1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,400 Speaker 1: You always if you're talking about the Red Sox. 2 00:00:01,840 --> 00:00:05,400 Speaker 2: Already thankssaults are mad, Derek Lewandowski and this is a 3 00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:11,639 Speaker 2: typical Yankee Fair reaction. We gotta do something. Welcome everyone 4 00:00:11,680 --> 00:00:15,280 Speaker 2: to the Thursday edition of Fair Territory. I'm Ken Rosenthal. 5 00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:18,400 Speaker 2: Alana Rizzo is back with us on this Thursday, and Alana, 6 00:00:19,040 --> 00:00:22,360 Speaker 2: it's cool. Pictures and catchers are reporting and workouts have begun, 7 00:00:22,520 --> 00:00:25,680 Speaker 2: and yet last night the Winter meetings broke out all 8 00:00:25,680 --> 00:00:28,120 Speaker 2: over against. 9 00:00:27,120 --> 00:00:28,040 Speaker 1: Really seems that way. 10 00:00:28,120 --> 00:00:28,280 Speaker 2: Ken. 11 00:00:28,320 --> 00:00:30,280 Speaker 1: Great to be back with you as well. Great job 12 00:00:30,320 --> 00:00:32,800 Speaker 1: by Trisha Whitaker last week in my absence, But it 13 00:00:32,880 --> 00:00:36,479 Speaker 1: finally seems like we have a landing spot Ken for 14 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:40,080 Speaker 1: third baseman. Maybe third baseman Alex Bregman. Where's it going? 15 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:44,000 Speaker 2: He's going to Boston. As everyone reported last night, it's 16 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:47,200 Speaker 2: a fascinating deal, of fascinating development in so many ways. 17 00:00:47,640 --> 00:00:51,000 Speaker 2: The deal four years, I'm sorry, three years, one hundred 18 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:53,400 Speaker 2: and twenty million. I was thinking about the forty million AAV. 19 00:00:53,960 --> 00:00:56,040 Speaker 2: It's three years one to twenty with an opt out 20 00:00:56,080 --> 00:00:59,320 Speaker 2: after each year. There is deferrals, or are deferrals in 21 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:01,760 Speaker 2: the deal that will lower the present day value. We're 22 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:05,160 Speaker 2: familiar with this practice by now, and the real question 23 00:01:05,240 --> 00:01:07,480 Speaker 2: for me Alana now that they've made this big move, 24 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:10,120 Speaker 2: and good for the Red Sox finally waking up and 25 00:01:10,240 --> 00:01:13,640 Speaker 2: joining the big market party. But the big question is 26 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:17,680 Speaker 2: where is Bregman going to play now? He has expressed 27 00:01:17,720 --> 00:01:20,520 Speaker 2: a willingness to play second base. That's a position where 28 00:01:21,240 --> 00:01:22,840 Speaker 2: he would be in the middle of the infield. He 29 00:01:22,920 --> 00:01:25,399 Speaker 2: was a shortstop at LSU, came up and played some 30 00:01:25,440 --> 00:01:27,920 Speaker 2: shortstop in the Astros organization, but he's been a third 31 00:01:27,959 --> 00:01:30,960 Speaker 2: baseman for the majority of his career, the vast majority 32 00:01:30,959 --> 00:01:33,720 Speaker 2: of his major league career, and he won his first 33 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:37,360 Speaker 2: Gold Glove last season. So, as I wrote today, the 34 00:01:37,480 --> 00:01:41,120 Speaker 2: obvious move, in my opinion, is to play Alex Bregman 35 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:43,360 Speaker 2: at third base. And I know what this means for 36 00:01:43,440 --> 00:01:46,640 Speaker 2: Rafield Devers. It means that he likely becomes a DH 37 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:49,559 Speaker 2: in this second year of a ten year extension eleven 38 00:01:49,600 --> 00:01:53,080 Speaker 2: year extension. But you know what the Red Sox should 39 00:01:53,160 --> 00:01:56,040 Speaker 2: be trying to win here and their best defensive alignment, 40 00:01:56,520 --> 00:01:59,880 Speaker 2: their best pathway for some of their prospects is if 41 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:03,160 Speaker 2: Bregman plays third base, and that way you have vun 42 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:07,200 Speaker 2: Grissom or their top infield prospect Christian Campbell. The path 43 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:09,600 Speaker 2: would be clear for them. At second, you'd have a 44 00:02:09,639 --> 00:02:11,600 Speaker 2: problem with Yashidah because you'd have to get rid of 45 00:02:11,680 --> 00:02:14,040 Speaker 2: him since he's projected to be the current DH. But 46 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:18,280 Speaker 2: these are big boy problems, big market problems, and they 47 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:21,040 Speaker 2: can be solved. But the big thing to me is 48 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:24,240 Speaker 2: putting your best defensive alignment on the field, and that 49 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:25,520 Speaker 2: is with Bregman at third. 