WEBVTT - White Sox problems/solution, Cubs creating a Tucker monster! 0:00:00.240 --> 0:00:03.680 I think right now, the hope of the White Sox 0:00:03.800 --> 0:00:06.280 is I don't know, being better than last being better 0:00:06.280 --> 0:00:06.880 than the Rockies. 0:00:07.120 --> 0:00:16.040 That's it, all right, We've got the athletics, John Greenberg 0:00:16.239 --> 0:00:19.040 back on with us, and unfortunately we're gonna start talking 0:00:19.040 --> 0:00:21.320 about the White Sox here to start. AJ on the 0:00:21.360 --> 0:00:24.960 call this morning, John was like talking to John about 0:00:25.000 --> 0:00:26.760 what what are we gonna. 0:00:26.520 --> 0:00:27.480 Say about the White Sox? 0:00:27.560 --> 0:00:30.840 Right we cover every team, so John, what should we 0:00:30.880 --> 0:00:31.440 talk about? 0:00:32.760 --> 0:00:34.440 Oh man, that's a good one. I mean I would 0:00:34.479 --> 0:00:36.280 probably talk Cubs maybe a little more than White Sox 0:00:36.360 --> 0:00:39.839 right now in Chicago. That's just my uh, just just 0:00:39.880 --> 0:00:44.280 some editorial advice. The White Sox are five and eighteen, 0:00:44.680 --> 0:00:47.280 you know, which is probably about you know, they're ahead 0:00:47.320 --> 0:00:48.960 of pace from last year, so they got that going 0:00:49.040 --> 0:00:50.040 for them. 0:00:50.760 --> 0:00:53.479 Better than who They're better than the Rockies. That's why 0:00:53.479 --> 0:00:55.760 I were my purple today. They're better than the Rockies. 0:00:56.320 --> 0:00:59.880 I think that was the That was the rejected tagline 0:01:00.080 --> 0:01:01.080 this White Sox season. 0:01:01.400 --> 0:01:02.760 You know, they went with the one hundreds better than 0:01:02.840 --> 0:01:06.240 the Rockies, right, better than the Rockies was the other one. 0:01:07.240 --> 0:01:11.160 Oh but John on this show, John, John on this show, 0:01:11.200 --> 0:01:15.440 before AJ says anything on this show. AJ needed a 0:01:15.560 --> 0:01:19.920 one shot for this comment. He said, they cannot be 0:01:20.200 --> 0:01:25.280 worse than they were last year. They cannot be And 0:01:25.360 --> 0:01:28.640 I said, maybe statistically, like in the win loss column, 0:01:29.319 --> 0:01:33.040 But is this team worse than last year's team minus Fetti? 0:01:35.120 --> 0:01:36.800 Yeah? Probably. I mean it's like, you know what it 0:01:36.840 --> 0:01:37.800 reminds you of a little bit. 0:01:37.840 --> 0:01:39.880 I mean, we can do Chicago comparison. But when the 0:01:39.880 --> 0:01:43.320 Cubs like went on like their big THEO rebuild in 0:01:43.400 --> 0:01:45.760 twenty twelve, they had the most losses and the twenty 0:01:45.800 --> 0:01:49.240 thirteen team was way worse because Rizzo didn't hit, Castro 0:01:49.280 --> 0:01:51.520 didn't hit, they didn't have like you know that twenty 0:01:51.560 --> 0:01:54.000 twelve med like Dempster in the beginning. Guys like that 0:01:54.000 --> 0:01:56.280 that they end up trading. And that's kind of what 0:01:56.360 --> 0:01:58.520 this team reminds me of because they have like I mean, 0:01:58.520 --> 0:02:00.640 there's you look at the roster in the air, there's 0:02:00.680 --> 0:02:04.680 no talent almost and the talent they have isn't hitting. 