WEBVTT - Whit Merrifield talks MLB-NFL comps, Durability devalued

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<v Speaker 1>It's not policed. Teams don't punish guys for that, Teams

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<v Speaker 1>don't devalue guys for that.

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<v Speaker 2>Here we go with Merrifield joining us right now from

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<v Speaker 2>the best golf clubhouse in home Baseball.

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<v Speaker 3>Uh wait, good to see you, man.

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<v Speaker 2>I know you're a big football guy too, so I

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<v Speaker 2>actually want to start here because after this weekend it's

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<v Speaker 2>baseball talk. So what do you think the NFL does

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<v Speaker 2>well that MLB can take a page from. And I'll

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<v Speaker 2>just bring up a couple concepts to get your take

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<v Speaker 2>on and obviously offer whatever else.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm good to see you, dude. But they have a

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<v Speaker 3>neutral site for their.

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<v Speaker 2>Championship game that's actually been talked about in the past,

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<v Speaker 2>like can we do a day or two of the

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<v Speaker 2>World Series and then run the rest of it?

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<v Speaker 3>Just throwing it out there.

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<v Speaker 2>I know that's an easy note for most players, but

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<v Speaker 2>that or anything else that comes to mind with the NFL,

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<v Speaker 2>and there amazing parody actually that they offer with that

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<v Speaker 2>salary cap, which I know will open up a can

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<v Speaker 2>of worms for you.

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<v Speaker 1>That's a good question, and honestly, I've really never thought

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<v Speaker 1>about it. I think the the neutral site I think

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<v Speaker 1>is is just a hard No, Football, I get it,

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<v Speaker 1>it's one game. There's such a there's such an advantage

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<v Speaker 1>being at your home site, So I get being neutral.

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<v Speaker 1>But Baseball, I mean it's it's a little bit of advantage,

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<v Speaker 1>not that much really really, the advantages in the playoffs.

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<v Speaker 1>The crowd can be an advantage, but it's batting at

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<v Speaker 1>the bottom of the the bottom of the inning. And

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<v Speaker 1>besides that, I mean, I don't know, salary cap, I will,

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<v Speaker 1>I will get into right now with you guys, that's

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<v Speaker 1>a that's a whole other copie. But I don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, they do a good job of promoting the game.

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<v Speaker 1>I think we do as well. I just think it's

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<v Speaker 1>it's just different. You know, we play one hundred and

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<v Speaker 1>sixty two games. Our Tuesday one point thirty game just

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't hold the same value as a Sunday night football game.

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<v Speaker 1>It just doesn't. So it's hard, it's hard to compare

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<v Speaker 1>the two sports. But football is always trying to improve

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<v Speaker 1>Basketball is we are, Golf is you know, every every

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<v Speaker 1>every sports always trying to improve their products and make

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<v Speaker 1>it better for the fans.

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<v Speaker 4>Wait, wait, you said neutral site for the playoffs will

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<v Speaker 4>be bad? Right, But we could have that scenario. If

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<v Speaker 4>the ath Is of Sacramento or the Tampa area Rays

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<v Speaker 4>from the Steinbrenner Field make the playoffs, they've come out

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<v Speaker 4>and said most likely they're not going to play in

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<v Speaker 4>those fields.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm okay with that. I mean, that's a little bit

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<v Speaker 1>of a unique situation. But you know, I don't I

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<v Speaker 1>think you might really wants to go to Sacramento and

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<v Speaker 1>to play play off game. So I'm okay with finding

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<v Speaker 1>something else out.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, but think about it when if you signed with

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<v Speaker 4>one of those teams, you've played in front of those

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<v Speaker 4>fans the entire year.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, I hear what you're saying, but uh, I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know. I mean, it'd be almost being a college

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<v Speaker 1>basketball fan, I am. It could be like almost like

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<v Speaker 1>going to a Cameron indoor stadium, you know where it's

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<v Speaker 1>not the biggest stadium, but maybe it's the craziest because

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<v Speaker 1>it's small and there's people on top of you. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know, I don't know. I haven't honestly haven't thought

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<v Speaker 1>about that. I haven't thought about it. What if, uh,

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<v Speaker 1>Sacramento where Tampa next to the playoffs? I don't I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know the answer to that, but I mean, MLB

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<v Speaker 1>is gonna want to have as many people in the

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<v Speaker 1>game as they can, so they're gonna want to take a

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<v Speaker 1>sales up. So I'm sure they'll try to move it

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<v Speaker 1>to bigger, bigger venue. I don't know. I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>what they're gonna do.

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<v Speaker 5>When we talk about free agency, been a part of it,

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<v Speaker 5>you're being a part of it. Everybody is. You hear

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<v Speaker 5>the rumors, the speculations, you get the calls. You know,

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<v Speaker 5>do you try and stay out of that or you

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<v Speaker 5>want to hear every little thing that's going on because

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<v Speaker 5>it is your livelihood at the end of the day.

