1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:04,000 Speaker 1: Welcome about the territory. Ladies and gentlemen. We have a 2 00:00:04,080 --> 00:00:08,719 Speaker 1: very special guest, Tyler Millken this time. Tyler, you're not suspended. 3 00:00:08,800 --> 00:00:10,080 Speaker 1: How you doing, Welcome to the show. 4 00:00:10,640 --> 00:00:13,080 Speaker 2: I'm doing great. I feel like I can just breathe 5 00:00:13,080 --> 00:00:15,640 Speaker 2: a little bit. I can exhale. Over the last week, 6 00:00:15,680 --> 00:00:17,919 Speaker 2: I did drop a funky on the Twitter timeline, and 7 00:00:17,960 --> 00:00:20,080 Speaker 2: if you're into the section ten lore, you know that's 8 00:00:20,079 --> 00:00:22,480 Speaker 2: an immediate suspension. So Robbie, I didn't know if you 9 00:00:22,520 --> 00:00:24,400 Speaker 2: were going to come guns blazing. I don't know if 10 00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:26,279 Speaker 2: Jared had talked to you, but to know this is 11 00:00:26,320 --> 00:00:27,640 Speaker 2: a safe space, I'll take it. 12 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:32,800 Speaker 1: You know. It's honestly, I just like the the retro 13 00:00:33,800 --> 00:00:37,560 Speaker 1: feel of that music. That song, what is that even from? Again? 14 00:00:38,400 --> 00:00:41,040 Speaker 1: Where is that? I can't remember where it's from. The suspension, I. 15 00:00:40,960 --> 00:00:43,200 Speaker 2: Think it's like a stream. Yard just sounded. 16 00:00:43,320 --> 00:00:46,800 Speaker 1: It is a stream, That's what it is. Yes, anyway, 17 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:49,120 Speaker 1: I do just I dig the vibe of it. So 18 00:00:49,440 --> 00:00:51,960 Speaker 1: unfortunately I couldn't figure out how to put it back 19 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:54,520 Speaker 1: on here. So you got lots of West time. Brother, 20 00:00:54,640 --> 00:00:57,080 Speaker 1: you gotta take it. But listen, you're always gonna be 21 00:00:57,080 --> 00:00:59,560 Speaker 1: on high alert. I know you are, but when it 22 00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:02,840 Speaker 1: comes to be high alert, we got a season that 23 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:06,959 Speaker 1: starts here in about forty eight hours less than that. 24 00:01:07,640 --> 00:01:10,280 Speaker 1: How are you feeling, buddy, how are you? Are you excited? 25 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:13,479 Speaker 2: I'm very excited, and I'm one of the sickos. 26 00:01:13,520 --> 00:01:13,759 Speaker 1: Man. 27 00:01:13,959 --> 00:01:16,959 Speaker 2: If you follow my Twitter, you know I tweet every 28 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:19,360 Speaker 2: spring training game. I got the stats, I got a 29 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:22,240 Speaker 2: recap at the end. But much as I am a 30 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:26,119 Speaker 2: spring training enjoyer and I consider myself someone like most year, 31 00:01:26,200 --> 00:01:28,600 Speaker 2: spring training is my favorite part of the baseball calendar 32 00:01:28,760 --> 00:01:32,280 Speaker 2: because I love prospects, I love baseball with no pressure. 33 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:35,240 Speaker 2: Everyone's in a good mood. Nothing bad has happened. The 34 00:01:35,280 --> 00:01:37,520 Speaker 2: people who aren't really into baseball and they just want 35 00:01:37,520 --> 00:01:40,319 Speaker 2: to do narrative talk and be negative. They're not tuned 36 00:01:40,319 --> 00:01:42,800 Speaker 2: into the baseball world. So usually I'm right in my 37 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:45,560 Speaker 2: comfort zone. But with the WBC, while that was so 38 00:01:45,760 --> 00:01:48,480 Speaker 2: sick to watch, kind of killed Red Sox spring training 39 00:01:48,520 --> 00:01:49,600 Speaker 2: this year. So I'm ready to go. 40 00:01:50,200 --> 00:01:53,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, you came back eventually, right, you got 41 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:56,160 Speaker 1: that good like, you know, week and a half, two 42 00:01:56,240 --> 00:01:59,720 Speaker 1: weeks barely of just seeing the good old guys again. 43 00:01:59,800 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 2: Right. 44 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:03,040 Speaker 1: The WBC was amazing, though it was amazing, incredible. I 45 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:04,760 Speaker 1: wish I could have gone to it. I went back 46 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:08,120 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty three Venezuela, Puerto Rico. Still one of 47 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:11,280 Speaker 1: the most amazing experiences of my life. Tyler. The stadium 48 00:02:11,320 --> 00:02:13,720 Speaker 1: was literally shaking when I went, like I had never 49 00:02:13,760 --> 00:02:16,320 Speaker 1: felt that before, and I've been to a lot of games. Anyway, 50 00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:18,960 Speaker 1: WBC was awesome. Good to see the Red Sox players 51 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:21,720 Speaker 1: doing well. But when it comes to being excited, Tyler, 52 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:25,360 Speaker 1: we're all excited. I'm excited, You're excited. Everyone listening is excited. 53 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:27,600 Speaker 1: We're on a Cincinnati in a couple of days. But 54 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:30,400 Speaker 1: when it comes to being excited, when it comes to 55 00:02:30,440 --> 00:02:33,280 Speaker 1: the twenty twenty six Red Sox, what excites you the 56 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:34,040 Speaker 1: most right now? 57 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:36,799 Speaker 2: I think it has to be the rotation and that's 58 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:39,320 Speaker 2: how they were built. Over the offseason. We heard, you know, 59 00:02:39,360 --> 00:02:41,760 Speaker 2: they miss out on Alex Bregman. There's this meeting the 60 00:02:41,800 --> 00:02:45,160 Speaker 2: following Monday, and Robbie, you were at Fenway Fest. We've 61 00:02:45,160 --> 00:02:47,359 Speaker 2: talked about it on Section ten. A lot of people 62 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:49,880 Speaker 2: were very high on Alex Bregman coming back to the 63 00:02:49,919 --> 00:02:52,919 Speaker 2: Red Sox felt very strongly about it. And these were 64 00:02:52,919 --> 00:02:55,680 Speaker 2: people with the organization, people who were close like us, 65 00:02:55,760 --> 00:02:58,200 Speaker 2: that talked to a bunch of different people, but when 66 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:01,040 Speaker 2: they pivoted and went and signed Rangers, and you line 67 00:03:01,040 --> 00:03:03,920 Speaker 2: it up with the Sunny Gray trade, in the Johannoviedo trade. 68 00:03:03,919 --> 00:03:06,480 Speaker 2: And we were looking at this Red Sox pitching unit, 69 00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:09,440 Speaker 2: and Alex Korr talked about it just today looking at 70 00:03:09,480 --> 00:03:11,679 Speaker 2: the rotation, you know, when he looks at his time 71 00:03:11,720 --> 00:03:15,600 Speaker 2: in Boston twenty eighteen, twenty twenty one, even last year, 72 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:18,040 Speaker 2: those teams were defined in so many ways by their 73 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:20,880 Speaker 2: starting pitching. It was something that gave them that opportunity 74 00:03:20,919 --> 00:03:23,200 Speaker 2: to go out there and just stand in a way 75 00:03:23,240 --> 00:03:25,760 Speaker 2: that they couldn't in twenty twenty, twenty twenty two, twenty 76 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:29,320 Speaker 2: twenty three, twenty twenty four. And I think for this 77 00:03:29,360 --> 00:03:31,800 Speaker 2: Red Sox team to have a rotation that you can 78 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:33,600 Speaker 2: only compare it to twenty eighteen in terms of this 79 00:03:33,720 --> 00:03:36,560 Speaker 2: kind of star power. I have to lock in on 80 