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Speaker 1: you know the Red Soxe, they're trying to clear that

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Speaker 1: the best over in Chicago. You know, obviously they tried

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Speaker 1: No movement on the infield trade market now. Know, hey,

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Speaker 1: then I believe it. Could they revisit the Cotel Marte

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Speaker 1: trade market. But then again, I mean, are they gonna

425
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Speaker 1: move him? Listen, they already said they're not gonna move him.

426
00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:52,480
Speaker 1: They didn't get Bregman. I mean, you're really gonna trade Marte?

427
00:24:53,160 --> 00:24:57,359
Speaker 1: So I don't know, it's interesting. And also you know

428
00:24:57,400 --> 00:24:59,960
Speaker 1: with Marte he's gonna be a solid defender at second Bay.

429
00:25:01,440 --> 00:25:04,800
Speaker 1: So that's an option. Me. I don't want to say

430
00:25:04,800 --> 00:25:07,920
Speaker 1: it's an option. It could be. I don't know, though

431
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Speaker 1: it depends on the motivation from the diamondback side fourth

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00:25:12,119 --> 00:25:16,880
Speaker 1: overall in ex Woeba, I feel like I've said that

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Speaker 1: like nineteen times in the last two minutes. Is Brendan Donovan? Listen?

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Speaker 1: Something about Donovan intrigues me. They've obviously made a couple

435
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Speaker 1: of trades of the Cardinals. Could you do a third?

436
00:25:29,280 --> 00:25:31,159
Speaker 1: It's gonna be a lot more expensive for Donovan, but

437
00:25:31,359 --> 00:25:33,680
Speaker 1: you we would have him for a couple of years.

438
00:25:34,320 --> 00:25:38,000
Speaker 1: Has that versatility. I don't know, man, I know, I know,

439
00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:40,640
Speaker 1: you hear. Oh, he's not He's not a great fit.

440
00:25:41,840 --> 00:25:45,480
Speaker 1: I know because of the lefty bat. I know. But

441
00:25:45,960 --> 00:25:48,480
Speaker 1: if you're looking at a platewo if you want Meyer

442
00:25:48,560 --> 00:25:52,920
Speaker 1: over at third base and then Donovan at second base,

443
00:25:52,960 --> 00:25:55,960
Speaker 1: where you got romy the right handed hitter, you know,

444
00:25:56,160 --> 00:25:59,800
Speaker 1: problem is is like you basically got with Donovan. He's

445
00:25:59,800 --> 00:26:03,280
Speaker 1: not great against left handed pitching, so you're gonna have

446
00:26:03,320 --> 00:26:08,800
Speaker 1: two platoon guys in the lineup. I don't know. Doesn't

447
00:26:09,160 --> 00:26:11,800
Speaker 1: doesn't feel great unless Donovan can really take a step

448
00:26:11,840 --> 00:26:15,760
Speaker 1: forward against left handed pitching. So I don't know. Donovan's

449
00:26:15,800 --> 00:26:19,120
Speaker 1: interesting though, he again, he has that on base ability.

450
00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:22,919
Speaker 1: I mean, if I'm looking at other options, I don't know.

451
00:26:23,760 --> 00:26:29,239
Speaker 1: You know, I hate to say this, this is not

452
00:26:29,560 --> 00:26:32,760
Speaker 1: gonna happen, but you know me, I gotta put out

453
00:26:32,760 --> 00:26:38,360
Speaker 1: the possibilities. The Giants just signed Luisa Rise this past weekend.

454
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Speaker 1: Casey Schmidt, I don't know. I don't know if that's

455
00:26:44,320 --> 00:26:47,159
Speaker 1: the guy that you really want to go after. I

456
00:26:47,200 --> 00:26:50,320
Speaker 1: mean he did hit for like he showed some pop

457
00:26:51,160 --> 00:26:56,480
Speaker 1: last year, twelve home runs, over three hundred, twelve abs,

458
00:26:58,760 --> 00:27:06,080
Speaker 1: you know, right handed hitter. The metrics aren't anything amazing. Again,

459
00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:09,440
Speaker 1: the on base ability it was in the fifty eighth percentile,

460
00:27:09,640 --> 00:27:14,600
Speaker 1: it's not great. You know, there's nothing a whole lot

461
00:27:14,640 --> 00:27:17,960
Speaker 1: to look at here. Right and the defense, well, I

462
00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:21,000
Speaker 1: don't know about this, you know, second base, I mean

463
00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:25,240
Speaker 1: we can take a look. How did Casey Schmidt do?