50 00:02:26,680 --> 00:02:29,320 Speaker 1: Let's talk about the addition so far Ken with Bregman. 51 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:32,040 Speaker 1: Team hasn't made it official yet, but all intents and purposes, 52 00:02:32,040 --> 00:02:35,680 Speaker 1: he's going to Beantown. They've added Bregman. Of course, Garrett Croshet, 53 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:37,800 Speaker 1: Walker Buhler. It'll be interesting to have those two on 54 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:40,880 Speaker 1: the same team. Zandovald Chapman and Wilson. You said they're 55 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:44,400 Speaker 1: finally acting like a big market club. Is this enough 56 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:47,000 Speaker 1: to compete in a very tough al East. 57 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:51,960 Speaker 2: It should be. And it's always difficult to predict Alana, 58 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:54,280 Speaker 2: You know this what's going to happen in a given season. 59 00:02:54,919 --> 00:02:57,160 Speaker 2: We don't really know what Walker Buhler is going to be. 60 00:02:57,200 --> 00:03:00,000 Speaker 2: We don't know what Gilito is going to be. Even 61 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:03,240 Speaker 2: with Crochet, who's been outstanding or was outstanding in his 62 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:05,080 Speaker 2: first year as a starter for the White Sox. Now 63 00:03:05,080 --> 00:03:07,560 Speaker 2: he goes to Fenway, it's a different set of circumstances. 64 00:03:07,760 --> 00:03:10,919 Speaker 2: You can't project and predict any of this stuff, even 65 00:03:10,919 --> 00:03:14,200 Speaker 2: though of course we all try. I did write and 66 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:16,359 Speaker 2: I do believe this, and I might have even been 67 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:19,160 Speaker 2: light in saying this, that they are clearly a threat 68 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:22,480 Speaker 2: to win a wildcard now and maybe a threat to 69 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:25,560 Speaker 2: challenge the Yankees in the Al East for the division title. 70 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:28,480 Speaker 2: They might be even more than maybe a threat. Maybe 71 00:03:28,480 --> 00:03:30,960 Speaker 2: they are a real threat. So I like where they 72 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:33,440 Speaker 2: are at this point. They needed the right handed bat 73 00:03:33,440 --> 00:03:35,160 Speaker 2: that Regman will provide. And I know there are some 74 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:37,440 Speaker 2: numbers out there. I referred to some of them in 75 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:40,720 Speaker 2: my story that shows some decline in the last couple 76 00:03:40,760 --> 00:03:43,640 Speaker 2: of years from an offensive standpoint. But going to Fenway, 77 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:47,120 Speaker 2: where he has monster numbers ree seventy five career batting 78 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:51,160 Speaker 2: average over a twelve hundred ops, that should be well 79 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:53,960 Speaker 2: suited for him. He's a pull hitter. It all should 80 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:56,040 Speaker 2: work out. Now he might only be there one year, 81 00:03:56,640 --> 00:03:58,520 Speaker 2: right he has the opt out, and that is part 82 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:02,160 Speaker 2: of the complication with the decision, because if Bregman is 83 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:04,640 Speaker 2: only there one year. Maybe you want Devers back at 84 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:07,680 Speaker 2: third next year. But again, if you're the Red Sox, 85 00:04:07,720 --> 