1 00:00:05,200 --> 00:00:07,800 Speaker 1: Welcome to a special edition of Fair Territory, to the 2 00:00:07,840 --> 00:00:11,280 Speaker 1: post deadline edition of Fair Territory, And man, do we 3 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:14,440 Speaker 1: have a lot to discuss. I want to start off 4 00:00:14,480 --> 00:00:19,000 Speaker 1: by just talking about this deadline. It was a different 5 00:00:19,079 --> 00:00:21,639 Speaker 1: trade deadline than we're used to, kind of a weird one. 6 00:00:21,840 --> 00:00:24,880 Speaker 1: And the GMS had warned of this. They had warned 7 00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:27,920 Speaker 1: of a lack of sellers, a lack of quality players, 8 00:00:28,320 --> 00:00:32,080 Speaker 1: high prices on controllable pitching, and it all sort of 9 00:00:32,080 --> 00:00:35,040 Speaker 1: played out the way they said it would. The best 10 00:00:35,120 --> 00:00:38,680 Speaker 1: hitter moved it might have been Heimer Candelario, who was 11 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:42,040 Speaker 1: non tendered last December, non tendered, and he's the best 12 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:45,640 Speaker 1: hitter moved of the deadline, not exactly, Juan Soto. The 13 00:00:45,720 --> 00:00:49,440 Speaker 1: only controllable pictures moved where Aaron Savali went from the 14 00:00:49,440 --> 00:00:53,840 Speaker 1: Guardians to the race. Lance Lynn, who's controllable, but the 15 00:00:53,880 --> 00:00:55,640 Speaker 1: Dodgers are not going to pick up his eighteen million 16 00:00:55,680 --> 00:00:58,080 Speaker 1: dollar option most likely by the way, Lynn good job 17 00:00:58,400 --> 00:01:00,560 Speaker 1: in his first start for the Dodgers. Again the A's 18 00:01:00,640 --> 00:01:07,240 Speaker 1: albeit on Tuesday Night, so Dylan Cease didn't go, Mitch 19 00:01:07,319 --> 00:01:11,400 Speaker 1: Keller didn't go, The Seattle guys didn't go. Even Paul 20 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:14,520 Speaker 1: Blackburn of the A's didn't go. Those are all controllable pictures. 21 00:01:14,720 --> 00:01:17,880 Speaker 1: The prices on them evidently were too high for teams 22 00:01:17,920 --> 00:01:21,880 Speaker 1: to bear to say, okay, we can do this. So 23 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:26,040 Speaker 1: you were left with a number of teams that didn't 24 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:29,639 Speaker 1: get what they wanted. They didn't get that starting pitcher. 25 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:32,280 Speaker 1: I'll list of teams. The Dodgers, all right, they got 26 00:01:32,319 --> 00:01:35,039 Speaker 1: len but they wanted one more. They wanted Edwater Rodriguez. 27 00:01:35,040 --> 00:01:37,679 Speaker 1: The deal fell apart. He invoked his no trade clause. 28 00:01:38,240 --> 00:01:40,640 Speaker 1: The Diamondbacks didn't get a starter, did some other things 29 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:43,240 Speaker 1: but didn't get a starter. The Braves they were looking 30 00:01:43,280 --> 00:01:45,000 Speaker 1: for more of a depth piece, but they didn't get it. 31 00:01:45,840 --> 00:01:48,240 Speaker 1: The Reds that's a team you might look at and 32 00:01:48,240 --> 00:01:50,920 Speaker 1: said maybe they should have done more, but they didn't 33 00:01:50,920 --> 00:01:53,000 Speaker 1: get a starter. And the Red Sox did not get 34 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:57,200 Speaker 1: a starter. So it was different in that sense that 35 00:01:57,560 --> 00:02:00,840 Speaker 1: just things that maybe you thought might happened or should 36 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:03,480 Speaker 1: have happened, just didn't happen. And for the teams that 37 00:02:03,480 --> 00:02:07,000 Speaker 1: missed out on starters, there simply weren't enough available at 38 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:10,800 Speaker 1: what they determined, and it's their opinion to be reasonable prices. 39 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:14,720 Speaker 1: So I had promised chaos at the deadline, a measure 40 00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:17,799 Speaker 1: of chaos. When we were talking about mads might be dull, 41 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:21,160 Speaker 1: might not be all that good. We did get a 42 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:23,760 Speaker 1: level of chaos, and we got it because of one team, 43 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:30,040 Speaker 1: the New York Mets. They made two absolutely stunning trades, frankly, 44 00:02:30,960 --> 00:02:34,880 Speaker 1: landmark trades in this industry's history, trades that perhaps only 45 00:02:34,919 --> 00:02:38,360 Speaker 1: Mets owner Steve Cohen could make and would make. The first, 46 00:02:38,440 --> 00:02:40,680 Speaker 1: you know what it was, Max Scherzer. He goes to 47 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:43,520 Speaker 1: the Rangers with about thirty six million for a top 48 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:48,160 Speaker 1: infield prospect, Luis anhel Acunya. The second was, of course 49 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:52,440 Speaker 1: on deadline day. That was the big one too, justin Verlander. 50 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:55,520 Speaker 1: He goes to the Houston Astros, and let's take a 51 00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:59,840 Speaker 1: look at that deal. That was basically following the Scherzer template, 52 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:02,120 Speaker 1: but it was a little bit different, as you can 53 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:05,400 Speaker 1: see right here. The Astros they get Verlander and they 54 00:03:05,480 --> 00:03:08,680 Speaker 1: get thirty five million to cover twenty three and twenty 55 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:12,480 Speaker 1: twenty four salaries, and then seventeen and a half million 56 00:03:12,639 --> 00:03:17,040 Speaker 1: more if his thirty five million dollars conditional player option 57 00:03:17,240 --> 00:03:19,840 Speaker 1: vest for twenty twenty five if he pitches one hundred 58 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:22,760 Speaker 1: and forty innings next year that option vests. I don't 59 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:25,680 Speaker 1: know that you're gonna put it past Justin Verlander. The 60 00:03:25,720 --> 00:03:29,720 Speaker 1: Mets get two outfield prospects, Drew Gilbert and Ryan Clifford, 61 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:32,720 Speaker 1: two of the Astros' best prospects. So the Mets, if 62 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:35,600 Speaker 1: you put all their trades together, remember they made some 63 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:38,760 Speaker 1: other deals as well, in which they included money. They 64 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:43,440 Speaker 1: spent at least eighty two million simply to enhance their organization, 65 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:46,720 Speaker 1: their prospect base. And that eighty two million is subject 66 00:03:46,720 --> 00:03:50,040 Speaker 1: to the luxury tax when you include cash and a deal, Yes, 67 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:53,920 Speaker 1: it's subject to the luxury tax. So it was an 68 00:03:54,080 --> 00:03:59,320 Speaker 1: unbelievable flex by Steve Cohen. And it's interesting. In one 69 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:01,280 Speaker 1: of my articles leading up to this, actually it was 70 00:04:01,320 --> 00:04:04,640 Speaker 1: the one following the Shurzer trade, I wrote that if 71 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:06,680 Speaker 1: you're not a Mets fan, you're surely not going to 72 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:08,720 Speaker 1: like the way they're spending money and just throwing all 73 00:04:08,760 --> 00:04:12,000 Speaker 1: this money all over the place buying prospects. And a 74 00:04:12,080 --> 00:04:14,560 Speaker 1: number of fans replied to me saying, no, no, no, 75 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:17,800 Speaker 1: you're wrong. I'm not a Mets fan necessarily that a 76 00:04:17,839 --> 00:04:20,640 Speaker 1: person might say, but I like the fact that this 77 00:04:20,680 --> 00:04:23,840 Speaker 1: guy's spending money. So you know what I misread by 78 00:04:23,920 --> 00:04:27,440 Speaker 1: audience there, and people were kind of impressed by this. 79 00:04:27,640 --> 00:04:30,479 Speaker 1: And you know what, I liked it too, at least 80 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:34,000 Speaker 1: to a degree. I like the boldness of it. For one. 81 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:38,679 Speaker 1: I like the pivot and the acknowledgment that the season 82 00:04:38,760 --> 00:04:41,159 Speaker 1: is not going the way they expected, and let's enhance 83 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:44,680 Speaker 1: our organization. Let's do some other things that we can 84 00:04:44,720 --> 00:04:47,840 Speaker 1: spend our money on and make it better for the future. 