1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:02,120 Speaker 1: Is it going to happen for all of these guys. Yes, 2 00:00:02,160 --> 00:00:04,760 Speaker 1: they're going to play major League Baseball again. Is it 3 00:00:04,800 --> 00:00:08,160 Speaker 1: going to happen at the rates that they wanted at 4 00:00:08,160 --> 00:00:11,960 Speaker 1: the start of the offseason, at the dollars they wanted that, 5 00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:19,640 Speaker 1: I'm not sure of. Welcome everyone to this week's edition 6 00:00:19,840 --> 00:00:23,880 Speaker 1: of Fair Territory. Happy President's Day to all. I'm going 7 00:00:23,920 --> 00:00:27,960 Speaker 1: to start today by recalling something from my childhood. When 8 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:30,080 Speaker 1: I was a young man growing up in New York, 9 00:00:30,160 --> 00:00:33,360 Speaker 1: I lived on Long Island, and every night on the 10 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:36,279 Speaker 1: ten o'clock news it was Channel five. It's Fox now, 11 00:00:36,320 --> 00:00:38,800 Speaker 1: I don't know what it was then, but every night 12 00:00:39,280 --> 00:00:43,160 Speaker 1: they would say, it's ten o'clock. Do you know where 13 00:00:43,320 --> 00:00:46,559 Speaker 1: your children are? I'm going to give you a variation 14 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:50,920 Speaker 1: of that today. It's February nineteenth. You're a Scott Boris 15 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:54,680 Speaker 1: free agent. Do you know where your contract is? For 16 00:00:54,840 --> 00:00:58,080 Speaker 1: six of his players? The answer is no, because they 17 00:00:58,080 --> 00:01:00,400 Speaker 1: don't have those contracts just yet, at least as of 18 00:01:00,440 --> 00:01:04,000 Speaker 1: the moment that we're taping on Monday morning. I'm talking, 19 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:08,160 Speaker 1: of course, about Blake Snell and Jordan Montgomery, about Matt 20 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:11,520 Speaker 1: Chapman and Cody Bellinger, about j d. Martinez and jan 21 00:01:11,680 --> 00:01:16,360 Speaker 1: Jin Rieu. These are six prominent free agents, all unsigned. 22 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:19,039 Speaker 1: The big four, of course, are the four that I 23 00:01:19,120 --> 00:01:24,679 Speaker 1: mentioned right at the start, Snell, Montgomery, Chapman, Bellinger. What 24 00:01:24,760 --> 00:01:27,840 Speaker 1: we have here is a staring match, and it's an 25 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:32,199 Speaker 1: understandable staring match in some ways, because of course Scott 26 00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:34,440 Speaker 1: Boris is sitting with these clients. He wants them to 27 00:01:34,440 --> 00:01:38,480 Speaker 1: get paid, and there are teams in need, and he 28 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:41,560 Speaker 1: knows that they are teams in need. Who am I 29 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:44,480 Speaker 1: talking about. I'm talking about the Giants, I'm talking about 30 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:46,760 Speaker 1: the Cubs, I'm talking about the Blue Jays, I'm talking 31 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:50,000 Speaker 1: about the Rangers. I'm talking about the Yankees. All of 32 00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:53,160 Speaker 1: these teams and more for that matter, could use one 33 00:01:53,160 --> 00:01:57,400 Speaker 1: of these guys. Boris knows it. He's holding out, and 34 00:01:57,440 --> 00:01:59,760 Speaker 1: he knows with the pitchers in particular, and I have 35 00:01:59,800 --> 00:02:03,880 Speaker 1: just justice before that if he waits, there are going 36 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:06,040 Speaker 1: to be injuries. We saw some injuries last week with 37 00:02:06,120 --> 00:02:09,640 Speaker 1: the Orioles, and the injuries occur with the right team. 38 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:12,919 Speaker 1: Guess what he might get what he wants, just as 39 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:15,880 Speaker 1: Josh Hater got what he wanted non Bors' client from 40 00:02:15,880 --> 00:02:20,280 Speaker 1: the Houston Astros after Kendall Graveman got hurt. The problem 41 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:24,320 Speaker 1: is for boris that the teams, at least to this 42 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:30,280 Speaker 1: point on February nineteenth, are not blinking. The Texas Rangers, 43 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:33,160 Speaker 1: for one, do not seem to be involved in any 44 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:35,880 Speaker 1: of these guys because they can't be. The uncertainty of 45 00:02:35,919 --> 00:02:40,600 Speaker 1: their local TV revenue has discouraged their owner from getting 46 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:43,040 Speaker 1: into the free agent market. I shouldn't say they can't be. 47 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:45,760 Speaker 1: Of course they can be, but their owner doesn't want 48 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:48,480 Speaker 1: to be. Chris Young saying just the other day, I 49 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:51,600 Speaker 1: don't think there are any additions coming to this point. 50 00:02:51,960 --> 00:02:54,240 Speaker 1: The Rangers all along were thought to be the team 51 00:02:54,280 --> 00:02:57,120 Speaker 1: from Montgomery. They're not going to be the team for Montgomery. 52 00:02:57,360 --> 00:02:59,640 Speaker 1: Not happening. And if he was holding out for them 53 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:03,040 Speaker 1: and waiting for them to jump, it sure doesn't sound 54 00:03:03,080 --> 00:03:06,880 Speaker 1: like that's going to happen. The Giants president Baseball Operations 55 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:10,959 Speaker 1: for Anxiety, speaking about the Jorgees Solaire signing, had a 56 00:03:11,080 --> 00:03:14,200 Speaker 1: very interesting comment yesterday, and I want to go through that. 57 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:18,760 Speaker 1: As he spoke to reporters for Anxiety, basically said, it's 58 00:03:18,800 --> 00:03:21,120 Speaker 1: a little bit more disruptive to add at this point, 59 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:23,920 Speaker 1: and anybody who is a free agent. We theoretically had 60 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:25,880 Speaker 1: three and a half months to figure out a deal, 61 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:30,000 Speaker 1: and if it hasn't happened yet, at some point, organizationally, 62 00:03:30,320 --> 00:03:33,160 Speaker 1: you just need to