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Speaker 1: I just wanted to talk.

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Speaker 2: That's all, all right, Welcome back, everybody, Welcome back. Tough

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Speaker 2: day and Yankees' land aiden. It's been a struggle today.

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Speaker 2: A lot of Yankees fans very disappointed. I've gotten a

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Speaker 2: lot of upset emails, a lot of comments on Twitter.

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Speaker 2: They were killing them. I'm trying to be on Twitter less,

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Speaker 2: but today it was especially toxic, so I'm kind of

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Speaker 2: like taking a break. It's like, man, not only are

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Speaker 2: the Yankees fans just brutal right now, but Mets fans

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Speaker 2: are extra obnoxious today. It's like, win something in the

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Speaker 2: last forty years before you talk a little shit. But

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Speaker 2: how you feeling? Man?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean honestly, like I got to say, I

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Speaker 3: I kind of tried to not focused on the rumor

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Speaker 3: mill too much because I thought it was just a

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Speaker 3: lot of you know, negotiating through media. But you know,

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Speaker 3: that's that's what happened. Steve Cohen made a godfather offer,

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Speaker 3: made a better offer than the Yankees. You know, he

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Speaker 3: offered five million dollars more but with incentives a signing bonus,

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Speaker 3: it turns out to be what like over eight hundred

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Speaker 2: The signing bonus is what did it for me. Man,

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Speaker 2: there's no way the Yankees. Yankees just don't really do

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Speaker 2: signing bonuses like that. I've heard of them doing some

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Speaker 2: small signing bonuses, but never anything huge. I think with

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Speaker 2: Massa Hero Tanaka, it was like maybe like a fifteen

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Speaker 2: or twenty million dollars signing bonus, and that was like, oh, man,

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Speaker 2: seventy five is just crazy, you know. But I'm still

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Speaker 2: surprised that Wan Soto took it. I mean, he would

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Speaker 2: have made over seven hundred million dollars as a Yankee,

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Speaker 2: probably would have been in Monument Park. He gave up

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Speaker 2: on a legacy. And all year long people were saying,

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Speaker 2: this guy's a mercenary. I don't trust him. All he

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Speaker 2: wants his money, all he cares about his money, his attitude,

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Speaker 2: this and that, and I was away like, no, he's

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Speaker 2: I was worried that Coan would make him that crazy offer,

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Speaker 2: and ultimately he did, but I somehow didn't still expect

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, I am honestly kind of shocked at

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Speaker 3: where the number was because I was kind of predicting,

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Speaker 3: you know, that five hundred six fifty million dollar range.

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Speaker 3: But I mean, to pay a guy who's probably gonna

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Speaker 3: probably like a year four or five of that deal,

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Speaker 3: he's going to be a DH, to give him seven

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Speaker 3: hundred and sixty five million dollars, it's just kind of

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Speaker 3: asked to nine if you ask me. And I'm surprised

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Speaker 3: the Yankees even got most off.

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Speaker 2: I'm shocked about that too.

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Speaker 4: Man.

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Speaker 2: I did not expect him to go seven to sixty.

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Speaker 2: Like if you had told me even after the season,

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Speaker 2: Like if you had told me the day after he

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Speaker 2: won the Pennant with a home run that the Yankees

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Speaker 2: were going to offer him sixteen years, seven hundred and

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Speaker 2: sixty million dollars, I would have said, you are out

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Speaker 2: of your mind. There is no way on earth how

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Speaker 2: is offering that much. But to their credit and Cashman

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Speaker 2: said today, they went above and beyond their comfort zone.

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Speaker 2: So I don't think we can count on them committing

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Speaker 2: that much, you know, this winter. But I do think

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Speaker 2: that they're gonna make some moves, and Cashman kind of,

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Speaker 2: you know, told us about some of it today and

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Speaker 2: some of the plans. So we'll get to that in

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Speaker 2: a minute. The one thing that really ticked me off

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Speaker 2: tweet from John Hayman in his jacuzzie. I want him

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Speaker 2: to drop his phone in the water so bad. I

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Speaker 2: wanted him to just splash down. Screw you, go buy

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean they were pouring what champagne on him

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Speaker 3: to them, like, oh my gosh, So you never really

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Speaker 3: cared about the Yankees. That's just how it is. It's

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Speaker 3: really heartbreaking stuff.

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Speaker 2: It is it is. But we still got Judge. And

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Speaker 2: you know what, people have been very hard on Judge

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Speaker 2: I don't blame them. I was hard on him during

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Speaker 2: the postseason there towards the end, but two MVPs in

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Speaker 2: the last three years, he set the home run record

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Speaker 2: and then turned down money to come back to his hometown.

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Speaker 2: He turned down money to come back to his hometown team,

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Speaker 2: his childhood favorite team around all his friends and family,

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Speaker 2: a little bit of a love today, a little bit

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Speaker 2: Aaron Judge, and I hope that next year just the

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Speaker 2: pressure comes off, like I just hope that, you know,

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Speaker 2: I just hope he has a big postseason man and

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Speaker 2: puts all this behind him, because we can't watch him

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Speaker 2: with many more years of oh, he's a bum in

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Speaker 2: the playoffs. I gotta have him win a chip. I

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Speaker 2: want him to lead the Yankees over the Mets now

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Speaker 2: in the World Series. That would be my dream outcome

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Speaker 2: for next year. And when I do the postseason, you know,

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Speaker 2: World Series recap, if it happens, this is gonna be

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Speaker 5: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: I mean, I really hope that Judge can eventually bring

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Speaker 3: it home. You know, I really thought that, you know,

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Speaker 3: we'd be seeing him and Soto for the next eight

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Speaker 3: character than Sodo, and he took less money because he

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Speaker 3: a it's a big you know. It says a lot

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Speaker 3: about his character and you know, hopefully as a captain

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Speaker 2: So let's talk a little bit about Brian Cashman's comments today.

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Speaker 2: He kind of spilled the beans a little bit. The

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Speaker 2: first thing is that Jazz Chisholm is likely going to

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Speaker 2: got traded that when they let labor Torre's walk, as

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Speaker 2: it appears they now have, that he would slide over

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Speaker 2: going to remain at third base. They like his arm

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Speaker 2: over there. He showed some improvement. I still think he

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Speaker 2: he I don't know, it's just not his thing and

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Speaker 2: did make some nice plays. He's definitely athletic and at

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Speaker 2: second base. This is something that's unusual for Cashman. You

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Speaker 2: can't remember him many times saying that a rookie was

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Speaker 2: And I mean one of the previous times he did

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Speaker 2: Bubba Crosby. Back in six the Yankees had a hole

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Speaker 2: it's gonna be like that on Opening Day, like two

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Speaker 2: if he makes a move here. We also had some

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Speaker 2: rumors today and we'll get to them about Max Freed.

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Speaker 2: Apparently Kyle Tucker's available, but I can't see them trading

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Speaker 2: him to the Yankees for any thing less than like

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Speaker 2: an enormous, ridiculous price. But a couple of years ago

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Speaker 2: So it's not it's not I don't think it's likely.

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Speaker 2: I'm surprised he's on the market at all, but it's

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Speaker 2: not as a non zero chance. But let's talk a

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Speaker 2: little bit about Caleb Durbin. We did an episode on

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Speaker 2: So what do we know about Caleb durban Yeah.

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Speaker 3: I mean he's a short and stocky guy. He's kind

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Speaker 3: his profile reminds me a lot of Anthony Volpey. He's

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Speaker 3: you know, I think he's gonna fit him well at

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Speaker 2: His speed. You mentioned his speed. He stole like thirty

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Speaker 2: you like sept the record. That doesn't necessarily mean doesn't

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Speaker 2: necessarily mean you're super fast, but he's definitely a good base.

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Speaker 3: Runner, yeah for sure. And that's that's honestly, that's what

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Speaker 3: and Swan Soto that too. Yeah, you lose Swan Soto.

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Speaker 3: He was a bad defender, a bad base runner. So

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Speaker 3: maybe the Yanks you're gonna have some kind of turnaround

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Speaker 3: like that Durbin has that tool because it's something they

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Speaker 3: definitely needed in their lineup this past year. So brings

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Speaker 2: I love this comparison from Nicholas Velaskaz. He says David

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Speaker 2: kind of like, uh, a little bit like Dustin Pedroia.

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Speaker 2: Dustin Peddori is one of those guys I hated because

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Speaker 2: the Yankees, I would have had freaking Dustin Pedroia posters

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Speaker 3: But yeah, you have.

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Speaker 2: To respect the game. You have to respect the effort,

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Speaker 2: you know, And that's something the Yankees have also been

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Speaker 2: missing the last few years, a lot of your hard nosed,

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Speaker 2: high effort baseball. So if Durban's one of those guys,

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Speaker 2: as long as he can play a little bit, it'll help.

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Speaker 2: It'll certainly be a one to eighty from Labor Torres

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Speaker 2: But I you know, we're hearing a lot about well,

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think Max Freed is definitely the better option here.