00:04:09,720 Speaker 2: you've got to put your best foot forward and you 86 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:12,760 Speaker 2: leave second base for Campbell. He's coming. I know they 87 00:04:12,760 --> 00:04:14,960 Speaker 2: can play him in other positions. I know Bregman would 88 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:17,279 Speaker 2: be a really good defender at second as well. But 89 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:21,320 Speaker 2: we're talking about a Gold Glove winner Bregman versus a 90 00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:22,920 Speaker 2: guy who was one of the worst defenders in the 91 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:26,520 Speaker 2: league at third base last season, Devers. It is pretty 92 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:28,039 Speaker 2: much a slam dunk in my mind. 93 00:04:28,680 --> 00:04:32,440 Speaker 1: Talking about the monster numbers at Fenway. Obviously, that big 94 00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:34,839 Speaker 1: monster in left center field there makes sense for him. 95 00:04:34,839 --> 00:04:37,520 Speaker 1: But it's three years, one twenty million. As you mentioned, 96 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:41,080 Speaker 1: Kennon reportedly he had a much bigger deal going to 97 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:44,040 Speaker 1: the Detroit Tigers. Obviously he has connections to both, with 98 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:47,160 Speaker 1: Alex Korra in Boston as well as aj Hinch, his 99 00:04:47,240 --> 00:04:50,120 Speaker 1: former manager with the Houston Astors there in Detroit. Now, 100 00:04:50,160 --> 00:04:53,640 Speaker 1: apparently he picked Boston over Detroit. It was a longer 101 00:04:53,760 --> 00:04:57,680 Speaker 1: term deal and certainly more money. Why Boston over Detroit? 102 00:04:58,920 --> 00:05:02,799 Speaker 2: More guaranteed money. The report was six years, one hundred 103 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:05,240 Speaker 2: and seventy one point five million, that's a pretty good deal. 104 00:05:05,320 --> 00:05:07,599 Speaker 2: It would have put him over where the Astros were 105 00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:09,719 Speaker 2: with their six year, one hundred and fifty six million 106 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:12,840 Speaker 2: dollar offer, accounted for the difference in state income tax 107 00:05:12,880 --> 00:05:14,839 Speaker 2: and all that, and giving him a little bump beyond. 108 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:19,760 Speaker 2: But Gregman clearly wanted Boston and he clearly wanted I 109 00:05:19,839 --> 00:05:23,039 Speaker 2: believe because he will play well there with what you 110 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:25,479 Speaker 2: just said, alt it the Green Monster and his poll 111 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:28,920 Speaker 2: hitting and all of that coming into play. And Detroit 112 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:30,960 Speaker 2: is a team that is on the rise, there's no 113 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:34,520 Speaker 2: doubt about that. But it's still not the Ale East, 114 00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:36,680 Speaker 2: still not the big market, and maybe that is what 115 00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:38,479 Speaker 2: he wanted. We'd have to hear from him to know 116 00:05:38,640 --> 00:05:41,599 Speaker 2: for sure why he made the decision he did. And 117 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:46,000 Speaker 2: keep in mind too that like several previous Scott Bors 118 00:05:46,040 --> 00:05:49,320 Speaker 2: clients Pete Alonzo most recently and then last off season 119 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:55,320 Speaker 2: Blake Snell and Jordan Montgomery and Matt Chapman, these guys 120 00:05:55,480 --> 00:05:58,320 Speaker 2: going back to Korea have taken these shorter deals, even 121 00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:01,200 Speaker 2: going back to Adrian Beltrey the shorter deal and then 122 00:06:01,279 --> 00:06:03,800 Speaker 2: try to cash in again later. Now it gets complicated 123 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:06,720 Speaker 2: for Bregman. If he opts out, he'll be entering free 124 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:10,640 Speaker 2: agency next offseason, going into his age thirty two season, 125 00:06:10,839 --> 00:06:13,280 Speaker 2: so he'd have to get to beat the Detroit off 126 00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:16,000 Speaker 2: for five years upwards of one hundred and thirty million. 