1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:03,720 Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to waken Jake. Happy New year if 2 00:00:03,760 --> 00:00:06,360 Speaker 1: this is your first day actually being a part of it. 3 00:00:06,800 --> 00:00:11,639 Speaker 1: January sixth, Okay, we will go through America's GM. Jim 4 00:00:11,680 --> 00:00:17,000 Speaker 1: Bowden has come out with his free agent team signing predictions. 5 00:00:17,040 --> 00:00:20,680 Speaker 1: The rest of the way. The top fifteen. Okay, interesting number, 6 00:00:21,079 --> 00:00:25,520 Speaker 1: kind of round, kind of not at all. We'll hit 7 00:00:25,560 --> 00:00:29,720 Speaker 1: a little football Lions Vikings was fun last night, and 8 00:00:29,800 --> 00:00:31,800 Speaker 1: the playoff pictures set, but maybe that's going to be 9 00:00:31,800 --> 00:00:35,040 Speaker 1: a lot more Wednesday that. Honestly, the big news that's 10 00:00:35,080 --> 00:00:38,400 Speaker 1: going around the office this morning is our friend Jeff 11 00:00:38,440 --> 00:00:40,919 Speaker 1: Passen or maybe former friend, because he'd liked to think 12 00:00:40,920 --> 00:00:44,320 Speaker 1: he'd let me know these things. Ye our Yankees have 13 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:48,000 Speaker 1: been talking to Luisa Rise continually. What's the phrase he 14 00:00:48,080 --> 00:00:49,040 Speaker 1: used throughout? 15 00:00:49,159 --> 00:00:52,440 Speaker 2: He said, the Yankees and Padres continue to talk about 16 00:00:52,680 --> 00:00:54,000 Speaker 2: Luisa Rise trade. 17 00:00:54,320 --> 00:00:55,360 Speaker 1: What are they talking about? 18 00:00:55,680 --> 00:01:00,200 Speaker 2: So it applies multiple conversations and more than the like 19 00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:01,600 Speaker 2: typical like they checked in. 20 00:01:03,440 --> 00:01:05,839 Speaker 1: So I guess I'll give you a tidbit on Luis 21 00:01:05,880 --> 00:01:09,480 Speaker 1: a Rise in general and for my Yanks, uh, and 22 00:01:09,520 --> 00:01:13,600 Speaker 1: then get into America's Jam Jim Bowden's article. As the 23 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:16,280 Speaker 1: walls of this building. I think are starting to fight back. 24 00:01:16,480 --> 00:01:19,959 Speaker 1: So if this is it, thank you and we've had 25 00:01:19,959 --> 00:01:24,080 Speaker 1: our fun and make sure you're subscribed. Uh, the curious 26 00:01:24,120 --> 00:01:28,000 Speaker 1: case of Luisa Rise, Where do we stand on him? 27 00:01:28,040 --> 00:01:30,600 Speaker 1: I'm sure there's some things that could be clipped from 28 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:34,600 Speaker 1: me that would have an interesting stance on it. Three 29 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:39,240 Speaker 1: straight batting titles he won it last year, pretty nuts 30 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:44,640 Speaker 1: and then show hey second that guy m three sixteen, 31 00:01:44,840 --> 00:01:47,800 Speaker 1: three point fifty four with Mi Haammi and then three 32 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:52,000 Speaker 1: fourteen last year and I don't want to say felt 33 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:55,600 Speaker 1: like a malaise, but his his year was never off 34 00:01:55,640 --> 00:01:57,559 Speaker 1: the charts. Let me see if I get some month 35 00:01:57,600 --> 00:02:01,000 Speaker 1: to month for you, because in my maybe it started 36 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:04,200 Speaker 1: slow and it picked up. Uh yeah, three ten, three 37 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:07,920 Speaker 1: forty two, seven twenty ops three twenty one, three fifty three, 38 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:13,520 Speaker 1: seven sixty nine, so not insane, A nice August, September 39 00:02:15,120 --> 00:02:18,480 Speaker 1: after Okay, so he had a lackluster middle of the 40 00:02:18,480 --> 00:02:23,600 Speaker 1: season June and July ops is in the sixes. Uh. 41 00:02:23,639 --> 00:02:26,080 Speaker 1: And outside of that, he was kind of who you 42 00:02:26,120 --> 00:02:28,080 Speaker 1: think he is, or maybe I don't know who you 43 00:02:28,120 --> 00:02:30,800 Speaker 1: think he is, because I think the part that's become 44 00:02:30,919 --> 00:02:35,680 Speaker 1: interesting when the original Luis Arise trade from the Marlins happened. 45 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:38,799 Speaker 1: Everyone was a little surprised there wasn't a ton of 46 00:02:38,919 --> 00:02:43,040 Speaker 1: big time prospects involved. And it was also the Marlins 47 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:45,400 Speaker 1: that everyone was like, they took a grab bag and 48 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:48,080 Speaker 1: everyone was like, well, the Marlins have so much to fix, 49 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:50,200 Speaker 1: and none of these kids were on like a tight 50 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:52,160 Speaker 1: timeline that they were like, yeah, we'll just take a 51 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:54,520 Speaker 1: bunch of young guys and something we'll figure itself out. 52 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:57,920 Speaker 1: Maybe it will. Uh. But the interesting debate side of 53 00:02:57,960 --> 00:03:00,440 Speaker 1: it is, what is Luis Rise's real value you? Because 54 00:03:00,440 --> 00:03:05,880 Speaker 1: he doesn't play defense. He graded out horribly at first 55 00:03:05,880 --> 00:03:08,720 Speaker 1: base last year, He's great at horribly at second base 56 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:12,840 Speaker 1: in previous years. He's just the best contact bat in 57 00:03:12,880 --> 00:03:16,000 Speaker 1: the game, which if you're willing to use your DH 58 00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:19,480 Speaker 1: position on Louis A. Rise, which I'm not necessarily against, 59 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:23,880 Speaker 1: although the Yankees have their DH spot clouded because I 60 00:03:23,880 --> 00:03:26,560 Speaker 1: think hitting's hittings hitting, Like, if you're getting the production 61 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:30,360 Speaker 1: you need from different positions, like why do you care 62 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:34,840 Speaker 1: If Louisa Rise fits in as your DH, then you 63 00:03:34,880 --> 00:03:37,840 Speaker 1: do that, but you do need production from else where. 64 00:03:38,040 --> 00:03:40,920 Speaker 1: His career high was ten homers in twenty twenty three. 65 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:45,120 Speaker 1: Last year he hit four. He does turn and pull 66 00:03:45,160 --> 00:03:47,000 Speaker 1: on some balls, so I do wonder if there is 67 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:49,320 Speaker 1: a Yankee aspect of that. You know, if you could 68 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:52,320 Speaker 1: get Luisa rise to ten twelve homers, that feels a 69 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:55,920 Speaker 1: little less weird than four or is two that he 70 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:58,520 Speaker 1: hit in twenty twenty one. I think the thing that's 71 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:03,120 Speaker 1: interesting is he was accumulating war in twenty twenty two 72 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:05,480 Speaker 1: and twenty twenty three. He was a four point two 73 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:08,760 Speaker 1: b war and a four point nine B War. Last year, 74 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:10,680 Speaker 1: one hundred and fifty games, he came out to a 75 00:04:10,760 --> 00:04:15,000 Speaker 1: one war player. And the other thing that makes it 76 00:04:15,040 --> 00:04:20,760 Speaker 1: an interesting spin Louis Arise is starting to get paid. 77 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:23,320 Speaker 1: He made ten point six last year. Do we know 78 00:04:23,360 --> 00:04:24,960 Speaker 1: where an astimate is? 79 00:04:25,160 --> 00:04:27,960 Speaker 2: Well, well know kind of where everybody lands at the 80 00:04:28,040 --> 00:04:29,800 Speaker 2: end of this week those numbers would do. But I 81 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:33,360 Speaker 2: think he's estimated around the fourteen number for this year. 82 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:38,960 Speaker 1: So for a one war player, that's not good. For 83 00:04:39,040 --> 00:04:42,320 Speaker 1: a three time consecutive batting champion for a year or two, 84 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:46,000 Speaker 1: that could be okay. Uh, it's just where does Luis 85 00:04:46,040 --> 00:04:49,359 Speaker 1: Arise land And this is his last year? Correct, he 86 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:53,159 Speaker 1: would be a rental Yeah, so one year fourteen MIL 87 00:04:53,279 --> 00:04:56,080 Speaker 1: for Louis a Rise. I think it's easy to say 88 00:04:56,160 --> 00:04:58,360 Speaker 1: from the fan perspective and be like, that's worth it. Man, 89 00:04:58,440 --> 00:05:01,159 Speaker 1: you can get a guy who's gonna hit three fourteen. 90 00:05:01,360 --> 00:05:03,960 Speaker 1: What got you over there? Luis ARRII do you know 91 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:08,080 Speaker 1: his full name? I don't, Louise. 92 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:12,800 Speaker 2: Son hell Arise, and that Luis an HeLa Cunya. I 93 00:05:12,880 --> 00:05:15,719 Speaker 2: was like, oh wow, different. You just put those names 94 00:05:15,720 --> 00:05:17,720 Speaker 2: together and that's the Acunya brother. Yeah, and that just 95 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:19,720 Speaker 2: kind of got me. Okay where that should? 