0:02:04.760 --> 0:02:06.160 I mean the guys that aren't hitting right now, it's 0:02:06.240 --> 0:02:09.440 Luis Roberts got up five twenty eight, Oh, ps Vaughn's 0:02:09.520 --> 0:02:10.480 four sixty one. 0:02:11.080 --> 0:02:13.200 I mean, these guys, the guys they have that are real. 0:02:13.040 --> 0:02:15.520 Major leaguers and you know, can do things. Are the 0:02:15.520 --> 0:02:18.840 ones not doing, you know, not contributing. And right now 0:02:18.880 --> 0:02:21.679 the rule five guys are two of their most valuable players. 0:02:21.760 --> 0:02:23.480 So I think that tells you a lot. 0:02:25.200 --> 0:02:27.360 Yeah, we were gonna show this tweet, We're gonna save it, 0:02:27.400 --> 0:02:31.600 but since you brought it up here. Batting averages there 0:02:31.639 --> 0:02:34.239 they are the five worst. Three of them are the 0:02:34.240 --> 0:02:36.200 White Side, Robert, Vaughan and Vargas. 0:02:41.400 --> 0:02:43.560 I went to the Crochet game, you know, when he 0:02:43.639 --> 0:02:46.880 started against them, and Crochet against Vargas was like one 0:02:46.880 --> 0:02:50.520 of the most overmatched. It was like, I mean it 0:02:50.560 --> 0:02:53.880 was Vargas couldn't even touch him. I basically couldn't touch him. 0:02:53.919 --> 0:02:55.320 I mean I think he struck him out three times 0:02:55.360 --> 0:02:58.240 in twelve pitches, and he was just like waving at this. 0:02:58.600 --> 0:03:00.799 It was I really was hoping Crochet was going to 0:03:00.840 --> 0:03:03.560 get that. No hitter in that game would have made 0:03:03.560 --> 0:03:04.480 me happy to be there. 0:03:05.720 --> 0:03:07.720 What John, what's the hope? That's all I want to know. 0:03:07.720 --> 0:03:10.000 What's what's the hope? I know prospects, you. 0:03:09.960 --> 0:03:15.600 Know, prospects, farm system prospects, But who's the impact player 0:03:15.760 --> 0:03:19.320 of the prospects. Because I've said this numerous signs. Noah 0:03:19.320 --> 0:03:21.240 Schultz never is a third year of pro Ball's never 0:03:21.280 --> 0:03:25.040 pitched in a fifth inning, not like you in a 0:03:25.120 --> 0:03:28.160 fifth inning, which is unbelievable in three years. Okay, see right, 0:03:29.160 --> 0:03:32.720 Montgomery's down there struggling in triple A. Right, Teal didn't 0:03:32.720 --> 0:03:35.560 get off to a great start. Hero is obviously already 0:03:35.560 --> 0:03:38.520 there and he's showing some signs. But is he, you know, 0:03:38.640 --> 0:03:41.440 the catcher of the future, is it Teal? The pitchers? 0:03:41.440 --> 0:03:44.000 Who's the pitcher? I know some of them are up already. Well, 0:03:44.000 --> 0:03:47.040 what's the hope? I mean the prospects? What and how 0:03:47.040 --> 0:03:48.520 long do the White Sux fans have to hold on 0:03:48.560 --> 0:03:49.360 to prospects? 0:03:50.160 --> 0:03:51.360 I mean it's gonna be a while. 0:03:51.440 --> 0:03:53.040 I mean I would say their best I think their 0:03:53.040 --> 0:03:55.560 best prospect in terms of like impact is probably Braden 0:03:55.600 --> 0:03:58.480 Montgomery in class. Hey, he's the guy that was the 0:03:58.480 --> 0:04:00.320 big you know. I think it was what red Socks 0:04:00.400 --> 0:04:03.720 number first round pick last year they traded for. I 0:04:03.760 --> 0:04:06.640 think he's the one that's got like real impact potential. 0:04:06.800 --> 0:04:09.640 So how long does it take for that guy to 0:04:09.680 --> 0:04:11.400 make a jump. Is he gonna have like a Cam 0:04:11.480 --> 0:04:15.240 Smith like, you know, like jump to the major soon. 0:04:15.520 --> 0:04:16.080 I think that's it. 0:04:16.120 --> 0:04:18.239 I mean, Caro, mydraft that they look good. At least 0:04:18.640 --> 0:04:20.760 Shane Smith shows that they got, you know, some idea 0:04:20.800 --> 0:04:24.600 what they're doing with scouting some of these like overlook, guys, 0:04:24.600 --> 0:04:26.240 I mean number one in the rule five whatever. 