1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:02,400 Speaker 1: I like the unfiltered part of this show. 2 00:00:02,600 --> 00:00:05,280 Speaker 2: Right, it's not filtered, right, you say whatever you think, 3 00:00:05,320 --> 00:00:07,360 Speaker 2: whatever you feel. That's kind of what I want from 4 00:00:07,360 --> 00:00:08,920 Speaker 2: players too. I want from managers. 5 00:00:08,960 --> 00:00:11,080 Speaker 1: It's okay if we all tell the truth. 6 00:00:20,880 --> 00:00:24,240 Speaker 3: Off his unfiltered time with FT resident GM Jim Bowden, 7 00:00:24,320 --> 00:00:27,040 Speaker 3: He's back, JB. I always like to hit the articles too, 8 00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:28,720 Speaker 3: when you put something out there and get a little 9 00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:30,920 Speaker 3: more context. Let's hit your article and one or two 10 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:34,240 Speaker 3: players from seven former Day one MLB draft picks showing 11 00:00:34,280 --> 00:00:36,360 Speaker 3: signs of a breakthrough early this season. 12 00:00:36,400 --> 00:00:36,880 Speaker 1: What do you think? 13 00:00:37,760 --> 00:00:39,120 Speaker 2: Yeah, I think, you know, I think one of the 14 00:00:39,159 --> 00:00:41,600 Speaker 2: things that happens in baseball is you get these top 15 00:00:41,680 --> 00:00:43,920 Speaker 2: draft picks and they get to the big leagues and 16 00:00:43,960 --> 00:00:46,840 Speaker 2: they struggle their first year, maybe they struggle their second year, 17 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:49,639 Speaker 2: and then we always have people that give up on them, 18 00:00:49,680 --> 00:00:54,200 Speaker 2: media fans, baseball people instead of really understanding patience. 19 00:00:54,280 --> 00:00:55,360 Speaker 1: It's not that easy. 20 00:00:55,440 --> 00:00:57,920 Speaker 2: Sure, there's the you know, Bryce Harper's and the Mike 21 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:01,240 Speaker 2: Trouts that perform pretty well quickly, but even guys like 22 00:01:01,320 --> 00:01:04,520 Speaker 2: Aaron Judge and Trout didn't hit their first cup of 23 00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:06,800 Speaker 2: coffee in the major leagues, and so you know, I 24 00:01:06,840 --> 00:01:09,560 Speaker 2: just wrote the article just to remind people that, you know, 25 00:01:09,640 --> 00:01:12,199 Speaker 2: these were seven names that people weren't really talking about, 26 00:01:12,240 --> 00:01:14,520 Speaker 2: that people were giving up. And it's great to see 27 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:17,200 Speaker 2: some of these guys off to great starts. I mean, 28 00:01:17,240 --> 00:01:20,840 Speaker 2: let's start with Kyron Paris of the Los Angeles Angels. 29 00:01:21,080 --> 00:01:22,480 Speaker 2: You know, this is a guy that was a second 30 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:26,520 Speaker 2: round pick, extremely athletic, struggled when he came to the 31 00:01:26,560 --> 00:01:28,720 Speaker 2: big leagues, you know, hit under the Mendoza level. 32 00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:30,119 Speaker 1: But this year, you know, he. 33 00:01:30,160 --> 00:01:32,960 Speaker 2: Moved back in the batter's box five inches. He opened 34 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:36,520 Speaker 2: up his stance, sees the ball better, uses his core better, 35 00:01:36,959 --> 00:01:40,319 Speaker 2: very athletic, quick twitch muscles. He's leading the American League 36 00:01:40,319 --> 00:01:42,720 Speaker 2: in war right now with five homers and five steals 37 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:45,080 Speaker 2: on a one and a half war It's just fun 38 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:47,840 Speaker 2: to see that. And then take Tyler Sodostrom of the 39 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:50,240 Speaker 2: of the Athletics. How many people had him leading the 40 00:01:50,320 --> 00:01:52,400 Speaker 2: league in home runs right now with eight? How many 41 00:01:52,400 --> 00:01:53,040 Speaker 2: people like? 42 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:53,680 Speaker 4: Not a lot? 43 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:53,960 Speaker 1: Right? 44 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:56,360 Speaker 2: I remember twenty twenty three when he had won sixty 45 00:01:56,920 --> 00:01:59,480 Speaker 2: even I wasn't a believer on what I was seeing. 46 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:02,560 Speaker 2: And yet David Force, the GM and Billy Bean, one 47 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:05,240 Speaker 2: of the owners, kept telling me, don't worry about him. 48 00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:07,680 Speaker 1: He's going to be thirty one hundred. Be bajit with him. 49 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:10,640 Speaker 2: He'll eventually get there, and you know, it looks like 50 00:02:10,680 --> 00:02:12,240 Speaker 2: he's finally going to get there this year. And then 51 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:16,560 Speaker 2: there's Spencer Torkelsen of the Tigers, who the front office said, 52 00:02:16,639 --> 00:02:19,040 Speaker 2: you lost the first base job in the offseason. 53 00:02:19,120 --> 00:02:19,840 Speaker 1: Cole Keith is. 54 00:02:19,760 --> 00:02:22,120 Speaker 2: Going to play first, Torres is going to play second, 55 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:24,440 Speaker 2: and you have to make the team. There's no guarantee 56 00:02:24,440 --> 00:02:26,520 Speaker 2: you we're going to make the team, you know, And 57 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:28,280 Speaker 2: so he was a wake up call for him. 58 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:29,320 Speaker 1: But he made adjustments. 59 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:29,640 Speaker 5: Right. 60 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:32,919 Speaker 2: He's now really staying on his backside extremely well. 61 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:34,799 Speaker 1: He's just dropping the bad head. 62 00:02:34,600 --> 00:02:36,320 Speaker 2: Like he did at Arizona State when he broke the 63 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:38,480 Speaker 2: home run record, and he looks like the guy that 64 00:02:38,680 --> 00:02:40,560 Speaker 2: was drafted that we all thought would hit thirty and 65 00:02:40,639 --> 00:02:43,120 Speaker 2: drive in one hundred. But I guess my point is 66 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:45,359 Speaker 2: a lot of these guys get taken in the first 67 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:48,280 Speaker 2: or second round. They struggle their first couple of years. 