Speaker 1: Yankees are definitely going to get after it. Brian Cashman
Speaker 1: has said, We're go into town the Boston Red Sox.
Speaker 1: They're buyers, so why not strengthen your strength.
Speaker 2: Let's hit the inside scoop with FT senior insider Ken Rosenthal. Ken,
Speaker 2: great to see you, Happy second half of the season
Speaker 2: to you and trade deadline season. So I want to
Speaker 2: start with the AL West leader. The Houston Astros could
Speaker 2: have a number of starting pitchers returning in the second
Speaker 2: half of the season. They have a lead in the
Speaker 2: AL West. Jeremy Pania and Jordan Alvarez should return at
Speaker 2: some point in the second half of the season.
Speaker 3: Do you think they.
Speaker 2: Will be aggressive buyers because the American League has been
Speaker 2: kind of weak the past couple of years, and who knows,
Speaker 2: maybe the Astros mess around and end up in the
Speaker 2: World Series again.
Speaker 4: Right, certainly can't rule that out.
Speaker 1: And I do think they will be aggressive and it's
Speaker 1: going to be really interesting to see what they try
Speaker 1: to accomplish.
Speaker 4: Channel the Road.
Speaker 1: Athletic and of our network speculated that they would go
Speaker 1: for Merrill Kelly strengthen the rotation further because you don't
Speaker 1: know what you're getting from Christian Vasquez and Luis Garcia
Speaker 1: and the pitchers who are coming back. You can't be
Speaker 1: sure of that, so why not strengthen your strength. Put
Speaker 1: Kelly with from ber Valdez and Hunter Brown, and then
Speaker 1: you really have something. We know they have a great
Speaker 1: back end of the bullpen. Their offense once Alvarez is.
Speaker 4: With them, should be okay.
Speaker 1: The one thing that they've also needed and have talked
Speaker 1: about is a second baseman, and preferably a left handed
Speaker 1: hitting second basement.
Speaker 4: If the Rays over the next ten days Falter.
Speaker 1: Maybe they make Brandon Lau available. But I'm putting two
Speaker 1: and two together. I have no idea whether that would happen,
Speaker 1: But yes, to answer your question, Scott, I do expect
Speaker 1: them to be aggressive.
Speaker 5: I think we have to check to see if my
Speaker 5: mic is on or if anybody's mic is on in Seattle,
Speaker 5: Jerry Depoto, like is this thing out? Like we haven't
Speaker 5: seen any moves from Jerry to Poto. What can we
Speaker 5: see from Seattle that needs to like get this team
Speaker 5: over the hump and get this vaunted pitching staff in
Speaker 5: the playoffs.
Speaker 1: Eric, we haven't really seen any moves from anyone, So
Speaker 1: I don't think we should single out Jerry Depoto or
Speaker 1: any other president of.
Speaker 4: Base Operations or head of base operations.
Speaker 1: At this point, which July eighteenth, we are thirteen days away,
Speaker 1: and really they've only been a couple of very minor
Speaker 1: deals so far. Now to the question of what Seattle
Speaker 1: needs and what they want, they've been talking about a
Speaker 1: corner infield bat Could it be a Johanno Suarez, Could
Speaker 1: it be Josh Naylor, someone along those lines, And I
Speaker 1: would expect that they're going to be active along those fronts. Now,
Speaker 1: could they do other things as well? Could they strengthen
Speaker 1: the bullpen? Could you maybe even at a starter. Jerry
Speaker 1: Depoto is the kind of head of base operations I
Speaker 1: put nothing past and you never know.
Speaker 4: What they might think of.
Speaker 1: But the rotation still seems to be a strength. Now
Speaker 1: that pretty much they are healthy except for Bryce Miller,
Speaker 1: and offense is where they can.
Speaker 4: Really make the biggest upgrade.
Speaker 1: The question with all of these things that we're going
Speaker 1: to talk about for the next two weeks, guys, is
Speaker 1: where is the quality in this market? Where are the
Speaker 1: good players that are available. They're not that much of
Speaker 1: a supply. There's not that much of a supply right now.