464
00:27:25,359 --> 00:27:28,760
Speaker 1: He played twenty he played fifty three games at second base,

465
00:27:28,840 --> 00:27:33,960
Speaker 1: so I mean, if we're looking here, I mean he

466
00:27:34,040 --> 00:27:37,040
Speaker 1: wasn't good at second base. He had negative three outs

467
00:27:37,040 --> 00:27:40,800
Speaker 1: above average and negative four defensive runs saved. So I

468
00:27:40,840 --> 00:27:43,879
Speaker 1: don't I don't think Casey Schmidt is gonna be an

469
00:27:43,880 --> 00:27:46,680
Speaker 1: option here. He does have a lot of control, twenty

470
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Speaker 1: six years old, I don't know. I don't know. I

471
00:27:50,240 --> 00:27:53,560
Speaker 1: don't know about that one. So you know, again, you

472
00:27:53,560 --> 00:27:57,199
Speaker 1: know Horner and and here's Horner eleventh overall in ex wOBA.

473
00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:00,760
Speaker 1: So you know, it's funny. When that deal happened with

474
00:28:00,800 --> 00:28:04,800
Speaker 1: the White Sox today, my first thought was, oh, did

475
00:28:04,800 --> 00:28:08,560
Speaker 1: they get Lennine Sosa. I actually thought that that's what

476
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Speaker 1: was happening. Ended up not happening. And I'll say this,

477
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Speaker 1: I'll say this, I wont I'm this is completely doesn't

478
00:28:17,800 --> 00:28:21,439
Speaker 1: even matter. It's completely off topic. I wonder if the

479
00:28:21,480 --> 00:28:23,960
Speaker 1: Red Sox had made a phone call about Marcus Semion.

480
00:28:25,160 --> 00:28:28,720
Speaker 1: Then again, at that point in the off season, it

481
00:28:28,800 --> 00:28:32,080
Speaker 1: seemed like the goals were different. But could you imagine

482
00:28:32,119 --> 00:28:35,640
Speaker 1: if Semyon was still available? Could there could that? Could

483
00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:37,359
Speaker 1: that have been a guy for the Red Sox, right,

484
00:28:37,400 --> 00:28:40,320
Speaker 1: I mean good defense, a second base, right handed hitter.

485
00:28:41,200 --> 00:28:43,480
Speaker 1: You know, I wonder if that's where they could have gone.

486
00:28:43,600 --> 00:28:49,840
Speaker 1: But you know, I don't know. Anyway, off topic, there's this,

487
00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:52,840
Speaker 1: there's just not a whole lot. That's why, you know, again,

488
00:28:53,560 --> 00:28:57,040
Speaker 1: could they revisit Caatel Marte? Could they at least make

489
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Speaker 1: a phone call again? Maybe they could, But they're gonna

490
00:29:01,840 --> 00:29:05,160
Speaker 1: have to pony up. I mean. The thing is, though,

491
00:29:06,880 --> 00:29:10,640
Speaker 1: is Suarez wasn't really an option to begin with, so

492
00:29:10,680 --> 00:29:12,960
Speaker 1: it's not like, oh, we're running out of options here.

493
00:29:13,040 --> 00:29:16,440
Speaker 1: I mean, he wasn't even an option. So I don't know.

494
00:29:16,520 --> 00:29:18,440
Speaker 1: But you know now that you've moved Hicks. So let's

495
00:29:18,480 --> 00:29:22,800
Speaker 1: circle back. You've moved Hicks, you got some payroll flexibility.

496
00:29:23,600 --> 00:29:26,959
Speaker 1: That's where if you bring in Paratus, that's about nine million.

