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Of course you guys already saw it, 19 00:01:04,720 --> 00:01:07,720 Speaker 1: but major League Baseball is back. The Mets are back, baby, 20 00:01:07,760 --> 00:01:11,240 Speaker 1: we could actually talk about baseball that has some meaning. 21 00:01:11,560 --> 00:01:13,680 Speaker 1: Me and James are back. We're gonna be rocking out 22 00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:16,760 Speaker 1: episodes every week during the season, twice a week so 23 00:01:16,760 --> 00:01:19,880 Speaker 1: make sure you're following us on Twitter, on Instagram, YouTube 24 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:23,360 Speaker 1: at mets up. If you're listening to us, Apple podcasts, Spotify, 25 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:26,320 Speaker 1: Google podcasts, wherever you listen, make sure you're subscribe, make 26 00:01:26,319 --> 00:01:28,240 Speaker 1: sure you're downloading, make sure you're dropping a five star 27 00:01:28,319 --> 00:01:31,319 Speaker 1: rating in review. Because the baseball season is back, the 28 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:34,600 Speaker 1: content is back, and we are so excited to actually 29 00:01:34,880 --> 00:01:37,679 Speaker 1: get to talk baseball with you guys, So of course 30 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:40,119 Speaker 1: let's bring in James here. James, we were hanging out 31 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:42,759 Speaker 1: all day yesterday. Have a pretty good feeling how you're feeling, 32 00:01:42,800 --> 00:01:45,000 Speaker 1: but tell the listeners at home, what's. 33 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:48,080 Speaker 3: The vibes physically feeling terrible. It's a big, big flu 34 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:50,480 Speaker 3: game episode for James over here, similar to my COVID 35 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:53,720 Speaker 3: episode from December, But emotionally, I'm I'm on a cloud. 36 00:01:53,960 --> 00:01:56,000 Speaker 3: I felt like drunks in the middle of the day yesterday. 37 00:01:56,200 --> 00:01:59,480 Speaker 1: I literally have been home and MLB Network has been 38 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:01,440 Speaker 1: the only thing that I've been watching. I haven't watched 39 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:04,880 Speaker 1: YouTube videos, i haven't watched Twitch streams. I'm watching MLB Network. 40 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:07,400 Speaker 1: It's so refreshing that you can just turn on the 41 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:11,520 Speaker 1: TV and there's content that isn't nineteen eighty two World Series. 42 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:12,079 Speaker 2: On MLB Network. 43 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:14,520 Speaker 1: I love that we're talking about moves. I love that 44 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:17,600 Speaker 1: we're talking about free agents, trades, rumors, everything. Let me 45 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:20,120 Speaker 1: tell you, those Mets, they're involved in almost every single conversation. 46 00:02:20,160 --> 00:02:20,799 Speaker 2: It feels like. 47 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:22,760 Speaker 3: Definitely, And I'm just relieved that we're talking about one 48 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:24,680 Speaker 3: hundred sixty two game season. I was going to be 49 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:26,000 Speaker 3: a little bit scared if we had to fuck up 50 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:28,200 Speaker 3: the whole schedule, fuck up. I don't know. Eventually we're 51 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:30,119 Speaker 3: gonna fuck up the divisional schedule. I'm happ we're gonna 52 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:31,560 Speaker 3: get all the games that we intended to get. We're 53 00:02:31,560 --> 00:02:33,480 Speaker 3: still getting our home opener. I'm gonna be there. I 54 00:02:33,480 --> 00:02:35,480 Speaker 3: have a feeling you're gonna be there. On April fifteenth, 55 00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:39,040 Speaker 3: we're gonna be unveiling the Tom Severt statue. It's gonna 56 00:02:39,080 --> 00:02:40,760 Speaker 3: be a magical day. Hopefully we're hanging out the seven 57 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:42,840 Speaker 3: line Army. It's gonna be fucking awesome. 58 00:02:42,520 --> 00:02:45,080 Speaker 1: Big photo op for sure, that Tom sever statue, and 59 00:02:45,160 --> 00:02:47,280 Speaker 1: just getting back in the stadium. Hate to be like, 60 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:50,000 Speaker 1: you know, uh zoomer here, but the vibes are just 61 00:02:50,040 --> 00:02:53,200 Speaker 1: gonna be immaculate since yesterday, Like you said, it's been 62 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:55,079 Speaker 1: a high. We felt drunk. I mean, we might have 63 00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:57,280 Speaker 1: been like a little buzz because we're boozing it up 64 00:02:57,320 --> 00:02:59,880 Speaker 1: at the Big East Tournament. But once that news broke, 65 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:02,919 Speaker 1: it just felt like everything just got a whole lot 66 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:05,079 Speaker 1: better and a little bit of normalcy return to life. 67 00:03:05,080 --> 00:03:07,640 Speaker 1: Because like we've been feeling better because COVID, everything's kind 68 00:03:07,639 --> 00:03:08,920 Speaker 1: of getting a little more back to normal. 69 00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:09,040 Speaker 2: Now. 70 00:03:09,120 --> 00:03:11,520 Speaker 1: We had that scare back in you know, early January, 71 00:03:11,760 --> 00:03:13,720 Speaker 1: but then baseball wasn't around and it was starting to 72 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:15,280 Speaker 1: get a little bit warmer. We were starting to get 73 00:03:15,320 --> 00:03:18,840 Speaker 1: some sunny days, that's what was missing. And today fifty 74 00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:22,480 Speaker 1: five degrees sunny out. Baseball's back. It's like the baseball 75 00:03:22,520 --> 00:03:24,360 Speaker 1: gods are shining down on us. I feel great. 76 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:26,640 Speaker 3: I literally just came from the diner in my neighborhood, 77 00:03:26,639 --> 00:03:29,400 Speaker 3: Tina's Place in Bushwick. If anybody knows, it's fucking fantastic, 78 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:31,200 Speaker 3: but around almost one hundred years and I just sat 79 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:33,400 Speaker 3: at the counter, ordered some soup, some chicken and rice 80 00:03:33,440 --> 00:03:35,720 Speaker 3: Greek soup. Blue collar guy next to me we talking 81 00:03:35,720 --> 00:03:37,440 Speaker 3: about the Yankees in field for a half hour. That's 82 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:38,680 Speaker 3: how you know that baseball's back. 83 00:03:38,840 --> 00:03:42,000 Speaker 1: Baseball is back, and since baseball's back, let's go ahead 84 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:43,840 Speaker 1: and talk about those New York Mets, because that's what 85 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:45,560 Speaker 1: you guys are here for. We could tell you all 86 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:47,600 Speaker 1: about the CBA. We're done. I don't care anymore if 87 00:03:47,640 --> 00:03:51,240 Speaker 1: the lockout's over. Numbers mean nothing, especially when your owner 88 00:03:51,720 --> 00:03:54,240 Speaker 1: is Steve Cohen, and let's be honest, he's going to 89 00:03:54,280 --> 00:03:56,800 Speaker 1: blow through all the tax thresholds they created, the Steve 90 00:03:56,840 --> 00:03:58,680 Speaker 1: Cohen Tax, which I guess is the one thing we 91 00:03:58,720 --> 00:04:00,640 Speaker 1: can talk about, which I think it starts two hundred 92 00:04:00,640 --> 00:04:02,520 Speaker 1: and ninety million dollars, and I think the Mets are 93 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:03,880 Speaker 1: at two seventy one right now. 94 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:06,240 Speaker 3: So I'm loading up spow track right now because there's 95 00:04:06,240 --> 00:04:08,240 Speaker 3: been some discrepancies over what the Mets are at. Hayman 96 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:10,600 Speaker 3: said they were seven million away from the threshold earlier today, 97 00:04:10,600 --> 00:04:13,200 Speaker 3: which if you haven't learned over the last two weeks 98 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:15,400 Speaker 3: to stop following John Hayman and probably just mute him. 99 00:04:15,400 --> 00:04:17,120 Speaker 3: I don't know what you've been paying attention. 