0:04:26.320 --> 0:04:27.960 But like that's it, age. 0:04:28.040 --> 0:04:29.640 I mean, they don't have any money, you know that, 0:04:30.040 --> 0:04:32.320 and they don't you're you're I think they're relying on 0:04:32.360 --> 0:04:36.960 your boat tour to provide the revenue to make this. Yeah, 0:04:37.080 --> 0:04:39.279 make this back up, it's aj the boat. 0:04:39.320 --> 0:04:41.800 You better be there, John, you better be there. John. 0:04:42.720 --> 0:04:48.080 Oh, I'm if Mark's the bartender, Scott Murkins the bartender, I'm. 0:04:47.520 --> 0:04:49.520 Who would make any money then give all the drinks 0:04:49.520 --> 0:04:50.600 away for free? 0:04:51.880 --> 0:04:53.800 Right every girl that comes up there between the age 0:04:53.800 --> 0:04:57.360 of like thirty and sixty drink. 0:04:57.520 --> 0:05:01.240 So no, I mean, I mean, is it you know, 0:05:01.600 --> 0:05:03.360 you know the HPS stuff with which I talked about 0:05:03.360 --> 0:05:05.440 with you guys, Is that to hope that he's gonna 0:05:05.440 --> 0:05:08.479 come in eventually and infuse some money with his team? 0:05:08.880 --> 0:05:10.000 Is it just the prospects? 0:05:10.000 --> 0:05:11.680 I mean, because they're not it's not gonna They're not 0:05:11.680 --> 0:05:13.520 anywhere close to the point where like, okay, we're gonna 0:05:13.560 --> 0:05:15.520 have some prospects like last time, and then spend money 0:05:15.560 --> 0:05:18.400 on guys. I think right now, the hope of uh, 0:05:19.400 --> 0:05:22.080 the White Sox is I don't know, being better than 0:05:22.160 --> 0:05:23.400 last being better than the Rockies. 0:05:23.640 --> 0:05:25.640 That's it. 0:05:25.360 --> 0:05:30.320 There is there a noticeable shift in the type of 0:05:30.880 --> 0:05:32.400 game the guys want to play. 0:05:32.760 --> 0:05:33.159 I get it. 0:05:33.200 --> 0:05:36.279 I understand they're not hitting above two hundred, but it's like, 0:05:36.600 --> 0:05:40.520 you know, to me, it looked like a lackluster, lackluster 0:05:40.640 --> 0:05:44.559 leadership last year from the top, from the managerial spot. 0:05:44.760 --> 0:05:47.360 Have you been able to notice any glimpse Because any 0:05:47.400 --> 0:05:50.080 of these prospects, anytime you talk about prospects, they have 0:05:50.160 --> 0:05:52.880 to come into a system that is already established. You 0:05:52.920 --> 0:05:55.679 can't just have Bradon Montgomery come in and be like, guys, 0:05:56.000 --> 0:05:59.040 we're doing it this way, Like do you see a shift? 0:05:59.080 --> 0:06:01.839 Has Will been able to make that shift a parent 0:06:02.279 --> 0:06:02.800 or not yet? 0:06:03.800 --> 0:06:05.359 You know, that's kind of and that's funny you say that, 0:06:05.360 --> 0:06:07.400 because that's what gets was talking about when I talked 0:06:07.400 --> 0:06:09.440 to him. It's spring training, like one on one about 0:06:09.440 --> 0:06:11.760 this is they've got to kind of establish some kind 0:06:11.760 --> 0:06:14.200 of White Sox identity. Listen, I don't think the guy 0:06:14.240 --> 0:06:16.520 I just don't think the guys believed in Griffall, you know, 0:06:16.880 --> 0:06:19.640 