turn the page and focus on 63 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:37,240 Speaker 1: the players you have in house. Now. The Giants have 64 00:03:37,320 --> 00:03:41,600 Speaker 1: made moves Lea centerfield, Solair DH, They've acquired Robbie Ray, 65 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:45,880 Speaker 1: They've done some other things as well. And I wouldn't 66 00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:48,680 Speaker 1: say they're set. I wouldn't say they should stop. I 67 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:51,360 Speaker 1: would say if the price drops on Matt Chapman to 68 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:53,760 Speaker 1: a point they find acceptable. You can throw out that 69 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:57,120 Speaker 1: quote from for Anxiety, but that's where they are right now. 70 00:03:57,640 --> 00:04:01,840 Speaker 1: The Yankees. Brendan Cuddy and Kershner wrote about this today 71 00:04:01,880 --> 00:04:04,400 Speaker 1: and The Athletic. We know the Yankees made an offer 72 00:04:04,480 --> 00:04:07,360 Speaker 1: to Snell at some point. It was quite a while ago, 73 00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:11,240 Speaker 1: as we understand it, and we know that they still 74 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:14,080 Speaker 1: have interest, according to Brendan Cutty and Chris Kersionery and 75 00:04:14,120 --> 00:04:18,040 Speaker 1: both Snell and Montgomery, at what they deem an acceptable price. 76 00:04:18,720 --> 00:04:22,200 Speaker 1: What we also know, based on what Brendan and Chris wrote, 77 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:24,680 Speaker 1: and this is a really telling point, is that the 78 00:04:24,760 --> 00:04:27,200 Speaker 1: Yankees aren't going to do a short term deal with 79 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:30,200 Speaker 1: either of these guys. The reason is they're at the 80 00:04:30,320 --> 00:04:33,919 Speaker 1: highest luxury tax level. They get taxed our one hundred 81 00:04:33,920 --> 00:04:37,520 Speaker 1: and ten percent on every dollars that they spend. So 82 00:04:37,640 --> 00:04:40,680 Speaker 1: if the Yankees signed Blake Snell for one year forty million, 83 00:04:40,760 --> 00:04:42,720 Speaker 1: and again this is all from the article Brendan and 84 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:45,320 Speaker 1: Chris wrote today and the Athletic, if they go one 85 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:49,560 Speaker 1: year forty million on Snell, that's actually an eighty four 86 00:04:49,640 --> 00:04:52,279 Speaker 1: million dollar hit. And that's not happening even for the 87 00:04:52,320 --> 00:04:56,440 Speaker 1: New York Yankees. So all of these teams still in play, 88 00:04:56,440 --> 00:04:59,520 Speaker 1: the Blue Jays still in play in theory, the Angels 89 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:03,279 Speaker 1: still in play in theory. But it hasn't happened. Is 90 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:05,120 Speaker 1: it going to happen for all of these guys? Yes, 91 00:05:05,120 --> 00:05:08,000 Speaker 1: they're gonna play major League Baseball again. Is it going 92 00:05:08,040 --> 00:05:11,240 Speaker 1: to happen at the rates that they wanted at the 93 00:05:11,279 --> 00:05:14,919 Speaker 1: start of the offseason, at the dollars they wanted that, 94 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:18,120 Speaker 1: I'm not sure of. And the idea that Scott Boris 95 00:05:18,200 --> 00:05:20,520 Speaker 1: is going to hit on all six of these guys, 96 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:24,520 Speaker 1: I'm having a harder time believing it. And I've said 97 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:28,360 Speaker 1: this before, it's always dangerous to underestimate Bors. He sometimes 98 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:32,760 Speaker 1: pulls things out of seemingly thin air. But with six guys, 99 00:05:32,839 --> 00:05:37,080 Speaker 1: Even with the four guys, it's getting more difficult to believe. 100 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:40,119 Speaker 1: So at least one of them might take a deal 101 00:05:40,279 --> 00:05:43,880 Speaker 1: that at the offseason we would not have projected. Now 102 00:05:43,920 --> 00:05:48,040 Speaker 1: because of this delay, because of this endless, protracted situation 103 00:05:48,279 --> 00:05:50,920 Speaker 1: that the game is in with Scott Boris being right 104 00:05:50,960 --> 00:05:53,520 Speaker 1: now the biggest name in baseball, ahead of Aaron Judge, 105 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:56,160 Speaker 1: Mike Trout, anybody else. He's the guy we're all talking 106 00:05:56,200 --> 00:05:59,440 Speaker 1: about with these players unsigned. Because of that, there has 107 00:05:59,480 --> 00:06:04,520 Speaker 1: been renewed talk and I've mentioned it myself about assigning deadline, 108 00:06:04,839 --> 00:06:08,159 Speaker 1: and Rob Manfred talking to reporters last week, mentioned that 109 00:06:08,279 --> 00:06:12,279 Speaker 1: MLB and we know this, I've reported it has offered 110 00:06:12,440 --> 00:06:16,680 Speaker 1: or proposed, i should say, assigning deadline numerous times in 111 00:06:16,720 --> 00:06:22,039 Speaker 1: collective bargaining negotiations. The union is i would say, vehemently opposed. 112 00:06:22,200 --> 00:06:25,440 Speaker 1: Boris called a deadline a deathline when he was speaking 113 00:06:25,440 --> 00:06:28,840 Speaker 1: to Evandrelk of the Athletic. That's a little bit extreme, 114 00:06:28,920 --> 00:06:31,719 Speaker 1: if you want to use words properly, but that's what 115 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:34,240 Speaker 1: he said, and what he meant by that is that 116 00:06:34,320 --> 00:06:37,720 Speaker 1: for players, any restriction on the open market, be it 117 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:41,279 Speaker 1: a salary cap, be it as signing deadline, any restriction 118 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:44,479 Speaker 1: on the free market at all is something he believes 119 00:06:44,680 --> 00:06:48,159 Speaker 1: will not work to the player's benefit. I might argue 120 00:06:48,160 --> 00:06:52,040 Speaker 1: the opposite, because of what happened right before the lockout 121 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:55,600 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty one. You remember that frenzy. That's signing frenzy. 122 00:06:55,960 --> 00:06:59,279 Speaker 1: But Boris points out, as do others, that if you 123 00:06:59,279 --> 00:07:01,520 Speaker 1: look at the draft and there's a signing deadline in 124 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:05,640 Speaker 1: the draft, what happens is often teams will squeeze players 125 00:07:05,720 --> 00:07:07,880 Speaker 1: right at the end, and it does not benefit players. 