Speaker 1: And that is the issue. That's the problem that teams
Speaker 1: are going to face. There are some executives predicting it's
Speaker 1: going to be a boring deadline because just of what
Speaker 1: I said, there are not that many good players available,
Speaker 1: and it's going to be tough for teams even to
Speaker 1: pry away some of the ones that.
Speaker 5: Are What are you hearing about the market for Luis
Speaker 5: Robert Obviously twenty twenty three All Star and super feenom
Speaker 5: coming up possibly in the last two years have been
Speaker 5: a dud, But what have you been hearing out there
Speaker 5: about his availability but also his desire from other teams
Speaker 5: to want him.
Speaker 1: He's highly available and the White Sox eric hole the
Speaker 1: twenty million dollar club option on him for next year.
Speaker 1: They're not exercising that option. So you have to trade
Speaker 1: Luis Robert Junior to get anything in return for him,
Speaker 1: and I mean anything, whatever it might be. Now, if
Speaker 1: you're the White Sox, you will tell teams hey still
Speaker 1: a great defender or good defender in centerfield, steals a
Speaker 1: lot of bases. Of course, has to get on to
Speaker 1: steal bases, but we believe he can still be a
Speaker 1: contributor for your contending team. Contenders are going to say
Speaker 1: in response, he's hitting one ninety or whatever the number is,
Speaker 1: and we're not paying a premium for this dude, especially
Speaker 1: when he's got some money coming to him.
Speaker 4: So I expect to be traded.
Speaker 1: I don't expect he's going to bring back a lot,
Speaker 1: and I expect the team that.
Speaker 4: Acquires him will say, change his scenery. Maybe it will
Speaker 4: do him good.
Speaker 1: If you look at what happened with Andrew Vaughn in Milwaukee,
Speaker 1: Andrew Vaughan was one of the worst offensive players in
Speaker 1: the league and suddenly he is a significant contributor for
Speaker 1: the Brewers. Now, maybe it's only one good week, I
Speaker 1: get it. But at the same time, maybe getting guys
Speaker 1: out of there and having them join a new team,
Speaker 1: team that will refresh them and bring them perhaps to
Speaker 1: a greater level of performance.
Speaker 5: Do you know, maybe this is something that's way out
Speaker 5: of your scope. But Luis Robert his contract you've said
Speaker 5: about they have a team option to pick it up
Speaker 5: if he gets traded. Does he have the opportunity to say, hey,
Speaker 5: I want them to pick up this trade. I don't know,
Speaker 5: if he's like no trade clause any of that stuff.
Speaker 5: Would teams be afraid to then not trade for him.
Speaker 5: If that were the case, I.
Speaker 4: Would expect that if he gets traded Eric, the.
Speaker 1: Team that acquires him will be operating under the premise
Speaker 1: that they're not picking up the option. Now, maybe he
Speaker 1: goes NOTHS in the final two months and you say,
Speaker 1: you know what, I'll take it for twenty million next year.
Speaker 1: But what are the odds of that. I don't think
Speaker 1: they're very high. So there's no no trade clause. As
Speaker 1: far as I know, he can't demand them to pick
Speaker 1: up an option, and teams would laugh.
Speaker 4: At him if he did that anyway.
Speaker 1: So that's my expectation that any team that acquires him
Speaker 1: looks at him as a rental.
Speaker 6: A lot of AL teams hovering over that five hundred mark.
Speaker 6: As we've seen, it's going to be a battle to
Speaker 6: the finish. That's exciting for baseball, exciting for everybody that's
Speaker 6: a baseball fan. You do you know any sellers or
Speaker 6: buyers right now of those AL teams are as a
Speaker 6: wait and see closer to the deadline as we get there.
Speaker 1: Todd, there are a number of teams that are waiting
Speaker 1: to see and I will go through them as quickly
Speaker 1: as I possible in the as I can. In the
Speaker 1: American League, the Boston Red Sox their buyers, but the
Speaker 1: Tampa Bay Rays, after losing twelve of sixteen, they don't
Speaker 1: know where they are. Next ten days are critical for them.