96 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:22,440 Speaker 1: Yeah? That got you guy? All right, I'm into it. 97 00:05:23,040 --> 00:05:27,719 Speaker 1: Comment your favorite name. I think we see the batting 98 00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:30,200 Speaker 1: average and even the on base percentage, like last year 99 00:05:30,240 --> 00:05:34,039 Speaker 1: three forty six, that's that's nothing to scoff at. The 100 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:40,920 Speaker 1: year before actually the two previous years in Miami and Minnesota, 101 00:05:41,160 --> 00:05:45,880 Speaker 1: that's really what you're looking for. Three point fifty four, 102 00:05:45,960 --> 00:05:50,320 Speaker 1: three ninety three and eight sixty one. Ohps you. But 103 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:53,559 Speaker 1: the year before that, I think that's your more honest aim. 104 00:05:53,640 --> 00:05:56,960 Speaker 1: Because even for the best contact hitters in baseball, which 105 00:05:57,040 --> 00:06:00,760 Speaker 1: Luis Arises he hit three sixteen year, which won the 106 00:06:00,760 --> 00:06:03,840 Speaker 1: batting title in the AL three seventy five on base 107 00:06:04,720 --> 00:06:06,920 Speaker 1: a four to twenty slugging for a seven ninety five 108 00:06:06,960 --> 00:06:10,200 Speaker 1: ops so he had thirty plus doubles in each of 109 00:06:10,240 --> 00:06:14,200 Speaker 1: the past three years, which makes kind of those homers. 110 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:18,040 Speaker 1: Either put him over the top or not offensively. Defensively, 111 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:21,560 Speaker 1: I don't know. I think you just put him at 112 00:06:21,600 --> 00:06:26,600 Speaker 1: second base and pray or maybe first base, but that 113 00:06:26,760 --> 00:06:28,039 Speaker 1: gets scary. 114 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:31,839 Speaker 2: If you're the Yankees, I would assume the a lineup 115 00:06:31,920 --> 00:06:36,320 Speaker 2: day is a rise at second and you hope for 116 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:36,600 Speaker 2: the best. 117 00:06:36,680 --> 00:06:38,360 Speaker 1: Well, that's the thing they'd be trading for him as 118 00:06:38,360 --> 00:06:40,240 Speaker 1: a second base and I'm still keeping my hat open 119 00:06:40,279 --> 00:06:41,960 Speaker 1: to the rest of the league just in case. This 120 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:46,880 Speaker 1: is Jeff Passing not known for blowing smoke except off 121 00:06:46,880 --> 00:06:50,400 Speaker 1: the field that I don't know. If Jeff Passing smoke sweet, 122 00:06:50,800 --> 00:06:55,000 Speaker 1: I can ask him. He's probably got a remember Dwayne 123 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:59,000 Speaker 1: the Rock Johnson story. Yeah, that was a whole deal. Well, 124 00:06:59,080 --> 00:07:03,400 Speaker 1: another time, we'll get brother Jeff soon. It is better 125 00:07:03,480 --> 00:07:07,080 Speaker 1: at first then second with the rise, yeah, I mean, 126 00:07:07,120 --> 00:07:09,480 Speaker 1: I guess first base. I know there's a lot of 127 00:07:09,480 --> 00:07:12,040 Speaker 1: tricky plays of first base makes, but essentially, at the 128 00:07:12,120 --> 00:07:13,160 Speaker 1: end of the day, you have to catch the ball. 129 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:15,760 Speaker 1: He's listed five to ten. Would love to get some 130 00:07:15,880 --> 00:07:21,600 Speaker 1: updates on that both ways, both ways, both ways. Kindly 131 00:07:24,400 --> 00:07:27,840 Speaker 1: for the Yankees, they've had bad defense at second base 132 00:07:27,880 --> 00:07:31,880 Speaker 1: the past couple of years in Glabor Torres, who also 133 00:07:32,040 --> 00:07:33,920 Speaker 1: led off for them in a lot of big moments, 134 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:37,880 Speaker 1: and with the loss of Juan Soto, you're looking for 135 00:07:37,920 --> 00:07:41,640 Speaker 1: that lefty righty balance. Luisa Rise not only does he 136 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:44,880 Speaker 1: plug in it at second base, he's your leadoff hitter 137 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:50,760 Speaker 1: and you have Aaron Judge second. So batting average, I've 138 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:52,720 Speaker 1: been on a kick that it needs to be valued 139 00:07:52,760 --> 00:07:57,760 Speaker 1: a little bit more because I think on base percentage, 140 00:07:59,040 --> 00:08:02,000 Speaker 1: I've been looking to get a stat that's like uncompetitive walks, 141 00:08:02,560 --> 00:08:04,440 Speaker 1: you know, for the take guys in baseball, if you 142 00:08:04,480 --> 00:08:07,800 Speaker 1: get thrown five balls in your first four pitches, you're 143 00:08:07,840 --> 00:08:12,160 Speaker 1: going to walk if you only really chase or swing 144 00:08:12,240 --> 00:08:16,320 Speaker 1: inside the zone. That I think on basement numbers can 145 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:20,160 Speaker 1: get inflated that when it's a moment that it matters 146 00:08:20,240 --> 00:08:23,040 Speaker 1: when there's runners on first and second or second and 147 00:08:23,120 --> 00:08:25,400 Speaker 1: third and you have to pitch to someone. I think 148 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:29,000 Speaker 1: batting matter, Batting average matters more there, and we haven't 149 00:08:29,040 --> 00:08:33,560 Speaker 1: fully we haven't fully embraced that yet. I hate to 150 00:08:33,559 --> 00:08:36,480 Speaker 1: do this to my guy, because you know, I consider 151 00:08:36,520 --> 00:08:39,720 Speaker 1: his brother a friend, Aaron Hicks. We've got to watch 152 00:08:39,720 --> 00:08:42,240 Speaker 1: a lot of him with the Yankees. His numbers also 153 00:08:42,520 --> 00:08:44,760 Speaker 1: with runners on and I think the bases loaded were 154 00:08:44,800 --> 00:08:47,840 Speaker 1: like scary bad, which again it was a small sample 155 00:08:47,920 --> 00:08:51,080 Speaker 1: size and some bad luck there. He got Verlander in 156 00:08:51,080 --> 00:08:52,400 Speaker 1: the playoffs. It's cool. 157 00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:55,280 Speaker 2: Bases loaded thing was weird. 158 00:08:55,559 --> 00:09:00,440 Speaker 1: But Aaron Hicks his his essentially his initial intent when 159 00:09:00,480 --> 00:09:03,760 Speaker 1: he was hitting was trying to draw a walk, like 160 00:09:03,840 --> 00:09:08,319 Speaker 1: that was kind of the first goal with Louisa Rise, 161 00:09:08,400 --> 00:09:10,960 Speaker 1: He's trying to hit that. If I just think the 162 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:14,240 Speaker 1: concept's pretty basic. If it is second and third, you 163 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:18,680 Speaker 1: need to hit. I think someone like Aaron Hicks's on 164 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:22,800 Speaker 1: base percentage value goes down if Aaron Judge is on deck, 165 00:09:22,920 --> 00:09:24,880 Speaker 1: they're going to pitch to you. So if they're not 166 00:09:24,920 --> 00:09:28,880 Speaker 1: going to walk you, then your batting average becomes a 167 00:09:28,880 --> 00:09:33,240 Speaker 1: lot more relevant. So I think Luisa Rise has value 168 00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:36,480 Speaker 1: in that factor that every time that if it were 169 00:09:36,559 --> 00:09:39,560 Speaker 1: the Yankees and they had to flip the lineup, it's like, Okay, 170 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:43,520 Speaker 1: here comes Luisa Rise and Aaron Judge. I would be 171 00:09:43,679 --> 00:09:46,800 Speaker 1: very interested to see how those at bats would look 172 00:09:46,800 --> 00:09:49,640 Speaker 1: because the Rise doesn't walk a ton one hundred and 173 00:09:49,679 --> 00:09:54,040 Speaker 1: ninety six career walks, which I think Sodo gets close 174 00:09:54,080 --> 00:09:56,640 Speaker 1: to that in a season. One hundred and ninety four 175 00:09:56,679 --> 00:10:00,440 Speaker 1: career strikeouts. So the man swings and hits a ball. 176 00:10:01,160 --> 00:10:04,400 Speaker 2: It's that will lot great has come down each of 177 00:10:04,440 --> 00:10:08,000 Speaker 2: the last four seasons. God twenty twenty one he walked 178 00:10:08,120 --> 00:10:11,560 Speaker 2: nine percent of the time. Pretty good, pretty solid rate there. 179 00:10:11,720 --> 00:10:15,120 Speaker 2: It's eight point three, five point seven and three point six. 180 00:10:15,360 --> 00:10:18,760 Speaker 2: This year it's insane what he does. Six hundred to 181 00:10:18,800 --> 00:10:22,320 Speaker 2: thirty seven at bats, twenty four walks, twenty nine strikeouts. 182 00:10:23,600 --> 00:10:27,679 Speaker 1: Yo. So I'll be interesting to see what develops if 183 00:10:27,679 --> 00:10:32,120 Speaker 1: he goes to the Yankees. Their lineup questions are somewhat done. 184 00:10:32,120 --> 00:10:36,920 Speaker 1: It would be Luis Arise, Aaron Judge, and then you're 185 00:10:36,960 --> 00:10:44,440 Speaker 1: probably going Belly, Stanton, Austin Wells, Paul Goldschmid Domigno's you. 186 00:10:45,120 --> 00:10:47,120 Speaker 1: Obviously those can get shuffled a little bit, but the 187 00:10:47,160 --> 00:10:50,400 Speaker 1: Yankees would have their lineup. Uh. It would just be interesting. 