85 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:51,920 Speaker 1: I like all that. I like the creativity. It's different. Yes, 86 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:55,240 Speaker 1: it's creativity fueled by millions and millions of dollars, but 87 00:04:55,839 --> 00:04:58,800 Speaker 1: it was a different approach and a little bit refreshing 88 00:04:58,880 --> 00:05:00,880 Speaker 1: in a way. And yeah, yes, it should leave the 89 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:04,840 Speaker 1: Mets in a better place. But here's the question I have, 90 00:05:05,760 --> 00:05:09,800 Speaker 1: is this thing gonna work now? Prospects are prospects. Not 91 00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:11,960 Speaker 1: all of these prospects that get traded go on to 92 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:15,000 Speaker 1: successful major league careers. In fact, we've got a long 93 00:05:15,080 --> 00:05:18,160 Speaker 1: list of ones who haven't gone on to successful major 94 00:05:18,240 --> 00:05:20,440 Speaker 1: league careers. Some of these guys make it, some of 95 00:05:20,480 --> 00:05:23,000 Speaker 1: them don't. If you're a Mets fan, or even if 96 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:25,400 Speaker 1: you're just a follower of the sport, you know of 97 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:28,280 Speaker 1: one famous Mets prospect in recent years who still really 98 00:05:28,320 --> 00:05:30,560 Speaker 1: hasn't become a star. And this is a guy who 99 00:05:30,640 --> 00:05:33,599 Speaker 1: everyone thought was gonna be the next big thing. Jerry 100 00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:36,760 Speaker 1: Callner traded to the Mariners and got off to a 101 00:05:36,760 --> 00:05:38,880 Speaker 1: great start. I wrote about him, he looked like he 102 00:05:38,880 --> 00:05:41,360 Speaker 1: had turned a corner, and maybe he has. But now 103 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:44,760 Speaker 1: he's injured, and he had regressed up until that injury. 104 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:47,640 Speaker 1: So we'll see if these guys make it. And there's 105 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:51,520 Speaker 1: one other thing here with the Mets and the organization. Sure, 106 00:05:51,640 --> 00:05:54,440 Speaker 1: they're deepening their prospect base. It allows you to do 107 00:05:54,520 --> 00:05:58,520 Speaker 1: a number of things going forward, make trades, balance your payroll, 108 00:05:59,279 --> 00:06:02,599 Speaker 1: just be drollinger as an organization. But none of the 109 00:06:02,680 --> 00:06:06,039 Speaker 1: three players they acquired was a pitcher. And what's the 110 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:09,680 Speaker 1: weakness of the Mets farm system? Pitching? They lack that. Now, 111 00:06:09,720 --> 00:06:13,279 Speaker 1: maybe you can at some point consolidate your assets and 112 00:06:13,760 --> 00:06:15,480 Speaker 1: just shift it around a little bit, trade one of 113 00:06:15,520 --> 00:06:18,279 Speaker 1: these hitters for a picture. Of course that's possible, but 114 00:06:18,960 --> 00:06:20,919 Speaker 1: that is still a problem. And the other thing with 115 00:06:20,960 --> 00:06:26,279 Speaker 1: the Mets, this backwards step they're taking in twenty twenty four. Now, 116 00:06:26,279 --> 00:06:29,839 Speaker 1: if you read what I wrote yesterday about Max Scherzer 117 00:06:29,920 --> 00:06:33,560 Speaker 1: and what he said, about why he waved his no 118 00:06:33,720 --> 00:06:37,479 Speaker 1: trade clause and the conversations that took place with general 119 00:06:37,520 --> 00:06:40,640 Speaker 1: manager Billy Eppler and owner Steve Cohen leading him to 120 00:06:40,680 --> 00:06:43,719 Speaker 1: make that decision. He said, they told me we're taking 121 00:06:43,720 --> 00:06:46,560 Speaker 1: a clear step back. Now. The Mets haven't quite portrayed 122 00:06:46,560 --> 00:06:49,080 Speaker 1: it like that. Billy Eppler said, it's not a fire stale, 123 00:06:49,080 --> 00:06:52,520 Speaker 1: it's not a liquidation. Well, it's also not a situation 124 00:06:52,600 --> 00:06:55,599 Speaker 1: where you intend to try next year at the same 125 00:06:55,680 --> 00:06:58,640 Speaker 1: level you've been trying at. Schuzer said he was told 126 00:06:58,680 --> 00:07:02,000 Speaker 1: no upper echelon free age. Well, that's going to be 127 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:03,720 Speaker 1: a different Mets team next year. They've got a lot 128 00:07:03,760 --> 00:07:05,359 Speaker 1: of guys under control, they don't have a lot of 129 00:07:05,360 --> 00:07:08,080 Speaker 1: pitching under control, and it's a problem. It's going to 130 00:07:08,080 --> 00:07:12,480 Speaker 1: be a problem for that team. So this step that 131 00:07:12,520 --> 00:07:16,480 Speaker 1: they've taken, this backwards step, it underscores what we've been 132 00:07:16,480 --> 00:07:19,520 Speaker 1: talking about for weeks here. This is the greatest flop 133 00:07:19,560 --> 00:07:22,800 Speaker 1: in Major League history. Met's fans have told me stop 134 00:07:22,840 --> 00:07:27,880 Speaker 1: writing about that, Stop saying that not fair. No, it's fair, 135 00:07:28,600 --> 00:07:30,920 Speaker 1: and people are going to keep writing about it. In fact, 136 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:33,400 Speaker 1: I am quite certain that books are going to be 137 00:07:33,480 --> 00:07:37,440 Speaker 1: written about this epic failure, and that's what it is, 138 00:07:37,480 --> 00:07:40,400 Speaker 1: an epic failure. Now they've pivoted, and maybe they'll come 139 00:07:40,400 --> 00:07:43,080 Speaker 1: out of it okay in twenty five and twenty six. 140 00:07:43,560 --> 00:07:45,840 Speaker 1: But that was not what Steve Cohen wanted when he 141 00:07:45,880 --> 00:07:48,640 Speaker 1: took over his owner. He said he wanted to achieve 142 00:07:48,720 --> 00:07:52,920 Speaker 1: a World Series title within three to five years. Didn't happen. 143 00:07:53,360 --> 00:07:56,120 Speaker 1: And you look at the Padres, same kind of team, 144 00:07:56,160 --> 00:07:59,960 Speaker 1: big money team. They didn't do this, they didn't undo it, 145 00:08:00,040 --> 00:08:02,280 Speaker 1: and they had two of the best pieces that could 146 00:08:02,320 --> 00:08:05,760 Speaker 1: have been traded at this deadline, Josh Hater the closer, 147 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:08,239 Speaker 1: Blake Snell, the left hander, one of the best pitchers 148 00:08:08,240 --> 00:08:11,240 Speaker 1: in the game right now. The Padres, yes, have a 149 00:08:11,280 --> 00:08:14,000 Speaker 1: better run differential, better playoff odds. They're a better team 150 00:08:14,400 --> 00:08:17,760 Speaker 1: than the Mets. But they chose to stay the course. 151 00:08:17,760 --> 00:08:19,600 Speaker 1: And I'm not saying the Mets should have. In fact, 152 00:08:19,640 --> 00:08:21,640 Speaker 1: the Mets were probably wise to do what they did, 153 00:08:22,240 --> 00:08:27,040 Speaker 1: but it underscores again the difference in approach and the 154 00:08:27,080 --> 00:08:30,080 Speaker 1: failure of the Mets to set out to do what 155 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:32,920 Speaker 1: they achieved they didn't do it. It underscores that the 156 00:08:32,920 --> 00:08:35,240 Speaker 1: Mets did not accomplish what they set out to do. 157 00:08:36,200 --> 00:08:40,240 Speaker 1: They essentially chased Scherzer and Verlander off the team, and 158 00:08:40,280 --> 00:08:43,000 Speaker 1: those two guys future Hall of famers. They signed with 159 00:08:43,040 --> 00:08:46,520 Speaker 1: the Mets because they believed in Steve Cohen's vision, and 160 00:08:46,559 --> 00:08:50,280 Speaker 1: when that vision changed, well that's when they determined, Okay, 161 00:08:50,360 --> 00:08:53,400 Speaker 1: it's time to go now. The Astros are the team 162 00:08:53,440 --> 00:08:56,000 Speaker 1: that got Verlander, the Rangers are the team that got Scherzer, 163 00:08:56,480 --> 00:08:59,280 Speaker 1: and it makes for quite an interesting American League West 164 00:08:59,320 --> 00:09:02,880 Speaker 1: at this point. From the Astro's perspective, the reunion with 165 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:05,880 Speaker 1: Verlander great move for them. What they will be paying 166 00:09:05,960 --> 00:09:09,120 Speaker 1: him over two plus years. If indeed that conditional player 167 00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:12,640 Speaker 1: option vest is forty and a half million. Forty and 168 00:09:12,640 --> 00:09:15,640 Speaker 1: a half million for two plus years, that's not bad 169 00:09:15,640 --> 00:09:19,000 Speaker 1: at