126 00:07:08,440 --> 00:07:11,680 Speaker 1: You can argue it both ways. I would argue that 127 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:14,480 Speaker 1: this situation, when we're in the middle of spring, when 128 00:07:14,520 --> 00:07:17,160 Speaker 1: we have all these guys still out there, is not 129 00:07:17,240 --> 00:07:20,320 Speaker 1: necessarily ideal for the game. It's not what the focus 130 00:07:20,320 --> 00:07:23,360 Speaker 1: should be. And yet it is what the focus inevitably 131 00:07:23,560 --> 00:07:27,240 Speaker 1: is because these are prominent players. These are prominent guys. 132 00:07:27,840 --> 00:07:31,600 Speaker 1: There's no question about it. Now as we talk about 133 00:07:31,640 --> 00:07:34,280 Speaker 1: all this, there was a very interesting spring training story 134 00:07:34,280 --> 00:07:38,400 Speaker 1: that developed over the last couple of days involving well, yes, 135 00:07:38,640 --> 00:07:41,600 Speaker 1: a Scott Boris client one who signed last year for 136 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:44,240 Speaker 1: eleven years, two hundred and eighty million with the San 137 00:07:44,280 --> 00:07:49,520 Speaker 1: Diego Padres. I'm talking about Xander Bogarts. Xander Bogarts got 138 00:07:49,520 --> 00:07:52,920 Speaker 1: that deal because he's a shortstop. Now. I don't know 139 00:07:52,960 --> 00:07:56,720 Speaker 1: that anyone envisioned him remaining a shortstop for eleven years, 140 00:07:57,120 --> 00:07:59,880 Speaker 1: and certainly we all expected at some point he would 141 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:03,080 Speaker 1: change positions. Probably wouldn't be the third base with Manny 142 00:08:03,080 --> 00:08:05,880 Speaker 1: Machado signed long term. But to the other side of 143 00:08:05,880 --> 00:08:10,120 Speaker 1: the diamond, either second base or first, Well, they've got 144 00:08:10,120 --> 00:08:13,760 Speaker 1: a shortstop, Kim, who is a better short stop than 145 00:08:13,880 --> 00:08:16,480 Speaker 1: Xander Bogarts. We know that they had three short stops 146 00:08:16,560 --> 00:08:19,080 Speaker 1: last year after they signed Bogarts. We knew that for 147 00:08:19,240 --> 00:08:20,840 Speaker 1: if you want to count Manny, but he was really 148 00:08:20,840 --> 00:08:24,400 Speaker 1: a third basement at this point. So they made a 149 00:08:24,440 --> 00:08:27,400 Speaker 1: move with Bogarts that probably is right for the team 150 00:08:28,080 --> 00:08:30,280 Speaker 1: because Kim is a better short stop at this stage 151 00:08:30,280 --> 00:08:33,320 Speaker 1: of his career than Bogarts is probably was last year 152 00:08:33,360 --> 00:08:36,600 Speaker 1: as well, and I understand it from that perspective. This 153 00:08:36,760 --> 00:08:40,160 Speaker 1: team is still poorly constructed. It's still a little bit off. 154 00:08:40,840 --> 00:08:43,680 Speaker 1: I would suggest right now, Jake Cronoworth is probably a 155 00:08:43,679 --> 00:08:47,520 Speaker 1: better second basement than Xander Bogarts. Xander Bogarts perhaps should 156 00:08:47,520 --> 00:08:50,280 Speaker 1: be at first, but the Padres aren't going to do 157 00:08:50,360 --> 00:08:53,280 Speaker 1: that. That's too much to ask of Bogarts, who probably isn't 158 00:08:53,320 --> 00:08:56,120 Speaker 1: all that thrilled with moving to second in the second 159 00:08:56,200 --> 00:08:59,640 Speaker 1: year of his contract. Now, Padres fans always are up 160 00:08:59,640 --> 00:09:02,040 Speaker 1: in arms about how I'm ripping the Padres left and right, 161 00:09:02,040 --> 00:09:04,800 Speaker 1: as if they're the only team I criticize. Well, that's 162 00:09:04,840 --> 00:09:07,480 Speaker 1: not true for one thing. But the reason I've talked 163 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:10,600 Speaker 1: about the Padres in this light is because often they 164 00:09:10,640 --> 00:09:14,240 Speaker 1: do things that just don't seem to make all that 165 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:18,160 Speaker 1: much sense. Signing was ANDERW. Bogart's for that contract didn't 166 00:09:18,160 --> 00:09:20,720 Speaker 1: make all that much sense. Moving him to second base, 167 00:09:20,760 --> 00:09:24,560 Speaker 1: I actually do think makes sense, but it's disruptive and 168 00:09:24,840 --> 00:09:28,920 Speaker 1: it leads to a certain uncertainty with him. How's he 169 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:31,000 Speaker 1: going to do it second It's not something I'm sure 170 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:33,400 Speaker 1: he welcomes. He is one of the class acts in 171 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:35,400 Speaker 1: the game. He's not going to squawk. He's going to 172 00:09:35,440 --> 00:09:37,320 Speaker 1: go over to second base. He's going to do a 173 00:09:37,360 --> 00:09:41,440 Speaker 1: good job. But again, it speaks to the Padres kind 174 00:09:41,480 --> 00:09:45,079 Speaker 1: of weirdness. And for all the questions that we've had 175 00:09:45,120 --> 00:09:48,240 Speaker 1: about the Padres over the years about their sustainability, Padres 176 00:09:48,280 --> 00:09:50,920 Speaker 1: fans don't like hearing this either. The cut and payroll 177 00:09:51,040 --> 00:09:55,040 Speaker 1: quite a bit because what they were doing, and granted 178 00:09:55,040 --> 00:09:57,040 Speaker 1: the TV contract is part of this, but what they 179 00:09:57,040 --> 00:10:01,280 Speaker 1: were doing wasn't sustainable, so weird place. They're going to 180 00:10:01,320 --> 00:10:03,559 Speaker 1: add some more players. I'm quite sure of that, and 181 00:10:03,600 --> 00:10:06,800 Speaker 1: Aj Preller is maybe the best talent evaluator in the game. 182 00:10:07,320 --> 00:10:09,920 Speaker 1: But I still say and the one thing I still 183 00:10:10,040 --> 00:10:13,040 Speaker 1: questioned with Preller is his ability to put together a 184 00:10:13,080 --> 00:10:17,600 Speaker 1: coherent roster, a coherent twenty six man roster. The Padres 185 00:10:17,640 --> 00:10:20,839 Speaker 1: don't have that just yet. Time now for the inside dish, 186 00:10:20,920 --> 00:10:22,840 Speaker 1: And you guys hear me say this every week. This 187 00:10:22,920 --> 00:10:24,600 Speaker 1: is the part of the show where I talk about 188 00:10:24,640 --> 00:10:27,360 Speaker 1: maybe a story I've written, maybe a trend in the game, 189 00:10:27,679 --> 00:10:30,400 Speaker 1: maybe I tell a story from earlier in my career. 190 00:10:31,240 --> 00:10:32,720 Speaker 1: But this week we have a little bit of a 191 00:10:32,720 --> 00:10:36,040 Speaker 1: different situation, or at least a bit of a different topic. 192 00:10:36,280 --> 00:10:39,920 Speaker 1: It does involve a story I've written, but the actual 193 00:10:39,960 --> 00:10:43,079 Speaker 1: subject itself is a little bit unique, and we ran 194 00:10:43,080 --> 00:10:47,360 Speaker 1: into a situation that certainly was unique in my writing career. 