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<v Speaker 1>Last year, I tried to I tried to stay in

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<v Speaker 1>loop with what was going on. It was my first

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<v Speaker 1>time going through it, and so I I I tried

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<v Speaker 1>to stay I guess, in touch with with what people

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<v Speaker 1>of the rumors that were being circulated, but also you know,

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<v Speaker 1>with my agent, who who would who he had talked to,

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<v Speaker 1>which a lot of times didn't line up with you know,

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<v Speaker 1>what you're hearing online or on TV or whatever it

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<v Speaker 1>may be. And then comes out Philly calls me last

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<v Speaker 1>minute and within a week the deal's done. And they

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<v Speaker 1>were never on the radar, So I've going gone into

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<v Speaker 1>this offseason in a different spot because I didn't have

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<v Speaker 1>the year last year that I had the the year

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<v Speaker 1>before in Toronto, so the expectation, I guess wasn't the same.

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<v Speaker 1>But also I've learned that you never know who's gonna call.

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<v Speaker 1>It doesn't matter what you're hearing or what you're you're

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<v Speaker 1>just telling you. Somebody can call last minute. So I've

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<v Speaker 1>just kind of not really paid much attention to it.

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<v Speaker 1>I answered calls from my agent when he calls me, obviously.

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<v Speaker 3>But.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, just kind of been a lot more relaxed in

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<v Speaker 1>this offseason, which has been nice.

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<v Speaker 4>looking at it, like I wonder who doesn't have a

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<v Speaker 4>I feel like playing getting six hundred and fifty at

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<v Speaker 4>backs as a second basement, screw this utility thing, Like

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<v Speaker 4>who doesn't have a second basement?

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<v Speaker 1>Do you ever do that?

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<v Speaker 4>Or do you look at even like like the most

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<v Speaker 4>recent signing and we're just talking about yo on Mankata

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<v Speaker 4>got five million. You're like, I feel like I.

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<v Speaker 1>Could get that, Like I'm I'm like, I'm out on

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<v Speaker 1>the field. It's hard. I mean, that's that's that's hard

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<v Speaker 1>to not compare when you see guys get certain contracts

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<v Speaker 1>and you try to compare yourself to them. I mean

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<v Speaker 1>that that's just human nature to do. But I don't

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<v Speaker 1>put a whole lot of value in it because certain

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<v Speaker 4>Doesn't have hemorrhoids. Okay. And what is because you sit there?

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<v Speaker 4>Just because you sit.

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<v Speaker 1>There longer, Hey, that's what happens. Man, read the book.

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<v Speaker 4>I haven't reading a book.

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<v Speaker 1>That's why I'm in there so long. Yeah, exactly. Uh.

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<v Speaker 1>But before I got before, I got on about some

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<v Speaker 1>some uh, some of the chronic stuff that goes on

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<v Speaker 1>in and that's something I've really taken pride in in

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<v Speaker 1>my career, and I don't think it gets valued like

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<v Speaker 1>it should. Is Guys that are on the field, guys

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<v Speaker 1>that stay on the field, and it's honestly, I feel

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<v Speaker 1>like now that I'm thirty six, I haven't spent a

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<v Speaker 1>day on the IL when there are times that I

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<v Speaker 1>could have. I honestly looked back and like, did I

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<v Speaker 1>do it wrong? Because there were times when I was

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<v Speaker 1>on the field, maybe not at one hundred percent, but

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<v Speaker 1>it felt like it was my job to be out

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<v Speaker 1>on that field that maybe took away from I guess

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<v Speaker 1>the kind of player that or the numbers wise, you

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<v Speaker 1>know what I could have done if I just would

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<v Speaker 1>have got But I've gone on the IL and not

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<v Speaker 1>come back till one hundred percent healthy, and I don't

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<v Speaker 1>think that's right, but I feel like that's the way

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<v Speaker 1>certain teams are are valuing guys and paying guys because

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<v Speaker 1>of sheer wrong numbers. So I heard you guys talking

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<v Speaker 1>before I came on here, and I just wanted to

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<v Speaker 1>address that because it's kind of bothered me a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit over the last couple of years that I've kind

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<v Speaker 1>of reflected on that and been like, man, I don't

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't seem bright.

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<v Speaker 4>Hit on that a little bit. I don't know how

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<v Speaker 4>much you heard because I was kind of going against

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<v Speaker 4>Scott saying I don't believe. I'm not saying everybody can't,

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<v Speaker 4>but like the chronic part of it, like how much

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<v Speaker 4>did you put in to stay on the field. You said,

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<v Speaker 4>I'm very proud of not spending any time IL, and

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<v Speaker 4>Michael Young was the exact same way, he was very

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<v Speaker 4>proud of not spending time on the IL.