188 00:10:51,360 --> 00:10:54,280 Speaker 1: The Yankees that seem to make this commitment to defense 189 00:10:54,360 --> 00:10:58,079 Speaker 1: bring in Cody Bellinger glabor out, which we thought was 190 00:10:58,160 --> 00:11:01,600 Speaker 1: part of the commitment. Jazz Chisholm everyone kind of assumed 191 00:11:01,640 --> 00:11:05,680 Speaker 1: he was going to second base, which I guess. You know, 192 00:11:06,480 --> 00:11:09,320 Speaker 1: the Yankee people are humming around the office that Arise 193 00:11:09,360 --> 00:11:12,679 Speaker 1: has played some third base. Would they put Jazz at 194 00:11:12,760 --> 00:11:16,040 Speaker 1: second and Arise at third? Is that punting third base? 195 00:11:16,120 --> 00:11:21,040 Speaker 1: That doesn't seem to make sense that I don't know. 196 00:11:21,160 --> 00:11:25,160 Speaker 1: It seems like you made this intention to go get 197 00:11:25,200 --> 00:11:27,880 Speaker 1: better defensively and go and become a better team without 198 00:11:27,920 --> 00:11:31,040 Speaker 1: Jan Soda. That's every Yankees fans. If I bump into 199 00:11:31,120 --> 00:11:33,200 Speaker 1: someone on the subway that knows, that's kind of the 200 00:11:33,240 --> 00:11:34,880 Speaker 1: going away line right now. It's like, I think the 201 00:11:34,920 --> 00:11:38,000 Speaker 1: team's better, and yeah, it's the off season and we 202 00:11:38,040 --> 00:11:41,200 Speaker 1: got to tell ourselves that with Wan Soto gone, and 203 00:11:41,280 --> 00:11:44,120 Speaker 1: the Yankees have done some strategic and good additions, but 204 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:47,200 Speaker 1: it would just be weird for the Yankees to come 205 00:11:47,240 --> 00:11:53,679 Speaker 1: into next year. Man that infield Goldschmidt sure into it 206 00:11:53,720 --> 00:11:59,839 Speaker 1: is thirty seven. If it is a rise, then it's 207 00:11:59,840 --> 00:12:04,520 Speaker 1: a rise. Vulpi Jazz Chisholm and I don't know. I've 208 00:12:04,720 --> 00:12:07,200 Speaker 1: I've I like Jazz Chishlm at third. I was impressed 209 00:12:07,200 --> 00:12:08,920 Speaker 1: by what he showed and I thought he could stick 210 00:12:08,920 --> 00:12:11,960 Speaker 1: over there. It's obviously gonna be on him to put 211 00:12:11,960 --> 00:12:14,160 Speaker 1: in the work or see what level of third basemen 212 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:16,199 Speaker 1: he can turn into. But it's it's still gonna be 213 00:12:16,240 --> 00:12:18,440 Speaker 1: a first full season, Like I don't know, where can 214 00:12:18,480 --> 00:12:22,720 Speaker 1: you really set the bar? And then a rise at 215 00:12:22,760 --> 00:12:25,360 Speaker 1: second base. I don't know. The numbers don't like it. 216 00:12:25,640 --> 00:12:27,719 Speaker 1: Everyone that seems to have watched him doesn't like it. 217 00:12:28,760 --> 00:12:32,160 Speaker 1: That I get it for the lineup, and hey, if 218 00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:36,240 Speaker 1: the defense is great everywhere else that can work. But 219 00:12:37,640 --> 00:12:40,040 Speaker 1: it just seems it just seems like it's a double 220 00:12:40,679 --> 00:12:43,480 Speaker 1: Like Yankee fans kind of convince themselves they were gonna 221 00:12:43,480 --> 00:12:46,240 Speaker 1: get a third baseman. Jack Curry, who covers the Yankees 222 00:12:46,440 --> 00:12:49,400 Speaker 1: and is very tuned in, made it seem like they 223 00:12:49,400 --> 00:12:52,200 Speaker 1: want Jazz at third. The Yankees are also running out 224 00:12:52,240 --> 00:12:54,840 Speaker 1: of money that I don't know. I guess the office 225 00:12:54,880 --> 00:12:57,040 Speaker 1: has a little juice today about Luisa Rise. I'm a 226 00:12:57,040 --> 00:12:57,839 Speaker 1: little skeptical. 227 00:12:59,160 --> 00:13:04,760 Speaker 2: It's hard to imagine the Yankees with the offseason they've 228 00:13:04,880 --> 00:13:08,600 Speaker 2: had and all the tone shifts, and it seems like 229 00:13:08,640 --> 00:13:11,400 Speaker 2: with the money freeing up and all that pivoting to like, 230 00:13:11,720 --> 00:13:15,560 Speaker 2: all right, we're not sacrificing infield defense like labor there 231 00:13:15,640 --> 00:13:19,080 Speaker 2: isn't a one year offer available to you to then 232 00:13:19,120 --> 00:13:21,120 Speaker 2: turn around and get a rise. I know, a little 233 00:13:21,160 --> 00:13:24,960 Speaker 2: more contact and left handed, and they are different players, 234 00:13:25,120 --> 00:13:31,040 Speaker 2: but I am skeptical of them being serious about bringing 235 00:13:31,040 --> 00:13:33,040 Speaker 2: a move like that to the finish line without it 236 00:13:33,080 --> 00:13:38,360 Speaker 2: being like a good value play, like the caveat of Like, look, 237 00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:40,640 Speaker 2: if the Padres are training because they want to be 238 00:13:40,760 --> 00:13:45,320 Speaker 2: rid of some twenty twenty five salary and get whatever 239 00:13:45,400 --> 00:13:51,079 Speaker 2: that return is, then like, yeah, him for freeze interesting 240 00:13:51,160 --> 00:13:52,960 Speaker 2: essentially for freeze interesting, But. 241 00:13:53,360 --> 00:13:55,920 Speaker 1: There's there's not a lot of guys that can hit well. 242 00:13:55,960 --> 00:14:00,480 Speaker 1: There's nobody that hits like this production wise, depending how 243 00:14:00,480 --> 00:14:04,040 Speaker 1: you measure production, there's not a lot of guys that 244 00:14:04,080 --> 00:14:09,120 Speaker 1: can provide would he provide? So uh yeah, the salary 245 00:14:09,240 --> 00:14:13,520 Speaker 1: dump side of it, which basically you're alluding to, there's 246 00:14:13,520 --> 00:14:16,360 Speaker 1: some merit to it, but it's just such a mental hurdle. 247 00:14:16,400 --> 00:14:18,200 Speaker 1: And I know this sport has come a long way 248 00:14:18,240 --> 00:14:24,160 Speaker 1: from batting average, but it's also a really good batting 249 00:14:24,200 --> 00:14:26,480 Speaker 1: average and there's years where the on basse and ops 250 00:14:26,480 --> 00:14:29,960 Speaker 1: are there, and ultimately, like this, it's one year, this 251 00:14:30,160 --> 00:14:32,960 Speaker 1: salary dump for a team. That's where the Padres are 252 00:14:33,080 --> 00:14:36,480 Speaker 1: at or I think they'd prefer to move off some 253 00:14:36,600 --> 00:14:38,960 Speaker 1: amount of money. I would assume that preference is more 254 00:14:38,960 --> 00:14:42,520 Speaker 1: about long term money if they were to do a 255 00:14:42,560 --> 00:14:48,360 Speaker 1: move that salary dumpy. They're competitive like this guy's I 256 00:14:48,400 --> 00:14:51,600 Speaker 1: always love I never actually use it. Baseball Reference has 257 00:14:51,680 --> 00:14:54,560 Speaker 1: similarity scores for players at the bottom of their web page. 258 00:14:55,320 --> 00:14:57,680 Speaker 1: Like some of the names that pop up, like Wade Box, 259 00:14:58,360 --> 00:15:01,240 Speaker 1: it's a Hall of Famer. Would we view him through 260 00:15:01,360 --> 00:15:04,760 Speaker 1: different ones? I mean, the factor rice can't play defense hurts. 261 00:15:05,520 --> 00:15:07,640 Speaker 1: This one's just a blind spot for me. So he'll 262 00:15:07,680 --> 00:15:11,480 Speaker 1: be today's player of the day. Bill Madlock, you heard 263 00:15:11,480 --> 00:15:14,240 Speaker 1: of him? Name that I know. I've heard. 264 00:15:15,040 --> 00:15:19,520 Speaker 2: Three time All Star, four time batting title, All Star Game, MVP, 265 00:15:20,080 --> 00:15:23,360 Speaker 2: nineteen seventy nine World Series, good for good for Bill, 266 00:15:23,840 --> 00:15:24,320 Speaker 2: A lot of. 267 00:15:24,280 --> 00:15:29,280 Speaker 1: Pittsburgh, a lot of Cubs, Giants for three, Dodgers for three. Wow. 268 00:15:29,560 --> 00:15:32,480 Speaker 1: Didn't taste the NL till the AL till the end. 269 00:15:32,520 --> 00:15:36,520 Speaker 1: Bases go go celebrate Bill Madlock. I didn't. I didn't 270 00:15:36,520 --> 00:15:39,800 Speaker 1: know he got down like this. Uh nicknamed the mad 271 00:15:39,840 --> 00:15:47,680 Speaker 1: Dog obviously mad Dog madlock Man. That's natural. This ties 272 00:15:47,720 --> 00:15:51,040 Speaker 1: into the Padres conundrum that I still have zero answers 273 00:15:51,040 --> 00:15:54,080 Speaker 1: for I don't know what they're gonna do. If they're 274 00:15:54,160 --> 00:16:01,480 Speaker 1: dumping Luis Raise, what what are the Padres doing? And 275 00:16:01,520 --> 00:16:03,600 Speaker 1: what are they bringing back? Are they Are they in 276 00:16:03,640 --> 00:16:05,920 Speaker 1: on Hasong Kim to bring back? Are they in on 277 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:11,760 Speaker 1: Jerks and Profar to bring back? They have massive contracts 278 00:16:11,760 --> 00:16:16,000 Speaker 1: with Bogart's, Machado and Tatis. Croninworth went from being a 279 00:16:16,080 --> 00:16:20,000 Speaker 1: salary dump to a tradable salary to a kind of 280 00:16:20,040 --> 00:16:25,000 Speaker 1: not tradable salary. Yeah, it's a his contract is bizarre 281 00:16:26,320 --> 00:16:28,960 Speaker 1: that they've been silent this offseason and I don't know, 282 00:16:30,480 --> 00:16:34,080 Speaker 1: I don't know what they're gonna do. Uh. Cronenworth actually 283 00:16:34,080 --> 00:16:37,600 Speaker 1: he's kind of dj in Man. Yeah, twelve mili a 284 00:16:37,680 --> 00:16:42,440 Speaker 1: year for the next till twenty thirty. It's good defense 285 00:16:42,480 --> 00:16:46,280 Speaker 1: at at least two spots. Yeah, I mean, I'd love 286 00:16:46,320 --> 00:16:49,240 Speaker 1: to watch nerds like debate who's a better baseball player. 287 00:16:49,320 --> 00:16:53,960 Speaker 1: Croninworth arias a guy that can play a lot of positions. Well, 288 00:16:54,360 --> 00:16:57,520 Speaker 1: Hassan Kim, who's a free agent. Technically he grades out 289 00:16:57,880 --> 00:17:01,160 Speaker 1: better than a rise at least last year, probably last two. 290 00:17:03,800 --> 00:17:07,840 Speaker 1: So I'd three very different prototypes of players baseball it's 291 00:17:07,920 --> 00:17:11,240 Speaker 1: the beauty of it. I'm interested to see what happens. 