195 00:10:47,400 --> 00:10:51,040 Speaker 1: It's happened in broadcasts but not in writing. And the 196 00:10:51,120 --> 00:10:56,120 Speaker 1: situation was this Wednesday, last Wednesday was the day pitchers 197 00:10:56,120 --> 00:10:58,640 Speaker 1: and catchers had their first workout for the Kansas City 198 00:10:58,720 --> 00:11:01,720 Speaker 1: Royals and for many other teams as well. But I 199 00:11:01,720 --> 00:11:04,400 Speaker 1: had been tracking, like all national writers and other writers, 200 00:11:04,720 --> 00:11:08,040 Speaker 1: the Royals off season, which was quite interesting. They added 201 00:11:08,080 --> 00:11:10,760 Speaker 1: a bunch of players, and I was looking forward to 202 00:11:10,760 --> 00:11:13,480 Speaker 1: that day to writing about what they did because all 203 00:11:13,520 --> 00:11:17,120 Speaker 1: off season I was hearing that Will Smith, who was 204 00:11:17,160 --> 00:11:19,640 Speaker 1: one of the first to sign, played an instrumental role 205 00:11:19,720 --> 00:11:22,120 Speaker 1: in getting some of the others to sign, and that 206 00:11:22,760 --> 00:11:24,960 Speaker 1: there was kind of a momentum that took place as 207 00:11:25,040 --> 00:11:27,319 Speaker 1: their off season went along, and the players were talking 208 00:11:27,360 --> 00:11:30,720 Speaker 1: to one another and sort of talking each other into 209 00:11:31,360 --> 00:11:34,160 Speaker 1: going to the Royals and trying to make them a contender. 210 00:11:34,880 --> 00:11:38,040 Speaker 1: So my thought was, go to that camp on Wednesday, 211 00:11:38,640 --> 00:11:41,520 Speaker 1: write a story about the players and that just how 212 00:11:41,559 --> 00:11:44,240 Speaker 1: they all were talking with each other, their connections to 213 00:11:44,320 --> 00:11:47,880 Speaker 1: each other, and how this came together. I interviewed the 214 00:11:47,880 --> 00:11:50,439 Speaker 1: players in the morning. I believe I interviewed five or 215 00:11:50,480 --> 00:11:54,000 Speaker 1: six of them. Hunter Renfro wasn't there just yet, and 216 00:11:54,040 --> 00:11:57,800 Speaker 1: that afternoon. What happened that afternoon was the Chiefs Parade 217 00:11:57,840 --> 00:12:01,120 Speaker 1: in Kansas City, the mass shooting that took place the 218 00:12:01,160 --> 00:12:06,080 Speaker 1: horrible tragedy of that entire day. So this story was 219 00:12:06,080 --> 00:12:10,160 Speaker 1: supposed to run the next day. Right, you go Wednesday, 220 00:12:10,280 --> 00:12:12,880 Speaker 1: You'll write the story for Thursday. It's not a hard 221 00:12:12,920 --> 00:12:16,079 Speaker 1: news story, it's not breaking news, it's not something that 222 00:12:16,200 --> 00:12:19,240 Speaker 1: has to go. So I wrote the story as all 223 00:12:19,280 --> 00:12:22,080 Speaker 1: this was going on with the parade, But the whole 224 00:12:22,080 --> 00:12:25,400 Speaker 1: time I was uneasy about the possibility of running it 225 00:12:25,520 --> 00:12:28,800 Speaker 1: the next day. And ultimately I talked to my editor, 226 00:12:28,840 --> 00:12:31,040 Speaker 1: a guy named Chris Strauss, and I said, hey, you 227 00:12:31,080 --> 00:12:34,080 Speaker 1: feel like we should hold this and he said yes, 228 00:12:34,280 --> 00:12:36,520 Speaker 1: we ran it by another editor and a span she 229 00:12:36,640 --> 00:12:40,079 Speaker 1: said yes as well. Now the question then was okay, 230 00:12:40,080 --> 00:12:44,400 Speaker 1: when do you run this thing? And a day later 231 00:12:44,679 --> 00:12:47,000 Speaker 1: I still didn't feel comfortable about it, and I spoke 232 00:12:47,040 --> 00:12:49,440 Speaker 1: with Andy McCullough, who worked for the Kansas City Store 233 00:12:49,480 --> 00:12:52,320 Speaker 1: for several years, and the reason I didn't feel comfortable 234 00:12:52,520 --> 00:12:56,280 Speaker 1: was it just wouldn't have come off as appropriate to 235 00:12:56,360 --> 00:12:58,160 Speaker 1: have a story, kind of a happy story about the 236 00:12:58,240 --> 00:13:01,680 Speaker 1: royals when a city affect is in mourning. That was 237 00:13:01,720 --> 00:13:04,160 Speaker 1: my real concern. That was all of our concerns, right, 238 00:13:05,120 --> 00:13:08,439 Speaker 1: Andy added another concern. He said, hey, you might want 239 00:13:08,440 --> 00:13:12,080 Speaker 1: to wait till next week because frankly Man, Royals fans 240 00:13:12,080 --> 00:13:14,040 Speaker 1: aren't even going to want to read this right now. 241 00:13:14,160 --> 00:13:17,760 Speaker 1: They got other things on their mind fair enough, so 242 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:21,360 Speaker 1: we decided to hold it really until this week. That 243 00:13:21,480 --> 00:13:24,160 Speaker 1: was our thought process for a while. Now. I mentioned 244 00:13:24,200 --> 00:13:27,559 Speaker 1: before that I've been through this in my broadcast career, 245 00:13:27,679 --> 00:13:32,640 Speaker 1: or similar situations. Two of them twenty fourteen World Series 246 00:13:32,720 --> 00:13:36,040 Speaker 1: Game five. That was the night the horrible news broke 247 00:13:36,240 --> 00:13:41,440 Speaker 1: that Oscar Tavaris, the great Cardinals prospect, had died, and 248 00:13:41,480 --> 00:13:43,800 Speaker 1: there were reports coming out of the Dominican during that 249 00:13:43,880 --> 00:13:46,240 Speaker 1: game that this had happened. I believe it was a 250 00:13:46,280 --> 00:13:50,720 Speaker 1: car accident, and obviously it's a great tragedy, and we're 251 00:13:50,760 --> 00:13:54,240 Speaker 1: on live during the World Series game and the question becomes, 252 00:13:54,280 --> 00:13:57,360 Speaker 1: when do you report it. We didn't want to report 253 00:13:57,400 --> 00:13:59,480 Speaker 1: it based on simply a few reports out of the 254 00:13:59,480 --> 00:14:02,760 Speaker 1: Dominican public. We had to confirm it ourselves. We worked 255 00:14:02,760 --> 00:14:04,920 Speaker 1: to do that, and once we did that, once we 256 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:07,120 Speaker 1: had it confirmed, I went on the air I believe 257 00:14:07,120 --> 00:14:09,520 Speaker 1: it was the fourth inning, and gave the news and 258 00:14:09,559 --> 00:14:13,000 Speaker 1: I was almost crying. I remember this vividly. While giving 259 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:15,440 Speaker 1: that news, my son was in the ballpark that night, 260 00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:19,080 Speaker 1: in San Francisco. He was about Oscar Tavaris's age at 261 00:14:19,120 --> 00:14:22,160 Speaker 1: the time, and I was just putting two and two together, right. 