without 0:15:33.440 --> 0:15:35.760 even touching Laura and Pratt because that could send a 0:15:35.760 --> 0:15:38.320 bad message to trade away a guy that you just extended. 0:15:38.360 --> 0:15:40.040 I don't even think you needed those guys in the 0:15:40.080 --> 0:15:43.400 deal to get a shinier package than what the Dodgers 0:15:43.440 --> 0:15:43.800 gave up. 0:15:44.280 --> 0:15:46.680 Look, Scott, I agree with you completely. If aj Preller 0:15:46.800 --> 0:15:48.800 was one of the was running the Brewers, he would 0:15:48.800 --> 0:15:51.520 have gotten Schooble. If Jerry Depoto was running the Brewers, 0:15:51.560 --> 0:15:54.520 he would have gotten Schooble. Craig Breslo would have gotten Schooble, 0:15:54.760 --> 0:15:57.520 I would have gotten Schooble. So I mean yes, I 0:15:57.520 --> 0:16:02.280 mean organizations like though you know they they want to 0:16:02.280 --> 0:16:04.360 be around every single year and to be around every 0:16:04.360 --> 0:16:07.520 single year. The one area where Milwaukee is beating everybody 0:16:08.360 --> 0:16:12.560 is amateur scouting and building a farm system. They're crushing 0:16:12.560 --> 0:16:15.640 people in the Midwest. It's not even close. They're telling 0:16:15.640 --> 0:16:19.280 the other twenty nine teams, we're the Dodgers of scouting 0:16:19.480 --> 0:16:23.040 eighteen year olds in the Midwest. That's what we are. 0:16:23.280 --> 0:16:25.560 That's our strength. That we're not going to give that up, 0:16:25.840 --> 0:16:28.200 not for one player, not for two months. 0:16:28.400 --> 0:16:29.800 That's the decision that they made. 0:16:29.800 --> 0:16:31.840 And look, you're allowed to do that when you own 0:16:31.880 --> 0:16:33.880 a team, where you're running a team, that's your call. 0:16:34.560 --> 0:16:34.760 You know. 0:16:34.880 --> 0:16:37.440 I'm in AJ's camp, right, I just want that one 0:16:37.480 --> 0:16:39.560 World championship because you get that for life. 0:16:39.960 --> 0:16:40.120 You know. 0:16:40.280 --> 0:16:42.440 Ye, My World Series ring might be in a safe 0:16:42.440 --> 0:16:44.560 deposit box, but I get it for life in there. 0:16:44.760 --> 0:16:48.240 I mean, the bank get it, and everyone gets in life. 0:16:48.480 --> 0:16:50.600 And Jim, you know that the first question someone asks 0:16:50.640 --> 0:16:52.760 you is not how many times did you make the 0:16:52.800 --> 0:16:54.880 playoffs or were you in the running every year? Have 0:16:54.960 --> 0:16:56.480 you ever won a World Series? And that's what you 0:16:56.520 --> 0:16:58.640 can say. Yes, it's a very special club. 0:16:58.720 --> 0:16:59.640 Yeah it's white. 0:16:59.680 --> 0:17:02.560 People even give baseballs to the Pope because of it. 0:17:02.680 --> 0:17:06.119 So yeah, exactly, it changes your life. All right, let's 0:17:06.200 --> 0:17:08.000 keep rolling. We'll go quicker here. So let's get to 0:17:08.000 --> 0:17:09.920 the bottom of your buyer's list and just pick out 0:17:09.920 --> 0:17:12.400 a team or two C plus for the Twins and Rangers, 0:17:12.400 --> 0:17:15.000 C minus for the Astros, D plus for the Diamondbacks. 0:17:15.000 --> 0:17:16.480 I have a feeling I know where you want to go, 0:17:16.640 --> 0:17:17.840 but I'll let you run it. 0:17:18.440 --> 0:17:20.480 So I'll go anywhere you want. I mean, you tell me. 0:17:20.520 --> 0:17:21.159 I mean, look the. 0:17:21.160 --> 0:17:24.479 Diamond Back like, well here, I'm wearing their shirt. Can 0:17:24.520 --> 0:17:27.160 we start here with Snake's territory? So JB like, did 0:17:27.160 --> 0:17:27.520 you think? 0:17:27.640 --> 0:17:27.880 I mean? 0:17:27.920 --> 0:17:30.600 I like the Diamondbacks? So why did they mostly sit out? 0:17:30.640 --> 0:17:34.080 Besides a little bit of an offensive touch with Newpark and. 0:17:34.240 --> 0:17:36.119 I gave them the worst grade I could possibly get. 0:17:36.119 --> 0:17:37.840 I don't give fs at the deadline. I mean I 0:17:37.880 --> 0:17:38.280 gave him a. 0:17:38.320 --> 0:17:39.240 D a dog. 0:17:39.320 --> 0:17:42.399 I mean Lars newpar Is a fourth outfielder for me, 0:17:42.640 --> 0:17:43.639 I never understood it. 0:17:44.520 --> 0:17:46.240 Look, they needed bullpen help. 0:17:46.359 --> 0:17:48.879 They needed offense, They're in second place, they have a 0:17:48.960 --> 0:17:52.000