all for a picture of Verlander's quality. It's really good. Actually, 170 00:09:19,080 --> 00:09:23,160 Speaker 1: assuming he stays healthy and yes he's forty, he might not. Granted, 171 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:26,040 Speaker 1: they lose their number one and number three prospects from 172 00:09:26,080 --> 00:09:30,199 Speaker 1: a system that's not all that deep. In fact, it 173 00:09:30,240 --> 00:09:32,679 Speaker 1: was one of the problems that came about in these 174 00:09:32,679 --> 00:09:35,320 Speaker 1: trade talks. The Astros didn't really have the kinds of 175 00:09:35,400 --> 00:09:39,320 Speaker 1: players that the Mets wanted. But what happened Verlander wanted 176 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:43,319 Speaker 1: to go there, and obviously Jim Crane, their owner, the 177 00:09:43,360 --> 00:09:46,040 Speaker 1: Astros owner, figured out a way to make it happen, 178 00:09:46,280 --> 00:09:48,960 Speaker 1: so they get a revived picture in the final kick 179 00:09:49,040 --> 00:09:51,480 Speaker 1: of his Hall of Fame career. Verlander, as you know, 180 00:09:51,520 --> 00:09:54,880 Speaker 1: has been quite good lately, and now we have dueling 181 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:58,079 Speaker 1: rotations in the Al West. Let's take a look at 182 00:09:58,080 --> 00:10:00,640 Speaker 1: what we have here. The Rangers wrote to and the 183 00:10:00,679 --> 00:10:03,200 Speaker 1: Astros rotation. Oh and by the way, one of the 184 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:06,439 Speaker 1: Astros starters threw a no hitter last night fromber Valdez 185 00:10:06,480 --> 00:10:09,720 Speaker 1: did that pretty impressive against the Guardians. So let's take 186 00:10:09,760 --> 00:10:13,000 Speaker 1: a look at the Rangers rotation and the Astros rotation. 187 00:10:13,080 --> 00:10:16,480 Speaker 1: All right, here are the Rangers, Nathan Ivaldi on the 188 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:18,760 Speaker 1: uninjured list right now. It's one of the reasons they 189 00:10:18,800 --> 00:10:21,760 Speaker 1: went out and got Scherzer and Jordan Montgomery. Dan Dunning's 190 00:10:21,760 --> 00:10:25,360 Speaker 1: pitch really well this year, John Gray Andrew Heeney looking 191 00:10:25,520 --> 00:10:30,320 Speaker 1: pretty good, much better. The Astro's rotation, well, this looks 192 00:10:30,440 --> 00:10:33,040 Speaker 1: much different with Verlander at the top, just as it 193 00:10:33,080 --> 00:10:35,000 Speaker 1: did last year when they went on to win the 194 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:38,360 Speaker 1: World Series. You've got Verlander, You've got Valdez, You've got 195 00:10:38,440 --> 00:10:41,840 Speaker 1: Javier the rookie Hunter Brown and another rookie, JP France, 196 00:10:41,840 --> 00:10:44,520 Speaker 1: who's done a really good job. Remember they had lost 197 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:49,040 Speaker 1: Luis Garcia and Lance McCullers junior, so this really supplements them. 198 00:10:49,400 --> 00:10:52,359 Speaker 1: It sets them up well. The AL West should be fascinating. 199 00:10:52,360 --> 00:10:54,120 Speaker 1: Oh and there's one more team we should mention in 200 00:10:54,200 --> 00:10:58,920 Speaker 1: the AL West. It would be those wacky Los Angeles Angels. No, 201 00:10:59,160 --> 00:11:02,000 Speaker 1: they did not trade show he Tani. What they did, 202 00:11:02,800 --> 00:11:07,080 Speaker 1: going back to the acquisition of Eduardo Escobar was pick 203 00:11:07,160 --> 00:11:11,360 Speaker 1: up seven players seven. Part of that was in response 204 00:11:11,400 --> 00:11:14,360 Speaker 1: to injuries. But look at this group here. You've got 205 00:11:14,360 --> 00:11:17,360 Speaker 1: dominic leone. He was just the last player acquired yesterday 206 00:11:17,400 --> 00:11:20,160 Speaker 1: from the Mets, Gilido and Lopez, the deal that they 207 00:11:20,200 --> 00:11:23,160 Speaker 1: made with the White Sox CJ. Crohn and Randall Gridgik, 208 00:11:23,200 --> 00:11:25,600 Speaker 1: the deal that they made with the Rockies, Mustakis and 209 00:11:25,760 --> 00:11:28,440 Speaker 1: Escobar who came before that. I don't know that the 210 00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:31,280 Speaker 1: Angels are making the playoffs. They have gone all in 211 00:11:31,520 --> 00:11:35,320 Speaker 1: for sure. It's kind of cool what they've done. Will 212 00:11:35,360 --> 00:11:38,800 Speaker 1: it haunt them? It might haunt them. Will these trades 213 00:11:38,800 --> 00:11:43,160 Speaker 1: that the Rangers and Astros made to get Cherzer and 214 00:11:43,240 --> 00:11:45,880 Speaker 1: Verlander haunt them? They may haunt them, but these are 215 00:11:45,920 --> 00:11:50,199 Speaker 1: the chances that these teams took, and hey, for now, 216 00:11:50,440 --> 00:11:53,160 Speaker 1: it makes for a more competitive AL West, that's for sure. 217 00:11:53,600 --> 00:11:55,439 Speaker 1: All Right, final thing we want to discuss in this 218 00:11:55,480 --> 00:12:00,439 Speaker 1: first segment the AL East, another fascinating division. The Tampa 219 00:12:00,480 --> 00:12:03,400 Speaker 1: Bay Rays. They get Aaron Savali. Okay, that was a 220 00:12:03,400 --> 00:12:05,800 Speaker 1: pretty good move for them. That cost them a pretty 221 00:12:05,840 --> 00:12:08,880 Speaker 1: good prospect, really good prospect actually com Anzarto, a hitter 222 00:12:09,040 --> 00:12:12,520 Speaker 1: first baseman. But the Rays had to do something with 223 00:12:12,600 --> 00:12:15,440 Speaker 1: their rotation the way it has been with the injuries 224 00:12:15,480 --> 00:12:20,120 Speaker 1: everything going on, and they did the Orioles. Interesting move 225 00:12:20,200 --> 00:12:23,880 Speaker 1: here now, Jack Flaherty, Yes, they got the starter that 226 00:12:23,960 --> 00:12:26,320 Speaker 1: they needed. But I've been talking about this for weeks 227 00:12:26,360 --> 00:12:28,880 Speaker 1: and we've all really looked at them as a team 228 00:12:28,920 --> 00:12:31,800 Speaker 1: to watch. With the system that they have, with the 229 00:12:31,800 --> 00:12:34,400 Speaker 1: position that they're in, best record in the American League, 230 00:12:34,679 --> 00:12:37,480 Speaker 1: could they have done more? Could they have taken some 231 00:12:37,520 --> 00:12:40,080 Speaker 1: of those duplications that they have in their farm system 232 00:12:40,480 --> 00:12:43,959 Speaker 1: and really gone after it. Well maybe if Snell and 233 00:12:44,040 --> 00:12:46,280 Speaker 1: Hater had been available, they would have done that, but 234 00:12:46,360 --> 00:12:48,800 Speaker 1: for rentals, they weren't going to do that. And the 235 00:12:48,840 --> 00:12:52,199 Speaker 1: controllable pitchers, they weren't the only team that passed because 236 00:12:52,240 --> 00:12:55,120 Speaker 1: as I said, none of the big ones really got moved. 237 00:12:55,520 --> 00:12:58,079 Speaker 1: One thing about the Orioles that maybe they should have done. 238 00:12:58,120 --> 00:13:00,160 Speaker 1: And someone pointed this out to me last night in 239 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:03,600 Speaker 1: the industry. How is it that the Orioles didn't get 240 00:13:03,679 --> 00:13:07,440 Speaker 1: Keenan Middleton for their bullpen and the Yankees did. How 241 00:13:07,600 --> 00:13:11,120 Speaker 1: is that happening? Now? The Ools did acquire Shintaro Fujinami 242 00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:13,280 Speaker 1: from the A's about I don't know, a week or 243 00:13:13,320 --> 00:13:16,480 Speaker 1: so ago, but they needed more help in the bullpen 244 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:19,719 Speaker 1: and really could have gotten it. So that's the Orioles. 245 00:13:19,960 --> 00:13:22,319 Speaker 1: Then we have the Blue Jays. Their two moves were 246 00:13:22,400 --> 00:13:26,360 Speaker 1: essentially in reaction to injuries Jordan Hicks to replace Jordan 247 00:13:26,440 --> 00:13:30,559 Speaker 1: Romano and Paul DeYoung not to replace bobashed who thankfully 248 00:13:30,679 --> 00:13:34,520 Speaker 1: is not hurt seriously, but they needed insurance once he 249 00:13:34,720 --> 00:13:38,000 Speaker 1: injured his knee on Monday night. The Blue Jays did 250 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:40,440 Speaker 1: not get the right handed hitter that they were looking for. 251 00:13:40,720 --> 00:13:42,960 Speaker 1: But as I said, really at the top, we're talking 252 00:13:42,960 --> 00:13:47,520 Speaker 1: about Candelario, Mark Hanna, Tommy Famm. It's not a great group. 253 00:13:47,600 --> 00:13:50,040 Speaker 1: Cody Bellingery did not get moved. He's a left hand dinner, 254 00:13:50,040 --> 00:13:52,040 Speaker 1: but he would have been the best one out there, 255 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:54,840 Speaker 1: and then there were the Yankees and Red Sox. Let's 256 00:13:54,840 --> 00:13:57,760 Speaker 1: start with the Red Sox. There was all this talk 257 00:13:57,800 --> 00:14:00,480 Speaker 1: about them adding a starting picture, getting an in, which 258 00:14:00,520 --> 00:14:04,200 Speaker 1: they did with Luis Urias from the Brewers, but that 259 00:14:04,360 --> 00:14:08,080 Speaker 1: was all they did. Now, in some respects, I like this. 260 00:14:08,600 --> 00:14:11,800 Speaker 1: They didn't trade James Paxton, they didn't trade Adam Duval. 