127 00:06:16,480 --> 00:06:19,120 Speaker 2: He might do that, but he might not, So it's 128 00:06:19,160 --> 00:06:22,760 Speaker 2: an interesting bet on himself. He gets an AAV that 129 00:06:22,839 --> 00:06:25,680 Speaker 2: matches the sixth highest and major league history. It matches 130 00:06:25,720 --> 00:06:29,760 Speaker 2: Aaron Judges AAV. Though deferrals will drop the value present day, 131 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:34,080 Speaker 2: it's still a very interesting situation for him. It's a 132 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:36,640 Speaker 2: lucrative situation for him. He's got one hundred and twenty 133 00:06:36,680 --> 00:06:39,080 Speaker 2: million guaranteed and he can take it from here. 134 00:06:39,760 --> 00:06:41,719 Speaker 1: Yeah, at some point these guys just want to win 135 00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:43,719 Speaker 1: versus having the money, because the money's been there for 136 00:06:43,800 --> 00:06:45,800 Speaker 1: his entire career. Let me ask you this, though, Ken, 137 00:06:45,839 --> 00:06:47,719 Speaker 1: Now that we think Alex Bregman is going to the 138 00:06:47,720 --> 00:06:50,279 Speaker 1: Boston Red Sox, what does that mean for Nolan Ronado? 139 00:06:50,360 --> 00:06:53,440 Speaker 1: Does a picture for him become a little bit clearer? 140 00:06:55,200 --> 00:06:58,000 Speaker 2: It's clearer, and yet it's not. And why I say 141 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:00,800 Speaker 2: that is this? The Red soixe seemed to be his 142 00:07:00,839 --> 00:07:03,840 Speaker 2: first choice. It was widely reported that way I heard it. 143 00:07:04,400 --> 00:07:06,640 Speaker 2: Most of us who have been doing this have heard that, 144 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:09,800 Speaker 2: and The Red Sox option is now gone. Remember he 145 00:07:09,880 --> 00:07:13,360 Speaker 2: rejected the trade to Houston earlier this offseason when he 146 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:17,440 Speaker 2: wanted to see how the landscape developed. Well the Red Sox, 147 00:07:17,800 --> 00:07:20,560 Speaker 2: that option is no longer there for him. People talk 148 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:23,840 Speaker 2: about the Yankees. The Yankees have not shown any interest 149 00:07:24,040 --> 00:07:27,400 Speaker 2: in Arnato all off season. They are in a situation 150 00:07:27,440 --> 00:07:29,280 Speaker 2: where they're not going to add a lot of money 151 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:32,440 Speaker 2: and I just don't see that happening. It's not realistic. 152 00:07:33,080 --> 00:07:35,360 Speaker 2: Then there are the Dodgers. That's a place Noan Arnaudo 153 00:07:35,440 --> 00:07:38,559 Speaker 2: has talked about in the past, and sure, I'm sure 154 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:40,600 Speaker 2: that would be an interesting place for him now, but 155 00:07:41,040 --> 00:07:44,360 Speaker 2: they've got Max Munsey, a third Max Bunsey might have 156 00:07:44,400 --> 00:07:46,920 Speaker 2: a better year than Noen Arnado. No On Arnado is 157 00:07:46,960 --> 00:07:51,400 Speaker 2: in offensive decline, in sharp offensive decline. So if you're 158 00:07:51,440 --> 00:07:54,880 Speaker 2: the Dodgers, why would you want to make that deal. 159 00:07:55,160 --> 00:07:57,040 Speaker 2: I don't know why you would want to make that deal. 160 00:07:57,160 --> 00:08:01,400 Speaker 2: So it seems to me that Arnatto right now, barring 161 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:04,760 Speaker 2: an injury, somewhere else and a place that he says 162 00:08:04,920 --> 00:08:07,720 Speaker 2: in his mind, I would want to go. Seems to 163 00:08:07,760 --> 00:08:09,880 Speaker 2: me he is going to start the season in Saint 164 00:08:09,920 --> 00:08:12,240 Speaker 2: Louis now things can change. As I just mentioned, an 165 00:08:12,320 --> 00:08:15,760 Speaker 2: injury could change the equation as the season goes on. 166 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:19,040 Speaker 2: Who knows, he might open up his list a little 167 00:08:19,040 --> 00:08:22,880 Speaker 2: bit more than he has so far. But it's not 168 00:08:22,920 --> 00:08:25,520 Speaker 2: an easy circumstance for him right now. And looking back, 169 00:08:25,520 --> 00:08:28,320 Speaker 2: should you have taken the Houston trade? Well, that's something 170 00:08:28,320 --> 00:08:29,640 Speaker 2: maybe he'll debate in his mind. 171 00:08:30,280 --> 00:08:31,800 Speaker 1: Let me ask you this Ken, because he is a 172 00:08:31,840 --> 00:08:34,600 Speaker 1: Southern California kid. I mean, obviously he has been tied 173 00:08:34,640 --> 00:08:36,960 Speaker 1: to the Los Angeles Dodgers over the course of his career. 