Speaker 1: Minnesota and Cleveland four four and a half games out
Speaker 1: in the wildcard race. Next ten days also critical for them,
Speaker 1: and even Kansas City, which just acquired Adam Frasier and
Speaker 1: clearly wants to compete. If things go south for them
Speaker 1: in the next ten days, they're going to have to
Speaker 1: look at trading Seth Lugo.
Speaker 4: And then you get to the Western Division.
Speaker 1: The Texas Rangers are another team that are kind of
Speaker 1: in this We're not quite sure who we are. They
Speaker 1: want to contend they have built this team to be
Speaker 1: a really good team and it hasn't happened. So if
Speaker 1: they do not fire in the next couple of days
Speaker 1: and weeks, I would expect they're gonna have to take
Speaker 1: a hard look at some things too and maybe consider
Speaker 1: themselves more of a seller.
Speaker 2: Can I'll flip over to the National League. I like
Speaker 2: this term that you use sometimes, bell of the ball.
Speaker 2: Do you think the Pirates might end up as that team?
Speaker 2: Because they do have assets in Dennis Santana and David
Speaker 2: Bednar in the back end of the bullpen. If there
Speaker 2: aren't significant starters available, like let's say the Diamondback's going
Speaker 2: to run the next ten days, they take their guys
Speaker 2: off the market. Mitch Keller might be the best starting
Speaker 2: pitcher available at the trade deadline. Do you think the
Speaker 2: Pirates could be this very popular team.
Speaker 4: I do.
Speaker 1: And it's not just miss Keller, of course, It's Kip
Speaker 1: Ryan Hayes, It's Brian Reynolds, it's the two relievers you mentioned.
Speaker 4: They could do annumber of things. Now will they do them?
Speaker 4: I don't know. And they're in a really.
Speaker 1: Good position with Keller in particular, because of the shortage
Speaker 1: of starting pitchers.
Speaker 4: Who is the Max Schurzer of this year's deadline.
Speaker 1: There is none, So you're looking at Sandy Alcantra, who
Speaker 1: has struggled, Zack Gown, who has struggled.
Speaker 4: Merrill. Kelly is good.
Speaker 1: The Diamondbacks probably will only trade one of Kelly and
Speaker 1: Gown if they trade at all.
Speaker 4: And then there's Mitch Keller and maybe a few others.
Speaker 1: Adrian Howser with the White Sox, Charlie Morton with the Orioles.
Speaker 4: It's not a killer group.
Speaker 1: By any stretch of the imagination. So Scott, to answer
Speaker 1: your question, yes, the Pirates do hold a lot of pieces.
Speaker 1: They have no reason to hold on to them, and
Speaker 1: I would expect, because they've made it known that the
Speaker 1: only untouchables are Skeins and McCutcheon, that they will be
Speaker 1: quite active.
Speaker 2: One more team in that division. Let's say the Cardinals
Speaker 2: fall off over the next ten days. Do you think
Speaker 2: they could open things up with a Ryan Helslee and
Speaker 2: maybe even a Sunny What was he saying, Kratz that
Speaker 2: he would maybe consider a trade at the deadline.
Speaker 5: He said no in the off season. Okay, possibly consider
Speaker 5: it at the trade deadline.
Speaker 3: That would be a big name.
Speaker 4: It would be, and their team to watch as well.
Speaker 1: They fall into that same uncertain category that I lived
Speaker 1: with the American League teams.
Speaker 4: Hellsley is a guy.
Speaker 1: Yes, if he became available, teams would love to have him.
Speaker 1: He'd be an easier pitcher or closer to acquire than
Speaker 1: Classe or Durant or Jackson in the American League. Those
Speaker 1: guys have control left. You'd have to pay a higher price.
Speaker 1: Helsey would be a rental The Cardinals are a team
Speaker 1: that is played beyond where they thought they would be,
Speaker 1: beyond where really everyone in the.
Speaker 4: Industry thought they would be.
Speaker 1: I don't expect John Mosey Lock as President Baseball Operations
Speaker 1: in his final year, is going to want to concede
Speaker 1: if they're anywhere close. But yes, Scott, under the scenario
Speaker 1: that you just presented, if they fall off, sure I
Speaker 1: would expect that they would open things up.