292 00:17:11,240 --> 00:17:15,000 Speaker 1: I would be excited and understand the Yankees thought process 293 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:18,880 Speaker 1: if it happens. I don't see that happening, whether it's 294 00:17:18,920 --> 00:17:23,439 Speaker 1: financial or fit or other, or just believing that the Yankees, 295 00:17:24,520 --> 00:17:28,040 Speaker 1: I guess the concept even for being a young doing 296 00:17:28,119 --> 00:17:34,480 Speaker 1: young man things. Shannon Sharp for doing young man things 297 00:17:35,160 --> 00:17:40,080 Speaker 1: with baseball statistics, A three time batting champ consecutive. It's 298 00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:45,400 Speaker 1: just been rolling that if you could have that person 299 00:17:45,520 --> 00:17:50,800 Speaker 1: for free, even with some of the quote unquote shortcomings, 300 00:17:50,920 --> 00:17:53,520 Speaker 1: I don't know three over the past three years, three 301 00:17:53,640 --> 00:17:57,119 Speaker 1: twenty eight, three seventy one, A seven ninety seven ops. 302 00:17:58,440 --> 00:18:00,119 Speaker 1: If the Yankees can put that guy in from of 303 00:18:00,160 --> 00:18:02,760 Speaker 1: Aaron Judge, you have to start to a really fun lineup. 304 00:18:02,760 --> 00:18:04,520 Speaker 1: You have a fun way to start every game. I 305 00:18:04,560 --> 00:18:10,880 Speaker 1: know that's not what it's all about. I don't buy 306 00:18:10,920 --> 00:18:14,520 Speaker 1: it yet, I'm open to it. Let's see padres no 307 00:18:14,600 --> 00:18:16,919 Speaker 1: idea what you're doing. Currently, the bottom of their lineup 308 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:22,680 Speaker 1: is listed terso Ornillis Campusano, my Guy, and then Aggy Rosario, 309 00:18:24,640 --> 00:18:29,920 Speaker 1: with a bench currently listed as Mike Brosso, Wow, Tyler Wade, 310 00:18:30,880 --> 00:18:34,199 Speaker 1: and Brandon Lockridge, So I don't know. I know the 311 00:18:34,240 --> 00:18:36,359 Speaker 1: past couple of years we've had some questions about the 312 00:18:36,359 --> 00:18:38,960 Speaker 1: Padres depth and they've kind of done work late and 313 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:42,560 Speaker 1: it seems like they might be doing that again. But 314 00:18:42,640 --> 00:18:44,800 Speaker 1: it's just a question of what is that franchise doing. 315 00:18:44,840 --> 00:18:47,560 Speaker 1: Are they making money? Does their ownership want to buy 316 00:18:47,600 --> 00:18:54,520 Speaker 1: more players that we'll see and maybe America's GM Jim 317 00:18:54,560 --> 00:18:56,360 Speaker 1: Bowden has some insight for us. 318 00:18:56,560 --> 00:18:59,720 Speaker 2: Whoa bbd ad read football fans. 319 00:19:00,160 --> 00:19:01,400 Speaker 1: It is playoff time. 320 00:19:01,400 --> 00:19:03,879 Speaker 2: We've got some exciting games to look forward to, and 321 00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:06,240 Speaker 2: you can get in on all the playoff actions right 322 00:19:06,600 --> 00:19:10,000 Speaker 2: now with our partners at the DraftKings sports book. Right 323 00:19:10,040 --> 00:19:12,960 Speaker 2: now they are offering all new customers two hundred dollars 324 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:16,680 Speaker 2: in bonus bets instantly after betting just five dollars when 325 00:19:16,720 --> 00:19:20,480 Speaker 2: you use code Bakers. 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Roki Sasaki is 344 00:20:25,240 --> 00:20:28,320 Speaker 1: the number one free agent listed, oh for some obvious reasons. 345 00:20:28,359 --> 00:20:31,880 Speaker 1: He's twenty three years old. The age really helps him there. 346 00:20:32,240 --> 00:20:36,919 Speaker 1: You're gonna get him essentially for free some signing pool money, 347 00:20:38,480 --> 00:20:42,520 Speaker 1: and he has of the pictures coming over from Japan. 348 00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:46,399 Speaker 1: This was kind of supposed to be the guy, like 349 00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:51,479 Speaker 1: sure Yah Yamamoto was supposed to be a guy him 350 00:20:51,520 --> 00:20:55,840 Speaker 1: and Aga kind of wasn't Sanga kind of wasn't Sasaki 351 00:20:55,880 --> 00:20:57,439 Speaker 1: is the guy that we've heard for a while, because 352 00:20:57,480 --> 00:21:01,800 Speaker 1: he kind of has the look like he is a 353 00:21:02,040 --> 00:21:07,560 Speaker 1: tall guy, long throws hard, pumps gas like, no excuses, 354 00:21:07,680 --> 00:21:09,880 Speaker 1: Yoshinobu yam modo. People were like, I don't know, he's 355 00:21:09,880 --> 00:21:11,920 Speaker 1: a little guy. Is he gonna is his body gonna 356 00:21:11,920 --> 00:21:15,440 Speaker 1: fall apart? Is he gonna completely translate? Just a reminder, 357 00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:19,600 Speaker 1: go check out his stats. It translated. He did get 358 00:21:19,680 --> 00:21:21,520 Speaker 1: three hundred million, so I guess people thought he was 359 00:21:21,520 --> 00:21:25,119 Speaker 1: gonna be pretty damn good. But Roki Sasaki a little younger, 360 00:21:25,920 --> 00:21:29,000 Speaker 1: and I think a little more upside. Uh. This was 361 00:21:29,040 --> 00:21:33,439 Speaker 1: the only player that Jim Bowden had a hedge on 362 00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:39,639 Speaker 1: his prediction. He had the Yankees or the Padres, which 363 00:21:40,040 --> 00:21:45,600 Speaker 1: those teams have been linked the Padres. Uh. I do 364 00:21:45,680 --> 00:21:49,159 Speaker 1: believe that you Darvish is like his pitching idol. The 365 00:21:49,200 --> 00:21:52,200 Speaker 1: West Coast factor for a lot of these Japanese players helps, 366 00:21:53,440 --> 00:21:55,399 Speaker 1: And there was a rumor for a little bit that 367 00:21:55,440 --> 00:21:57,680 Speaker 1: he's hope he kind of wants to be a smaller 368 00:21:57,720 --> 00:22:02,960 Speaker 1: market guy. But again, I don't know who knows where 369 00:22:02,960 --> 00:22:05,159 Speaker 1: you're getting some of these things at some point. But 370 00:22:05,520 --> 00:22:07,320 Speaker 1: on the other side of that, the Yankees doesn't help 371 00:22:07,320 --> 00:22:10,480 Speaker 1: my argument, Uh, the only reason I could see Roki 372 00:22:10,560 --> 00:22:15,000 Speaker 1: Sasaki picking the Yankees because he essentially does get to 373 00:22:15,080 --> 00:22:20,360 Speaker 1: hand pick his team between the Dodgers, Padres, Cubs, Yankees, Mets, Rangers, 374 00:22:20,359 --> 00:22:24,720 Speaker 1: and Giants are are kind of the final possibilities there. 375 00:22:26,680 --> 00:22:29,200 Speaker 1: The only reason Sasaki would pick the Yankees is if 376 00:22:29,240 --> 00:22:37,280 Speaker 1: he if he wants the smoke second smoke reference. Whose 377 00:22:37,320 --> 00:22:40,560 Speaker 1: podcast was that is that? That's Stephen Jackson, who is 378 00:22:41,119 --> 00:22:44,280 Speaker 1: all of the smokes, all the Smoke, all the Smoke pod. 379 00:22:44,359 --> 00:22:48,640 Speaker 1: Add Yeah, Stephen Jackson and Matt Barnes. I see the clips. 380 00:22:48,680 --> 00:22:53,439 Speaker 1: I don't. I don't tune in. Because man, if Roki 381 00:22:53,520 --> 00:22:57,800 Speaker 1: came to the Yankees, he would be their first see 382 00:22:57,840 --> 00:23:03,840 Speaker 1: their first Japanese player since Tanaka yah was after Corota, right, 383 00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:09,440 Speaker 1: so yeah, yes, and I mean Tanaka initially came over 384 00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:11,199 Speaker 1: and what fifteen. 385 00:23:11,560 --> 00:23:16,040 Speaker 2: I believe the twenty either fourteen or fifteen. 386 00:23:15,760 --> 00:23:21,280 Speaker 1: Fourteen, So he would be the first newly introduced at 387 00:23:21,359 --> 00:23:28,000 Speaker 1: least like star high level Japanese Yankee pitcher since Tanaka, 388 00:23:28,040 --> 00:23:30,639 Speaker 1: who got introduced over a decade ago. I know he 389 00:23:30,720 --> 00:23:35,520 Speaker 1: pitched into twenty twenty. But with everything that's going on 390 00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:37,719 Speaker 1: with the Dodgers, they have show Hey, they have got 391 00:23:37,840 --> 00:23:42,080 Speaker 1: moto they have they just signed your guy, Hey Sung Kim. 392 00:23:42,160 --> 00:23:47,359 Speaker 1: Think I'm saying that right from South Korea. Uh, And 393 00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:49,800 Speaker 1: they just signed whoever they want. Reminder, they signed Blake Snell, 394 00:23:50,119 --> 00:23:53,040 Speaker 1: they signed Confordo as a bonus piece. Show Hey is 395 00:23:53,080 --> 00:23:58,840 Speaker 1: going to pitch this year. Dodger's doing well. Reminder, Roki 396 00:23:58,880 --> 00:24:01,440 Speaker 1: Sasaki would want to want all of it. He'd want 397 00:24:01,440 --> 00:24:03,760 Speaker 1: to want New York City. He'd want to be the guy. 398 00:24:03,880 --> 00:24:06,600 Speaker 1: He'd want to get the ring. I'm sure he wants 399 00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:09,640 Speaker 1: all of that wherever he goes. But obviously New York 400 00:24:09,680 --> 00:24:12,320 Speaker 1: and the Yankees and the Pinstripes they still hit a 401 00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:15,280 Speaker 1: little different. I know we haven't been getting our rings recently. 402 00:24:17,640 --> 00:24:20,199 Speaker 1: That the value prop with the Dodgers is very different. 403 00:24:20,240 --> 00:24:21,639 Speaker 1: I mean, he doesn't have to come in and be 404 00:24:21,680 --> 00:24:24,359 Speaker 1: the guy. I mean he would be like their fifth starter, 405 00:24:26,200 --> 00:24:28,680 Speaker 1: which is nuts for the Padres. He'd be a guy. 406 00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:31,600 Speaker 1: But they have other reliable starting pitchers for them, so 407 00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:34,359 Speaker 1: do the Yankees. But I do think there's something you 408 00:24:34,480 --> 00:24:36,600 Speaker 1: Darvish has been on the Padres for a couple of years. 