497
00:29:27,400 --> 00:29:30,719
Speaker 1: And then if you bring in, say a left handed reliever,

498
00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:35,280
Speaker 1: say Danny Colomb, you know, maybe five eight million bucks

499
00:29:35,360 --> 00:29:38,200
Speaker 1: on a one year deal. Well, you know you're adding

500
00:29:38,240 --> 00:29:42,000
Speaker 1: some a chunk of payroll right there, and you're still

501
00:29:42,000 --> 00:29:44,720
Speaker 1: gonna be way under that third CBT. And we know

502
00:29:44,760 --> 00:29:47,600
Speaker 1: the Red Sox how they like to operate. They like

503
00:29:47,680 --> 00:29:51,400
Speaker 1: to have a bit of a cushion under whatever CBT

504
00:29:51,560 --> 00:29:58,640
Speaker 1: threshold they have. So that's kind of where I'm at.

505
00:29:59,040 --> 00:30:01,960
Speaker 1: I again, I hate to keep saying it. I feel

506
00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:04,240
Speaker 1: like I'm beating a dead horse in the last two weeks.

507
00:30:04,760 --> 00:30:08,360
Speaker 1: Trust me, I wish something would happen because I would

508
00:30:08,400 --> 00:30:10,120
Speaker 1: like to just stop talking about it so we can

509
00:30:10,160 --> 00:30:13,720
Speaker 1: get to some actual season preview content. The team is

510
00:30:13,760 --> 00:30:18,200
Speaker 1: not complete, but I keep thinking Paradis is the most

511
00:30:18,440 --> 00:30:21,520
Speaker 1: likely option. It's kind of where I'm at. I don't know,

512
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Speaker 1: We'll see. I don't think Marte is gonna happen. I

513
00:30:28,200 --> 00:30:32,200
Speaker 1: hope I'm wrong, but I was telling all of you

514
00:30:33,120 --> 00:30:35,800
Speaker 1: that I was getting reports right at the end of

515
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Speaker 1: the winter meetings that there was definitely some serious traction

516
00:30:41,560 --> 00:30:46,400
Speaker 1: going on and passing. He reported it himself, you know,

517
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Speaker 1: he just said it this past weekend. The Red Sox

518
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Speaker 1: had made a pretty strong offer. I'm paraphrasing. So that's

519
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Speaker 1: kind of where I'm at here. I don't know. I

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Speaker 1: don't think Marte is going to be available. Brendan Donovan

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Speaker 1: h you know, I like Donovan, but then again, you'd

522
00:31:05,160 --> 00:31:08,880
Speaker 1: have a couple of platoon bats, so I don't know

523
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Speaker 1: unless they can make it work. I see you in

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00:31:13,640 --> 00:31:17,080
Speaker 1: the chat, Phoenix, I mean, could you do Batty as

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Speaker 1: at least with Beatty. The one thing with Beatty over

526
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Speaker 1: Donovan is uh, I believe Batty was actually pretty decent

527
00:31:24,720 --> 00:31:28,680
Speaker 1: against left handed pitching last year. Uh, let's take a look,

528
00:31:29,280 --> 00:31:31,400
Speaker 1: you know who Brett Batty kind of reminds me of.

529
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Speaker 1: Is this a bad comparison? Jed Lowry is that is

530
00:31:36,280 --> 00:31:40,200
Speaker 1: that wrong. If he just feels like Jed Lowry to me,

531
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Speaker 1: is that a good comp I don't know. I could

532
00:31:44,320 --> 00:31:46,120
Speaker 1: be way off on that. He just reminds me of him.

533
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Speaker 1: I don't know why, but takeing me a look at

534
00:31:48,360 --> 00:31:51,920
Speaker 1: his splits against left handed pitching. I mean he's run

535
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Speaker 1: around the same hit two forty seven against lefties, two

536
00:31:55,480 --> 00:31:58,840
Speaker 1: fifty six against righty's. If you're looking at WRC plus,

537
00:32:00,400 --> 00:32:06,960
Speaker 1: he's a one fifteen against righty's, ninety four against lefties.

538
00:32:08,400 --> 00:32:12,680
Speaker 1: You know, he slugged four forty nine against righty's, three

539
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Speaker 1: seventy seven against lefties, so you know, six seventy eight

540
00:32:18,560 --> 00:32:22,160
Speaker 1: ops against lefties overall. I don't know, man, I don't know.

