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Speaker 2: Welcome to massa territory presented by Fox One. How you doing,

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Speaker 2: ladies and gentlemen. I'm recording this during Game one of

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Speaker 2: the World Series in the Blue Jays at the time

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Speaker 2: of this recording just took a five to two lead.

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Speaker 2: My goodness. Can you imagine the Blue Jays winning it

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Speaker 2: all this year? First time since nineteen ninety three, My goodness.

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Speaker 2: But who cares about the World Series. We're here to

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Speaker 2: talk some Red Sox and we got a few things

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Speaker 2: on the new circuit to dive into for today's episode.

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Speaker 2: Jim Bowden of The Athletic he mentioned the Red Sox

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Speaker 2: in an article a few times. We'll talk about that.

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Speaker 2: Mark Finesn he came out with an article on free agency.

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Speaker 2: The Red Sox were mentioned a couple of times, and

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Speaker 2: that as well. Chris Catillo of Mass Live he talked

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Speaker 2: about something interesting that I wanted to dive into. And

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Speaker 2: one player from Japan, not named Munataka Murakami is catching

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Speaker 2: my eye and it looks like he's gonna get posted.

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Speaker 2: I'll talk about him in just a little bit as well.

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Speaker 2: But everyone, thank you for joining today, do appreciate that

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Speaker 2: into it. I'm not gonna waste any time here, and

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Speaker 2: let's talk about Jim Bowden first, right, let's talk about

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Speaker 2: Jimmy Jim Jim, and you know Jim Boden over the years,

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Speaker 2: obviously you know former GM in Major League Baseball, and

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Speaker 2: you know he's had some interesting takes over the last

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Speaker 2: few years since joining the Athletic as a as a writer.

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Speaker 2: Definitely some very odd trade proposals that he's put out

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Speaker 2: there that I'm gonna be honest, some of them have

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Speaker 2: But for this article today, no trades to really dissect,

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Speaker 2: but he more so named some trade candidates and the

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Speaker 2: Red Sox were mentioned a few times here. So here

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Speaker 2: was the article here, and that the title Trek Scouble

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Speaker 2: heads the top ten MLB stars most likely to be

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Speaker 2: traded this offseason, and he starts off with Terrek Scooble.

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Speaker 2: Here he mentions the Red Sox and listen, I mean, obviously,

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Speaker 2: anyone would like to have Trek Scooble. He's the best

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Speaker 2: picture on the planet right now. Of course, he would

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Speaker 2: be amazing if the Red Sox were able to require him.

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Speaker 2: But I've talked about this and I just don't see

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Speaker 2: the Red Sox going after him. I think the Red

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Speaker 2: Sox would rather go after cost controlled guys that you

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Speaker 2: Scouble is going to be a rental at the end

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Speaker 2: of the day, Scott Boris' client. Most likely, he's gonna

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Speaker 2: go out there and test the markets over a team

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Speaker 2: were to trade for him, they're basically going into it

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Speaker 2: knowing they're only gonna have him for one year. Who knows,

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Speaker 2: you know, maybe he can go somewhere sign an extension

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Speaker 2: with that team, but you pretty much have to if

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Speaker 2: having him for only one season. Now, of course, it

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Speaker 2: would be amazing for the Red Sox to have Trek

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Speaker 2: just don't see the Red Sox doing it. They've rebuilt

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Speaker 2: But for just a rental, I don't see it. Unless

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Speaker 2: kind of like when the Yankees they traded for Want

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Speaker 2: weren't able to put it off. Now, let make sure

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Speaker 2: a few other guys here and next on the list

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Speaker 2: was Freddy Peralta. Freddy Parolta is an interesting one, right

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Speaker 2: the Boden article, you know, it's kind of the same

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Speaker 2: thing we've been talking about. But the fact that Boden

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Speaker 2: says here that Duran's name keeps coming up in trade

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Speaker 2: rumors and now it sounds like the Red Sox and

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Speaker 2: move on from him this winter, I think that's pretty interesting.

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Speaker 2: I don't know, is this You never know with Boden,

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Speaker 2: you know, where's he hearing this from exactly. I don't know.

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Speaker 2: You always have to take Jim Boden with a bit

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Speaker 2: Mark find Son, Mark find Son, he came out with

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Speaker 2: a little something something. He talked about free agents, who

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Speaker 2: will drive the free agent market? Top thirty names to

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Speaker 2: I now, Mark find soigned. I'm gonna say this. Over

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Speaker 2: the last couple of years, he's also I think been

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Speaker 2: a bit hit or miss. You know, he's put some

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Speaker 2: stuff out there, you know, making it sound like it's

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Speaker 2: pretty certain thinking you know, oh man, this sounds like

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Speaker 2: it's probably gonna happen and then it doesn't have happened.