409 00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:43,960 Speaker 1: Otani and Yamamoto for him to choose the Yankees. It 410 00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:46,000 Speaker 1: would be a surprise and it would change the Yankees 411 00:24:46,080 --> 00:24:48,560 Speaker 1: whole off season. Oh my god, like there was a 412 00:24:48,640 --> 00:24:51,159 Speaker 1: day with daydream Carlos rode on trades. Would that be 413 00:24:51,280 --> 00:24:53,960 Speaker 1: on the table? Maybe you just got a free starting pitcher. 414 00:24:55,600 --> 00:24:58,520 Speaker 1: Not gonna believe anything until I see it. It would 415 00:24:58,520 --> 00:25:01,720 Speaker 1: be a huge win for any of the other teams 416 00:25:01,720 --> 00:25:05,920 Speaker 1: who aren't the Dodgers, padres neat Cubs would kind of 417 00:25:05,920 --> 00:25:11,359 Speaker 1: be a game changer for them. Mets, Sure, the burgeoning Mets. 418 00:25:12,080 --> 00:25:16,199 Speaker 1: The Rangers absolutely, I already think they are on the upslope, 419 00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:18,000 Speaker 1: but that would be huge. And the Giants who are 420 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:22,600 Speaker 1: trying to fend off the Dodgers and that whole division constantly. 421 00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:26,320 Speaker 1: I am still kind of thinking it's Dodgers, which is 422 00:25:26,440 --> 00:25:32,440 Speaker 1: nuts because again, him being so cost controlled just allows 423 00:25:32,480 --> 00:25:36,360 Speaker 1: them to do whatever. I don't know, I mean, that's 424 00:25:36,400 --> 00:25:39,400 Speaker 1: the one that I feel the least ability to comment on. 425 00:25:40,440 --> 00:25:43,800 Speaker 1: When are we gonna find out is January fifteenth the 426 00:25:43,880 --> 00:25:44,240 Speaker 1: real thing? 427 00:25:44,320 --> 00:25:47,800 Speaker 2: Or is that January fifteenth is when he's allowed to 428 00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:52,159 Speaker 2: literally sign again because his forty five day posting window 429 00:25:52,280 --> 00:25:56,240 Speaker 2: had like the thirty day not allowed to sign window. 430 00:25:56,760 --> 00:25:57,480 Speaker 1: In the middle of it. 431 00:25:57,840 --> 00:26:00,640 Speaker 2: Sure, so they started a little earlier than everyone thought. 432 00:26:00,640 --> 00:26:03,000 Speaker 2: People thought they'd wait till fifteenth, till the fifteenth for 433 00:26:03,080 --> 00:26:05,639 Speaker 2: him to even do the posting. So I believe his 434 00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:09,760 Speaker 2: deadline is January twenty third, off the top of my head, 435 00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:11,920 Speaker 2: so he has like a week after that to make 436 00:26:11,920 --> 00:26:12,800 Speaker 2: the final choice. 437 00:26:13,680 --> 00:26:16,080 Speaker 1: So by the end of January, we think we know 438 00:26:16,119 --> 00:26:19,399 Speaker 1: where Rokie's going to be. Three weeks from today, we will, 439 00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:25,320 Speaker 1: we will for sure know. Okay, it's exciting. I haven't 440 00:26:25,359 --> 00:26:30,679 Speaker 1: really gotten there yet because his fregency isn't normal. He 441 00:26:30,720 --> 00:26:32,439 Speaker 1: gets to choose where he goes and it doesn't really 442 00:26:32,480 --> 00:26:37,640 Speaker 1: affect your team's money for these other guys. Number two 443 00:26:37,720 --> 00:26:43,399 Speaker 1: is listed as Alex Bregman. He opens up the article 444 00:26:43,400 --> 00:26:45,640 Speaker 1: saying he was surprised that Bregman turned down that six 445 00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:50,480 Speaker 1: for one fifty six, which is a bad sign. He 446 00:26:50,560 --> 00:26:55,359 Speaker 1: mentions the Mets that was originally the day dream Bregman team, 447 00:26:55,480 --> 00:26:57,680 Speaker 1: like he was going to change their identity. They went 448 00:26:57,720 --> 00:27:00,280 Speaker 1: a little bigger than that. I don't think you can 449 00:27:00,359 --> 00:27:02,879 Speaker 1: rule them out because that moves Mark Viento's to first base. 450 00:27:03,280 --> 00:27:06,640 Speaker 1: There's options there. The Blue Jays have to do something. 451 00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:10,280 Speaker 1: I don't think Alex Bregman is a fit. Their move 452 00:27:10,359 --> 00:27:13,119 Speaker 1: has to be switch hit or lefty. We'll get to 453 00:27:13,240 --> 00:27:16,280 Speaker 1: Santander and everyone's in on the Tigers, which I just 454 00:27:16,320 --> 00:27:19,440 Speaker 1: haven't figured out yet. Maybe if it's a creative contract 455 00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:22,760 Speaker 1: that has the Bellinger opt outs or something like that, 456 00:27:22,880 --> 00:27:25,560 Speaker 1: but they're still paying hobby By is so much money, 457 00:27:25,560 --> 00:27:28,439 Speaker 1: they have so many young infielders. I don't see it. 458 00:27:28,520 --> 00:27:31,440 Speaker 1: Everyone else does, so I'll leave it out there. 459 00:27:31,760 --> 00:27:35,679 Speaker 2: For some reason, like when they when the Tigers went 460 00:27:35,720 --> 00:27:38,119 Speaker 2: to do the glabor thing, I thought that was gonna 461 00:27:38,119 --> 00:27:41,240 Speaker 2: be okay. So Bragman is off the table, and it's 462 00:27:41,280 --> 00:27:45,040 Speaker 2: only the chatteran it's only increased since then. 463 00:27:45,560 --> 00:27:49,199 Speaker 1: People. Some people think it's opened up the table, and 464 00:27:49,240 --> 00:27:51,080 Speaker 1: maybe it has, and maybe we'll see in a little bit. 465 00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:58,639 Speaker 1: Me in America's GM have the same favorite landing spot 466 00:27:58,680 --> 00:28:01,119 Speaker 1: for Alex Bregman, and it is the Boston Red Sox. 467 00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:05,560 Speaker 1: And you bring up the Red Sox lineup, it still 468 00:28:05,600 --> 00:28:14,240 Speaker 1: looks somewhat comical how lefty they are. The Fangraph's Red 469 00:28:14,280 --> 00:28:18,879 Speaker 1: Sox lineup starts with five of their six hitters being lefties. 470 00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:24,960 Speaker 1: Duran Devers Cassus Trevor's story, You're alrighty breaking that up, 471 00:28:25,800 --> 00:28:29,959 Speaker 1: Yoshida while you're a bray, you Connor wrong, Hamilton Rafaela, 472 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:32,199 Speaker 1: A couple of righties on the bench. Rob Reff, you 473 00:28:32,240 --> 00:28:35,640 Speaker 1: know he's in their verse left he's any mashes okay. 474 00:28:36,600 --> 00:28:39,440 Speaker 1: But if I'm the boss in Red Sox, a right 475 00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:43,920 Speaker 1: handed hitter is the answer somewhere in this lineup, somewhere 476 00:28:43,920 --> 00:28:47,680 Speaker 1: in the top of this lineup. And I think Bregman 477 00:28:47,720 --> 00:28:49,920 Speaker 1: would be perfect. I mean, if you could, if you 478 00:28:49,920 --> 00:28:53,760 Speaker 1: could go Duran Bregman Devers, or if you'd prefer to 479 00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:58,480 Speaker 1: go Duran Devers Bregman and then Tristan Cassas, and then 480 00:28:58,560 --> 00:29:00,840 Speaker 1: you can use your story to to break up the 481 00:29:00,880 --> 00:29:04,600 Speaker 1: lefties a little bit and dream on his comeback, hopeful 482 00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:11,719 Speaker 1: comeback season. Bragman swing plays at Fenway. They're looking for 483 00:29:11,760 --> 00:29:14,640 Speaker 1: the next move to put them over the top. Their 484 00:29:14,720 --> 00:29:19,720 Speaker 1: rotation looks really good, their bullpen looks really solid. Lineup 485 00:29:19,800 --> 00:29:26,160 Speaker 1: looks good. It just not balanced that Alex Bregman. You 486 00:29:26,280 --> 00:29:29,120 Speaker 1: moved Evers to first base, Just remove that band aid. 487 00:29:29,520 --> 00:29:32,600 Speaker 1: You have him signed for a long time, have him 488 00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:36,920 Speaker 1: become a high quality first baseman, and then your infield 489 00:29:36,920 --> 00:29:43,840 Speaker 1: defense improves your lineup improves, you're ready to compete for 490 00:29:43,920 --> 00:29:46,880 Speaker 1: the division if they sign Alex Bregman. So that's been 491 00:29:46,880 --> 00:29:49,520 Speaker 1: the team that's jumped out for a while. I wonder 492 00:29:49,600 --> 00:29:51,480 Speaker 1: if the Red Sox are being quiet about it. I 493 00:29:51,520 --> 00:29:55,920 Speaker 1: wonder if Bregman's market isn't going so hot. And I've 494 00:29:55,920 --> 00:30:02,680 Speaker 1: wondered that about the next guy a little bit because 495 00:30:02,680 --> 00:30:04,560 Speaker 1: I'm gonna go to Pete Alonzo, who he does have 496 00:30:04,600 --> 00:30:11,520 Speaker 1: at four? And did all the first basemen get figured out? 497 00:30:11,600 --> 00:30:15,400 Speaker 1: I don't think so. There's still teams out there, Mariners, 498 00:30:15,440 --> 00:30:17,600 Speaker 1: but we haven't heard anything from them. The rumor this 499 00:30:17,720 --> 00:30:22,920 Speaker 1: weekend was the Halos. I don't know. I guess you 500 00:30:22,960 --> 00:30:25,320 Speaker 1: can never rule him out right. That's that's the beauty 501 00:30:25,360 --> 00:30:28,080 Speaker 1: of them. You could do anything anytime. We got you 502 00:30:28,200 --> 00:30:37,600 Speaker 1: this Mike Trout ready to win some ballgames. The Mets 503 00:30:37,600 --> 00:30:42,280 Speaker 1: are still there, and I guess that's where things get 504 00:30:42,320 --> 00:30:44,280 Speaker 1: a little tricky too, because I talked about them in 505 00:30:44,320 --> 00:30:49,120 Speaker 1: the Bregman game. Would they rather have Bregman than Alonso? 