261 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:15,600 Speaker 1: They didn't embark upon this ill conceived by Cell strategy 262 00:14:16,160 --> 00:14:19,080 Speaker 1: that they chose last year that just backfired on them. 263 00:14:19,760 --> 00:14:23,880 Speaker 1: They kind of showed faith in this team, didn't really 264 00:14:23,880 --> 00:14:26,120 Speaker 1: want to disrupt what they believe is an emerging core 265 00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:29,520 Speaker 1: of players. I get all this, and they know they've 266 00:14:29,560 --> 00:14:33,520 Speaker 1: got four big pieces coming back, Chris Sale, Tanner, how 267 00:14:33,640 --> 00:14:36,960 Speaker 1: Garrett Whitlock and Trevor Story. The question some Red Sox 268 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:40,440 Speaker 1: fans have is, hey, is that enough? These are the 269 00:14:40,440 --> 00:14:43,600 Speaker 1: Boston Red Sox. Why didn't we add a little bit more? 270 00:14:43,640 --> 00:14:46,800 Speaker 1: Why didn't we get a starting pitcher? These are fair questions. 271 00:14:46,880 --> 00:14:51,720 Speaker 1: And heim Bloom at the deadline has not necessarily distinguished himself. 272 00:14:51,960 --> 00:14:54,520 Speaker 1: But I liked what he did this year better than 273 00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:56,640 Speaker 1: what he did last year because he didn't break up 274 00:14:56,680 --> 00:15:01,320 Speaker 1: the team, He didn't subtract any pieces didn't ad enough. Perhaps, yeah, 275 00:15:01,360 --> 00:15:03,960 Speaker 1: I think I can buy that argument. But at least 276 00:15:04,040 --> 00:15:05,840 Speaker 1: the Red Sox are the Red Sox. They've got a 277 00:15:05,880 --> 00:15:09,040 Speaker 1: real shot here to get into the postseason, particularly if 278 00:15:09,080 --> 00:15:13,200 Speaker 1: they're injured pitchers come back and are effective. And then finally, 279 00:15:14,040 --> 00:15:18,320 Speaker 1: the New York Yankees. What stunned me the most about 280 00:15:18,320 --> 00:15:20,400 Speaker 1: the Yankees, and I wrote about this today in the 281 00:15:20,400 --> 00:15:24,160 Speaker 1: Athletics Daily newsletter, The wind Up. The Yankees come to 282 00:15:24,200 --> 00:15:27,400 Speaker 1: the deadline with one of the two highest payrolls in 283 00:15:27,440 --> 00:15:30,720 Speaker 1: the sport, second only to the Mets. They come to 284 00:15:30,760 --> 00:15:35,600 Speaker 1: the deadline and it's crazy to me that they've had 285 00:15:36,360 --> 00:15:41,120 Speaker 1: really nowhere to go. Couldn't be buyers because they haven't 286 00:15:41,120 --> 00:15:46,800 Speaker 1: played well enough to justify trading prospects to justify adding payroll, 287 00:15:47,320 --> 00:15:50,000 Speaker 1: already spent two hundred and seventy five million. And they 288 00:15:50,040 --> 00:15:55,000 Speaker 1: couldn't be sellers because they're kind of in it, sort 289 00:15:55,040 --> 00:15:59,600 Speaker 1: of that they haven't played well. And more importantly, they 290 00:15:59,600 --> 00:16:03,360 Speaker 1: don't have have tradeable assets. Most of their assets are underwater. 291 00:16:04,200 --> 00:16:07,320 Speaker 1: So the Yankees really didn't do much. They had a 292 00:16:07,360 --> 00:16:10,440 Speaker 1: Keenan Middleton quality reliever to the best bullpen in the 293 00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:13,720 Speaker 1: American League, something they've done really well with their bullpen. 294 00:16:13,880 --> 00:16:18,760 Speaker 1: They've assembled guys developed them, done great. And they added 295 00:16:18,880 --> 00:16:22,560 Speaker 1: Spencer Howard, who is a failed prospect getting his third organization, 296 00:16:22,640 --> 00:16:26,160 Speaker 1: I believe. Now we'll see how he does. The New 297 00:16:26,200 --> 00:16:29,600 Speaker 1: York Yankees at the deadline. That's all there was, folks. Now, 298 00:16:29,640 --> 00:16:32,640 Speaker 1: last year you might remember, they bought and they had 299 00:16:32,720 --> 00:16:36,160 Speaker 1: a lot of bad luck with injuries Montaz and Ben 300 00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:39,680 Speaker 1: and Tendy and Frost and all the things that happened. 301 00:16:39,720 --> 00:16:44,080 Speaker 1: Luke Trevino didn't work out well for them. Harrison Bader 302 00:16:44,160 --> 00:16:45,920 Speaker 1: did work out well, but he's been hurt a lot too. 303 00:16:47,080 --> 00:16:52,000 Speaker 1: So all right, you couldn't do that, but you couldn't 304 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:54,880 Speaker 1: sell either, and you were kind of stuck. The New 305 00:16:54,920 --> 00:16:57,520 Speaker 1: York Yankees should never be stuck. And this is the 306 00:16:57,560 --> 00:17:00,400 Speaker 1: most damning thing you can say about where they are 307 00:17:00,480 --> 00:17:05,320 Speaker 1: right now, that they basically were paralyzed the deadline. Kind 308 00:17:05,320 --> 00:17:08,200 Speaker 1: of a stunning conclusion to this deadline for the Yankees. 309 00:17:08,960 --> 00:17:12,680 Speaker 1: All right, that's my overview. We'll continue on talk more 310 00:17:12,720 --> 00:17:15,199 Speaker 1: deadline as we go forward. Here. Time now for the 311 00:17:15,240 --> 00:17:17,320 Speaker 1: inside Dish, and this week, of course, I want to 312 00:17:17,359 --> 00:17:19,480 Speaker 1: go inside the deadline. Some of the reporting I did, 313 00:17:19,520 --> 00:17:21,840 Speaker 1: some of the funny stories that I ran into and 314 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:26,000 Speaker 1: was part of. And well, let's start with the question 315 00:17:26,080 --> 00:17:29,000 Speaker 1: that people always ask me this time of year. Hey, 316 00:17:29,040 --> 00:17:32,760 Speaker 1: were you even sleeping those last few days? Now, actually 317 00:17:33,720 --> 00:17:36,919 Speaker 1: there's time to sleep. Deals aren't taking place in the 318 00:17:36,920 --> 00:17:39,480 Speaker 1: middle of the night, at least we're not finding out 319 00:17:39,520 --> 00:17:40,959 Speaker 1: about them in the middle of the night. If they 320 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:46,120 Speaker 1: are taking place, then so I could sleep from say, 321 00:17:46,240 --> 00:17:50,040 Speaker 1: one am to eight am. That wouldn't be a problem. 322 00:17:50,080 --> 00:17:53,199 Speaker 1: I wouldn't miss anything. I'd be in good shape. The 323 00:17:53,240 --> 00:17:56,840 Speaker 1: problem is adrenaline, and there's so much going on, there's 324 00:17:56,880 --> 00:17:59,119 Speaker 1: so much running through my head that I can't sleep 325 00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:03,320 Speaker 1: for that reason. And so no, I don't sleep basically 326 00:18:03,359 --> 00:18:05,640 Speaker 1: the four or five days leading up to the deadline. 327 00:18:05,800 --> 00:18:09,400 Speaker 1: And that is really the sole reason why there's hours, 328 00:18:09,840 --> 00:18:12,800 Speaker 1: or there are hours in the day available for sleeping 329 00:18:13,520 --> 00:18:16,000 Speaker 1: in the night. I could sleep like any normal human being. 330 00:18:16,480 --> 00:18:19,320 Speaker 1: But it's just there's too much action, too much excitement, 331 00:18:19,359 --> 00:18:23,680 Speaker 1: too much adrenaline. So no, even last night the deadline 332 00:18:23,720 --> 00:18:26,160 Speaker 1: had passed, you'd think, okay, take a good night's sleep, 333 00:18:26,280 --> 00:18:29,120 Speaker 1: but still things were going on, still things running through 334 00:18:29,160 --> 00:18:31,720 Speaker 1: my head. Now I want to talk about a story 335 00:18:31,720 --> 00:18:35,040 Speaker 1: that I posted at about four thirty Eastern yesterday, and 336 00:18:35,080 --> 00:18:38,199 Speaker 1: it was a story that I actually had sat on 337 00:18:38,359 --> 00:18:43,640 Speaker 1: for about a day plus thirty hours or so. It 338 00:18:43,680 --> 00:18:46,920 Speaker 1: was Max Schurzer, an interview I did with him Monday 339 00:18:46,960 --> 00:18:50,040 Speaker 1: morning about why he waved his no trade clause. I 340 00:18:50,040 --> 00:18:52,359 Speaker 1: had gotten in touch with him and I said I 341 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:55,119 Speaker 1: wanted to talk to him about it, and he said 342 00:18:55,160 --> 00:18:58,440 Speaker 1: he was willing to go on the record with what happened, 343 00:18:58,840 --> 00:19:03,480 Speaker 1: but he didn't want me publishing the story until either 344 00:19:03,520 --> 00:19:06,920 Speaker 1: after the deadline or his press conference in Texas, which 345 00:19:06,960 --> 00:19:10,400 Speaker 1: actually took place about two hours before the deadline yesterday. 