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Speaker 2: So Mark fin Sond, you know he's had some stories obviously,

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Speaker 2: you know he's broken some things before, But me personally,

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Speaker 2: I feel like he's been a bit more hit and

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Speaker 2: miss over the last couple of years. He talks about

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Speaker 2: Alex Bregman as his number two free agent, and he

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Speaker 2: puts the potential fits. Now. I don't know if he's

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Speaker 2: putting these teams in order from greatest to least our

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Speaker 2: best chances to bring him in. I don't know, but

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Speaker 2: he puts the Phillies first, then the Red Sox, then

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Speaker 2: the Tigers. You all know how I feel about Alex Bregman.

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Speaker 2: I think the Red Sox need to bring him back.

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Speaker 2: You know, there's gonna be people out there that sayh

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Speaker 2: maybe not. I don't know. Bragman didn't look great in

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Speaker 2: the second half. You know it's gonna take what five

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Speaker 2: six years, big money to keep him in. But to me,

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Speaker 2: I've already talked about it at nauseum. I think he

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Speaker 2: fits like a glove at Femway Park. The intangibles just

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Speaker 2: are off the charts. I think that means something, and

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Speaker 2: I think for the Red Sox getting back into this

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Speaker 2: competitive window. You want someone like Alex Bregman that it

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Speaker 2: brings those intangibles into the fold, that he brings things

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Speaker 2: that don't show up fully on the stat sheet. And

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Speaker 2: but I still think Bregman can be a very productive player.

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Speaker 2: I mean, you just saw it this past year before

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Speaker 2: going down with an injury, so there is that. But

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Speaker 2: he mentions the Phillies, Red Sox and the Tigers. Now

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Speaker 2: he mentions Pete Alonzo. We've talked a lot about Pete

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Speaker 2: Alonzo on this channel here in recent weeks, and he

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Speaker 2: puts the Giants, the Mets, and the Red Sox. I

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Speaker 2: don't agree with the Giants one. Now when it comes

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Speaker 2: to the Giants, you know, let's actually take a look here,

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Speaker 2: Let's take a look. Obviously, the Red Sox, we'll talk

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Speaker 2: about them. But with the Giants, now, you brought him

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Speaker 2: Raffi obviously, right, and they gave him some time at

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Speaker 2: first base. And don't forget Bryce Eldridge is coming up

508
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Speaker 2: as well, one of the top prospects in the game,

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Speaker 2: big bat from the left side, looking like he's probably

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Speaker 2: gonna be more of a DH. Right. If Raffi is

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Speaker 2: gonna be playing first base, I don't know. Maybe to me,

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Speaker 2: I think they proba end up sharing it. I just

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Speaker 2: don't see how Pete Alonzo fits here. I just I

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Speaker 2: don't really see it, to be completely honest. Then he

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Speaker 2: mentions the Mets on the Red Sox, Right, the Mets obviously,

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Speaker 2: you know, there's definitely an argument for keeping Pete Alonzo

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Speaker 2: in the fold. But after the meltdown this past year,

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Speaker 2: I don't know. I just wonder if Alonso and of

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Speaker 2: course it is gonna come down to the money at

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Speaker 2: the end of the day, but it's a bit of

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Speaker 2: a bad taste in your mouth. Things didn't end really

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Speaker 2: in a great way. And with David Stearns, you know,

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Speaker 2: they had trouble coming up with a contract last offseason.

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Speaker 2: They've eventually figured it out. But is he gonna be

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Speaker 2: David Stearns, This is a guy that he is big

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Speaker 2: on value, right, is he gonna be willing to give

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Speaker 2: Alonzo the deal that he's looking for. I'm not so sure,

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Speaker 2: And that could really pave the way for the Red

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Speaker 2: Sox in terms of bringing him in. Now with the

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Speaker 2: Red Sox, right, we've talked about it. Tristan Cassas, he's

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Speaker 2: not really in the picture. At the moment, but at

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Speaker 2: some point he will be you know, according to reports,

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Speaker 2: the rehab has been going very well. It's it's a

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Speaker 2: lengthy rehab, but it's still on schedule with how you're

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Speaker 2: mapping out that kind of an injury, right, mapping out

536
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Speaker 2: the rehab for that injury. So Cosas eventually is going

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Speaker 2: to be back in the fold. But even if you're

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Speaker 2: bringing Alonzo, you can still make that work. When Casas

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Speaker 2: comes back, Alonzo you could put him more at DH

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Speaker 2: and then Cossas can be a first base. Now the

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Speaker 2: question is Alonso does he want to play first base?

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Speaker 2: Does he want to would he be okay with dhing?