100 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:17,560 Speaker 2: To the guy is. 101 00:04:17,640 --> 00:04:19,560 Speaker 1: I mean, I've called him the Sauce Boss for a reason. 102 00:04:19,640 --> 00:04:22,240 Speaker 1: He's just he's always sauce and he never actually tweets 103 00:04:22,279 --> 00:04:24,960 Speaker 1: out anything that seems truthful. He was trying to flip 104 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:27,719 Speaker 1: that hole that the Mets were holding up this negotiation, 105 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:30,560 Speaker 1: when one, they weren't the only team that denied or 106 00:04:30,640 --> 00:04:33,960 Speaker 1: vetoed the proposal. In two, there's a lot of other 107 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:35,599 Speaker 1: people that would have to say no. It wouldn't be 108 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:37,320 Speaker 1: the only votes of Shares or in Lindor if it 109 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:38,160 Speaker 1: ever got postponed. 110 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:40,320 Speaker 2: But fuck it, we're back. So who cares? No one cares. 111 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:42,520 Speaker 3: No one cares. If Spowtrack is telling me right now, 112 00:04:42,640 --> 00:04:44,760 Speaker 3: the Mets for the man payroll is only two hundred 113 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:46,200 Speaker 3: and forty six million. That feels low. 114 00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:48,799 Speaker 2: Is there still arbitration stuff that needs to be handled? 115 00:04:48,880 --> 00:04:51,559 Speaker 3: Or I believe we did all of that before before 116 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:52,040 Speaker 3: the lockout? 117 00:04:52,040 --> 00:04:55,280 Speaker 2: Correct, I don't remember. That was literally one hundred days ago. 118 00:04:55,360 --> 00:04:58,120 Speaker 1: So you're here asking me to dig dig into twenty 119 00:04:58,200 --> 00:05:00,479 Speaker 1: twenty one memories. That's something I can't do right now. 120 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:04,239 Speaker 1: But whatever it is, Apparently the Mets are close, getting 121 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:07,080 Speaker 1: close to that fourth Steve Cohen tax threshold, and it 122 00:05:07,120 --> 00:05:09,360 Speaker 1: seems like he just doesn't really care. He's gonna go 123 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:10,960 Speaker 1: out and spend. I mean, I've been seeing names that 124 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:13,960 Speaker 1: were linked to all day on MLB Network. Today they 125 00:05:13,960 --> 00:05:16,400 Speaker 1: showed like the big three free agents, and they showed 126 00:05:16,440 --> 00:05:18,360 Speaker 1: them in new uniforms, as I thought was cool because 127 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:21,040 Speaker 1: we haven't seen this stuff in one hundred days. And 128 00:05:21,080 --> 00:05:23,080 Speaker 1: they had Korea on there, they had Freeman on there, 129 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:25,200 Speaker 1: they had Kershaw on there, and every single one of 130 00:05:25,240 --> 00:05:27,479 Speaker 1: them had a Mets uniform in and even Greg gang 131 00:05:27,520 --> 00:05:30,640 Speaker 1: Amsinger was talking about he's like one our producer, huge 132 00:05:30,680 --> 00:05:32,440 Speaker 1: Mets fans, so that's probably why he's like but two 133 00:05:32,839 --> 00:05:36,120 Speaker 1: surrealistic possibility because Steve Cohen will just honestly do whatever 134 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:36,599 Speaker 1: he wants. 135 00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:39,159 Speaker 3: Yeah, our friend Tim Ryther from the Apple NYM both 136 00:05:39,279 --> 00:05:41,440 Speaker 3: on his podcast again, great guy. He has the Mets 137 00:05:41,560 --> 00:05:43,480 Speaker 3: current hair right now two hundred seventy one million, So 138 00:05:43,480 --> 00:05:45,080 Speaker 3: our guesses were correct and. 139 00:05:45,200 --> 00:05:47,280 Speaker 1: Doesn't even really matter. I mean, we're rich now, it's 140 00:05:47,279 --> 00:05:49,559 Speaker 1: not our money. And Steve con has fourteen billion dollars 141 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:51,960 Speaker 1: that we are aware of that he's made public, so 142 00:05:52,880 --> 00:05:53,520 Speaker 1: he doesn't care. 143 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:54,120 Speaker 2: I don't care. 144 00:05:54,680 --> 00:05:56,680 Speaker 3: I don't know how many more from aldehyde sharks that 145 00:05:57,320 --> 00:05:59,280 Speaker 3: Steve Cohen has, but he could probably trade in a 146 00:05:59,320 --> 00:06:00,919 Speaker 3: few of those for a couple ball players because we 147 00:06:00,920 --> 00:06:01,200 Speaker 3: need them. 148 00:06:01,240 --> 00:06:03,400 Speaker 1: Yeah, we definitely need a few, and I guess to 149 00:06:03,440 --> 00:06:05,920 Speaker 1: start off, starting pitching, feel is like the number one 150 00:06:05,960 --> 00:06:07,480 Speaker 1: place we have to go through. We're gonna name about 151 00:06:07,480 --> 00:06:09,520 Speaker 1: what like five or six guys at the think the 152 00:06:09,520 --> 00:06:11,880 Speaker 1: Mets should probably go after right about now, and I 153 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:13,560 Speaker 1: feel like it starts with starting pitching. 154 00:06:13,760 --> 00:06:16,320 Speaker 2: And let's talk about Carlos Roddan, because I. 155 00:06:16,240 --> 00:06:18,279 Speaker 1: Feel like that's the best guy out there for the 156 00:06:18,320 --> 00:06:21,159 Speaker 1: Mets right now who could really make a huge impact 157 00:06:21,200 --> 00:06:21,720 Speaker 1: on this team. 158 00:06:21,760 --> 00:06:23,600 Speaker 3: Of course, and we've talked about Carlos Rodonna I feel 159 00:06:23,640 --> 00:06:25,960 Speaker 3: like six or seven times now in this show and 160 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:29,160 Speaker 3: even doing from war of these live streams. He's fantastic. 161 00:06:29,200 --> 00:06:31,920 Speaker 3: But you kind of just have to recalibrate your expectations 162 00:06:31,960 --> 00:06:34,600 Speaker 3: with Roddan not really expect a workhorse, which is fine. 163 00:06:34,760 --> 00:06:36,719 Speaker 3: This Mets team right now could use one hundred and 164 00:06:36,720 --> 00:06:39,560 Speaker 3: twenty really really really really good innings in the absolute 165 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:42,600 Speaker 3: worst way, So he should be at the top of 166 00:06:42,600 --> 00:06:45,080 Speaker 3: the wishless and Mets fans should be getting excited about 167 00:06:45,080 --> 00:06:47,559 Speaker 3: the possibility of Carlos Rodan on this team. 168 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:50,160 Speaker 1: I mean, I was talking about Rodin and it's like, yeah, 169 00:06:50,200 --> 00:06:52,240 Speaker 1: he's probably gonna give you that one twenty, like you said, 170 00:06:52,240 --> 00:06:55,120 Speaker 1: But last year those one hundred innings where he was 171 00:06:55,200 --> 00:06:57,560 Speaker 1: pitching at his healthiest and at his best, he was 172 00:06:57,600 --> 00:07:00,120 Speaker 1: simply one of the best pitchers in baseball. So to 173 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:01,840 Speaker 1: be able to have him de Grom and Schurz or 174 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:05,279 Speaker 1: even together for one hundred and twenty innings would be massive, 175 00:07:05,520 --> 00:07:06,880 Speaker 1: massive to this team's success. 