541
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Speaker 1: But then if you know Donovan, what was donovan six

542
00:32:27,680 --> 00:32:31,720
Speaker 1: seventy eight ops against lefties? For Betty and for Donovan

543
00:32:33,800 --> 00:32:39,720
Speaker 1: it was six fourteen, So not really a whole you know, Yeah,

544
00:32:40,400 --> 00:32:42,960
Speaker 1: Beatty definitely was a bit better, but it's not like

545
00:32:43,040 --> 00:32:49,040
Speaker 1: it's anything amazing. So I don't know. I don't know, man,

546
00:32:49,320 --> 00:32:51,800
Speaker 1: I don't know. Again, I'll say it, for like what

547
00:32:51,880 --> 00:32:55,040
Speaker 1: feels like the five hungerth time, I feel like paratus

548
00:32:55,160 --> 00:32:59,320
Speaker 1: is the most likely option, that that's A. Guess that's

549
00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:02,600
Speaker 1: where I'm at, Helpe, I'm wrong, and it's and it

550
00:33:02,680 --> 00:33:07,280
Speaker 1: ends up being Marte. Marte is the best possible if

551
00:33:07,360 --> 00:33:09,760
Speaker 1: you're putting your team together on MLB the show and

552
00:33:09,800 --> 00:33:14,080
Speaker 1: you're this in this exact situation, Marte is the guy.

553
00:33:14,280 --> 00:33:16,480
Speaker 1: But in real life, I don't know if that ends

554
00:33:16,520 --> 00:33:20,400
Speaker 1: up happening. We'll see. And I see in the chat Lawson,

555
00:33:21,760 --> 00:33:25,200
Speaker 1: Christian Campbell and Rome. You know, you still kind of

556
00:33:25,200 --> 00:33:27,560
Speaker 1: wonder where Christian Campbell works into this whole mix. And

557
00:33:27,560 --> 00:33:29,600
Speaker 1: we talked about it last episode. We had a caller

558
00:33:30,200 --> 00:33:32,560
Speaker 1: U he came, he jumped in, he said, Hey, what

559
00:33:32,560 --> 00:33:34,440
Speaker 1: do you think is gonna happen with Christian Campbell? Well,

560
00:33:35,240 --> 00:33:37,440
Speaker 1: I think he's just the next man up. I don't.

561
00:33:37,560 --> 00:33:39,760
Speaker 1: I think right now he's gonna start the Yeeric triple

562
00:33:39,800 --> 00:33:43,400
Speaker 1: A and whatever ends up happening happens, you know. And

563
00:33:43,440 --> 00:33:46,080
Speaker 1: we just got a report also. I think it was

564
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Speaker 1: in this article. Actually, I think he talked about Christian Campbell.

565
00:33:53,080 --> 00:33:59,000
Speaker 1: Where was this Campbell is doing defensive work at second

566
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Speaker 1: base and in the outfield, and I'd seen people out

567
00:34:01,880 --> 00:34:04,280
Speaker 1: there saying, Nope, he's never gonna get a chance to

568
00:34:04,320 --> 00:34:08,520
Speaker 1: second base. Again, he's gonna be in the outfield. To me,

569
00:34:08,640 --> 00:34:11,280
Speaker 1: when you got versatility like that, you're gonna keep trying

570
00:34:11,280 --> 00:34:14,319
Speaker 1: to improve it. You gotta remember, coaching is a thing.

571
00:34:15,280 --> 00:34:17,799
Speaker 1: It's a thing. Guys can get better at things. Right,

572
00:34:18,400 --> 00:34:21,200
Speaker 1: We'll see Christian Campbell though, I think he's simply the

573
00:34:21,239 --> 00:34:24,040
Speaker 1: next man up. Now, we also got another report here

574
00:34:25,400 --> 00:34:31,680
Speaker 1: when it came to Jaron Duran that went completely cold.