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Speaker 2: I don't know. Some players, are they that's a particular

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Speaker 2: thing for them, right where they like being out in

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Speaker 2: the field. You know, we just saw it with Raffi

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Speaker 2: this past year moving into the DH spot, right, It

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Speaker 2: takes a little getting used to really where all you're

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Speaker 2: doing is just hitding. Now what Alonzo likes something like that,

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Speaker 2: I don't know, or does he want to stay out

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Speaker 2: in the field, So that could be something to think about,

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Speaker 2: you know, with the Red Sox if they bring him

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Speaker 2: in to be the primary first baseman for the next

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Speaker 2: several years. Well, what does that mean for Trystan causes?

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Speaker 2: So I don't know. So in that case, you really

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Speaker 2: don't I don't know, it be a hard You'd have

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Speaker 2: a hard time rebuilding Cassas's value at that point. I

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Speaker 2: don't know, because at the end of the day, to

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00:28:21,040 --> 00:28:23,760
Speaker 2: if you want to rebuild Cossas's value, he's got to

559
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Speaker 2: go out there and get playing time. He's got to

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Speaker 2: get major league at bats. Even if he comes back

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Speaker 2: from this injury and he's completely fine moving forward, you're

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Speaker 2: not going to rebuild your value down at Triple A.

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Speaker 2: He has got to get major league at bats and

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Speaker 2: he would have to show that you remember he struggled

565
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Speaker 2: before he went down with the injuries. He would have

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Speaker 2: to show that he is fine moving forward. So so

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00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:50,080
Speaker 2: pretty much the point there. So if you bring in Alonzo, well,

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Speaker 2: Costas is not really going to have any value at

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Speaker 2: that point, but you could make it work with both.

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Speaker 2: So I don't know. Would that be a bit of

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Speaker 2: a sticking point. I'm not quite sure. Not quite sure

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Speaker 2: on that one. Now, the rest of the article he

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Speaker 2: does talk about Lucas gi Alito talks about the potential

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Speaker 2: fits the Angels, the Astros and the Diamondbacks. I don't

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Speaker 2: think this is where This is where I get a

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Speaker 2: little How do I say this? With Mark finesiin like,

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Speaker 2: why put the Angels? He was just on the Angels

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Speaker 2: not too long ago. He had a horrible time there,

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Speaker 2: didn't work out, it was not good, and the Angels

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00:29:32,240 --> 00:29:35,000
Speaker 2: have been having a lot of issues this past I mean,

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Speaker 2: go back now. He had the whole story about the

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Speaker 2: air conditioning. My goodness, what the heck is going on

583
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Speaker 2: with that? They've obviously just been a losing team forever now,

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Speaker 2: even with Mike Shrout in the fold. It's a poorly

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Speaker 2: run organization. It's sad because the Angels. To me, I

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Speaker 2: still remember those good Angels teams from the two thousands,

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Speaker 2: you know, early twenty tens. It's sad to see what's

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Speaker 2: going on over there. Why would gie Alito want to

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Speaker 2: go to the Angels at this point? Why is I

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00:30:00,840 --> 00:30:03,760
Speaker 2: don't get it on paper? Sure, could the Angels use pitching,

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Speaker 2: but I don't know. I feel like fine Sons really

592
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Speaker 2: missing the mark here. You got to think about just

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Speaker 2: would Gielita want to go there? I mean, money talks

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Speaker 2: at the end of the day. Sure, but I don't know.

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Speaker 2: It does seem like a great fit. He mentions the

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Speaker 2: Astros and the Diamondbacks. I could see either of the

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Speaker 2: Astros of the Diamondbacks, to be completely honest, I could

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Speaker 2: the Astros. They could use some starting pitching here, and

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Speaker 2: the Diamondbacks you're not gonna be you know you're not

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Speaker 2: gonna have Corden Burns in the fold right gallon. He's

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Speaker 2: up in the air, as well as Merril Kelly gotta

602
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Speaker 2: come back. I don't know. I think the d Backs

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Speaker 2: could be interesting. I do. I still see a scenario

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Speaker 2: where Giolito could come back to the Red Sox. He

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Speaker 2: does provide that good depth. I could see them offering

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Speaker 2: him a qualifying offer to come back for another year,

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Speaker 2: try to rebuild that value, even more so after the

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Speaker 2: elbow surgery, and keep putting up solid numbers, and then

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Speaker 2: try again next offseason. The Red Sox do have a

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Speaker 2: lot of depth without him, but it would take pressure

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Speaker 2: off of just the rotation as a whole. You could

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Speaker 2: have Crochet at number one, you figure out number two.