176 00:07:06,960 --> 00:07:09,200 Speaker 3: Yeah, massive, And again just like the Mets need to 177 00:07:09,360 --> 00:07:11,920 Speaker 3: find probably two hundred and fifty ish more innings right 178 00:07:11,960 --> 00:07:15,040 Speaker 3: now from wherever we can possibly find them, and Carls 179 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:17,640 Speaker 3: were done taking out about half of them, expected it'd 180 00:07:17,640 --> 00:07:20,440 Speaker 3: be great because again, this guy's literally one of the 181 00:07:20,440 --> 00:07:22,480 Speaker 3: best pitchers in baseball. Last year, when he was healthy 182 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:24,720 Speaker 3: from opening Days to July first, he had the fourth 183 00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:27,400 Speaker 3: highest strikeout rate, He had the fourth best K minus 184 00:07:27,400 --> 00:07:29,600 Speaker 3: walk grate, he had the tenth lowest whip, and he 185 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:31,720 Speaker 3: had the seventh most f war of all pitchers in 186 00:07:31,760 --> 00:07:33,720 Speaker 3: all baseball, literally all pitchers in all baseball. So the 187 00:07:33,760 --> 00:07:36,200 Speaker 3: guy very clearly was a top ten pitcher in baseball 188 00:07:36,280 --> 00:07:38,000 Speaker 3: until he ran out of gas. So it's about the 189 00:07:38,040 --> 00:07:40,320 Speaker 3: team he signs with to create a system where he 190 00:07:40,400 --> 00:07:42,040 Speaker 3: won't run out of gas, so you just use him 191 00:07:42,040 --> 00:07:44,120 Speaker 3: for less, probably in the first year. See how a 192 00:07:44,120 --> 00:07:45,680 Speaker 3: second year goes, but you'd use him for a more 193 00:07:45,680 --> 00:07:48,360 Speaker 3: abbreviated amount of time and you have a potential ace. 194 00:07:48,360 --> 00:07:51,040 Speaker 1: Yes, and again you buy out those first that first 195 00:07:51,120 --> 00:07:53,880 Speaker 1: year of maybe not the full performance of Carlos Rodan, 196 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:56,400 Speaker 1: and you save money when he's pitching one hundred and 197 00:07:56,400 --> 00:07:58,600 Speaker 1: fifty hundred and eighty innings in year two, three four. 198 00:07:58,640 --> 00:08:01,040 Speaker 2: However along the contract's going to be he's my number 199 00:08:01,080 --> 00:08:01,480 Speaker 2: one guy. 200 00:08:01,520 --> 00:08:03,160 Speaker 1: I think he's pretty much at the top of your 201 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:04,720 Speaker 1: list as well for dudes that we need to pick up. 202 00:08:04,760 --> 00:08:06,720 Speaker 3: He's my clear number one. There isn't even anybody in 203 00:08:06,760 --> 00:08:08,960 Speaker 3: the same stratosphere right now as Carlos Rodan for. 204 00:08:08,960 --> 00:08:10,960 Speaker 1: The Mets, and then another guy on the pitching side, 205 00:08:10,960 --> 00:08:13,560 Speaker 1: which we've talked about at nauseum, but let's mention him. 206 00:08:13,680 --> 00:08:16,640 Speaker 1: Useai Kakuchi also would be a nice fill in when 207 00:08:16,640 --> 00:08:18,760 Speaker 1: you talk about needing to eat up those two hundred 208 00:08:18,800 --> 00:08:21,480 Speaker 1: and fifty innings. A guy like Kokuchi isn't the sexy pick. 209 00:08:21,520 --> 00:08:23,200 Speaker 1: He isn't the fun pick. But there's a lot of 210 00:08:23,200 --> 00:08:26,240 Speaker 1: stuff to get interested about Kokuchi and he'll definitely be 211 00:08:26,280 --> 00:08:27,280 Speaker 1: an improvement upon what. 212 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:29,600 Speaker 3: We have, Yeah, big improvement. Kakuchi is just a good picture. 213 00:08:29,640 --> 00:08:31,320 Speaker 3: He kind of gets a little bit of flak because 214 00:08:31,320 --> 00:08:33,000 Speaker 3: he came to the major league just so much hype 215 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:36,079 Speaker 3: in twenty nineteen and was objectively horrific. Just didn't throw 216 00:08:36,080 --> 00:08:37,360 Speaker 3: as hard as he had used to throw, and his 217 00:08:37,360 --> 00:08:39,360 Speaker 3: breaking balls were not as sharp, and he got bombed. 218 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:41,200 Speaker 3: The area was like over five that twenty nineteen year 219 00:08:41,240 --> 00:08:43,079 Speaker 3: with the Mariners. But he went the drive line. That's 220 00:08:43,080 --> 00:08:45,480 Speaker 3: the classic one liner that you want to hear. All 221 00:08:45,520 --> 00:08:47,320 Speaker 3: your struggling pitchers do, go to the drive line. All 222 00:08:47,400 --> 00:08:49,800 Speaker 3: his pitchers got better, he got more velocity, he cleaned 223 00:08:49,840 --> 00:08:53,000 Speaker 3: up his mechanics, and he has shown like spurts and 224 00:08:53,040 --> 00:08:56,160 Speaker 3: stretches of being a truly two three rather than the 225 00:08:56,200 --> 00:08:57,800 Speaker 3: four or five that he appears to be right now. 226 00:08:57,840 --> 00:08:59,960 Speaker 3: And I think just with the Mets great pitching staf 227 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:03,000 Speaker 3: coaches Jeremy Haffner. Happy birth to Jeremy Hafner too. Fuck 228 00:09:03,679 --> 00:09:05,360 Speaker 3: we should have led to Jeremy Haffner's birthday. 229 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:07,960 Speaker 2: What an absolute misplay by us here, My god. 230 00:09:08,120 --> 00:09:10,440 Speaker 3: But still I think Juicy Ku should be great for 231 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:13,440 Speaker 3: the Mets, especially just pitching the beautifully wonderful why Deep 232 00:09:13,480 --> 00:09:14,040 Speaker 3: City Field. 233 00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:15,800 Speaker 2: Any other pitchers that are on your radar that you 234 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:17,120 Speaker 2: think would be a nice pick up for the Mets. 235 00:09:17,200 --> 00:09:18,720 Speaker 3: I mean, there's plenty of dude. I think Daniy Duffy 236 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:21,600 Speaker 3: could be really fun. He just he's like the Carlshore 237 00:09:21,640 --> 00:09:23,640 Speaker 3: done injury risk but to the max. Like he's even 238 00:09:23,679 --> 00:09:26,120 Speaker 3: more risky than rodin probably being less effective. You're probably 239 00:09:26,160 --> 00:09:28,520 Speaker 3: only looking at eighty two on hundred innings of him. 240 00:09:28,520 --> 00:09:30,679 Speaker 3: But he's a lefty who could work either rotation or 241 00:09:30,760 --> 00:09:33,800 Speaker 3: the bullpen. He had big time trackout numbers last year 242 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:35,679 Speaker 3: in a year that he only pitched half the season. 243 00:09:35,679 --> 00:09:38,000 Speaker 3: So I like him a lot. Michael Pineda, I think 244 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:39,920 Speaker 3: is beating people give him credit for. He's a guy 245 00:09:39,960 --> 00:09:42,840 Speaker 3: who's like one adjustment away from probably being like twenty 246 00:09:42,840 --> 00:09:44,520 Speaker 3: percent better than he was the last two years. He's 247 00:09:44,520 --> 00:09:46,400 Speaker 3: also gotten really fat in the last couple of years. 248 00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:48,880 Speaker 3: Conditioning it hasn't been great, clearly. I don't know how 249 00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:50,679 Speaker 3: motivated he is out in Minnesota, but getting back in 250 00:09:50,679 --> 00:09:52,760 Speaker 3: New York, where he used to be pretty successful, I 251 00:09:52,760 --> 00:09:55,520 Speaker 3: think could be okay. Then pass that Tyler Anderson classic 252 00:09:55,800 --> 00:09:58,160 Speaker 3: rotation oat meal. It's not gonna walk anybody. He's not 253 00:09:58,200 --> 00:10:00,840 Speaker 3: gonna allow hard contact. He's gonna make people, but he's 254 00:10:00,840 --> 00:10:04,000 Speaker 3: gonna have those very classic like Tyler Anderson three innings, 255 00:10:04,040 --> 00:10:06,439 Speaker 3: eight run at things once in a while. Well. I 256 00:10:06,480 --> 00:10:09,160 Speaker 3: think Johnny Quado was like shockingly can still be useful 257 00:10:09,160 --> 00:10:11,040 Speaker 3: for a team. I'd love to get Big Johnny out 258 00:10:11,080 --> 00:10:12,679 Speaker 3: there for one hundred innings. Think he could be kind 259 00:10:12,679 --> 00:10:15,600 Speaker 3: of just funny. Johnny is vibes, Yes, big time vibes. 260 00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:17,960 Speaker 3: He's fit in very well with the with the clubhouse 261 00:10:18,040 --> 00:10:18,920 Speaker 3: environment we have here. 262 00:10:18,960 --> 00:10:20,480 Speaker 1: He would definitely be the guy I think keep everyone 263 00:10:20,520 --> 00:10:22,240 Speaker 1: a little loose to I'd love to see him and 264 00:10:22,280 --> 00:10:23,840 Speaker 1: Pete together. I feel like they would have a good time. 265 00:10:23,920 --> 00:10:26,240 Speaker 1: Johnnyquato and Pete Alonzo, Him and Lindor too. 266 00:10:26,400 --> 00:10:27,199 Speaker 2: Yeah, him and Lindor. 