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Speaker 2: in free agency and get some some different guys for

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Speaker 2: their new manager. I think that some kind of a

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Speaker 2: deal for Nico Horner and Cody Bellinger would not surprise me.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it wouldn't surprise me either. I'm not sure if

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Speaker 3: the Yankees would be kind of all in on acquiring

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Speaker 3: Horner too, because I do think they're excited about Durban.

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Speaker 3: But that you know, Nico Horner is a great baseball player,

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Speaker 3: and I think another thing that's great about Bellinger is like,

436
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Speaker 3: you know, if you still want to play Ben Rice,

437
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Speaker 3: you can go and put At Bellinger in the outfield.

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Speaker 3: And if Ben Rice develops into the hitter that you know,

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Speaker 3: a lot of Yankees fans think he can be the

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Speaker 3: guy that we saw in a bunch of home runs

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Speaker 3: in July, having a three home run game. Bellinger adds

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Speaker 3: that flexibility so that you can continue to play Ben

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Speaker 3: Rice and then you see Horner there. He's also a

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Speaker 3: batsball guy. That might be what the Yankees are targeting

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Speaker 3: right now. You see he's in the ninety ninth percentile

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Speaker 3: of his k rate and wift rate. That's that's a

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Speaker 3: beautiful thing to say. And let me interrupt you for

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Speaker 3: a second. The two biggest weaknesses that we just talked

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Speaker 3: about base running and fielding. He's in the ninetieth ninety

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Speaker 3: second percentile in base running and the eighty eighth percentile

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Speaker 3: in fielding. Sprays the ball all over the place, ton

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Speaker 3: of doubles. He hits the ball on the sweet spot,

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Speaker 3: and you know, he chases a little more than you'd like,

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Speaker 3: doesn't have a lot of bat speed, but he's a

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Speaker 3: contact guy, so he's one of He's like a Steve

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Speaker 3: Sachs type.

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Speaker 2: I know that's before your time. That was early nineties.

458
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Speaker 2: He was also on The Simpsons and he's wanted for

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Speaker 2: multiple counts of murder in springfield. But he was, you know,

460
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Speaker 2: other than forgetting how to throw the ball to first base,

461
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Speaker 2: he was a nice little player. I feel like Nico

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Speaker 2: Horner could be Steve sacks two point zero and he's

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Speaker 2: only twenty seven years old. Horner for Bellinger or Hornor

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Speaker 2: and Bellinger. I would be willing to give up a

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Speaker 2: nice little package. I would be able to part with

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Speaker 2: a Spencer Jones for that package. Maybe maybe Spencer Jones

467
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Speaker 2: and like a lottery ticket, like one good prospect, one

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Speaker 2: lottery ticket. When I had Patrick Mooney on the other day,

469
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Speaker 2: he's a writer for The Athletic who covers the Cubs,

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Speaker 2: he said that the Cubs would be interested in some

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Speaker 2: of the Yankees like middle of the you know, farm system,

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Speaker 2: like solid arms, like some of these college guys they

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Speaker 2: just just drafted, like hesse, that type of thing. I

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Speaker 2: could see that too. I could see a Will Warren

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Speaker 2: being part of the I want no part of Will Warren.

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Speaker 2: To me, he's ass, but I would have no problem

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Speaker 2: dealing him. And I know you love Will Warren, He's

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Speaker 2: your best friend. But I think he's ass all day

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Speaker 2: he's due.

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Speaker 3: Yeah he did, Will Warren did not, you know, give

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Speaker 3: out a great showing. But you know, you're you're kind

482
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Speaker 3: of right that the Yankees and Cubs aren't unfamiliar with

483
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Speaker 3: each other. They've done business a lot together and I

484
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Speaker 3: think they both kind of like each other's pitching development

485
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Speaker 3: as well. We've seen them trade pitching a lot, like

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Speaker 3: with Scott f Ross for Hayden Wiznski. You know, Stroman

487
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Speaker 3: was on the Cubs before he came to the Yankee

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Speaker 3: So I definitely see, you know, if there's a trade

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Speaker 3: for Bellinger and Horner, that there's gonna be some Yankees

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Speaker 3: pitching prospects involved, and you know, maybe even Nestor Cortez,

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Speaker 3: who knows.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, what about Garrett Crochet, We've seen him mentioned a lot.

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Speaker 2: I'm gonna pull up his stat Cast numbers two we

494
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Speaker 2: could talk through that. There's been some talk that he

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Speaker 2: could be going to the Phillies, which I could see.

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Speaker 2: They've got Alec Bohm, who would be a nice matchup

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Speaker 2: for the White Sox. You know, but he's he reminds

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Speaker 2: me of a young Chris Sale twenty five years old.

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Speaker 2: Look at these stat Cast numbers. The fastball is elite,

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Speaker 2: the average exit velocities well above average, fifth percentage, strikeout percentage,

501
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Speaker 2: and walk percentage all elite. He does allow barrels, but

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Speaker 2: he keeps the ball on the ground, so that means,

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Speaker 2: you know, I don't care how hard you hit it.

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Speaker 2: If you hit it right at Anthony Volpi, right, I

505
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Speaker 2: mean he's gonna vacuum it up.

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Speaker 4: Uh.

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Speaker 2: And then the extension. He's six foot six, got a

508
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Speaker 2: ton of extension. It reminds me of Chris Sale, it

509
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Speaker 2: really does.

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Speaker 6: Uh.

511
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Speaker 2: And his stuff is just electric. If you've watched him pitch,

512
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Speaker 2: I'm talking hundred miles an hour with a nasty hook.

513
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Speaker 3: Yeah, and he's got a nice pitch mix as well.

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Speaker 3: I think, you know, I'm just not sure that the

515
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Speaker 3: Yankees really have the price tag for him though. And

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Speaker 3: I think you know he's he's doing for an extension

517
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Speaker 3: as well, So I think it would take a lot

518
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Speaker 3: to get him, Like I think you'd be partying with

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Speaker 3: Spencer Jones honestly, maybe even a Louis Heel for I

520
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Speaker 3: don't know, but that wouldn't even make him any sense.

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Speaker 3: You've got to keep Louise Heel in the rotation.

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Speaker 2: So yeah, so yeah, I probably crossed him off the list.

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Speaker 2: You know, the price might just be too high. In prospects.

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Speaker 2: Yankees have traded a lot of prospects over the last

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Speaker 2: few years. Who else is somebody we need? We need

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Speaker 2: to talk about Jay Apollo says, bring in Aaron Hicks.

527
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Speaker 2: I think Aaron Hicks is playing golf golf right now,

528
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Speaker 2: but we do have a spot in left field for him.

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Speaker 3: Well, I thought you said he signed a seven hundred

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Speaker 3: and sixty six million dollars.

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Speaker 5: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Let me get your thoughts on Spencer Jones. I've

533
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Speaker 2: seen a lot of people say, well, just call up

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Speaker 2: Spencer Jones to play left field. But the strikeout rate

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Speaker 2: in Double A concerned me. He didn't even get called

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Speaker 2: up to Triple A. I just don't think he's ready,

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Speaker 2: And honestly, like I'm starting to doubt. I'm starting to

538
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Speaker 2: doubt if he'll ever be ready, my man, because of

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Speaker 2: the strikeout numbers. I mean, he just didn't show enough improvement.

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Speaker 3: It's definitely concerning. I mean, you know, the comparison always

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Speaker 3: is always you know, Judge had terrible strikeouts, strikeout numbers

542
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Speaker 3: in the minor leagues. Well, I mean it's Aaron Judge.

543
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Speaker 3: We aren't sure if Spencer Jones is really that guy

544
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Speaker 3: right now, but I definitely think he needs more time.

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Speaker 3: He probably needs at least like another year and maybe

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Speaker 3: two years because he did have kind of a rough season.

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Speaker 3: He kind of got better in the second half. But yeah,

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Speaker 3: I don't blame you for being out on him right now.

549
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Speaker 3: Kind of I'm not too sure out him either.

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Speaker 2: We saw Tim Fairs says that Spencer Jones, Roderick Aris, Oh,

551
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Speaker 2: I lost it. It was Spencer Jones, Roderick Arius and

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Speaker 2: brock Selverridge for Crochet would be a fair deal according

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Speaker 2: to Baseball trade values. I would take that. I would

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Speaker 2: do that. I would I would make that deal.

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Speaker 3: I would do that. I mean, I bet White Sox

556
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Speaker 3: internal scouting would probably think different.

557
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Speaker 2: But you know, roder he's a stud, like he's He's

558
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Speaker 2: got a really good he's got like a Sodo level eye.

559
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Speaker 2: He just hasn't hit much in the minor league yet.

560
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Speaker 2: He's had some injuries. He's not really developed physically. I

561
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Speaker 2: think the way they thought he would like he's very

562
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Speaker 2: skinny still. I think they thought he would fill out

563
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Speaker 2: a little bit more, but very athletic. He supposedly like

564
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Speaker 2: a really good fielder like you know, Wander Franco level defense.