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Speaker 2: You got Baoji Alito in the three to four mix,

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Speaker 2: and then you have all these young guys along with

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Speaker 2: Cutter Crawford, Patrick Sandoval, uh fighting it out for the

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Speaker 2: fifth spot, some bullpen spots. You know, Gilido still would

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Speaker 2: take a lot of pressure off. I could see the

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Speaker 2: Red Sox offering him a contract because it did work

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Speaker 2: for both sides. It did. You seemed to enjoy this

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Speaker 2: past year with how things were going. Seemed like the

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Speaker 2: Red Sox were liking what was happening. But you know,

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Speaker 2: we'll see. I think that's an interesting thing to consider

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Speaker 2: for this offseason. We do have another one of our

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Speaker 2: wonderful partners for today's show, DraftKings. We'll be right back

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Speaker 2: alrighty So, like I said earlier, it's looking like a

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Speaker 2: blowout here in Toronto, but we got Game two coming

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Speaker 2: up and out the picturing match up, the picturing match

628
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Speaker 2: up for Game two, you got Yoshinobu Yamamoto against Kevin Gosman. Well, look,

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Speaker 2: it's looking like Yamamoto is gonna have to pitch his

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Speaker 2: butt off in Game two to get the Dodgers back

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Speaker 2: into this thing. But it's not gonna be easy against

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Speaker 2: Kevin Gosman. But you know who I like against Kevin Gosman.

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Speaker 2: I like Freddy Freeman. Freddy Freeman, he's been hitting splitters

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Speaker 2: well this past year. He actually leads the Dodgers when

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Speaker 2: it comes to run value versus splitters. He's been seeing

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Speaker 2: Alrighty, we got another article to talk about here from

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Speaker 2: Chris Catillo of mass Live. And he's been doing a

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Speaker 2: like a position by position breakdown for this coming off season,

664
00:33:45,280 --> 00:33:48,240
Speaker 2: talking the picturing, talking the outfield, talking the infield. But

665
00:33:48,640 --> 00:33:53,040
Speaker 2: in today's article he was focused on d H along

666
00:33:53,440 --> 00:33:56,640
Speaker 2: with the outfield mix as well, and he said something

667
00:33:56,680 --> 00:34:00,680
Speaker 2: in this article that I thought was very inc Let's

668
00:34:00,720 --> 00:34:05,440
Speaker 2: get to that part here, and he says here for DH,

669
00:34:05,680 --> 00:34:07,800
Speaker 2: he talks about Masa. He thinks the Red Sox they

670
00:34:07,840 --> 00:34:09,560
Speaker 2: need to figure out a way to part ways with him,

671
00:34:09,560 --> 00:34:12,719
Speaker 2: even if it's DFA ing him getting out of the contract.

672
00:34:13,239 --> 00:34:14,600
Speaker 2: But then he goes on to say here, the two

673
00:34:14,680 --> 00:34:18,040
Speaker 2: options that are clear in free agency are Kyle Schwarber

674
00:34:18,280 --> 00:34:21,880
Speaker 2: and Pete Alonzo. Alex Cora has been clear about his

675
00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:24,960
Speaker 2: admiration for Schwarber, who the Red Sox love, and if

676
00:34:24,960 --> 00:34:27,760
Speaker 2: a quick reunion with the Phillies doesn't come together, expect

677
00:34:27,800 --> 00:34:31,239
Speaker 2: Boston to show some real interest there. Doing so might

678
00:34:31,360 --> 00:34:35,839
Speaker 2: force the club to spend something close to fifty million dollars. Yes,

679
00:34:35,960 --> 00:34:39,279
Speaker 2: you read that right on its Dhe spot between a

680
00:34:39,520 --> 00:34:44,240
Speaker 2: Schwarber average annual value around thirty million and Yoshida's sunk

681
00:34:44,480 --> 00:34:47,920
Speaker 2: cost at eighteen million. He goes on to say, however,

682
00:34:48,320 --> 00:34:50,080
Speaker 2: this is what big market teams that want to win

683
00:34:50,200 --> 00:34:53,200
Speaker 2: now do. He also mentions Pete Alonzo fits the club

684
00:34:53,239 --> 00:34:55,080
Speaker 2: as a DH much better than he does as a

685
00:34:55,120 --> 00:34:58,400
Speaker 2: first baseman, whereas defense is more than suspect. But like

686
00:34:58,480 --> 00:35:00,719
Speaker 2: I said earlier, you know, when it comes to Pete Alonzo,

687
00:35:01,040 --> 00:35:03,080
Speaker 2: is he going to want to play first base? Or

688
00:35:03,080 --> 00:35:05,839
Speaker 2: we're to be open to dhing a little bit more,

689
00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:08,000
Speaker 2: especially you know of cost a sense of coming back

690
00:35:08,040 --> 00:35:11,080
Speaker 2: in the fold next year. Now, Kyle Schwarber, you know,