262 00:14:22,640 --> 00:14:25,560 Speaker 1: But we handled that, we thought in a way that 263 00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:29,440 Speaker 1: was proper from a journalistic standpoint. We waited to confirm 264 00:14:30,040 --> 00:14:32,680 Speaker 1: the very next year, Game one of the World Series 265 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:38,720 Speaker 1: Royals Giants, and even stick your situation arose, Edinson Volcaez's 266 00:14:38,840 --> 00:14:42,320 Speaker 1: dad passed away. This happened, I believe, right before the 267 00:14:42,320 --> 00:14:45,760 Speaker 1: World Series game started, Game one, and again there were 268 00:14:45,760 --> 00:14:48,040 Speaker 1: reports out of the Dominican and then reports in the 269 00:14:48,120 --> 00:14:52,440 Speaker 1: United States as well that this was happening. And between innings, 270 00:14:52,480 --> 00:14:55,200 Speaker 1: I can't remember which one, but between innings we had 271 00:14:55,240 --> 00:14:58,200 Speaker 1: a conversation the broadcasters at the time. It was Joe Buck, 272 00:14:58,440 --> 00:15:01,280 Speaker 1: Tom for Ducci, and Harold Reynolds the analyst that year, 273 00:15:01,880 --> 00:15:05,240 Speaker 1: and I was the field reporter, and we were saying 274 00:15:05,280 --> 00:15:07,400 Speaker 1: to each other what should we do? And I remember 275 00:15:07,400 --> 00:15:11,440 Speaker 1: this vividly. Tom said, we have to wait. We cannot 276 00:15:11,520 --> 00:15:14,560 Speaker 1: report this until Edinson Volcez is out of the game. 277 00:15:14,600 --> 00:15:17,680 Speaker 1: He was the starting pitcher in Game one. We cannot 278 00:15:17,680 --> 00:15:20,080 Speaker 1: report it till he's out of the game because if 279 00:15:20,080 --> 00:15:22,920 Speaker 1: he goes back into the clubhouse and we're talking about 280 00:15:22,920 --> 00:15:25,440 Speaker 1: this on the air, and we don't know. If he 281 00:15:25,600 --> 00:15:28,760 Speaker 1: knows that his father has passed and he learns from 282 00:15:28,880 --> 00:15:31,480 Speaker 1: us that his father has passed, that is not a 283 00:15:31,560 --> 00:15:35,760 Speaker 1: good thing at all. So we held, and we held 284 00:15:35,840 --> 00:15:39,200 Speaker 1: until he was out of the game, and ultimately, once 285 00:15:39,240 --> 00:15:41,080 Speaker 1: he was out of the game, Royals officials went to 286 00:15:41,240 --> 00:15:44,720 Speaker 1: Edison Volcz and they said, hey, here's what happened. Royals 287 00:15:44,760 --> 00:15:47,600 Speaker 1: officials then told us, Okay, he's been informed. We felt 288 00:15:47,640 --> 00:15:50,800 Speaker 1: comfortable going with it on the air. At that point. 289 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:53,680 Speaker 1: We got a lot of heat for that because this 290 00:15:53,840 --> 00:15:56,320 Speaker 1: was all out there. Why aren't you saying this? This 291 00:15:56,400 --> 00:15:59,800 Speaker 1: is news, let's go. It was news. But at the 292 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:02,880 Speaker 1: same time, we were thinking of the person. And I 293 00:16:02,920 --> 00:16:04,800 Speaker 1: am convinced to this day and I will always be 294 00:16:04,880 --> 00:16:08,440 Speaker 1: convinced that we did the right thing. Now, getting back 295 00:16:08,480 --> 00:16:11,520 Speaker 1: to this story, it's a different kind of situation entirely. 296 00:16:11,520 --> 00:16:14,840 Speaker 1: We're talking about national television versus an article in The Athletic, 297 00:16:15,160 --> 00:16:17,920 Speaker 1: which is a national outlet, but it's a subscription outlet. 298 00:16:18,080 --> 00:16:22,160 Speaker 1: It's not drawing five million people eyeballs at every moment 299 00:16:22,240 --> 00:16:25,240 Speaker 1: like a world serious game is. So we decided to 300 00:16:25,280 --> 00:16:29,400 Speaker 1: hold it and then on Saturday, the Royals traded for 301 00:16:29,480 --> 00:16:33,240 Speaker 1: John Schreiber. They of course were conducting their baseball business. 302 00:16:33,280 --> 00:16:35,720 Speaker 1: They had to keep doing that even with the tragedy. 303 00:16:35,760 --> 00:16:39,480 Speaker 1: Back home, they're in Arizona training, but their general manager 304 00:16:39,600 --> 00:16:44,560 Speaker 1: JJ Piccolo is still doing things. So once they acquired Schreiver, 305 00:16:44,760 --> 00:16:47,320 Speaker 1: at that point I thought, okay, here's a hook to 306 00:16:47,480 --> 00:16:49,840 Speaker 1: what I had written. We can go now, and I 307 00:16:49,920 --> 00:16:52,880 Speaker 1: talk with the editors. I talk with Andy again, Andy McCullough, 308 00:16:53,280 --> 00:16:56,960 Speaker 1: and we decided, okay, it's appropriate. So these are the 309 00:16:57,040 --> 00:16:59,680 Speaker 1: kinds of conversations that take place at moments like this. 310 00:17:00,160 --> 00:17:02,840 Speaker 1: And you guys have heard me say this before. I'm 311 00:17:02,880 --> 00:17:07,040 Speaker 1: not perfect at the athletic We're not perfect. We occasionally 312 00:17:07,040 --> 00:17:10,920 Speaker 1: make mistakes. We occasionally print things or I write things 313 00:17:10,960 --> 00:17:13,639 Speaker 1: that don't come off well. We had one just a 314 00:17:13,680 --> 00:17:15,919 Speaker 1: month ago or so with my Wander Franco column, and 315 00:17:15,960 --> 00:17:18,080 Speaker 1: I own that it was not a great moment and 316 00:17:18,119 --> 00:17:20,640 Speaker 1: it was not a great call by me to write 317 00:17:20,640 --> 00:17:22,800 Speaker 1: it in the way that I did. I'll say that again, 318 00:17:23,680 --> 00:17:25,919 Speaker 1: but for the most part, when we're trying to make 319 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:28,760 Speaker 1: these decisions, we take it really seriously. I've always said 320 00:17:28,760 --> 00:17:32,320 Speaker 1: that too, and in this case, we did do the 321 00:17:32,359 --> 00:17:35,639 Speaker 1: right thing in my opinion, to run that story the 322 00:17:35,760 --> 00:17:38,919 Speaker 1: day after the shootings. That would have been horrible. So 323 00:17:39,240 --> 00:17:42,200 Speaker 1: that's an inside look at the way that story came about. 324 00:17:42,760 --> 00:17:46,359 Speaker 1: It actually did run yesterday. Some people had the usual 325 00:17:46,400 --> 00:17:48,879 Speaker 1: reactions to it. Out of Royals, they can spend all 326 00:17:48,960 --> 00:17:52,159 Speaker 1: the buddy they want, they're not any good. Or the 327 00:17:52,240 --> 00:17:54,400 Speaker 1: Royals are in the Al Central they spent some money. 328 00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:57,240 Speaker 1: Who knows, maybe they'll do something big this year. There's 329 00:17:57,280 --> 00:18:00,119 Speaker 1: always a surprise team, right and I don't know that 330 00:18:00,160 --> 00:18:02,920 Speaker 1: it will be the Royals. They're coming off fifty six wins. 331 00:18:02,960 --> 00:18:06,120 Speaker 1: It would be a pretty big jump. But at least 332 00:18:06,119 --> 00:18:08,240 Speaker 1: they are trying, and I know the new stadium is 333 00:18:08,280 --> 00:18:10,439 Speaker 1: part of that. They're trying to get a new stadium 334 00:18:10,480 --> 00:18:12,400 Speaker 1: and trying to convince the public to vote for one. 335 00:18:12,960 --> 00:18:16,320 Speaker 1: It all figures in, but they've had an interesting off season. 