174 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:38,480 Speaker 1: He has said that he'd like to play for the 175 00:08:38,520 --> 00:08:41,960 Speaker 1: Dodgers at some point. Anthony Rendon is out for the 176 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:44,840 Speaker 1: season again, color me shocked. In terms of Anthony Rendon 177 00:08:44,920 --> 00:08:48,640 Speaker 1: and injury situations. Do you see a situation in which 178 00:08:48,679 --> 00:08:52,120 Speaker 1: Nolan Arnado could be the third baseman for the angel 179 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:54,120 Speaker 1: since Rendon is not available. 180 00:08:55,280 --> 00:08:58,280 Speaker 2: It's a fair question given where Nolan is from. But 181 00:08:58,520 --> 00:09:01,559 Speaker 2: at the same time, the Angels just signed Yon Mancata, 182 00:09:02,040 --> 00:09:05,600 Speaker 2: and Yon Mancata is a reasonable bounce back guy, a 183 00:09:05,679 --> 00:09:08,760 Speaker 2: guy that I'm interested to see play this year now 184 00:09:08,760 --> 00:09:10,559 Speaker 2: that he's out of Chicago, now that he has been 185 00:09:10,960 --> 00:09:13,480 Speaker 2: humbled a little bit, not that he necessarily needed humbling. 186 00:09:13,480 --> 00:09:16,079 Speaker 2: But sometimes something like this can wake up a player 187 00:09:16,120 --> 00:09:19,240 Speaker 2: a little. So I don't see the Angels wanting to 188 00:09:19,240 --> 00:09:23,120 Speaker 2: get involved and take on that money. They have a 189 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:26,560 Speaker 2: situation where they've added quite a bit, there's still short 190 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:29,760 Speaker 2: of being a playoff type team in most projection systems. 191 00:09:31,320 --> 00:09:32,600 Speaker 2: To me, it just doesn't make sense. 192 00:09:33,880 --> 00:09:36,600 Speaker 1: All right, Well, you look at the situation between Alex 193 00:09:36,679 --> 00:09:39,560 Speaker 1: Bregman and the Boston Red Sox, how it impacts both 194 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:41,960 Speaker 1: the bow Socks as well as the Houston Astros. 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They inking him to a four year, 229 00:11:18,120 --> 00:11:21,200 Speaker 1: fifty five million dollar deal. There are some opt outs 230 00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:23,439 Speaker 1: in that, but there's a lot of first year money 231 00:11:23,440 --> 00:11:25,720 Speaker 1: in there, and does that mean that this is perhaps 232 00:11:25,720 --> 00:11:28,600 Speaker 1: an insurance plan if they move Dylan Cees. 233 00:11:29,960 --> 00:11:33,360 Speaker 2: Actually the first year money is rather low, four million 234 00:11:33,400 --> 00:11:37,000 Speaker 2: total a lot. So the way I see this, and 235 00:11:37,040 --> 00:11:39,520 Speaker 2: the way Dennis Lynn wrote about this in The Athletic Today, 236 00:11:40,440 --> 00:11:42,800 Speaker 2: is that the Padres are trying to build as good 237 00:11:42,800 --> 00:11:46,360 Speaker 2: a team as possible with limited resources, and of course 238 00:11:46,400 --> 00:11:48,240 Speaker 2: that's the job of every GM, but they're in a 239 00:11:48,240 --> 00:11:53,000 Speaker 2: particularly unusual circumstance given the ownership squabble, the battle for 240 00:11:53,080 --> 00:11:58,240 Speaker 2: control between Peter Sidler's widow and his brothers. So we 241 00:11:58,320 --> 00:12:00,400 Speaker 2: have been unable to really get a good read on 242 00:12:00,440 --> 00:12:02,480 Speaker 2: them all off season. But what have they done lately. 243 00:12:03,080 --> 00:12:06,160 Speaker 2: They've resigned Michael King to a deal where they pushed 244 00:12:06,200 --> 00:12:09,559 Speaker 2: the money back into really twenty twenty six, a good 245 00:12:09,559 --> 00:12:13,160 Speaker 2: deal of it. It's in a buyout. They gave Jason 246 00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:16,720 Speaker 2: Hayward a low money deal, Connor Joe a low money deal, 247 00:12:16,840 --> 00:12:20,320 Speaker 2: and now with Paveta, they're restricting what he's earning in 248 00:12:20,360 --> 00:12:22,880 Speaker 2: the first year, keeping it really down to four million. 