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:39,440 Speaker 2: it to see people putting out their rotation rankings for 81 00:03:39,480 --> 00:03:41,920 Speaker 2: the MLB, and the Red Sox are top five no 82 00:03:42,040 --> 00:03:44,880 Speaker 2: matter what it's, you know, Dodgers, Mariners, and I think 83 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:47,240 Speaker 2: you see from three to eight, you can see any 84 00:03:47,280 --> 00:03:50,200 Speaker 2: collection of you know, the Blue Jays, the Tigers, the Yankees, 85 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:53,120 Speaker 2: the Rangers. The best part about the Red Sox is 86 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:55,880 Speaker 2: somehow they've made it throughout camp and guess there's a 87 00:03:55,920 --> 00:03:58,560 Speaker 2: little stuff going on with Suarez and Bao in terms 88 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:00,880 Speaker 2: of those guys building up their work loads. But you 89 00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:03,720 Speaker 2: made it through spring training without a major injury, without 90 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:06,720 Speaker 2: anyone blowing in elbow out. You still have Cutter Crawford 91 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:10,280 Speaker 2: and Patrick Standerval building up and somehow going into opening 92 00:04:10,360 --> 00:04:13,200 Speaker 2: day in the first series of the season. My timeline 93 00:04:13,280 --> 00:04:15,640 Speaker 2: is full of Connolly early talk because of the work 94 00:04:15,640 --> 00:04:18,120 Speaker 2: you put in this offseason making the opening day roster. 95 00:04:18,560 --> 00:04:20,880 Speaker 2: People are mad Peyton Totley isn't on the opening day 96 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:23,800 Speaker 2: roster because of how good his curveball and change up 97 00:04:23,839 --> 00:04:26,480 Speaker 2: are looking. And the new three headed monster of hard 98 00:04:26,520 --> 00:04:29,000 Speaker 2: with his fastballs. I don't know how you don't look 99 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:31,080 Speaker 2: at the pitching is the most exciting thing, because that's 100 00:04:31,080 --> 00:04:31,760 Speaker 2: what they're built on. 101 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:34,880 Speaker 1: You know, I'm a glass half full kind of a guy, 102 00:04:34,880 --> 00:04:37,680 Speaker 1: and I'm looking at all the the arguments happening. You know, 103 00:04:37,880 --> 00:04:40,159 Speaker 1: totally should have been with the team. Oh we traded 104 00:04:40,200 --> 00:04:42,119 Speaker 1: for Oviedo. What are you doing? Why are you putting 105 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:43,840 Speaker 1: him in the bullpen to start off the year, and 106 00:04:44,880 --> 00:04:47,080 Speaker 1: I look at it as a positive because we haven't 107 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:50,960 Speaker 1: had this much depth. We haven't had these arguments going 108 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:53,880 Speaker 1: back to I think twenty eighteen. I can't remember this 109 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:56,599 Speaker 1: deep of starting pitching. It's a good thing that we're 110 00:04:56,600 --> 00:04:58,720 Speaker 1: having these arguments. It's a good thing we're having all 111 00:04:58,760 --> 00:05:01,159 Speaker 1: this bickering over who should be the last guy in 112 00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:04,040 Speaker 1: the rotation, who's going to be in long relief. I 113 00:05:04,080 --> 00:05:07,320 Speaker 1: think it's fantastic. Look at that twenty eighteen rotation. It 114 00:05:07,400 --> 00:05:09,840 Speaker 1: was great one through five, but I think you can 115 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:14,680 Speaker 1: argue even now you have I think a rotation that 116 00:05:14,760 --> 00:05:19,840 Speaker 1: could possibly match that. And then some is that bonkers 117 00:05:19,839 --> 00:05:20,760 Speaker 1: to you? 118 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:23,479 Speaker 2: No, it's not bonkers, And like even last year, and 119 00:05:23,520 --> 00:05:25,520 Speaker 2: I feel like this is something that got kind of 120 00:05:25,960 --> 00:05:28,600 Speaker 2: confused or maybe people misremember when they look back at 121 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:30,880 Speaker 2: twenty twenty five and you look at this moment where 122 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:33,640 Speaker 2: Rathiel Devers was traded and it's like the power of 123 00:05:33,640 --> 00:05:36,760 Speaker 2: friendship somehow carried the Red Sox to the finish line 124 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:37,240 Speaker 2: and did. 125 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:37,839 Speaker 1: All this stuff. 126 00:05:38,240 --> 00:05:40,920 Speaker 2: It was really their rotation clicking in after that first 127 00:05:40,920 --> 00:05:42,480 Speaker 2: week of June, and you can go all the way 128 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:44,480 Speaker 2: to June fifteenth. Through the end of the year, they 129 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:47,440 Speaker 2: were fourth in Rotation ERA fifteenth and FIP, fourth in 130 00:05:47,480 --> 00:05:50,560 Speaker 2: Bullpenny RA eighth and FIP. Before that, they were eighteenth 131 00:05:50,560 --> 00:05:53,800 Speaker 2: in Rotation RA twenty eight and thirty two. Heading into June, 132 00:05:53,839 --> 00:05:56,359 Speaker 2: they weren't pitching like the moment in my head that 133 00:05:56,440 --> 00:05:59,000 Speaker 2: I remember when the pitching flipped Walker Bueller getting his 134 00:05:59,080 --> 00:06:01,360 Speaker 2: teeth kicked in in New York. It was a Friday night. 135 00:06:01,640 --> 00:06:03,840 Speaker 2: It was a really rough start, and all of a 136 00:06:03,839 --> 00:06:06,720 Speaker 2: sudden people want to act like this didn't happen. We 137 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:09,320 Speaker 2: were talking about Andrew Bailey, is this whole thing working? 138 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:11,680 Speaker 2: And you get to the end of the year and 139 00:06:11,720 --> 00:06:13,839 Speaker 2: somehow you had a staff that carried you to the 140 00:06:13,880 --> 00:06:17,680 Speaker 2: finish line, guys who overperformed their metrics in Lucas Gilido 141 00:06:17,839 --> 00:06:20,960 Speaker 2: and Brian Bao in significant ways. You had Garret Crochet 142 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:23,600 Speaker 2: at the top being incredible, Top two for you know, 143 00:06:23,640 --> 00:06:26,400 Speaker 2: Cy Young voting in the AL. I think this rotation 144 00:06:26,480 --> 00:06:29,120 Speaker 2: we're looking at. If you put those five starters from 145 00:06:29,200 --> 00:06:31,159 Speaker 2: last year and you put them in this season and 146 00:06:31,200 --> 00:06:34,120 Speaker 2: said do it again, probably eight or nine out of 147 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:35,880 Speaker 2: ten times they can't put up that kind of year. 148 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:38,839 Speaker 2: This group right here can put up that kind of year, 149 00:06:39,640 --> 00:06:41,720 Speaker 2: call it six seven out of ten times. 150 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:45,080 Speaker 1: Yeah, very excited about it. And I mean, this is 151 00:06:45,080 --> 00:06:47,479 Speaker 1: why FIP matters, ladies and gentlemen. This is why the 152 00:06:47,480 --> 00:06:50,080 Speaker 1: metrics matter. Right, Brian Bao went on the great run 153 00:06:50,120 --> 00:06:51,920 Speaker 1: that he had last year and he gets to the 154 00:06:51,960 --> 00:06:54,080 Speaker 1: Yankee Stadium and they basically just kicked him out of 155 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:57,640 Speaker 1: the ballpark. Right, So the metrics matter. But the metrics 156 00:06:57,680 --> 00:07:01,080 Speaker 1: are really good with these guys in their rotation. I 157 00:07:01,200 --> 00:07:03,960 Speaker 1: gotta ask you this, right, Well, we're excited about the rotation, 158 00:07:04,200 --> 00:07:06,560 Speaker 1: is pitching for days. But what do you think is 159 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:10,400 Speaker 1: the most fascinating aspect of this team? You know, what 160 00:07:10,520 --> 00:07:14,720 Speaker 1: is something that maybe we're not fully looking at that 161 00:07:15,120 --> 00:07:18,040 Speaker 1: you think could end up being like a you know, 162 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:20,760 Speaker 1: quite an intriguing part of this team moving forward. 