565
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Speaker 2: Hopefully not wander Wander Franco level personality and personality defects.

566
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Speaker 2: But man, that's man talk about flushing your life away, right,

567
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Speaker 2: I mean, doesn't doesn't get worse than that. El Nino

568
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Speaker 2: Torres is get Roki Sazaki. I think the Yankees will

569
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Speaker 2: be in on it. I think they'll make a pitch, right,

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Speaker 2: I mean, if he's available for five million dollars, they're

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Speaker 2: going to make a pitch for him.

572
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Speaker 3: Yeah, they should. It's just, you know, is he going

573
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Speaker 3: to go to the Dodgers. That's what everyone seems to think.

574
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Speaker 3: And even even the Padres people think the Padre is

575
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Speaker 3: going all over him too. So I don't know. I

576
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Speaker 3: don't know if the Yankees are really too enticing to

577
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Speaker 3: Roki Sasaki, but we'll see. I think, you know, if

578
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Speaker 3: the Yankees get Roki Sasaki, that would actually make me

579
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Speaker 3: feel a lot better about losing me too.

580
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Speaker 2: And let me tell you something about Roki Suzaki. This

581
00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:42,720
Speaker 2: is something that I saw. I want to say it was.

582
00:27:43,359 --> 00:27:45,199
Speaker 2: It might have been David Samson who said this, but

583
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Speaker 2: I I could be wrong. It was. It was definitely

584
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Speaker 2: an executive of some some some type that said, you know,

585
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Speaker 2: when it comes to Japanese players, if you're on the

586
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Speaker 2: same team as Shoho Tani, it's very difficult to get endorsements.

587
00:28:00,080 --> 00:28:05,200
Speaker 2: Even Yoshinobu Yamamoto had difficulty getting endorsements last year. Now

588
00:28:05,280 --> 00:28:10,040
Speaker 2: luckily he's got an enormous salary. But Roki Sazaki will

589
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Speaker 2: only be making five million. Only five million, Oh, you know,

590
00:28:14,240 --> 00:28:17,919
Speaker 2: fucking eating porridge over there. But I I if no.

591
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Speaker 2: But seriously, if he has a chance to come to

592
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Speaker 2: the Yankees, like if his agent says, hey, you know,

593
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Speaker 2: the Yankees historically have had some Japanese superstars Masi Hero Tanaka,

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Speaker 2: you know, uh, Hideki Matsui, Rabu. H But if if,

595
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Speaker 2: if he says, you know, you might be able to

596
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Speaker 2: make some endorsement deals here. Maybe he gets a call

597
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Speaker 2: from Matt Sue he says, hey, I can set you

598
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Speaker 2: up with the right people.

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Speaker 6: You know.

600
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Speaker 2: Maybe that sways things He's gonna be allowed to choose

601
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Speaker 2: where he signs. That's one of the things. I've also heard,

602
00:28:48,360 --> 00:28:50,600
Speaker 2: though that he kind of wants a medium market for

603
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Speaker 2: whatever reason. I'm not sure that's very appear like he

604
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Speaker 2: doesn't want to be like in a superstar market, right.

605
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Speaker 2: So I've actually heard the Padres and the Cardinals as

606
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Speaker 2: two spots where he could end up, and that's not

607
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Speaker 2: like totally shot. I mean, you know, not everybody wants

608
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Speaker 2: to be in that superstar market. When Eraaldas Chapman came

609
00:29:08,920 --> 00:29:11,000
Speaker 2: to the major leagues, he signed with the Cincinnati Rehtz.

610
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Speaker 2: You know, so it could say a Suzuki went to

611
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Speaker 2: the Cubs, which is I get it's a brand name

612
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Speaker 2: and it's it's I you know, theoretically a big market,

613
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Speaker 2: but not really a tender usually. I mean they're they're

614
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Speaker 2: known for losing more than anything. So, you know, I

615
00:29:26,640 --> 00:29:27,959
Speaker 2: don't know. I don't know if we have a real

616
00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:31,280
Speaker 2: shot at Rizaki at Sazaki, but I wouldn't mind seeing him.

617
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Speaker 2: Who else is on your mind as as thoughts that

618
00:29:34,120 --> 00:29:36,320
Speaker 2: you'd like to see the Yankees look after?

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Speaker 3: Well, I did bring up ti Oscar Hernandez. That's someone

620
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Speaker 3: that I really like. Uh, there was someone else for

621
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Speaker 3: first base that was on my mind, and I'm drawing

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Speaker 3: a blank right now.

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Speaker 2: Uh, Nathan Nathaniel Lowe is supposedly being moved or or

624
00:29:52,160 --> 00:29:55,160
Speaker 2: shopped by the Rangers. Uh, there's been still.

625
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Speaker 3: Mont Wade might be available.

626
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Speaker 2: She's a free agent. Right, He's a free agent, but

627
00:29:59,680 --> 00:30:00,680
Speaker 2: he doesn't hit left us.

628
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Speaker 3: Too. I'll say this, Carlos Korea could maybe be available.

629
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Speaker 2: Let's talk about Carlos Korea. Let's talk about Carlos Korea

630
00:30:09,640 --> 00:30:12,680
Speaker 2: because Joel Sherman brought him up. I asked Sherman to

631
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Speaker 2: come on the show not long ago, and he declined.

632
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Speaker 2: I think he was busy. But I respect Sherman as

633
00:30:18,040 --> 00:30:22,400
Speaker 2: much for his baseball acumen as any man alive. And

634
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Speaker 2: he suggested Carlos Korea because he's on a four year,

635
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Speaker 2: twenty five million deal at right now, and the Twins

636
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Speaker 2: have had some issues with their finances, their their regional

637
00:30:34,400 --> 00:30:37,680
Speaker 2: sports network. They could be looking to unload some money.

638
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Speaker 2: You know, maybe you can get him for pennies on

639
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Speaker 2: the dollar. I mean I say pennies on the dollar.

640
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Speaker 2: I mean what I mean is like basically no prospect

641
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Speaker 2: that's worth anything. He comes in and he plays either

642
00:30:48,840 --> 00:30:52,200
Speaker 2: second or short or third and allows you to reconfigure

643
00:30:52,240 --> 00:30:55,560
Speaker 2: your infield a little bit. He adds defense. I haven't

644
00:30:55,560 --> 00:30:57,200
Speaker 2: looked at his numbers in a while. I know he

645
00:30:57,720 --> 00:30:59,360
Speaker 2: has had some good numbers in the past, but he's

646
00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:03,240
Speaker 2: also had some ankle stuff. So let me just pull

647
00:31:03,320 --> 00:31:06,840
Speaker 2: him up real quick. But what are your thoughts on Korea?

648
00:31:07,080 --> 00:31:09,280
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, like you said, well, he's got four

649
00:31:09,360 --> 00:31:11,680
Speaker 3: years left, only twenty five million dollars a year. I

650
00:31:11,680 --> 00:31:14,280
Speaker 3: would take that for Carlos Korea. Obviously he has his

651
00:31:14,360 --> 00:31:17,320
Speaker 3: injury concerns, but you know that's kind of a risk

652
00:31:17,400 --> 00:31:19,080
Speaker 3: you want to take with a player like him, and

653
00:31:19,680 --> 00:31:23,640
Speaker 3: you know he hasn't been exactly himself, you know, the

654
00:31:23,680 --> 00:31:25,840
Speaker 3: two prior seasons. But he had a great year this year.

655
00:31:26,120 --> 00:31:28,720
Speaker 3: And something that I love about him is his postseason experience.

656
00:31:28,800 --> 00:31:32,040
Speaker 3: He is a playoff riser, so that's that is someone

657
00:31:32,440 --> 00:31:34,520
Speaker 3: I would want on the New York Yankees. He's not

658
00:31:34,680 --> 00:31:38,200
Speaker 3: Juan Soto, but you know, he's kind of damn near

659
00:31:38,280 --> 00:31:41,320
Speaker 3: close it, you know, postseason wise, and he can really

660
00:31:41,880 --> 00:31:44,760
Speaker 3: hit the ball. He's his stack cast looks great. He's

661
00:31:44,800 --> 00:31:47,960
Speaker 3: still a great fielder as well, not the best base runner,

662
00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:51,520
Speaker 3: isn't exactly fast. But if Carlos Correa were in pinstripes,

663
00:31:51,560 --> 00:31:55,200
Speaker 3: I'd be absolutely elated, And honestly, I don't think I

664
00:31:55,240 --> 00:31:57,680
Speaker 3: would care if Swan Soto left that much. If you know,

665
00:31:57,720 --> 00:31:59,880
Speaker 3: you got Carlos Correa playing second or short.