Speaker 6: Go back to the Northeast. Here we got to ask
Speaker 6: this question, Mets. The Yankees also having a really good year.
Speaker 6: What do you see these two teams doing at the deadline.
Speaker 6: We know what the Yankees need, maybe a third base,
Speaker 6: maybe another starting pitcher, Mets, I mean they can use it,
Speaker 6: you know, another starter or two as well. Like what
Speaker 6: are their specific needs and do you see both those
Speaker 6: teams getting after it.
Speaker 4: The Yankees are definitely going to get after it.
Speaker 1: Brian Cashman has said, we're going to town and they
Speaker 1: have very obvious needs, starting pitcher being one, bullpen help
Speaker 1: being perhaps the most important thing that they can do.
Speaker 1: And yes, the third basement as well, especially now with
Speaker 1: Jazz back at second and they don't really get any
Speaker 1: offense out of Parraza at third, so they want to
Speaker 1: improve in all of those areas. The Mets are a
Speaker 1: little bit different that they can do some things too,
Speaker 1: and Will Bullpen, I would expect would be their primary
Speaker 1: area of focus. Yes, certainly they could use a starter
Speaker 1: given the situation that they're.
Speaker 4: In, but it's good to know with them.
Speaker 1: They've got Senga healthy, now, they've got Manaia back, and
Speaker 1: Montas looks like he might be okay too.
Speaker 4: You put those three with.
Speaker 1: David Peterson, I don't know that you need to play
Speaker 1: on a big starter.
Speaker 4: Maybe you just need a depth guy.
Speaker 1: And then they've also talked about centerfield and maybe Harrison
Speaker 1: Bader coming back someone like that. So I expect them
Speaker 1: to be active as well. And their form system is
Speaker 1: deeper than it was, so to get what they want,
Speaker 1: they might not have to trade their top guys. And
Speaker 1: in this market, I don't know that there's anybody worth.
Speaker 4: Your top guys. So we'll see how that plays out.
Speaker 5: What phrase did Cashman use that you just said going
Speaker 5: to town? Going to town. That doesn't sound like Brian
Speaker 5: Cashman at the trade deadline. That sounds like Yankees fans
Speaker 5: at the trade deadline thinking what Brian Cashman should do so. Historically, Historically,
Speaker 5: he doesn't go to town. Is there a team that
Speaker 5: is going to be reckless at the trade deadline or
Speaker 5: should be reckless based on the fact that maybe this
Speaker 5: front office doesn't have a job anymore.
Speaker 1: Well, the Ekis have been generally active at the deadline
Speaker 1: when they've had a chance, So going to town is
Speaker 1: not a phrase that I've heard him use before, but
Speaker 1: he has been active.
Speaker 4: He does not hesitate.
Speaker 1: The Toronto Blue Jays are a team that their front
Speaker 1: office has been under some scrutiny in recent years. And yes,
Speaker 1: their contracts are essentially up Mark Schapiro this year as
Speaker 1: the team president, Ross Atkins next year as the general manager.
Speaker 4: Obviously they are linked.
Speaker 1: They have the ability to do some things to upgrade themselves,
Speaker 1: and they are willing, I am quite certain to trade
Speaker 1: from the fums to do so.
Speaker 4: And I don't know that I would say they're trying
Speaker 4: to save their jobs.
Speaker 1: Baseball executives don't operate like that too often. They are
Speaker 1: generally pretty responsible, trying to protect their teams present as
Speaker 1: well as their future. But the Jays are certainly motivated
Speaker 1: because they haven't played well in recent years and here.
Speaker 1: They are finally back at the top of the division
Speaker 1: and they've got a chance with this.
Speaker 4: Particular group of players to do something special. So yes,
Speaker 4: I don't know that they'll do anything reckless, but I
Speaker 4: expect them to be active and aggressive. The other team
Speaker 4: that we have to watch because aj Preller is so
Speaker 4: creative and aggressive always is San Diego.