267 00:10:27,240 --> 00:10:29,080 Speaker 1: I don't know how much conversation would be happen between 268 00:10:29,120 --> 00:10:31,240 Speaker 1: Johnny e Cuato and Pete Alonzo, but I think he 269 00:10:31,280 --> 00:10:32,080 Speaker 1: would make good content. 270 00:10:32,120 --> 00:10:35,480 Speaker 3: It'd be a lot of pointing, be like, oh, that's 271 00:10:35,520 --> 00:10:36,320 Speaker 3: exactly what to be like. 272 00:10:36,440 --> 00:10:36,600 Speaker 1: Yeah. 273 00:10:36,640 --> 00:10:36,679 Speaker 3: No. 274 00:10:36,720 --> 00:10:39,160 Speaker 1: There's definitely a lot of pitching available on the market. 275 00:10:39,320 --> 00:10:43,040 Speaker 1: The cool picks are clearly Kershaw Rodin. Those are the 276 00:10:43,040 --> 00:10:44,960 Speaker 1: big names, but there's a lot of like you said, 277 00:10:44,960 --> 00:10:47,280 Speaker 1: oatmeal that exists that would be really helpful to this 278 00:10:47,320 --> 00:10:49,680 Speaker 1: Mets team. Also, we still have a guy like Tyler 279 00:10:49,760 --> 00:10:51,840 Speaker 1: McGill who could come in and eat a big chunk 280 00:10:51,840 --> 00:10:53,120 Speaker 1: of innings and still be really good. 281 00:10:53,120 --> 00:10:54,439 Speaker 2: He did a lot of good stuff last year. 282 00:10:54,440 --> 00:10:58,560 Speaker 3: And Carrasco. Carrasco's the acquisition. Again there's the bullshit Wolpon vernacular, 283 00:10:58,600 --> 00:11:00,480 Speaker 3: but he's like the type of acquisition. He didn't really 284 00:11:00,520 --> 00:11:02,080 Speaker 3: pitched last year, and when he did pitch, it wasn't 285 00:11:02,120 --> 00:11:04,720 Speaker 3: at his highest highest potential. But he could eat one 286 00:11:04,760 --> 00:11:06,280 Speaker 3: hundred thirty one hundred and four the innings and be 287 00:11:06,320 --> 00:11:08,120 Speaker 3: much better than people think. And these free agent pitchers 288 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:12,199 Speaker 3: were mentioning Danny Duffy, Yusai Kakuchi, even throw like Jacob Junas, 289 00:11:12,200 --> 00:11:14,400 Speaker 3: Matt Boyd, Vince Velasquez out there. These aren't going to 290 00:11:14,440 --> 00:11:15,920 Speaker 3: be sexy picks. It's not going to be that much 291 00:11:15,960 --> 00:11:19,440 Speaker 3: fun from the outside. Colin McHugh, Chad Cool, Stephen Bralt. 292 00:11:19,440 --> 00:11:22,840 Speaker 3: But these are the types of pitchers who are going 293 00:11:22,880 --> 00:11:24,960 Speaker 3: to help this Mets team get past the Braves and 294 00:11:24,960 --> 00:11:26,920 Speaker 3: possibly win a division. They need a lot of them. 295 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:28,920 Speaker 1: Yeah, we need depth. We need depth badly. We saw 296 00:11:28,960 --> 00:11:30,640 Speaker 1: the depth that we had last year. We thought it 297 00:11:30,679 --> 00:11:32,839 Speaker 1: was decent, and we found out it wasn't nearly enough. 298 00:11:32,960 --> 00:11:35,960 Speaker 1: Signed as many Major League Baseball capable of pitchers as 299 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:37,960 Speaker 1: we can, and we worry about where they fit in 300 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:40,160 Speaker 1: when we need to. It's it's not a bad problem 301 00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:41,839 Speaker 1: to have by any means, to have too much pitching. 302 00:11:41,880 --> 00:11:44,160 Speaker 3: Definitely, that's even more of a concern with the shortened 303 00:11:44,160 --> 00:11:45,760 Speaker 3: spring training we're about to go to in just a 304 00:11:45,760 --> 00:11:47,960 Speaker 3: four week ramp up until the season we saw in 305 00:11:47,960 --> 00:11:50,040 Speaker 3: twenty twenty. But there's gonna be a lot of small, tiny, 306 00:11:50,080 --> 00:11:52,360 Speaker 3: little nagging injuries that pop up left and right all 307 00:11:52,400 --> 00:11:54,160 Speaker 3: season long, especially in the early parts of it. You 308 00:11:54,160 --> 00:11:56,880 Speaker 3: need to make sure you have the depth that's fortified 309 00:11:56,960 --> 00:11:58,440 Speaker 3: to the point where you can stay afloat and you 310 00:11:58,480 --> 00:12:00,400 Speaker 3: can remain to be competitive and you can keep yourself 311 00:12:00,400 --> 00:12:01,680 Speaker 3: ready for everybody's ready. 312 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:03,800 Speaker 1: Then you get hot, and then in terms of the bullpen, 313 00:12:03,840 --> 00:12:05,760 Speaker 1: I feel like we could probably grab a couple arms 314 00:12:05,760 --> 00:12:07,760 Speaker 1: as well. It feels like everyone really wants a left 315 00:12:07,760 --> 00:12:11,160 Speaker 1: handed reliever because we lost Loop. Is that completely necessary, 316 00:12:11,280 --> 00:12:13,280 Speaker 1: Like No, But in a division that has Jon Soto, 317 00:12:13,520 --> 00:12:15,439 Speaker 1: Bryce Harper, it is nice to have someone who can 318 00:12:15,440 --> 00:12:17,280 Speaker 1: come in and kind of handle those guys to me. 319 00:12:17,640 --> 00:12:20,200 Speaker 1: I want Jake Deekman friendly with him. He's a crones 320 00:12:20,200 --> 00:12:22,679 Speaker 1: guy as well. He technically has colitis, but we're brothers 321 00:12:22,720 --> 00:12:26,920 Speaker 1: in IBS diseases. And I want Jake Deacmon. He's got 322 00:12:27,040 --> 00:12:29,719 Speaker 1: nasty stuff. He's got great strikeout of a swing and 323 00:12:29,760 --> 00:12:32,040 Speaker 1: miss stuff. He does walk a few guys here and there, 324 00:12:32,040 --> 00:12:33,680 Speaker 1: but when you throw ninety nine from the left hand 325 00:12:33,679 --> 00:12:36,120 Speaker 1: side with a filthy sinker and nasty slider, like that's 326 00:12:36,120 --> 00:12:36,679 Speaker 1: gonna happen. 327 00:12:36,720 --> 00:12:39,040 Speaker 2: But his stuff at times is untouchable. 328 00:12:39,040 --> 00:12:40,920 Speaker 1: And I would love to see how Jeremy Hefner could 329 00:12:40,920 --> 00:12:43,040 Speaker 1: tinker with his stuff and really kind of get him 330 00:12:43,120 --> 00:12:46,040 Speaker 1: into what is probably gonna be, you know, a really 331 00:12:46,040 --> 00:12:47,400 Speaker 1: really effective left handed reliever. 332 00:12:47,559 --> 00:12:49,440 Speaker 3: Definitely, I like him a lot as left handed reliever. 333 00:12:49,440 --> 00:12:52,040 Speaker 3: I also think Tony Watson is pretty underrated as a 334 00:12:52,080 --> 00:12:54,360 Speaker 3: guy with a legit four pitch mix out of the bullpen. 335 00:12:54,440 --> 00:12:57,000 Speaker 3: Adam Connelly and tweet about him twice today. I've been 336 00:12:57,000 --> 00:12:58,880 Speaker 3: talking about him for months. He's the type of pitching 337 00:12:58,880 --> 00:13:01,000 Speaker 3: project throws up and he's from the left side with 338 00:13:01,040 --> 00:13:02,800 Speaker 3: a nasty change up. You can really reap the rewards 339 00:13:02,840 --> 00:13:04,560 Speaker 3: of signing a guy like Adam Conley to a short deal. 340 00:13:04,600 --> 00:13:06,559 Speaker 3: The one guy I'm a little bit afraid of it's 341 00:13:06,640 --> 00:13:08,760 Speaker 3: kind of cautious with is Andrew Chafin. He's a guy 342 00:13:08,800 --> 00:13:10,880 Speaker 3: who seems to be the most popular pick from people 343 00:13:10,920 --> 00:13:13,040 Speaker 3: on Twitter about teams need to sign a left handed reliever. 344 00:13:13,800 --> 00:13:15,560 Speaker 3: His stuff just doesn't really do it for me. Like 345 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:18,280 Speaker 3: I see his pitches besides his slitherer, like, none of them, 346 00:13:18,400 --> 00:13:20,160 Speaker 3: none of the other one's grades super well. Even though 347 00:13:20,160 --> 00:13:22,240 Speaker 3: that slitherer gets incredible amount of whis like over fifty 348 00:13:22,280 --> 00:13:25,000 Speaker 3: percent last year, it just doesn't have great like physics 349 00:13:25,040 --> 00:13:26,440 Speaker 3: on it, Like it doesn't move a lot, it's not 350 00:13:26,480 --> 00:13:28,839 Speaker 3: thrown very hard, and it's spend very much. He's someone 351 00:13:28,880 --> 00:13:30,679 Speaker 3: who's going to command a multi year deal, and I 352 00:13:30,800 --> 00:13:33,120 Speaker 3: just don't know if that is where the money should 353 00:13:33,200 --> 00:13:34,440 Speaker 3: be spent on a reliever. 