1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,160 Speaker 1: It doesn't happen awful when you get a Ted Williams 2 00:00:02,200 --> 00:00:05,360 Speaker 1: type hitter enter the major leagues at age nineteen and 3 00:00:05,400 --> 00:00:08,520 Speaker 1: then dominate become a free agent entering his age twenty 4 00:00:08,520 --> 00:00:15,000 Speaker 1: six season. That's Juan Soto. Welcome everyone to the. 5 00:00:14,960 --> 00:00:19,080 Speaker 2: Monday edition of Fair Territory, a special live edition on 6 00:00:19,160 --> 00:00:23,680 Speaker 2: this day, the day after Juan Soto signed his incredible 7 00:00:23,960 --> 00:00:27,400 Speaker 2: fifteen year, seven hundred and sixty five million dollar deal 8 00:00:27,640 --> 00:00:28,760 Speaker 2: with the New York Mets. 9 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:31,320 Speaker 1: This all happened. I don't know about twelve hours ago, 10 00:00:31,360 --> 00:00:35,040 Speaker 1: whatever it was. I've lost count okay, but it was 11 00:00:35,080 --> 00:00:37,559 Speaker 1: tough for me to sleep last night. This thing was 12 00:00:37,640 --> 00:00:40,680 Speaker 1: that electrifying. And we knew it was coming. We knew 13 00:00:40,720 --> 00:00:42,440 Speaker 1: the deal was going to be over seven hundred, we 14 00:00:42,520 --> 00:00:44,480 Speaker 1: knew it was going to be massive. And still when 15 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:48,120 Speaker 1: it went down, what a story, What a story, and 16 00:00:48,240 --> 00:00:50,480 Speaker 1: so many ripple effects. We're going to get into them 17 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:54,560 Speaker 1: all on this show today. It's just something to behold. Frankly, 18 00:00:54,800 --> 00:00:58,840 Speaker 1: a monumental deal in the sports history. Obviously the biggest 19 00:00:58,840 --> 00:01:01,680 Speaker 1: deal in the sports history, the biggest deal in professional 20 00:01:01,920 --> 00:01:05,720 Speaker 1: sports history. So let's start with how it came together. 21 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:07,520 Speaker 1: Now we have a story in the athletic that I 22 00:01:07,560 --> 00:01:11,440 Speaker 1: did in combination with Patrick Mooney, Will Salmon and Brendan 23 00:01:11,480 --> 00:01:14,280 Speaker 1: Cuddy this morning inside the deal and we put it 24 00:01:14,319 --> 00:01:17,679 Speaker 1: together obviously as quickly as we could. And one of 25 00:01:17,720 --> 00:01:21,120 Speaker 1: the points in the story was that this was the 26 00:01:21,160 --> 00:01:24,600 Speaker 1: perfect storm. Now you've heard this before, and it's true. 27 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:28,240 Speaker 1: Soto a twenty six year old free agent, a once 28 00:01:28,280 --> 00:01:31,160 Speaker 1: in a lifetime hitter. We've seen what he has done. 29 00:01:31,360 --> 00:01:34,800 Speaker 1: He is an amazing, amazing hitter. Okay, that's one thing. 30 00:01:35,360 --> 00:01:38,600 Speaker 1: Then you had the teams that were involved. The Mets 31 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:42,160 Speaker 1: with the richest owner in the sports, Steve Cohen, the 32 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:45,560 Speaker 1: Yankees with an owner hal Steinberner, who was under extreme 33 00:01:45,640 --> 00:01:48,240 Speaker 1: pressure from his fan base to try to keep a 34 00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:52,240 Speaker 1: player the team at traded for the previous offseason. The 35 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:56,880 Speaker 1: Red Sox suddenly snapped to attention after being somewhat dormant 36 00:01:56,960 --> 00:02:01,200 Speaker 1: in recent years recent off seasons. The Dodgers, who somehow 37 00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:04,120 Speaker 1: are always lurking in these things. And the Blue Jays, 38 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:07,400 Speaker 1: a team desperate to make a mark. You had all that, 39 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:10,239 Speaker 1: and you also had and we'll talk about this guy 40 00:02:10,320 --> 00:02:15,680 Speaker 1: more later. Scott Boris, at age seventy two, still going strong, 41 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:21,000 Speaker 1: coming off a difficult offseason for him, and back with 42 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:24,160 Speaker 1: this guy that he has waited for, a guy who 43 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:27,120 Speaker 1: turned down four hundred and forty million from the Nationals 44 00:02:27,160 --> 00:02:30,440 Speaker 1: just two years ago. Well, guess what he goes to 45 00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:34,040 Speaker 1: free agency. He ends up beating the Nationals deal by 46 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:38,160 Speaker 1: three hundred and twenty five million dollars. The AAV is 47 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:41,320 Speaker 1: fifty one million. That is far greater than the Nationals 48 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:45,359 Speaker 1: offered him. Juan Soto, as I wrote last night, he 49 00:02:45,480 --> 00:02:49,720 Speaker 1: essentially bet on himself and won. He knew who he was. 50 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:53,080 Speaker 1: Boris knew who he was, and that is why this 51 00:02:53,160 --> 00:02:57,760 Speaker 1: deal ultimately came together. It was indeed a perfect storm. 52 00:02:57,919 --> 00:03:01,480 Speaker 1: Now to talk about the teams, we'll start with the 53 00:03:01,520 --> 00:03:04,359 Speaker 1: two that were the most in the mix at the end. 54 00:03:04,440 --> 00:03:07,680 Speaker 1: It seems the Mets and the Yankees, the two New 55 00:03:07,720 --> 00:03:10,280 Speaker 1: York teams. And this was one of the dynamics again 56 00:03:10,880 --> 00:03:16,520 Speaker 1: that made this such an unusual situation, such a dramatic situation, 57 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:20,480 Speaker 1: and such a lucrative situation for Juan Soto. If you remember, 58 00:03:20,560 --> 00:03:24,239 Speaker 1: going back to Aaron Judge, the Mets did not get involved. 59 00:03:24,240 --> 00:03:27,000 Speaker 1: For Aaron Judge, he was a homegrown Yankee and Steve Cohen, 60 00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:31,400 Speaker 1: for whatever reason, defer to the Yankees on that one. Well, 61 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:33,840 Speaker 1: the Yankees end up resigning Judge for nine years, three 62 00:03:33,919 --> 00:03:36,240 Speaker 1: hundred and sixty million. That's less than half of what 63 00:03:36,320 --> 00:03:38,920 Speaker 1: Sodo got, by the way, they end up resigning him, 64 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:43,280 Speaker 1: and then of course the Sodo situation arises. This time 65 00:03:43,720 --> 00:03:47,800 Speaker 1: Cohen did not defer. And for the Mets, the perpetual 66 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:50,960 Speaker 1: little brothers in the New York Baseball Wars, this is 67 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:53,880 Speaker 1: just a monumental moment. This is the moment when they 68 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:57,760 Speaker 1: stepped up and kind of stood up to the big 69 00:03:57,800 --> 00:04:00,920 Speaker 1: boy Yankees and said, uh uh, we're not taking it anymore. 