and I think at least Will. They're not winning much yet, 0:06:19.680 --> 0:06:22.280 but I think Will at least isn't kind of I 0:06:22.320 --> 0:06:24.640 think he presents himself better to major leaguers. I think 0:06:24.640 --> 0:06:28.240 he's got a different kind of personality. I think guys 0:06:28.320 --> 0:06:30.240 might have a little more faith. But it's hard to 0:06:30.240 --> 0:06:32.880 say like he's implemented something when they're five and eighteen, 0:06:33.040 --> 0:06:35.680 you know, through the first month. I do think from 0:06:35.680 --> 0:06:37.599 what I've heard and from what I've noticed, Yeah, the 0:06:37.640 --> 0:06:39.120 mood's a little better. I mean, a lot of guys 0:06:39.120 --> 0:06:41.479 from that team are gone, so they can't you can't 0:06:41.480 --> 0:06:43.600 really even ask guys about what happened last year because 0:06:43.600 --> 0:06:46.719 they just weren't around for it. So I think the 0:06:46.920 --> 0:06:49.440 mood's a little better. I mean, how could it not be. 0:06:49.880 --> 0:06:52.320 How could it be worse than last year mood wise, 0:06:52.360 --> 0:06:56.440 because Griffall was terrible, the team lost, you know, twenty 0:06:56.480 --> 0:06:58.760 in a row. It just seemed like there was. 0:06:58.800 --> 0:07:01.160 Impending doom on the team at all times. 0:07:01.200 --> 0:07:03.880 So I think the goal this year, as sad as 0:07:03.880 --> 0:07:05.760 it is, is just to be a normal bad, one 0:07:05.839 --> 0:07:10.080 hundred lost team. That's not you know, going viral every 0:07:10.160 --> 0:07:14.520 few days for like incompetence or TV calls or you 0:07:14.520 --> 0:07:17.520 know other catastrophes. 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Is 0:08:55.200 --> 0:08:57.160 that Will Venable's job? And then when you answer that, 0:08:57.160 --> 0:08:58.240 I have one more question for it. 0:08:58.520 --> 0:09:00.920 Yeah, I mean we can get on it, right. I 0:09:00.960 --> 0:09:02.000 guess it's everyone's job. 0:09:02.000 --> 0:09:04.000 But you're right, Guts listen, Guts has to take some 0:09:04.080 --> 0:09:06.480 questions on that because he was the farm director. Now, 0:09:06.800 --> 0:09:08.560 I think what he will say, what a lot of 0:09:08.559 --> 0:09:11.920 farm directors of bad teams might say, is they weren't 0:09:12.360 --> 0:09:14.839 You might think they're responsible for everything, but they're really not, 0:09:14.880 --> 0:09:16.160 because the people above them. 0:09:16.320 --> 0:09:17.600 Make a lot of the big decisions. 0:09:17.600 --> 0:09:20.760 Like yo, hear a lot of farm directors say like, yeah, 0:09:20.760 --> 0:09:22.920 this is my group, but like the president of the 0:09:22.960 --> 0:09:25.080 GM made this pick or pushed us to do this. 0:09:25.679 --> 0:09:27.160 And I think, Agent, you know, that's the problem with 0:09:27.160 --> 0:09:28.880 the White Sox when they've had people that were there 0:09:28.920 --> 0:09:31.600 for so long, is you never really knew who was 0:09:31.640 --> 0:09:35.480 making the final decisions or were the decisions being made 0:09:35.520 --> 0:09:38.680 in a manner that would please the people that were 0:09:38.679 --> 0:09:41.679 in charge. But listen, Guts has to take some responsibility too. 0:09:42.280 --> 0:09:45.440 But guess what, Jerry gave him the job, so it's 0:09:45.520 --> 0:09:47.040 up to him now to kind of figure it out. 0:09:47.400 --> 0:09:49.800 I will say, Guts, I think is at least I 0:09:49.920 --> 0:09:51.480 found him to be a straight shooter. We in the 0:09:51.520 --> 0:09:55.320 media find him to be like amazingly open about stuff, 0:09:55.400 --> 0:09:58.520 so we like dealing with them. I hope that, you know, 0:09:58.720 --> 0:10:01.600 for his sake in the White Sox sake, his vision 0:10:01.679 --> 0:10:04.280 or whatever, and working with Will, I hope it succeeds. 