691
00:35:11,320 --> 00:35:14,760
Speaker 2: he's someone I haven't touched on too much, mainly because

692
00:35:14,920 --> 00:35:17,239
Speaker 2: I do have this feeling he's gonna end up back

693
00:35:17,280 --> 00:35:20,640
Speaker 2: in Philly. But then again, Dave Dombrowski, what's the plan,

694
00:35:21,160 --> 00:35:23,960
Speaker 2: what's the plan in Philly, I said earlier, they're looking

695
00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:27,560
Speaker 2: to shake things up. Now Schwarber, you could easily just

696
00:35:27,600 --> 00:35:30,440
Speaker 2: bring this guy back. He's a great fit both on

697
00:35:30,560 --> 00:35:32,359
Speaker 2: the field and off the field. He means a lot

698
00:35:32,440 --> 00:35:34,160
Speaker 2: to the clubhouse, he means a lot to the city,

699
00:35:34,280 --> 00:35:37,840
Speaker 2: does a lot of charity work there. With Schwarber, I

700
00:35:37,880 --> 00:35:40,080
Speaker 2: could easily see him going back to Philly. That's why

701
00:35:40,080 --> 00:35:42,719
Speaker 2: I haven't dove into him too much. But then again,

702
00:35:42,920 --> 00:35:46,719
Speaker 2: in the end, money is what it's gonna come down to,

703
00:35:46,960 --> 00:35:49,560
Speaker 2: and Schwarber, this could very well be his last free

704
00:35:49,600 --> 00:35:53,279
Speaker 2: agency or his last good free agency, right coming off

705
00:35:53,320 --> 00:35:55,439
Speaker 2: a great year hitting fifty six homers at one fifty

706
00:35:55,480 --> 00:35:57,920
Speaker 2: two WRC plus. Yeah, he's gonna look to get paid.

707
00:35:58,680 --> 00:36:02,880
Speaker 2: But what are the Phillies aren't willing to go the

708
00:36:03,040 --> 00:36:07,120
Speaker 2: extra mile? Then say another team out there that would

709
00:36:07,160 --> 00:36:09,560
Speaker 2: be willing to go the extra mile, like the Red

710
00:36:09,640 --> 00:36:11,719
Speaker 2: Sox where they need to add some power. And you

711
00:36:11,840 --> 00:36:14,720
Speaker 2: gotta remember, with Schwarber, he's probably not gonna be getting

712
00:36:14,760 --> 00:36:17,200
Speaker 2: himself like an eight year deal, like a seven year deal. Right,

713
00:36:17,280 --> 00:36:20,000
Speaker 2: he just turned he's just about to turn a thirty

714
00:36:20,000 --> 00:36:23,160
Speaker 2: three years old, so you're probably looking at, say, you know,

715
00:36:23,239 --> 00:36:27,200
Speaker 2: a four year deal tops maybe five. I don't know.

716
00:36:27,800 --> 00:36:29,040
Speaker 2: I don't know if a team would be willing to

717
00:36:29,120 --> 00:36:32,640
Speaker 2: go that long, but at least at least a three

718
00:36:32,760 --> 00:36:35,439
Speaker 2: year deal. I mean, I could see four, maybe five,

719
00:36:35,600 --> 00:36:38,759
Speaker 2: four with an option. I think sounds about right. When

720
00:36:38,880 --> 00:36:41,880
Speaker 2: Schwarber and the Red Sox, I think the Red Sox

721
00:36:42,080 --> 00:36:44,600
Speaker 2: could prefer that. You know, they like these shorter deals.

722
00:36:44,760 --> 00:36:46,719
Speaker 2: He just saw it with Alex Bregman, right and they said, hey,

723
00:36:46,760 --> 00:36:49,120
Speaker 2: we'll give you a short term deal high aav It

724
00:36:49,239 --> 00:36:51,080
Speaker 2: kind of fits right into their ballpark of what they

725
00:36:51,200 --> 00:36:53,560
Speaker 2: like to do. John Henry over the years has not

726
00:36:53,719 --> 00:36:56,040
Speaker 2: been a huge fan of giving out the long term deals.