666
00:31:59,760 --> 00:32:05,640
Speaker 2: Stuff, Carlos Korea, Cody Bellinger, Max Fried and a couple

667
00:32:05,720 --> 00:32:08,120
Speaker 2: of relief pitchers, maybe Tanner Scott, maybe you bring back

668
00:32:08,160 --> 00:32:11,560
Speaker 2: Tommy Kinley, Tim Hill. To me, that's a solid offseason.

669
00:32:12,800 --> 00:32:16,800
Speaker 2: But Sason, I'm trying to figure out, Uh, you know,

670
00:32:17,600 --> 00:32:21,000
Speaker 2: what caused Korea to miss two hundred at bats this year?

671
00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:24,960
Speaker 2: Was it the ankle that was causing issues? Uh? Nicholas

672
00:32:25,040 --> 00:32:28,080
Speaker 2: Nyman says, Korea is like Trout. Is he broken? I'm

673
00:32:28,080 --> 00:32:31,520
Speaker 2: not sure? And I know that the uh, the Giants

674
00:32:31,840 --> 00:32:35,320
Speaker 2: backed out of a deal with him, So I'd be

675
00:32:35,320 --> 00:32:37,280
Speaker 2: interested to find out what caused him to miss so

676
00:32:37,360 --> 00:32:41,200
Speaker 2: much time. It was like his Fox Sports is telling

677
00:32:41,200 --> 00:32:47,280
Speaker 2: me his foot, his hand, his wrist. Enter sounds like

678
00:32:47,320 --> 00:32:51,600
Speaker 2: a yeah, it sounds like Carlos stand But hey, if

679
00:32:51,640 --> 00:32:55,000
Speaker 2: he's healthy for the playoffs, who can't Carlos? Next man

680
00:32:55,080 --> 00:32:58,920
Speaker 2: up Correa? Well, well take a look. I honestly, if

681
00:32:58,920 --> 00:33:01,239
Speaker 2: they got Korea. You know, we've been talking about him

682
00:33:01,280 --> 00:33:03,480
Speaker 2: since twenty twenty. Man, it seems like every offseason his

683
00:33:03,560 --> 00:33:06,360
Speaker 2: name comes up. I wouldn't hate it. I wouldn't hate it.

684
00:33:06,400 --> 00:33:12,120
Speaker 2: I mean, Sodo leaving creates a vacuum right offensively, and

685
00:33:12,240 --> 00:33:14,280
Speaker 2: anybody we can get to improve that offense. He's a

686
00:33:14,360 --> 00:33:17,840
Speaker 2: three ten hitter, three eighty eight on base percentage nine

687
00:33:17,880 --> 00:33:20,920
Speaker 2: oh five ohps. That's not a huge decline from what

688
00:33:21,040 --> 00:33:23,280
Speaker 2: Sodo gave you. I mean, it's a decline. The two

689
00:33:23,360 --> 00:33:26,600
Speaker 2: hundred bats are problem that he missed, but he's good

690
00:33:26,600 --> 00:33:30,880
Speaker 2: when he's in there, you know, good batspeed, you know,

691
00:33:30,960 --> 00:33:33,840
Speaker 2: in the seventy fourth percent. So we'll you know, we'll see.

692
00:33:34,520 --> 00:33:36,360
Speaker 2: And the one guy I want to talk about finish

693
00:33:36,400 --> 00:33:38,080
Speaker 2: off to and I've already kept you longer than I

694
00:33:38,080 --> 00:33:42,239
Speaker 2: said I would, but the Martian. There's a chance for

695
00:33:42,400 --> 00:33:44,560
Speaker 2: Jason Domingez next year to make a lot of people

696
00:33:44,600 --> 00:33:46,680
Speaker 2: forget about Wan Soda. I was hoping that we would see.

697
00:33:46,720 --> 00:33:50,680
Speaker 2: Juan Soto and Jason Dominguez played together for years, and

698
00:33:51,400 --> 00:33:56,040
Speaker 2: you know, watch Basically Dominga has become a switch hitting

699
00:33:56,080 --> 00:33:58,360
Speaker 2: version of Wan Sota. We've seen the way he takes pitches.

700
00:34:00,200 --> 00:34:04,520
Speaker 2: I don't know how to explain his outfield issues when

701
00:34:04,520 --> 00:34:05,640
Speaker 2: he came out. I mean, he looked fine in the

702
00:34:05,680 --> 00:34:08,200
Speaker 2: outfield last year during his brief time. He's looked great

703
00:34:08,239 --> 00:34:10,880
Speaker 2: in the minor leagues in the outfield. I don't know

704
00:34:10,920 --> 00:34:12,440
Speaker 2: if it was like the double deck syndrome. Have you

705
00:34:12,520 --> 00:34:14,880
Speaker 2: ever heard of double deck syndrome or triple deck syndrome.

706
00:34:15,480 --> 00:34:18,040
Speaker 2: It's like the kind of like the jitters, so like

707
00:34:18,320 --> 00:34:20,840
Speaker 2: when so when you're in the minor leagues, there's typically

708
00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:25,240
Speaker 2: like one deck, like maybe sometimes two some of the bigger,

709
00:34:25,320 --> 00:34:28,160
Speaker 2: nicer minor league ballparks. You get to the major leagues

710
00:34:28,719 --> 00:34:30,920
Speaker 2: and there's that third deck, and it affects the way

711
00:34:30,960 --> 00:34:33,279
Speaker 2: the ball travels, and it affects the way you see

712
00:34:33,320 --> 00:34:37,319
Speaker 2: it because like it's in you know, lost in uh

713
00:34:37,480 --> 00:34:39,359
Speaker 2: in the shirts a lot of times, and so some

714
00:34:39,400 --> 00:34:41,560
Speaker 2: guys struggle with that when they first come up. And

715
00:34:41,600 --> 00:34:44,840
Speaker 2: I think what happened was there was one where he

716
00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:49,759
Speaker 2: lost it maybe in the sun in Seattle or in

717
00:34:49,800 --> 00:34:52,799
Speaker 2: the shirts or whatever, and then he lost one in

718
00:34:52,840 --> 00:34:55,000
Speaker 2: New York, maybe in the lights or the third deck,

719
00:34:55,040 --> 00:34:57,719
Speaker 2: and that kind of created a little bit of like

720
00:34:58,320 --> 00:35:01,480
Speaker 2: the yips almost where he he was just like unsure

721
00:35:01,480 --> 00:35:06,560
Speaker 2: of himself. So, I mean, all I've heard is that

722
00:35:06,640 --> 00:35:09,280
Speaker 2: he's working real hard on the in the outfield this winter,

723
00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:11,719
Speaker 2: like working on reps, trying to get better defensively. I

724
00:35:11,719 --> 00:35:13,759
Speaker 2: don't know what position where he's doing, center field, out

725
00:35:13,800 --> 00:35:17,799
Speaker 2: the left field, whatever, but I'm confident he'll bounce back

726
00:35:17,840 --> 00:35:21,239
Speaker 2: a little bit. He just needs like regular reps out there,

727
00:35:21,280 --> 00:35:23,200
Speaker 2: and I think he'll be better because he's a great athlete.

728
00:35:23,200 --> 00:35:25,239
Speaker 2: He's been playing the outfield this whole life. It's not

729
00:35:25,280 --> 00:35:27,040
Speaker 2: like they just stuck him out there from second base

730
00:35:27,160 --> 00:35:29,399
Speaker 2: or something. Right he's and he's fast. He can run

731
00:35:29,480 --> 00:35:32,000
Speaker 2: down balls with his speed. He uses a glove the

732
00:35:32,040 --> 00:35:35,400
Speaker 2: size of a damn laundry basket, and he's got a

733
00:35:35,400 --> 00:35:38,120
Speaker 2: great arm. He also didn't hit much from the right

734
00:35:38,120 --> 00:35:40,400
Speaker 2: side this year, but he has in the past, like

735
00:35:41,040 --> 00:35:42,560
Speaker 2: he's shown it. He remember when we first came to

736
00:35:42,560 --> 00:35:44,040
Speaker 2: spring training a couple of years ago, he had like

737
00:35:44,080 --> 00:35:46,600
Speaker 2: four home runs right handed. He's got the power and

738
00:35:46,640 --> 00:35:48,200
Speaker 2: he can do it. And what I saw from him

739
00:35:48,280 --> 00:35:50,960
Speaker 2: right handed was a guy who took a lot of pitches.

740
00:35:50,960 --> 00:35:54,000
Speaker 2: He wasn't a great hitter right handed, but he was

741
00:35:54,040 --> 00:35:58,680
Speaker 2: having great at bats right handed. I think he's gonna

742
00:35:58,680 --> 00:36:02,480
Speaker 2: step forward next year and be once again a Yankees

743
00:36:02,560 --> 00:36:05,400
Speaker 2: Rookie of the Year candidate, if not the winner. I

744
00:36:05,400 --> 00:36:07,480
Speaker 2: think he's that good. Depends a lot on you know,

745
00:36:07,480 --> 00:36:09,920
Speaker 2: where rokies Zaki signs. I think he's probably the best

746
00:36:10,280 --> 00:36:13,040
Speaker 2: rookie if he signs in the American League. But Domingos

747
00:36:13,080 --> 00:36:15,160
Speaker 2: has a real shot, So let me get your thoughts

748
00:36:15,239 --> 00:36:16,360
Speaker 2: on him.