70 00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:03,000 Speaker 1: And I know it's just a contract, it's nothing that 71 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:05,280 Speaker 1: has happened on the field. The Mets still have not 72 00:04:05,440 --> 00:04:08,480 Speaker 1: won World Series since nineteen eighty six. The Mets still 73 00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:13,480 Speaker 1: have a long way to go this offseason, but for them, wow, 74 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:16,080 Speaker 1: what a moment. Now. Also, I want to make this 75 00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:19,960 Speaker 1: point as well, and I'll get into how this affects 76 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:24,599 Speaker 1: the entire sport later, but you'll probably hear some owners 77 00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:27,839 Speaker 1: squawk about this deal. That's my guess. Someone's gonna pop 78 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:30,200 Speaker 1: off and say, oh my gosh, Steve Cohen is ruining 79 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:34,920 Speaker 1: the sport. Well, guess what owners. You guys were the 80 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:38,440 Speaker 1: ones who approved Steve Cohen. He's worth twenty one point 81 00:04:38,520 --> 00:04:42,960 Speaker 1: three billion at last check by Forbes magazine. And he's 82 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:45,880 Speaker 1: a guy that you knew, you had to know, was 83 00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:48,640 Speaker 1: going to come in and spend in a way that 84 00:04:48,720 --> 00:04:52,159 Speaker 1: perhaps no other owner has spent before. That is exactly 85 00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:54,600 Speaker 1: what he has done. So if the owners don't like this, 86 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:58,560 Speaker 1: that's on them. Shouldn't have approved the guy? All right, Now, 87 00:04:58,640 --> 00:05:02,040 Speaker 1: let's get to the Mets tales of where this is 88 00:05:02,320 --> 00:05:05,960 Speaker 1: the deal itself. As we said, fifteen years, seven hundred 89 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:10,000 Speaker 1: and sixty five million, a seventy five million dollars signing bonus, 90 00:05:10,720 --> 00:05:14,760 Speaker 1: no deferrals. So the AAV in present day value is 91 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:18,760 Speaker 1: pretty far above Shoheo Tani's fifty one million versus about 92 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:22,440 Speaker 1: forty six million. And on top of all that, you 93 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:25,840 Speaker 1: haven't opt out after five years, but one that the 94 00:05:25,880 --> 00:05:29,760 Speaker 1: Mets convoid, they can avoid it by raising his average 95 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:33,200 Speaker 1: annual value from fifty one million to fifty five million 96 00:05:33,240 --> 00:05:35,560 Speaker 1: for the final ten years of the deal. Now, as 97 00:05:35,560 --> 00:05:38,239 Speaker 1: I wrote this morning, I have two columns up right now, 98 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:41,520 Speaker 1: one from last night on Soto and how he knew 99 00:05:41,560 --> 00:05:43,960 Speaker 1: what he was doing all along, and this one about 100 00:05:43,960 --> 00:05:47,120 Speaker 1: how this deal might age. Now, we don't know how 101 00:05:47,160 --> 00:05:49,159 Speaker 1: it's going to age. And right now it is the 102 00:05:49,240 --> 00:05:51,719 Speaker 1: least of the Mets worries and the least of their 103 00:05:51,760 --> 00:05:55,080 Speaker 1: fans worries. But what's going to be interesting is if 104 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:59,400 Speaker 1: Soto has what we all expect five brilliant years, then 105 00:05:59,560 --> 00:06:01,719 Speaker 1: he can be come a free agent again entering his 106 00:06:01,839 --> 00:06:04,479 Speaker 1: age thirty one season. I expect he would want to 107 00:06:04,520 --> 00:06:07,160 Speaker 1: do that, And the Mets are going to face this decision. 108 00:06:07,320 --> 00:06:10,400 Speaker 1: Do you raise the salary or do you let him go? 109 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:13,640 Speaker 1: Because you've probably gott in his best years age thirty 110 00:06:13,640 --> 00:06:18,080 Speaker 1: one to forty. That's an area where some players remain great. 111 00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:22,040 Speaker 1: I mentioned Paul Malter, I mentioned Edgar Martinez, I mentioned 112 00:06:22,120 --> 00:06:24,920 Speaker 1: David Ortiz. And then you have players who we've seen 113 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:29,360 Speaker 1: declined sharply in their mid thirties, guys like Miguel Cabrera, 114 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:32,400 Speaker 1: Albert Pujols, Ken Griffy Jr. And going back further, if 115 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:34,280 Speaker 1: you want to look at guys who could do it 116 00:06:34,480 --> 00:06:37,680 Speaker 1: and sustained it until forty, Hank Aaron and a player 117 00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:41,960 Speaker 1: to whom Juan Soto is often compared, Ted Williams. Again, 118 00:06:42,240 --> 00:06:45,080 Speaker 1: all this is a problem down the line. If it's 119 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:48,839 Speaker 1: a problem at all in the present, what do the 120 00:06:48,880 --> 00:06:51,840 Speaker 1: Mets have to do. They have to keep going. They 121 00:06:51,880 --> 00:06:56,279 Speaker 1: have to maximize what they have here. They've got Juan Soto. Man, 122 00:06:56,440 --> 00:06:59,360 Speaker 1: they've got Juan Soto at least for the next five years. 123 00:06:59,680 --> 00:07:03,200 Speaker 1: He is is we all know, a generational hitter, and 124 00:07:03,279 --> 00:07:05,640 Speaker 1: if you've got him, you've got to surround him with talent. 125 00:07:05,960 --> 00:07:08,200 Speaker 1: And one of the concerns that Soto might have had 126 00:07:08,200 --> 00:07:12,080 Speaker 1: with the Mets is where's the protection, Where's my Aaron Judge. 