336 00:18:16,640 --> 00:18:19,240 Speaker 1: That was the original idea of the column. We finally 337 00:18:19,280 --> 00:18:22,679 Speaker 1: went with it yesterday. Time now for the dude and 338 00:18:22,760 --> 00:18:25,280 Speaker 1: dork of the week. The dude of the week, I'm 339 00:18:25,320 --> 00:18:27,960 Speaker 1: proud to say, I'm honored to say, I'm excited to say, 340 00:18:28,640 --> 00:18:31,960 Speaker 1: is a dude debt. It's Jenny Kavnar the first woman 341 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:34,520 Speaker 1: to be a primary play by play person for a 342 00:18:34,560 --> 00:18:38,119 Speaker 1: major League team. Jenny, of course, hired by the Oakland 343 00:18:38,160 --> 00:18:41,040 Speaker 1: A's last week. Dare I say it's the best move 344 00:18:41,040 --> 00:18:44,360 Speaker 1: of the A's have made all off season. And first, 345 00:18:44,440 --> 00:18:47,119 Speaker 1: before I start talking about Jenny a little more deeply, 346 00:18:47,800 --> 00:18:50,560 Speaker 1: I want to say one thing about women in baseball media, 347 00:18:50,640 --> 00:18:53,879 Speaker 1: women in sports media in general, they have a tougher 348 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:56,600 Speaker 1: They have to earn the respect of the players, just 349 00:18:56,600 --> 00:18:59,399 Speaker 1: like the guys do, but it's a tougher road for 350 00:18:59,480 --> 00:19:02,960 Speaker 1: many of them. Most of them were difficult, no question 351 00:19:03,040 --> 00:19:07,640 Speaker 1: about that. And all the blowback that guys get on 352 00:19:07,680 --> 00:19:11,040 Speaker 1: social media, the women get it tenfold, maybe even more 353 00:19:11,080 --> 00:19:14,000 Speaker 1: so than that. So all of the women, and there 354 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:16,399 Speaker 1: are some great women covering Major League baseball, both on 355 00:19:16,440 --> 00:19:22,480 Speaker 1: the print and broadcast side, skilled journalists, excellent on TV, outstanding, 356 00:19:23,200 --> 00:19:26,480 Speaker 1: but all of them face a more difficult climb. Now, 357 00:19:26,560 --> 00:19:29,840 Speaker 1: Jenny is special for so many reasons, and I'm going 358 00:19:29,920 --> 00:19:31,399 Speaker 1: to tell you a story about the first time I 359 00:19:31,440 --> 00:19:34,080 Speaker 1: met her. The first time I met her, I believe, 360 00:19:34,240 --> 00:19:37,000 Speaker 1: was at the twenty fourteen Winter Meetings in San Diego. 361 00:19:37,680 --> 00:19:41,080 Speaker 1: Tracy Ringlesby, longtime Rockies writer, friend of mine might have 362 00:19:41,119 --> 00:19:43,040 Speaker 1: been working at Fox at the time with me, I 363 00:19:43,040 --> 00:19:48,399 Speaker 1: can't remember, but Tracy said, Hey, Jenny Kavnar, she is 364 00:19:48,440 --> 00:19:50,960 Speaker 1: the person who does the Rockies pre and postgame show. 365 00:19:51,320 --> 00:19:53,080 Speaker 1: Would you do an interview with her? She's a friend 366 00:19:53,080 --> 00:19:56,080 Speaker 1: of mine, she's really good, and she needs two minutes 367 00:19:56,080 --> 00:19:58,560 Speaker 1: of your time just to talk about the Rockies or whatever. 368 00:19:58,920 --> 00:20:01,120 Speaker 1: And so, of course, no problem. I do these things 369 00:20:01,119 --> 00:20:04,439 Speaker 1: all the time. Well, Jenny Kavner interviewed me, and I 370 00:20:04,520 --> 00:20:07,760 Speaker 1: was blown away. I was blown away by her knowledge, 371 00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:10,439 Speaker 1: by how quick she was, by how good she was 372 00:20:10,480 --> 00:20:13,159 Speaker 1: on TV, better on camera than I was. And I 373 00:20:13,160 --> 00:20:17,560 Speaker 1: could not believe this person who I did not know 374 00:20:17,640 --> 00:20:21,720 Speaker 1: anything about before was of this quality, was so good. 375 00:20:22,680 --> 00:20:25,240 Speaker 1: So of course at that point I remember Jenny and 376 00:20:25,240 --> 00:20:28,919 Speaker 1: she's a very friendly person. We became friends, and again 377 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:31,080 Speaker 1: I am so thrilled for her. She is going to 378 00:20:31,119 --> 00:20:34,399 Speaker 1: do a tremendous job. She is by far and away. 379 00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:38,840 Speaker 1: Due to the week, dark of the week, obviously it's 380 00:20:38,880 --> 00:20:42,240 Speaker 1: not going to be as positive a commentary. We have 381 00:20:42,359 --> 00:20:46,000 Speaker 1: a couple of candidates this week. One. Let's start with 382 00:20:46,040 --> 00:20:50,359 Speaker 1: the Commissioner. The Commissioner of Baseball Rob Manford, now his 383 00:20:50,480 --> 00:20:54,359 Speaker 1: most famous tone deaf comment, of course, regards calling the 384 00:20:54,359 --> 00:20:57,280 Speaker 1: World Series trophy a piece of metal. He had a 385 00:20:57,320 --> 00:21:00,359 Speaker 1: comment at his news conference last week that wasn't quite 386 00:21:00,359 --> 00:21:03,360 Speaker 1: that bad, but it wasn't great. I want to read 387 00:21:03,400 --> 00:21:06,920 Speaker 1: you the comment. It concerns, yes, the Oakland A's, and 388 00:21:06,960 --> 00:21:10,160 Speaker 1: he was asked about the A's leading Oakland for Las 389 00:21:10,280 --> 00:21:13,720 Speaker 1: Vegas and what their fans should think. First of all, 390 00:21:13,840 --> 00:21:15,960 Speaker 1: we do have a major League team in the Bay Area, 391 00:21:16,040 --> 00:21:18,679 Speaker 1: Manfred said, it's not like there is not an available option. 392 00:21:19,119 --> 00:21:21,960 Speaker 1: The Giants obviously still play there. Well, yes they do, 393 00:21:22,440 --> 00:21:24,399 Speaker 1: but if you're an A's fan, most likely you're not 394 00:21:24,480 --> 00:21:28,880 Speaker 1: particularly fond of the Giants. If the Yankees left New York, 395 00:21:30,080 --> 00:21:32,160 Speaker 1: do you think all of the Yankees fans would start 396 00:21:32,200 --> 00:21:36,400 Speaker 1: rooting for the Mets? If the Dodgers left LA. None 397 00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:38,800 Speaker 1: of these things are possible. I'm just throwing out hypotheticals. 