68 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:50,880 Speaker 2: People give up on them. And my point is, don't 69 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:53,839 Speaker 2: give up on him. Help them give them time. There's 70 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:56,760 Speaker 2: a reason why our algorithms say the prime years for 71 00:02:56,840 --> 00:02:59,280 Speaker 2: a baseball player is twenty four to thirty. 72 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:02,880 Speaker 5: Jim, before I asked my question, what kind of what 73 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:04,400 Speaker 5: kind of hoodie do you have on today? Because I 74 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:07,120 Speaker 5: was disappointed. I thought, normally, you know you have Gucci 75 00:03:07,440 --> 00:03:09,120 Speaker 5: or Louis Vuitton. What is that one? 76 00:03:09,160 --> 00:03:09,400 Speaker 4: Today? 77 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:16,320 Speaker 2: We got a little DOLTI Gabana going on only doan. 78 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:18,040 Speaker 5: Sorry, that's what I thought. You know, when he first 79 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:19,720 Speaker 5: came on, he had to go change because it wasn't 80 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:20,679 Speaker 5: name brand enough. 81 00:03:20,680 --> 00:03:24,639 Speaker 2: So for you, I've got a lot of Alo though 82 00:03:24,639 --> 00:03:26,600 Speaker 2: I actually lead the league in Alo hoodies. 83 00:03:26,639 --> 00:03:30,720 Speaker 5: To be honest, really, I like it interesting. I never 84 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:34,079 Speaker 5: had one of those. All right, you're talking about guys 85 00:03:34,120 --> 00:03:36,040 Speaker 5: that have struggled to begin with. We were just talking about 86 00:03:36,080 --> 00:03:38,440 Speaker 5: Matt Shaw with the Cubs. He got sent to Triple A. 87 00:03:38,760 --> 00:03:40,080 Speaker 5: I've said, he's got a ton of movement. 88 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:40,480 Speaker 4: He's got to. 89 00:03:40,440 --> 00:03:42,160 Speaker 5: Clean some of it up to be a productive big 90 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:44,520 Speaker 5: league hitter. This is in the end for Matt Shaw, 91 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:47,080 Speaker 5: right Like, he can go down, make some adjustments, he'll 92 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:49,040 Speaker 5: be back. And I think that's one of the things 93 00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:51,520 Speaker 5: you just talked about, is just because guys struggle early 94 00:03:51,640 --> 00:03:54,280 Speaker 5: doesn't mean just to write them off. Automatically, guys get 95 00:03:54,360 --> 00:03:56,400 Speaker 5: second chances, and when they do, they just have to 96 00:03:56,440 --> 00:03:56,880 Speaker 5: cash in. 97 00:03:56,880 --> 00:03:59,600 Speaker 2: On Yeah, there's a lot of unpacked kind of here 98 00:03:59,640 --> 00:04:02,160 Speaker 2: with like an onion right. So Maryland, he was short, 99 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:04,840 Speaker 2: quick to the ball right, reminded me a little bit 100 00:04:04,840 --> 00:04:07,560 Speaker 2: about Josel Tuve was coming up right, just dropped the 101 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:12,120 Speaker 2: barrelhead contact, surprising power for the size. You know, looks 102 00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:14,760 Speaker 2: like he can hit. Hit eventually twenty five homers in 103 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:17,520 Speaker 2: the big leagues, you know, and a couple of things 104 00:04:17,520 --> 00:04:19,880 Speaker 2: happened here number one for him to make the team 105 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:23,040 Speaker 2: out of spring training. Obviously, it was a mistake because 106 00:04:23,080 --> 00:04:25,880 Speaker 2: I don't like setting a guy out after twenty games 107 00:04:25,880 --> 00:04:28,120 Speaker 2: of failure. I don't think it's fair. What was hitting 108 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:30,479 Speaker 2: one seventy twenty games and you're gone. 109 00:04:30,720 --> 00:04:31,520 Speaker 1: I don't like that. 110 00:04:31,880 --> 00:04:34,440 Speaker 2: I saw the Cardinals do with Jordan Walker in twenty 111 00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:36,480 Speaker 2: twenty three and kind of ruined. 112 00:04:36,240 --> 00:04:37,200 Speaker 1: Him for a couple of years. 113 00:04:37,520 --> 00:04:40,560 Speaker 2: You know, we got big league stars like Markius Simeon 114 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:44,320 Speaker 2: hitting one seventeen, Ener Diaz hitting one twenty another top 115 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:46,640 Speaker 2: rookie Dylan Cruise hitting one twenty eight. Like, I don't 116 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:49,720 Speaker 2: care what you do the first twenty games, because these 117 00:04:49,760 --> 00:04:53,120 Speaker 2: young rookies, you know, they have never faced this kind 118 00:04:53,120 --> 00:04:56,279 Speaker 2: of pitching in their life, and you know, nine innings 119 00:04:56,320 --> 00:05:00,040 Speaker 2: of it every single night. They've never seen it, So 120 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:02,680 Speaker 2: you can have to just but give them time. Twenty 121 00:05:02,760 --> 00:05:05,680 Speaker 2: games isn't enough, So either you made him make the 122 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:08,640 Speaker 2: team before he should have, or you send him out 123 00:05:08,680 --> 00:05:10,760 Speaker 2: too quick in my opinion, but to your point, AJ 124 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:14,440 Speaker 2: and I agree with this completely. He's got a lot 125 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:18,920 Speaker 2: going on preliminary and because he's got so much going on, 126 00:05:19,360 --> 00:05:21,200 Speaker 2: there is no way he's going to be able to 127 00:05:21,320 --> 00:05:25,120 Speaker 2: tie major league fastballs, major league breaking balls, change up, 128 00:05:25,160 --> 00:05:28,839 Speaker 2: and the differential that he's going to see pitch to pitch. 