127 00:07:12,720 --> 00:07:14,720 Speaker 1: Now there's only one Aaron Judge. He was not going 128 00:07:14,720 --> 00:07:16,880 Speaker 1: to get an Aaron Judge situation unless he went to 129 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:20,320 Speaker 1: the Dodgers with Otani Mooki and Freddie Freeman. The Mets 130 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:23,960 Speaker 1: right now do not have Peter Alonzo. They're going to 131 00:07:24,080 --> 00:07:27,120 Speaker 1: need to do some more things here. For one, they're 132 00:07:27,160 --> 00:07:29,800 Speaker 1: gonna need to sign another starting pitcher. And Sean and 133 00:07:29,840 --> 00:07:32,920 Speaker 1: I I expect would be in their mix at some point. 134 00:07:33,520 --> 00:07:36,560 Speaker 1: And he's a guy that probably won't require as long 135 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:39,600 Speaker 1: a deal as Max Fried or Corbyn Burns, and the 136 00:07:39,640 --> 00:07:42,560 Speaker 1: Mets do not seem to like long term deals for pictures. 137 00:07:42,600 --> 00:07:44,840 Speaker 1: That's not a David Sterns thing. It's a thing that 138 00:07:44,880 --> 00:07:48,040 Speaker 1: a lot of teams don't particularly like. So that's one 139 00:07:48,120 --> 00:07:50,600 Speaker 1: thing I expect them to do. They've got to address 140 00:07:50,640 --> 00:07:53,760 Speaker 1: first base, whether it's Alonzo or whether it's Christian Walker, 141 00:07:54,200 --> 00:07:58,120 Speaker 1: or whether it's Alex Bregman, and maybe moving Viento's over 142 00:07:58,160 --> 00:07:59,760 Speaker 1: to first. You can do it in any number of 143 00:08:00,840 --> 00:08:04,920 Speaker 1: and at that point, the bullpen becomes a priority as well. 144 00:08:05,880 --> 00:08:08,200 Speaker 1: Tanner Scott is still out there, Jeff Hoffman is still 145 00:08:08,200 --> 00:08:11,520 Speaker 1: out there. There are a number of relievers still out there, 146 00:08:11,840 --> 00:08:15,160 Speaker 1: and the Mets are going to need to obviously address 147 00:08:15,240 --> 00:08:18,280 Speaker 1: that group. At some point, they're gonna need to supplement 148 00:08:18,320 --> 00:08:22,280 Speaker 1: the bullpen. Again, this is a rare opportunity that they've 149 00:08:22,320 --> 00:08:25,880 Speaker 1: given themselves by signing Sodo. And you cannot simply say, 150 00:08:26,360 --> 00:08:28,160 Speaker 1: as some fear of the Yankees mine, if they had 151 00:08:28,160 --> 00:08:31,240 Speaker 1: signed Sodo, well that's all we're going to do. We 152 00:08:31,320 --> 00:08:34,079 Speaker 1: can't do anymore. We've just committed seven hundred and sixty five. 153 00:08:34,240 --> 00:08:37,440 Speaker 1: Et No, doesn't work like that. You sign this guy, 154 00:08:37,559 --> 00:08:39,840 Speaker 1: you gotta keep going. You got to surround them with 155 00:08:39,920 --> 00:08:42,439 Speaker 1: the best talent you can. You've got to take your 156 00:08:42,520 --> 00:08:45,400 Speaker 1: best shot in these next five years and then you 157 00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:48,880 Speaker 1: can figure out the rest with Soto later. All right, Now, 158 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:53,240 Speaker 1: what about the Yankees. The Yankees' bid for Sodo was 159 00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:55,280 Speaker 1: very close to the Mets, at least in terms of 160 00:08:55,360 --> 00:08:59,480 Speaker 1: total value seven hundred and sixty million for sixteen years. Now, 161 00:08:59,520 --> 00:09:03,520 Speaker 1: thea was not up against the Mets level. It was not, 162 00:09:04,280 --> 00:09:06,680 Speaker 1: but it was only a five million dollar difference, And 163 00:09:06,760 --> 00:09:11,520 Speaker 1: many of us suspected that if the Yankees stayed close 164 00:09:11,559 --> 00:09:14,880 Speaker 1: to the Mets, if they gave Soda a reasonably close 165 00:09:14,960 --> 00:09:17,480 Speaker 1: offer to what the Mets were going to put together, 166 00:09:18,160 --> 00:09:20,400 Speaker 1: then he would stay with the Yankees. He certainly was 167 00:09:20,440 --> 00:09:23,000 Speaker 1: happy with the Yankees, happy with his teammates, happy with 168 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:25,920 Speaker 1: the staff, happy with manager Aaron Boone. He wanted a 169 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:29,080 Speaker 1: little bit close to relationship with al Steinbrenner like Garrett 170 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:32,960 Speaker 1: Cole had, like Aaron Judge has, But he was certainly 171 00:09:33,040 --> 00:09:35,360 Speaker 1: going to get that if he had signed with the Yankees, 172 00:09:35,400 --> 00:09:40,400 Speaker 1: signed back with him. Didn't happen. Ultimately, no one knew 173 00:09:40,480 --> 00:09:44,760 Speaker 1: going into this thing what SODA's preferences were. Our suspicion 174 00:09:44,960 --> 00:09:48,120 Speaker 1: was he wanted the biggest deal, the most money, and 175 00:09:48,200 --> 00:09:50,680 Speaker 1: that's how it turned out. Because if he wanted to 176 00:09:50,679 --> 00:09:53,079 Speaker 1: be a Yankee if that was his thing, if he 177 00:09:53,160 --> 00:09:55,320 Speaker 1: wanted to stay with Judge for at least the next 178 00:09:55,360 --> 00:09:58,360 Speaker 1: seven years while Judge is still under contract, he could 179 00:09:58,400 --> 00:10:00,560 Speaker 1: have done that, still could have gotten a great deal, 180 00:10:00,720 --> 00:10:03,360 Speaker 1: probably could have negotiated the Yankees up a little bit right. 181 00:10:03,800 --> 00:10:06,679 Speaker 1: But as you see here what Andy Martine wrote, the 182 00:10:06,760 --> 00:10:09,240 Speaker 1: Yankees were going to lead for Soto all through the process, 183 00:10:09,280 --> 00:10:12,600 Speaker 1: through the weekend, in the late afternoon yesterday, but Steve 184 00:10:12,720 --> 00:10:15,160 Speaker 1: cohen K from the top, rote very late and got 185 00:10:15,160 --> 00:10:18,080 Speaker 1: it done. I'm not sure that's exactly how it went down, 186 00:10:18,160 --> 00:10:21,840 Speaker 1: but that's a perception that certainly can exist after what happened. 