354 00:13:34,559 --> 00:13:36,360 Speaker 1: Well, just like we did with Loop last year, you 355 00:13:36,400 --> 00:13:38,560 Speaker 1: can get a lefty who's got good guts, like you 356 00:13:38,559 --> 00:13:40,600 Speaker 1: said with Adam Conley or even Jake Deekman who or 357 00:13:40,600 --> 00:13:43,480 Speaker 1: Tony Watson's SSS or Tony Watson, and you can kind 358 00:13:43,480 --> 00:13:45,040 Speaker 1: of mold them and sculpt them into what you want 359 00:13:45,080 --> 00:13:46,679 Speaker 1: to when you can put them in situations that are 360 00:13:46,679 --> 00:13:48,679 Speaker 1: favorable so that they are able to perform like we 361 00:13:48,720 --> 00:13:50,680 Speaker 1: did with Loop. We all know Loop's not putting up 362 00:13:50,720 --> 00:13:52,800 Speaker 1: a one era out in LA again this year. That's 363 00:13:52,840 --> 00:13:56,320 Speaker 1: just not gonna happen. So do expect that from any reliever. 364 00:13:56,360 --> 00:13:58,920 Speaker 1: It's pretty pretty unrealistic. Go out and get a guy 365 00:13:58,960 --> 00:14:00,520 Speaker 1: that you like the guts, you like the stuff that 366 00:14:00,520 --> 00:14:02,679 Speaker 1: they have, like Jeremy haveing to work his magic, and 367 00:14:02,720 --> 00:14:05,079 Speaker 1: we can probably find the little flash in the pan there. 368 00:14:05,160 --> 00:14:06,880 Speaker 3: Yeah, for sure, even if like you get into the 369 00:14:06,880 --> 00:14:08,839 Speaker 3: bottom of the barrel. We spent the money on starting pitching. 370 00:14:08,840 --> 00:14:10,959 Speaker 3: Another big bat like Joe Smith is a guy who's 371 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:13,120 Speaker 3: just always exactly what he is. Like, he's gonna get 372 00:14:13,160 --> 00:14:15,320 Speaker 3: some ground balls, he's gonna get left. He's out with 373 00:14:15,320 --> 00:14:17,960 Speaker 3: that big sweeper like former Met as well, that came 374 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:19,400 Speaker 3: up with the Mets. Drafted by the Mets, part of 375 00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:21,200 Speaker 3: the two thousand and six team. How funny would that be? 376 00:14:21,320 --> 00:14:23,400 Speaker 2: But like that, that'd be full circle. 377 00:14:23,520 --> 00:14:25,400 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's you gotta get creative, I think with the 378 00:14:25,440 --> 00:14:27,720 Speaker 3: current reliever market, because you're not a sexy reliever is 379 00:14:27,760 --> 00:14:30,400 Speaker 3: never making it to free agency. Kenley Jansen probably is 380 00:14:30,440 --> 00:14:33,720 Speaker 3: the sexiest reliever on the market. But he's while he's 381 00:14:33,720 --> 00:14:35,600 Speaker 3: still I think, really good, there's some cracks, there's some 382 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:37,520 Speaker 3: real chinks in the armor, and I don't know if 383 00:14:37,520 --> 00:14:40,040 Speaker 3: he's gonna be worth the massive, like financial commitment he 384 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:41,720 Speaker 3: will cause. And I don't even know if he'd signed 385 00:14:41,720 --> 00:14:43,480 Speaker 3: somewhere not to close, Like he's kind of earned the 386 00:14:43,520 --> 00:14:45,160 Speaker 3: right to be able to close wherever he goes. He 387 00:14:45,240 --> 00:14:47,600 Speaker 3: just wouldn't be the best or even second best reliever 388 00:14:47,640 --> 00:14:49,480 Speaker 3: in this Mets ballpen as currently constructed. 389 00:14:49,560 --> 00:14:51,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, and it feels like right now, at least from 390 00:14:51,320 --> 00:14:54,440 Speaker 1: a needs perspective, pitching on both sides should be the 391 00:14:54,480 --> 00:14:57,840 Speaker 1: big focus for the Mets. That being said, all the rumors, 392 00:14:57,840 --> 00:15:00,120 Speaker 1: all the fun names are on the offensive side that 393 00:15:00,160 --> 00:15:03,320 Speaker 1: we're hearing big one right now, Freddy Freeman. Harold Reynolds 394 00:15:03,320 --> 00:15:05,840 Speaker 1: said that he's the Mets are the second favorite to 395 00:15:05,880 --> 00:15:09,120 Speaker 1: get him. Now, Harold Reynolds doesn't really have any insider information. 396 00:15:09,160 --> 00:15:11,040 Speaker 1: I'm sure he's just speaking from what he would like 397 00:15:11,080 --> 00:15:13,320 Speaker 1: to see. And that's of course a rumor that came 398 00:15:13,400 --> 00:15:15,120 Speaker 1: up earlier during this lockout. 399 00:15:15,160 --> 00:15:17,040 Speaker 2: But realistically, Freddy. 400 00:15:16,760 --> 00:15:18,160 Speaker 1: Freeman's not coming to the Mets. We have a lot 401 00:15:18,200 --> 00:15:20,240 Speaker 1: bigger problems that money can be spent elsewhere. 402 00:15:20,280 --> 00:15:23,000 Speaker 3: Definitely. Well, Buzzer only eleven minutes ago just tweeted the 403 00:15:23,720 --> 00:15:25,920 Speaker 3: veteran agents as market a zooming. He's already heard about 404 00:15:25,960 --> 00:15:26,760 Speaker 3: six to eight deals. 405 00:15:26,960 --> 00:15:28,800 Speaker 1: Okay, I like to hear that there might be maybe 406 00:15:28,880 --> 00:15:31,280 Speaker 1: within the next fifteen minutes of this episode, a breaking 407 00:15:31,320 --> 00:15:31,800 Speaker 1: news here. 408 00:15:32,200 --> 00:15:34,040 Speaker 3: But I do agree with you Freddie Freeman, like it'd 409 00:15:34,040 --> 00:15:36,520 Speaker 3: be sick to have Freddie Freeman on this team. But 410 00:15:36,520 --> 00:15:39,400 Speaker 3: I just don't. I don't see how that's how you're 411 00:15:39,400 --> 00:15:40,200 Speaker 3: gonna spend your money. 412 00:15:40,200 --> 00:15:42,360 Speaker 1: You know, that's a move that makes us better, but 413 00:15:42,360 --> 00:15:44,480 Speaker 1: it doesn't move the needle for me, like I think 414 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:45,400 Speaker 1: the Mets are, Like. 415 00:15:45,960 --> 00:15:47,880 Speaker 3: I definitely move the needle. You can't say that Freddy 416 00:15:47,920 --> 00:15:49,920 Speaker 3: Freeman doesn't move the needle, Are you fucking nuts? 417 00:15:50,080 --> 00:15:52,360 Speaker 1: No, I'm saying, like, it's not like we automatically become 418 00:15:52,360 --> 00:15:53,920 Speaker 1: the best team in the National League eesthe I think 419 00:15:53,920 --> 00:15:56,760 Speaker 1: getting a guy like Carlos Rodon, who's gonna probably require 420 00:15:56,800 --> 00:15:58,840 Speaker 1: the similar amount of money as Freddy Freeman, that's the 421 00:15:58,880 --> 00:16:00,320 Speaker 1: move that makes us the team to beat the National 422 00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:01,080 Speaker 1: League GeSe right now. 423 00:16:01,160 --> 00:16:03,640 Speaker 3: Yeah, sure, But Freddy Freeman does move the needle, like 424 00:16:03,680 --> 00:16:06,320 Speaker 3: I can't understand one of the best hitters in baseball 425 00:16:06,360 --> 00:16:08,320 Speaker 3: not moving the needle. I was a poor choice of words. 426 00:16:08,080 --> 00:16:09,480 Speaker 2: But he fine wasn't the best choice. 427 00:16:09,520 --> 00:16:11,400 Speaker 3: Yeah, he is great. I just again, I don't see 428 00:16:11,720 --> 00:16:13,200 Speaker 3: what you say is true. I don't see how Freddy 429 00:16:13,240 --> 00:16:15,320 Speaker 3: Freeman makes us the team to beat in this division. 430 00:16:15,360 --> 00:16:18,280 Speaker 3: You still need to get more depth, more oatmeal into 431 00:16:18,280 --> 00:16:20,000 Speaker 3: this roster because he got the Mets half star power. 432 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:21,480 Speaker 3: The Mets already have a first basement. It's one of 433 00:16:21,480 --> 00:16:24,200 Speaker 3: the best power bats in baseball, and sure Freddie Freeman 434 00:16:24,480 --> 00:16:27,520 Speaker 3: would be an into and upgrade over whoever basically your 435 00:16:27,560 --> 00:16:30,320 Speaker 3: theoretical DH would be heading its next year. But the 436 00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:32,640 Speaker 3: way this rosters lined up, and we've talked about this ad nauseum, 437 00:16:32,680 --> 00:16:35,120 Speaker 3: the Mets need more guys who can play positions other 438 00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:35,800 Speaker 3: than first base. 439 00:16:35,920 --> 00:16:38,560 Speaker 1: Positional flexibility would be huge. The DH is going to 440 00:16:38,600 --> 00:16:40,640 Speaker 1: be almost used as a spot to either platoon guys, 441 00:16:40,760 --> 00:16:43,400 Speaker 1: get guys with better matchups, and almost give guys days 442 00:16:43,440 --> 00:16:45,200 Speaker 1: off when they need it, and keep that bat still 443 00:16:45,240 --> 00:16:47,520 Speaker 1: in the lineup. Chris Bryan's I feel like another name 444 00:16:47,560 --> 00:16:49,520 Speaker 1: that a lot of people are mentioning too. Still because 445 00:16:49,560 --> 00:16:52,320 Speaker 1: technically we can fill him in at third base, he 446 00:16:52,360 --> 00:16:54,960 Speaker 1: could be an outfield spot. I don't I don't think 447 00:16:55,040 --> 00:16:57,960 Speaker 1: Chris Bryan's coming to the Mets, though. That one almost 448 00:16:57,960 --> 00:17:00,160 Speaker 1: feels less likely to me than Freddy Freeman in a way. 449 00:17:00,280 --> 00:17:02,200 Speaker 3: I disagree with you wholeheartedly. I think there's a good 450 00:17:02,280 --> 00:17:04,800 Speaker 3: chance that the Mets splurge on Chris Bryan, but I 451 00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:06,320 Speaker 3: don't think it's a very good chance. I don't think 452 00:17:06,320 --> 00:17:08,399 Speaker 3: it's a very high possibility. But I think if either 453 00:17:08,440 --> 00:17:10,840 Speaker 3: guy you have to get, I could see it being 454 00:17:10,880 --> 00:17:12,640 Speaker 3: Chris Bryant, because it feels an obvious need the Mets 455 00:17:12,720 --> 00:17:14,520 Speaker 3: kne at their basement that Mets have needed at their basement. 