749
00:36:16,640 --> 00:36:19,480
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, it's also like he's what twenty one

750
00:36:19,560 --> 00:36:23,600
Speaker 3: years old. I'm twenty one years old. Like I feel like,

751
00:36:23,719 --> 00:36:26,440
Speaker 3: you know, a lot of that, you know, the outfield issues.

752
00:36:26,840 --> 00:36:28,360
Speaker 3: You know, at the end of the season there with

753
00:36:28,480 --> 00:36:30,480
Speaker 3: him was just I think he's putting a lot of

754
00:36:30,480 --> 00:36:32,600
Speaker 3: pressure on himself. At the same time. Maybe he was

755
00:36:32,640 --> 00:36:35,440
Speaker 3: the double deck triple deck syndrome, but I think he was,

756
00:36:35,600 --> 00:36:37,440
Speaker 3: you know, he knew he was kind of fighting for

757
00:36:37,480 --> 00:36:39,800
Speaker 3: a spot, and he was putting pressure on himself because

758
00:36:39,960 --> 00:36:42,640
Speaker 3: you know, it's not like he was completely missing these balls.

759
00:36:42,640 --> 00:36:44,560
Speaker 3: They were kind of just dropping out of his glove.

760
00:36:45,040 --> 00:36:47,239
Speaker 3: And you know, I feel like, you know, as he

761
00:36:47,320 --> 00:36:49,960
Speaker 3: was coming up through the minor leagues, we never really

762
00:36:50,120 --> 00:36:52,560
Speaker 3: heard that, you know, he was like a bad fielder

763
00:36:52,680 --> 00:36:54,799
Speaker 3: or anything, or that he was a liability out there.

764
00:36:55,000 --> 00:36:57,920
Speaker 3: He's a center fielder too, so I mean, he's got range,

765
00:36:58,239 --> 00:37:00,200
Speaker 3: he can go out and get those balls. And I

766
00:37:00,239 --> 00:37:04,160
Speaker 3: honestly do hope that he does play center field because

767
00:37:04,200 --> 00:37:06,960
Speaker 3: I would rather Judge move over to right field and

768
00:37:07,040 --> 00:37:08,799
Speaker 3: kind of preserve his body a little more. And he's

769
00:37:08,840 --> 00:37:11,920
Speaker 3: just also not that great of a center fielder. He's

770
00:37:11,920 --> 00:37:14,640
Speaker 3: a better right fielder. But I think the Martian just

771
00:37:14,719 --> 00:37:16,640
Speaker 3: kind of needs reps as well, Like you said, he

772
00:37:16,719 --> 00:37:18,880
Speaker 3: was seeing a lot of pitches from the right side.

773
00:37:19,160 --> 00:37:21,240
Speaker 3: I think he's kind of getting used to left handed

774
00:37:21,280 --> 00:37:24,680
Speaker 3: major league pitching there. And we know he's a talented hitter.

775
00:37:24,760 --> 00:37:27,000
Speaker 3: We know he can draw walks, maybe not to the

776
00:37:27,080 --> 00:37:30,600
Speaker 3: degree that Juan Soto can, but you know, he's he

777
00:37:30,680 --> 00:37:33,440
Speaker 3: is kind a little a mini variant of Sodo. So

778
00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:36,560
Speaker 3: I think Yankee fan should still be excited about him,

779
00:37:36,640 --> 00:37:39,640
Speaker 3: you know, evening when he came up at the end

780
00:37:39,640 --> 00:37:42,040
Speaker 3: of twenty twenty three and he looked great, and you know,

781
00:37:42,440 --> 00:37:44,920
Speaker 3: they kind of gingured him a little bit last season

782
00:37:44,960 --> 00:37:47,480
Speaker 3: with his injury coming back and just wanted to make

783
00:37:47,480 --> 00:37:50,759
Speaker 3: sure he was still developing correctly. So I would still

784
00:37:50,800 --> 00:37:54,160
Speaker 3: be excited about him. I personally think we'll start seeing him,

785
00:37:54,560 --> 00:37:57,000
Speaker 3: you know, at the middle top of the order at

786
00:37:57,080 --> 00:37:58,919
Speaker 3: you know, kind of early on at the season.

787
00:37:59,640 --> 00:38:01,799
Speaker 2: By he's gonna be in the top four of the order.

788
00:38:01,880 --> 00:38:04,319
Speaker 2: So all right, Well, I saw one more thing in

789
00:38:04,360 --> 00:38:06,480
Speaker 2: the comment. Somebody says we should give him number twenty two.

790
00:38:06,600 --> 00:38:07,040
Speaker 2: I like that.

791
00:38:10,560 --> 00:38:13,400
Speaker 3: I don't know that numbers kind of cursed Jacoby Elsberry,

792
00:38:13,480 --> 00:38:14,560
Speaker 3: Bader now Soto.

793
00:38:14,680 --> 00:38:17,480
Speaker 2: I don't know that's a good point. You know, Jimmy

794
00:38:17,560 --> 00:38:21,080
Speaker 2: key wore number twenty two and Max Freed has been

795
00:38:21,120 --> 00:38:23,839
Speaker 2: compared to Jimmy Keyson. Maybe you give it to Max Freed. Right,

796
00:38:24,680 --> 00:38:26,160
Speaker 2: I can live with that, you can live with that.

797
00:38:26,680 --> 00:38:30,239
Speaker 2: All right. We're gonna wish Aiden luck here on the

798
00:38:30,280 --> 00:38:32,160
Speaker 2: rest of his exams and so forth, and we are

799
00:38:32,200 --> 00:38:35,560
Speaker 2: going to jump over to the voicemails. Aidan, appreciate you

800
00:38:35,719 --> 00:38:38,680
Speaker 2: joining tonight, and we will see you. When we see you,

801
00:38:38,719 --> 00:38:41,000
Speaker 2: hopefully we'll have some news, and we're gonna jump over

802
00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:42,080
Speaker 2: to the voicemails. Appreciate that.

803
00:38:42,160 --> 00:38:44,239
Speaker 3: Aiden, thanks for having me see you soon.

804
00:38:46,040 --> 00:38:47,920
Speaker 2: All right, let's go ahead and get to some of

805
00:38:47,960 --> 00:38:51,600
Speaker 2: your voicemails. Shane Johnson. First of all, with the super chat,

806
00:38:51,640 --> 00:38:54,319
Speaker 2: says Michael Kay says, the Yankees could have matched. Here's

807
00:38:54,360 --> 00:38:56,520
Speaker 2: the problem with that. I think that Steve Cohen would

808
00:38:56,520 --> 00:38:59,120
Speaker 2: have just kept on going. I think if the Yankees

809
00:38:59,160 --> 00:39:02,400
Speaker 2: matched Steve Cohen, I think he just ups it a

810
00:39:02,440 --> 00:39:05,279
Speaker 2: little bit more. All right, So, once again, I have

811
00:39:05,320 --> 00:39:06,960
Speaker 2: not listened to all of these. I tried to read

812
00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:09,480
Speaker 2: the transcript, so if some of them don't sound great, apologies,

813
00:39:09,520 --> 00:39:10,280
Speaker 2: I'll move on quickly.

814
00:39:11,800 --> 00:39:13,920
Speaker 7: Yeah, Hey, what else is a Joe from Chicago.

815
00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:18,080
Speaker 5: I'm happy that. I mean, I wish we wish Hank

816
00:39:18,160 --> 00:39:18,960
Speaker 5: Wan sort of the best.

817
00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:19,960
Speaker 6: He did really good for us.

818
00:39:19,960 --> 00:39:20,759
Speaker 5: I'm not gonna knock me.

819
00:39:20,760 --> 00:39:21,560
Speaker 7: He they a really good player.

820
00:39:21,640 --> 00:39:25,640
Speaker 5: But seven hundred and sixty five months too much. Maybe

821
00:39:25,680 --> 00:39:30,319
Speaker 5: we need to go ahead invest in it sometime there.

822
00:39:30,760 --> 00:39:32,440
Speaker 5: Maybe we would make a take for career. I'll put

823
00:39:32,480 --> 00:39:34,320
Speaker 5: them at their base move, cheers them over a second

824
00:39:34,680 --> 00:39:37,600
Speaker 5: or just you know, keep labor towards one year to

825
00:39:37,880 --> 00:39:42,399
Speaker 5: one proove him here, two more pictures, and I feel

826
00:39:42,440 --> 00:39:44,120
Speaker 5: like we got to work. I mean, we we already

827
00:39:44,120 --> 00:39:44,879
Speaker 5: world savory team.

828
00:39:44,960 --> 00:39:47,680
Speaker 7: So I mean shout out to Solo, you know you

829
00:39:47,719 --> 00:39:49,279
Speaker 7: were good, thanks for helping us out.