187 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:26,199 Speaker 1: And for the Yankees not to get this guy, as 188 00:10:26,280 --> 00:10:28,199 Speaker 1: Joel Sherman and The New York Post wrote this morning, 189 00:10:28,320 --> 00:10:32,200 Speaker 1: very astuteley as he always does. Hey, how stein Brenner 190 00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:34,880 Speaker 1: is going to take heat again. Yes, he got up 191 00:10:34,920 --> 00:10:36,640 Speaker 1: in the seven hundreds, he got up in the high 192 00:10:36,640 --> 00:10:40,280 Speaker 1: seven hundreds, but he didn't get his man. So for 193 00:10:40,360 --> 00:10:44,880 Speaker 1: the Yankees, this is a really difficult moment. It's a 194 00:10:44,920 --> 00:10:48,640 Speaker 1: difficult moment because they lost this great player to the Mets. 195 00:10:48,640 --> 00:10:50,920 Speaker 1: Of course, something that I don't believe has ever happened 196 00:10:51,320 --> 00:10:55,000 Speaker 1: in the history of these two teams rivalry. No great 197 00:10:55,080 --> 00:10:57,199 Speaker 1: Yankee free agent have ever gone to the Mets. This 198 00:10:57,360 --> 00:11:03,040 Speaker 1: doesn't happen. And beyond their team without Sodo, well they've 199 00:11:03,040 --> 00:11:04,920 Speaker 1: got some work to do too. They've got a lot 200 00:11:04,960 --> 00:11:07,560 Speaker 1: of work to do. You look at the Yankees roster 201 00:11:07,760 --> 00:11:11,719 Speaker 1: without Sodo, one thing they need certainly is an outfielder 202 00:11:12,280 --> 00:11:15,760 Speaker 1: and tasker Hernandez. Anthony Salantandeer are the two best guys 203 00:11:15,800 --> 00:11:18,920 Speaker 1: out there right now. I expect the Yankees to get 204 00:11:18,920 --> 00:11:21,240 Speaker 1: in the mix for them, but both those guys are 205 00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:24,800 Speaker 1: going to get attention elsewhere. Tasking Hernandez, I still expect 206 00:11:24,800 --> 00:11:27,600 Speaker 1: to sign back with the Dodgers. That's his preference. They're 207 00:11:27,600 --> 00:11:29,320 Speaker 1: gonna have to pay now a little bit more than 208 00:11:29,320 --> 00:11:31,040 Speaker 1: they would have liked to because the Yankees are going 209 00:11:31,080 --> 00:11:32,360 Speaker 1: to be in the Red Sox are going to be 210 00:11:32,360 --> 00:11:34,920 Speaker 1: in the Blue Jays, Hernandez's old team are going to 211 00:11:34,920 --> 00:11:37,760 Speaker 1: be in. But I still expect that that is where 212 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:40,360 Speaker 1: this is going to land. But the Yankees have some 213 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:44,520 Speaker 1: other needs as well. First base Anthony Rizzo free agent. 214 00:11:44,559 --> 00:11:47,640 Speaker 1: They're not bringing him back. Maybe the Yankees signed Alonso 215 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:51,720 Speaker 1: as they're kind of pay back to the Mets. If 216 00:11:51,760 --> 00:11:53,840 Speaker 1: you want to consider it that or maybe the Siris 217 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:57,160 Speaker 1: and Walker. They can also use. Maybe a third baseman, 218 00:11:57,600 --> 00:11:59,600 Speaker 1: Alex Bregman would be a good fit. You can put 219 00:11:59,679 --> 00:12:02,240 Speaker 1: Jazz second, maybe even in the outfield if you want 220 00:12:02,280 --> 00:12:04,360 Speaker 1: to play Chad Durbin in second, the rookie. You can 221 00:12:04,440 --> 00:12:07,079 Speaker 1: do a lot of different things. But they're going to 222 00:12:07,120 --> 00:12:09,720 Speaker 1: be active now. They're gonna have to be active. The 223 00:12:09,840 --> 00:12:14,200 Speaker 1: other thing they need, quite clearly is bullpen help. And 224 00:12:14,280 --> 00:12:17,840 Speaker 1: again Tanner Scott, Jeff Hoffman's still out there others as well. 225 00:12:18,240 --> 00:12:20,640 Speaker 1: Clay Holmes is gone, so they've got to replace him. 226 00:12:20,679 --> 00:12:22,800 Speaker 1: And then you can look at the rotation. Now, their 227 00:12:22,840 --> 00:12:25,880 Speaker 1: rotation is still kind of a strength of this team. 228 00:12:26,160 --> 00:12:27,840 Speaker 1: But at the same time, you can look at it 229 00:12:27,880 --> 00:12:30,840 Speaker 1: and say, hmm, you really want to strengthen the club. 230 00:12:30,880 --> 00:12:32,920 Speaker 1: What's the best way to do it. Go get a 231 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:35,840 Speaker 1: Corbyn Burns, Go get a Max Freed. Go trade for 232 00:12:35,880 --> 00:12:38,680 Speaker 1: Garrett Crochet. I don't know that the Yankees have enough 233 00:12:38,679 --> 00:12:41,640 Speaker 1: for Crochet, at least compared to the other teams involved. 234 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:45,000 Speaker 1: It's going to take big time young position players to 235 00:12:45,040 --> 00:12:47,880 Speaker 1: get Crochet. That's the price, that's what it's going to be. 236 00:12:48,440 --> 00:12:51,040 Speaker 1: The Yankees might want to do that, but they might 237 00:12:51,080 --> 00:12:54,079 Speaker 1: be topped as well. Burns and Freed they're gonna get 238 00:12:54,120 --> 00:12:57,360 Speaker 1: a lot of attention elsewhere too. Two jays to put 239 00:12:57,360 --> 00:13:01,160 Speaker 1: a monster offer together for Burns Free to get a 240 00:13:01,200 --> 00:13:04,160 Speaker 1: lot of play as well. He's a guy that the 241 00:13:04,160 --> 00:13:06,520 Speaker 1: Red Sox are going to want. Actually, Bruns is to 242 00:13:07,200 --> 00:13:09,000 Speaker 1: it's not going to be easy to get the pitching 243 00:13:09,120 --> 00:13:13,040 Speaker 1: that the Yankees might want, but they're going to scramble now. 244 00:13:13,080 --> 00:13:15,600 Speaker 1: They're going to have to pivot. And I would expect 245 00:13:16,080 --> 00:13:18,839 Speaker 1: these pivots that we're talking about, not just with the 246 00:13:18,920 --> 00:13:21,199 Speaker 1: Yankees but with the Red Sox and all these other clubs, 247 00:13:21,600 --> 00:13:25,200 Speaker 1: they're going to be happening quickly. I expect these Winter meetings, 248 00:13:25,240 --> 00:13:29,000 Speaker 1: which begin officially today and last through Wednesday, are going 249 00:13:29,040 --> 00:13:32,080 Speaker 1: to be quite lively. So the Yankees have some work 250 00:13:32,120 --> 00:13:34,880 Speaker 1: to do here, and once they get through it, well 251 00:13:34,920 --> 00:13:37,600 Speaker 1: we'll see where they are. And maybe you could say, well, 252 00:13:37,640 --> 00:13:40,960 Speaker 1: they didn't want one soda for all that length of time. No, no, no, no. No. 253 00:13:41,080 --> 00:13:44,160 Speaker 1: One's saying that the Yankees wanted him back. The Yankees 254 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:48,560 Speaker 1: fans wanted him back, and right now it's a blow 255 00:13:48,640 --> 00:13:52,360 Speaker 1: to all those parties involved. To hal Steinbrenner, to the 256 00:13:52,400 --> 00:13:55,200 Speaker 1: Yankees front office, to the Yankees clubhouse, to the Yankees 257 00:13:55,280 --> 00:13:58,200 Speaker 1: fan base. 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It's time 276 00:15:02,040 --> 00:15:03,600 Speaker 1: now for the inside Dish, the part of the show 277 00:15:03,640 --> 00:15:05,560 Speaker 1: where I go inside a story I've written inside of 278 00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:08,040 Speaker 1: trend in the game. And today there's only one thing 279 00:15:08,080 --> 00:15:10,920 Speaker 1: to go inside. It's more on the Wan Soto deal. 280 00:15:11,560 --> 00:15:14,280 Speaker 1: I want to start off this segment by talking about 281 00:15:14,320 --> 00:15:19,480 Speaker 1: Scott Boris and showing you where he is at this offseason. Already, 282 00:15:19,520 --> 00:15:23,280 Speaker 1: it's December ninth. This sucker is not dragged into February 283 00:15:23,280 --> 00:15:25,480 Speaker 1: and March like it did last year. For Boris. He 284 00:15:25,640 --> 00:15:28,760 Speaker 1: is active, he is getting things done, and he has 285 00:15:28,840 --> 00:15:32,240 Speaker 1: already cut more than a billion dollars worth of deals. 