249 00:12:23,480 --> 00:12:27,920 Speaker 2: So my interpretation of this, without having spoken to aj Preller, 250 00:12:27,960 --> 00:12:30,840 Speaker 2: because this deal is not yet official, is that they're 251 00:12:30,880 --> 00:12:34,360 Speaker 2: trying to build the best possible team they can while 252 00:12:34,360 --> 00:12:37,400 Speaker 2: still dealing with the luxury tax implications. Now they're within 253 00:12:37,480 --> 00:12:41,319 Speaker 2: about two or three million of the second threshold right now, 254 00:12:41,679 --> 00:12:44,360 Speaker 2: I imagine they don't want to go over that one, and 255 00:12:45,640 --> 00:12:49,040 Speaker 2: that could necessitate a trade still, but I don't believe 256 00:12:49,080 --> 00:12:51,720 Speaker 2: it will be Dylan Cease. My guess is they'd rather 257 00:12:51,800 --> 00:12:55,240 Speaker 2: trade Robert Suarez. And I'm not certain of this. This 258 00:12:55,360 --> 00:12:58,160 Speaker 2: is speculative, but it just seems to me that you 259 00:12:58,160 --> 00:13:00,959 Speaker 2: can build a bullpen a little bit even without a 260 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:05,200 Speaker 2: guy like Suarez, then you can put a rotation together 261 00:13:05,240 --> 00:13:07,560 Speaker 2: without Dylan Cease. The way they are set up now 262 00:13:07,600 --> 00:13:11,880 Speaker 2: with Paveta, it's Cease, it's Starvish, it's Michael King, and 263 00:13:11,920 --> 00:13:14,840 Speaker 2: it's Paveta. That's four. Those are four pretty good pitchers, 264 00:13:15,080 --> 00:13:17,280 Speaker 2: and you've got Waldron and you've got some other options 265 00:13:17,280 --> 00:13:19,400 Speaker 2: for the fifth spot, and they're in a better place. 266 00:13:20,080 --> 00:13:22,280 Speaker 2: I don't believe they want to abandon that place. They 267 00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:26,480 Speaker 2: want this team to compete. That's aj Preller's wholem. It 268 00:13:26,520 --> 00:13:28,880 Speaker 2: always has been his mo. He's not going backwards. He 269 00:13:28,880 --> 00:13:32,880 Speaker 2: wants to go forward. He has a difficult time doing it, 270 00:13:32,880 --> 00:13:36,920 Speaker 2: it seems under these financial conditions, but he's found a 271 00:13:36,960 --> 00:13:39,559 Speaker 2: way by adding Paveta, and now it'll be interesting to 272 00:13:39,600 --> 00:13:41,840 Speaker 2: see how they take the next step. 273 00:13:42,840 --> 00:13:45,440 Speaker 1: Yeah, perhaps Sware is on the move versus Dylan season. 274 00:13:45,520 --> 00:13:47,800 Speaker 1: Just to clarify my mistake, as you mentioned, Ken, he 275 00:13:47,840 --> 00:13:50,320 Speaker 1: will receive a three million dollars signing bonus and only 276 00:13:50,320 --> 00:13:53,160 Speaker 1: a one million dollar salary. As you mentioned, the Padre 277 00:13:53,320 --> 00:13:55,920 Speaker 1: is facing a cash flow issue. This deal, which contains 278 00:13:55,960 --> 00:13:58,839 Speaker 1: player opt outs after twenty six and twenty seven, will 279 00:13:58,880 --> 00:14:02,160 Speaker 1: then pay Paveta nine teen million, fourteen million, and eighteen 280 00:14:02,200 --> 00:14:04,480 Speaker 1: million over the next three years, respectively. So that was 281 00:14:04,520 --> 00:14:06,880 Speaker 1: my mistake. Wanted to make that clarification there. Let's talk 282 00:14:06,920 --> 00:14:10,000 Speaker 1: about show Hey Otani, who is making two million dollars 283 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:13,360 Speaker 1: a year in a seven hundred million dollar contract. He's 284 00:14:13,400 --> 00:14:16,800 Speaker 1: going to throw a bullpen next weekend Show Hey fans 285 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:19,840 Speaker 1: unite Ken because anything that show Heyo Tani does is 286 00:14:19,920 --> 00:14:22,160 Speaker 1: big news. What do you make of this. The Dodger's 287 00:14:22,200 --> 00:14:25,880 Speaker 1: saying he'll be ready to pitch in May sounds good. 288 00:14:26,320 --> 00:14:28,880 Speaker 2: It seems like he's on track. Keep in mind he's 289 00:14:28,880 --> 00:14:31,600 Speaker 2: coming off a major elbow operation and they're not going 290 00:14:31,640 --> 00:14:33,960 Speaker 2: to rush this. There's no reason for them to rush this. 291 00:14:34,040 --> 00:14:37,880 Speaker 2: They have numerous options for their rotation. They plan to 292 00:14:37,920 --> 00:14:40,880 Speaker 2: go to a six man rotation pretty much all season, 293 00:14:41,040 --> 00:14:45,040 Speaker 2: and they will do that to accommodate Otani, Sasaki coming 294 00:14:45,080 --> 00:14:48,480 Speaker 2: over Yamamoto in his second season. They want to build 295 00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:51,200 Speaker 2: in as much rest as possible for all of these starters. 