727
00:36:56,080 --> 00:36:58,560
Speaker 2: He has done it. There have been moments where you know,

728
00:36:58,600 --> 00:37:00,560
Speaker 2: they thought it was fine, and a lot of the

729
00:37:00,640 --> 00:37:03,680
Speaker 2: times it hasn't fully worked out. Right. To look at

730
00:37:03,680 --> 00:37:06,359
Speaker 2: the Carl Crawfords signing that ended up being terrible, right,

731
00:37:06,719 --> 00:37:10,719
Speaker 2: Pablo sandoval ovil a terrible deal, right, the one the

732
00:37:10,840 --> 00:37:13,320
Speaker 2: couple that have jumped off the page, or Manny Ramirez

733
00:37:13,520 --> 00:37:17,320
Speaker 2: who was brought in before John Henry and Jad Martinez

734
00:37:17,400 --> 00:37:20,840
Speaker 2: that ended up I think working out very well. This

735
00:37:21,080 --> 00:37:23,600
Speaker 2: I think fits into what the Red Sox liked to

736
00:37:23,680 --> 00:37:26,480
Speaker 2: do if they were to get more aggressive than the

737
00:37:26,520 --> 00:37:30,520
Speaker 2: Phillies offering a higher aav they do need the power.

738
00:37:30,760 --> 00:37:32,759
Speaker 2: I wonder if the Red Sox could step up there.

739
00:37:33,360 --> 00:37:36,560
Speaker 2: Let's say they offer him you know, I don't know.

740
00:37:36,719 --> 00:37:38,880
Speaker 2: Let's say the Phillies they top out at thirty million

741
00:37:38,920 --> 00:37:41,279
Speaker 2: per year. Let's say the Red Sox go thirty three,

742
00:37:41,840 --> 00:37:45,279
Speaker 2: thirty four even, right, do some deferred money whatever it

743
00:37:45,320 --> 00:37:48,200
Speaker 2: may be, and they figure it out. Right. Schwarbury did

744
00:37:48,280 --> 00:37:50,719
Speaker 2: like his time in Boston, you know, and obviously a

745
00:37:50,760 --> 00:37:54,239
Speaker 2: good relationship there with Cora and Cora remember, you know

746
00:37:54,320 --> 00:37:56,560
Speaker 2: he talked about Schwarber not too long ago when he

747
00:37:56,760 --> 00:37:59,880
Speaker 2: was asked, Hey, what do you think about Schwarber's free agency,

748
00:38:00,480 --> 00:38:03,040
Speaker 2: and he said he was very intrigued. He back pedaled it,

749
00:38:03,520 --> 00:38:06,120
Speaker 2: back pedal it a little bit the next day saying, oh,

750
00:38:06,200 --> 00:38:09,600
Speaker 2: I'm intrigued with all my former players free agency, right,

751
00:38:10,239 --> 00:38:13,279
Speaker 2: I don't know. He sounded pretty interested in Schwarber when

752
00:38:13,320 --> 00:38:17,440
Speaker 2: that was brought up. So I could see a scenario there. Again,

753
00:38:17,840 --> 00:38:21,680
Speaker 2: the Phillies are the big roadblock, Dave Dombrowski. He finds

754
00:38:21,760 --> 00:38:24,640
Speaker 2: ways to get deals done. I could see the Phillies

755
00:38:24,680 --> 00:38:27,799
Speaker 2: easily bringing him back. But again, it's gonna come down

756
00:38:27,840 --> 00:38:31,319
Speaker 2: to where do the Phillies tap out if another team

757
00:38:31,440 --> 00:38:33,200
Speaker 2: like the Red Sox are gonna go hard after him.

758
00:38:33,320 --> 00:38:36,399
Speaker 2: So back to Pete Alonso, I still think it makes

759
00:38:36,400 --> 00:38:39,319
Speaker 2: a lot of sense. Again, like I mentioned a couple

760
00:38:39,360 --> 00:38:42,680
Speaker 2: of times, would he be willing to dh more? That's

761
00:38:42,719 --> 00:38:44,239
Speaker 2: a thing. That is a thing at the end of

762
00:38:44,280 --> 00:38:47,759
Speaker 2: the day, So Alonso I think makes a lot of sense.

763
00:38:47,880 --> 00:38:50,520
Speaker 2: Now I will say this, if they were to go

764
00:38:51,239 --> 00:38:54,480
Speaker 2: out there and somehow land Kyle Schwarber, my goodness, that

765
00:38:54,520 --> 00:38:58,200
Speaker 2: would be amazing. I would do cartwheels. To be completely

766
00:38:58,239 --> 00:38:59,839
Speaker 2: honest with you, I would do cart wheels for either

767
00:39:00,719 --> 00:39:03,719
Speaker 2: or Alonzo. But let's say they went with Schwarber. I

768
00:39:03,920 --> 00:39:07,680
Speaker 2: wonder if someone like Kazuma Okamoto could be an option

769
00:39:07,800 --> 00:39:09,640
Speaker 2: for the Red Sox this offseason. He might be asking

770
00:39:09,680 --> 00:39:12,359
Speaker 2: who the heck is Kazuma Okamoto. We're all talking about

771
00:39:12,640 --> 00:39:15,120
Speaker 2: Munataka Murakami over here, right, a guy who hit fifty