346 00:19:10,840 --> 00:19:14,200 Speaker 1: He didn't want to compromise the Mets leverage by saying 347 00:19:14,240 --> 00:19:16,439 Speaker 1: what he said to me, which is basically that the 348 00:19:16,480 --> 00:19:20,320 Speaker 1: Mets are not reloading for twenty twenty four. They're effectively 349 00:19:20,359 --> 00:19:24,120 Speaker 1: punting on the season, at least in terms of how 350 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:27,639 Speaker 1: they have approached previous seasons under Steve Cohen. It's not 351 00:19:27,680 --> 00:19:30,359 Speaker 1: going to be the same kind of aggressive pursuit of 352 00:19:30,400 --> 00:19:32,960 Speaker 1: free agents. It's not going to be a year where 353 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:35,720 Speaker 1: they really put a lot into it. In that sense, 354 00:19:36,359 --> 00:19:40,160 Speaker 1: they're pointing toward twenty twenty five, maybe especially twenty twenty six. 355 00:19:40,560 --> 00:19:42,760 Speaker 1: Now the general manager Billy Epplod hinted at this, but 356 00:19:42,920 --> 00:19:48,000 Speaker 1: not as strongly and vividly, in my opinion, as Scherzer did. 357 00:19:48,480 --> 00:19:53,040 Speaker 1: So he told me this. I had the story prepared, 358 00:19:53,600 --> 00:19:55,960 Speaker 1: but I had to wait. So basically, he did not 359 00:19:56,280 --> 00:19:59,680 Speaker 1: want his comments, what he was saying about the Mets 360 00:19:59,680 --> 00:20:03,280 Speaker 1: direct to hurt them in the trade market. If they 361 00:20:03,320 --> 00:20:06,080 Speaker 1: were trying to make moves and people didn't really know 362 00:20:06,119 --> 00:20:08,119 Speaker 1: what their plan was for twenty twenty four and it 363 00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:12,199 Speaker 1: wasn't exactly clear, well, he didn't want his comments to 364 00:20:12,560 --> 00:20:16,800 Speaker 1: effectively make Billy Eppler's job harder. I respect that from 365 00:20:16,880 --> 00:20:19,840 Speaker 1: Max a lot. He didn't have to give the Mets 366 00:20:19,840 --> 00:20:22,080 Speaker 1: any break at all. He could have came right out 367 00:20:22,080 --> 00:20:24,160 Speaker 1: and said, this is why they traded me, and go ahead, 368 00:20:24,560 --> 00:20:27,159 Speaker 1: write the story right now, publish it. He didn't do that. 369 00:20:27,640 --> 00:20:31,080 Speaker 1: So his press conference started I think at about four 370 00:20:31,080 --> 00:20:34,640 Speaker 1: point thirty Eastern yesterday, and that's when I released the story. 371 00:20:35,040 --> 00:20:37,359 Speaker 1: And of course he had some strong things to say. Now, 372 00:20:38,440 --> 00:20:41,440 Speaker 1: even though I couldn't publish what he had said, I 373 00:20:41,520 --> 00:20:45,679 Speaker 1: knew what he had said right, and that informed my 374 00:20:45,840 --> 00:20:50,280 Speaker 1: reporting starting from the point where we hung up the phone. 375 00:20:50,880 --> 00:20:52,800 Speaker 1: I knew then that the Mets were trying to do 376 00:20:52,880 --> 00:20:56,399 Speaker 1: some things with their twenty twenty four free agents as 377 00:20:56,400 --> 00:20:59,480 Speaker 1: well as there twenty twenty three free agents. I knew 378 00:21:00,040 --> 00:21:03,880 Speaker 1: from other sources as well that they wanted Verlander to go. 379 00:21:04,080 --> 00:21:06,120 Speaker 1: They wanted to make that move, just as they made 380 00:21:06,160 --> 00:21:09,720 Speaker 1: the move with Serjan. They wanted to accelerate this process. 381 00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:13,920 Speaker 1: So knowing that when I found out with Chandler Rome 382 00:21:14,640 --> 00:21:17,720 Speaker 1: or Astros writer the next day that the Astros were 383 00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:21,679 Speaker 1: back on Verlander, they were kind of there, but weren't 384 00:21:21,680 --> 00:21:23,720 Speaker 1: there for a little bit. But no, they were back 385 00:21:23,760 --> 00:21:27,280 Speaker 1: in the picture. And Jim Crane had this relationship with Verlander. 386 00:21:27,320 --> 00:21:31,040 Speaker 1: We knew about that from previous transactions. He had struck 387 00:21:31,440 --> 00:21:34,280 Speaker 1: the trade for Verlander the deadline in twenty seventeen, the 388 00:21:34,320 --> 00:21:38,520 Speaker 1: August Old waiver deadline, and then the free agent deal 389 00:21:38,560 --> 00:21:41,960 Speaker 1: that he personally negotiated with Verlander right before the lockout 390 00:21:42,160 --> 00:21:45,359 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty one. So all of this was in 391 00:21:45,480 --> 00:21:49,600 Speaker 1: my head and that's why I wrote on Monday with Chandler, 392 00:21:49,720 --> 00:21:52,000 Speaker 1: the Astros are back in and if Crane wants this 393 00:21:52,080 --> 00:21:54,160 Speaker 1: guy and if the Mets want to trade him, well 394 00:21:54,200 --> 00:21:57,280 Speaker 1: we know Verlander with a full note trade clause has 395 00:21:57,320 --> 00:22:00,840 Speaker 1: the ability to effectively control the process. I wrote it 396 00:22:00,840 --> 00:22:02,680 Speaker 1: that way. I wrote, if Jim Crane wants this and 397 00:22:02,760 --> 00:22:05,919 Speaker 1: can figure it out, basically, there's nothing to stop them 398 00:22:05,920 --> 00:22:08,200 Speaker 1: from getting it done. Now it came out there were 399 00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:11,040 Speaker 1: other teams involved, and there were other teams involved, but 400 00:22:11,600 --> 00:22:14,199 Speaker 1: to me, it was always pointing toward the Astros. And 401 00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:16,800 Speaker 1: when I wrote that story, there was some reaction from 402 00:22:16,840 --> 00:22:20,240 Speaker 1: Mett fans basically saying, no, no, no, no, no, Jim Crane doesn't 403 00:22:20,240 --> 00:22:24,320 Speaker 1: control this. Steve Cohen does what he wants. No, Steve 404 00:22:24,359 --> 00:22:27,080 Speaker 1: Cohen could not exactly do what he wants. If Steve 405 00:22:27,080 --> 00:22:30,639 Speaker 1: Cohen had his choice, if Philiyeppler had his choice, my 406 00:22:30,720 --> 00:22:32,560 Speaker 1: guess is they would have preferred Verlander to go to 407 00:22:32,600 --> 00:22:36,040 Speaker 1: the Dodgers, better farm system, better guys, they could have 408 00:22:36,040 --> 00:22:42,320 Speaker 1: gotten same kind of deal. So sometimes the readers, well, 409 00:22:42,400 --> 00:22:45,040 Speaker 1: you guys know a lot, you're really smart, you don't 410 00:22:45,080 --> 00:22:50,080 Speaker 1: know everything. And sometimes guys like me, we actually have 411 00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:52,960 Speaker 1: some insight into what's going on, and that informs what 412 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:55,720 Speaker 1: we write. And sometimes this stuff is just not picked 413 00:22:55,720 --> 00:22:58,080 Speaker 1: out of nowhere, some cloud up in the sky. No, 414 00:22:58,160 --> 00:22:59,920 Speaker 1: it's never picked out of some cloud. In this guy, 415 00:23:00,280 --> 00:23:03,639 Speaker 1: there's a basis for what we do. Okay, So a 416 00:23:03,640 --> 00:23:07,280 Speaker 1: couple funny stories that came about during the deadline. One. 417 00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:09,840 Speaker 1: Some of you might have noticed this, maybe a lot 418 00:23:09,880 --> 00:23:12,960 Speaker 1: of you might have noticed this. Yesterday I tweeted after 419 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:16,159 Speaker 1: the Marlins got Josh Bell that they had made a 420 00:23:16,200 --> 00:23:20,520 Speaker 1: trade for Josh Bell from the Padres. The Padres were 421 00:23:20,560 --> 00:23:23,600 Speaker 1: Josh Bell's last team before the Guardians, which was the 422 00:23:23,640 --> 00:23:27,040 Speaker 1: team that he actually was traded from. And clearly I 423 00:23:27,119 --> 00:23:31,000 Speaker 1: bought the tweet, and Jason Stark, my good friend and 424 00:23:31,480 --> 00:23:33,600 Speaker 1: coworker at the Athletic, sent me a text saying, Hey, 425 00:23:33,600 --> 00:23:37,280 Speaker 1: it's the Guardians, man, you gotta fix that. And I 426 00:23:37,359 --> 00:23:38,960 Speaker 1: was working on so many things at once. It was 427 00:23:39,040 --> 00:23:41,359 Speaker 1: right at the end that I didn't even realize I 428 00:23:41,359 --> 00:23:44,359 Speaker 1: had done it. So you might ask, how does this happen? 429 00:23:44,760 --> 00:23:47,520 Speaker 1: Are he's just going too fast? Yes, I'm going too fast. 430 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:50,920 Speaker 1: But the reason it happened was because I caught wind 431 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:54,280 Speaker 1: of both Marlins trades at the same time. One was 432 00:23:54,320 --> 00:23:57,280 Speaker 1: with the Padres and one was with the Guardians, and 433 00:23:57,320 --> 00:23:59,720 Speaker 1: there were a bunch of names coming at me and 434 00:23:59,800 --> 00:24:02,920 Speaker 1: I I just messed up. So I did delete the tweet, 435 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:06,200 Speaker 1: of course corrected it you look stupid for a minute there. Yeah, 436 00:24:06,200 --> 00:24:08,800 Speaker 1: it looks stupid. Josh Bell's not on the Padres, He's 437 00:24:08,840 --> 00:24:12,320 Speaker 1: on the Guardians. But these things do happen. To the deadline. 