163 00:07:21,080 --> 00:07:23,480 Speaker 2: I think it's the ceiling of the offense. Cause, even 164 00:07:23,480 --> 00:07:26,760 Speaker 2: in the last month, going back to really let's call 165 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:29,720 Speaker 2: it post Alex Bregman, post Caleb Durbin trade, all that 166 00:07:29,720 --> 00:07:32,200 Speaker 2: stuff kind of playing out, it feels like people were 167 00:07:32,200 --> 00:07:34,240 Speaker 2: so low on the offense, and at that point you 168 00:07:34,280 --> 00:07:38,119 Speaker 2: had like the viral zips tweet going around where people 169 00:07:38,120 --> 00:07:40,240 Speaker 2: were like no one on this team's gonna hit twenty 170 00:07:40,240 --> 00:07:43,160 Speaker 2: home runs, which if you look into how zips works, like, yeah, 171 00:07:43,200 --> 00:07:45,520 Speaker 2: first off, if it's not the depth chart version of it, 172 00:07:45,560 --> 00:07:48,280 Speaker 2: you're not getting proper playing time. And in general, when 173 00:07:48,280 --> 00:07:50,680 Speaker 2: you're talking about no One hitting twenty homers. When I 174 00:07:50,680 --> 00:07:53,679 Speaker 2: watched Trevor Story at twenty five during the regular season 175 00:07:53,720 --> 00:07:55,920 Speaker 2: last year one in the playoffs, will you're a brain 176 00:07:55,920 --> 00:07:58,400 Speaker 2: you had twenty two in one hundred and fifteen games. 177 00:07:58,640 --> 00:08:00,720 Speaker 2: You start to sit there, Wilson, could you had what 178 00:08:00,760 --> 00:08:03,440 Speaker 2: twenty three to twenty four? You start to question, and 179 00:08:03,920 --> 00:08:06,680 Speaker 2: you know, see, like, what are these people are talking about? 180 00:08:06,680 --> 00:08:09,080 Speaker 2: What are they like kind of clinging to and over 181 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:11,840 Speaker 2: the last month with what happened in the WBC, Now 182 00:08:11,880 --> 00:08:13,960 Speaker 2: everyone's on the other side where they were like, oh, 183 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:16,280 Speaker 2: this is going to be a very mediocre offense. Probably 184 00:08:16,320 --> 00:08:18,520 Speaker 2: right around the middle of the league. I'm seeing more 185 00:08:18,520 --> 00:08:20,679 Speaker 2: and more tweets people thinking they're a top ten offense, 186 00:08:21,080 --> 00:08:23,240 Speaker 2: and I think if you look at what they were 187 00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:26,480 Speaker 2: post Devers last year, they were eighth and runs, eleventh 188 00:08:26,520 --> 00:08:29,120 Speaker 2: in ops, twenty third in homers, which is the major 189 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:32,760 Speaker 2: thing here, and fourteenth in WRC. Plus there was a 190 00:08:32,800 --> 00:08:35,600 Speaker 2: lot that went wrong. After that stretch, you had Roman 191 00:08:35,640 --> 00:08:37,679 Speaker 2: Anthony Mius a month, Willi or Bray, you had two 192 00:08:37,679 --> 00:08:40,920 Speaker 2: il stints. Bregman was awesome that first month back, and 193 00:08:40,920 --> 00:08:44,280 Speaker 2: then the last six weeks useless could not give you anything. 194 00:08:44,559 --> 00:08:46,480 Speaker 2: We had Nathaniel Low who I think had a one 195 00:08:46,559 --> 00:08:49,000 Speaker 2: twenty ops plus. He was there, but not a guy 196 00:08:49,080 --> 00:08:51,760 Speaker 2: you felt great about. And then Rome Gonzalez at the 197 00:08:51,840 --> 00:08:54,319 Speaker 2: end getting hurt and not being himself for really the 198 00:08:54,360 --> 00:08:56,800 Speaker 2: last couple series of the year and then the playoffs. 199 00:08:57,320 --> 00:08:59,839 Speaker 2: I think if you have this Red Sox lineup right 200 00:08:59,840 --> 00:09:02,040 Speaker 2: now and Roman Anthony can do what he was able 201 00:09:02,080 --> 00:09:04,840 Speaker 2: to do last year, which is so so much to 202 00:09:04,840 --> 00:09:07,880 Speaker 2: put on a twenty two year old. Yeah, I think 203 00:09:07,880 --> 00:09:10,240 Speaker 2: you can talk about this lineup and if Willier clicks 204 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:13,160 Speaker 2: and the mechanical changes we're seeing with Duran and him 205 00:09:13,240 --> 00:09:16,440 Speaker 2: hitting lefties, Matthew Boyd, Chris Sales see you fucking later, 206 00:09:16,520 --> 00:09:19,040 Speaker 2: We're taking you deep. I think that's the kind of 207 00:09:19,080 --> 00:09:21,400 Speaker 2: stuff where, all, right, maybe there's a ceiling to this 208 00:09:21,480 --> 00:09:23,880 Speaker 2: offense people weren't aware of back then and weren't willing 209 00:09:23,920 --> 00:09:26,120 Speaker 2: to admit. And if this offense hits with how the 210 00:09:26,200 --> 00:09:28,720 Speaker 2: rotation's built. How can you not be excited about a 211 00:09:28,720 --> 00:09:29,320 Speaker 2: team like that? 212 00:09:30,160 --> 00:09:33,079 Speaker 1: Yeah, and I just talked about this with Rob Bradford 213 00:09:33,160 --> 00:09:36,400 Speaker 1: in the last episode. A bold prediction that I have. 214 00:09:36,440 --> 00:09:38,520 Speaker 1: I think at least two guys on the Red Sox 215 00:09:38,600 --> 00:09:41,120 Speaker 1: hit thirty home runs. I think you get it from Willier. 216 00:09:41,440 --> 00:09:44,560 Speaker 1: I think that can happen wherever else it comes from. 217 00:09:44,600 --> 00:09:46,560 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna put it on Roman again twenty two 218 00:09:46,640 --> 00:09:49,160 Speaker 1: years old? Right, But you know, could that be story 219 00:09:49,200 --> 00:09:52,440 Speaker 1: after a finally a fully healthy season under his belt? 220 00:09:52,520 --> 00:09:55,559 Speaker 1: Could Jared Duran prove the doubters wrong yet again and 221 00:09:55,640 --> 00:09:57,480 Speaker 1: Kilim out of nowhere with a thirty home run kind 222 00:09:57,480 --> 00:09:59,720 Speaker 1: of a season? Hey, the bats look him really good. 223 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:02,320 Speaker 1: I'm just saying, you know, there's a few different guys 224 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:05,360 Speaker 1: where I wonder. Wilson Contreras at Femway. He's the one 225 00:10:05,440 --> 00:10:10,360 Speaker 1: the pole swing, right, the newly revamped pole swing that 226 00:10:10,400 --> 00:10:13,280 Speaker 1: he introduced last year. Right. I think you can get 227 00:10:13,280 --> 00:10:14,800 Speaker 1: at least a couple of guys, and I think they're 228 00:10:14,840 --> 00:10:17,040 Speaker 1: going to surprise some people. And something else that I 229 00:10:17,080 --> 00:10:21,920 Speaker 1: find fascinating about this team is actually Alex Kora himself. 230 00:10:21,960 --> 00:10:24,720 Speaker 1: We all know the wizard that he is being able 231 00:10:24,720 --> 00:10:27,080 Speaker 1: to juggle to playing time. We've been talking about the 232 00:10:27,080 --> 00:10:30,120 Speaker 1: outfield DH situation. We were looking for a trade left 233 00:10:30,160 --> 00:10:33,520 Speaker 1: and right, Masataki Yoshida, where's he going? Jared Duram, Where's 234 00:10:33,559 --> 00:10:37,199 Speaker 1: he going? But they're all here, and so I'm actually 235 00:10:37,320 --> 00:10:40,840 Speaker 1: very intrigued to see how Kora manages week to week. 236 00:10:41,160 --> 00:10:44,600 Speaker 1: I'm very intrigued about that. Are you at all worried 237 00:10:44,640 --> 00:10:47,079 Speaker 1: about that? Or do you think that's going to end 238 00:10:47,160 --> 00:10:48,680 Speaker 1: up working out very well? 239 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:51,840 Speaker 2: I will give Alex core credit. It feels like anytime 240 00:10:51,880 --> 00:10:54,600 Speaker 2: there's been like a roster situation that seemed impossible to 241 00:10:54,600 --> 00:10:57,000 Speaker 2: figure out, he's found a way to manage all the egos. 242 00:10:57,480 --> 00:11:00,360 Speaker 2: I do think for Masataki Yoshida, and I heard some 243 00:11:00,400 --> 00:11:02,280 Speaker 2: of his comments at the start of camp which were like, 244 00:11:02,640 --> 00:11:04,520 Speaker 2: things haven't