772
00:39:15,120 --> 00:39:16,880
Speaker 2: six home runs back in twenty twenty two at the

773
00:39:16,920 --> 00:39:20,720
Speaker 2: age of twenty two. But Kazuma O Kamoto, I wonder,

774
00:39:21,000 --> 00:39:23,239
Speaker 2: could be a better fit for the Red Sox, And

775
00:39:23,280 --> 00:39:26,880
Speaker 2: according to reports, it was looking like he was not

776
00:39:27,120 --> 00:39:29,239
Speaker 2: gonna get posted at one point this past week, but

777
00:39:29,280 --> 00:39:30,879
Speaker 2: then all of a sudden, we got a report saying

778
00:39:30,880 --> 00:39:33,680
Speaker 2: it is expected that he's gonna get posted, and uh

779
00:39:34,360 --> 00:39:37,680
Speaker 2: for the Red Sox. I wonder if that could be

780
00:39:37,800 --> 00:39:41,880
Speaker 2: something they'd be interested in. And here's why. With Okamoto,

781
00:39:42,160 --> 00:39:45,000
Speaker 2: he's not gonna be as expensive as Murakami. He's definitely

782
00:39:45,040 --> 00:39:50,120
Speaker 2: gonna be cheaper. Murakami twenty six years old. He's younger.

783
00:39:50,280 --> 00:39:52,760
Speaker 2: He's gonna get himself a longer deal, more money overall.

784
00:39:52,880 --> 00:39:56,600
Speaker 2: Okamoto is twenty nine years old, right, just turned twenty

785
00:39:56,680 --> 00:39:59,839
Speaker 2: nine a few months ago. So he's not gonna get,

786
00:40:00,080 --> 00:40:03,879
Speaker 2: you know, a big long term deal like Murakami's gonna

787
00:40:03,880 --> 00:40:06,239
Speaker 2: get coming out of Japan. Right with Okamoto, I mean,

788
00:40:06,280 --> 00:40:09,000
Speaker 2: could you see, you know, maybe like a five year

789
00:40:09,080 --> 00:40:11,320
Speaker 2: kind of a deal, say like Asiya Suzuki kind of

790
00:40:11,360 --> 00:40:13,239
Speaker 2: a deal, right, you know, I could see something like

791
00:40:13,320 --> 00:40:18,600
Speaker 2: that with Okamoto. And with Okamoto arguably had his best

792
00:40:18,640 --> 00:40:21,880
Speaker 2: season this past year. Yeah, I mean, he posts the

793
00:40:21,920 --> 00:40:24,239
Speaker 2: highest slugging percentage of his career. He did have some

794
00:40:24,400 --> 00:40:26,799
Speaker 2: injuries this past season, though, something to consider. He had

795
00:40:26,800 --> 00:40:29,120
Speaker 2: an elbow injury after a collision at first base, but

796
00:40:29,200 --> 00:40:30,920
Speaker 2: he hit three twenty seven with a four to sixteen

797
00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:33,000
Speaker 2: on base, five to ninety eight on the slugging a

798
00:40:33,040 --> 00:40:36,960
Speaker 2: two ten WRC plus fifteen homers forty nine RBIs but

799
00:40:37,040 --> 00:40:39,759
Speaker 2: fifteen homers over sixty nine games. That's pretty good. Now.

800
00:40:39,800 --> 00:40:43,799
Speaker 2: With Okamoto right handed bat and he pulls the ball

801
00:40:43,920 --> 00:40:47,840
Speaker 2: a ton Femway Park, green monster, that could be a

802
00:40:47,960 --> 00:40:51,040
Speaker 2: recipe for success. And you know, when it comes to Vlo,

803
00:40:51,160 --> 00:40:54,520
Speaker 2: there's been differing reports fangrafts here. They've said he has

804
00:40:54,600 --> 00:40:57,480
Speaker 2: struggled against v Lo over ninety four but then he

805
00:40:57,560 --> 00:41:01,040
Speaker 2: seems some outlets on social media come out saying that

806
00:41:01,239 --> 00:41:04,359
Speaker 2: he's been fine against pitching over ninety three miles an hour.