398 00:21:39,400 --> 00:21:41,840 Speaker 1: The Dodgers left LA, their fans going to start rooting 399 00:21:41,840 --> 00:21:45,920 Speaker 1: for the Angels. No, that's not how it works. So, yeah, 400 00:21:45,920 --> 00:21:49,280 Speaker 1: there's an available option for A's fans, but the option 401 00:21:49,400 --> 00:21:52,640 Speaker 1: they want is leaving for Las Vegas. So that's rob 402 00:21:52,680 --> 00:21:54,800 Speaker 1: Manfred can dif for Dork of the Week. But I'm 403 00:21:54,800 --> 00:21:56,560 Speaker 1: not going to give it to him this week. I'm 404 00:21:56,560 --> 00:21:58,919 Speaker 1: going to give it to the Washington Nationals for this 405 00:21:59,080 --> 00:22:03,400 Speaker 1: ongoing obs third Steven Strasburg saga. Now, let me bring 406 00:22:03,400 --> 00:22:06,480 Speaker 1: you up to date. Here, the Nationals wun Strasburg at 407 00:22:06,520 --> 00:22:10,280 Speaker 1: spring training. He hasn't pitched since June of twenty twenty two. 408 00:22:10,320 --> 00:22:13,199 Speaker 1: He is physically unable to pitch. He can't do it 409 00:22:13,240 --> 00:22:18,119 Speaker 1: anymore physically, he has nerve damage, all kinds of issues. Now. 410 00:22:18,440 --> 00:22:21,119 Speaker 1: He signed. He signed a seven year, two hundred and 411 00:22:21,200 --> 00:22:24,359 Speaker 1: forty five million dollar free agent contract represented by Scott 412 00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:28,560 Speaker 1: Morris twenty nineteen Winter Meetings. I believe, and he has 413 00:22:28,600 --> 00:22:31,080 Speaker 1: three more years left on that contract at thirty five 414 00:22:31,160 --> 00:22:33,800 Speaker 1: million per year. He also has a bunch of deferred 415 00:22:33,840 --> 00:22:37,080 Speaker 1: money coming eighty million from twenty twenty seven to twenty 416 00:22:37,119 --> 00:22:40,480 Speaker 1: twenty nine. He's not going to retire because then he 417 00:22:40,520 --> 00:22:43,520 Speaker 1: has to forfeit salary. Players don't do that. But the 418 00:22:43,600 --> 00:22:47,000 Speaker 1: Nationals somehow believe he should come to camp to coach 419 00:22:47,080 --> 00:22:52,480 Speaker 1: and mentor their players. He goes, my golly, he's under contract. Well, yeah, 420 00:22:52,560 --> 00:22:55,679 Speaker 1: he's under contract. Steven Strasburg not the ideal guy to 421 00:22:55,760 --> 00:22:58,320 Speaker 1: coach and mentor he's kind of an introvert, so I'm 422 00:22:58,359 --> 00:23:01,000 Speaker 1: sure it's something he does not want to do. So 423 00:23:01,240 --> 00:23:03,760 Speaker 1: let's go back in time here. The Nationals are the 424 00:23:03,760 --> 00:23:07,359 Speaker 1: ones who signed Steven Strasburg to this contract, knowing of 425 00:23:07,400 --> 00:23:11,400 Speaker 1: his injury history. The Nationals are the ones who declined 426 00:23:11,480 --> 00:23:15,760 Speaker 1: to purchase insurance on Stephen Strasburg's contract. Why because the 427 00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:19,080 Speaker 1: premiums would have been too high because of his injury history. 428 00:23:20,200 --> 00:23:24,119 Speaker 1: And yet the Nationals are seemingly shocked that this didn't 429 00:23:24,160 --> 00:23:26,920 Speaker 1: turn out maybe the way they wanted, and they want 430 00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:31,359 Speaker 1: more deferrals. They wanted to restructure. Well, maybe Strasburg will 431 00:23:31,440 --> 00:23:33,520 Speaker 1: end up doing that. We don't know what exactly the 432 00:23:33,600 --> 00:23:35,879 Speaker 1: Nationals are looking for here, how far they wanted to 433 00:23:35,920 --> 00:23:38,560 Speaker 1: defer what the injuriest rates will be. Oh my gosh, 434 00:23:38,600 --> 00:23:41,800 Speaker 1: why are they picking a fight with this guy? Richerally 435 00:23:41,840 --> 00:23:43,760 Speaker 1: had a good column about this in The Athletic. Read 436 00:23:43,840 --> 00:23:47,720 Speaker 1: it Nationals dorks of the week for this whole Strasburg situation. 437 00:23:48,520 --> 00:23:50,679 Speaker 1: All right, here we go with Grill and Ken. Let's 438 00:23:50,680 --> 00:23:55,080 Speaker 1: get to your questions. The first one comes from Tommy Muses. 439 00:23:55,119 --> 00:23:58,000 Speaker 1: Tommy asked, do you think hal and Cashman will spend money? 440 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:01,880 Speaker 1: On another starting pitcher. Before opening day, we talked about 441 00:24:01,920 --> 00:24:04,600 Speaker 1: this a little bit in the first segment and how 442 00:24:04,640 --> 00:24:07,879 Speaker 1: the Yankees, while they still have interest in Montgomery and Snell, 443 00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:12,720 Speaker 1: they're in a difficult luxury tax situation and the deal 444 00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:15,800 Speaker 1: would probably have to be over a longer term. They're 445 00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:19,000 Speaker 1: not going to do one year deal and then get 446 00:24:19,040 --> 00:24:21,199 Speaker 1: taxed at a one hundred and ten percent rate and 447 00:24:21,280 --> 00:24:24,359 Speaker 1: pay essentially more than double for that one year. Not 448 00:24:24,359 --> 00:24:27,960 Speaker 1: gonna happen. So while they do it, the best guess 449 00:24:28,080 --> 00:24:31,320 Speaker 1: is no, there are good reports coming out on Carlos 450 00:24:31,359 --> 00:24:33,720 Speaker 1: Rodondo or Nestra Cortes Junior. It seems like they're in 451 00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:35,879 Speaker 1: a good place physically. Doesn't mean they will be in 452 00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:38,000 Speaker 1: two weeks, doesn't mean they will be in two months. 453 00:24:38,560 --> 00:24:41,199 Speaker 1: But unless the Yankees get one of those guys at 454 00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:44,800 Speaker 1: what they believe is an acceptable rate, they're not going 455 00:24:44,840 --> 00:24:46,960 Speaker 1: to do it. And what will be an acceptable rate 456 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:50,560 Speaker 1: for those guys in their minds. I believe Snell in 457 00:24:50,600 --> 00:24:54,639 Speaker 1: Montgomery ultimately probably will do better. All right, Let's go 458 00:24:54,680 --> 00:24:57,359 Speaker 1: to the next question. Now, This one comes from Ike Gordon. 459 00:24:57,440 --> 00:25:00,760 Speaker 1: Ike asked who's on the list to replace Amford after 460 00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:04,880 Speaker 1: he steps down? Great question by Ike great topic, and 461 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:08,159 Speaker 1: Evan Drelich wrote a great article in The Athletic Today 462 00:25:08,400 --> 00:25:10,720 Speaker 1: dealing with some of the names, or listing some of 463 00:25:10,760 --> 00:25:14,000 Speaker 1: the names, and they included some people who are now 464 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:17,040 Speaker 1: in the Commissioner's office, Dan Hallum, the Deputy Commissioner, Noah 465 00:25:17,040 --> 00:25:19,560 Speaker 1: Gardon who is kind of the head of the broadcast, 466 00:25:19,720 --> 00:25:23,080 Speaker 1: arm Morgan Sword, Chris Marinik. These are all people in 467 00:25:23,080 --> 00:25:26,520 Speaker 1: the Commissioner's office who would be internal candidates. And then 468 00:25:26,560 --> 00:25:30,760 Speaker 1: he listed some other candidates, some in baseball. THEO Epstein 469 00:25:30,960 --> 00:25:33,840 Speaker 1: prominent among them, and he is a guy whose name 470 00:25:33,880 --> 00:25:37,119 Speaker 1: will come up. Sam Kennedy, who is Theo's best friend, 471 00:25:37,440 --> 00:25:39,600 Speaker 1: who is the president of the Red Sox. He's someone 472 00:25:39,760 --> 00:25:42,880 Speaker 