gone the way I had hoped. I know 245 00:11:04,840 --> 00:11:07,439 Speaker 2: how the situation looks. All I can do is show 246 00:11:07,520 --> 00:11:09,760 Speaker 2: up and continue to do my thing every day. I 247 00:11:09,760 --> 00:11:11,640 Speaker 2: think Kora is gonna try to, you know, try his 248 00:11:11,720 --> 00:11:13,800 Speaker 2: best to implement him and get him in there a 249 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:16,200 Speaker 2: couple times a week. I don't think that's gonna satisfy 250 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:18,720 Speaker 2: the player and be great for that relation overall. I 251 00:11:18,800 --> 00:11:22,040 Speaker 2: trust Alex Core to manage it enough. It's just you 252 00:11:22,120 --> 00:11:23,760 Speaker 2: may get to a point, and it might be when 253 00:11:23,760 --> 00:11:26,520 Speaker 2: Tristan Cossas returns in the minors, if he's starting to 254 00:11:26,559 --> 00:11:28,959 Speaker 2: slug and bring some of that power they may be 255 00:11:29,120 --> 00:11:31,160 Speaker 2: lacking at that point, or some people think they might 256 00:11:31,160 --> 00:11:33,840 Speaker 2: be lacking. Maybe then you're willing to be more aggressive 257 00:11:33,840 --> 00:11:36,400 Speaker 2: on a DFA or eating money like that. I don't 258 00:11:36,440 --> 00:11:38,760 Speaker 2: think it's going to turn into a major problem, but 259 00:11:38,880 --> 00:11:42,640 Speaker 2: I do think ultimately, you know, Saddan Rafaela or Roman Anthony, 260 00:11:42,760 --> 00:11:46,360 Speaker 2: Jaron Durana, William Abreu, their talent jumps so far ahead 261 00:11:46,360 --> 00:11:48,640 Speaker 2: of Yoshida's in a lot of ways that it's gonna 262 00:11:48,640 --> 00:11:50,280 Speaker 2: be hard to pull those guys out of the lineup, 263 00:11:50,400 --> 00:11:52,960 Speaker 2: especially when they're swinging it well and things are going well. 264 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:55,400 Speaker 2: And to me, if I were looking for a way 265 00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:58,600 Speaker 2: to justify some of it, Saddan Raphaela, well, I love 266 00:11:58,640 --> 00:12:02,000 Speaker 2: watching him in center field. He's improved offensively more than 267 00:12:02,040 --> 00:12:04,040 Speaker 2: I ever thought he would. I thought with his chase 268 00:12:04,080 --> 00:12:06,280 Speaker 2: that there was going to be a much lower offensive 269 00:12:06,320 --> 00:12:09,200 Speaker 2: ceiling here, and he's someone who hit sixteen homers last year. 270 00:12:09,480 --> 00:12:11,559 Speaker 2: We've seen him show up to camp and he has 271 00:12:11,600 --> 00:12:14,120 Speaker 2: three in the Great Fruit League play. He had two 272 00:12:14,160 --> 00:12:16,880 Speaker 2: for Team Netherlands and the exhibition games. If he can 273 00:12:16,920 --> 00:12:19,400 Speaker 2: pull the ball in the air more regularly, it wouldn't 274 00:12:19,440 --> 00:12:21,480 Speaker 2: shock me if he becomes a twenty homer guy. I'm 275 00:12:21,520 --> 00:12:24,960 Speaker 2: not calling him PCA, but a PCA light version. That's 276 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:28,400 Speaker 2: still an incredible baseball player. If I were the Red Sox, 277 00:12:28,480 --> 00:12:30,320 Speaker 2: I'd maybe try to keep him off his feet a 278 00:12:30,320 --> 00:12:32,679 Speaker 2: little bit more this year so that by the end 279 00:12:32,800 --> 00:12:35,160 Speaker 2: his weight isn't declining and he is in his rundown 280 00:12:35,160 --> 00:12:38,120 Speaker 2: to the point where you know, he's a zero offensively essentially. 281 00:12:38,640 --> 00:12:41,640 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think one underrated aspect when it comes to 282 00:12:42,400 --> 00:12:45,840 Speaker 1: managing playing time is looking at both Seti and Jaron Durant. 283 00:12:45,840 --> 00:12:48,000 Speaker 1: They've each played over three hundred games over the last 284 00:12:48,040 --> 00:12:51,840 Speaker 1: couple of years. I do wonder if, you know, maybe 285 00:12:51,880 --> 00:12:54,320 Speaker 1: we could see you know, a little something something here 286 00:12:54,320 --> 00:12:56,520 Speaker 1: and there, and then you know, the playing time just 287 00:12:56,600 --> 00:12:58,800 Speaker 1: kind of works itself out. So I think that's going 288 00:12:58,840 --> 00:13:01,319 Speaker 1: to be a fascinating aspect. But yeah, I got to 289 00:13:01,400 --> 00:13:03,720 Speaker 1: ask you this so we can talk about all the positives. 290 00:13:03,880 --> 00:13:06,160 Speaker 1: We can be happy, go lucky. You know, we're on 291 00:13:06,240 --> 00:13:10,320 Speaker 1: to Cincinnati, But what is worrying you about this team 292 00:13:10,400 --> 00:13:12,079 Speaker 1: right now? You know, obviously there's been a lot of 293 00:13:12,160 --> 00:13:15,360 Speaker 1: negativity going back to after the twenty eighteen World Series, 294 00:13:15,440 --> 00:13:17,480 Speaker 1: lots of ups and downs. It's been a roller coaster. 295 00:13:18,200 --> 00:13:21,000 Speaker 1: But you know, we've got to focus on, you know, 296 00:13:21,040 --> 00:13:24,120 Speaker 1: maybe some possible downsides of the roster as well. Where 297 00:13:24,200 --> 00:13:26,160 Speaker 1: is your attention when it comes to that aspect. 298 00:13:27,120 --> 00:13:29,000 Speaker 2: I think if you asked me like ten days ago, 299 00:13:29,120 --> 00:13:31,360 Speaker 2: I would have talked about, you know, the lower relief 300 00:13:31,400 --> 00:13:33,680 Speaker 2: arms in the bullpen. I think Danny Cooham coming into 301 00:13:33,679 --> 00:13:36,720 Speaker 2: the mix, Tommy Canley at some point, factoring in obviously 302 00:13:36,720 --> 00:13:38,559 Speaker 2: going with the bulk guy in ovi Eto to start 303 00:13:38,559 --> 00:13:40,719 Speaker 2: the year. I think they've done a pretty good job 304 00:13:40,760 --> 00:13:43,160 Speaker 2: sharing up those lower relief arms, and I think Cutter 305 00:13:43,160 --> 00:13:45,600 Speaker 2: Crawford should get a real opportunity at that when he's right. 306 00:13:45,920 --> 00:13:48,200 Speaker 2: Alice Cora always talked about the first time he saw 307 00:13:48,240 --> 00:13:50,560 Speaker 2: Cutter he thought he was a reliever. If you remember 308 00:13:50,559 --> 00:13:53,080 Speaker 2: going into twenty twenty two, he was part of that bullpen. 309 00:13:53,800 --> 00:13:55,640 Speaker 2: You know, didn't get a ton of run there, but 310 00:13:55,720 --> 00:13:58,120 Speaker 2: I thought the stuff played up in a very intriguing way. 311 00:13:58,559 --> 00:14:01,200 Speaker 2: If you ask me today, I'm very curious about how 312 00:14:01,200 --> 00:14:03,320 Speaker 2: this team is going to perform against left handed pitching. 313 00:14:03,640 --> 00:14:06,240 Speaker 2: Last year, they were eleventh in WRC plus against left 314 00:14:06,240 --> 00:14:09,240 Speaker 2: handed pitching. The guys who had the four highest ops's 315 00:14:09,280 --> 00:14:13,200 Speaker 2: against left handed pitching on the team Rafael Devers, Alex Bregman, 316 00:14:13,400 --> 00:14:17,079 Speaker 2: Romy Gonzalez, and Rob rothschneyder Romei Gonzalez. I hope he's 317 00:14:17,120 --> 00:14:20,000 Speaker 2: going to be here by June. As we've seen with Romi, 318 00:14:20,360 --> 00:14:22,920 Speaker 2: coming back from injuries is not always the easiest thing 319 00:14:22,960 --> 00:14:24,840 Speaker 2: for him. He can be a little bit slow, it 320 00:14:24,880 --> 00:14:26,800 Speaker 2: takes him time to build up, and he was so 321 00:14:26,880 --> 00:14:29,600 Speaker 2: incredible against left handed pitching, one of the best bats 322 00:14:29,600 --> 00:14:32,040 Speaker 2: against them in the big leagues last year. I do 323 00:14:32,120 --> 00:14:34,040 Speaker 2: wonder how you're going to make up for that this year, 324 00:14:34,080 --> 00:14:36,040 Speaker 2: because we know willia or Bray is going to see 325 00:14:36,040 --> 00:14:38,200 Speaker 2: more lefties than he ever has. I think there's going 326 00:14:38,240 --> 00:14:40,040 Speaker 2: to be a real adjustment to a lot of that 327 00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:42,040 Speaker 2: and some ups and downs. I think they'll be good 328 00:14:42,080 --> 00:14:44,200 Speaker 2: and you'll maybe get into some of those power numbers 329 00:14:44,240 --> 00:14:46,280 Speaker 2: you're hoping for. But when he sees some of these 330 00:14:46,320 --> 00:14:48,480 Speaker 2: better left handed arms, he's going to have to figure 331 00:14:48,480 --> 00:14:51,200 Speaker 2: it out. Because there's not a platoon option. That makes 332 00:14:51,240 --> 00:14:52,840 Speaker 2: a ton of sense. There's no Nate eating on this 333 00:14:53,040 --> 00:14:56,520 Speaker 2: roster because of Masataka Yoshida being here, that could step 334 00:14:56,560 --> 00:14:59,240 Speaker 2: in and give him that breather. And to hear kora 335 00:14:59,360 --> 00:15:02,320 Speaker 2: who over the last two days, he's made some kind 336 00:15:02,360 --> 00:15:05,640 Speaker 2: of wild comments about the platoon or the platoon situation, 337 00:15:05,760 --> 00:15:08,760 Speaker 2: with Meyer saying that IKF is going to get a 338 00:15:08,800 --> 00:15:12,400 Speaker 2: majority of starts against left handed pitching the last two years. 