129 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:31,400 Speaker 2: With all that going on, he needs to go back 130 00:05:31,760 --> 00:05:34,920 Speaker 2: and be like he was a few years ago. Just short, compact, 131 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:37,240 Speaker 2: quick to the ball. And when he does that, he's 132 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:38,600 Speaker 2: going to be really good. Look, he's not gonna be 133 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:40,680 Speaker 2: a great defender, but he'll be able to make the 134 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:43,200 Speaker 2: routine plays and I do think he's going to hit. 135 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:46,520 Speaker 2: I just think it's really disappointing that you send a 136 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:50,960 Speaker 2: rookietto after only twenty games. I just don't like that idea. 137 00:05:51,080 --> 00:05:53,279 Speaker 3: Hey, JB, I'm going to stay on the Cubs with 138 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:55,800 Speaker 3: you for a moment, because that wasn't the only move 139 00:05:55,880 --> 00:05:58,520 Speaker 3: they made. The other ones won't attract as much attention. 140 00:05:58,720 --> 00:06:00,480 Speaker 3: But do you get a sense that the Cubs are 141 00:06:00,520 --> 00:06:03,719 Speaker 3: going to operate differently because this front office needs to 142 00:06:03,720 --> 00:06:05,960 Speaker 3: get this team into the playoffs and if we can 143 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:09,480 Speaker 3: even push that forward to the trade deadline, it's never 144 00:06:09,520 --> 00:06:12,200 Speaker 3: too early to talk about it. Maybe the Cubs get 145 00:06:12,320 --> 00:06:15,160 Speaker 3: very involved in a Sandy al Contra sweepstakes if he 146 00:06:15,160 --> 00:06:17,840 Speaker 3: gets the command in gear. And obviously they just lost 147 00:06:17,920 --> 00:06:20,200 Speaker 3: Justin Steele as well. So what do you think about 148 00:06:20,240 --> 00:06:23,239 Speaker 3: this front office telling us we're in win now mode 149 00:06:23,640 --> 00:06:24,800 Speaker 3: at all costs. 150 00:06:25,400 --> 00:06:28,479 Speaker 2: Yeah, because it's winner get fired, right. Jeduary knows that, right. 151 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:30,880 Speaker 2: Carter Hawkins knows that it's winner get fired. That's why 152 00:06:30,880 --> 00:06:33,200 Speaker 2: they made the Tucker deal. You don't make the Kyle 153 00:06:33,279 --> 00:06:36,320 Speaker 2: Tucker trade if you think you're going to be their 154 00:06:36,400 --> 00:06:39,440 Speaker 2: long term. You do not give up six years of 155 00:06:39,480 --> 00:06:42,560 Speaker 2: Cam Smith for what appears to be one year of 156 00:06:42,640 --> 00:06:45,080 Speaker 2: Kyle Tucker. So you have to do everything you can 157 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:47,359 Speaker 2: to win right now. And again, I don't think you 158 00:06:47,440 --> 00:06:50,279 Speaker 2: send that Shaw down if you don't feel that sense 159 00:06:50,320 --> 00:06:54,080 Speaker 2: of urgency from ownership you haven't been extended, your contracts 160 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:56,160 Speaker 2: are up, you feel the pressure. And by the way, 161 00:06:56,240 --> 00:06:58,120 Speaker 2: I picked the Cubs to win this division, so I 162 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:00,159 Speaker 2: think they're going to be able to keep their job. 163 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:03,560 Speaker 2: But I do think when you see moves like they're 164 00:07:03,560 --> 00:07:05,960 Speaker 2: making this quickly out of the gate when they don't 165 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:08,039 Speaker 2: need to, I think it tells you the sense of 166 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:11,120 Speaker 2: urgency as the Tucker deal did. 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That's neutrofol dot 191 00:08:28,880 --> 00:08:30,080 Speaker 3: com promo code foul. 192 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:33,600 Speaker 6: How much of this urgency is coming from, let's say 193 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:36,959 Speaker 6: Craig Council's urgency where the manager is. How many managers 194 00:08:37,160 --> 00:08:38,760 Speaker 6: get off to that bat start and they feel like 195 00:08:38,800 --> 00:08:40,719 Speaker 6: they're in the hot seat because over the last five 196 00:08:40,800 --> 00:08:43,200 Speaker 6: years we've kind of seen it's been rare where there's 197 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:45,720 Speaker 6: not too many in season manager changes. So maybe they're 198 00:08:45,720 --> 00:08:47,360 Speaker 6: not as a hot seat as we think they are. 199 00:08:47,400 --> 00:08:50,400 Speaker 6: But overall there seems to be some pressure when your 200 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:52,160 Speaker 6: manager might be on the same hot seat that you 201 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:52,839 Speaker 6: are as a player. 202 00:08:52,880 --> 00:08:53,360 Speaker 4: A little bit. 203 00:08:54,040 --> 00:08:56,840 Speaker 2: Yeah, and this is different in Chicago because Craig Council 204 00:08:57,040 --> 00:08:59,800 Speaker 2: is not on the hot seat. His job is getting 205 00:08:59,800 --> 00:09:02,560 Speaker 2: paid eight million a year. He's fine. He's considered one 206 00:09:02,559 --> 00:09:05,880 Speaker 2: of the best managers in baseball. He's going nowhere. He 207 00:09:05,960 --> 00:09:09,240 Speaker 2: was very critical indirectly on the front office the end 208 00:09:09,280 --> 00:09:11,040 Speaker 2: of last year, just saying we have a long way 209 00:09:11,080 --> 00:09:14,440 Speaker 2: to go before we're a legitimate postseason team, and the 210 00:09:14,480 --> 00:09:18,880 Speaker 2: front office reacted because their jobs online, but Councils signed 211 00:09:18,920 --> 00:09:21,960 Speaker 2: beyond this year. Jed Hoyer is not. And you know 212 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:25,680 Speaker 2: when you have an executive like Jed Hoyer who doesn't 213 00:09:25,679 --> 00:09:29,000 Speaker 2: have any job security after this year from the owner. Look, 214 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:31,480 Speaker 2: as a front office executive, you know where you stand. 