Speaker 1: And I don't know that they're going to go crazy,
Speaker 1: and their system is not what it once was, and
Speaker 1: we don't know how much payroll flexibility they have, but
Speaker 1: they have a clear need in left field. They could
Speaker 1: certainly use another reliever because as good as their bullpen is,
Speaker 1: with three All Stars and Estrada could have been an
Speaker 1: All Star, those guys are all up near the league
Speaker 1: lead in appearances, and then a starting pitcher as well
Speaker 1: would be something that would behoove them a controllable starter,
Speaker 1: ideally with CEC and King both eligible for free agency.
Speaker 1: I can't predict and will not predict what aj Preller
Speaker 1: might do.
Speaker 4: But do I expect him to be busy? Oh? Yeah, always,
Speaker 4: that's what he does.
Speaker 3: I think you should.
Speaker 2: I love their bullpen. I mean that bullpen caused problems
Speaker 2: last year in the playoffs. Could have got them to
Speaker 2: a World Series. It was close, so I'm all for it.
Speaker 2: Two more to go, Ken. We're taking you away from
Speaker 2: the teams and the player specifically for some bigger picture topics. Actually,
Speaker 2: this one does involve a player, but it's not trade wise.
Speaker 2: I was crushed annihilated yesterday when we went through your
Speaker 2: athletic notes column. Okay, and we were going down the
Speaker 2: line and we got to the Kyle Tucker conversation. AJ
Speaker 2: and Kratz bullied me like never before on this show,
Speaker 2: saying I was absolutely insane for even considering that Kyle
Speaker 2: Tucker would ever sign with the Rays based on a
Speaker 2: new owner coming in and spending money like that. Can
Speaker 2: you help defend me since you actually put the article
Speaker 2: out and I bought into it. I said, it's not
Speaker 2: the craziest thing in the world.
Speaker 3: Is it likely? No, But we don't know this guy,
Speaker 3: and sometimes owners come in and spend.
Speaker 1: Big I don't know why you would be bullied over that.
Speaker 1: It was speculative, yes, but yes, that's the whole thing.
Speaker 1: Kyle Tucker's from Tampa. He is a guy that is
Speaker 1: kind of quiet to himself, doesn't necessarily need the bright lights,
Speaker 1: and if an came in and was willing to pay
Speaker 1: Kyle Tucker.
Speaker 4: Admittedly that's a long shot.
Speaker 1: No matter who the owner is in Tampa Bay because
Speaker 1: of their market, I can't imagine he wouldn't entertain the idea.
Speaker 4: And if you remember a couple of years ago, they
Speaker 4: went pretty big for Freddy Freeman.
Speaker 1: Now, one hundred and fifty million, which is what they
Speaker 1: were offering Freddy, is different than four hundred to five hundred,
Speaker 1: which is what Cayle Tucker's going to get.
Speaker 4: I understand all that, but there's no reason you should
Speaker 4: have been bullied about this.
Speaker 1: It was merely a note and not even the lead
Speaker 1: note in a column, and just kind of an idea
Speaker 1: to throw out there for people to kind of think about.
Speaker 4: I didn't present it as anything that's going to happen.
Speaker 1: But it's an intriguing thought because once they do get
Speaker 1: a new owner, I would expect a new owner is.
Speaker 4: Going to act differently than the previous owner.
Speaker 1: Whether he goes out and signs a Kyle Tucker that's
Speaker 1: another question entirely. But yeah, when a new owner comes in,
Speaker 1: generally things change.
Speaker 2: I was getting a side eye from Crats just now,
Speaker 2: but ken they even came back with me at one
Speaker 2: point and said, new owners take time, and I gave them.
Speaker 2: Cohen and Mark Walter. They that that doesn't count. Then
Speaker 2: I brought then we both brought up the Orioles. But
Speaker 2: wait the Orioles. They're like, well that hasn't worked out.
Speaker 2: Wait the ools up there. Yeah, he said so he
Speaker 2: actually said it wrong.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I believe the peril increased by the second highest
Speaker 1: amount last year. Now did they spend well, that's another question.
Speaker 1: But he did come in and spend. It wasn't like
Speaker 1: they went crazy. They didn't resign Corbyn Burns, but they
Speaker 1: did spend some money.
Speaker 3: Yes, they offered.
Speaker 5: They offered Corbyn Burns some cash.