339 00:15:12,440 --> 00:15:14,320 Speaker 2: This is a guy with the sub six hundred ops 340 00:15:14,320 --> 00:15:17,800 Speaker 2: against left handers Andrew Monasterio last year eight thirty seven, 341 00:15:18,040 --> 00:15:21,560 Speaker 2: one thirty six WRC plus. What are we doing here? 342 00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:24,320 Speaker 2: Like he's kind of built to be a poor man's Romian. 343 00:15:24,720 --> 00:15:27,080 Speaker 2: Now you're saying you're not really viewing that. Why else 344 00:15:27,080 --> 00:15:29,800 Speaker 2: would you play IKF there? I know the defense is good. 345 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:32,880 Speaker 2: Monasterio's no butcher. He was too DRS there last year. 346 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:35,720 Speaker 2: Zero out's above average, he can play the position, and 347 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:38,600 Speaker 2: early in camp Core was kind of drooling all over him. 348 00:15:38,720 --> 00:15:40,960 Speaker 2: It was all these quotes coming out about how surprised 349 00:15:40,960 --> 00:15:42,800 Speaker 2: they were about him as a ballplayer. 350 00:15:43,240 --> 00:15:44,120 Speaker 1: To move Ikf. 351 00:15:44,120 --> 00:15:46,800 Speaker 2: They're the only reasoning to me is, oh, he's a VET, 352 00:15:46,960 --> 00:15:48,960 Speaker 2: and I think that's just a stupid way to do it, 353 00:15:49,040 --> 00:15:50,960 Speaker 2: and I was someone who freaked out when he got 354 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:53,040 Speaker 2: six million. We didn't know the role MEI info at 355 00:15:53,040 --> 00:15:55,280 Speaker 2: that time, so I can comprehend it because I thought 356 00:15:55,360 --> 00:15:58,800 Speaker 2: him in Monasteria were we're rather redundant because Monasterio can 357 00:15:58,840 --> 00:16:01,480 Speaker 2: play shortstop too. But in this scenario, I don't know 358 00:16:01,520 --> 00:16:04,200 Speaker 2: how you view Ikf as a good platoon partner over 359 00:16:04,240 --> 00:16:04,920 Speaker 2: my scenario. 360 00:16:05,120 --> 00:16:07,840 Speaker 1: My guess there, I almost kind of wonder a little 361 00:16:07,880 --> 00:16:10,960 Speaker 1: bit of I don't know, I'm just gonna throw it 362 00:16:10,960 --> 00:16:13,200 Speaker 1: out there. I wonder if maybe Korus sees a bit 363 00:16:13,200 --> 00:16:17,040 Speaker 1: of himself in kinder Filefa. Right, very good defensive player 364 00:16:17,080 --> 00:16:19,880 Speaker 1: can play multiple positions. I mean, you know, very strong 365 00:16:19,880 --> 00:16:21,320 Speaker 1: with the bat, but he's going to give you a 366 00:16:21,400 --> 00:16:25,360 Speaker 1: very reliable glove wherever he plays. I think the defense, 367 00:16:25,800 --> 00:16:28,760 Speaker 1: because that is that does need to be emphasized for 368 00:16:28,880 --> 00:16:31,560 Speaker 1: this year. The infield defense needs to be improved. So 369 00:16:32,320 --> 00:16:35,360 Speaker 1: that's where I wonder if maybe he feels more comfortable 370 00:16:35,440 --> 00:16:37,360 Speaker 1: putting him into the lineup maybe, or at least he 371 00:16:37,400 --> 00:16:40,440 Speaker 1: feels more comfortable saying that right now because he knows 372 00:16:40,480 --> 00:16:42,960 Speaker 1: he can count on the glove. That's kind of my 373 00:16:43,120 --> 00:16:46,680 Speaker 1: guess behind that, but you know, for Angel Monasterio, he's 374 00:16:46,720 --> 00:16:49,520 Speaker 1: shown a good glove too. I think that, you know, 375 00:16:50,560 --> 00:16:54,400 Speaker 1: it's easy to kind of really make strong judgments at 376 00:16:54,440 --> 00:16:56,760 Speaker 1: this point, but it's such a long season, you know. 377 00:16:57,360 --> 00:16:59,440 Speaker 1: I think in the end they'll figure something out. And 378 00:16:59,520 --> 00:17:01,520 Speaker 1: I got to tell you right now when you mentioned 379 00:17:01,520 --> 00:17:05,280 Speaker 1: the bullpen, that is where I feel a little iffy 380 00:17:05,480 --> 00:17:08,560 Speaker 1: right now. It was so good last year, but it's 381 00:17:08,560 --> 00:17:12,399 Speaker 1: gonna be very difficult to replicate that. Chapman and you know, 382 00:17:12,480 --> 00:17:15,480 Speaker 1: Whitlock were obviously amazing last year, arguably the best one 383 00:17:15,600 --> 00:17:17,560 Speaker 1: two punch at the back end of the bullpen you had. 384 00:17:18,400 --> 00:17:20,280 Speaker 1: I don't know, can we expect them to do that again? 385 00:17:20,840 --> 00:17:22,439 Speaker 1: You're gonna need some guys to step up. But that's 386 00:17:22,440 --> 00:17:24,919 Speaker 1: why I'm glad you mentioned Carter Crawford because it's like, 387 00:17:24,920 --> 00:17:27,600 Speaker 1: what is the path with him? You know, where does 388 00:17:27,640 --> 00:17:30,359 Speaker 1: he fit in? Even someone like Patrick Sandoval could that 389 00:17:30,720 --> 00:17:32,840 Speaker 1: you know, be an option. Will have to just wait 390 00:17:32,880 --> 00:17:36,560 Speaker 1: and see. But I gotta ask you this before we 391 00:17:36,600 --> 00:17:39,800 Speaker 1: get to our last segment of the show. I asked 392 00:17:39,800 --> 00:17:42,800 Speaker 1: you this last year, and we were both pretty solid 393 00:17:42,840 --> 00:17:44,600 Speaker 1: with our answers. I would say, I'm not trying to 394 00:17:44,600 --> 00:17:47,400 Speaker 1: toot my horn, But I did get my pick right. 395 00:17:48,440 --> 00:17:51,040 Speaker 1: Who is a guy that you think could come out 396 00:17:51,080 --> 00:17:53,439 Speaker 1: of nowhere this coming year? I believe last year you 397 00:17:53,440 --> 00:17:56,159 Speaker 1: said Nick Sogard, you said Romey Gonzalez, Like those kind 398 00:17:56,200 --> 00:17:58,840 Speaker 1: of guys, I said carlosner Weiz. I felt good about it, 399 00:17:58,880 --> 00:18:01,600 Speaker 1: and it worked out. It worked out because I'm thinking, like, 400 00:18:01,680 --> 00:18:03,440 Speaker 1: remember what I said last year. I'm like, does anyone 401 00:18:03,480 --> 00:18:06,640 Speaker 1: even realize he's on the team? Is now everyone knows 402 00:18:06,680 --> 00:18:09,760 Speaker 1: Carlos senner weis, But who do you got for this year? 403 00:18:09,800 --> 00:18:12,800 Speaker 1: Who's your guy that you think no one's thinking about 404 00:18:12,800 --> 00:18:15,120 Speaker 1: really right now but ends up being an integral part. 405 00:18:15,920 --> 00:18:19,400 Speaker 2: Oh that's a good one. Kind of going through major 406 00:18:19,480 --> 00:18:21,679 Speaker 2: league options. This might be a little bit of an 407 00:18:21,800 --> 00:18:23,760 Speaker 2: unfair one and maybe a little bit too big of 408 00:18:23,800 --> 00:18:26,320 Speaker 2: a name, but justin Slayton, cause I think we talked 409 00:18:26,359 --> 00:18:29,639 Speaker 2: about where Justine Slayton was a year ago. I was 410 00:18:29,640 --> 00:18:31,080 Speaker 2: one of those people, and there were a lot of 411 00:18:31,080 --> 00:18:32,879 Speaker 2: people that felt like he deserved a shot at the 412 00:18:32,920 --> 00:18:36,160 Speaker 2: closer role, that he was right there with Whitlock, maybe 413 00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:38,879 Speaker 2: even above Whitlock in terms of the hierarchy of the 414 00:18:38,880 --> 00:18:41,640 Speaker 2: Red Sox bullpen because when he came in twenty twenty four. 415 00:18:41,720 --> 00:18:45,120 Speaker 2: I nicknamed him Baby Chris Martin because he went out there. 416 00:18:45,160 --> 00:18:48,600 Speaker 2: He would pound the zone misbath. It was super efficient. 