438 00:24:12,359 --> 00:24:15,040 Speaker 1: You tried never to have them happen. But at least 439 00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:18,240 Speaker 1: I had the right team acquiring him. The other funny 440 00:24:18,240 --> 00:24:22,439 Speaker 1: thing that happened. This was at about twelve thirty yesterday. Now, 441 00:24:22,560 --> 00:24:26,440 Speaker 1: I have relationships with so many people in the game, 442 00:24:26,600 --> 00:24:32,840 Speaker 1: executive scouts, agents, players, coaches, managers, and these conversations with 443 00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:35,160 Speaker 1: all of these people who are ongoing. And there's one 444 00:24:35,160 --> 00:24:38,280 Speaker 1: executive I'm not gonna name him because he probably wouldn't 445 00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:40,560 Speaker 1: want his name out there, but there's one that we 446 00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:42,359 Speaker 1: kind of go back and forth once in a while, 447 00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:45,920 Speaker 1: teasing each other. And one day on MLB Network, when 448 00:24:45,920 --> 00:24:48,760 Speaker 1: I was on MLB Central, I was talking. It was 449 00:24:48,760 --> 00:24:50,680 Speaker 1: the middle of a long segment, and he just kept 450 00:24:50,680 --> 00:24:53,720 Speaker 1: buzzing my phone and I kept hitting the button to 451 00:24:53,880 --> 00:24:55,879 Speaker 1: make it stop. He kept buzzing it and buzzing it 452 00:24:55,920 --> 00:24:59,479 Speaker 1: and buzzing it again. All right, very funny. I can 453 00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:02,080 Speaker 1: handle it. I could talk even when my phone's buzzing. 454 00:25:02,240 --> 00:25:04,240 Speaker 1: It was fine. But he was giving me a little 455 00:25:04,240 --> 00:25:08,159 Speaker 1: bit of a hard time. Yesterday at about twelve thirty, 456 00:25:08,920 --> 00:25:11,280 Speaker 1: just for kicks, because it was kind of slow at 457 00:25:11,280 --> 00:25:15,200 Speaker 1: that point. I texted this executive in capital letters. I said, 458 00:25:15,320 --> 00:25:19,720 Speaker 1: trade for Otani. Now I was kidding around. I thought 459 00:25:19,720 --> 00:25:22,640 Speaker 1: he knew I would be kidding around. My phone rang 460 00:25:22,760 --> 00:25:25,240 Speaker 1: like that, What do you got? What's going on? 461 00:25:26,080 --> 00:25:26,240 Speaker 2: Oh? 462 00:25:26,280 --> 00:25:29,720 Speaker 1: I didn't have anything. But he thought that the Angels 463 00:25:29,720 --> 00:25:31,240 Speaker 1: were doing what in his mind, would have been the 464 00:25:31,280 --> 00:25:35,960 Speaker 1: right thing, pivoting completely changing direction, trading all their potential 465 00:25:35,960 --> 00:25:38,240 Speaker 1: free agents starting with Otani. And yes, he would have 466 00:25:38,280 --> 00:25:41,280 Speaker 1: been in like basically thirty teams. Well not thirty, but 467 00:25:41,440 --> 00:25:44,600 Speaker 1: meant most teams would have been in. Well, I got 468 00:25:44,680 --> 00:25:46,959 Speaker 1: him back. I didn't know I was getting him back, 469 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:50,520 Speaker 1: but we are now. Even he gave me a hard 470 00:25:50,560 --> 00:25:54,080 Speaker 1: time on MLB network. I for one minute made his 471 00:25:54,160 --> 00:25:58,400 Speaker 1: heart jump yesterday because he thought, sho, hey, Otani might 472 00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:02,199 Speaker 1: have been available. No, he wasn't available. The deadline always 473 00:26:02,320 --> 00:26:05,200 Speaker 1: produces crazy moments like this. The Winter Meeting is the same. 474 00:26:05,800 --> 00:26:08,240 Speaker 1: If I ever write a book, and I'll probably be 475 00:26:08,359 --> 00:26:10,479 Speaker 1: ninety by the time I get the time to do it, 476 00:26:11,119 --> 00:26:14,520 Speaker 1: I've got tons of these kinds of stories. They're all right, here. 477 00:26:14,560 --> 00:26:18,280 Speaker 1: They'll all probably disappear when or by the time I 478 00:26:18,320 --> 00:26:21,560 Speaker 1: get to write this book. But funny things happen all 479 00:26:21,600 --> 00:26:25,679 Speaker 1: the time at the deadline. Chaotic things happen. It's a 480 00:26:25,680 --> 00:26:28,000 Speaker 1: lot of work. It's also a lot of fun in 481 00:26:28,040 --> 00:26:30,320 Speaker 1: its own way, not when you're in the middle of it, 482 00:26:30,680 --> 00:26:33,320 Speaker 1: but when you look back and realize, man, there's some 483 00:26:33,359 --> 00:26:35,800 Speaker 1: goofy stuff that was going on. Dude and Doork of 484 00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:39,040 Speaker 1: the Week Deadline edition. It's going to be one executive 485 00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:41,800 Speaker 1: in each category. And yes we have a lot of 486 00:26:41,880 --> 00:26:45,200 Speaker 1: candidates in both departments, but we're gonna start with the dude. 487 00:26:45,560 --> 00:26:48,119 Speaker 1: And the dude is actually a dude debt. It is 488 00:26:48,240 --> 00:26:52,320 Speaker 1: Kim Ang of the Miami Marlins. Kim was quite aggressive 489 00:26:52,400 --> 00:26:55,800 Speaker 1: this deadline, first acquiring David Robertson in that trade with 490 00:26:55,840 --> 00:26:57,560 Speaker 1: the Mets. That was kind of a stunner, right, the 491 00:26:57,560 --> 00:26:59,720 Speaker 1: Marlins making a trade with the Mets and being the 492 00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:04,280 Speaker 1: I are not the seller. Then on deadline day yesterday, 493 00:27:04,359 --> 00:27:06,760 Speaker 1: you saw what happened. Josh Bell from the Guardians. I 494 00:27:06,800 --> 00:27:09,360 Speaker 1: know he's not having a good year. Jake Berger very 495 00:27:09,359 --> 00:27:12,080 Speaker 1: good young hitter from the White Sox, and Ryan Weathers 496 00:27:12,640 --> 00:27:15,120 Speaker 1: former number one pick with the Padres hasn't really done 497 00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:17,800 Speaker 1: much yet, but worth taking a shot on guys left 498 00:27:17,800 --> 00:27:22,639 Speaker 1: handed and has some ability. So that was the Marlins deadline, 499 00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:25,280 Speaker 1: and it was pretty impressive for a team that hasn't 500 00:27:25,320 --> 00:27:28,600 Speaker 1: competed in a while, rarely adds payroll, of course, and 501 00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:31,720 Speaker 1: finds itself in the thick of this wild card race 502 00:27:32,119 --> 00:27:35,600 Speaker 1: and did some things to address that and show that 503 00:27:35,680 --> 00:27:38,240 Speaker 1: they meant business. So I want to show you what 504 00:27:38,320 --> 00:27:43,000 Speaker 1: Kim Ang told reporters yesterday after the deadline, because it 505 00:27:43,080 --> 00:27:46,600 Speaker 1: really gives insight into her thinking and in something in 506 00:27:46,640 --> 00:27:49,440 Speaker 1: the way she addressed it that I totally applaud. Here's 507 00:27:49,440 --> 00:27:52,120 Speaker 1: what Kim said, There aren't that many times when you're 508 00:27:52,119 --> 00:27:55,280 Speaker 1: in this type of situation. Principal owner Bruce Sherman and 509 00:27:55,320 --> 00:27:59,159 Speaker 1: the entire ownership group was completely supportive of us really 510 00:27:59,160 --> 00:28:02,439 Speaker 1: going out there and spending some money and making sure 511 00:28:02,760 --> 00:28:05,399 Speaker 1: that we supplied these guys who for the first four 512 00:28:05,440 --> 00:28:10,520 Speaker 1: months of the season have absolutely just played their hearts out. 513 00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:13,439 Speaker 1: When you're in this type of situation, you just have 514 00:28:13,520 --> 00:28:16,040 Speaker 1: to make sure that you treat that with care, and 515 00:28:16,080 --> 00:28:18,320 Speaker 1: then you understand how big a deal this is for 516 00:28:18,359 --> 00:28:21,320 Speaker 1: the city, for the Marlins fans and for all those 517 00:28:21,359 --> 00:28:24,280 Speaker 1: guys downstairs, and you have to do what you can 518 00:28:24,359 --> 00:28:29,520 Speaker 1: to improve the club. Eureka, this is exactly what an 519 00:28:29,560 --> 00:28:32,440 Speaker 1: executive should be doing. This is exactly what you want 520 00:28:32,440 --> 00:28:36,840 Speaker 1: to hear, and this is exactly the approach that ultimately 521 00:28:37,440 --> 00:28:39,360 Speaker 1: is a successful one. Now, I don't know if these 522 00:28:39,400 --> 00:28:42,160 Speaker 1: trades work out, and maybe they all flop and maybe 523 00:28:42,240 --> 00:28:44,360 Speaker 1: she traded away too much. I have no idea. You 524 00:28:44,360 --> 00:28:47,480 Speaker 1: can't judge these things one day after they happen. But 525 00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:51,400 Speaker 1: it's the mindset I'm talking about. It's a different kind 526 00:28:51,440 --> 00:28:54,880 Speaker 1: of mindset than we've seen from many executives in recent years. 