0:10:05.679 --> 0:10:07.600 We all do. We all do, John. But by the way, 0:10:08.360 --> 0:10:10.199 that's that's like the GM. It's like, I need five 0:10:10.240 --> 0:10:13.760 more years to rebuild again. Right, Oh, it's. 0:10:13.640 --> 0:10:15.320 Not my fault. I didn't draft the players and I 0:10:15.360 --> 0:10:17.600 didn't come on. I mean whatever. 0:10:18.480 --> 0:10:21.800 Okay, anyways, now one last question, John, is it time? 0:10:22.080 --> 0:10:23.720 And I love Jerry rhins Orf to death? 0:10:23.960 --> 0:10:24.520 Is it time? 0:10:25.160 --> 0:10:27.800 Is it time for the Ishbia brothers to come in? 0:10:28.200 --> 0:10:30.040 They already own a bunch of the team. Is it 0:10:30.080 --> 0:10:32.440 time for Jerry to finally because fans are clamoring for it, 0:10:32.720 --> 0:10:34.800 people all over are clamoring for it, and Jerry it's 0:10:34.840 --> 0:10:36.640 his decision at the end of the day. But is 0:10:36.679 --> 0:10:38.600 it time for Jerry reins Orf to sell the team? 0:10:39.320 --> 0:10:40.400 Yeah? Absolutely? 0:10:40.440 --> 0:10:42.280 I mean, and I you know, you feel for Jerry 0:10:42.280 --> 0:10:43.720 from a human side. You know him, You have a 0:10:43.720 --> 0:10:46.240 personal relationship with him that I don't, so you can 0:10:46.280 --> 0:10:48.160 see that side how much he loves baseball and how 0:10:48.240 --> 0:10:50.800 much he loves the game. I think it would be 0:10:51.559 --> 0:10:54.720 Jerry a great service to the fans for Jerry just 0:10:54.760 --> 0:10:56.800 to kind of hand it over and to kind of 0:10:56.960 --> 0:10:59.080 to kind of move out and move along. Because if 0:10:59.120 --> 0:11:01.920 he really cares for the fans and wants to make 0:11:01.960 --> 0:11:05.560 things better, as he said repeatedly, then he should see 0:11:05.559 --> 0:11:08.599 that it's just time for him to go time for 0:11:08.679 --> 0:11:10.360 him not to give up control of the team, I mean, 0:11:10.720 --> 0:11:12.280 and let someone else do it, and you know, and 0:11:12.280 --> 0:11:15.200 then Jerry can be remembered not only for that in 0:11:15.240 --> 0:11:17.199 the short term, but for the good things that he 0:11:17.320 --> 0:11:19.640 did do for the team and for the franchise, and 0:11:19.679 --> 0:11:23.840 not just be remembered for the chaos, you know, especially now, 0:11:23.880 --> 0:11:26.400 I mean, things are as low as they've been, so Yeah, 0:11:26.559 --> 0:11:29.439 if I were Jerry's sons or whoever, I don't know, 0:11:29.440 --> 0:11:32.239 if he takes advice from anyone besides like Tony LaRussa, 0:11:32.480 --> 0:11:35.920 I would say, like, yeah, let's get like a you know, 0:11:36.000 --> 0:11:39.080 a true like timeline to hand this over to them, 0:11:39.160 --> 0:11:41.760 kind of like what the Guardians did with David Blitzer 0:11:41.840 --> 0:11:43.520 and they kind of put a clock on it. I 0:11:43.520 --> 0:11:44.920 know Jerry doesn't like to be told what to do 0:11:45.040 --> 0:11:47.880 or put a clock on anything. If I were him, 0:11:48.040 --> 0:11:50.720 I would do that, And I think the fans would, 0:11:50.840 --> 0:11:52.679 you know, I wouldn't say embrace him, but I think 0:11:52.679 --> 0:11:55.760 they'd at least be happy with how he's left things. 