456 00:17:14,520 --> 00:17:17,359 Speaker 3: Basically since David Wright's got spinal synosis, they really haven't 457 00:17:17,359 --> 00:17:18,880 Speaker 3: had a guy you can hang your hat on there. 458 00:17:19,200 --> 00:17:21,240 Speaker 3: You like to think that within the next eighteen months 459 00:17:21,240 --> 00:17:23,400 Speaker 3: you have two guys who might be able to step 460 00:17:23,440 --> 00:17:25,439 Speaker 3: in and play that position, but they're still probably not 461 00:17:25,440 --> 00:17:26,959 Speaker 3: gonna hit as well as Chris Bryan over the next 462 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:29,480 Speaker 3: three seasons, and seems like that's when the Mets want 463 00:17:29,520 --> 00:17:31,720 Speaker 3: to compete, is next three seasons. So it's kind of 464 00:17:31,720 --> 00:17:35,360 Speaker 3: a weird situation similar to the Yankees and their shortstop issue. 465 00:17:35,400 --> 00:17:36,480 Speaker 2: But I don't know. 466 00:17:36,520 --> 00:17:39,560 Speaker 3: I think another free agent bat is much more reliable 467 00:17:39,560 --> 00:17:42,120 Speaker 3: than Chris Bryan, even though he doesn't give the defensive versatility, 468 00:17:42,119 --> 00:17:44,879 Speaker 3: and that's Kyle s Horber. Of all the available bats, 469 00:17:44,920 --> 00:17:46,920 Speaker 3: I think he's by far the best bang for your buck, 470 00:17:46,960 --> 00:17:48,520 Speaker 3: but he just does that stupid thing where he can't 471 00:17:48,520 --> 00:17:50,520 Speaker 3: really play the field super well and it doesn't fit 472 00:17:50,560 --> 00:17:53,600 Speaker 3: with the Mets roster besides the fact that he's a beast. 473 00:17:53,800 --> 00:17:56,240 Speaker 1: I will say this though, to be fair, it is 474 00:17:56,280 --> 00:17:59,520 Speaker 1: a massive upgrade over Dumb who has that position. Basically 475 00:17:59,600 --> 00:18:01,520 Speaker 1: right now, what Kyle Schwarber would be, which is gonna 476 00:18:01,520 --> 00:18:03,520 Speaker 1: be the DH first base on days to give Pete 477 00:18:03,520 --> 00:18:05,240 Speaker 1: a Lonzo off day and he could play the outfield, 478 00:18:05,760 --> 00:18:08,160 Speaker 1: is actually probably better than he does for space, so 479 00:18:08,680 --> 00:18:11,000 Speaker 1: to me, and then Dom, yeah, better than Dom yeah 480 00:18:11,040 --> 00:18:13,680 Speaker 1: for sure. So to me, Kyle Schwarber feels like a really, 481 00:18:13,720 --> 00:18:16,560 Speaker 1: really good fit. And I feel like that's you want 482 00:18:16,560 --> 00:18:18,960 Speaker 1: to talk about an upgrade, You are upgrading on Dom Smith. 483 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:21,800 Speaker 1: And we love Dom of course, and if he could 484 00:18:21,800 --> 00:18:23,760 Speaker 1: bring that back back, he's got a spot in the 485 00:18:23,800 --> 00:18:25,600 Speaker 1: lineup every single day for sure, because what he did 486 00:18:25,640 --> 00:18:26,440 Speaker 1: in nineteen and twenty. 487 00:18:26,440 --> 00:18:27,640 Speaker 2: He was unbelievable at the play. 488 00:18:27,680 --> 00:18:30,320 Speaker 1: But until we see that version of Dom Smith's back, 489 00:18:30,359 --> 00:18:32,639 Speaker 1: you have to look to improve, especially when you're a 490 00:18:32,640 --> 00:18:34,880 Speaker 1: team that's looking to win a World Series right now. 491 00:18:34,920 --> 00:18:37,000 Speaker 3: Definitely. Also, I just don't think that kyleege S Hoarber 492 00:18:37,040 --> 00:18:38,879 Speaker 3: gets the credit he deserves for all the adjustments he 493 00:18:38,920 --> 00:18:40,679 Speaker 3: made last year. If he would have stayed healthy and 494 00:18:40,680 --> 00:18:42,560 Speaker 3: played the full season, he would have been the type 495 00:18:42,600 --> 00:18:45,480 Speaker 3: of guy commanding a monster deal, probably someone in at Casianos. 496 00:18:45,960 --> 00:18:47,800 Speaker 3: His chase prayer was in the eighty nine percent tile 497 00:18:47,800 --> 00:18:50,399 Speaker 3: of players in baseball, So that means only eleven percent 498 00:18:50,480 --> 00:18:51,400 Speaker 3: of all of the players. 499 00:18:51,840 --> 00:18:53,560 Speaker 2: Wait, yeah, you're right, Yeah, only. 500 00:18:53,440 --> 00:18:56,280 Speaker 3: Eleven percent of the players in baseball swung at less 501 00:18:56,320 --> 00:18:58,240 Speaker 3: pitches outside of the strikes on the coyleeg S Wwarber 502 00:18:58,280 --> 00:18:59,720 Speaker 3: And with that, he was neared top of the league 503 00:18:59,720 --> 00:19:02,040 Speaker 3: and batterer top of the league in max ex velocity, 504 00:19:02,240 --> 00:19:04,119 Speaker 3: near top of the league and hard hit rate. He 505 00:19:04,640 --> 00:19:08,160 Speaker 3: is truly an elite power hither much much much better 506 00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:09,679 Speaker 3: than just being a good hitter that he's always been 507 00:19:09,680 --> 00:19:11,480 Speaker 3: thoughts to be. Because those adjustments last year to his 508 00:19:11,520 --> 00:19:14,719 Speaker 3: chase rate were really really astronomically important, and we saw, 509 00:19:14,800 --> 00:19:17,119 Speaker 3: especially those series with the Nationals against the Mets, he 510 00:19:17,240 --> 00:19:19,240 Speaker 3: finally found a way to get to those high fastballs. 511 00:19:19,240 --> 00:19:20,639 Speaker 3: That was always a big problem with Kyle Shorp, but 512 00:19:20,680 --> 00:19:22,399 Speaker 3: he whiffed thro the high fastballs, wasn't quick enough to 513 00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:24,240 Speaker 3: get around. Something happened. I don't know what it was, 514 00:19:24,240 --> 00:19:26,199 Speaker 3: but he started to get around on them. And he 515 00:19:26,320 --> 00:19:28,720 Speaker 3: is going to be a rock solid hitter for as 516 00:19:28,760 --> 00:19:30,720 Speaker 3: long as you can imagine based on the plate skills 517 00:19:30,720 --> 00:19:31,320 Speaker 3: that he's developed. 518 00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:33,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, he's like the Bier League softball guy where you're like, 519 00:19:33,359 --> 00:19:36,119 Speaker 1: no matter what, this dude is always going to mash 520 00:19:36,160 --> 00:19:37,800 Speaker 1: and we saw it last year against the Mets. I 521 00:19:37,840 --> 00:19:40,080 Speaker 1: would love to bring in Kyle Schward where he makes 522 00:19:40,160 --> 00:19:42,879 Speaker 1: that lineup really really scary. I mean, you hit him 523 00:19:42,960 --> 00:19:45,280 Speaker 1: after Pete right or even before Pete, however you want 524 00:19:45,320 --> 00:19:47,879 Speaker 1: to set it up lefty, righty, lefty, righty. That's a 525 00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:49,679 Speaker 1: tough that's a tough you have to pitch to one 526 00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:51,280 Speaker 1: of those guys. You don't want to pitch to either 527 00:19:51,280 --> 00:19:51,560 Speaker 1: of them. 528 00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:53,239 Speaker 3: He gets on base so much. I would hit him 529 00:19:53,240 --> 00:19:55,359 Speaker 3: as high in the order as you felt the need to. 530 00:19:55,480 --> 00:19:57,360 Speaker 3: Like I wouldn't even hate him at two or three 531 00:19:57,840 --> 00:20:00,760 Speaker 3: ahead of Pete behind me again, he Thinkylesh Warber to 532 00:20:00,800 --> 00:20:02,800 Speaker 3: the top of this lineup would be disgusting. I just 533 00:20:02,880 --> 00:20:04,879 Speaker 3: we need to clear out the bottom of guys who 534 00:20:04,960 --> 00:20:07,240 Speaker 3: can't hit, who can't field. I mean to make room 535 00:20:07,280 --> 00:20:09,400 Speaker 3: for him. And that's JD. Davis, that's Robinson Cano, that's 536 00:20:09,440 --> 00:20:11,480 Speaker 3: Don Smith. You can have all three of those guys 537 00:20:11,520 --> 00:20:13,239 Speaker 3: and Klish Warber on this roster. There's only so many 538 00:20:13,280 --> 00:20:14,960 Speaker 3: things that Luiskiormy can do with the glove. 