830
00:39:49,320 --> 00:39:52,360
Speaker 6: But I mean to the next Yeah.

831
00:39:52,600 --> 00:39:55,440
Speaker 2: Uh, you sound a lot like me today, Like your

832
00:39:55,520 --> 00:39:58,759
Speaker 2: voice sounds a lot like I sounded this morning. Just disappointed.

833
00:39:59,040 --> 00:40:01,200
Speaker 2: I feel kind of like I got dumped, right, I mean,

834
00:40:01,200 --> 00:40:04,520
Speaker 2: I feel like Juan Soto dumped the Yankees and in

835
00:40:04,640 --> 00:40:07,200
Speaker 2: essence dumped all of us and all the fans who've

836
00:40:07,200 --> 00:40:09,960
Speaker 2: been saying all year to pay him his money. And

837
00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:11,040
Speaker 2: you know what, we tried.

838
00:40:12,040 --> 00:40:14,560
Speaker 4: Kay, Derek, how are you? It's just paper talk from

839
00:40:14,560 --> 00:40:19,160
Speaker 4: the cast Skills I'm calling the day after. It's Monday,

840
00:40:19,560 --> 00:40:22,480
Speaker 4: after the Wan Soto going to the Mets fifteen years,

841
00:40:22,840 --> 00:40:26,680
Speaker 4: seven hundreds, What if it's seven hundred and fifty million. Yes,

842
00:40:26,800 --> 00:40:30,239
Speaker 4: basically awful, But I agree with you. I think we're

843
00:40:30,239 --> 00:40:32,320
Speaker 4: going to get through this. By the way, I'm listening.

844
00:40:32,360 --> 00:40:35,359
Speaker 4: I'm gonna listen to your voicemail the day after right now.

845
00:40:35,400 --> 00:40:41,640
Speaker 4: But you know, f Juan Soto, I totally agree with you.

846
00:40:42,120 --> 00:40:46,240
Speaker 4: Aaron Judge is all around a better player than Juan Soto.

847
00:40:46,360 --> 00:40:49,280
Speaker 4: Let's face it, just look at the numbers. The numbers

848
00:40:49,320 --> 00:40:52,239
Speaker 4: are right there. Look at twenty twenty four. Look at

849
00:40:52,239 --> 00:40:55,839
Speaker 4: the numbers. Judge is fifty eight home runs, Sodo forty one.

850
00:40:56,080 --> 00:40:58,279
Speaker 4: Judge is average. I don't have the numbers in front

851
00:40:58,280 --> 00:41:00,840
Speaker 4: of me, but Soto and it up at two eighty

852
00:41:00,880 --> 00:41:03,480
Speaker 4: eight one, one hundred and nine RBIs look at like

853
00:41:03,920 --> 00:41:08,880
Speaker 4: every single category. Charge is much better ops everything. And

854
00:41:09,040 --> 00:41:11,600
Speaker 4: like you said, the only thing that Soto has on

855
00:41:11,760 --> 00:41:13,960
Speaker 4: Judge's age. All right, so so to twenty five right,

856
00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:17,280
Speaker 4: or just started twenty six right, so hember died more valuable.

857
00:41:17,280 --> 00:41:17,839
Speaker 2: I get that.

858
00:41:18,120 --> 00:41:21,640
Speaker 4: But while Soda is not a great outfielder, he's just

859
00:41:21,800 --> 00:41:24,680
Speaker 4: not you know, so.

860
00:41:25,719 --> 00:41:27,319
Speaker 2: You know, I kind of feel like and speaking of

861
00:41:27,320 --> 00:41:28,879
Speaker 2: getting dumped, I kind of feel like we got dumped

862
00:41:28,920 --> 00:41:31,200
Speaker 2: and we're being like, well, she was ugly anyway, you

863
00:41:31,239 --> 00:41:32,880
Speaker 2: know That's what I feel like.

864
00:41:33,239 --> 00:41:39,239
Speaker 6: Hey, Derek, this is David from Texas, longtime Yankees fan,

865
00:41:40,080 --> 00:41:42,640
Speaker 6: and I just wanted to say that I am not

866
00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:46,839
Speaker 6: upset with one Soda leaving this team at all. If

867
00:41:47,880 --> 00:41:51,920
Speaker 6: I'm watching the reactions show of some of your voicemails

868
00:41:51,960 --> 00:41:56,040
Speaker 6: now and I'm seeing the fact that people don't remember

869
00:41:56,120 --> 00:42:02,120
Speaker 6: that the Dynasty teams all had people in their lineup

870
00:42:02,719 --> 00:42:09,640
Speaker 6: that played each position perfectly. Yes, had great defense, great pitching.

871
00:42:10,040 --> 00:42:15,120
Speaker 6: There was no big names on that team that's other

872
00:42:15,160 --> 00:42:20,840
Speaker 6: than Derek Jeter and Marianna Rovera obviously, but you know

873
00:42:21,160 --> 00:42:25,480
Speaker 6: they didn't have like perennial all stars of every single position.

874
00:42:25,640 --> 00:42:26,640
Speaker 2: Right good baseball.

875
00:42:26,800 --> 00:42:28,040
Speaker 6: She never remembers that.

876
00:42:28,239 --> 00:42:32,479
Speaker 2: I just wanted to say, appreciate that. Yeah, so they

877
00:42:32,680 --> 00:42:34,719
Speaker 2: early on in that Dynasty they called them the no

878
00:42:34,920 --> 00:42:39,319
Speaker 2: Stars team. Now, apparently overtime winning World Series makes you

879
00:42:39,440 --> 00:42:42,680
Speaker 2: into stars. You know, we had Jeter and Rivera obviously

880
00:42:42,760 --> 00:42:45,520
Speaker 2: become humongous stars. Andy pettit became somewhat of a star.

881
00:42:46,280 --> 00:42:49,560
Speaker 2: Uh and then obviously we added in Roger Clemens in

882
00:42:49,640 --> 00:42:52,560
Speaker 2: ninety nine, he was already a star. I feel like

883
00:42:52,640 --> 00:42:54,879
Speaker 2: that was the beginning of like the tinkering that kind

884
00:42:54,880 --> 00:42:57,000
Speaker 2: of led to the end of that dynasty once you

885
00:42:57,000 --> 00:43:00,960
Speaker 2: brought in you know, Sheffield and all that, even though

886
00:43:00,960 --> 00:43:02,760
Speaker 2: he's a great player, like it just became a collection

887
00:43:02,800 --> 00:43:05,560
Speaker 2: of talent and less like a collection of good baseball players.

888
00:43:05,640 --> 00:43:09,880
Speaker 2: But Jombie, you know, another unathletic slugger had knee problems.

889
00:43:09,920 --> 00:43:12,280
Speaker 2: But you know, they had good stats, but they just didn't.

890
00:43:12,520 --> 00:43:15,160
Speaker 2: They weren't a World Series baseball team. I want to

891
00:43:15,160 --> 00:43:18,160
Speaker 2: get the Yankees back into being a really great, well

892
00:43:18,280 --> 00:43:21,360
Speaker 2: rounded baseball team. And if that means you lose Mon Soto,

893
00:43:21,800 --> 00:43:22,960
Speaker 2: that means you lose Mon Soda.

894
00:43:24,080 --> 00:43:27,640
Speaker 1: Hey, Eddy from West New York. I really don't want

895
00:43:27,640 --> 00:43:30,440
Speaker 1: to harp on the whole Soto thing. Everyone's you know,

896
00:43:30,480 --> 00:43:33,000
Speaker 1: already doing a you know, bottom line, that contract is

897
00:43:33,000 --> 00:43:35,400
Speaker 1: not going to age well. The only way that contract

898
00:43:35,400 --> 00:43:39,600
Speaker 1: will age well is a Manford creates a golden pinch

899
00:43:39,719 --> 00:43:43,000
Speaker 1: runner Loud Soda that maybe to get a hit and

900
00:43:43,000 --> 00:43:43,680
Speaker 1: bring a pinch.

901
00:43:45,160 --> 00:43:46,040
Speaker 2: Stan could use that.

902
00:43:46,120 --> 00:43:47,759
Speaker 4: My real reason, Oh, I.

903
00:43:47,760 --> 00:43:50,480
Speaker 2: Think I cut you off by accident earlier. Uh, but yeah,

904
00:43:50,480 --> 00:43:52,480
Speaker 2: that was a funny joke, so well worth it. Anyway,

905
00:43:52,760 --> 00:43:54,239
Speaker 2: I got this one about a security guard.