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<v Speaker 1>In his career.

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<v Speaker 4>How much do you put into that? And do you

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<v Speaker 4>feel like, obviously you can't blanket statement everybody in and

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<v Speaker 4>on once you mentioned people, but do you feel like

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<v Speaker 4>guys don't put enough time in to staing off the

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<v Speaker 4>IL position players?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, because I feel like it's it's not it's uh,

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<v Speaker 1>it's not viewed in a positive light. It's not it's

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<v Speaker 1>not appreciated when guys are on the IL. It's if

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<v Speaker 1>a guy is and this happens throughout the league on

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<v Speaker 1>every team, But when a guy starts struggling, you're never

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<v Speaker 1>you're never gonna feel a hundred percent, especially after what

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<v Speaker 1>spree training is over. You got that maybe first series

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<v Speaker 1>of adrenaline of opening weekend and then you're not one

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<v Speaker 1>hundred percent ever, And you know when guys starts struggling,

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<v Speaker 1>you feel little Nixon Nacs that are everyone feels, and

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<v Speaker 1>you can lean into that a little bit if you

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<v Speaker 1>feel like, Okay, well let me, let me take a

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<v Speaker 1>couple of weeks off and get this wrist right, or

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<v Speaker 1>get this foot right, or get this hamstring right. Call

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<v Speaker 1>it getting it right. But really I just need to

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<v Speaker 1>take a take a breakaway or take a step away

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<v Speaker 1>and reset, and then when I come back, maybe this

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<v Speaker 1>funk I'm in will be over. And you see it

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<v Speaker 1>all the time, and and that's just it's not it's

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<v Speaker 1>not right, but it's not policed. Teams don't don't punish

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<v Speaker 1>guys for that. Teams don't devalue guys for that. It's

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<v Speaker 1>it's almost the opposite. It's like, if it works for

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<v Speaker 1>the guy, Okay, well, this guy's numbers were good. He

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<v Speaker 1>had five hundred at bats when he should have had

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<v Speaker 1>six hundred and fifty at bats. But his ops and

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<v Speaker 1>all these you know, his WRC plus, they were all good. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>Well when he started to slide, he got away. And

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<v Speaker 1>so that's why I look back and I'm like, man,

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<v Speaker 1>maybe I played the system wrong. And I hate I

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<v Speaker 1>hate that. I hate I hate feeling like that because

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<v Speaker 1>it's not what I think. How the game should be played,

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<v Speaker 1>but no, it's a good call doing it wrong.

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<v Speaker 2>So raid stats are valued much more now than counting

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<v Speaker 2>stats versus even ten years ago. Right where they're like, Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>I want to know what this player is doing on

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<v Speaker 2>a per game basis, and I don't care that he

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<v Speaker 2>gave me one, you know, sixty or whatever. Right, there's

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<v Speaker 2>actually one step further from this too. And I like

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<v Speaker 2>parts of this because I think it helps certain players

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<v Speaker 2>get out of slumps, and they've talked about it.

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<v Speaker 3>Hey, bad bad at ball.

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<v Speaker 2>Luck we're looking at your peripherals and it says that

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<v Speaker 2>you actually should be much better. And I think parts

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<v Speaker 2>of that are good, But there are other parts of

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<v Speaker 2>that that point to players who never actually reach those

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<v Speaker 2>expectations and just aren't that good, and they become, for

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<v Speaker 2>lack of a better term, like a sabermetric darling. Right,

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<v Speaker 2>we've seen players like that. I'm not going to throw

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<v Speaker 2>certain names out there right now, but I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>That's my take on how the game has changed. And

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<v Speaker 2>then I think players try to adjust to the way

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<v Speaker 2>that front offices are evaluating things.

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<v Speaker 3>Right where they're like.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, they don't care if I play as much. Then

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<v Speaker 2>I'm just gonna, you know, say that something's bothering me

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<v Speaker 2>and miss a couple weeks like you're saying, and it's

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<v Speaker 2>not being valued that you actually need that player on

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<v Speaker 2>the field because the backup is going to give you

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<v Speaker 2>much worse production.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, well, I think to this the way the game

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<v Speaker 1>is the way that front offices are approaching the game.