539 00:20:15,119 --> 00:20:17,600 Speaker 1: To be fair, I did see something on Twitter about 540 00:20:17,600 --> 00:20:19,600 Speaker 1: a rumor that possibly the Red Sox could be interested 541 00:20:19,600 --> 00:20:22,159 Speaker 1: in JD. Davis, which is interesting and if that is 542 00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:23,480 Speaker 1: got to pick up the phone and. 543 00:20:23,400 --> 00:20:24,000 Speaker 2: Call and talk. 544 00:20:24,160 --> 00:20:25,480 Speaker 3: I think a lot of teams could and should be 545 00:20:25,480 --> 00:20:27,800 Speaker 3: interested in JD. Davis, especially the teams that have left 546 00:20:27,840 --> 00:20:30,080 Speaker 3: first base open to a platoon, like the Red Sox, 547 00:20:30,119 --> 00:20:32,000 Speaker 3: like the Dodgers, like the Tampa Bay Rays, and I 548 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:34,640 Speaker 3: think that and all soon to be the Oakland Athletics. 549 00:20:34,640 --> 00:20:36,520 Speaker 3: I think there's a lot of value that JD. Davis has, 550 00:20:36,560 --> 00:20:38,640 Speaker 3: and that's another reason why I don't think that it's 551 00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:40,359 Speaker 3: the most necessary thing in the world. For the metsic 552 00:20:40,400 --> 00:20:41,760 Speaker 3: go out and get the most powerful bat we can 553 00:20:41,760 --> 00:20:43,520 Speaker 3: find because j J. Davis is a very good hitter. 554 00:20:43,880 --> 00:20:45,919 Speaker 3: You can especially geinst lefties absolutely and you can, and 555 00:20:45,920 --> 00:20:47,199 Speaker 3: the mental need the guy who can hit. I mean, 556 00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:49,880 Speaker 3: actually a meta line is pretty very heavy right now, right. 557 00:20:49,880 --> 00:20:53,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean Kana's righty, Starling Mortes righty. The lefties 558 00:20:53,200 --> 00:20:55,000 Speaker 1: are spread out evenly pretty much. 559 00:20:55,080 --> 00:20:57,080 Speaker 3: Yeah, but still JAJ Davis is that good with the bad. 560 00:20:57,119 --> 00:20:59,919 Speaker 3: It's indisputable. He just can't play the field for Jackson. 561 00:21:00,080 --> 00:21:03,479 Speaker 3: At least, Swarber is better than the worst outfielder in baseball, 562 00:21:03,480 --> 00:21:05,359 Speaker 3: which is what Jade Davis and Dom Smith have proven 563 00:21:05,440 --> 00:21:07,720 Speaker 3: to be. But it's very weird with the Mets have 564 00:21:07,760 --> 00:21:09,320 Speaker 3: going out with this roster. I'd love to see a 565 00:21:09,359 --> 00:21:12,280 Speaker 3: trade made to clear up some of this confusion before 566 00:21:12,840 --> 00:21:14,760 Speaker 3: we had clarity and the free agents also, I mean 567 00:21:14,920 --> 00:21:16,480 Speaker 3: I say that, but fuck it, like signed the big 568 00:21:16,480 --> 00:21:17,800 Speaker 3: free agents. Do what you gotta do and then make 569 00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:20,320 Speaker 3: the trades later, get the pieces and figure out how 570 00:21:20,320 --> 00:21:22,080 Speaker 3: they're gonna fit. Because he still have four weeks before 571 00:21:22,119 --> 00:21:24,760 Speaker 3: we have to get this thing together. But it's gonna 572 00:21:24,760 --> 00:21:26,560 Speaker 3: be interesting to see how they handle this roster over 573 00:21:26,560 --> 00:21:27,280 Speaker 3: the next week or so. 574 00:21:27,520 --> 00:21:28,480 Speaker 2: Definitely, definitely. 575 00:21:29,040 --> 00:21:30,760 Speaker 1: It's not fun to say, like, of course we would 576 00:21:30,760 --> 00:21:34,400 Speaker 1: want Carlos Korea at Chipper Story, christ Freddy Freeman, bring 577 00:21:34,440 --> 00:21:37,760 Speaker 1: them all in. But we know realistically is it's not 578 00:21:37,800 --> 00:21:40,120 Speaker 1: gonna happen. You might get one, there's a chance for one, 579 00:21:40,160 --> 00:21:41,160 Speaker 1: but you're not gonna get them all. 580 00:21:41,280 --> 00:21:44,159 Speaker 3: I mean, truthfully, once the Mets signed almost any player 581 00:21:44,200 --> 00:21:46,160 Speaker 3: worth half a shit, you're gonna go over the Steve 582 00:21:46,200 --> 00:21:48,200 Speaker 3: Cohen tax line, which is two hundred ninety million dollars 583 00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:50,320 Speaker 3: right now. They're about, like we said before, two seventy one. 584 00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:52,640 Speaker 3: Once you go over that line, there's no more penalties. 585 00:21:52,640 --> 00:21:55,000 Speaker 3: You're paying eighty percent of the money you've paid back 586 00:21:55,040 --> 00:21:58,080 Speaker 3: for going over the tax But like, I don't know 587 00:21:58,080 --> 00:22:01,000 Speaker 3: how much Steve Cohen cares about that. Oh, what's ado, 588 00:22:01,040 --> 00:22:03,879 Speaker 3: I'm next to eighty million dollars. Watch out, I'm Steve Cohen. 589 00:22:04,040 --> 00:22:06,480 Speaker 2: Must be nice, right to just wipe your ass with 590 00:22:06,520 --> 00:22:07,440 Speaker 2: eighty million dollars. 591 00:22:07,600 --> 00:22:09,239 Speaker 3: Yeah, just you know, sell another piece of art. You're 592 00:22:09,320 --> 00:22:09,720 Speaker 3: right back. 593 00:22:09,880 --> 00:22:11,560 Speaker 1: So, I mean, really, at the end of the day, 594 00:22:11,600 --> 00:22:13,840 Speaker 1: it's probably more depth on the offensive side. But I 595 00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:16,879 Speaker 1: think Kyle Schwarber is if we're talking about a legit bat, 596 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:18,280 Speaker 1: big player, that's the guy. 597 00:22:18,359 --> 00:22:20,520 Speaker 3: If we're talking about likelihood, I think could Goes Schwarber, 598 00:22:20,520 --> 00:22:23,000 Speaker 3: Bryant Freeman, and I don't think any of these guys 599 00:22:23,040 --> 00:22:24,320 Speaker 3: are even that close to the other one. 600 00:22:24,440 --> 00:22:27,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, it seemed and also like from all the reports 601 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:29,240 Speaker 1: before and even during the lockout, it seems like Cowen 602 00:22:29,320 --> 00:22:30,360 Speaker 1: wants Kyle Schwarber. 603 00:22:30,480 --> 00:22:30,640 Speaker 2: Yeah. 604 00:22:30,920 --> 00:22:33,240 Speaker 3: Steve Cohen's kind of like the casual fan. He's like, 605 00:22:33,280 --> 00:22:34,720 Speaker 3: give me that guy, that powerful guy. Bring him in. 606 00:22:35,320 --> 00:22:37,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, he hit how many home runs against this last year? 607 00:22:37,640 --> 00:22:40,560 Speaker 1: He's not playing for US Bringham, in which listen, we 608 00:22:40,600 --> 00:22:42,440 Speaker 1: will take him with open arms. I'd love to bring 609 00:22:42,480 --> 00:22:46,600 Speaker 1: Kyle Schwarburn, especially because the Phillies could one hundred percent 610 00:22:46,680 --> 00:22:48,440 Speaker 1: of Kyle Schwarburn. He would hit one hundred and fifty 611 00:22:48,480 --> 00:22:49,160 Speaker 1: home runs a year. 612 00:22:49,040 --> 00:22:52,680 Speaker 2: In Philadelphia a year a year in that bad box, 613 00:22:52,720 --> 00:22:53,480 Speaker 2: the way he swings. 