0:11:57.040 --> 0:11:59.040 Got it all right? Before we go, we have to 0:11:59.040 --> 0:12:00.800 talk about the other team. We just talked about the 0:12:00.800 --> 0:12:04.040 other team in Chicago. Crats is crying that the Reds 0:12:04.080 --> 0:12:06.000 are still gonna win the division. Are the Cubs the 0:12:06.040 --> 0:12:08.480 best team in the NL Central even with their bullpen? 0:12:09.679 --> 0:12:09.880 Yeah? 0:12:09.920 --> 0:12:11.360 I think so. I mean, I think they have some 0:12:11.400 --> 0:12:13.560 real pitching. They gotta address the bullpen, and they're gonna 0:12:13.600 --> 0:12:16.520 need another starter because of Justin Steele. But I mean, 0:12:16.600 --> 0:12:18.120 look at the lineup right now and listen. Are they 0:12:18.160 --> 0:12:20.199 all gonna hit like this? But everyone is hitting except 0:12:20.200 --> 0:12:22.439 Swanson right now, which is kind of bad since he's 0:12:22.440 --> 0:12:25.480 their highest paid position player. But everyone's hitting besides him. 0:12:25.480 --> 0:12:29.920 I mean, Kyle Tucker, incredible, ops, you know, one point seven, 0:12:30.920 --> 0:12:32.520 Suzuki Bush, They're all hitting. 0:12:32.559 --> 0:12:32.760 You Know. 0:12:33.080 --> 0:12:36.040 The guy that's really impressed me is pe Crow Armstrong 0:12:36.200 --> 0:12:38.640 because now they were building him up already in Chicago, 0:12:38.679 --> 0:12:40.480 and AJ knows how that goes here. When a young 0:12:40.520 --> 0:12:43.920 player has like a good month, you know, they want 0:12:43.920 --> 0:12:46.520 to like give him like six radio shows and like, 0:12:46.880 --> 0:12:49.240 you know and make them this big star and it 0:12:49.280 --> 0:12:50.400 doesn't always work out. 0:12:51.040 --> 0:12:52.800 But pie Crow Armstrong is really hitting. 0:12:53.000 --> 0:12:55.000 And that was like my big question mark going in 0:12:55.000 --> 0:12:58.200 the season was what this guy can do. And Kyle Tucker, 0:12:58.559 --> 0:12:59.959 like we've seen it in a lot with the Cup 0:13:00.080 --> 0:13:02.120 where guys come in and like, you know, big stars, 0:13:02.120 --> 0:13:04.400 and I think they kind of get I don't want 0:13:04.440 --> 0:13:06.719 to say, like I mean Lester talked about this with me, 0:13:06.800 --> 0:13:08.840 John Lester, just like the pressure of being with the 0:13:08.840 --> 0:13:11.240 Cubs and being that big name guy kind of gets 0:13:11.280 --> 0:13:15.760 to guys. Kyle Tucker is awesome. He's better than like anticipated. 0:13:16.240 --> 0:13:18.240 And the whole story now is whether it can afford 0:13:18.280 --> 0:13:21.080 to keep them, which is kind of sad. But yeah, 0:13:21.080 --> 0:13:22.920 I think if the Cubs can add to their pitching 0:13:22.920 --> 0:13:24.679 and they have the money to do it, I think 0:13:24.720 --> 0:13:26.439 they're absolutely the team to beat in the NL and 0:13:26.720 --> 0:13:28.440 better than better than I expected them to be. 0:13:28.520 --> 0:13:34.480 So far came out that they'd like to extend Kyle Tucker. Well, duh, yeah, 0:13:34.760 --> 0:13:38.160 how much more? How much more have they missed the boat? 0:13:38.200 --> 0:13:41.200 It should have been? We traded for Kyle Tucker and 0:13:41.240 --> 0:13:44.840 before he even puts on his suit coat with the 0:13:45.080 --> 0:13:47.440 you know, with the jersey over top of it, we've 0:13:47.480 --> 0:13:51.560 also extended him. Is this just another example of Cubs 0:13:51.600 --> 0:13:55.080 ownership dropping the ball and not taking advantage of an 0:13:55.080 --> 0:13:58.440 opportunity because this man gets a free agency We're talking 0:13:58.480 --> 0:14:00.000 four hundred and fifty plus million. 