Speaker 3: They did. They did the.
Speaker 4: Big offer. It was four that's a big offer.
Speaker 5: Up in the highest highest av I think.
Speaker 3: Yes it was, but it wasn't.
Speaker 5: Thank you, Thank you, Ken. I appreciate you being on
Speaker 5: our side because one we didn't bully him. You were
Speaker 5: on our side. You understand on your side, he's on
Speaker 5: our side.
Speaker 6: Thank you.
Speaker 5: You brought up the exact same argument that I had
Speaker 5: Freddy Freeman for one hundred and fifty is way different
Speaker 5: than Kyle Tucker. So you're on our side, and you
Speaker 5: don't even know it, so you're a bully to Scott.
Speaker 2: Also, all right, ed, last one, Okay, let's see if
Speaker 2: we can find common ground here. Topic of the day.
Speaker 2: Should we push the trade deadline back two weeks?
Speaker 1: I know that's a hot topic, and I understand where
Speaker 1: it comes from, because by August fifteenth, things will be
Speaker 1: clearer than they're going to be perhaps on July thirty. First,
Speaker 1: the problem I have with pushing the deadline back is
Speaker 1: the impact wouldn't be the same, and you're getting a
Speaker 1: guy for six weeks instead of two months. I know
Speaker 1: it's not that much of a difference, but the action
Speaker 1: wouldn't be quite what it is now.
Speaker 4: You wouldn't give up.
Speaker 1: The same quality of prospect for six weeks on a rental,
Speaker 1: for instance.
Speaker 4: So I'm not for it.
Speaker 1: I understand the sentiment, and in this particular case, let's
Speaker 1: look at this year's deadline. Even if we have more
Speaker 1: clarity on August fifteenth, I don't know that we're gonna
Speaker 1: have many better players available.
Speaker 4: So I am not in favor of that.
Speaker 1: And I know the argument and understand the argument for it,
Speaker 1: and there's a valid argument there, but in my view,
Speaker 1: it's more exciting to force teams to make decisions with
Speaker 1: two months to go, and you get better prospects involved,
Speaker 1: you get just more interesting traits.
Speaker 3: Okay, fair point. I see both sides.
Speaker 1: And this is the first time I have ever been
Speaker 1: accused of being a bully.
Speaker 4: I'm five four.
Speaker 1: It doesn't really happen too often where people ask that
Speaker 1: or people call me a bully.
Speaker 6: Exciting.
Speaker 5: Listen, I saw you, Ken, I saw you at the
Speaker 5: All Star break. You are you can be a bully.
Speaker 5: You could be a bully, and I like it. I
Speaker 5: like that side of you. You're standing up taller now
Speaker 5: that you feel like a bully.
Speaker 2: Yeah, except he doesn't agree with you, so good. Try
Speaker 2: our two six foot billion catchers picking on me. But
Speaker 2: I can take him. Thank you, Ken, have a great weekend.
Speaker 2: We'll catch you on Fair Territory on Monday.
Speaker 4: Thanks guys.
Speaker 2: That's Ken Rosenthal on Fair Territory Monday and Thursday.
Speaker 5: Uh.
Speaker 2: Next week is big, obviously, it's the week before trade
Speaker 2: deadline coverage fires up, and we're gonna have a longer
Speaker 2: show during the trade deadline day. Of course it'll be
Speaker 2: I think one to six, but Fair Territory part of
Speaker 2: the FT Network Live Monday morning, Ken recapping the weekend
Speaker 2: and going over whatever trade chatter arises. Popcorner, let's pizzle,
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Speaker 3: We'll talk about that later.
Speaker 2: Jim Bowden wrote this article yesterday should MLB move the
Speaker 2: trade deadline? Why pushing it to mid August makes sense?
Speaker 2: And he's got Zach's on the record talking about it.
Speaker 2: He asked Dave Dombrowski, legendary baseball executive. His answer quote,
Speaker 2: I think it's a good idea, So he's essentially in
Speaker 2: favor of moving it.
Speaker 3: Back, simple and right to the point.