807
00:41:04,480 --> 00:41:07,040
Speaker 2: So I'm not sure what the deal is there, But

808
00:41:07,560 --> 00:41:09,719
Speaker 2: either way, O Kamoto, this is a guy that's had

809
00:41:09,719 --> 00:41:11,920
Speaker 2: a lot of success out of Japan. He's got that

810
00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:14,640
Speaker 2: good power from the right side. And based off of

811
00:41:14,719 --> 00:41:16,919
Speaker 2: what he did this past year, hitting three twenty seven,

812
00:41:16,960 --> 00:41:20,640
Speaker 2: the highest batting average of his career, only striking out

813
00:41:20,880 --> 00:41:23,720
Speaker 2: eleven percent of the time this past year, walking eleven

814
00:41:23,760 --> 00:41:27,400
Speaker 2: percent of the time. That sounds like a bat that

815
00:41:27,520 --> 00:41:30,160
Speaker 2: could fit very well into the Red Sox lineup. If

816
00:41:30,200 --> 00:41:32,839
Speaker 2: you can go get the power of shorebur and then

817
00:41:33,160 --> 00:41:36,440
Speaker 2: go get Okamoto to be a solid right handed bat

818
00:41:36,520 --> 00:41:39,080
Speaker 2: from the right, a solid right handed bat to play

819
00:41:39,120 --> 00:41:42,799
Speaker 2: first base. That sounds like a pretty good offseason. If

820
00:41:42,840 --> 00:41:45,160
Speaker 2: he asked me to address this lineup, that lineup would

821
00:41:45,200 --> 00:41:48,920
Speaker 2: be excellent with both of those two. Now, I think

822
00:41:48,960 --> 00:41:53,719
Speaker 2: Pete Alonso is definitely He's my top choice overall when

823
00:41:53,760 --> 00:41:56,520
Speaker 2: it comes to first base. But Okamoto, I think would

824
00:41:56,520 --> 00:41:58,879
Speaker 2: be a fine fallback option. And with the Red Sox,

825
00:41:58,960 --> 00:42:01,239
Speaker 2: they've been aggressive in the Copanese market in the past,

826
00:42:01,440 --> 00:42:05,360
Speaker 2: most notably Dice, k uh Jinichi Tizaua. They brought in

827
00:42:05,440 --> 00:42:10,000
Speaker 2: Sawama obviously Masa Taka Yoshida being the most recent that

828
00:42:10,080 --> 00:42:12,520
Speaker 2: hasn't fully worked out. But I think with Okamoto he

829
00:42:12,560 --> 00:42:15,160
Speaker 2: probably is a better fit than Masa, right, you know,

830
00:42:15,239 --> 00:42:17,320
Speaker 2: Massa with the left handed bat of Famway Park, not

831
00:42:17,400 --> 00:42:20,880
Speaker 2: a ton of power, So you know, I think Masa

832
00:42:21,000 --> 00:42:23,800
Speaker 2: from the get go wasn't an amazing fit. I like

833
00:42:23,920 --> 00:42:25,759
Speaker 2: the bat that he was bringing to the table to

834
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Speaker 2: the Red Sox, and he went healthy. He is a

835
00:42:28,560 --> 00:42:30,960
Speaker 2: good bat. But with Okamoto, he's gonna bring a good

836
00:42:31,000 --> 00:42:33,319
Speaker 2: power from the right side with that monster I think

837
00:42:33,360 --> 00:42:35,560
Speaker 2: that could be great. And he also has versatility. That's

838
00:42:35,600 --> 00:42:38,440
Speaker 2: something the Red Sox like as well. Mostly plays first base,

839
00:42:38,520 --> 00:42:41,200
Speaker 2: but he can play third base and the outfield as well,

840
00:42:41,320 --> 00:42:44,960
Speaker 2: mostly left field. Korra would love that versatility. I could

841
00:42:44,960 --> 00:42:47,080
Speaker 2: see the Red Sox being interested here. We'll have to

842
00:42:47,120 --> 00:42:49,160
Speaker 2: wait and see. I mean, that's just my thought, that's

843
00:42:49,239 --> 00:42:52,000
Speaker 2: just speculation. But would not be surprised at all to

844
00:42:52,080 --> 00:42:57,000
Speaker 2: see Okamoto be in the full uh for But I

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Speaker 2: would not be surprised with But I would not be

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Speaker 2: surprised if Okamoto somehow popped up in But I would

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Speaker 2: not be surprised at all if the Red Sox popped

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Speaker 2: up in some way, shape or form for Okamoto this

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Speaker 2: coming off season. But everybody, I'm gonna wrap it up

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Speaker 2: right there. That is it for today's episode. We went

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Speaker 2: a little long with this one here today. We had

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Speaker 2: a few stories to dive into, but overall, you know,

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Speaker 2: it's still pretty much speculation with everything at this point.

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Speaker 2: You know, it's nice to hear some you know, you know,

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Speaker 2: hearing this, hearing that, you know, little golden tidbits to

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Speaker 2: get you ready for the off season. We still got

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Speaker 2: this world series obviously, but we're getting closer. Ladies and gentlemen,

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Speaker 2: we're getting closer. But everybody, I'm gonna wrap it up

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Speaker 2: right there. If you kind of the way out, hit

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Speaker 2: the like button for me, subscribe if you're new, and

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Speaker 2: I'll talk to you next time.