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<v Speaker 1>Got mandatory off days, and from the time these guys

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<v Speaker 1>are in the minor leagues, if you're a top prospect,

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<v Speaker 1>you're playing like, I think they played six games a

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<v Speaker 1>week that you're playing like four and you're getting two days,

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<v Speaker 1>two mandatory days off something like that. So you're kind

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<v Speaker 1>of bred from the time you're young that it's not

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<v Speaker 1>normal to play every day. It's not normal to go

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<v Speaker 1>through a full season. And there's in every sport you're

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<v Speaker 1>you're seeing that you're seeing load management days in the

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<v Speaker 1>NBA and uh maybe not so much the NFL or football,

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<v Speaker 1>but yeah, it's it's different, different mentality of going about

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<v Speaker 1>playing this day and eight this day and age. And

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<v Speaker 1>I hate to sound like an old guy, but I

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<v Speaker 1>was always under you know, there's a famous Wally Pip

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<v Speaker 1>story that's always stuck with me. And it took me

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<v Speaker 1>a long time to get to the big leagues, and

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<v Speaker 1>once I got there, I didn't want to take a

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<v Speaker 1>day off and I don't want this guy that's working

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<v Speaker 1>in triple A to to come take my job, to

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<v Speaker 1>have a chance to come up and go four for

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<v Speaker 1>four with two homers. And now it's like, okay, well

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<v Speaker 1>maybe it's not the guy. And you know, I wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to get in the door, get my get my foot

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<v Speaker 1>in and never never give it up. And that's not

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<v Speaker 1>really I guess the the common mentality anymore, which is,

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<v Speaker 1>like I said, maybe I'm in the wrong, but it's

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<v Speaker 1>it's different.

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<v Speaker 4>I don't believe you are. I don't believe you are.

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<v Speaker 4>Keep keep grinding until they take the jersey from you,

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<v Speaker 4>not not sitting in the tub until they give you your

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<v Speaker 4>jersey back. But I got a question for you now.

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<v Speaker 4>I want you to turn a little bit to the

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<v Speaker 4>left so the light hits you pretty good like this,

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<v Speaker 4>you see all grace, No no, no, no, no, grace,

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<v Speaker 4>I don't see it. I was looking at you because

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<v Speaker 4>the Yankees, the Yankees need a second basement. Would you

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<v Speaker 4>be willing to shave that because I've never seen that

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<v Speaker 4>face like smooth, smooth shave, Like are you okay with

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<v Speaker 4>that role? Like if the Yankees are like, hey, we

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<v Speaker 4>need a second baseman, Chris.

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<v Speaker 1>We played together when I had to shave my face,

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<v Speaker 1>You shaved it.

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<v Speaker 4>It was never it was never killing it would play together.

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<v Speaker 1>No, it was never. You never you always have that

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<v Speaker 1>you always.

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<v Speaker 4>That was the one rule that you bent in Olmaha

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<v Speaker 4>had had it bent. Look at that face you are.

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<v Speaker 4>You're You're like a constant five o'clock shadow.

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<v Speaker 5>Oh my god, craft he's killing you.

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<v Speaker 1>Unbelievable. I mean, yeah, no, I my wife would would

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<v Speaker 1>love for me to have to shave my face. Mandatory

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<v Speaker 1>for me to shave my face every day. You would

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<v Speaker 1>love that.

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<v Speaker 3>So so w to the Yankee tomorrow.

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<v Speaker 1>I did it twenty twenty twenty two when I was

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<v Speaker 1>really scuffling. Yeah, I'll clean twenty and uh, I think

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<v Speaker 1>it was towards the end of my time in Kansas

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<v Speaker 1>City and then uh, first little bit in Toronto, I was,

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<v Speaker 1>I was, I was full clean.

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<v Speaker 4>Okay, all right? Last one? Who won your towny who?

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<v Speaker 1>Since we haven't had you on what? What? Which ones?

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<v Speaker 4>Did you come up with a division that you could

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<v Speaker 4>win for yourself? This time again where you're like, oh,

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<v Speaker 4>here's my trophy.

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<v Speaker 1>No, you got it. You can't do it every year,

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<v Speaker 1>then nobody will show up, so you have to kind

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<v Speaker 1>of hear it, you know. Yeah, Aaron Hicks won the

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<v Speaker 1>gross division, so he was the best golfer there. He's nasty,

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<v Speaker 1>he's so good, so good. And then Jackson Stevens won

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<v Speaker 1>the net division, so he was kind of a last

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<v Speaker 1>minute ad as well. So that was good for him

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<v Speaker 1>that he he won.

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<v Speaker 3>That's cool.

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<v Speaker 4>And how do you do? How did you do?

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<v Speaker 1>My game is not great right now. You know, I

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<v Speaker 1>got a little baby over there, and she's taken away

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<v Speaker 1>from from my golf. So sure I'll have to tell

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<v Speaker 1>her about it when she gets older. How much she

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<v Speaker 1>hurt my golf game these years.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm sure she's gota care this much.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah much, Crats lower it here, Yeah exactly.

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<v Speaker 4>Thanks, thanks for coming on, and I'll take care of

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<v Speaker 4>my hemorrhoids later. I appreciate that.

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<v Speaker 3>There you go, Crat saying goodbye. Wait, good to see you.

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<v Speaker 3>We'll catch it in a few weeks.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, yeah, good to see fellas