296 00:14:51,440 --> 00:14:53,680 Speaker 2: And what they want and what they tried to achieve 297 00:14:53,800 --> 00:14:55,800 Speaker 2: last year and did not do successfully even though they 298 00:14:55,800 --> 00:14:58,520 Speaker 2: won the World Series, was keep all of these guys 299 00:14:58,560 --> 00:15:02,400 Speaker 2: healthy for OKT. Remember they had kind of a patchwork 300 00:15:02,480 --> 00:15:04,520 Speaker 2: deal going. They had to trade for Jack Flowerty, they 301 00:15:04,520 --> 00:15:07,520 Speaker 2: had to use Bueller in spots coming down the stretch, 302 00:15:07,560 --> 00:15:10,600 Speaker 2: and of course in the postseason. It wasn't the original plan. 303 00:15:10,840 --> 00:15:15,160 Speaker 2: But they now have such a plethora of starting pitching 304 00:15:15,240 --> 00:15:18,640 Speaker 2: options they should be able to really take it easy 305 00:15:18,640 --> 00:15:21,960 Speaker 2: with Otani accommodate him as best they can. Now he's 306 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:25,240 Speaker 2: also coming off the left shoulder surgery. Non pitching arm 307 00:15:25,760 --> 00:15:28,160 Speaker 2: and that seems to be, as he said yesterday, a 308 00:15:28,160 --> 00:15:30,520 Speaker 2: little bit more complicated. He's expected to be ready to 309 00:15:30,600 --> 00:15:32,880 Speaker 2: DH by opening day. He's going to be a two 310 00:15:32,880 --> 00:15:35,600 Speaker 2: way player again this season. It's just a matter of 311 00:15:35,640 --> 00:15:37,080 Speaker 2: when exactly that occurs. 312 00:15:37,800 --> 00:15:39,560 Speaker 1: All right, And you were just at Dodgers camp a 313 00:15:39,560 --> 00:15:41,520 Speaker 1: couple of days ago. You said it's wild there the 314 00:15:41,520 --> 00:15:43,920 Speaker 1: amount of media, of course, Japanese media. They got a 315 00:15:43,920 --> 00:15:45,720 Speaker 1: lot to cover, a lot to talk about. And by 316 00:15:45,760 --> 00:15:48,400 Speaker 1: the way, Farh an Xiety is back with the Los 317 00:15:48,440 --> 00:15:51,480 Speaker 1: Angeles Dodgers, coming over from San Francisco. He's going to 318 00:15:51,520 --> 00:15:54,760 Speaker 1: join myself and Clip Pesius on Dodgers' territory later on 319 00:15:54,840 --> 00:15:57,920 Speaker 1: this afternoon. We do have some Grilla and Ken questions, 320 00:15:57,920 --> 00:16:00,200 Speaker 1: so let's get to that here. The first one is 321 00:16:00,200 --> 00:16:04,120 Speaker 1: in regard Ken to the New York Yankees. Make sure 322 00:16:04,120 --> 00:16:06,120 Speaker 1: you guys load up the questions here for Grill and Ken. 323 00:16:06,240 --> 00:16:08,440 Speaker 1: So the first one is in regards to the Yankees. 324 00:16:08,480 --> 00:16:12,480 Speaker 1: As we wait for it to come up here. By 325 00:16:12,520 --> 00:16:14,240 Speaker 1: the way, did you what did you think about Farhan 326 00:16:14,400 --> 00:16:17,280 Speaker 1: going back to UH to UH the Dodgers. 327 00:16:17,320 --> 00:16:21,800 Speaker 2: Ken be all, he's close with Andrew Freeman. He's had 328 00:16:21,840 --> 00:16:25,440 Speaker 2: success with the Dodgers and they value him. So yes, 329 00:16:25,520 --> 00:16:28,040 Speaker 2: that was a move that was pretty much expected. Now 330 00:16:28,080 --> 00:16:28,880 Speaker 2: what is the Yankees? 331 00:16:28,960 --> 00:16:34,160 Speaker 1: Oh? Yes, you always put them together, right, you always 332 00:16:34,240 --> 00:16:35,440 Speaker 1: if you talk about the Red Sox. 333 00:16:36,880 --> 00:16:40,760 Speaker 2: Are Derek Lewandowski. But this is a typical Yankee fail reaction. 334 00:16:41,160 --> 00:16:44,640 Speaker 2: We got to do something you've already done a lot. Now. Granted, 335 00:16:45,080 --> 00:16:47,960 Speaker 2: they need another infielder, we all know that, and really 336 00:16:48,040 --> 00:16:50,280 Speaker 2: Bregman would have been ideal. But I don't expect the 337 00:16:50,360 --> 00:16:53,360 Speaker 2: Yankees to do anything major if at some point this 338 00:16:54,560 --> 00:16:57,040 Speaker 2: spring they can find another infielder so they have a 339 00:16:57,080 --> 00:17:00,480 Speaker 2: little bit more flexibility and a little bit more depth 340 00:17:00,560 --> 00:17:03,320 Speaker 2: at that position or that spot. Yes, I think they 341 00:17:03,320 --> 00:17:06,960 Speaker 2: should do that right now looking at DJ Lemayhew and 342 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:10,320 Speaker 2: Izabal Parazza and Carrera at third base, I don't know 343 00:17:10,359 --> 00:17:12,720 Speaker 2: that that's going to fly. Maybe it will, But yes, 344 00:17:12,800 --> 00:17:16,000 Speaker 2: the Yankees, I would expect, are