286 00:15:32,480 --> 00:15:35,600 Speaker 1: Of course, Boris with Sodo hit seven sixty five, that's 287 00:15:35,640 --> 00:15:37,680 Speaker 1: a big chunk of that. But let's show you just 288 00:15:37,760 --> 00:15:40,520 Speaker 1: where this stands right now for Scott Boris, because it's 289 00:15:40,640 --> 00:15:43,840 Speaker 1: kind of amazing how quickly this has all happened in 290 00:15:43,880 --> 00:15:46,160 Speaker 1: a relative sense. All right, you see it right there, 291 00:15:46,200 --> 00:15:48,440 Speaker 1: the Scott Boris revenge toy. That's what I've been calling it. 292 00:15:48,960 --> 00:15:51,760 Speaker 1: Jan Soto seven hundred and sixty five million, Blake Snell 293 00:15:51,960 --> 00:15:56,080 Speaker 1: one E two. You say, Kakuchi sixty three, Tyler O'Neill 294 00:15:56,240 --> 00:16:00,000 Speaker 1: forty nine point five, Matthew Boyd twenty nine, Nick Martinez 295 00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:03,280 Speaker 1: twenty one point oh five. Michael Confordo signed last night 296 00:16:03,320 --> 00:16:07,320 Speaker 1: with the Dodgers seventeen. The total one point one to 297 00:16:07,440 --> 00:16:10,560 Speaker 1: three billion, and you see right there still to come. 298 00:16:11,280 --> 00:16:16,200 Speaker 1: Corbin Burns, Alex Bergman, Alex Bregman, excuse me, Pete Alonso, 299 00:16:16,520 --> 00:16:19,960 Speaker 1: Sean Manya, and Hashan Kim. All of those players are 300 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:22,680 Speaker 1: represented by Scott Boris. He has a few others as well. 301 00:16:23,560 --> 00:16:27,040 Speaker 1: He's going to sign deals this offseason. Maybe it will 302 00:16:27,080 --> 00:16:29,840 Speaker 1: turn out to be his richest offseason ever. It's been 303 00:16:29,960 --> 00:16:33,000 Speaker 1: quite something to see so far. He will tell you, 304 00:16:33,280 --> 00:16:36,280 Speaker 1: as he did last year, that what happens is he 305 00:16:36,360 --> 00:16:39,280 Speaker 1: reacted to the market and last year's market wasn't as good. 306 00:16:39,760 --> 00:16:41,600 Speaker 1: We could argue about this all day. I've said that 307 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:44,840 Speaker 1: many times before, whether his strategizing last year was not 308 00:16:44,880 --> 00:16:47,720 Speaker 1: as effective as it might have been. But the bottom 309 00:16:47,760 --> 00:16:52,000 Speaker 1: line is he's back and the Scott Boris revenge tour. Scott, 310 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:53,880 Speaker 1: I know you don't like me calling it that. I'm 311 00:16:53,880 --> 00:16:56,240 Speaker 1: guessing you don't like me calling that. Well. He could 312 00:16:56,320 --> 00:16:59,120 Speaker 1: be the Taylor swift eras tour of Major League Baseball. 313 00:16:59,320 --> 00:17:01,160 Speaker 1: All right, with that, I want to get into some 314 00:17:01,240 --> 00:17:04,240 Speaker 1: of the losers of the Sodo Sweepstakes. We talked about 315 00:17:04,240 --> 00:17:07,000 Speaker 1: the Yankees in the first segment. Let's now talk about 316 00:17:07,080 --> 00:17:09,440 Speaker 1: the three other teams that were in the mix. Here, 317 00:17:09,960 --> 00:17:12,800 Speaker 1: let's start with the Red Sox. They're willing to offer 318 00:17:12,840 --> 00:17:17,320 Speaker 1: one Soto seemingly almost twice as much as Mookie Bets got. Well, 319 00:17:17,359 --> 00:17:20,280 Speaker 1: maybe they've learned their lesson, but we've seen the Red 320 00:17:20,320 --> 00:17:23,240 Speaker 1: Sox over the years, they've kind of, I don't know, 321 00:17:23,320 --> 00:17:26,240 Speaker 1: ping pong from one strategy to the next. They're back 322 00:17:26,280 --> 00:17:30,040 Speaker 1: in spending mode. Now, that's a good thing for the 323 00:17:30,080 --> 00:17:33,640 Speaker 1: Red Sox. I never thought Soto was the greatest fit 324 00:17:33,840 --> 00:17:36,159 Speaker 1: in the sense that, Okay, he's a great player. Of 325 00:17:36,240 --> 00:17:38,880 Speaker 1: course he's a great fit. But they're already even deep 326 00:17:38,920 --> 00:17:42,200 Speaker 1: in left handed hitting. They're fine there. They've got outfielders. 327 00:17:42,880 --> 00:17:46,400 Speaker 1: What they need is starting pitching. And what the Red 328 00:17:46,400 --> 00:17:48,560 Speaker 1: Sox should do now, in my opinion, and this will 329 00:17:48,680 --> 00:17:51,840 Speaker 1: hurt John Henry because he doesn't like doing this, is 330 00:17:51,920 --> 00:17:54,040 Speaker 1: signed one of the two big starting pitchers to a 331 00:17:54,080 --> 00:17:56,520 Speaker 1: long deal. He does not like long term deal. For 332 00:17:56,560 --> 00:17:59,880 Speaker 1: starting pitchers. That's something that John Henry does not want 333 00:17:59,880 --> 00:18:01,879 Speaker 1: to do. Of course, they got burned by Sale in 334 00:18:01,920 --> 00:18:05,080 Speaker 1: their estimation that was a five year deal. Burns is 335 00:18:05,080 --> 00:18:07,160 Speaker 1: probably going to get more than that freed by two. 336 00:18:07,920 --> 00:18:10,120 Speaker 1: But at the same time, that is the Red sox 337 00:18:10,160 --> 00:18:13,520 Speaker 1: biggest need. It's on the mound. It's an ace you 338 00:18:13,640 --> 00:18:17,560 Speaker 1: do that you trade for Crochet, and they do have 339 00:18:17,600 --> 00:18:21,000 Speaker 1: the young position talent to get Garrett Crochet. Whether it's 340 00:18:21,040 --> 00:18:24,280 Speaker 1: a braw, whether it's casas, whether it's mayor whether it's 341 00:18:24,280 --> 00:18:27,359 Speaker 1: some combination of these players or others. They have the 342 00:18:27,400 --> 00:18:32,560 Speaker 1: guys they can get Garrette. Well. To me, it makes 343 00:18:32,640 --> 00:18:34,640 Speaker 1: a lot of sense. Now I know it's been reported 344 00:18:34,680 --> 00:18:36,960 Speaker 1: they have been on the periphery of the Crochet sweepstake, 345 00:18:37,080 --> 00:18:40,240 Speaker 1: not at the forefront. Well, maybe get at the forefront, 346 00:18:40,440 --> 00:18:42,680 Speaker 1: because that's what they need in addition to bullpen help. 347 00:18:42,800 --> 00:18:47,600 Speaker 1: Like every team, the Red Sox, again, their biggest area 348 00:18:48,080 --> 00:18:50,679 Speaker 1: to improve would be on the mound. And if they 349 00:18:50,680 --> 00:18:53,240 Speaker 1: can do that with all these young kids coming with 350 00:18:53,320 --> 00:18:55,520 Speaker 1: the talent that they already have at the major league level, 351 00:18:56,119 --> 00:18:58,719 Speaker 1: it's