527 00:28:55,160 --> 00:28:57,200 Speaker 1: And I wrote about this, as I said earlier in 528 00:28:57,320 --> 00:29:00,600 Speaker 1: The Athletic Today of the wind up. A lot of caution, 529 00:29:00,960 --> 00:29:04,200 Speaker 1: a lot of restraint, a lot of discipline here's whatever 530 00:29:04,280 --> 00:29:07,880 Speaker 1: word you want. A lot of outright fear. Nobody wants 531 00:29:07,920 --> 00:29:12,240 Speaker 1: to make a bad move. Nobody wants to be criticized 532 00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:15,600 Speaker 1: in the media. Years down the line. People are afraid 533 00:29:15,920 --> 00:29:19,000 Speaker 1: of losing their jobs. People just don't get after it 534 00:29:19,760 --> 00:29:21,360 Speaker 1: the way they used to. Now the stakes are higher, 535 00:29:21,400 --> 00:29:23,600 Speaker 1: there's a lot more money involved. I get it. But 536 00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:26,160 Speaker 1: at the same time, Kim Hang due to the Week 537 00:29:26,280 --> 00:29:29,400 Speaker 1: because she took that approach with a team that we 538 00:29:29,440 --> 00:29:33,000 Speaker 1: haven't seen that approach from very often. Dork of the week. 539 00:29:33,760 --> 00:29:35,320 Speaker 1: I hate to give it to this guy because I 540 00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:37,680 Speaker 1: like him and he's had a twenty six year run 541 00:29:37,720 --> 00:29:40,800 Speaker 1: with the Yankees that has been absolutely amazing. Kim Mang 542 00:29:40,920 --> 00:29:43,600 Speaker 1: used to work for this guy. He's maybe a Hall 543 00:29:43,600 --> 00:29:47,000 Speaker 1: of Fame executive. He's Brian Cashman, the New York Yankees 544 00:29:47,040 --> 00:29:51,200 Speaker 1: general manager. And I hear from Yankee fans all the time. 545 00:29:51,240 --> 00:29:53,200 Speaker 1: I hear from fans for all teams all the time. 546 00:29:53,600 --> 00:29:55,640 Speaker 1: And a Yankee fans sent me a text last night 547 00:29:55,680 --> 00:30:02,280 Speaker 1: and said, I am completely out on this team. In definitely, Definitely, 548 00:30:03,120 --> 00:30:06,520 Speaker 1: this guy's completely out. And you know what, He's not 549 00:30:06,680 --> 00:30:11,360 Speaker 1: alone in his sentiments. Yankee fans are very frustrated, They're agitated. 550 00:30:11,840 --> 00:30:14,960 Speaker 1: They've about had it now. The owner house Steinbrenner is 551 00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:17,880 Speaker 1: part of this. Maybe he hasn't spent at Cohen levels, 552 00:30:17,880 --> 00:30:20,720 Speaker 1: but these certainly spent a lot of money. But really, 553 00:30:21,440 --> 00:30:25,600 Speaker 1: what happened yesterday the paralysis I talked about in the 554 00:30:25,640 --> 00:30:28,520 Speaker 1: opening segment, as Joel Sherman in The New York Post 555 00:30:28,560 --> 00:30:30,479 Speaker 1: wrote today, and Joel was so insightful as a good 556 00:30:30,520 --> 00:30:33,000 Speaker 1: friend of mine, and he always nails it. As he 557 00:30:33,040 --> 00:30:38,000 Speaker 1: wrote today yesterday, that was years in the making. That 558 00:30:38,120 --> 00:30:41,960 Speaker 1: wasn't simply the product of a difficult set of circumstances 559 00:30:42,040 --> 00:30:44,560 Speaker 1: right now. It was the product of all of these 560 00:30:44,600 --> 00:30:47,680 Speaker 1: moves that have not worked out, all of these bad contracts, 561 00:30:47,920 --> 00:30:51,160 Speaker 1: all of these players who have underperformed that you acquired. 562 00:30:51,760 --> 00:30:54,440 Speaker 1: And that is why the Yankees are in this position. 563 00:30:55,120 --> 00:30:57,720 Speaker 1: That's on Cashman. That's why he's Dork of the Week 564 00:30:57,800 --> 00:31:01,200 Speaker 1: this week. And sure he's had a great run. We 565 00:31:01,240 --> 00:31:03,200 Speaker 1: all know he's had a great run. And I think 566 00:31:03,240 --> 00:31:05,880 Speaker 1: fans lose sight of that sometimes. At the same time, 567 00:31:06,160 --> 00:31:08,880 Speaker 1: fans are upset. They want the Yankees to be better, 568 00:31:08,920 --> 00:31:11,040 Speaker 1: They want them to be like the New York Yankees 569 00:31:11,080 --> 00:31:15,080 Speaker 1: should be. And it's been, as we said, several years 570 00:31:15,120 --> 00:31:19,480 Speaker 1: of things turning out not exactly how the Yankees wanted, 571 00:31:19,560 --> 00:31:21,720 Speaker 1: not at all how the Yankees wanted. I could have 572 00:31:21,800 --> 00:31:23,760 Speaker 1: named a number of executives. I'm sure if you're a 573 00:31:23,800 --> 00:31:27,800 Speaker 1: Twins fan, if you're a Cardinals fan, I can go 574 00:31:27,840 --> 00:31:29,720 Speaker 1: through a number of teams. And you guys all want 575 00:31:29,760 --> 00:31:31,920 Speaker 1: your execs to be dork of the Week and I 576 00:31:31,960 --> 00:31:34,040 Speaker 1: don't like naming anybody dork of the week, really, but 577 00:31:34,080 --> 00:31:36,360 Speaker 1: we do this segment and we do it for a reason, 578 00:31:36,440 --> 00:31:39,960 Speaker 1: and yeah, Ryan Cashman dork of the week. 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We will start with the Red Sox and 603 00:33:01,520 --> 00:33:05,560 Speaker 1: the Al East. Let's get to it. Corey Moonese asks, 604 00:33:05,720 --> 00:33:07,400 Speaker 1: what do you or the rest of the league. I 605 00:33:07,440 --> 00:33:09,080 Speaker 1: can't speak for the rest of the league. Think of 606 00:33:09,120 --> 00:33:12,000 Speaker 1: how the Red Sox are operating. Fans aren't happy in 607 00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:15,320 Speaker 1: the slightest, most expensive tickets in the game. They couldn't 608 00:33:15,320 --> 00:33:18,040 Speaker 1: pick a direction again this year. Bloom hasn't made an 609 00:33:18,080 --> 00:33:21,200 Speaker 1: impact deal in his tenure as chief baseball officer. He 610 00:33:21,280 --> 00:33:24,600 Speaker 1: middled it again. Corey, this is a criticism that you 611 00:33:24,640 --> 00:33:28,080 Speaker 1: do hear of Heim Bloom, and it's not unfair. Certainly 612 00:33:28,680 --> 00:33:32,000 Speaker 1: they were not impact players. As I mentioned earlier at 613 00:33:32,000 --> 00:33:35,280 Speaker 1: the deadline, and someone else mentioned to me, actually one 614 00:33:35,280 --> 00:33:37,920 Speaker 1: of our writers, it's been four years now and really 615 00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:40,320 Speaker 1: in some respects four years of mediocrity. Now they had 616 00:33:40,320 --> 00:33:42,600 Speaker 1: the great run in twenty one to the Alcs, and 617 00:33:42,640 --> 00:33:44,320 Speaker 1: you got to give hein Bloom credit for that if 618 00:33:44,360 --> 00:33:46,880 Speaker 1: you're going to demerit him for these other years. But 619 00:33:48,360 --> 00:33:53,040 Speaker 1: they are supposedly, in his view, building this sustainable contender, 620 00:33:53,200 --> 00:33:56,960 Speaker 1: and they're kind of making progress toward that end. But 621 00:33:57,600 --> 00:33:59,600 Speaker 1: they've had a lot of traumatic things happen too, the 622 00:33:59,640 --> 00:34:03,680 Speaker 1: trade of Mookie, loss of Bogarts. Yes they resigned Evers 623 00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:08,000 Speaker 1: to a big, big deal, but they still are not 624 00:34:08,160 --> 00:34:11,240 Speaker 1: operating like you would want the Boston Red Sox to operate. 625 00:34:11,560 --> 00:34:13,799 Speaker 1: They're not the Tampa bay Rays. That's the criticism you 626 00:34:13,800 --> 00:34:16,320 Speaker 1: hear of Heinblum all the time. He comes from Tampa. 