215 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:33,880 Speaker 2: And when you're in a division in the NL Central 216 00:09:33,920 --> 00:09:37,400 Speaker 2: where it's winnable, it's not a great division, you better win. 217 00:09:37,520 --> 00:09:39,319 Speaker 2: So they're going to do everything they can to win. 218 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:42,840 Speaker 2: And sure, if Sandy al Contra is traded in July, 219 00:09:43,080 --> 00:09:45,800 Speaker 2: you know, if he's able to give ten twelve great 220 00:09:45,840 --> 00:09:48,480 Speaker 2: starts and prove the teams that he's going to be 221 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:50,000 Speaker 2: the pitcher that he was when he won the Cy 222 00:09:50,080 --> 00:09:53,280 Speaker 2: Young Award. I absolutely believe the Chicago Cubs will be 223 00:09:53,520 --> 00:09:56,520 Speaker 2: in that race to get all contra like everybody else will. 224 00:09:56,559 --> 00:09:59,160 Speaker 6: By the way, I agree counsel might not have been 225 00:09:59,240 --> 00:10:02,440 Speaker 6: my mess example, But would you say, and I'm not 226 00:10:02,480 --> 00:10:04,920 Speaker 6: even happy that we have to talk about this twenty 227 00:10:04,960 --> 00:10:08,600 Speaker 6: games into the season, but of across the league, what 228 00:10:08,640 --> 00:10:10,720 Speaker 6: managers would you say need to win this year? What 229 00:10:10,760 --> 00:10:12,640 Speaker 6: managers are on the hot seat if their teams just 230 00:10:12,679 --> 00:10:14,160 Speaker 6: don't come out the gates the right way like they 231 00:10:14,240 --> 00:10:14,480 Speaker 6: might be. 232 00:10:15,160 --> 00:10:17,320 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's a great question. You know, I think people 233 00:10:17,360 --> 00:10:19,480 Speaker 2: are going to give the obvious. You know, Bud Black 234 00:10:19,520 --> 00:10:21,280 Speaker 2: in Colorado, you know, how many years are you going 235 00:10:21,360 --> 00:10:22,880 Speaker 2: to finish in the last place before you make a 236 00:10:22,920 --> 00:10:23,760 Speaker 2: managerial change? 237 00:10:23,760 --> 00:10:24,880 Speaker 1: And of course he's one. 238 00:10:24,800 --> 00:10:26,800 Speaker 2: Of the most popular people in baseball, is such a 239 00:10:26,840 --> 00:10:29,000 Speaker 2: great guy. But that's going to be an obvious name. 240 00:10:29,080 --> 00:10:32,679 Speaker 2: Carlos Marmel and Aliam Marmal in Saint Louis of course 241 00:10:32,760 --> 00:10:35,000 Speaker 2: is going to be in that list because hein Bloom 242 00:10:35,080 --> 00:10:36,720 Speaker 2: is going to take over and when you take over 243 00:10:36,760 --> 00:10:40,000 Speaker 2: a team normally want your own guy in that spot. 244 00:10:40,080 --> 00:10:42,600 Speaker 2: So I think you know, I think he's on the 245 00:10:42,640 --> 00:10:44,839 Speaker 2: hot seat, but I'm not sure you know, he can 246 00:10:44,840 --> 00:10:46,679 Speaker 2: win anyway with that team. But I think it's more 247 00:10:46,679 --> 00:10:49,640 Speaker 2: about who's coming in. I think we have a chance 248 00:10:49,800 --> 00:10:53,400 Speaker 2: that you know, Bruce Bochi or Brian Snicker retire. I 249 00:10:53,400 --> 00:10:55,000 Speaker 2: don't think they're on the hot seat, but I think 250 00:10:55,040 --> 00:10:57,000 Speaker 2: there's a chance that they walk away at the end 251 00:10:57,040 --> 00:10:57,439 Speaker 2: of this year. 252 00:10:57,480 --> 00:10:59,240 Speaker 1: I think that's a real possibility. 253 00:10:59,280 --> 00:11:01,080 Speaker 2: But I'm going to go kind of out on a 254 00:11:01,120 --> 00:11:03,320 Speaker 2: limb and give you a couple that I think have 255 00:11:03,480 --> 00:11:06,040 Speaker 2: to win. So I think the hot seat or the 256 00:11:06,040 --> 00:11:08,160 Speaker 2: ones that should move the need a little bit. I 257 00:11:08,240 --> 00:11:12,199 Speaker 2: think Brandon Hyde and Baltimore and Schneider in Toronto are 258 00:11:12,240 --> 00:11:15,080 Speaker 2: the two guys that have to win. I think they've 259 00:11:15,080 --> 00:11:16,800 Speaker 2: got to take their teams to the playoffs or I 260 00:11:16,800 --> 00:11:19,280 Speaker 2: don't think they'll have their jobs. And if they're out 261 00:11:19,280 --> 00:11:20,920 Speaker 2: of it in June or July and all of a 262 00:11:20,920 --> 00:11:23,640 Speaker 2: sudden they're dumping it, I think either one of those 263 00:11:23,640 --> 00:11:25,960 Speaker 2: guys could be the first manager fired in season. 264 00:11:27,040 --> 00:11:29,679 Speaker 5: Wow, well, I think Schneider. I think he is a 265 00:11:29,679 --> 00:11:33,040 Speaker 5: little more surprising than Schneider. Yeah, in those two names, 266 00:11:33,120 --> 00:11:36,400 Speaker 5: you did mention Bud Black in Colorado, and he's been 267 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:39,200 Speaker 5: there geez, ten years, not even exactly sure, he's been 268 00:11:39,200 --> 00:11:42,000 Speaker 5: there a long time. But if you were in the GM, 269 00:11:42,040 --> 00:11:45,559 Speaker 5: the president of baseball offs in Colorado, what do you do? 270 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:46,800 Speaker 1: What do you do? 271 00:11:47,240 --> 00:11:50,160 Speaker 5: Because it's like the ownership won't give us money to 272 00:11:50,200 --> 00:11:51,600 Speaker 5: go out and get guys. When we go out and 273 00:11:51,600 --> 00:11:53,800 Speaker 5: sign Chris Bryan, he can't play because he always seems 274 00:11:53,840 --> 00:11:54,280 Speaker 5: to be hurt. 275 00:11:54,760 --> 00:11:55,520 Speaker 4: But yet we don't. 276 00:11:55,520 --> 00:11:57,720 Speaker 5: Well, we draw almost three million fans every year, so 277 00:11:57,760 --> 00:12:00,360 Speaker 5: the owners are happy because they're making their money. If 278 00:12:00,360 --> 00:12:03,240 Speaker 5: you're in charge there, what's your path to success? And 279 00:12:03,320 --> 00:12:04,520 Speaker 5: a really tough division? 280 00:12:05,559 --> 00:12:08,280 Speaker 2: Yes, So if I'm in charge there, then you're telling 281 00:12:08,320 --> 00:12:11,720 Speaker 2: me I'm the owner. So if I'm the owner, I'm 282 00:12:11,760 --> 00:12:15,280 Speaker 2: going to make a change at president GM manager and 283 00:12:15,320 --> 00:12:18,080 Speaker 2: I'm going to completely clean house and I am going 284 00:12:18,120 --> 00:12:22,079 Speaker 2: to absolutely one percent rebuild that organization from the bottom up. 285 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:25,360 Speaker 2: And you know, look what they've decided to do in 286 00:12:25,400 --> 00:12:27,840 Speaker 2: that organization. And I love Bill Schmidt the GM. I 287 00:12:27,840 --> 00:12:30,439 Speaker 2: think he's a great baseball man and a great scout. 