going to be quite an interesting team. Another idea 352 00:18:58,760 --> 00:19:00,680 Speaker 1: for them, and I've written about this would be to 353 00:19:00,760 --> 00:19:04,600 Speaker 1: sign Bregman, move Devers, to first put Casses in the 354 00:19:04,640 --> 00:19:07,879 Speaker 1: Crochet deal or some other deal. All of these things 355 00:19:07,880 --> 00:19:10,160 Speaker 1: should be in play for them. They should have money 356 00:19:10,160 --> 00:19:14,320 Speaker 1: to burn after of course making that pursuit of Juan Soto. 357 00:19:14,400 --> 00:19:16,760 Speaker 1: And of course they also want a right handed hitter, 358 00:19:17,240 --> 00:19:20,600 Speaker 1: whether it's Bregman, whether it's Task or Hernandez, whether it's 359 00:19:20,600 --> 00:19:23,720 Speaker 1: someone else, maybe two of those guys. They are heavily 360 00:19:23,800 --> 00:19:26,879 Speaker 1: left handed. They are very heavily left handed, and Soto 361 00:19:26,920 --> 00:19:29,440 Speaker 1: would have made them even more heavily left handed. And 362 00:19:29,520 --> 00:19:33,280 Speaker 1: they don't have to worry about that now the Dodgers. Now, 363 00:19:33,320 --> 00:19:35,920 Speaker 1: the Dodgers are coming off a World Series title. We 364 00:19:35,960 --> 00:19:38,720 Speaker 1: reported this morning in our story that went inside the 365 00:19:38,760 --> 00:19:42,520 Speaker 1: deal that their offer was six hundred million. They knew 366 00:19:42,520 --> 00:19:44,800 Speaker 1: that that wasn't going to get it done, but they 367 00:19:44,840 --> 00:19:47,320 Speaker 1: were kind of doing what they always do, hanging around 368 00:19:47,320 --> 00:19:51,440 Speaker 1: the backboard, see if an opportunity presents itself. An opportunity 369 00:19:51,480 --> 00:19:53,720 Speaker 1: didn't present itself. I don't know if they expected it 370 00:19:53,760 --> 00:19:57,000 Speaker 1: to with the other teams in the Knicks, but clearly 371 00:19:57,040 --> 00:20:01,720 Speaker 1: at this point what they've done besides is agree with 372 00:20:01,720 --> 00:20:04,359 Speaker 1: Blake Trinon on a two year deal and agree with 373 00:20:04,440 --> 00:20:07,440 Speaker 1: Michael confordo at left handed hitting outfielder on the one 374 00:20:07,480 --> 00:20:11,280 Speaker 1: year deal. Good. So far, so good. They're also pursuing 375 00:20:11,320 --> 00:20:14,800 Speaker 1: other relievers. Tanner Scott is on their list. A trade 376 00:20:14,840 --> 00:20:17,359 Speaker 1: for Devin Williams is something else they might do. And 377 00:20:17,400 --> 00:20:20,560 Speaker 1: of course, as I said earlier in the show, I 378 00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:23,960 Speaker 1: do expect them to re sign Taskar Hernandez three year 379 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:26,600 Speaker 1: deal somewhere in the mid sixties. That's kind of where 380 00:20:26,640 --> 00:20:29,280 Speaker 1: I think this is going. You never known free agency, 381 00:20:29,600 --> 00:20:32,119 Speaker 1: and certainly one of those other teams, the Red Sox, 382 00:20:32,119 --> 00:20:35,000 Speaker 1: the Blue Jays, the Yankees might blow taoscar away, but 383 00:20:35,840 --> 00:20:38,840 Speaker 1: he has been very adamant in saying he wants to 384 00:20:38,840 --> 00:20:41,359 Speaker 1: be a Dodger. I expect him to be a Dodger. 385 00:20:42,400 --> 00:20:45,840 Speaker 1: And finally, the Blue Jays. Now, I've seen some chatter 386 00:20:45,920 --> 00:20:49,760 Speaker 1: from Blue Jays fans on X and wherever else about 387 00:20:50,440 --> 00:20:53,240 Speaker 1: how they think I hate not only the Blue Jays, 388 00:20:53,840 --> 00:20:58,000 Speaker 1: but hate the entire country of Canada. All right, I 389 00:20:58,040 --> 00:21:01,440 Speaker 1: love Canada, first of all. I hate the Blue Jays. 390 00:21:01,880 --> 00:21:06,120 Speaker 1: What I do hate, and fans often mistake my disdain 391 00:21:06,240 --> 00:21:10,200 Speaker 1: for certain things with hate. But it's not a team itself. 392 00:21:11,240 --> 00:21:14,000 Speaker 1: I don't like the way the Blue Jays have been run, 393 00:21:14,520 --> 00:21:16,119 Speaker 1: just as I don't like the way the Pirates have 394 00:21:16,160 --> 00:21:18,640 Speaker 1: been run, the Marlins, and a number of other teams 395 00:21:18,680 --> 00:21:21,280 Speaker 1: we could sit here and name now the Blue Jays. 396 00:21:21,840 --> 00:21:24,720 Speaker 1: I said this before. I found it curious that they 397 00:21:24,720 --> 00:21:27,439 Speaker 1: were targeting Soto in the way that they were at 398 00:21:27,480 --> 00:21:30,600 Speaker 1: a time when they haven't signed Vladimir Guerrero Junior to 399 00:21:30,640 --> 00:21:33,760 Speaker 1: an extension or Bow Bashett. Now Bashett might be the 400 00:21:33,840 --> 00:21:36,679 Speaker 1: odd man out here ultimately, and maybe Guerrero goes too. 401 00:21:36,680 --> 00:21:39,160 Speaker 1: I would expect him to at least test the market. 402 00:21:39,400 --> 00:21:41,520 Speaker 1: He's one year away and won Soto just signed for 403 00:21:41,560 --> 00:21:45,800 Speaker 1: seven hundred and sixty five million. But the Jays, because 404 00:21:45,800 --> 00:21:48,760 Speaker 1: they've got a weak farm system, not the greatest major 405 00:21:48,840 --> 00:21:52,160 Speaker 1: league roster, and the potential for Guerrero and Bashett to leave, 406 00:21:52,720 --> 00:21:56,000 Speaker 1: It just never made sense to me that they were 407 00:21:56,040 --> 00:22:00,159 Speaker 1: so deep in on Soto. I have thought perhaps they 408 00:22:00,160 --> 00:22:02,920 Speaker 1: should retool, almost like the Cardinals are doing right now. 409 00:22:03,640 --> 00:22:05,680 Speaker 1: I don't know that there's any guarantee that they're gonna 410 00:22:05,760 --> 00:22:08,560 Speaker 1: keep Guerrero or Burshett. I don't expect them to keep either, 411 00:22:08,680 --> 00:22:12,680 Speaker 1: quite frankly, so here they are they've still got money 412 00:22:12,680 --> 00:22:16,320 Speaker 1: to burn, and they've got a front office led by 413 00:22:16,320 --> 00:22:20,240 Speaker 1: Markshire Pyro and Ross Atkins that is perhaps in jeopardy, 414 00:22:20,560 --> 00:22:24,600 Speaker 1: certainly face a reckoning of sorts with their franchise. They're 415 00:22:24,600 --> 00:22:26,719 Speaker 1: gonna want to do something big and maybe they get 416 00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:29,560 Speaker 1: one of the big starting pitchers. But the J's to me, 417 00:22:29,720 --> 00:22:32,199 Speaker 1: are still not at the level where they should be. 418 00:22:32,520 --> 00:22:34,640 Speaker 1: They should be doing other things to bring in even 419 00:22:34,680 --> 00:22:37,280 Speaker 1: more young talent. They acquired some at the deadline, and 420 00:22:37,280 --> 00:22:39,520 Speaker 1: they're pretty high on those guys. They're pretty high on 421 00:22:39,560 --> 00:22:42,399 Speaker 1: some of their other young position players. But I