0:14:01.800 --> 0:14:04.480 Well, rite, because in the NFL that that happens immediately 0:14:04.480 --> 0:14:06.960 when you make a trade like that, the extension has 0:14:07.000 --> 0:14:09.199 already done, right. I don't think Kyle Tucker wants to 0:14:09.200 --> 0:14:11.160 sign an extension, though I don't know if he does yet, 0:14:11.160 --> 0:14:14.120 like and especially since before he got here, you know, 0:14:14.240 --> 0:14:16.400 he's going to make a lot of He's why wouldn't 0:14:16.440 --> 0:14:17.840 you want to go free agency? And I know the 0:14:17.960 --> 0:14:20.080 Union and the player I mean, the players Association wants 0:14:20.120 --> 0:14:23.040 guys to go into free agency and to create this stir. 0:14:23.160 --> 0:14:25.560 And even though he's not a Boris guy whatever, he's 0:14:25.600 --> 0:14:26.640 going to have some other offers. 0:14:26.680 --> 0:14:26.800 Now. 0:14:26.840 --> 0:14:30.000 The question is how many teams can afford what he's 0:14:30.040 --> 0:14:32.200 going to be looking for. So yeah, I do think 0:14:32.200 --> 0:14:35.200 it's both cases though, because the Ricketts family has never 0:14:35.200 --> 0:14:37.400 signed anyone close to the deal he's going to ask for. 0:14:38.120 --> 0:14:40.840 And in fact, this team is cut payroll from last 0:14:40.880 --> 0:14:44.000 year when they when they traded for Tucker, they had 0:14:44.040 --> 0:14:46.520 to sell Bellinger, they had to get rid of him, 0:14:46.680 --> 0:14:48.680 and I thought they would use that money to address pitching, 0:14:48.680 --> 0:14:50.720 and they didn't. You know, they've gone with kind of 0:14:50.720 --> 0:14:53.960 the scrap heap with these older guys. So it's a 0:14:54.000 --> 0:14:59.280 real question whether Tom Ricketts has the interest in spending 0:14:59.320 --> 0:15:03.200 four hundred million dollars or more for fifty five on 0:15:03.400 --> 0:15:06.360 any player. And with the labor agreement getting you know, 0:15:06.680 --> 0:15:09.600 going to end after twenty twenty twenty six, a lot 0:15:09.640 --> 0:15:11.360 of people think Ricketts is going to be real hawk 0:15:11.400 --> 0:15:13.920 in those negotiations, you know, looking for a salary cap 0:15:13.960 --> 0:15:16.800 because that'll benefit him as a big market owner who 0:15:16.840 --> 0:15:20.360 doesn't want to spend like the Dodgers, Yankee Phillies. 0:15:23.440 --> 0:15:26.400 Why not? So why not? They can? They make plenty 0:15:26.400 --> 0:15:26.680 of money. 0:15:26.680 --> 0:15:28.600 Don't tell me they ain't making money, John, They're making 0:15:28.600 --> 0:15:29.680 all They're making more money. 