288 00:12:31,440 --> 00:12:32,680 Speaker 2: That's his best role. 289 00:12:32,559 --> 00:12:33,280 Speaker 1: In my opinion. 290 00:12:33,320 --> 00:12:36,720 Speaker 2: He's a good talent evaluator of amateur players. But this 291 00:12:36,800 --> 00:12:40,120 Speaker 2: team is not keeping up with every other team in baseball. 292 00:12:40,520 --> 00:12:44,600 Speaker 2: They don't play in the trade market significantly. Ever, they 293 00:12:44,600 --> 00:12:46,760 Speaker 2: don't play in the big free agent market. 294 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:48,840 Speaker 1: Ever. They're all about. 295 00:12:48,480 --> 00:12:52,560 Speaker 2: Home grown and they over evaluate their own prospects, so 296 00:12:52,720 --> 00:12:55,240 Speaker 2: instead of trading prospects when their value is high in 297 00:12:55,280 --> 00:12:57,959 Speaker 2: the industry, they hold on to them until the prospects 298 00:12:58,000 --> 00:13:01,680 Speaker 2: no longer carry their value. Not run properly, they have 299 00:13:01,720 --> 00:13:05,160 Speaker 2: a very shallow front office. They're well behind in a 300 00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:08,920 Speaker 2: lot of areas like analytics and technology, and that's the problem. 301 00:13:08,960 --> 00:13:11,400 Speaker 2: And look, I love Bud Black, and I would keep 302 00:13:11,440 --> 00:13:15,120 Speaker 2: them in the organization, you know, in some kind of role, 303 00:13:15,520 --> 00:13:17,920 Speaker 2: but I think i'd probably go with a younger, more 304 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:23,720 Speaker 2: development oriented, you know, leadership group there and change the 305 00:13:23,720 --> 00:13:27,400 Speaker 2: way they do business completely because they're just far behind 306 00:13:27,440 --> 00:13:28,559 Speaker 2: in the times. 307 00:13:30,520 --> 00:13:33,240 Speaker 5: Yeah, listen, Jim, I've said this on the show repeatedly. 308 00:13:33,440 --> 00:13:35,360 Speaker 5: They need to do something crazy. They need to go 309 00:13:35,559 --> 00:13:39,439 Speaker 5: full raise and shift and go Joe Madden or openers 310 00:13:39,760 --> 00:13:42,680 Speaker 5: or just try something because everything they tried for years 311 00:13:42,720 --> 00:13:44,720 Speaker 5: hasn't worked. I know, they made the surprise run to 312 00:13:44,760 --> 00:13:47,640 Speaker 5: the World Series, and was that two thousand and seven 313 00:13:48,480 --> 00:13:50,360 Speaker 5: when they got they won like twenty five of twenty 314 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:52,640 Speaker 5: six games to get to the World Series. But other 315 00:13:52,760 --> 00:13:55,000 Speaker 5: than that, and when they had the Blake Street Bombers, 316 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:57,360 Speaker 5: but other than that, it has not been a long 317 00:13:57,480 --> 00:14:00,000 Speaker 5: term success of anything. And they've had some really good 318 00:14:00,040 --> 00:14:02,320 Speaker 5: players go through there. So at some point you got 319 00:14:02,320 --> 00:14:04,040 Speaker 5: to try something crazy. I don't know what it is. 320 00:14:04,040 --> 00:14:06,920 Speaker 5: Whether you just go all mash like the Indians did 321 00:14:06,960 --> 00:14:09,160 Speaker 5: back in the day with Manny and Tony and all 322 00:14:09,200 --> 00:14:11,880 Speaker 5: those guys, and the Blake Street Bombers did back when 323 00:14:11,880 --> 00:14:13,280 Speaker 5: they first started, I don't know, but you got to 324 00:14:13,320 --> 00:14:15,560 Speaker 5: do something different because what they're doing now ain't working. 325 00:14:16,160 --> 00:14:17,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think you got to go back in history 326 00:14:17,840 --> 00:14:18,920 Speaker 1: and say what did work? 327 00:14:19,080 --> 00:14:21,600 Speaker 2: You know when you mentioned them winning, and it was 328 00:14:21,640 --> 00:14:24,000 Speaker 2: the Blake Street Bombers, right, it was a lineup that 329 00:14:24,120 --> 00:14:28,000 Speaker 2: just pounded and took advantage of cors Field. I mean, 330 00:14:28,080 --> 00:14:31,480 Speaker 2: you do we all understand it's the best offensive stadium 331 00:14:31,480 --> 00:14:34,040 Speaker 2: to play eighty one games, So why don't you build 332 00:14:34,080 --> 00:14:37,840 Speaker 2: your team around taking advantage of those eighty one games 333 00:14:37,880 --> 00:14:41,080 Speaker 2: and try to win sixty or seventy of those eighty 334 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:43,400 Speaker 2: one games so you can play five hundred on the 335 00:14:43,480 --> 00:14:46,040 Speaker 2: road and be in the postseason. You got you have 336 00:14:46,080 --> 00:14:48,800 Speaker 2: to do things differently, but you also you can't get 337 00:14:48,840 --> 00:14:53,120 Speaker 2: too far behind your opponents in the front office right 338 00:14:53,160 --> 00:14:58,400 Speaker 2: now with artificial intelligence seeping in the analytics and technology 339 00:14:58,440 --> 00:14:59,000 Speaker 2: these teams have. 340 00:14:59,440 --> 00:15:02,200 Speaker 1: I mean, where's We're seeing really smart. 341 00:15:01,840 --> 00:15:07,400 Speaker 2: Executives from five years ago falling behind in twenty twenty five, 342 00:15:08,120 --> 00:15:10,760 Speaker 2: executives that I really respect, that really were ahead of 343 00:15:10,800 --> 00:15:13,480 Speaker 2: the game in terms of analytics five years ago, and 344 00:15:13,520 --> 00:15:15,520 Speaker 2: all of a sudden they fell behind some of the 345 00:15:15,520 --> 00:15:17,960 Speaker 2: best front offices in baseball. And you've got to be 346 00:15:18,120 --> 00:15:21,000 Speaker 2: really careful right now to not get too far behind. 347 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:22,200 Speaker 2: And Colorado's way behind. 348 00:15:22,880 --> 00:15:25,520 Speaker 3: Yep, I'm with you, all right. So this one had 349 00:15:25,560 --> 00:15:28,520 Speaker 3: front office implications around baseball. We have an audio on 350 00:15:28,720 --> 00:15:31,200 Speaker 3: since and you put this out there in an article 351 00:15:31,280 --> 00:15:34,880 Speaker 3: and on Twitter. Let's get some video evidence here from 352 00:15:34,880 --> 00:15:38,600 Speaker 3: you as well. On Vladdie Junior's extension. So you said, 353 00:15:38,600 --> 00:15:41,080 Speaker 3: I'm really happy for Vladdie, the Blue Jays and MLB 354 00:15:41,160 --> 00:15:44,120 Speaker 3: players starting with Kyle Tucker. But for MLB teams this 355 00:15:44,280 --> 00:15:47,920 Speaker 3: extension is disastrous and will change the market for star 356 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:49,120 Speaker 3: players forever. 