417 00:18:48,920 --> 00:18:51,240 Speaker 2: It just looked like he never wasted a pitch out there, 418 00:18:51,280 --> 00:18:53,679 Speaker 2: and the velo was up to the higher nineties. And 419 00:18:53,880 --> 00:18:55,920 Speaker 2: this was a guy coming from Triple A or Rule 420 00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:59,199 Speaker 2: five pick and it just he looks so ready for 421 00:18:59,240 --> 00:19:01,159 Speaker 2: the moment. He looked like this future closer and we 422 00:19:01,160 --> 00:19:03,760 Speaker 2: were seeing the psycho part of him start to come out. 423 00:19:03,800 --> 00:19:06,199 Speaker 2: He's screaming at himself on the mound. And you go 424 00:19:06,280 --> 00:19:08,760 Speaker 2: back to April. I think he had four saves last 425 00:19:08,840 --> 00:19:11,639 Speaker 2: year before May first, so like that's where he was 426 00:19:11,720 --> 00:19:14,600 Speaker 2: on the hierarchy in terms of getting opportunities. And the 427 00:19:15,119 --> 00:19:18,600 Speaker 2: weird thing that happened over May and into June, the 428 00:19:18,720 --> 00:19:22,000 Speaker 2: kper nine started to drop dramatically. He started having this 429 00:19:22,119 --> 00:19:24,119 Speaker 2: bone issue that was pressing on a nerve and it 430 00:19:24,200 --> 00:19:27,040 Speaker 2: cost him the entire summer. Didn't come back until August, 431 00:19:27,119 --> 00:19:29,960 Speaker 2: and he still wasn't right. I think for this Red 432 00:19:30,040 --> 00:19:34,320 Speaker 2: Sox Bullpen, Chapman, Whitlock, those guys the ninth and eighth inning, 433 00:19:34,320 --> 00:19:36,280 Speaker 2: they're going to hold it up. I think Slayton's going 434 00:19:36,320 --> 00:19:37,919 Speaker 2: to need to be that anchor in the seventh and 435 00:19:37,960 --> 00:19:40,640 Speaker 2: maybe even before that kind of that fireman you can 436 00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:43,400 Speaker 2: throw out there, because Garrettitlock shouldn't be a multi inning 437 00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:45,880 Speaker 2: option at this point in time. When everything clicked last 438 00:19:45,960 --> 00:19:47,879 Speaker 2: year is when he became a one inning guy. I 439 00:19:47,880 --> 00:19:50,000 Speaker 2: think Slayton still has the potential to go more than 440 00:19:50,040 --> 00:19:52,920 Speaker 2: three outs. I think he has the stuff that rivals 441 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:55,760 Speaker 2: only those two guys in the bullpen besides him. It's 442 00:19:55,840 --> 00:19:58,440 Speaker 2: just about staying healthy and missing that's regularly, and so 443 00:19:58,480 --> 00:20:00,960 Speaker 2: far in camp he's shown the ability to There's a 444 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:03,240 Speaker 2: new splitter he's also added to the mix, and we'll 445 00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:05,560 Speaker 2: see how that plays over one sixty two. But I 446 00:20:05,560 --> 00:20:07,840 Speaker 2: think he's the kind of arm if an injury happens 447 00:20:07,840 --> 00:20:10,280 Speaker 2: to wit Locker Chapman, he's the first guy that's gonna 448 00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:11,119 Speaker 2: be asked to step up. 449 00:20:11,400 --> 00:20:14,560 Speaker 1: I recently did one bounce back player for every team, 450 00:20:14,600 --> 00:20:17,840 Speaker 1: and Justin Slayton was my pick. Still showed good metrics 451 00:20:17,920 --> 00:20:20,679 Speaker 1: last year. When when you're up and down like he was, 452 00:20:20,880 --> 00:20:22,879 Speaker 1: it's gonna be hard to find that rhythm. But I 453 00:20:22,960 --> 00:20:24,800 Speaker 1: got a guy for you. I got a guy I 454 00:20:24,840 --> 00:20:27,560 Speaker 1: don't think anyone's even talking about this guy. My pick 455 00:20:27,960 --> 00:20:30,199 Speaker 1: Jovanni Moran. I think he's gonna end up being a 456 00:20:30,200 --> 00:20:33,120 Speaker 1: big lefty out of this bullpen. The metrics are really 457 00:20:33,119 --> 00:20:35,960 Speaker 1: good last year down to the minor leagues. I'm waiting 458 00:20:35,960 --> 00:20:39,160 Speaker 1: for a Jovanni Moran breakout this coming year. I think 459 00:20:39,200 --> 00:20:42,480 Speaker 1: he could be that Justin Wilson type from last year. 460 00:20:42,600 --> 00:20:44,159 Speaker 1: We'll see how it goes. We'll look back on this 461 00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:44,520 Speaker 1: in the year. 462 00:20:45,160 --> 00:20:48,000 Speaker 2: Yes, I do think with the Moran thing, one of 463 00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:50,640 Speaker 2: the weird notes on his Triple A season was how 464 00:20:50,680 --> 00:20:53,280 Speaker 2: hard right he's hit him like, I was almost kind 465 00:20:53,320 --> 00:20:56,359 Speaker 2: of shocked to ninety nine just tore him up, and 466 00:20:56,400 --> 00:20:58,080 Speaker 2: it was like, all right, this is a little weird 467 00:20:58,160 --> 00:21:00,919 Speaker 2: aspect to everything he was doing. And I don't know, 468 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:02,520 Speaker 2: it's just something to kind of keep an eye on. 469 00:21:02,520 --> 00:21:05,480 Speaker 2: With Jovanni Moran and now yet Danny Coolam, who had 470 00:21:05,480 --> 00:21:08,160 Speaker 2: this entire X ray situation going on and all that. 471 00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:10,600 Speaker 2: I'm just very curious to see what that looks like 472 00:21:10,680 --> 00:21:12,560 Speaker 2: and whether it was more of a small sample thing 473 00:21:12,640 --> 00:21:14,840 Speaker 2: than a yeah, you know, an overlie, you know, a 474 00:21:14,920 --> 00:21:16,760 Speaker 2: major issue you kind of have to worry about. 475 00:21:16,960 --> 00:21:19,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm more so focused on the stuff. It was 476 00:21:19,760 --> 00:21:22,040 Speaker 1: very good last year. We'll see if it works. I 477 00:21:22,080 --> 00:21:24,600 Speaker 1: also got my eyes on Angrew Monasterio again, that right 478 00:21:24,760 --> 00:21:26,440 Speaker 1: that go up against the lefties. 479 00:21:26,440 --> 00:21:28,800 Speaker 2: I'm gonna interrupt you. I'm gonna just say it, just 480 00:21:28,840 --> 00:21:31,000 Speaker 2: thinking in my head. I know that Jovanni Moran comment 481 00:21:31,040 --> 00:21:33,000 Speaker 2: it was lefties, not righty's. He had a two ninety 482 00:21:33,080 --> 00:21:36,280 Speaker 2: nine against So Danny Coolam step in, who can handle 483 00:21:36,320 --> 00:21:38,920 Speaker 2: lefties and righty's. That was the weird part about Jovanni 484 00:21:38,920 --> 00:21:40,720 Speaker 2: Moran last year was the left on left that gave 485 00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:43,160 Speaker 2: him trouble, which you wouldn't expect with your typical left 486 00:21:43,160 --> 00:21:43,680 Speaker 2: handed relief. 487 00:21:43,800 --> 00:21:47,480 Speaker 1: Hopefully that gets a bit improved. I'm gonna trust that 488 00:21:47,560 --> 00:21:50,159 Speaker 1: stuff comes into play. That just the weird stuff that 489 00:21:50,200 --> 00:21:52,440 Speaker 1: he's got. We'll see if that isn't work. Ap Aser 490 00:21:52,560 --> 00:21:55,399 Speaker 1: Monasterio is my pick. 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I was 515 00:22:57,720 --> 00:23:00,320 Speaker 1: gonna play like the game show kind of muse, but 516 00:23:00,520 --> 00:23:03,399 Speaker 1: I couldn't find any. So but let's get to the 517 00:23:03,440 --> 00:23:07,280 Speaker 1: newest segment where I'm gonna call it Section tenisms. Obviously 518 00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:10,480 Speaker 1: because you're on Section ten, We're gonna do a bit 519 00:23:10,520 --> 00:23:14,199 Speaker 1: of uh I forget the name whenever you say a 520 00:23:14,240 --> 00:23:19,640 Speaker 1: word and you what are you thinking? We showed this word? Yes, yes, 521 00:23:19,760 --> 00:23:22,560 Speaker 1: So I'm gonna say a name of each member of 522 00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:24,800 Speaker 1: Section ten and I just want you to real quick, 523 00:23:25,440 --> 00:23:28,280 Speaker 1: tell me the player that makes you think of this 524 00:23:28,440 --> 00:23:32,760 Speaker 1: member of Section ten. Steve, good old Steve. I look 525 00:23:32,800 --> 00:23:35,640 Speaker 1: at Steve as like the glue guy of Section ten's. 526 00:23:35,880 --> 00:23:38,560 Speaker 1: He keeps everything together, He's got pretty down the middle, 527 00:23:38,600 --> 00:23:41,159 Speaker 1: takes for everything. He kind of jumps in at the 528 00:23:41,240 --> 00:23:44,040 Speaker 1: right time. Just the glue guy. Who's the glue guy 529 00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:45,200 Speaker 1: for the Red Sox this year? 530 00:23:45,240 --> 00:23:48,200 Speaker 2: Tyler, I think it's Trevor's story. I think it's that guy. 531 00:23:48,280 --> 00:23:50,320 Speaker 2: You go out there and expect him to be the 532 00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:53,040 Speaker 2: leader in the clubhouse, never you know, make waves too 533 00:23:53,080 --> 00:23:55,199 Speaker 2: bad on one side or the other, just shows up 534 00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:58,000 Speaker 2: and goes to work. And how consistent he was from 535 00:23:58,200 --> 00:24:00,600 Speaker 2: June through the end of last year one twenty four 536 00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:03,479 Speaker 2: WRC plus in June one thirty three, in July one 537 00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:06,720 Speaker 2: twenty two, in August one seventeen, in September, he was 538 00:24:06,760 --> 00:24:09,160 Speaker 2: the most consistent that you had over those last four 539 00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:12,040 Speaker 2: months as Roman Anthony adjusted it first and figured it out. 540 00:24:12,280 --> 00:24:14,200 Speaker 2: So I would give that to Steve, just someone who 541 00:24:14,280 --> 00:24:17,080 Speaker 2: kinda is gonna keep the clubhouse together. Everyone's gonna kind 542 00:24:17,080 --> 00:24:19,600 Speaker 2: of bond with and enjoy and kind of the unk 543 00:24:19,600 --> 00:24:20,800 Speaker 2: of the group, but in a good way. 544 00:24:21,640 --> 00:24:25,920 Speaker 1: He's also my pick. Absolutely. I think he becomes the 545 00:24:25,920 --> 00:24:28,800 Speaker 1: the Alex Bregman. We're all thinking, Bregman, you know, this 546 00:24:28,880 --> 00:24:30,520 Speaker 1: is the guy you keep around for the long haul. 547 00:24:30,560 --> 00:24:33,200 Speaker 1: I think Story steps into that role now. I think 548 00:24:33,240 --> 00:24:35,520 Speaker 1: you'd also say Carlos narvas in there just brings a 549 00:24:35,520 --> 00:24:40,119 Speaker 1: good calming energy to everything. But what about Mick. I 550 00:24:40,200 --> 00:24:42,639 Speaker 1: look at Mick as the guy who comes up with 551 00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:45,399 Speaker 1: just a great take here and there. Right he just 552 00:24:45,520 --> 00:24:47,440 Speaker 1: all of a sudden he says something. You're like, Man, 553 00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:50,000 Speaker 1: I didn't think of it that way. It really comes 554 00:24:50,080 --> 00:24:52,520 Speaker 1: up with something big. How are you looking at the 555 00:24:52,520 --> 00:24:54,400 Speaker 1: Red Sox right now? When it comes to that kind 556 00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:56,520 Speaker 1: of a player, Who's the guy that comes up big 557 00:24:56,760 --> 00:24:57,920 Speaker 1: for the Red Sox this year? 558 00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:02,399 Speaker 2: I'm gonna go Sadanra and Coley has always been a 559 00:25:02,520 --> 00:25:05,600 Speaker 2: super Saddan Rafaela fan. But if you're talking about showing 560 00:25:05,640 --> 00:25:07,800 Speaker 2: up in the biggest moments when the lights are the brightest, 561 00:25:07,800 --> 00:25:10,600 Speaker 2: when you need someone. I picked Saddan Rafaela because he 562 00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:13,280 Speaker 2: was twenty fifth and clutch last season among qualified position 563 00:25:13,359 --> 00:25:16,800 Speaker 2: players high leverage spots two seventy nine, three twenty one, 564 00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:20,680 Speaker 2: four eighty one, eight oh two ops Saddan Rafaela in 565 00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:23,520 Speaker 2: the biggest moments. Talk about that guy coming alive in 566 00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:27,200 Speaker 2: the ninth inning last year three thirteen, three thirty three, 567 00:25:27,359 --> 00:25:30,840 Speaker 2: five sixty three, eight ninety six. It's almost hilarious when 568 00:25:30,840 --> 00:25:33,160 Speaker 2: you think back to some of those numbers and even 569 00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:36,119 Speaker 2: the moments, whether it's Pete Fairbanks getting taken to the 570 00:25:36,119 --> 00:25:39,680 Speaker 2: moon or if it's Tommy Canley in the walk off 571 00:25:39,720 --> 00:25:42,520 Speaker 2: at the very end of the season. Rafaela was always 572 00:25:42,520 --> 00:25:44,960 Speaker 2: there in those big moments when the lights were the brightest. 573 00:25:44,960 --> 00:25:47,040 Speaker 1: And to me, that's Coley. Coley. 574 00:25:47,119 --> 00:25:49,639 Speaker 2: You ask him to just deliver, to come through, and 575 00:25:49,720 --> 00:25:52,040 Speaker 2: like you trust him. He has that like dad energy 576 00:25:52,040 --> 00:25:53,280 Speaker 2: where everything's gonna be okay. 577 00:25:53,880 --> 00:25:56,080 Speaker 1: Yeah, I definitely think SETI, you gotta go with him. 578 00:25:56,080 --> 00:25:57,959 Speaker 1: He had so many clutch moments. But I'm looking at 579 00:25:57,960 --> 00:26:02,280 Speaker 1: for Caleb Durban, the guy that no one was, you know, 580 00:26:02,320 --> 00:26:04,480 Speaker 1: no one even had him on the list for as 581 00:26:04,520 --> 00:26:08,440 Speaker 1: a possible option at third base Sadan Raphaela. He ranked 582 00:26:08,440 --> 00:26:11,240 Speaker 1: tenth in clutch last year, Durbham rank twenty ninth, and 583 00:26:11,280 --> 00:26:12,639 Speaker 1: he was the only guy that was hitting for the 584 00:26:12,640 --> 00:26:15,280 Speaker 1: Brewers against the Dodgers in the postseason last year. I 585 00:26:15,320 --> 00:26:17,159 Speaker 1: think Caleb Durban's gonna come up in a lot of 586 00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:18,720 Speaker 1: big spots and I think he's going to be a 587 00:26:18,720 --> 00:26:22,080 Speaker 1: fan favorite. But Tyler moving on to the next guy, 588 00:26:22,160 --> 00:26:25,439 Speaker 1: and that's you. That is you. When it comes to 589 00:26:26,280 --> 00:26:30,320 Speaker 1: section ten, we got all the metrics right, all the 590 00:26:30,359 --> 00:26:33,480 Speaker 1: analytics coming from you. You're giving everyone the deep dive 591 00:26:34,040 --> 00:26:37,520 Speaker 1: when it comes to that area, Which player do you 592 00:26:37,600 --> 00:26:41,959 Speaker 1: think shows those great metrics, those great deep numbers that 593 00:26:42,880 --> 00:26:44,919 Speaker 1: are more valuable than you would think that end up 594 00:26:44,960 --> 00:26:46,359 Speaker 1: helping the Red Sox win games. 595 00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:49,479 Speaker 2: So the reason I went with Marcelo Meyer here is 596 00:26:49,520 --> 00:26:51,520 Speaker 2: I think it's going to be a defensive metric kind 597 00:26:51,520 --> 00:26:53,639 Speaker 2: of thing where you're watching eye tests, You're going to 598 00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:56,760 Speaker 2: see those plays. But we know traditional kind of defensive 599 00:26:56,760 --> 00:26:59,399 Speaker 2: stats don't tell the whole story. And while modern day 600 00:26:59,440 --> 00:27:02,040 Speaker 2: analytics are flawed in their own ways, I think Marcello 601 00:27:02,119 --> 00:27:05,679 Speaker 2: Meyer's built to kind of just dominate outs above average 602 00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:08,320 Speaker 2: at second base and be this potential Gold Glove finalist. 603 00:27:08,520 --> 00:27:10,080 Speaker 2: So I think he's gonna go out there and we're 604 00:27:10,080 --> 00:27:12,480 Speaker 2: going to enjoy watching him turn all these double plays 605 00:27:12,480 --> 00:27:16,040 Speaker 2: because I do think breaking balls off speed stuff and 606 00:27:16,119 --> 00:27:19,280 Speaker 2: whatever opportunities he gets against lefties who he hasn't really 607 00:27:19,359 --> 00:27:21,399 Speaker 2: hit since the lower miners, there's going to be some 608 00:27:21,480 --> 00:27:24,120 Speaker 2: bumps and bruises there. But I think Marcelo Meyer, whether 609 00:27:24,119 --> 00:27:26,840 Speaker 2: it's defensive run saved or out's above average, he's about 610 00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:30,080 Speaker 2: to put up some very, very sexy numbers and it'll 611 00:27:30,080 --> 00:27:32,040 Speaker 2: probably be one of the reasons we're talking about him 612 00:27:32,080 --> 00:27:34,200 Speaker 2: being their starting shortstop in twenty twenty seven. 