just 422 00:22:42,520 --> 00:22:45,399 Speaker 1: am not in love with where they are. So I 423 00:22:45,480 --> 00:22:48,959 Speaker 1: don't hate the Jays. I don't hate any team. I 424 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:51,600 Speaker 1: certainly don't hate the country of Canada. In fact, I 425 00:22:51,720 --> 00:22:54,400 Speaker 1: love the country of Canada. So that's where we are 426 00:22:54,440 --> 00:22:57,320 Speaker 1: with that. The Red Sox, the Dodgers, the Blue Jays, 427 00:22:57,320 --> 00:22:59,679 Speaker 1: as well as the Yankees. They're the losers of the 428 00:22:59,720 --> 00:23:04,640 Speaker 1: Soda sweepstakes. And as I said earlier, those teams are 429 00:23:04,680 --> 00:23:07,120 Speaker 1: all going to need to pivot quickly, and they're gonna 430 00:23:07,160 --> 00:23:10,160 Speaker 1: need to react to what just happened because the market 431 00:23:10,400 --> 00:23:13,600 Speaker 1: is not going to wait for them all right time 432 00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:15,320 Speaker 1: now for grilling Ken. This is a part of the 433 00:23:15,320 --> 00:23:20,000 Speaker 1: show off there it is right answer your questions. Let's 434 00:23:20,040 --> 00:23:22,120 Speaker 1: start with this one. Here was a topic that yes, 435 00:23:22,200 --> 00:23:24,840 Speaker 1: we want to cover. Curious to hear Ken's thoughts about 436 00:23:24,920 --> 00:23:27,480 Speaker 1: Dave Parker and Dick Allen being elected to the Hall 437 00:23:27,480 --> 00:23:29,879 Speaker 1: of Fame. Dick Allen, I love that he's in the 438 00:23:29,880 --> 00:23:32,080 Speaker 1: Hall of Fame. He was a guy who was kind 439 00:23:32,080 --> 00:23:35,440 Speaker 1: of ahead of his time in the way he conducted 440 00:23:35,520 --> 00:23:37,720 Speaker 1: himself out and off the field. He was a guy 441 00:23:37,720 --> 00:23:40,640 Speaker 1: who spoke his mind, and that's something that's more accepted 442 00:23:40,680 --> 00:23:44,280 Speaker 1: today than it was then, certainly from a black player. 443 00:23:44,640 --> 00:23:47,439 Speaker 1: And this guy encountered racism, encountered a lot of things 444 00:23:47,520 --> 00:23:50,639 Speaker 1: and was a great player, a great hitter for sure. 445 00:23:51,040 --> 00:23:53,399 Speaker 1: So Dick Allen, a lot of people have felt for 446 00:23:53,440 --> 00:23:56,119 Speaker 1: a long time this was overdue. I would agree with that. 447 00:23:57,040 --> 00:24:00,480 Speaker 1: Dave Parker was more borderline, never did too on the 448 00:24:00,520 --> 00:24:03,840 Speaker 1: writer's ballot. His peak, you could argue, wasn't long enough. 449 00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:07,160 Speaker 1: Jay Jaffey, who writes that great series for Fangrafs, never 450 00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:09,840 Speaker 1: thought of Parker as one of the guys who would 451 00:24:09,880 --> 00:24:12,840 Speaker 1: be knocking on the door for Cooper's town. But that said, 452 00:24:13,520 --> 00:24:15,919 Speaker 1: those of us who remember Dave Parker, who watched the 453 00:24:15,960 --> 00:24:19,480 Speaker 1: Cobrit in action, who saw his prowess at the plate, 454 00:24:19,720 --> 00:24:22,720 Speaker 1: his amazing arm in right field. I don't have a 455 00:24:22,760 --> 00:24:25,320 Speaker 1: problem with Dave Parker in the Hall of Fame. He 456 00:24:25,440 --> 00:24:30,240 Speaker 1: wasn't maybe the classic Hall of Fame profile statistically, but 457 00:24:30,760 --> 00:24:34,560 Speaker 1: he was famous, and sometimes I think we lose a 458 00:24:34,600 --> 00:24:36,280 Speaker 1: little bit of that when we talk about Hall of 459 00:24:36,359 --> 00:24:38,800 Speaker 1: Fame and focus so much on the numbers. That's what 460 00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:41,199 Speaker 1: we're supposed to do, That's what this is about, of course. 461 00:24:41,680 --> 00:24:45,359 Speaker 1: But Dave Parker was a prominent force in that sport, 462 00:24:45,440 --> 00:24:48,800 Speaker 1: in our sport for quite some time. And you talk 463 00:24:48,840 --> 00:24:50,960 Speaker 1: about his teammates, and you saw those quotes from Dennis 464 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:55,119 Speaker 1: Eckersley perhaps last night on Parker, very effusive. So Dave Parker, 465 00:24:55,160 --> 00:24:57,159 Speaker 1: I'm good with that. I would have also liked to 466 00:24:57,200 --> 00:24:59,920 Speaker 1: have seen Luis tian In and one of the neg 467 00:25:00,160 --> 00:25:02,800 Speaker 1: league players get in as well, perhaps next time for 468 00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:06,760 Speaker 1: them all. Right, next question, This one comes from Thomas 469 00:25:06,760 --> 00:25:08,800 Speaker 1: Covey and a frequent questioner here. He said, what a 470 00:25:08,840 --> 00:25:11,679 Speaker 1: crazy contract for Soto? Is the next player just to 471 00:25:11,720 --> 00:25:14,439 Speaker 1: pass that mark currently in the minors or majors in 472 00:25:14,480 --> 00:25:17,760 Speaker 1: your mind, Bobby Wick Junior could have had he waited 473 00:25:17,960 --> 00:25:21,560 Speaker 1: until free agency to sign, maybe good point on with 474 00:25:21,800 --> 00:25:24,120 Speaker 1: Junior and he's the guy I thought of. Of course, 475 00:25:24,119 --> 00:25:26,280 Speaker 1: he signed an eleven year, two hundred and eighty seven 476 00:25:26,800 --> 00:25:29,680 Speaker 1: eighty eight million dollar extension with the Kansas City Royals. 477 00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:31,960 Speaker 1: He would have been a free agent after his age 478 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:36,359 Speaker 1: twenty seventh season, entering his age I'm sorry, yes, entering 479 00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:40,119 Speaker 1: his age twenty eight year, So I don't know that 480 00:25:40,160 --> 00:25:42,520 Speaker 1: he would have gotten the deal Soto would have I 481 00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:46,840 Speaker 1: ultimately got. But with Junior was a still relatively young player, 482 00:25:47,040 --> 00:25:50,119 Speaker 1: would have been in free agency and up the middle player, 483 00:25:50,320 --> 00:25:53,840 Speaker 1: certainly defensively, much better than Soto. He could have been 484 00:25:53,840 --> 00:25:58,200 Speaker 1: the guy. The other one I thought of is Gunner Henderson. 485 00:25:58,800 --> 00:26:03,600 Speaker 1: Now Gunner Henderson like with junior high school draft, Soto, 486 00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:06,879 Speaker 1: of course, entered the majors at age nineteen. These guys 487 00:26:06,920 --> 00:26:08,840 Speaker 1: have to get in the mix at a young age 488 00:26:08,880 --> 00:26:11,840 Speaker 1: to become a young free agent, and it's only possible 489 00:26:11,840 --> 00:26:14,399 Speaker 1: if you're a high school draft. Gunner will be a 490 00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:18,520 Speaker 1: free agent after his age twenty six season, so it'll 491 00:26:18,560 --> 00:26:21,200 Speaker 1: be a free agent entering his age twenty seven campaign. 