506 00:30:49,200 --> 00:30:51,440 Speaker 1: Is that a better fit for the team. It's an 507 00:30:51,440 --> 00:30:57,800 Speaker 1: interesting debate. Better defense at the hot corner, a reliable 508 00:30:57,880 --> 00:31:02,120 Speaker 1: stick where Alonzo's bat has more upside, but probably not that. 509 00:31:02,240 --> 00:31:05,320 Speaker 1: On the defensive side, I think you'd want Bregman in 510 00:31:05,400 --> 00:31:11,320 Speaker 1: a vacuum. That's gonna be interesting. Man. People were looking 511 00:31:11,360 --> 00:31:15,400 Speaker 1: at my Diamondbacks as potential dark horses for Pete. I 512 00:31:15,440 --> 00:31:17,320 Speaker 1: have to admit, And if you've been listening to this show, 513 00:31:17,360 --> 00:31:21,120 Speaker 1: you know, I'm a little surprised that there hasn't been 514 00:31:21,480 --> 00:31:26,160 Speaker 1: a bigger market for Alonso. When you're putting together your 515 00:31:26,200 --> 00:31:29,800 Speaker 1: whiteboard of your team or your offensive goals for the years, 516 00:31:29,840 --> 00:31:36,200 Speaker 1: Like I remember the first time the Rays, the Rays 517 00:31:36,240 --> 00:31:41,200 Speaker 1: measured the season in innings instead of like five starting pitchers. 518 00:31:42,280 --> 00:31:43,880 Speaker 1: The Rays were like, yeah, we need to get through 519 00:31:43,920 --> 00:31:50,720 Speaker 1: this many innings and everyone was like, whoa, okay. Rays Like, 520 00:31:50,760 --> 00:31:52,840 Speaker 1: if I'm a baseball team and I'm looking at you know, 521 00:31:52,920 --> 00:31:55,760 Speaker 1: I need two hundred and fifty home runs to be 522 00:31:55,800 --> 00:31:59,320 Speaker 1: a good power hitting team, and I can get forty 523 00:31:59,360 --> 00:32:03,200 Speaker 1: from one guy. I just thought there'd be more appeal there. 524 00:32:03,240 --> 00:32:07,080 Speaker 1: So maybe misread that, and maybe it seems like Pete's 525 00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:09,040 Speaker 1: not gonna age well, and I know he has some 526 00:32:09,120 --> 00:32:12,320 Speaker 1: declining numbers. I still think a team is gonna step 527 00:32:12,400 --> 00:32:14,720 Speaker 1: up to the table that I don't think he's gonna 528 00:32:14,760 --> 00:32:18,040 Speaker 1: have to do a creative contract. But I've my sniff 529 00:32:18,120 --> 00:32:22,160 Speaker 1: test has been wrong on Alonzo so far. We'll see. 530 00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:31,560 Speaker 1: I mentioned Anthony Santander. It's so funny that he's not 531 00:32:31,760 --> 00:32:36,240 Speaker 1: getting a ton of buzz as a free agent. Blue 532 00:32:36,320 --> 00:32:39,560 Speaker 1: Jays have been my team from the start, stays in 533 00:32:39,600 --> 00:32:43,000 Speaker 1: the division. You break up Bow and Vladdie, you've kind 534 00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:45,200 Speaker 1: of created a top of the lineup. Now, if one 535 00:32:45,280 --> 00:32:47,240 Speaker 1: or two of your young guys click, you have a 536 00:32:47,320 --> 00:32:52,080 Speaker 1: lineup the Blue Jays offense team that has to go 537 00:32:52,160 --> 00:32:54,600 Speaker 1: an extra year to get the free agent they want. 538 00:32:55,280 --> 00:32:58,400 Speaker 1: Santander is that kind of free agent. Between his age 539 00:32:58,480 --> 00:33:01,680 Speaker 1: and people worried about his defense, that extra year probably 540 00:33:01,680 --> 00:33:04,440 Speaker 1: gets the deal done. Toronto can do that. They've done 541 00:33:04,480 --> 00:33:09,000 Speaker 1: that with Springer, They've done that with Ryu. I've loved Santander. 542 00:33:09,720 --> 00:33:13,200 Speaker 1: Santander are there from the start. I've always thought Houston 543 00:33:13,600 --> 00:33:15,880 Speaker 1: is a dark horse team. I haven't always thought that 544 00:33:16,320 --> 00:33:19,640 Speaker 1: recently after the Kyle Tucker trade, seems like they have 545 00:33:19,720 --> 00:33:22,680 Speaker 1: a spot for Santander that can make their lineup very scary. 546 00:33:23,120 --> 00:33:24,960 Speaker 1: And the other teams that you're gonna hear rumored on 547 00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:30,680 Speaker 1: everyone Halos those TV dough he Hunt days. I don't know, 548 00:33:31,600 --> 00:33:34,960 Speaker 1: what are those teams about Giants? You shouldn't be lumped 549 00:33:34,960 --> 00:33:38,760 Speaker 1: with them. I'm sorry, I take it back. Looking for 550 00:33:38,800 --> 00:33:43,200 Speaker 1: a picture. How about our friend Jack Flaherty. Jack Flaherty 551 00:33:43,440 --> 00:33:47,920 Speaker 1: still a free agent. The year end numbers last year 552 00:33:47,960 --> 00:33:50,480 Speaker 1: Man three one seventy R one hundred and ninety four 553 00:33:50,520 --> 00:33:56,720 Speaker 1: punchies uh listed as the best starting pitcher outside of Sasaki, 554 00:33:57,320 --> 00:34:03,480 Speaker 1: And we talked about the tricks of that, and yeah, 555 00:34:03,840 --> 00:34:08,560 Speaker 1: we He mentions Flerty's medical reports. We heard we heard 556 00:34:08,560 --> 00:34:12,799 Speaker 1: a rumor during trade season that a couple teams were 557 00:34:12,840 --> 00:34:16,480 Speaker 1: out on Flarity because of his medicals. So you wonder 558 00:34:16,480 --> 00:34:18,480 Speaker 1: what that looks like, or if you'll have to go 559 00:34:18,600 --> 00:34:22,520 Speaker 1: for a weird opt out type deal, which I could 560 00:34:22,560 --> 00:34:24,759 Speaker 1: see him being open to. If you do that right, 561 00:34:24,800 --> 00:34:28,720 Speaker 1: you could still make your money with enough security. Although 562 00:34:28,760 --> 00:34:30,520 Speaker 1: in a way he should feel like he's deserved this. 563 00:34:30,640 --> 00:34:32,359 Speaker 1: He was one of the best young pitchers. He kind 564 00:34:32,400 --> 00:34:36,120 Speaker 1: of worked his way back after going through the struggles. 565 00:34:38,520 --> 00:34:42,400 Speaker 1: Teams linked Cubs, Giants, Blue Jays, Giants Blue Jays just 566 00:34:42,480 --> 00:34:48,880 Speaker 1: ended with that. The team that I haven't had connected 567 00:34:48,920 --> 00:34:53,880 Speaker 1: and if they are, Jack, I would answer the phone 568 00:34:54,160 --> 00:34:58,880 Speaker 1: is the Atlanta Braves. He talks about Spencer Strider, who's 569 00:34:58,880 --> 00:35:01,600 Speaker 1: going to be recover and not ready for opening Day. 570 00:35:02,080 --> 00:35:06,960 Speaker 1: They lost Charlie Morton. Charlie Morton to your Baltimore Orioles. 571 00:35:07,040 --> 00:35:12,880 Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't know Orioles. I'm not rooting 572 00:35:12,920 --> 00:35:15,520 Speaker 1: against the Oriols. I want that out there, even if 573 00:35:16,120 --> 00:35:19,520 Speaker 1: my deepest, darkest Yankee days. But they're starting to have 574 00:35:19,560 --> 00:35:23,480 Speaker 1: one of those free agencies that the team better do 575 00:35:23,560 --> 00:35:28,920 Speaker 1: something or you're gonna be pissed. Charlie Morton, Sigano, Gary Sanchez, 576 00:35:29,040 --> 00:35:33,120 Speaker 1: Tyler O'Neal. If you're an Orioles fan, would you rather 577 00:35:33,239 --> 00:35:39,880 Speaker 1: just have one player that you look at and you're like, Wow, 578 00:35:41,040 --> 00:35:44,080 Speaker 1: we got him. I don't know. Charlie Morton has thrown 579 00:35:44,160 --> 00:35:48,400 Speaker 1: the innings, he continues to pitch. And the other thing 580 00:35:48,440 --> 00:35:52,879 Speaker 1: I've stumbled into is maybe just the Orioles are their 581 00:35:52,920 --> 00:35:55,160 Speaker 1: front office is respected, going back to some of the 582 00:35:55,200 --> 00:35:59,360 Speaker 1: Houston days that like, I think depth is starting to 583 00:35:59,360 --> 00:36:02,080 Speaker 1: get value to again. The Texas Rangers had a hurt 584 00:36:02,200 --> 00:36:06,240 Speaker 1: rotation outside of their rotation when they won the World Series. 585 00:36:06,560 --> 00:36:10,239 Speaker 1: The Dodgers had a fully injured rotation outside of their 586 00:36:10,320 --> 00:36:13,520 Speaker 1: rotation when they won the World series that maybe the 587 00:36:13,560 --> 00:36:19,440 Speaker 1: Orioles getting Sigano and Morton are just like, hey, someone's 588 00:36:19,480 --> 00:36:23,040 Speaker 1: gonna get hurt. I'd rather have more arms at fifteen 589 00:36:23,080 --> 00:36:26,600 Speaker 1: million than have one thirty million arm. I don't know 590 00:36:26,640 --> 00:36:29,720 Speaker 1: if that's right, but I think that's what they're doing. Jack. 591 00:36:30,080 --> 00:36:35,080 Speaker 1: If the Braves are calling, I like that a lot. 592 00:36:35,640 --> 00:36:38,000 Speaker 1: I don't know what those dirty little braids are up to, 593 00:36:38,080 --> 00:36:43,040 Speaker 1: although I did hear a rumor about number six listed 594 00:36:43,040 --> 00:36:47,799 Speaker 1: free agent and those Atlanta Braves. Tanner Scott, I'll say 595 00:36:47,840 --> 00:36:49,879 Speaker 1: this for the wake in j community, because you guys 596 00:36:49,960 --> 00:36:52,920 Speaker 1: are my people and I appreciate you, and you're subscribing 597 00:36:53,320 --> 00:36:55,280 Speaker 1: because right now I'm about to give you some inside info. 598 00:36:56,680 --> 00:36:58,799 Speaker 1: I did have some birdies tell me Tanner Scott to 599 00:36:58,800 --> 00:37:05,840 Speaker 1: the Braves, H, We'll see this was a little while back. 600 00:37:08,080 --> 00:37:13,480 Speaker 1: I have gotten info from said birdie's before, so I'm 601 00:37:13,520 --> 00:37:16,960 Speaker 1: interested on it. And you could see that being the 602 00:37:16,960 --> 00:37:19,719 Speaker 1: Braves direction, like that's a very high end team move. 603 00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:25,600 Speaker 1: Adding to your bullpen, riis a Iglesias. And you know 604 00:37:25,680 --> 00:37:27,720 Speaker 1: there was a while when I feel like the Braves 605 00:37:27,719 --> 00:37:30,320 Speaker 1: had a bullpen. You looked at and were like, whoa, 606 00:37:31,239 --> 00:37:34,800 Speaker 1: look at They're going eight deep. They have guys like 607 00:37:34,880 --> 00:37:38,200 Speaker 1: Pierce Johnson has had it some nice seasons, Aaron Bummer 608 00:37:38,239 --> 00:37:40,919 Speaker 1: has had some nice seasons. Dylan Lee had a great 609 00:37:40,920 --> 00:37:44,359 Speaker 1: season last year. I guess it's not the names that 610 00:37:44,480 --> 00:37:48,160 Speaker 1: necessarily drive the fear into you, Like it was with 611 00:37:48,239 --> 00:37:50,640 Speaker 1: a couple of the past Braves teams that I could 612 00:37:50,680 --> 00:37:53,080 Speaker 1: see them adding a significant guy back there. And maybe 613 00:37:53,080 --> 00:37:56,239 Speaker 1: that's the Tanner Scott landing area. And Tanner Scott's name 614 00:37:56,360 --> 00:38:00,480 Speaker 1: sounds like a brave is he from that area? Tanner 615 00:38:00,520 --> 00:38:06,840 Speaker 1: Scott no Texas, Texas forever. My friend went to Notre 616 00:38:06,920 --> 00:38:15,239 Speaker 1: Dame born in Ohio, Tanner went to college in Texas, 617 00:38:15,280 --> 00:38:18,800 Speaker 1: transferred to Notre Dame. Feel like we need the whole story. 