1: here mentioned. And then he raised the possibility Evan did, 473 00:25:43,080 --> 00:25:48,160 Speaker 1: of outside candidates, candidates from outside the baseball world. Now, 474 00:25:48,160 --> 00:25:50,359 Speaker 1: there hasn't been a commissioner who was a candidate from 475 00:25:50,400 --> 00:25:54,000 Speaker 1: outside the baseball world since before Bud Selig, and that 476 00:25:54,119 --> 00:25:58,040 Speaker 1: was Bart Giamatti. They like their own, the owners do, 477 00:25:58,520 --> 00:26:00,960 Speaker 1: and I would expect that they're going to go with 478 00:26:01,040 --> 00:26:03,640 Speaker 1: someone they're familiar with. But as Evan points out, five 479 00:26:03,720 --> 00:26:07,560 Speaker 1: years away is a long time away, and who knows 480 00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:11,080 Speaker 1: what might happen over the next five years with collective bargaining, 481 00:26:11,720 --> 00:26:15,920 Speaker 1: with television revenue, with the sport itself, there's no way 482 00:26:15,960 --> 00:26:18,080 Speaker 1: to predict it. So it might come to a point 483 00:26:18,160 --> 00:26:22,719 Speaker 1: where they prefer the major league owners do an outside perspective, 484 00:26:22,760 --> 00:26:25,560 Speaker 1: a business perspective. And Casey Wasserman, the head of the 485 00:26:25,600 --> 00:26:28,280 Speaker 1: Wasserman and Media Agency, was one of the people Evan listed. 486 00:26:28,680 --> 00:26:31,400 Speaker 1: He is one of the guys running the Olympic Committee 487 00:26:31,400 --> 00:26:33,879 Speaker 1: for a Los Angeles and if you remember, they went 488 00:26:33,920 --> 00:26:37,959 Speaker 1: to Peter Uberoth, who was a Los Angeles Olympics person 489 00:26:38,480 --> 00:26:41,399 Speaker 1: and they named him commissioner and he was from the outside, 490 00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:43,919 Speaker 1: and perhaps Casey Wasserman will offer the same kind of 491 00:26:45,160 --> 00:26:48,840 Speaker 1: insight that Uberoth did. Wasn't a great commissioner. A collusion 492 00:26:48,880 --> 00:26:51,920 Speaker 1: happened under him. But you get my idea. So again, 493 00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:55,280 Speaker 1: five years long way away, there'll be a ton of candidates, 494 00:26:55,320 --> 00:26:59,040 Speaker 1: but it's really impossible to predict who will be next 495 00:26:59,080 --> 00:27:03,480 Speaker 1: in line. All right, Next question from Rashad Vaughan stand. 496 00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:07,080 Speaker 1: Rashad asked, what's the deal with Gary Sanchez and the Brewers. 497 00:27:07,440 --> 00:27:09,600 Speaker 1: We got a number of questions along these lines, and 498 00:27:09,640 --> 00:27:13,919 Speaker 1: they're entirely fair Gary Sanchez reportedly reached agreement with the 499 00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:16,560 Speaker 1: Brewers on a one year, seven million dollar free agent 500 00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:22,280 Speaker 1: contract February seventh. That was twelve days ago. That deal, 501 00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:24,480 Speaker 1: like all of these deals, when you see how we 502 00:27:24,520 --> 00:27:27,360 Speaker 1: write about them, was pending a physical. When a situation 503 00:27:27,520 --> 00:27:30,520 Speaker 1: goes on for this long, when a guy's deal is 504 00:27:30,560 --> 00:27:33,760 Speaker 1: not official for this long, there is clearly a problem 505 00:27:33,800 --> 00:27:35,920 Speaker 1: with the physical. I don't know what the problem is. 506 00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:39,600 Speaker 1: Everyone's going to be hush hush about this because if 507 00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:43,920 Speaker 1: it gets out that Gary Sanchez has problem X and 508 00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:46,840 Speaker 1: the flunk the physical, it damages him in the market, 509 00:27:47,080 --> 00:27:49,399 Speaker 1: So no one wants to talk about it. Actually, there 510 00:27:49,440 --> 00:27:51,639 Speaker 1: could be a grievance if the Brewers came public and 511 00:27:51,680 --> 00:27:54,600 Speaker 1: said he no, Gary Sanchez, He's not gonna be our 512 00:27:54,600 --> 00:27:58,560 Speaker 1: guy because he's got this. What I expect will happen 513 00:27:58,640 --> 00:28:01,119 Speaker 1: as long as this injury is not too serious is 514 00:28:01,119 --> 00:28:03,639 Speaker 1: perhaps what happened with James Paxton and the Dodgers. If 515 00:28:03,680 --> 00:28:07,760 Speaker 1: you remember, Paxton originally agreed on an eleven million dollars 516 00:28:07,800 --> 00:28:11,080 Speaker 1: one year contract. It was restructured to seven after some 517 00:28:11,080 --> 00:28:16,359 Speaker 1: physical questions emerged in his examination, and they just restructured it. 518 00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:19,080 Speaker 1: Built some incentives in so he could get to eleven, 519 00:28:19,400 --> 00:28:22,360 Speaker 1: and that was that. I would expect the same thing 520 00:28:22,359 --> 00:28:25,320 Speaker 1: happens with Sanchez. But that is the hold up that 521 00:28:25,359 --> 00:28:28,480 Speaker 1: there's something with the physical. There's no other logical conclusion. 522 00:28:28,720 --> 00:28:30,639 Speaker 1: It's not that he's not in the country or anything 523 00:28:30,680 --> 00:28:33,280 Speaker 1: like that. When it goes on for twelve days, it's 524 00:28:33,320 --> 00:28:36,879 Speaker 1: the physical. Final question comes from casual fan at a 525 00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:41,160 Speaker 1: casual fan. I like that. Casual fan asks odds of 526 00:28:41,200 --> 00:28:45,560 Speaker 1: you doing a guest appearance during a Savannah Banana game. 527 00:28:45,960 --> 00:28:49,640 Speaker 1: Casual fan, I will answer this question like this. I 528 00:28:49,680 --> 00:28:53,040 Speaker 1: am here to serve. If my schedule allows and the 529 00:28:53,120 --> 00:28:57,920 Speaker 1: Savannah Bananas honor me with a request to appear, I 530 00:28:57,960 --> 00:29:01,240 Speaker 1: will do my absolute best to show up. Now, I 531 00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:03,920 Speaker 1: don't know that I'm capable of one of their fancy dances, 532 00:29:04,280 --> 00:29:07,080 Speaker 1: but whatever those guys want, if I can do it, 533 00:29:07,520 --> 00:29:10,800 Speaker 1: I'll certainly do it. Like I said, here to serve. 534 00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:14,080 Speaker 1: I want to thank everyone for listening, everyone for watching. 535 00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:18,880 Speaker 1: You know where to find us YouTube, Apple, Spotify, Like Subscribe. 536 00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:23,080 Speaker 1: We're Fair Territory. We're airing every Monday. Join us. 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