614 00:22:53,480 --> 00:22:55,280 Speaker 3: Come on, everyone, get ready because Phillies are going to 615 00:22:55,320 --> 00:22:56,639 Speaker 3: sign at least two good players and it's going to 616 00:22:56,680 --> 00:22:58,640 Speaker 3: be upsetting his Mets fans. They're probably gonna bring in 617 00:22:58,680 --> 00:23:02,840 Speaker 3: like and CONFORDO or something crazy like that. But just yeah, 618 00:23:03,119 --> 00:23:05,040 Speaker 3: you hear about the Ring of Warrez news today. No, 619 00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:06,919 Speaker 3: he's not gonna be ready for opening dead because of 620 00:23:06,920 --> 00:23:10,000 Speaker 3: his visa. Wow, that's crazy, crazy because he didn't I 621 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:12,200 Speaker 3: guess get it renewed in time to get started. Maybe 622 00:23:12,240 --> 00:23:13,960 Speaker 3: he didn't because he was training down. I don't know 623 00:23:13,960 --> 00:23:16,240 Speaker 3: if he's Venezuela and or Dominican. But yeah, there's also 624 00:23:16,280 --> 00:23:18,199 Speaker 3: gonna be a couple of guys news coming out over 625 00:23:18,200 --> 00:23:19,679 Speaker 3: the next week or so who are not going to 626 00:23:19,680 --> 00:23:22,160 Speaker 3: be ready. I'm major League roster's four opening day. Cross 627 00:23:22,200 --> 00:23:22,960 Speaker 3: your fingers for Cano. 628 00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:27,240 Speaker 2: Yeah, oh man, I Robinson Cano can't make it for 629 00:23:27,280 --> 00:23:28,800 Speaker 2: opening Day? What are we gonna do you put? 630 00:23:28,800 --> 00:23:30,840 Speaker 3: The deportation of Robinson Canoe would be a tragedy. 631 00:23:31,440 --> 00:23:33,400 Speaker 2: Oh man, Someone slip him some more sterois. 632 00:23:33,359 --> 00:23:35,760 Speaker 3: No, the restricted list, don't know, we need a new 633 00:23:35,800 --> 00:23:36,880 Speaker 3: roster spot. I don't know. 634 00:23:37,119 --> 00:23:39,200 Speaker 2: Oh no, twenty three million dollars. That wouldn't be the 635 00:23:39,200 --> 00:23:39,760 Speaker 2: worst thing ever. 636 00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:42,400 Speaker 3: Oh my god, Lol, No, you're so hot. 637 00:23:42,520 --> 00:23:45,560 Speaker 1: Please, He's just the guy. I feel like, as Mets 638 00:23:45,560 --> 00:23:48,439 Speaker 1: fans we get anything out of him. It's whatever we 639 00:23:48,520 --> 00:23:51,439 Speaker 1: know he's existing on this team. But any plans that 640 00:23:51,640 --> 00:23:54,879 Speaker 1: include saying, well we have Robinson Cano, you should stop talking. 641 00:23:54,960 --> 00:23:57,800 Speaker 1: Don't say anything. He's he's irrelevant to this team. Anything 642 00:23:57,800 --> 00:23:58,920 Speaker 1: he does is a positive at this. 643 00:23:58,920 --> 00:24:01,080 Speaker 3: Besides the fact of starting played here to play with 644 00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:01,840 Speaker 3: Robinson Cano. 645 00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:04,720 Speaker 1: Yes, but let's be honest, like Robinson Cano, like, let's 646 00:24:04,720 --> 00:24:07,159 Speaker 1: pretend like you're like, oh, well, we're we're clogged up 647 00:24:07,160 --> 00:24:08,840 Speaker 1: at second base because we got Robinson Cano. 648 00:24:08,960 --> 00:24:11,440 Speaker 2: Stop it. No, there's none of that. There's that talk 649 00:24:11,480 --> 00:24:12,640 Speaker 2: should not exist. 650 00:24:12,520 --> 00:24:19,600 Speaker 3: Over under seventy. Now over under forty three games. Robinson 651 00:24:19,640 --> 00:24:21,320 Speaker 3: Cano plays at second base this year? 652 00:24:21,520 --> 00:24:24,760 Speaker 2: Oh okay, at second base. Yes, that's an under. I 653 00:24:24,760 --> 00:24:25,880 Speaker 2: don't under forty. 654 00:24:26,600 --> 00:24:28,200 Speaker 1: I think under forty three because I think he's gonna 655 00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:29,840 Speaker 1: get a lot of his time at DH and he's 656 00:24:29,840 --> 00:24:31,920 Speaker 1: gonna be playing second base to give whoever's playing there, 657 00:24:31,960 --> 00:24:35,200 Speaker 1: whether it's McNeil or maybe even Edward Escobar on some days. 658 00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:36,040 Speaker 3: Under thirty six give. 659 00:24:36,640 --> 00:24:38,320 Speaker 1: I think that's kind of where we hang. Yeah, because 660 00:24:38,359 --> 00:24:40,119 Speaker 1: you guys remember too, Giorme is gonna get a lot 661 00:24:40,160 --> 00:24:41,760 Speaker 1: of time too. And I think we probably sign a 662 00:24:41,800 --> 00:24:44,359 Speaker 1: guy like VR maybe back to be one of our 663 00:24:44,359 --> 00:24:46,280 Speaker 1: depth guys, which I think would be a really nice addition, 664 00:24:46,720 --> 00:24:49,320 Speaker 1: or not even addition, nice guy to bring back because 665 00:24:49,400 --> 00:24:52,520 Speaker 1: he could play shortstop in a pinch, play thirty, play second, 666 00:24:52,560 --> 00:24:54,879 Speaker 1: and god forbid we ever need this, he could play centerfield. 667 00:24:54,920 --> 00:24:58,040 Speaker 3: Pat Rigazzo three minutes ago. Mets are currently very focused 668 00:24:58,040 --> 00:24:59,879 Speaker 3: on adding pitching, both starting and relief. 669 00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:00,879 Speaker 2: Good love to hear it. 670 00:25:00,960 --> 00:25:03,720 Speaker 1: Yes, this Mets team, it feels like we're gonna be 671 00:25:03,720 --> 00:25:05,960 Speaker 1: built different than we've seen in the past. It feels 672 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:07,920 Speaker 1: like we're gonna go after the things we need. We're 673 00:25:07,960 --> 00:25:10,600 Speaker 1: gonna get good players, We're gonna spend money. It's so 674 00:25:10,800 --> 00:25:13,440 Speaker 1: nice that baseball is back. I mean, is there is 675 00:25:13,480 --> 00:25:15,679 Speaker 1: there any other players maybe under the radar James that 676 00:25:15,720 --> 00:25:17,440 Speaker 1: you have, that you think could maybe be a Met 677 00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:19,840 Speaker 1: or we kind of covered everybody, you think. 678 00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:21,680 Speaker 3: Mostly everyone two guys have mentioned a few times, or 679 00:25:21,680 --> 00:25:24,600 Speaker 3: Brad Miller and Donovan Solano. They could basically both play 680 00:25:24,760 --> 00:25:26,760 Speaker 3: second and third, similar to Escobar. But we're gonna cost 681 00:25:26,800 --> 00:25:28,880 Speaker 3: a little bit less money and probably hit almost as well. 682 00:25:29,320 --> 00:25:30,840 Speaker 3: I think we're gonna see a death in fielder coming 683 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:32,840 Speaker 3: also v our same boat, just a guy who can 684 00:25:32,960 --> 00:25:36,479 Speaker 3: also play second and third, especially if we don't sign outfield, 685 00:25:36,480 --> 00:25:38,400 Speaker 3: if Neil winds up being the fourth outfielder as well 686 00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:40,560 Speaker 3: as probably starting second basement, or if he gets moved, 687 00:25:40,560 --> 00:25:42,240 Speaker 3: because those rumors are still active as well. 688 00:25:42,440 --> 00:25:44,639 Speaker 1: Yeah, which I hope we don't move McNeil. He really 689 00:25:44,680 --> 00:25:46,119 Speaker 1: does help this team out a lot, especially if he 690 00:25:46,160 --> 00:25:48,399 Speaker 1: does have a bounce back, which it seems like he should. 691 00:25:48,520 --> 00:25:50,359 Speaker 1: It seems like last year was more of a fluke 692 00:25:50,480 --> 00:25:52,560 Speaker 1: than the player he truly is. He might not be 693 00:25:52,600 --> 00:25:55,040 Speaker 1: that one one thirty WRC plus guy that we saw 694 00:25:55,200 --> 00:25:57,760 Speaker 1: than twenty nineteen, but he definitely is a much better 695 00:25:57,840 --> 00:25:59,480 Speaker 1: hitter than we saw last year, and he's he's got 696 00:25:59,480 --> 00:25:59,959 Speaker 1: a bounce back. 697 00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:01,159 Speaker 2: So I don't want to move them. 698 00:26:01,200 --> 00:26:02,720 Speaker 3: I on either we can maybe save that for a 699 00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:06,400 Speaker 3: future episode. Because emergency episode merging the episodes emergency episode. 700 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:07,680 Speaker 1: And you know what, I think that's a perfect way 701 00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:09,800 Speaker 1: to wrap up the emergency episode. We gave you some names, 702 00:26:09,840 --> 00:26:11,800 Speaker 1: we gave you some rumors, we gave you what you 703 00:26:11,840 --> 00:26:14,080 Speaker 1: were craving, and honestly, we were craving to talk about 704 00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:18,919 Speaker 1: this too, because now it actually has some real reason 705 00:26:18,960 --> 00:26:22,120 Speaker 1: behind it. It's not just speaking out loud and just ah, 706 00:26:22,200 --> 00:26:24,040 Speaker 1: you know this or that, this is all stuff that 707 00:26:24,040 --> 00:26:24,640 Speaker 1: can really happen. 708 00:26:24,680 --> 00:26:26,560 Speaker 3: You know that it has some legs. 709 00:26:26,840 --> 00:26:29,960 Speaker 1: It has some legs. Yes, it has some legs. 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