618 00:38:18,880 --> 00:38:24,760 Speaker 1: People call him Scottie makes sense baseball. When I first 619 00:38:24,800 --> 00:38:28,919 Speaker 1: heard that rumor, I was like, Okay, this checks out. 620 00:38:29,239 --> 00:38:31,320 Speaker 1: America's gym has them going to the Red Sox, and 621 00:38:31,360 --> 00:38:34,560 Speaker 1: if they do that, I'll be a little set other 622 00:38:34,600 --> 00:38:38,080 Speaker 1: teams in the market for relief pitching. Again. I'm just 623 00:38:38,120 --> 00:38:42,440 Speaker 1: gonna stop saying Blue Jays and Giants they're just looking 624 00:38:42,480 --> 00:38:52,800 Speaker 1: to give people money. Dodgers, Rangers and Diamondbacks. Yeah, yes, yes, 625 00:38:55,200 --> 00:38:58,480 Speaker 1: I believe in my Birdie. I'm going Tanner Scott Braves. 626 00:38:59,160 --> 00:39:03,200 Speaker 2: Tanner Scott went to Notre Dame College. Different from the 627 00:39:03,320 --> 00:39:06,600 Speaker 2: university that's not Notre Dame. When I clicked on, I 628 00:39:06,640 --> 00:39:08,920 Speaker 2: clicked on the Wikipedia says it not to be confused 629 00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:10,399 Speaker 2: with the University of Notre Dame. 630 00:39:12,960 --> 00:39:18,480 Speaker 1: Notre Dames in Indiana, Notre Dame College in Ohio. What 631 00:39:18,640 --> 00:39:24,920 Speaker 1: is this? Why would you even do that? Did he 632 00:39:25,040 --> 00:39:30,240 Speaker 1: get tricked Tanner Scott? The mystery continued. 633 00:39:30,320 --> 00:39:35,960 Speaker 2: Division two team they're so well their mascot is the Fearless. 634 00:39:37,680 --> 00:39:46,040 Speaker 1: No, they're out, don't no? Jerrickson profar speaking of Fearless 635 00:39:47,320 --> 00:39:50,799 Speaker 1: one of the weirder free agencies that could happen. A 636 00:39:50,840 --> 00:39:54,000 Speaker 1: former top prospect who kind of found a major league 637 00:39:54,040 --> 00:39:57,880 Speaker 1: role and he was a solid contributing player, had one 638 00:39:57,920 --> 00:40:00,000 Speaker 1: of the best seasons in outfielder could have last year 639 00:40:00,560 --> 00:40:02,440 Speaker 1: at age thirty. So what do you do with that? 640 00:40:05,320 --> 00:40:08,840 Speaker 1: Padres seems to be where he's had his most success, 641 00:40:08,960 --> 00:40:13,799 Speaker 1: including last year. That everyone's assuming that. I just don't know. 642 00:40:15,840 --> 00:40:19,920 Speaker 1: He mentions the Red Sox switch hitter. Sure, I mentioned 643 00:40:19,960 --> 00:40:22,840 Speaker 1: they need a little more balance put him in left fields. 644 00:40:22,920 --> 00:40:25,640 Speaker 1: He hasn't grayed out great so you could hide Jerks 645 00:40:25,640 --> 00:40:30,360 Speaker 1: and Profar. But if we're if you're the Red Sox, 646 00:40:30,400 --> 00:40:32,680 Speaker 1: it seems like there could be safer ways to spend 647 00:40:32,680 --> 00:40:38,200 Speaker 1: your money. It's a San Diego reunion till it's not. 648 00:40:38,560 --> 00:40:41,640 Speaker 1: Watch him be the Pirates big yet? I did that 649 00:40:41,800 --> 00:40:44,480 Speaker 1: be it? Jim Bowden doesn't have that, but I do. 650 00:40:45,520 --> 00:40:50,640 Speaker 1: I'm America's assistant GM. He also says the Braves would 651 00:40:50,680 --> 00:40:52,680 Speaker 1: be a good fit. They have Kellnick and Brian de 652 00:40:52,840 --> 00:40:55,360 Speaker 1: la Cruz right now listed in an outfield spot. 653 00:40:57,000 --> 00:40:59,920 Speaker 2: Add a third guy to that mix and bank on one. 654 00:41:00,480 --> 00:41:03,400 Speaker 1: But what are we paying to be a guy in 655 00:41:03,480 --> 00:41:09,000 Speaker 1: the Kellnick de la Cruz mix. I don't know. It's 656 00:41:09,040 --> 00:41:12,959 Speaker 1: San Diego and now I've day dreamt the Pirates. That's 657 00:41:13,000 --> 00:41:16,600 Speaker 1: not that's not Jim Bowden's words. Do not tweet at 658 00:41:16,680 --> 00:41:20,520 Speaker 1: him and say pirates and Profar. Actually you can. He'd 659 00:41:20,600 --> 00:41:23,719 Speaker 1: love it. He just likes to chop it up. I 660 00:41:23,800 --> 00:41:27,200 Speaker 1: might tweet that at him. Oh should I start using 661 00:41:27,239 --> 00:41:31,560 Speaker 1: Twitter the old fashioned way? Just just opinion? Tagg again, Hey, 662 00:41:31,640 --> 00:41:33,799 Speaker 1: what do you think about profar to the Pirates and 663 00:41:33,800 --> 00:41:37,400 Speaker 1: tag Jim Bowden. I'm gonna do that now. This one's 664 00:41:37,520 --> 00:41:42,440 Speaker 1: just for me. What do you think about profar to 665 00:41:42,560 --> 00:41:49,320 Speaker 1: the pirates And that's Jim Bowden. That's good alliteration there. 666 00:41:51,120 --> 00:41:54,440 Speaker 1: And that's just a tweet. That's how Twitter used to 667 00:41:54,480 --> 00:42:01,839 Speaker 1: work people. That tweet shouldn't get any engagement. Let's get 668 00:42:01,880 --> 00:42:04,440 Speaker 1: through the rest of this. Kirby Yates again, go check 669 00:42:04,440 --> 00:42:06,760 Speaker 1: out how good his season last year was three point 670 00:42:06,800 --> 00:42:09,440 Speaker 1: three war from a reliever. That's really hard to do. 671 00:42:10,120 --> 00:42:12,399 Speaker 1: I know my Diamondbacks really want him. They want him 672 00:42:12,400 --> 00:42:16,680 Speaker 1: to replace Paul Seawald and have Martinez be their their 673 00:42:16,760 --> 00:42:21,160 Speaker 1: swing manh Yeah, it's a funky list. I'm seeing the 674 00:42:21,200 --> 00:42:28,360 Speaker 1: Reds Rangers. Obviously Toronto's listed. I guess hidden secret of 675 00:42:29,200 --> 00:42:32,640 Speaker 1: both starting in relief pitching. Everyone could use another one, right, 676 00:42:35,120 --> 00:42:36,719 Speaker 1: just stay in Texas, right. 677 00:42:38,000 --> 00:42:41,239 Speaker 2: They You would think they need him pretty bad and 678 00:42:41,280 --> 00:42:41,879 Speaker 2: it just. 679 00:42:41,840 --> 00:42:45,080 Speaker 1: Worked for him. Things worked out. I do know my 680 00:42:45,160 --> 00:42:49,040 Speaker 1: Snakes want him. Somebody's gonna sign him and be happy 681 00:42:49,080 --> 00:42:53,520 Speaker 1: they did. I think the other before we start churning 682 00:42:53,560 --> 00:42:56,839 Speaker 1: through because there's a there's a handful of pitchers coming up. 683 00:42:58,680 --> 00:43:02,080 Speaker 1: Haw Song Kim one of the weird mystery free agents 684 00:43:02,120 --> 00:43:06,000 Speaker 1: because of his shoulder surgery, which has to have teams 685 00:43:06,000 --> 00:43:10,120 Speaker 1: a little freaked out. The guy had a five point 686 00:43:10,200 --> 00:43:12,440 Speaker 1: eight war season in twenty twenty three. Going back to 687 00:43:12,440 --> 00:43:17,480 Speaker 1: all the Arise conversations before, Obviously, offensively, the goal is 688 00:43:17,520 --> 00:43:22,880 Speaker 1: for him to land around league average and then everything 689 00:43:22,880 --> 00:43:26,319 Speaker 1: else is a plus. Apparently the Giants were in on 690 00:43:26,400 --> 00:43:33,439 Speaker 1: him until they got Willia Damas. America's jam throws out 691 00:43:33,600 --> 00:43:37,040 Speaker 1: the Red Sox, which it's interesting with Trevor story and 692 00:43:37,120 --> 00:43:39,040 Speaker 1: a couple of their prospects that are supposed to be 693 00:43:39,080 --> 00:43:41,960 Speaker 1: on the way our middle infieldish that I don't know about. 694 00:43:41,960 --> 00:43:45,600 Speaker 1: That he ends up landing on Padres, which again just 695 00:43:45,640 --> 00:43:50,480 Speaker 1: brings us into this whole Padres What's going on? Are 696 00:43:50,520 --> 00:43:54,360 Speaker 1: they keeping a rise? Do they have money to sign players? 697 00:43:54,600 --> 00:43:57,040 Speaker 1: Are they trying to compete? Are they trading Dylan Ceese 698 00:43:57,920 --> 00:44:01,080 Speaker 1: the Padres have They're going in every direction at the 699 00:44:01,080 --> 00:44:03,480 Speaker 1: same time, And that's kind of Preller's mo o a 700 00:44:03,520 --> 00:44:07,319 Speaker 1: little bit. But none of it makes sense to me. 701 00:44:08,160 --> 00:44:10,360 Speaker 2: None of it makes sense for them, None of it 702 00:44:10,360 --> 00:44:14,040 Speaker 2: makes sense for Hassan Kim. Every team that's had like 703 00:44:14,920 --> 00:44:18,359 Speaker 2: legit rumors or buzz around like a pursuit of him 704 00:44:18,400 --> 00:44:21,399 Speaker 2: has like already gone in a different direction. I think 705 00:44:22,080 --> 00:44:25,120 Speaker 2: like Dodgers. They just signed the other Kim and britained 706 00:44:25,160 --> 00:44:29,080 Speaker 2: ta Oscar Tigers went and got glab Or Giants got 707 00:44:29,080 --> 00:44:33,000 Speaker 2: a Damis. Jays did that, Andres and Menez trade that 708 00:44:33,160 --> 00:44:38,600 Speaker 2: nobody really likes for any party there. I just basically 709 00:44:38,840 --> 00:44:42,840 Speaker 2: nobody knows where Hassan Kim is going because his value 710 00:44:42,880 --> 00:44:46,920 Speaker 2: is in a very weird spot, especially with the injury. 