Speaker 2: He asked John Mazzaylock, longtime executive in the sport, very
Speaker 2: successful with the Cardinals from a years and he said, quote,
Speaker 2: I think it's worth the conversation. Boden writes about how
Speaker 2: the draft has pushed back the conversations between executives because
Speaker 2: they focus on the draft for a while. We also
Speaker 2: have a ton of injuries in August and you can't
Speaker 2: do anything about them anymore besides waiver pickups, which did
Speaker 2: create the dump deadline a couple of years back with
Speaker 2: the Angels, getting rid of all those players, but that's
Speaker 2: not the norm. And I think the most important part
Speaker 2: for the marketing Sidecrats was how he said a later
Speaker 2: deadline would help the sports visibility because it would shine
Speaker 2: a light on MLB more than ever before for the
Speaker 2: first two weeks of August, when many people shift their
Speaker 2: attention to NFL training camps and exhibition games.
Speaker 3: He's got a great point there.
Speaker 2: MLB owns July, but there shouldn't be a ton of
Speaker 2: competition yet in August when there aren't real NFL games.
Speaker 2: This would keep the narrative going online. Audience loves trade talk.
Speaker 2: I'm part of that, right. I'm a fan that loves podcast,
Speaker 2: YouTube TV. I can't get enough of the trade talk.
Speaker 2: That's me and I'm looking for that. I'm searching for that,
Speaker 2: so are many other fans. I want to know what's next,
Speaker 2: who is my team trading for, or who's being traded
Speaker 2: in the league. Keep that conversation going another two weeks.
Speaker 3: I would say.
Speaker 2: The only downside is that some teams might say it's
Speaker 2: not long enough and I'm going to shave some of
Speaker 2: what I'm giving you off the return, and I say
Speaker 2: I don't care as long as we get the deal done,
Speaker 2: I don't care if the prospect package isn't as good.
Speaker 2: The same players are going to move, but you'll get
Speaker 2: more players in the pool because more teams will be
Speaker 2: out of it.
Speaker 5: But then they're not going to move them. I think
Speaker 5: it's going to be the adverse, Like teams are going
Speaker 5: to be like, oh, I'll take a compic yeah, Like
Speaker 5: they're not. They're not because we've already devalued the player,
Speaker 5: like the I mean by two weeks, but that's two
Speaker 5: weeks less of a chance that somebody, the owners or
Speaker 5: the owners and the teams want this because then they
Speaker 5: can tell are we in it or are we out
Speaker 5: of it? Now they're like, I'm not sure I could
Speaker 5: lose my job because I think we're out of it,
Speaker 5: and then we're back in it. So it's creating more
Speaker 5: certainty for them and less value for the You want
Speaker 5: to go to a team that you're going to play
Speaker 5: an extra month and try to win a World Series
Speaker 5: with for two months or a month and.
Speaker 3: A half, I don't think it makes a difference. I
Speaker 3: think it.
Speaker 5: Makes a huge difference. They're going to take what is
Speaker 5: that seventy at bats away from a Juhenniosuarez on the
Speaker 5: on the Yankees, on the Tigers. That's huge to me
Speaker 5: if you are a team aspiring to be a winning team,
Speaker 5: and we have less teams that really aspire to win
Speaker 5: that we do teams that want to win, you want
Speaker 5: to get this done. So to me, if if they're
Speaker 5: gonna move it, I would be in favor of an
Speaker 5: earlier deadline that gives them, you know, maybe you get
Speaker 5: some type of compensation for the teams that actually want
Speaker 5: to win and they're like, hey, halfway through the season,
Speaker 5: So June fifteenth, there's some type of deadline, because we
Speaker 5: want to move the other deadline back to August.
Speaker 3: So two deadlines again, two.
Speaker 5: Deadlines again, because the second one helps teams make that
Speaker 5: change the first one. The Rockies knew they were should
Speaker 5: be selling in that early one. The crappy teams you
Speaker 5: don't care about winning, Hey, you know what, you don't
Speaker 5: care about winning? Will incentivize you to trade ex players
Speaker 5: with years of service. By June fifteenth, you get something back,
Speaker 5: whatever the currency that they want, right whatever currency they want,
Speaker 5: a third round pick, and then you have the regular
Speaker 5: deadline moved back to mid August. If that's what they want.