0:15:29.720 --> 0:15:31.560 They know what to do with their ayj. 0:15:31.760 --> 0:15:34.280 This has been like the biggest discussion in Chicago, and 0:15:34.320 --> 0:15:36.960 no one can believe it. And people around baseball. If 0:15:37.000 --> 0:15:39.200 you got you guys, talk to everyone, talk to execs 0:15:39.480 --> 0:15:41.040 when you get them off the record, ask them what 0:15:41.080 --> 0:15:43.160 they think about the Cubs and they're not spending like 0:15:43.160 --> 0:15:45.600 they should be spending, you know, and it's a big 0:15:45.640 --> 0:15:46.960 conversation and people are. 0:15:46.840 --> 0:15:47.520 Really looking at it. 0:15:47.480 --> 0:15:49.920 And now I say this, if they if Kyle Tucker 0:15:50.000 --> 0:15:51.960 hits you know, even close to like this all year 0:15:52.120 --> 0:15:54.560 and they don't resign them and they have a chance 0:15:54.640 --> 0:15:56.720 to you know, it's not something where he just wants 0:15:56.760 --> 0:15:57.120 to leave. 0:15:58.600 --> 0:15:59.280 I don't I would. 0:15:59.520 --> 0:16:03.120 I've never seen Cups fans this angry already about something 0:16:03.160 --> 0:16:03.400 like that. 0:16:03.440 --> 0:16:07.000 And they will be. They'll be like storming Ricketts's like, 0:16:07.200 --> 0:16:12.920 you know, suburban mansion. If this doesn't happen, well get 0:16:12.920 --> 0:16:13.280 it done. 0:16:13.320 --> 0:16:14.760 I know we gotta go, but I gotta ask. Just 0:16:14.760 --> 0:16:16.480 give me a thumbs up her thumbs down. The New 0:16:16.520 --> 0:16:19.280 City connect from the White Sox. Is this the laziest 0:16:19.800 --> 0:16:22.360 worst attempt at just saying we're gonna give a giveaway. 0:16:22.720 --> 0:16:25.200 We're gonna market a giveaway thing that we do every year. 0:16:25.320 --> 0:16:27.320 Make it Bulls white sauce, Like, what do we think? 0:16:27.680 --> 0:16:27.920 For me? 0:16:29.440 --> 0:16:29.600 Down? 0:16:30.160 --> 0:16:33.120 It looks like something that said Jewasco on the side. 0:16:33.160 --> 0:16:34.520 AJ they give it the first five? 0:16:39.800 --> 0:16:41.720 I agreed. I said the same thing when I first 0:16:41.720 --> 0:16:44.160 saw them. I'm like, wow, they really got creative with these. 0:16:44.200 --> 0:16:46.080 They took the Bulls Jersey made a White Sox. 0:16:46.320 --> 0:16:47.920 They do a black Hawks one every year, they do 0:16:47.920 --> 0:16:50.760 a Bulls one every year. Giveaways. They did so well 0:16:50.840 --> 0:16:52.760 with the first one, right, they crushed the first one. 0:16:53.640 --> 0:16:57.760 Yeah, Oh, you gotta keep their confidence up. Okay, they're trying. 0:16:58.600 --> 0:16:59.960 Hey, I can't. 0:17:01.680 --> 0:17:03.920 They're giving away boat hats though, they're giving away White 0:17:03.920 --> 0:17:06.119 Sox boat hats, so I expect to see AJ wearing 0:17:06.160 --> 0:17:10.200 that when he's captaining the river fast as Minow. 0:17:11.160 --> 0:17:13.399 Yeah, that's three hour crews. 0:17:14.000 --> 0:17:16.560 I'm a little worried about the White Sox boat cruise, 0:17:16.600 --> 0:17:20.240 but what can happen? But I'm gonna go on it just. 0:17:20.400 --> 0:17:24.640 J especially since me and Aussie are on it at 0:17:24.640 --> 0:17:25.280 the same time. 0:17:25.840 --> 0:17:28.280 Yeah, I'm excited for the five stuff, so I gotta 0:17:28.280 --> 0:17:30.040 work on a story on that. I'll give you a call, AJ. 0:17:30.600 --> 0:17:33.560 We'll hash out all right, John. 0:17:33.640 --> 0:17:37.000 That was another tagline that did not get passed through 0:17:37.040 --> 0:17:42.879 this year. Get on board the sinking Ship. Were like, no, no, 0:17:43.000 --> 0:17:45.160 we don't like that. And there's a whole cruise coming 0:17:45.240 --> 0:17:45.800 up this year. 0:17:46.480 --> 0:17:49.080