357 00:15:49,440 --> 00:15:49,760 Speaker 1: Why. 358 00:15:50,800 --> 00:15:53,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, So let's start with because everyone's going to point 359 00:15:53,760 --> 00:15:56,880 Speaker 2: to Shoiotani's seven hundred million. But if you look at 360 00:15:56,880 --> 00:15:59,800 Speaker 2: the net present value of that deal, it was between 361 00:15:59,800 --> 00:16:02,440 Speaker 2: four sixty and four to eighty, depending upon what accounting 362 00:16:02,480 --> 00:16:06,080 Speaker 2: firm you want to believe in. For sixty to four eighty, 363 00:16:06,120 --> 00:16:08,680 Speaker 2: that's that's all it was. And we're talking about the 364 00:16:08,680 --> 00:16:12,080 Speaker 2: best player on the planet. And then everyone's gonna point 365 00:16:12,120 --> 00:16:15,120 Speaker 2: to Juan Soto's seven sixty five. But I'll argue that's 366 00:16:15,160 --> 00:16:18,360 Speaker 2: a generational talent. I'll argue that's the Ted Williams of 367 00:16:18,400 --> 00:16:21,280 Speaker 2: this era. And I'll also argue that was the Yankees 368 00:16:21,320 --> 00:16:24,480 Speaker 2: and Mets doing crazy things. Why because they can? And 369 00:16:24,520 --> 00:16:25,920 Speaker 2: I'm gonna throw those two out. 370 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:28,040 Speaker 1: I just am. And so then I'm gonna look. 371 00:16:27,960 --> 00:16:31,680 Speaker 2: At the rest of the market of players similar to Guerrero, Right, 372 00:16:32,120 --> 00:16:35,160 Speaker 2: So I am going to look at Rafaeld Devers, I'm 373 00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:38,800 Speaker 2: gonna look at Corey seeger Manny Machado, Fernando Tatis, Junior, 374 00:16:39,120 --> 00:16:42,680 Speaker 2: Mookie Betts, Aaron Judge. All of those guys were between 375 00:16:42,680 --> 00:16:45,760 Speaker 2: three hundred and three sixty five, all of them, that's 376 00:16:45,800 --> 00:16:47,760 Speaker 2: where they were. Trey Turner was three hundred nine. I 377 00:16:47,800 --> 00:16:50,040 Speaker 2: can give you a name after night. All of them 378 00:16:50,080 --> 00:16:53,080 Speaker 2: were in that little box. And now you just took 379 00:16:53,120 --> 00:16:56,480 Speaker 2: that box and you put it five hundred million. You 380 00:16:56,640 --> 00:16:58,840 Speaker 2: just put it at five hundred. I can't argue now. 381 00:16:59,280 --> 00:17:02,840 Speaker 2: I cannot. Now I can't sit there and tell Kyle 382 00:17:02,920 --> 00:17:05,560 Speaker 2: Tucker that, no, you need to be paid where Becks 383 00:17:05,560 --> 00:17:06,440 Speaker 2: and Judge were paid. 384 00:17:06,480 --> 00:17:08,000 Speaker 1: You need to be paid where Machado. 385 00:17:08,200 --> 00:17:12,760 Speaker 2: No, No, Guerrero's there now, right, we have Soda, we 386 00:17:12,800 --> 00:17:15,360 Speaker 2: have Otawni. He's not gonna ask to be paid more 387 00:17:15,359 --> 00:17:17,320 Speaker 2: than them, but he's gonna ask to get more than 388 00:17:17,359 --> 00:17:19,560 Speaker 2: Guerrero and he's going to get it. He's now gonna 389 00:17:19,560 --> 00:17:22,800 Speaker 2: be between five hundred and six hundred. So look this signing. 390 00:17:22,840 --> 00:17:25,600 Speaker 2: I'm happy for players I am. I'm happy for Laddie. 391 00:17:25,640 --> 00:17:29,040 Speaker 2: I love Laddie, right, I think it's great. I'm happy 392 00:17:29,080 --> 00:17:31,520 Speaker 2: for him. But for the twenty nine other clubs that 393 00:17:31,560 --> 00:17:34,240 Speaker 2: are trying to get Pete, especially small to midtal markets, 394 00:17:34,680 --> 00:17:36,480 Speaker 2: to know that if I have to sign a star 395 00:17:36,600 --> 00:17:39,640 Speaker 2: in free agency that's twenty six to twenty eight years old, 396 00:17:39,720 --> 00:17:41,520 Speaker 2: that I'm gonna have to pay now five hundred and 397 00:17:41,560 --> 00:17:44,800 Speaker 2: six hundred million, twice as much as Bryce Harper and 398 00:17:44,880 --> 00:17:48,800 Speaker 2: Nanny Machado and Corey Seger and Trey Turner are getting. 399 00:17:48,960 --> 00:17:52,200 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, yeah, that's funny. 400 00:17:52,440 --> 00:17:54,600 Speaker 5: And by the way, I said, Lotti played him perfectly. 401 00:17:54,960 --> 00:17:57,280 Speaker 5: Lottie played that. H'm believing his agents deserve a ton 402 00:17:57,280 --> 00:17:59,360 Speaker 5: of credit because they played him so good and they 403 00:17:59,400 --> 00:18:02,480 Speaker 5: got a unbelievable deal and one that I'm still kind 404 00:18:02,480 --> 00:18:04,280 Speaker 5: of like, Wow, I can't believe you got it. You 405 00:18:04,359 --> 00:18:06,240 Speaker 5: mentioned a guy in there, though, Wan Soto, you called 406 00:18:06,240 --> 00:18:09,080 Speaker 5: the Ted Williams of his time. He's already made quotes about, 407 00:18:09,119 --> 00:18:10,959 Speaker 5: oh I don't have Aaron Judge hitting behind me. I'm 408 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:13,320 Speaker 5: not gonna like what what you got? 409 00:18:13,320 --> 00:18:13,560 Speaker 1: Peter A. 410 00:18:13,600 --> 00:18:16,800 Speaker 5: Lonzo's raking behind you. He's on fire. What do you 411 00:18:16,840 --> 00:18:18,639 Speaker 5: want you're supposed to be? You just sat up Ted 412 00:18:18,680 --> 00:18:21,800 Speaker 5: Williams your generation. Heck, Barry Bondsen carry was hitting in 413 00:18:21,800 --> 00:18:23,480 Speaker 5: front of him or behind him. He just walked war. 414 00:18:23,840 --> 00:18:24,720 Speaker 4: But I don't know. 415 00:18:24,760 --> 00:18:26,439 Speaker 5: I think it's a little early for one Soda to 416 00:18:26,440 --> 00:18:28,840 Speaker 5: already be saying, oh man, I don't have Aaron Judge already. 417 00:18:30,200 --> 00:18:32,320 Speaker 2: Well, I think if you signed Sodo, you shouldn't be 418 00:18:32,400 --> 00:18:35,000 Speaker 2: expecting the Sodo we saw last year with the Yankees. 419 00:18:35,119 --> 00:18:38,200 Speaker 2: Right with the Yankee Stadium and right field and Judge 420 00:18:38,240 --> 00:18:41,399 Speaker 2: hitting behind you, I think you're getting the one Soto 421 00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:43,440 Speaker 2: that we saw in Washington win a World Series. I 422 00:18:43,480 --> 00:18:45,600 Speaker 2: think you're getting the Soto we saw in San Diego. 