575
00:34:32,360 --> 00:34:36,520
Speaker 1: Where is that? Here we go. While the Red Sox

576
00:34:36,560 --> 00:34:39,560
Speaker 1: haven't ruled out the possibility of trading an outfielder, one

577
00:34:39,800 --> 00:34:44,800
Speaker 1: major league source suggested there's no real traction in trade

578
00:34:44,840 --> 00:34:47,080
Speaker 1: talks involving Jaron Duran given the high bar of the

579
00:34:47,080 --> 00:34:50,520
Speaker 1: team would need to clear the deal, need to clear

580
00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:56,319
Speaker 1: to deal the twenty nine year old. Yeah, I mean

581
00:34:56,360 --> 00:34:59,439
Speaker 1: it really is as simple as that, you know, when

582
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Speaker 1: you the thing is with Duran. I don't want to

583
00:35:03,920 --> 00:35:06,400
Speaker 1: put words in people's mouths. That's not what I'm trying

584
00:35:06,400 --> 00:35:09,960
Speaker 1: to do. But I do think the negative things that

585
00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:13,319
Speaker 1: have happened, you know, you go back to last year

586
00:35:13,920 --> 00:35:20,080
Speaker 1: making key errors, right, you know, there's been stuff with

587
00:35:20,239 --> 00:35:23,000
Speaker 1: Duran over the last couple of years, Right, I think

588
00:35:23,080 --> 00:35:27,080
Speaker 1: those things kind of come into play and they're seeing.

589
00:35:27,120 --> 00:35:28,920
Speaker 1: You know, there just seems to be this you know,

590
00:35:29,040 --> 00:35:32,759
Speaker 1: negativity and yes, you know, inconsistent with the bat last year,

591
00:35:32,840 --> 00:35:38,640
Speaker 1: Defense has just had so many ups and downs. But

592
00:35:39,600 --> 00:35:42,960
Speaker 1: when you look at it from a front office point

593
00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:46,160
Speaker 1: of view, when you're factoring in the performance that he's

594
00:35:46,200 --> 00:35:49,479
Speaker 1: had over the last couple of years, he was top

595
00:35:49,520 --> 00:35:52,959
Speaker 1: five in doubles and triples. Last year, steels Bases has

596
00:35:53,040 --> 00:36:02,160
Speaker 1: pop and the three years of control cheap on the salary. Yeah,

597
00:36:02,200 --> 00:36:05,040
Speaker 1: it's gonna cost a lot to get Jaron Duran and

598
00:36:06,320 --> 00:36:09,720
Speaker 1: they're not just gonna give him away. That's that's bad business.

599
00:36:09,760 --> 00:36:12,759
Speaker 1: You just don't do that. So that's why the Red

600
00:36:12,760 --> 00:36:15,920
Speaker 1: Sox have held this stance saying we don't need to

601
00:36:15,960 --> 00:36:19,400
Speaker 1: trade him. Like basically, what we've heard for a while

602
00:36:19,520 --> 00:36:22,719
Speaker 1: now is they'll move him, but as long as it's

603
00:36:22,800 --> 00:36:25,440
Speaker 1: you know, a good a good return, They're not just

604
00:36:25,480 --> 00:36:28,240
Speaker 1: gonna give him away for peanuts. It's just not gonna happen.

605
00:36:28,239 --> 00:36:32,560
Speaker 1: And that's where I've seen people say about a possible

606
00:36:33,160 --> 00:36:35,960
Speaker 1: swap with Esac Paratus. Even that feels kind of like

607
00:36:36,040 --> 00:36:40,040
Speaker 1: even in a sense, you're kind of like, well, you know, yes, logistically,

608
00:36:40,080 --> 00:36:43,319
Speaker 1: you could move Duran bringing Paratus in a package, and

609
00:36:43,320 --> 00:36:46,080
Speaker 1: then you could really kill a lot of birds with

610
00:36:46,600 --> 00:36:50,600
Speaker 1: you know, multiple stone with one stone. Right. So, but

611
00:36:50,760 --> 00:36:53,280
Speaker 1: then again I could also understand why people think, eh,

612
00:36:53,520 --> 00:36:56,040
Speaker 1: you know, I'd like to get you know, maybe some

613
00:36:56,320 --> 00:36:59,200
Speaker 1: really good upside there, you know. So I don't know