711 00:44:49,120 --> 00:44:52,120 Speaker 1: Yes, yeah, I hope it doesn't end up in a 712 00:44:52,120 --> 00:44:55,200 Speaker 1: bad spot for him, and maybe for him unfortunately he 713 00:44:55,280 --> 00:44:57,160 Speaker 1: might have to do like a one year thing because 714 00:44:57,200 --> 00:44:59,120 Speaker 1: people are freaked out by the shoulder. Like. 715 00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:05,120 Speaker 2: Wonder what he's asking for, Except if I were him, 716 00:45:05,120 --> 00:45:09,960 Speaker 2: I would assume he wants an opportunity to re up 717 00:45:10,040 --> 00:45:12,359 Speaker 2: if he wanted to. This year will be his age 718 00:45:12,440 --> 00:45:16,080 Speaker 2: twenty nine years, so there is kind of time to 719 00:45:16,200 --> 00:45:18,920 Speaker 2: do that. I wonder with the shoulder injury or team's 720 00:45:19,880 --> 00:45:25,280 Speaker 2: nervous that for twenty twenty five, is he second base only? 721 00:45:27,600 --> 00:45:28,560 Speaker 1: I have no idea. 722 00:45:28,600 --> 00:45:31,759 Speaker 2: Well, with that injury to his throwing arm, I would 723 00:45:31,840 --> 00:45:32,560 Speaker 2: give Terur a more. 724 00:45:32,440 --> 00:45:37,080 Speaker 1: Short term October thirteenth surgery yesterday with doctor Neil Ella 725 00:45:37,200 --> 00:45:42,560 Speaker 1: trash Ooh yeah, I don't know. I think has on 726 00:45:42,640 --> 00:45:45,080 Speaker 1: Kim is looking to get paid like a good starting shortstop, 727 00:45:45,160 --> 00:45:49,640 Speaker 1: and I'm guessing teams aren't so. Again, the Padres part 728 00:45:49,680 --> 00:45:53,000 Speaker 1: of this offseason. I still have no clue how they're 729 00:45:53,040 --> 00:45:55,480 Speaker 1: going to connect their dots and if he's a part 730 00:45:55,520 --> 00:45:58,319 Speaker 1: of it. Praise were connected for a while and it 731 00:45:58,360 --> 00:46:01,960 Speaker 1: doesn't seem like there's anything there. So interested to see 732 00:46:02,120 --> 00:46:04,759 Speaker 1: where hasun Kim goes a guy that should fit on 733 00:46:04,800 --> 00:46:06,799 Speaker 1: any team, whether you need a short stop or not. 734 00:46:09,120 --> 00:46:11,280 Speaker 1: Getting through the rest of the list, we have some pictures. 735 00:46:11,320 --> 00:46:16,879 Speaker 1: Carlos Estevez forgot about the big Man. Nice year last year, 736 00:46:17,000 --> 00:46:20,600 Speaker 1: big Boy twenty six saves. They have the Cubs again, 737 00:46:20,880 --> 00:46:23,280 Speaker 1: you know, the Giants and Blue Jays get listed along 738 00:46:23,280 --> 00:46:26,880 Speaker 1: with the Rangers. Every team can use pitching. They have Cubs. 739 00:46:27,000 --> 00:46:29,200 Speaker 1: I'd like that Cubs give me another move, get me 740 00:46:29,239 --> 00:46:35,760 Speaker 1: excited about you another reliever? Or is he not Jeff 741 00:46:35,800 --> 00:46:39,320 Speaker 1: Hoffman following in the footsteps of Clay Holmes. So wow, 742 00:46:39,360 --> 00:46:43,520 Speaker 1: he has a deal to build off of. Hmm, right, 743 00:46:44,120 --> 00:46:46,600 Speaker 1: he was kind of better than Clay Holmes. Yeah, we're 744 00:46:46,640 --> 00:46:49,200 Speaker 1: trying to do the same thing here, transition to a starter. 745 00:46:50,760 --> 00:46:53,920 Speaker 1: He is the Nationals doing that. It's kind of a fun, 746 00:46:54,400 --> 00:46:58,920 Speaker 1: high reward, low risk, medium risk move team that could 747 00:46:58,960 --> 00:47:02,919 Speaker 1: try that a thirty two year old reliever to try 748 00:47:02,960 --> 00:47:05,680 Speaker 1: to be a starter and if it works, it works. 749 00:47:07,320 --> 00:47:11,799 Speaker 1: I'm interested in that. Yet I'm now realizing, excuse me, 750 00:47:12,120 --> 00:47:15,319 Speaker 1: all the pictures are borderline awful conversations because it's every team. 751 00:47:16,600 --> 00:47:19,560 Speaker 1: A team I haven't mentioned is the Royals for Jose Kintana. 752 00:47:19,960 --> 00:47:25,040 Speaker 1: So if you're into that, really really check in on yourself, 753 00:47:26,680 --> 00:47:32,479 Speaker 1: because that's that's the stuff. Dugo and Justin Turner around 754 00:47:32,520 --> 00:47:34,319 Speaker 1: out the list, which that kind of goes to show 755 00:47:34,320 --> 00:47:38,440 Speaker 1: you things start getting thin quick. I see Pirates listed 756 00:47:38,440 --> 00:47:41,840 Speaker 1: for Dugo. That checks out, and Justin Turner one and 757 00:47:41,840 --> 00:47:45,160 Speaker 1: a half war last year, age forty. He's got the 758 00:47:45,160 --> 00:47:48,440 Speaker 1: Mariners making their move. It's a guy who hit for 759 00:47:48,600 --> 00:47:54,600 Speaker 1: them last year. My goodness. The photo of Rokie Sasaki 760 00:47:54,600 --> 00:48:00,839 Speaker 1: in the article is from the yomi Uri shimbum It's 761 00:48:00,880 --> 00:48:04,680 Speaker 1: listed in the article. I don't know, so let's see 762 00:48:04,719 --> 00:48:07,560 Speaker 1: where free agency takes us. The Sasaki thing is gonna 763 00:48:07,600 --> 00:48:12,359 Speaker 1: be wild when that happens. We're Sasaki Week's almost tier. 764 00:48:13,000 --> 00:48:16,680 Speaker 1: You're that team is getting a significant player changes their 765 00:48:16,680 --> 00:48:21,560 Speaker 1: team's outlook for the next few years. Wonder if Santander, 766 00:48:21,640 --> 00:48:24,880 Speaker 1: Alonz or Bregman, who's gonna drop first. I'd think Santander 767 00:48:24,920 --> 00:48:27,680 Speaker 1: because he still has a few teams that fit switch hit, 768 00:48:28,080 --> 00:48:34,200 Speaker 1: there's almost no The question is the defense, but also 769 00:48:34,239 --> 00:48:36,480 Speaker 1: it's corner outfield, and if you can find him a 770 00:48:36,520 --> 00:48:40,480 Speaker 1: couple of DH days, you're gonna be all right that. 771 00:48:40,600 --> 00:48:44,600 Speaker 1: I think Santander happens. Blue Jays would be funny. I'd 772 00:48:44,600 --> 00:48:49,040 Speaker 1: have some older seats on that. Let's see what else 773 00:48:49,120 --> 00:48:54,000 Speaker 1: is out there. We are entering the quiet times of 774 00:48:54,200 --> 00:49:04,160 Speaker 1: the baseball offseason, so watch out be scared. Oh god, 775 00:49:04,440 --> 00:49:06,520 Speaker 1: I was just gonna read a guy's username who just 776 00:49:06,520 --> 00:49:10,000 Speaker 1: tweeted at me, but is inappropriate, so I'm not going 777 00:49:10,040 --> 00:49:16,120 Speaker 1: to read that. I will tell you again. Football this 778 00:49:16,200 --> 00:49:18,520 Speaker 1: weekend was a weird one. There's like one and a 779 00:49:18,560 --> 00:49:22,600 Speaker 1: half games that mattered. It all ended late last night. 780 00:49:22,719 --> 00:49:30,520 Speaker 1: Late last night, Lions Vikings Lions Vikings in Detroit Place 781 00:49:30,640 --> 00:49:32,719 Speaker 1: was going nuts. Tony Dungee said he never heard a 782 00:49:32,719 --> 00:49:37,759 Speaker 1: louder environment. I don't know if that was true either way. 783 00:49:37,880 --> 00:49:41,680 Speaker 1: It was raucus ugly football. At first divisional teams they 784 00:49:41,680 --> 00:49:44,799 Speaker 1: know each other well. Winner gets the one seed. And 785 00:49:44,840 --> 00:49:47,320 Speaker 1: a bye loser has to go to La and play 786 00:49:47,360 --> 00:49:51,319 Speaker 1: Matthew Stafford in the Rams. Pretty insane that it came 787 00:49:51,360 --> 00:49:57,080 Speaker 1: down to that, but Lions end up rolling late the 788 00:49:57,200 --> 00:49:59,440 Speaker 1: Vikings in the red zone offense. I don't know if 789 00:49:59,480 --> 00:50:01,720 Speaker 1: I've ever seen something like that on a football field. 790 00:50:03,400 --> 00:50:06,960 Speaker 1: Donald and the lads just couldn't find anything in the 791 00:50:07,000 --> 00:50:08,960 Speaker 1: red zone. It was discussing. There was one ball that 792 00:50:09,040 --> 00:50:12,360 Speaker 1: hit Jefferson's hands that probably could have been a touchdown 793 00:50:12,400 --> 00:50:14,840 Speaker 1: and that would have changed things early. There's also another 794 00:50:14,880 --> 00:50:17,880 Speaker 1: one where Addison looked like he was opening the flat instantly. 795 00:50:19,280 --> 00:50:23,400 Speaker 1: Donald just didn't see him. Tough, Sam Donald game also 796 00:50:23,440 --> 00:50:26,240 Speaker 1: tough that this was coming after Kevin O'Connell, tall, handsome 797 00:50:26,280 --> 00:50:28,359 Speaker 1: head coach, that we were on first here awaken Jake. 798 00:50:28,640 --> 00:50:32,239 Speaker 1: There's potential trade rumors with him, that he might be 799 00:50:32,400 --> 00:50:34,719 Speaker 1: valuable enough to be traded in the last year of 800 00:50:34,719 --> 00:50:38,399 Speaker 1: his contract. Now the Vikings are heading on the road 801 00:50:38,800 --> 00:50:42,480 Speaker 1: to the Rams for their playoff game. We'll do a 802 00:50:42,480 --> 00:50:46,160 Speaker 1: bunch of football on Wednesday. Maybe we'll get panic Chris Rose. 803 00:50:46,160 --> 00:50:50,640 Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't know if we'll have time, but yeah, 804 00:50:50,680 --> 00:50:54,960 Speaker 1: it was a weird football sounding Carson wentz nope. Josh Dobbs, 805 00:50:56,120 --> 00:50:58,440 Speaker 1: all right, that was a lot. I'm late for a 806 00:50:58,480 --> 00:51:01,640 Speaker 1: meeting after to use the bathroom pretty badly. I appreciate 807 00:51:01,719 --> 00:51:02,960 Speaker 1: you guys, so does Uncle Dan. 808 00:51:04,120 --> 00:51:06,120 Speaker 2: Waken Jacks is the production of Damn Patrick Productions, John 809 00:51:06,120 --> 00:51:07,680 Speaker 2: Boye Media, and Workhouse Media.