423 00:18:45,920 --> 00:18:48,480 Speaker 2: That's the player you're you're paying for. You know, he's 424 00:18:48,480 --> 00:18:49,960 Speaker 2: off to a little bit of a slow start, but 425 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:53,479 Speaker 2: a slow start for him is thirty nine percent on 426 00:18:53,560 --> 00:18:56,520 Speaker 2: base percentage and on pace for twenty seven homers. It's 427 00:18:56,560 --> 00:18:59,280 Speaker 2: a bad start for him. But you know, I'm expecting 428 00:18:59,440 --> 00:19:01,639 Speaker 2: about you. I'm expecting four to twenty on base and 429 00:19:01,680 --> 00:19:05,680 Speaker 2: thirty five homers. I'm not expecting forty four homers. And yeah, 430 00:19:05,720 --> 00:19:09,320 Speaker 2: when when Judge is hitting behind you, the best hitter 431 00:19:09,359 --> 00:19:11,760 Speaker 2: in the American League, I'm gonna pitch to you more 432 00:19:11,760 --> 00:19:13,520 Speaker 2: than I'm gonna pitch to you. If Alonzo's there, now, 433 00:19:13,560 --> 00:19:16,359 Speaker 2: Alonso's gonna do damage and right now, Yeah, he's the 434 00:19:16,359 --> 00:19:18,040 Speaker 2: best there of the National League, right and I think 435 00:19:18,040 --> 00:19:19,720 Speaker 2: he's gonna at forty and drive it one hundred and 436 00:19:19,800 --> 00:19:22,639 Speaker 2: twenty because he's gonna benefit from having Lindnor and Soco 437 00:19:22,760 --> 00:19:25,240 Speaker 2: in front of him. But sure, with one, you just 438 00:19:25,280 --> 00:19:28,480 Speaker 2: got seven hundred and sixty five million, and Judge isn't 439 00:19:28,520 --> 00:19:30,879 Speaker 2: behind you. Yeah, I'm gonna let Alonzo beat me, and 440 00:19:31,040 --> 00:19:33,480 Speaker 2: I'm gonna be really careful. How I pitched to a 441 00:19:33,520 --> 00:19:35,800 Speaker 2: seven hundred and sixty five million dollar player, So I 442 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:38,760 Speaker 2: think it's accurate that being said, One SODA's gonna hit 443 00:19:38,840 --> 00:19:41,920 Speaker 2: regardless of who's hitting in front of him or behind him. 444 00:19:42,200 --> 00:19:44,520 Speaker 2: He'll finish with an on base percentage. It starts with 445 00:19:44,560 --> 00:19:47,479 Speaker 2: a four, he'll end up with home runs. It begins 446 00:19:47,480 --> 00:19:50,120 Speaker 2: with a three. That's just what he is. And he'll 447 00:19:50,160 --> 00:19:55,040 Speaker 2: bring personality. He'll bring the Sodo shuffle, he'll sign autographs, 448 00:19:55,080 --> 00:19:57,239 Speaker 2: he'll have that great smile. I'll get the cover him 449 00:19:57,240 --> 00:19:58,760 Speaker 2: at the All Star Game and. 450 00:19:58,760 --> 00:20:01,000 Speaker 1: In the postseason. So yeah, I'm okay with it. 451 00:20:02,920 --> 00:20:03,960 Speaker 5: Why can't you expect it? 452 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:04,200 Speaker 4: Though? 453 00:20:04,240 --> 00:20:06,560 Speaker 5: Why can't you expect the year he had last year? Jim, 454 00:20:07,119 --> 00:20:09,560 Speaker 5: I mean, Kip agrees with me. I think, why can't 455 00:20:09,600 --> 00:20:11,480 Speaker 5: you expect that you paid him seven hundred and sixty 456 00:20:11,480 --> 00:20:14,960 Speaker 5: five million You paid him on last year, as they say, 457 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:18,600 Speaker 5: your platform year, but then you don't expect to get 458 00:20:18,640 --> 00:20:21,200 Speaker 5: those numbers like I'm thinking, maybe we should. 459 00:20:21,640 --> 00:20:24,639 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean a little bit. I guess it's like 460 00:20:24,800 --> 00:20:26,480 Speaker 1: when I traded for Ken Griffey Jr. 461 00:20:26,880 --> 00:20:29,000 Speaker 2: Right, and I traded for junior, and I thought I 462 00:20:29,200 --> 00:20:33,560 Speaker 2: was getting the junior that he was in Seattle, and 463 00:20:33,600 --> 00:20:36,199 Speaker 2: then you know, I got one year like that, and 464 00:20:36,240 --> 00:20:38,800 Speaker 2: then you know he had some injuries, but you know, 465 00:20:39,320 --> 00:20:42,439 Speaker 2: I didn't get exactly that the rest of his career. 466 00:20:42,440 --> 00:20:44,760 Speaker 2: And I can look at Miguel Cabrera and Albert Poohols 467 00:20:44,760 --> 00:20:46,399 Speaker 2: and all these other guys, and I can give you 468 00:20:46,400 --> 00:20:49,600 Speaker 2: the same storyline here. I think that he was coming 469 00:20:49,640 --> 00:20:53,560 Speaker 2: off his best year, and I never expect a player 470 00:20:53,640 --> 00:20:56,680 Speaker 2: to always come and be able to repeat your best year. 471 00:20:56,720 --> 00:20:59,080 Speaker 2: I think it's better to look at a player's career 472 00:20:59,560 --> 00:21:02,920 Speaker 2: and what he did the four years prior to signing him, 473 00:21:02,960 --> 00:21:05,159 Speaker 2: and I think you can put that in a blender 474 00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:07,960 Speaker 2: and warned it all up and then take the average numbers, 475 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:09,200 Speaker 2: and that's really. 476 00:21:08,920 --> 00:21:10,000 Speaker 1: What you're paying for. 477 00:21:10,280 --> 00:21:13,600 Speaker 2: And I think you have to give credit to Yankee Stadium, 478 00:21:13,640 --> 00:21:15,280 Speaker 2: where if you had to pop up to right field, 479 00:21:15,320 --> 00:21:17,960 Speaker 2: it's a home run and it's gonna pad your numbers. 480 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:20,240 Speaker 2: I don't care what anybody says, and if Aaron Judge 481 00:21:20,359 --> 00:21:21,840 Speaker 2: is behind you, it's gonna pad your. 482 00:21:21,760 --> 00:21:22,600 Speaker 1: Numbers a little bit more. 483 00:21:22,640 --> 00:21:25,040 Speaker 2: I mean, we saw it watching him play last year 484 00:21:25,040 --> 00:21:27,359 Speaker 2: and I think the reason I don't expect to repeat 485 00:21:27,359 --> 00:21:29,280 Speaker 2: it is I saw how he did it last year, 486 00:21:29,320 --> 00:21:32,280 Speaker 2: and I saw how pitchers, you know, treated him with 487 00:21:32,440 --> 00:21:35,720 Speaker 2: Judge behind him, they pitched to him, and I did 488 00:21:35,720 --> 00:21:38,760 Speaker 2: not expect that to happen. With the Mets hitting two 489 00:21:38,800 --> 00:21:39,919 Speaker 2: behind Lindor, I did not. 490 00:21:41,160 --> 00:21:43,359 Speaker 3: Stat cast park factor, and they like to take a 491 00:21:43,400 --> 00:21:47,639 Speaker 3: few years of sample size. City Field is twenty third 492 00:21:48,080 --> 00:21:53,320 Speaker 3: best for hitters. Yankee Stadium is eleventh best for hitters. Okay, 493 00:21:53,400 --> 00:21:54,840 Speaker 3: it's a big different difference. 