614
00:36:59,280 --> 00:37:01,160
Speaker 1: the Astros, it's not really a whole lot they could

615
00:37:01,160 --> 00:37:05,400
Speaker 1: send back. They can send back floor, but would they

616
00:37:05,440 --> 00:37:08,239
Speaker 1: send back Kevin Alvarez or a walker you Onick? I

617
00:37:08,280 --> 00:37:09,920
Speaker 1: don't know if they would do that. So that's where

618
00:37:10,640 --> 00:37:14,239
Speaker 1: I don't know. So Duran, I'm not gonna be surprised

619
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Speaker 1: if if he is still with the Red Sox, maybe

620
00:37:18,080 --> 00:37:20,880
Speaker 1: something could end up happening. Injuries happen, and then all

621
00:37:20,920 --> 00:37:22,880
Speaker 1: of a sudden, the team gets desperate. They're like, all right,

622
00:37:22,920 --> 00:37:25,680
Speaker 1: we need to we need to bring in an outfielder.

623
00:37:26,040 --> 00:37:29,640
Speaker 1: We are, we are in a bad spot. Let's call

624
00:37:29,640 --> 00:37:31,799
Speaker 1: the Red Sox about Durant. That's where I could see that.

625
00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:36,359
Speaker 1: We'll see Also some other news from this article, will

626
00:37:36,400 --> 00:37:38,640
Speaker 1: you or bray you is gonna be playing for Team Venezuela.

627
00:37:39,680 --> 00:37:42,560
Speaker 1: We've been getting some reports, I think this past weekend

628
00:37:42,600 --> 00:37:46,200
Speaker 1: saying a lot of players are getting denied insurance for that.

629
00:37:46,880 --> 00:37:52,560
Speaker 1: Hopefully that ends up not a not affecting the tournament.

630
00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:55,840
Speaker 1: I'm excited for that tournament. I'm been very excited for it.

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Speaker 1: We'll see what have we got lost in in the chat? Boom?

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Speaker 1: I mean, listen, do I want Boom? Is Alec Boum

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Speaker 1: my first choice for the Red Sox? No he's not.

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Speaker 1: He is not my first choice. My job here, I'm

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Speaker 1: not giving you what I want. I mean, I will

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Speaker 1: give you options of what I want, right, I'll give

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Speaker 1: you my opinions on what I would prefer. I want

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Speaker 1: to tell Marte. Does that mean it's gonna happen? No? Right,

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Speaker 1: but my job here is to give you all the

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Speaker 1: possible options right of things to think about. Again? Is

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Speaker 1: Boem my first option? No he is not. Is Brett

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Speaker 1: Baity my first option? No he is not. My job

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Speaker 1: is to just list out the possibilities. Right, we did have?

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Speaker 1: Before I get out of here, someone in the chat

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Speaker 1: said you might want to go take a look at

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Speaker 1: what Buster only said? What did Buster only say? This

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Speaker 1: better be good? This better be good? Here? What did

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Speaker 1: he say? Okay, okay, all right, we got a little something,

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Speaker 1: all right, all right, here we go okay, Well, Buster only?

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Speaker 1: What does he got again? With Buster Only? You got

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Speaker 1: to take him with a grain of salt. Man, he's

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Speaker 1: been missing a lot. What did he put out a

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Speaker 1: couple weeks, a week or two ago. He puts something

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Speaker 1: out and then it just ended up not even being true.

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Speaker 1: He said here, perhaps the most interesting position player available

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Speaker 1: in the market, Brendan Donovan. Some rival executives fully expect

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Speaker 1: he'll be moved in the next couple of weeks. The

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Speaker 1: Mariners have had interest. He'd fit the Red Sox too,

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Speaker 1: although Boston seems intent on leaning on Marcella Meyer in

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Speaker 1: a big way this year while going with a Hamilton

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Speaker 1: Gonzales platoon at second base. I really hope it's that's

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Speaker 1: not the way they go. I really hope that's just bad.

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Speaker 1: It's just bad. You can't I mean, I don't know.