627 00:34:16,480 --> 00:34:18,880 Speaker 1: He runs the Red Sox like the Tampa Bay Rays. 628 00:34:19,200 --> 00:34:22,839 Speaker 1: It's not entirely fair, but I get the point. And 629 00:34:23,920 --> 00:34:27,359 Speaker 1: while yes, this core is emerging, there comes a point 630 00:34:27,360 --> 00:34:30,080 Speaker 1: where you do have to show submergency, and there was 631 00:34:30,120 --> 00:34:32,319 Speaker 1: an urgency at this deadline from him. Now he wasn't 632 00:34:32,320 --> 00:34:34,919 Speaker 1: the only one, and the market had some effect on that. 633 00:34:35,520 --> 00:34:38,879 Speaker 1: As I said earlier, starting pictures, Eh, there weren't really 634 00:34:38,920 --> 00:34:42,040 Speaker 1: many quality ones traded. But at the same time, he 635 00:34:42,080 --> 00:34:44,680 Speaker 1: did pick a direction here, and the direction was to 636 00:34:44,719 --> 00:34:47,800 Speaker 1: stay the course and keep this team together, not trade Packston, 637 00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:52,200 Speaker 1: not trade Duval. The criticism you can have, and it's fair, 638 00:34:52,280 --> 00:34:54,919 Speaker 1: as I said before, is that he didn't do enough 639 00:34:54,920 --> 00:34:58,600 Speaker 1: to supplement and yeah, there wasn't enough urgency shown there 640 00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:02,480 Speaker 1: all right, next question, let's get to this one. This 641 00:35:02,560 --> 00:35:05,520 Speaker 1: comes from Dark River Lion. Can we talk about the 642 00:35:05,560 --> 00:35:08,560 Speaker 1: Ales Central? Oh? Yes we can. I've never seen an 643 00:35:08,680 --> 00:35:11,520 Speaker 1: entire division dedicated to not winning in the current year. 644 00:35:11,880 --> 00:35:15,640 Speaker 1: Seriously wild everyone but the Twins aggressively sold off. The 645 00:35:15,640 --> 00:35:18,040 Speaker 1: Twins just did nothing like no one wants to win 646 00:35:18,080 --> 00:35:21,080 Speaker 1: that division. Discuss. Okay, I'm glad you asked this, Dark 647 00:35:21,200 --> 00:35:24,960 Speaker 1: River Lion, because it is a division that is beyond 648 00:35:25,080 --> 00:35:31,239 Speaker 1: bad right now. Beyond bad. The Royals awful, the Tigers 649 00:35:31,840 --> 00:35:36,200 Speaker 1: not good. The White Sox my gosh, what a disaster 650 00:35:36,280 --> 00:35:38,560 Speaker 1: they've been. And then you've got the two teams the top. 651 00:35:38,800 --> 00:35:42,279 Speaker 1: The Guardians were a game out of first place when 652 00:35:42,280 --> 00:35:45,480 Speaker 1: they traded Aaron Savali to the Race for a top 653 00:35:45,560 --> 00:35:48,239 Speaker 1: hitting prospect. As I mentioned before, one game out of 654 00:35:48,239 --> 00:35:51,319 Speaker 1: first place, also one game under five hundred, So yes, 655 00:35:51,400 --> 00:35:53,640 Speaker 1: that influenced them. And they didn't see with the pitching 656 00:35:53,680 --> 00:35:57,279 Speaker 1: injuries that they have to Bieber to Mackenzie to Quantrille 657 00:35:57,320 --> 00:36:02,319 Speaker 1: a real path toward a playoff successful run. They saw 658 00:36:02,320 --> 00:36:04,440 Speaker 1: a path maybe to a division title, but they weren't 659 00:36:04,440 --> 00:36:06,560 Speaker 1: going to go far in the playoffs. I understand what 660 00:36:06,600 --> 00:36:08,560 Speaker 1: they did. Actually, I think they did the right thing. 661 00:36:09,280 --> 00:36:11,400 Speaker 1: They dumped Josh Bell as well. That was a mistake 662 00:36:11,480 --> 00:36:13,640 Speaker 1: in their off season. Zanino was a mistake in the 663 00:36:13,680 --> 00:36:16,440 Speaker 1: off season. They didn't have a good off season. But 664 00:36:16,560 --> 00:36:19,759 Speaker 1: I understand where they're coming from. But what happened was 665 00:36:19,800 --> 00:36:22,680 Speaker 1: when they did that, when they traded Savali, just took 666 00:36:22,719 --> 00:36:25,680 Speaker 1: the air out of the balloon. Twins didn't have to 667 00:36:25,719 --> 00:36:28,319 Speaker 1: act with any urgency. They're gonna win this division. They're 668 00:36:28,320 --> 00:36:32,000 Speaker 1: gonna win it rather easily. And no, they didn't supplement 669 00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:34,200 Speaker 1: their bullpen. They didn't get the right handed here did 670 00:36:34,200 --> 00:36:38,719 Speaker 1: they need. And they're gonna be fine regardless. So if 671 00:36:38,760 --> 00:36:41,360 Speaker 1: you're the Twins, you probably should have been more aggressive 672 00:36:41,400 --> 00:36:43,000 Speaker 1: on those fronts. But I will say this about the 673 00:36:43,040 --> 00:36:46,000 Speaker 1: Twins last year, they were real aggressive and had to 674 00:36:46,040 --> 00:36:49,239 Speaker 1: work out for them. They made a trade for Jorge Lopez. 675 00:36:49,760 --> 00:36:53,160 Speaker 1: Jorge Lopez cost them yeny your Cano. No one knew 676 00:36:53,160 --> 00:36:55,080 Speaker 1: he was gonna be what he is now, and it 677 00:36:55,160 --> 00:36:57,960 Speaker 1: also cost them a pretty good pitching prospect, Cody Pobrich, 678 00:36:58,520 --> 00:37:01,280 Speaker 1: who is the number eleven guy in the Oriel system 679 00:37:01,320 --> 00:37:04,719 Speaker 1: according to mlbpipeline dot com. The number eleven guy in 680 00:37:04,760 --> 00:37:08,040 Speaker 1: a very rich system. That's a pretty good prospect. That 681 00:37:08,200 --> 00:37:11,080 Speaker 1: was just one trade that they made. The other trade 682 00:37:11,080 --> 00:37:15,280 Speaker 1: the Twins made Tyler Molly that cost them Spencer Steer, 683 00:37:15,360 --> 00:37:17,200 Speaker 1: Rookie of the Year candidate in the National League with 684 00:37:17,239 --> 00:37:20,200 Speaker 1: the Reds, and Christian and Carnassian Strand who has come 685 00:37:20,280 --> 00:37:21,880 Speaker 1: up with the Reds as well and as part of 686 00:37:21,880 --> 00:37:25,640 Speaker 1: their future. So sometimes, as they say, the best moves 687 00:37:25,640 --> 00:37:27,719 Speaker 1: are the ones you don't make. And going back to 688 00:37:27,760 --> 00:37:31,479 Speaker 1: High and Bloom, I'd rather he make no moves than 689 00:37:31,840 --> 00:37:33,640 Speaker 1: do the kinds of things he did last year when 690 00:37:33,640 --> 00:37:35,719 Speaker 1: he wasn't a bad buyer. He was more of a 691 00:37:35,760 --> 00:37:39,000 Speaker 1: bad seller and he didn't sell enough. But that's my 692 00:37:39,080 --> 00:37:42,879 Speaker 1: point here on the Twins. Okay, they should have done 693 00:37:43,000 --> 00:37:45,760 Speaker 1: a little bit more, yes, no question, But my gosh, 694 00:37:45,880 --> 00:37:49,200 Speaker 1: last year that turned into a very very poor deadline. 695 00:37:49,680 --> 00:37:51,799 Speaker 1: All right, we've got another Twins question here. Let's get 696 00:37:51,840 --> 00:37:54,319 Speaker 1: to this one. Let's see what we got here. This 697 00:37:54,400 --> 00:37:57,120 Speaker 1: one comes from Ross Corner. Ross asked, I gotta laugh 698 00:37:57,120 --> 00:37:59,879 Speaker 1: at this one. Not a question, but can you talk 699 00:38:00,200 --> 00:38:02,839 Speaker 1: Twins fans off the ledge kind of is a question, 700 00:38:02,880 --> 00:38:05,720 Speaker 1: But okay, the needs were not that expensive relatively speaking, 701 00:38:05,760 --> 00:38:08,920 Speaker 1: and no movement for a bottom five lineup against lefties 702 00:38:08,920 --> 00:38:12,919 Speaker 1: and a thin bullpen is astonishing, no argument. The only 703 00:38:12,960 --> 00:38:15,000 Speaker 1: thing I'll say, oh, well, here's another one. Was there 704 00:38:15,040 --> 00:38:18,560 Speaker 1: a power outage at Twins headquarters. That's from justin flood. 705 00:38:19,320 --> 00:38:22,160 Speaker 1: Twins fans are coming out and they're making their feelings know. 706 00:38:23,160 --> 00:38:24,839 Speaker 1: The only thing I'll say about the right handed hitter 707 00:38:24,920 --> 00:38:29,319 Speaker 1: search was that again, there weren't a many great right 708 00:38:29,320 --> 00:38:34,040 Speaker 1: handed hitters available. The big hitters were Candelario, Kanna, and 709 00:38:34,040 --> 00:38:37,000 Speaker 1: fam who were traded Taoscar Hernandez was not traded by 710 00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:39,480 Speaker 1: the Mariners. Evidently they did not get a good enough offer. 711 00:38:40,239 --> 00:38:42,480 Speaker 1: He is someone who strikes out a lot, not a 712 00:38:42,520 --> 00:38:47,560 Speaker 1: great defender. Teams didn't see him as this rental. Nirvana 713 00:38:47,840 --> 00:38:51,200 Speaker 1: put it that way, So that's part of this right 714 00:38:52,160 --> 00:38:55,120 Speaker 1: the bullpen. Sure they could have acted in a more 715 00:38:55,120 --> 00:38:57,839 Speaker 1: aggressive way trying to address their bullpen, and I think 716 00:38:57,840 --> 00:39:00,759 Speaker 1: that's a fair criticism and they've got some coming back, 717 00:39:00,840 --> 00:39:04,520 Speaker 1: But man, they could use more so Twins fans. I 718 00:39:04,520 --> 00:39:06,240 Speaker 1: don't know if I can talk you off the ledge. 719 00:39:06,360 --> 00:39:09,640 Speaker 1: I did my best, but you're gonna win the division. 720 00:39:09,640 --> 00:39:12,160 Speaker 1: You're probably just gonna suffer the usual fate in the 721 00:39:12,200 --> 00:39:14,440 Speaker 1: first round. Looking ahead, a little bit of a different 722 00:39:14,440 --> 00:39:16,959 Speaker 1: schedule for me this week. I've got a Fox game 723 00:39:17,120 --> 00:39:21,200 Speaker 1: Thursday Thursday instead of Saturday. This week it's Astros at Yankees. 724 00:39:21,320 --> 00:39:23,879 Speaker 1: Verlander will be in an Astro's uniform, not on the mound. 725 00:39:23,920 --> 00:39:26,000 Speaker 1: He just pitched a couple of days ago. But that 726 00:39:26,040 --> 00:39:27,759 Speaker 1: will be our Fox game. I do not have a 727 00:39:27,760 --> 00:39:31,279 Speaker 1: game Saturday, So for the three days after this game 728 00:39:31,360 --> 00:39:34,240 Speaker 1: on Thursday, I probably will be taking lots of DAPs. 729 00:39:34,800 --> 00:39:37,359 Speaker 1: All right. I want to thank everyone for joining us 730 00:39:37,400 --> 00:39:39,279 Speaker 1: on a special edition. Want to thank the fans for 731 00:39:39,320 --> 00:39:42,279 Speaker 1: their questions, everyone for listening, for watching. 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