494 00:21:55,200 --> 00:21:59,399 Speaker 5: Yeah, he'll be fine. I'm just it's just we just 495 00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:01,240 Speaker 5: have had this conversation for a couple of days. When 496 00:22:01,240 --> 00:22:03,000 Speaker 5: you make the back of the New York Post, Jim, 497 00:22:03,320 --> 00:22:05,359 Speaker 5: and you're twenty games into your met career, for some 498 00:22:05,440 --> 00:22:08,520 Speaker 5: quotes about there's some there's a there's a topic there, 499 00:22:09,080 --> 00:22:12,120 Speaker 5: right or wrong, there's a topic there because you kind 500 00:22:12,119 --> 00:22:13,880 Speaker 5: of if I played for the Yankees or the Mets, 501 00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:15,240 Speaker 5: I kind of never want to be on the post 502 00:22:15,359 --> 00:22:17,480 Speaker 5: unless it's like I hit a walk off home run 503 00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:19,679 Speaker 5: or something. I don't ever want to have something on 504 00:22:19,680 --> 00:22:22,119 Speaker 5: the back side where it's like, eh, I don't know, 505 00:22:22,160 --> 00:22:24,719 Speaker 5: you know, and you got Hayman and and all these guys, 506 00:22:24,760 --> 00:22:26,840 Speaker 5: and you know, writing about it, it's sherman. You know, 507 00:22:26,880 --> 00:22:28,879 Speaker 5: it's like I'd rather just hide in the shadows and 508 00:22:28,920 --> 00:22:31,680 Speaker 5: do my job and be the Derek Jeter. Yeah. 509 00:22:32,320 --> 00:22:35,399 Speaker 1: Yeah, I guess with one, it's a little different. 510 00:22:35,480 --> 00:22:37,280 Speaker 2: Right, Like when I interviewed him in spring training, he 511 00:22:37,359 --> 00:22:40,120 Speaker 2: was really open about everything. And I kind of respect 512 00:22:40,119 --> 00:22:42,920 Speaker 2: that about one because you know, he'll talk and he'll 513 00:22:42,920 --> 00:22:45,040 Speaker 2: say things, and if he says the wrong thing, it's 514 00:22:45,080 --> 00:22:48,280 Speaker 2: okay because he's transparent in what he's thinking of what 515 00:22:48,320 --> 00:22:50,440 Speaker 2: he's feeling. And he came out there and said, look, 516 00:22:50,440 --> 00:22:52,120 Speaker 2: they're pitching me different. You know, I had the best 517 00:22:52,160 --> 00:22:53,959 Speaker 2: there in baseball behind me and they're pitching me. Well 518 00:22:53,960 --> 00:22:56,239 Speaker 2: they are, So is it wrong to say? I mean, 519 00:22:56,280 --> 00:22:57,919 Speaker 2: sure it is. With the media and the fans, I 520 00:22:57,960 --> 00:23:01,160 Speaker 2: get it. I understand the critics. Is you paid seven 521 00:23:01,160 --> 00:23:03,080 Speaker 2: and sixty five million say the right thing? 522 00:23:03,440 --> 00:23:03,679 Speaker 1: You know. 523 00:23:03,880 --> 00:23:07,480 Speaker 2: I like the unfiltered part of this show, right, it's 524 00:23:07,480 --> 00:23:10,200 Speaker 2: not filtered. Right, you say whatever you think, whatever you feel. 525 00:23:10,720 --> 00:23:12,399 Speaker 2: That's kind of what I want from players too, and 526 00:23:12,400 --> 00:23:14,720 Speaker 2: I want from managers. It's okay if we all tell 527 00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:17,640 Speaker 2: the truth. We don't always have to be politically correct. 528 00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:20,320 Speaker 2: And by the way, you know, I've had a lot 529 00:23:20,320 --> 00:23:22,600 Speaker 2: of bad publicity in my career. I've had good publicity. 530 00:23:22,840 --> 00:23:24,800 Speaker 2: It's not a bad thing to be on the back 531 00:23:24,840 --> 00:23:26,760 Speaker 2: page of the New York Post, even if it's negative. 532 00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:31,600 Speaker 3: Yeah, Tru and Mike drop on that last part too. Yeah, 533 00:23:31,600 --> 00:23:32,480 Speaker 3: we want the transparent. 534 00:23:32,920 --> 00:23:35,240 Speaker 5: We love the transparency. I want them to talk. It's just, 535 00:23:35,440 --> 00:23:37,720 Speaker 5: you know, it's just a topic. 536 00:23:37,760 --> 00:23:37,879 Speaker 4: Though. 537 00:23:37,920 --> 00:23:40,120 Speaker 5: When you say things, trust me, Jim, you're talking about 538 00:23:40,119 --> 00:23:42,439 Speaker 5: the person that's had everything said about him. So, I mean, 539 00:23:42,480 --> 00:23:45,160 Speaker 5: I've been on every back page, front page, middle page, 540 00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:47,359 Speaker 5: inside page, every page you could be on. 541 00:23:47,480 --> 00:23:47,960 Speaker 4: I get it. 542 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:49,760 Speaker 5: But you know, it's just it's just a topic to 543 00:23:49,760 --> 00:23:52,840 Speaker 5: talk about. You being a GM, former GM and in 544 00:23:52,920 --> 00:23:54,679 Speaker 5: charge of baseball. I just wanted to get your opinion 545 00:23:54,720 --> 00:23:54,919 Speaker 5: on it. 546 00:23:54,960 --> 00:23:56,639 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's good. Well it's different. 547 00:23:56,640 --> 00:23:58,679 Speaker 2: If you want me to put the GM hat my 548 00:23:58,720 --> 00:23:59,159 Speaker 2: hands is a. 549 00:23:59,160 --> 00:24:02,480 Speaker 1: Little bit different. I don't want no, we want the truth. 550 00:24:02,520 --> 00:24:06,480 Speaker 1: We want to truy somebody I know. But in this job, yeah, 551 00:24:06,560 --> 00:24:09,120 Speaker 1: let's put it out there. In that job, you have. 552 00:24:09,119 --> 00:24:11,840 Speaker 2: To sell tickets, and you have to work pr and 553 00:24:11,920 --> 00:24:15,440 Speaker 2: the fan base is extremely important, and so you always. 554 00:24:15,119 --> 00:24:16,000 Speaker 1: Got to tell the truth. 555 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:18,760 Speaker 2: But it's okay if we say some right things as 556 00:24:18,800 --> 00:24:22,240 Speaker 2: well instead of some negative comments, because sometimes the pr 557 00:24:22,720 --> 00:24:25,159 Speaker 2: perspective of it makes it difficult. When you're sitting in 558 00:24:25,160 --> 00:24:29,040 Speaker 2: the GM or the presidents of the owner seats, health. 559 00:24:29,160 --> 00:24:32,119 Speaker 3: On base forty plus percent of the time and thirty 560 00:24:32,119 --> 00:24:34,560 Speaker 3: plus homers every season for a while, Mets. 561 00:24:34,320 --> 00:24:35,840 Speaker 1: Fans will be hat win. 562 00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:36,480 Speaker 4: They gotta win. 563 00:24:36,640 --> 00:24:38,760 Speaker 3: They gotta win, that's true, and right now they're winning. 564 00:24:39,080 --> 00:24:42,199 Speaker 1: JB. Awesome SAG. We'll catch you next week, all right, 565 00:24:42,240 --> 00:24:42,880 Speaker 1: look forward to it.