Speaker 5: I don't like it any later with it just being one.
Speaker 3: That's fine.
Speaker 2: I just think two weeks later will create more attention,
Speaker 2: more action, and if you're worried about the return. The
Speaker 2: one other thing you might have to figure out down
Speaker 2: the road is getting rid of the qualifying offer, which
Speaker 2: is not actually crazy. The league did offer to give
Speaker 2: that up, and then they wanted the international draft. They
Speaker 2: didn't come up with it, but the qualifying offer is annoying.
Speaker 2: I think that eventually will go away anyway. I think
Speaker 2: it'll eventually go away completely, And if it does.
Speaker 5: It's gonna sound like something different.
Speaker 2: And you're a team and you have a guy and
Speaker 2: you let him go till the end of the contract
Speaker 2: and he just leaves, you get nothing, and that's how
Speaker 2: it should be because that forces you again to get something
Speaker 2: for that player. And because that even happens right now,
Speaker 2: sometimes the team will be like, hey, the best prospect
Speaker 2: I'm being offered, I don't think is as good as
Speaker 2: the thirty fifth pick which I'll get.
Speaker 3: For this guy leaving, so I'll just keep him. I'm
Speaker 3: trying to think of things that will create more action
Speaker 3: and activity.
Speaker 6: More buzz too.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I like it later.
Speaker 6: I like it. There's a couple of things. I mean,
Speaker 6: the draft should be a different time. All Stars should
Speaker 6: be a whole week long, so everybody that gets picked
Speaker 6: start the gat him on the Friday or Saturday. So
Speaker 6: now all of a sudden, you know, you can go home.
Speaker 6: But I feel like guys that get picked, they don't play.
Speaker 6: You want to see all these guys play, try it out.
Speaker 6: I mean, what's the worst that can happen? But yeah,
Speaker 6: I do like I do like the trades to be
Speaker 6: a little bit closer to the September start because if
Speaker 6: an injury does happen, or if you're going into you know,
Speaker 6: you're down two or three games and you need a
Speaker 6: fifth starter like Boom and other teams are going to
Speaker 6: get better too because they're gonna get rid of some
Speaker 6: of their best players, so or prospects at least. So
Speaker 6: I'm I'm I'm all in for that, Scott, thank you.
Speaker 5: My thing with it? If you're going to move it back,
Speaker 5: is that just drumming up more publicity hubbub about the
Speaker 5: trade deadline?
Speaker 3: Yes?
Speaker 5: Or is it making a better product on the field,
Speaker 5: Because Ryan McMahon playing for the Rockies does not make
Speaker 5: a better product on the field, and you're Henningosuarez playing
Speaker 5: for the Diamondbacks right now is not a better product.
Speaker 5: The best players on the best teams that want to
Speaker 5: win or I know the Braves want to win, but
Speaker 5: they're not in a winning window right now, putting those
Speaker 5: players on those teams. Think about the Dominican Republic. Your
Speaker 5: team is out, you get drafted to the teams that
Speaker 5: are in the playoffs, like so, they have the best players.
Speaker 5: You want the best players on the field to make
Speaker 5: the teams the best, to make that product the best
Speaker 5: that's out there.
Speaker 2: You will have more trades if you push it back
Speaker 2: two weeks because there will be a few other teams
Speaker 2: that say, am tiptoeing, Okay, we just lost seven out
Speaker 2: of ten. Our percentage chance went down even more. You
Speaker 2: will have a couple more teams that fall out of it.
Speaker 2: You will occasionally have a big injury in those two
Speaker 2: weeks where its.
Speaker 3: Team gets desperate too yeah, and they're like, hey, I
Speaker 3: gotta make this move. I just lost my third basement.
Speaker 3: Just had the August thirty first one back, the waiver one.
Speaker 5: Yes, it was so asinine in my in my opinion
Speaker 5: with that.
Speaker 3: One too, but I just want more in August. August
Speaker 3: gets slow for no reason.
Speaker 2: Yeah, overall, and this is a show that loves talking trades,
Speaker 2: which we're gonna do with Ken Rosenthal coming up. But
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