613 00:27:34,560 --> 00:27:37,240 Speaker 1: They made the right pick, right, you're looking for the 614 00:27:37,240 --> 00:27:39,000 Speaker 1: guy with the most upside, who's going to give you 615 00:27:39,040 --> 00:27:41,680 Speaker 1: the best defense in the infield, It is Marcelo Meyer. 616 00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:45,000 Speaker 1: My pick is Sonny Gray. Right. Everyone when we acquired 617 00:27:45,040 --> 00:27:47,400 Speaker 1: Sonny Gray, everyone's wondering, Oh, is he the number two 618 00:27:47,560 --> 00:27:49,679 Speaker 1: or what's going on? If you look at the metrics 619 00:27:49,720 --> 00:27:52,080 Speaker 1: with him, he has ranked near the top in Major 620 00:27:52,160 --> 00:27:55,160 Speaker 1: League Baseball over the last few years. I believe top 621 00:27:55,200 --> 00:27:57,920 Speaker 1: ten in f War over the last few seasons or so, 622 00:27:58,200 --> 00:28:00,000 Speaker 1: and last year he was in the ninety third percent 623 00:28:00,240 --> 00:28:02,359 Speaker 1: when it came to his walk percentage, right near the 624 00:28:02,359 --> 00:28:05,080 Speaker 1: top twenty percent in strikeout percentage, gets the whiffs, gets 625 00:28:05,119 --> 00:28:06,840 Speaker 1: guys to chase. I think that's a guy that's going 626 00:28:06,920 --> 00:28:08,560 Speaker 1: to keep you in a lot more ball games than 627 00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:12,280 Speaker 1: you would think. Very excited about Sonny Gray. Looked amazing 628 00:28:12,600 --> 00:28:15,000 Speaker 1: in his last start of the spring. Very excited to 629 00:28:15,040 --> 00:28:18,640 Speaker 1: see him. And the last guy on Section ten. It's 630 00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:21,439 Speaker 1: Jared Carabas, the guy that is leading the way for 631 00:28:21,560 --> 00:28:25,119 Speaker 1: Section ten, puts the team on his back. Who's that 632 00:28:25,160 --> 00:28:27,159 Speaker 1: guy for the Red Sox this year? Who's the MVP 633 00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:28,520 Speaker 1: of the Red Sox this year? 634 00:28:28,720 --> 00:28:30,960 Speaker 2: I feel like everyone wants to say Roman Anthony, and 635 00:28:31,040 --> 00:28:32,360 Speaker 2: I did say Roman Anthony. 636 00:28:32,520 --> 00:28:33,960 Speaker 1: I wanted to say Garrett Crochet. 637 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:36,480 Speaker 2: But I do think there's something to the you know, 638 00:28:36,520 --> 00:28:38,600 Speaker 2: the current state of the rotation, the way it's bill 639 00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:40,600 Speaker 2: it can survive. I think if he were to miss 640 00:28:40,640 --> 00:28:42,920 Speaker 2: a month or two, you know, longer than that, then 641 00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:45,200 Speaker 2: you're gonna have some real problems, especially with the Tony 642 00:28:45,320 --> 00:28:48,200 Speaker 2: set in October last year. But the guy who's out 643 00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:50,120 Speaker 2: there every day setting the tone at the top of 644 00:28:50,120 --> 00:28:52,320 Speaker 2: the order in Roman Anthony, who you know. We can 645 00:28:52,360 --> 00:28:54,080 Speaker 2: talk about how great last year was a one to 646 00:28:54,160 --> 00:28:57,480 Speaker 2: forty WRC plus in seventy three games, but the underneath 647 00:28:57,480 --> 00:28:59,520 Speaker 2: the hood stuff, whether you're talking about him having the 648 00:28:59,520 --> 00:29:02,200 Speaker 2: best hard hit percentage in all of baseball, if he 649 00:29:02,280 --> 00:29:05,960 Speaker 2: ended up qualifying daying back to nineteen forty five, or 650 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:08,640 Speaker 2: one of fifteen players to post a three ninety six 651 00:29:08,720 --> 00:29:11,440 Speaker 2: OBP or better, you know, going back to his age 652 00:29:11,480 --> 00:29:14,040 Speaker 2: twenty one season or younger, the only other Red Sox 653 00:29:14,040 --> 00:29:16,840 Speaker 2: to do it, it's Ted Williams, Like, that's the quality 654 00:29:16,880 --> 00:29:19,200 Speaker 2: of player we're talking here. That's what he did. And 655 00:29:19,480 --> 00:29:21,480 Speaker 2: even if you want to make the Wan sotocomps right, 656 00:29:22,240 --> 00:29:24,719 Speaker 2: looking at twenty twenty five alone, him and Soda were 657 00:29:24,720 --> 00:29:26,480 Speaker 2: the only two hitters in baseball that ranked in the 658 00:29:26,520 --> 00:29:29,600 Speaker 2: ninety fourth percent tyler better in terms of hard hit percentage, 659 00:29:29,680 --> 00:29:33,479 Speaker 2: chase percentage, walk percentage, and AVERD exitfilo, Like, those are 660 00:29:33,480 --> 00:29:35,880 Speaker 2: the traits we're talking about here. You're putting him at 661 00:29:35,920 --> 00:29:37,480 Speaker 2: the top of the order, which is where the best 662 00:29:37,520 --> 00:29:39,800 Speaker 2: hitter in baseball goes today, so you can get as 663 00:29:39,800 --> 00:29:43,520 Speaker 2: many played appearances as possible. We're talking that lefty issue earlier. 664 00:29:43,560 --> 00:29:45,360 Speaker 2: It's a guy who hit lefties better than he hit 665 00:29:45,440 --> 00:29:47,640 Speaker 2: righty's in the miners. That's how much of a weird 666 00:29:47,760 --> 00:29:51,120 Speaker 2: freak he is. And I think for Roman Anthony, how 667 00:29:51,160 --> 00:29:53,920 Speaker 2: far he goes, whatever ceiling he reaches, that's going to 668 00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:56,640 Speaker 2: determine how far this team goes. Because he's already been 669 00:29:56,640 --> 00:29:58,520 Speaker 2: asked to step into the shoes of ra Field Devers, 670 00:29:58,560 --> 00:30:02,400 Speaker 2: which is so unfair. The wild part is nobody's really 671 00:30:02,440 --> 00:30:04,800 Speaker 2: worried about it, and I think that just speaks to 672 00:30:04,840 --> 00:30:06,520 Speaker 2: how special of a ballplayer he already is. 673 00:30:06,960 --> 00:30:08,959 Speaker 1: I mean, he basically did it last year. He stepped 674 00:30:08,960 --> 00:30:11,360 Speaker 1: into those shoes, and I think he passed a flying 675 00:30:11,360 --> 00:30:13,880 Speaker 1: Colors minus the injury. But it is what it is. 676 00:30:14,200 --> 00:30:16,160 Speaker 1: I think I would like to go with Garrett Crochet, 677 00:30:16,320 --> 00:30:19,400 Speaker 1: but at the end of the day, and it's tough 678 00:30:19,440 --> 00:30:22,440 Speaker 1: because Roman is only twenty two freaking years old at 679 00:30:22,480 --> 00:30:23,560 Speaker 1: the end of the day, so it's like, I don't 680 00:30:23,560 --> 00:30:25,280 Speaker 1: want to put that on him, but I do believe 681 00:30:25,360 --> 00:30:29,240 Speaker 1: he has the ability, especially after being in the WBCs 682 00:30:29,280 --> 00:30:32,600 Speaker 1: around all these great players in Major League Baseball today. 683 00:30:33,680 --> 00:30:35,840 Speaker 1: I think that ended up being a really good thing 684 00:30:35,920 --> 00:30:38,760 Speaker 1: for him, just to be around those kind of players. 685 00:30:38,960 --> 00:30:40,560 Speaker 1: I think you're gonna get a big gear from him, 686 00:30:40,840 --> 00:30:43,080 Speaker 1: but you know, of course you gotta put Crochet in 687 00:30:43,120 --> 00:30:45,880 Speaker 1: there too. We'll see how it goes. But Tyler, I 688 00:30:45,920 --> 00:30:48,280 Speaker 1: want to thank you for coming on here today. This 689 00:30:48,360 --> 00:30:51,200 Speaker 1: is our last interview. We always do a series of 690 00:30:51,280 --> 00:30:54,160 Speaker 1: interviews leading up to leading up to opening day. You're 691 00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:56,920 Speaker 1: the last one, so I appreciate you man helped us 692 00:30:56,960 --> 00:31:00,640 Speaker 1: walk off here. I already know everyone knows about Section ten, 693 00:31:00,720 --> 00:31:03,600 Speaker 1: but just in case anyone's hearing this for the first time, 694 00:31:04,080 --> 00:31:06,320 Speaker 1: let the people know where can they find you? 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