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Speaker 1: I'll be really disappointed if that's the way they end

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Speaker 1: up going at second base. Listen, I know you can't

666
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Speaker 1: force teams to trade with you by any means. I mean, listen,

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Speaker 1: you can't just pick up the phone and say, hey,

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Speaker 1: you need to trade us that guy, right, That's not

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Speaker 1: how it works, right, So I don't know. I just

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Speaker 1: find it really disappointing if Hamilton is the guy. Listen

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty four. He did show some good things at times.

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Speaker 1: You know, he got pretty hot there for a second.

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Speaker 1: He finished with a six ninety eight ohps. But then

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Speaker 1: last year I don't know if he was dealing with

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Speaker 1: some kind of an injury or something. Last year, I

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Speaker 1: don't know what was going on, Like it was terrible.

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Speaker 1: He had a five to ninety on base. He still

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Speaker 1: brought that speed and defensively was alright. You know, he

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Speaker 1: was for the most part decent. You know, he was

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Speaker 1: in the seventy third percentile and outs of of average.

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Speaker 1: But you know, you just want more upside there offensively,

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Speaker 1: I don't know, man, not my cup of tea. Is

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Speaker 1: it an option? Yes, it is. I'll say this. Getting

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Speaker 1: back to Buster Only he has been missing a lot,

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Speaker 1: so maybe this is a good sign him saying Hamilton

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Speaker 1: and Gonzales, Hamilton and Rome are platoon. That could be

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Speaker 1: a platoon at second base. Maybe that's a good sign

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Speaker 1: because Only has swung and missed quite a bit. We'll

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Speaker 1: see everybody. I'm gonna get out of here. That is

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Speaker 1: it for tonight's episode. Don't want to be here too long.

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Speaker 1: I'm hoping we got ourselves a pretty busy week this

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Speaker 1: coming week. Hopefully we get some good news, some good

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Speaker 1: rumors to bite into. We'll talk about it this coming week,

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Speaker 1: So be on the lookout. Everybody. Have the notifications turned on.

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Speaker 1: If you kind of the way out, hit the like button.

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Speaker 1: And if you are new, think about subscribing. We are

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Speaker 1: trying to get to seven k by opening day. That

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Speaker 1: is the goal video game Nation. Robbie, how about Andrew

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Speaker 1: harr in free agency? Now? I could, maybe I could

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Speaker 1: honestly actually see that Andrew is very good against the lefties.

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Speaker 1: But I don't know though, Ah, I mean because you

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Speaker 1: already got Roamy. I'm not so sure about that. Probably

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Speaker 1: not anyway, but you never know. We'll see what happens. Everybody.

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Speaker 1: I'm out of here. Thanks for watching. I'll talk to

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Speaker 1: you know. Hold on. Oh wait, do we have a

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Speaker 1: super chat? Oh wait a minute, Oh we did have

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Speaker 1: a super chat. I caught it. I caught it at

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Speaker 1: the last second. Oh man, I almost missed that. I

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Speaker 1: was about to get out of here from Dylan. I

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Speaker 1: am so sorry, Dylan, I almost missed your super chat.

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Speaker 1: How confident do you think they'll make the move and

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Speaker 1: not just rock with. David Hamilton wrote me to start

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Speaker 1: the year, what is a good percent that I could give?

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Speaker 1: What is a good percent? I still want to think

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Speaker 1: positively about it. I still feel like there is a

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Speaker 1: way to get something done. I'm gonna go sixty forty.

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Speaker 1: That's my gut. That could realistically, Maybe that could be

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Speaker 1: the opposite. Maybe that's actually a forty percent chance. I

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Speaker 1: don't want to say fifty to fifty because that's lame.

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Speaker 1: I'll go sixty forty right now. Sixty percent chance of

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Speaker 1: it happening. That's how I feel about it. I don't

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Speaker 1: feel confident. Hopefully we get some good reports this coming week.

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Speaker 1: Hopefully it's a little bit more. We'll see. Alrighty, did

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Speaker 1: I miss any other super chats? I don't think we did.

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Speaker 1: We are good to go, ladies and gentlemen. I'm out

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Speaker 1: of here. Thanks for watching, and I'll talk to you

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Speaker 1: next time. No