492 00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:23,399 Speaker 1: That's pretty young, but I don't know this he'll be 493 00:26:23,400 --> 00:26:26,080 Speaker 1: as accomplished as W Junior is going to be, and 494 00:26:26,119 --> 00:26:28,520 Speaker 1: even if he is, I still don't know if that's 495 00:26:28,560 --> 00:26:32,760 Speaker 1: going to be the SODO level. That said, by the 496 00:26:32,800 --> 00:26:35,480 Speaker 1: time this happens with Gunner and with any other young 497 00:26:35,520 --> 00:26:37,520 Speaker 1: player at that level who's going to be a free agent, 498 00:26:37,600 --> 00:26:41,000 Speaker 1: then we should have a new labor agreement expires after 499 00:26:41,040 --> 00:26:43,879 Speaker 1: twenty six, we should have new national television contracts, and 500 00:26:43,920 --> 00:26:48,119 Speaker 1: presumably the local TV revenue issues at some team's face 501 00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:50,800 Speaker 1: are going to be settled and more clear by then 502 00:26:50,920 --> 00:26:54,679 Speaker 1: as well. So financially the sport figures to be in 503 00:26:54,720 --> 00:26:57,959 Speaker 1: an even stronger position, and that will only help the 504 00:26:57,960 --> 00:27:01,280 Speaker 1: next wave of players. But it seems to me it 505 00:27:01,320 --> 00:27:03,560 Speaker 1: doesn't happen often when you get a Ted Williams type 506 00:27:03,640 --> 00:27:06,680 Speaker 1: hitter enter the major leagues at age nineteen and then 507 00:27:06,800 --> 00:27:10,280 Speaker 1: dominate become a free agent entering his age twenty six season. 508 00:27:10,720 --> 00:27:13,840 Speaker 1: That's Juan Soto. That's the profile you need for this 509 00:27:13,920 --> 00:27:16,679 Speaker 1: kind of deal, and I don't see any current player 510 00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:21,239 Speaker 1: in the majors or minors being that guy. All right, 511 00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:23,960 Speaker 1: final question, this one comes from Robbie J. He asked Ken, 512 00:27:24,119 --> 00:27:27,080 Speaker 1: how can spans up small market teams have hope, And no, 513 00:27:27,400 --> 00:27:30,199 Speaker 1: I don't buy that. Some teams just choose not to spend. 514 00:27:30,520 --> 00:27:33,800 Speaker 1: You can't expect deficit spending. Why is baseball the only 515 00:27:33,840 --> 00:27:38,200 Speaker 1: sport without extensive revenue sharing for all dollars including media deals? 516 00:27:38,240 --> 00:27:39,960 Speaker 1: All right, there's a lot of questions here. I'll try 517 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:42,000 Speaker 1: to get to them as soon or as best as 518 00:27:42,040 --> 00:27:46,040 Speaker 1: I can. As for the way the revenue is shared, 519 00:27:46,760 --> 00:27:50,080 Speaker 1: it's different than the NFL because this sport is locally 520 00:27:50,119 --> 00:27:52,960 Speaker 1: based as far as the television packages are concerned, as 521 00:27:52,960 --> 00:27:55,920 Speaker 1: opposed to nationally based, which is what the NFL has 522 00:27:56,400 --> 00:27:59,520 Speaker 1: with CBS, with Fox, with NBC, with all of their 523 00:27:59,520 --> 00:28:02,200 Speaker 1: different parts partners. That's where the bulk of the money 524 00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:05,080 Speaker 1: comes from. There are no local telecasts in the NFL. 525 00:28:05,800 --> 00:28:09,440 Speaker 1: In baseball, it's different now. Yes, there are national TV contracts, 526 00:28:09,480 --> 00:28:11,320 Speaker 1: we all know that, and that money is shared. But 527 00:28:11,840 --> 00:28:15,720 Speaker 1: the different market sizes produce different amounts of revenue, and 528 00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:18,359 Speaker 1: that's changing all the time as we enter or as 529 00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:21,440 Speaker 1: we are in the cord cutting era. Now, do small 530 00:28:21,480 --> 00:28:24,400 Speaker 1: market teams have hope? It's tough, and I've spoken about 531 00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:28,400 Speaker 1: this on foul territory and on fair territory. The disparity 532 00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:31,560 Speaker 1: between the haves and the have nots is getting wider. 533 00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:34,160 Speaker 1: And yes, there are some small market teams that can 534 00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:37,600 Speaker 1: spend more. We all agree on that, but there are 535 00:28:37,680 --> 00:28:41,760 Speaker 1: resources involved here and I don't disagree with what the 536 00:28:41,800 --> 00:28:44,600 Speaker 1: person asks there. You can't expect people to just spend 537 00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:47,920 Speaker 1: and spend and spend and deficit spend that way. So 538 00:28:48,680 --> 00:28:50,160 Speaker 1: this is something that's going to come up in the 539 00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:53,600 Speaker 1: next CBA. It's something that's going to be quite contentious, 540 00:28:53,600 --> 00:28:56,800 Speaker 1: something that could lead to a lockout. If that happened, 541 00:28:56,800 --> 00:28:58,480 Speaker 1: that would be the dumbest thing the sport could do. 542 00:28:58,520 --> 00:29:00,600 Speaker 1: We're in the middle of something of a rents here, 543 00:29:00,920 --> 00:29:04,440 Speaker 1: but at the same time, it wouldn't shock me if 544 00:29:04,720 --> 00:29:08,520 Speaker 1: this have versus have not situation that we're in now 545 00:29:09,040 --> 00:29:13,960 Speaker 1: becomes even more I don't know. Thorny, I guess would 546 00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:15,800 Speaker 1: be one word to years. I'm trying to think of 547 00:29:15,800 --> 00:29:18,280 Speaker 1: a better word, but I don't have one. Anyway, I 548 00:29:18,320 --> 00:29:20,640 Speaker 1: want to thank everyone for watching. I want to thank 549 00:29:20,680 --> 00:29:24,720 Speaker 1: everyone for listening. You know where to find us YouTube, Apple, Spotify. 550 00:29:25,240 --> 00:29:28,320 Speaker 1: I will be back Thursday with Alana Rizzo with our 551 00:29:28,440 --> 00:29:31,680 Speaker 1: normal live show. We'll be back on all of our 552 00:29:31,720 --> 00:29:34,240 Speaker 1: normal places to find us. I want to thank you 553 00:29:34,400 --> 00:29:37,680 Speaker 1: one again. Great time this morning, just talking to you 554 00:29:37,720 --> 00:29:40,000 Speaker 1: about the Wan Soto deal. I can talk about it 555 00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:42,560 Speaker 1: in another half hour, but sorry, man, we gotta go.