906
00:43:54,680 --> 00:43:58,279
Speaker 8: Hi, Derek, it's Dallas and Tampa called into your show

907
00:43:58,360 --> 00:44:01,600
Speaker 8: a few times. So I just something from John Hayman

908
00:44:02,080 --> 00:44:06,759
Speaker 8: regarding Juan Soto being mistreated for his family being mistreated

909
00:44:06,800 --> 00:44:10,960
Speaker 8: by a security guard, apparently for the Yankees. I don't

910
00:44:11,000 --> 00:44:13,640
Speaker 8: know how true it is or when it happened, but

911
00:44:14,320 --> 00:44:16,840
Speaker 8: whether it happened at Yankee Stadium or Steinberner Field, but

912
00:44:16,880 --> 00:44:19,560
Speaker 8: I just want to say I worked with the security

913
00:44:19,600 --> 00:44:24,000
Speaker 8: firm that operates Steinberner Field for three seasons, and I

914
00:44:24,040 --> 00:44:26,840
Speaker 8: just want to say, not for one second do I

915
00:44:26,920 --> 00:44:30,120
Speaker 8: believe that that firm that I worked with would ever

916
00:44:30,239 --> 00:44:33,319
Speaker 8: treat Soto's family or him the way that he was

917
00:44:33,320 --> 00:44:38,400
Speaker 8: supposed to allegedly free did. According to John Hayman, I

918
00:44:38,480 --> 00:44:41,399
Speaker 8: know those guys. I worked handanan with the owner of

919
00:44:41,440 --> 00:44:44,759
Speaker 8: that company there, and no way, I don't buy it

920
00:44:44,800 --> 00:44:46,920
Speaker 8: for a second. It has to have been a guard

921
00:44:47,280 --> 00:44:50,400
Speaker 8: in New York. But if that was really the reason

922
00:44:50,400 --> 00:44:55,360
Speaker 8: why Soto didn't sign, that's just that blows my mind, because.

923
00:44:55,239 --> 00:44:57,480
Speaker 2: Yeah, the reason Sodo didn't sign with the Yankees is

924
00:44:57,520 --> 00:45:00,000
Speaker 2: because the Mets offered him a seventy five million dollars

925
00:45:00,040 --> 00:45:04,799
Speaker 2: signing bonus. It's really not a difficult thing for me

926
00:45:04,840 --> 00:45:07,280
Speaker 2: to wrap my mind around seventy five million signing bonus.

927
00:45:07,280 --> 00:45:09,600
Speaker 2: The Yankees weren't offering that. I mean, seventy five million

928
00:45:09,680 --> 00:45:13,680
Speaker 2: in your bank account by this weekend. I mean, what

929
00:45:13,760 --> 00:45:16,080
Speaker 2: twenty six year old kid would say no to that?

930
00:45:16,920 --> 00:45:17,040
Speaker 6: Now?

931
00:45:17,120 --> 00:45:19,040
Speaker 2: I just got an alert here a little bit of

932
00:45:19,040 --> 00:45:23,440
Speaker 2: breaking news that the Yankees have reportedly expressed interest in

933
00:45:23,520 --> 00:45:27,359
Speaker 2: trading for Nolan Aernato. He is thirty three years old.

934
00:45:27,920 --> 00:45:31,080
Speaker 2: I've seen a lot of Yankees fans reference him. This

935
00:45:31,120 --> 00:45:34,080
Speaker 2: does not jive with what Cashman said just mere hours

936
00:45:34,080 --> 00:45:40,640
Speaker 2: ago that Jazz Chism would remain at third base. Aeronato

937
00:45:40,760 --> 00:45:43,360
Speaker 2: is a third baseman, but he's a world class third baseman.

938
00:45:43,600 --> 00:45:45,960
Speaker 2: Still a contact hitter at this point in his career,

939
00:45:46,120 --> 00:45:49,160
Speaker 2: though the numbers are getting worse. Doesn't walk a ton,

940
00:45:49,200 --> 00:45:51,920
Speaker 2: but he's good at avoiding strikeouts. He does square the

941
00:45:51,920 --> 00:45:53,959
Speaker 2: ball up. Does not hit the ball well to right field.

942
00:45:54,000 --> 00:45:57,359
Speaker 2: Look at that. He only hit like one ball even

943
00:45:57,440 --> 00:46:00,239
Speaker 2: fairly deep to right field at all all season. So

944
00:46:00,280 --> 00:46:02,719
Speaker 2: he's a dead pole hitter. I don't love that. I

945
00:46:02,760 --> 00:46:07,759
Speaker 2: think he'd be a better fit elsewhere. I don't love this,

946
00:46:07,760 --> 00:46:10,680
Speaker 2: this move, so I hope that's just a rumor. But anyway,

947
00:46:10,760 --> 00:46:13,440
Speaker 2: that's the latest thing that we have seen coming out

948
00:46:13,440 --> 00:46:16,239
Speaker 2: of the Winter meetings. Just moments ago. Shane Johnson, with

949
00:46:16,280 --> 00:46:21,640
Speaker 2: another super chat, says j D thirty bombs Tanner, Scott Freed, Alonso,

950
00:46:21,880 --> 00:46:25,799
Speaker 2: Cody b f Soto. I don't want Peter Alonzo either.

951
00:46:25,800 --> 00:46:28,319
Speaker 2: I'm gonna go ahead and boot Pie Alonzo. To me,

952
00:46:28,560 --> 00:46:33,000
Speaker 2: he's he's another guy who is just unathletic, not a

953
00:46:33,000 --> 00:46:36,680
Speaker 2: great defender. He's slow, he's gonna want a big contract.

954
00:46:36,800 --> 00:46:39,120
Speaker 2: I want to get away from that. I want to

955
00:46:39,160 --> 00:46:42,040
Speaker 2: get away from that. I would rather have Bellinger at

956
00:46:42,040 --> 00:46:45,200
Speaker 2: first base and let Dominguez play the outfield and then

957
00:46:45,239 --> 00:46:47,480
Speaker 2: go get like somebody like Jerks and Profar. At least

958
00:46:47,520 --> 00:46:49,920
Speaker 2: a switch hitter can run a little bit for the outfit,

959
00:46:50,000 --> 00:46:52,600
Speaker 2: even though he's not a good fielder. I just I

960
00:46:52,600 --> 00:46:57,080
Speaker 2: don't want Alonzo. I would rather have someone else. And

961
00:46:57,080 --> 00:46:59,719
Speaker 2: the Yankes are gonna have to make they can't They're

962
00:46:59,719 --> 00:47:02,160
Speaker 2: not gonna be only carry as much dead weight. This year.

963
00:47:02,239 --> 00:47:05,719
Speaker 2: You can't keep DJ Lemayhew around, you know, to just

964
00:47:05,800 --> 00:47:07,760
Speaker 2: eat up a roster space, you got to have baseball

965
00:47:07,760 --> 00:47:09,160
Speaker 2: players that that are useful.

966
00:47:11,200 --> 00:47:15,480
Speaker 7: It Eric, obviously last night was not the night.

967
00:47:15,800 --> 00:47:18,400
Speaker 6: Uh, you know, we wanted as easy fans.

968
00:47:18,440 --> 00:47:21,120
Speaker 7: But before I say anything, you know, I called in

969
00:47:21,120 --> 00:47:24,120
Speaker 7: a couple of times, and you know I was exaggerating,

970
00:47:24,200 --> 00:47:26,520
Speaker 7: saying eight hundred million. And the fact that you know

971
00:47:27,320 --> 00:47:30,600
Speaker 7: Cohen had the balls to do that, it's just insane

972
00:47:30,640 --> 00:47:34,160
Speaker 7: to me. But you know, obviously now they don't. Guys

973
00:47:34,160 --> 00:47:36,640
Speaker 7: said all we gotta pivot. You know, Max Reed is

974
00:47:36,680 --> 00:47:38,719
Speaker 7: gonna be the big name. But I think if you know,

975
00:47:38,760 --> 00:47:40,640
Speaker 7: even if we can't get Max Threed, I really think

976
00:47:40,640 --> 00:47:44,480
Speaker 7: we should go get Air Crochet. You know, obviously I'd

977
00:47:44,520 --> 00:47:47,239
Speaker 7: give us six starbars if you get Freed in Crochet.

978
00:47:47,880 --> 00:47:50,440
Speaker 7: I think Schmid has some good value, maybe ka trade

979
00:47:50,480 --> 00:47:53,440
Speaker 7: for a bat and Cortes, you know, to package. But

980
00:47:54,400 --> 00:47:56,399
Speaker 7: I really think we should go get Crosser. I think

981
00:47:56,400 --> 00:47:58,960
Speaker 7: he's the best picture on the market, including Max Reed.

982
00:48:00,000 --> 00:48:02,200
Speaker 2: But the problem is that he's gonna cost so much

983
00:48:02,520 --> 00:48:05,319
Speaker 2: in trade. We talked about this with Aiden earlier, that

984
00:48:05,440 --> 00:48:07,200
Speaker 2: the price is going to be astronomical. I'm not afraid

985
00:48:07,200 --> 00:48:11,600
Speaker 2: of you know, paying it if it's you know, not Domingez,

986
00:48:11,680 --> 00:48:17,560
Speaker 2: basically anybody but Domingez. But yeah, the price will be astronomical.

987
00:48:18,840 --> 00:48:23,960
Speaker 5: Hi, Derek, this is Booker. Good morning. Now that the

988
00:48:24,040 --> 00:48:27,840
Speaker 5: Yankees have lost Soto, I hope cash and then doesn't

989
00:48:27,840 --> 00:48:32,520
Speaker 5: go out and start signing everybody and ridiculous salaries because

990
00:48:33,280 --> 00:48:39,680
Speaker 5: the floor of the payment market has gone up. What

991
00:48:39,760 --> 00:48:46,160
Speaker 5: they should do is relinquish this silly Yankee dominance thing

992
00:48:47,280 --> 00:48:52,840
Speaker 5: and try to build a team, not sign everyone that

993
00:48:54,000 --> 00:48:56,640
Speaker 5: we need to be over five hundred. So we we

994
00:48:56,840 --> 00:48:58,920
Speaker 5: just just signed to just keep it over five hundred.

995
00:48:59,120 --> 00:49:01,959
Speaker 5: Let's try building with something, something sustainable.

996
00:49:02,640 --> 00:49:06,160
Speaker 2: Here's the problem. You're talking about a rebuild or a reset.

997
00:49:06,480 --> 00:49:08,480
Speaker 2: You've got Aaron Judge in his prime right now. He

998
00:49:08,560 --> 00:49:10,839
Speaker 2: just won his second MVP in three years. You got

999
00:49:10,880 --> 00:49:12,960
Speaker 2: maybe one more good year of Garret Cole before his

1000
00:49:13,080 --> 00:49:15,799
Speaker 2: arm falls off. Let's be completely honest about that. This

1001
00:49:15,960 --> 00:49:18,080
Speaker 2: year he started to show signs of it. He had

1002
00:49:18,120 --> 00:49:20,400
Speaker 2: the elbow edema, he missed a few months. When he

1003
00:49:20,440 --> 00:49:23,840
Speaker 2: came back, he wasn't the same, and the velocity dropped.

1004
00:49:24,280 --> 00:49:25,960
Speaker 2: You've got to win now if you want to win.

1005
00:49:26,120 --> 00:49:28,520
Speaker 2: If you don't, well, otherwise you got to reset, and

1006
00:49:28,520 --> 00:49:31,359
Speaker 2: it's gonna take another five seven years. They're probably trying

1007
00:49:31,400 --> 00:49:34,080
Speaker 2: to draft the next Aaron Judge like this year, like

1008
00:49:34,120 --> 00:49:35,600
Speaker 2: that type. You know what I mean. They're trying to

1009
00:49:35,640 --> 00:49:38,000
Speaker 2: get the next Stars. Now, you can't do a reset,

1010
00:49:38,320 --> 00:49:40,760
Speaker 2: and we're not the Yankees. We don't rebuild, we retool.

1011
00:49:41,239 --> 00:49:43,160
Speaker 2: That's how that's how it rolls it.

1012
00:49:43,320 --> 00:49:46,320
Speaker 4: Derek gets Hall f New Jersey. I have an idea

1013
00:49:46,360 --> 00:49:46,520
Speaker 4: for you.

1014
00:49:47,120 --> 00:49:51,600
Speaker 5: Try this bill for Harper. He's got eight years left.

1015
00:49:52,160 --> 00:49:53,959
Speaker 2: Not gonna happen. I'm gonna cut you off right there.

1016
00:49:54,280 --> 00:49:56,440
Speaker 2: I'm not gonna waste everybody's time with that. The Phillies

1017
00:49:56,440 --> 00:49:58,800
Speaker 2: are not gonna trade Harper. He's got a no trade clause.

1018
00:49:59,200 --> 00:50:02,640
Speaker 2: He's beloved in the city. He's absolutely clutching the postseason.

1019
00:50:03,400 --> 00:50:06,040
Speaker 2: They're not gonna trade Harper. If you wanted Harper, the

1020
00:50:06,080 --> 00:50:08,280
Speaker 2: time to get him was before the twenty nineteen season,

1021
00:50:08,600 --> 00:50:10,239
Speaker 2: when he was a free agent and he wanted to

1022
00:50:10,239 --> 00:50:12,480
Speaker 2: play for the Yankees. Remember he shaved before he came

1023
00:50:12,520 --> 00:50:18,960
Speaker 2: into town. Come on, we're not getting Harper. Let's be serious, guys, Hey.

1024
00:50:18,800 --> 00:50:22,240
Speaker 6: Derek, this is David from Texas again, I just wanted

1025
00:50:22,280 --> 00:50:26,840
Speaker 6: to let you know that I was actually had the

1026
00:50:27,000 --> 00:50:30,759
Speaker 6: privilege of being married to the chief operating officer of

1027
00:50:30,880 --> 00:50:37,200
Speaker 6: the New York Yankees daughter in two thousand and four,

1028
00:50:37,440 --> 00:50:40,239
Speaker 6: and I learned a lot about the inner workings of

1029
00:50:40,280 --> 00:50:44,160
Speaker 6: the Yankees at around that time. Obviously, you know, they

1030
00:50:44,200 --> 00:50:49,880
Speaker 6: were just transitioning from their dynasty teams over to their

1031
00:50:51,040 --> 00:50:54,960
Speaker 6: spending absorbent amount of money to try to put together,

1032
00:50:55,680 --> 00:50:57,920
Speaker 6: you know, a bunch of teams that did great in

1033
00:50:58,000 --> 00:51:04,040
Speaker 6: the season, very terrible in the playoffs. And that just

1034
00:51:04,080 --> 00:51:06,839
Speaker 6: goes to show you that the Yankees when they had

1035
00:51:06,840 --> 00:51:12,760
Speaker 6: their dynasty, they had all role players. Look at Scott

1036
00:51:12,800 --> 00:51:16,920
Speaker 6: burchersh look at you know, the Chuck knob Blocks and

1037
00:51:16,960 --> 00:51:19,759
Speaker 6: the people of like that. And I know it was

1038
00:51:19,800 --> 00:51:21,279
Speaker 6: a different error, but.

1039
00:51:21,440 --> 00:51:28,439
Speaker 9: Things need I am in complete agreeance with you that

1040
00:51:28,640 --> 00:51:32,680
Speaker 9: the Yankees can take this money that was allocated for

1041
00:51:32,840 --> 00:51:37,760
Speaker 9: Lon Soto and piece together a team that can look.

1042
00:51:37,960 --> 00:51:42,080
Speaker 6: Just as good as the dynasty team did in the ninety.

1043
00:51:42,320 --> 00:51:44,120
Speaker 2: All Right, I'm gonna stop you there before I fall asleep.

1044
00:51:44,160 --> 00:51:46,399
Speaker 2: I'm sorry, but you just talked very slowly. I don't

1045
00:51:46,400 --> 00:51:48,319
Speaker 2: mean that as an insult. Some people talk slowly it's

1046
00:51:48,360 --> 00:51:51,840
Speaker 2: not great for radio or podcasts, but I agree with

1047
00:51:51,920 --> 00:51:54,840
Speaker 2: your sentiments. There are pieces out there that you can

1048
00:51:55,239 --> 00:52:00,680
Speaker 2: add for reasonable costs and unreasonable costs. The Yankees can

1049
00:52:00,760 --> 00:52:05,440
Speaker 2: build a team, and you know, hopefully Brian Cashman stays

1050
00:52:05,520 --> 00:52:08,320
Speaker 2: up late tonight and gets to work. But we will

1051
00:52:09,000 --> 00:52:12,560
Speaker 2: find out soon. Tim Ferris has rumor on Twitter that

1052
00:52:12,640 --> 00:52:15,040
Speaker 2: Rizzo is closing in on a deal with the Pirates.

1053
00:52:15,080 --> 00:52:18,200
Speaker 2: If so, see you later. All right, ladies and gentlemen,

1054
00:52:18,239 --> 00:52:20,919
Speaker 2: we're gonna call it tonight. Hopefully we'll get some news.

1055
00:52:20,920 --> 00:52:23,120
Speaker 2: If there is news, I will be back to report

1056
00:52:23,200 --> 00:52:25,759
Speaker 2: on it live and to discuss it live. Reminder to

1057
00:52:26,920 --> 00:52:31,799
Speaker 2: like and subscribe and to you know, join as a

1058
00:52:31,840 --> 00:52:34,000
Speaker 2: member and call into the voicemail. We'll probably do another

1059
00:52:34,040 --> 00:52:37,560
Speaker 2: voicemail show tomorrow. We're going all winter meetings and hopefully

1060
00:52:37,600 --> 00:52:39,799
Speaker 2: we'll get some news here. So rate us on all

1061
00:52:39,800 --> 00:52:43,279
Speaker 2: your favorite podcast platforms. Follow all the podcasts in the

1062
00:52:43,320 --> 00:52:46,680
Speaker 2: Foul Territory Network. We are the official Yankees podcast of

1063
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