pretty much done. Their 345 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:19,960 Speaker 2: reactive moves were after they lost Soto, and those moves 346 00:17:20,200 --> 00:17:23,639 Speaker 2: were Max Freed and Cody Bellinger and Paul Goldschmi and 347 00:17:23,680 --> 00:17:26,119 Speaker 2: Devin Williams. It's not like they have to react to 348 00:17:26,119 --> 00:17:28,000 Speaker 2: the Red Sox. This is in two thousand and five, 349 00:17:28,160 --> 00:17:31,080 Speaker 2: when the Evil Empire was in full force and the 350 00:17:31,119 --> 00:17:33,359 Speaker 2: Red Sox were reacting to every move the Yankees made, 351 00:17:33,359 --> 00:17:36,479 Speaker 2: and vice versa. The Yankees are pretty much set now. 352 00:17:36,520 --> 00:17:38,600 Speaker 2: You can argue that they shouldn't be, and that they 353 00:17:38,600 --> 00:17:41,639 Speaker 2: should go out and get maybe even in Ornato, but 354 00:17:41,800 --> 00:17:43,640 Speaker 2: it doesn't seem that's the way they're going to go. 355 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:46,880 Speaker 2: It seems that they've hit their budgetary limit. Yeah. 356 00:17:46,920 --> 00:17:49,440 Speaker 1: I think if I'm a Yankee fan, I feel pretty 357 00:17:49,440 --> 00:17:52,280 Speaker 1: good about what Brian Cashman and Steinbrenner have done in 358 00:17:52,320 --> 00:17:55,120 Speaker 1: this offseason. Certainly able to compete in that Al East. 359 00:17:55,160 --> 00:17:57,399 Speaker 1: The next question is a super chat. We appreciate you, 360 00:17:57,480 --> 00:18:01,240 Speaker 1: Daniel Rothlenberg asking Ken this will be the standard for 361 00:18:01,280 --> 00:18:03,879 Speaker 1: Hall of Fame pitchers in twenty years. Nobody is going 362 00:18:03,960 --> 00:18:06,200 Speaker 1: to win three hundred games, few will win two fifty. 363 00:18:06,480 --> 00:18:09,879 Speaker 1: Will the standard change for hitters? 364 00:18:11,359 --> 00:18:14,560 Speaker 2: Wow, that's a great question for pictures. I think he means, 365 00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:18,720 Speaker 2: and I'll try to address both both. But the standards 366 00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:21,800 Speaker 2: are already changing for pictures. Three hundred is no longer 367 00:18:21,880 --> 00:18:24,960 Speaker 2: the automatic entry point. Two point fifty is becoming more 368 00:18:25,440 --> 00:18:29,720 Speaker 2: of a legitimate spot for certain pitchers. CC Sabathia, Andy 369 00:18:29,760 --> 00:18:33,040 Speaker 2: Pettit is up around that number. He got increased support 370 00:18:33,080 --> 00:18:35,879 Speaker 2: in this vote, and yet of course two fifty is 371 00:18:35,920 --> 00:18:38,040 Speaker 2: going to be a difficult number to reach going forward. 372 00:18:38,119 --> 00:18:41,440 Speaker 2: Garret Cole is really probably the only guy besides Erlander 373 00:18:41,560 --> 00:18:44,359 Speaker 2: and the others who have gotten there already, who is 374 00:18:44,400 --> 00:18:48,720 Speaker 2: looking at two fifty among current players. So yeah, we're 375 00:18:48,760 --> 00:18:50,880 Speaker 2: going to have to adjust our sites a little bit, 376 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:54,480 Speaker 2: and that's probably true for hitters as well. To get 377 00:18:54,480 --> 00:18:57,920 Speaker 2: more specific with what Daniel said there, I mentioned this 378 00:18:58,080 --> 00:19:01,720 Speaker 2: recently and I'm still thinking about it. I'll probably be 379 00:19:01,760 --> 00:19:03,840 Speaker 2: thinking about it the whole year until the next vote. 380 00:19:04,960 --> 00:19:09,719 Speaker 2: Careers are shorter today in some regards, and injuries become 381 00:19:09,920 --> 00:19:12,480 Speaker 2: a factor for guys like Pedroia and David Wright. It's 382 00:19:12,480 --> 00:19:15,120 Speaker 2: always been like that, Don Mattingly, it was a guy 383 00:19:15,119 --> 00:19:18,560 Speaker 2: whose career was shortened because of injury, and generally speaking, 384 00:19:18,600 --> 00:19:21,120 Speaker 2: we have not looked at those kinds of players as 385 00:19:21,160 --> 00:19:23,240 Speaker 2: Hall of famers. Longevity is a big part of this, 386 00:19:23,320 --> 00:19:27,080 Speaker 2: but I wonder now if we need to kind of 387 00:19:27,080 --> 00:19:30,320 Speaker 2: adjust our sights in that way as well with certain 388 00:19:30,359 --> 00:19:34,240 Speaker 2: hitters and certain pitchers whose careers are shorter. And this 389 00:19:34,320 --> 00:19:36,560 Speaker 2: is something that going forward is going to be a 390 00:19:36,600 --> 00:19:39,760 Speaker 2: difficult question. Do I see Pedroia right now as a 391 00:19:39,760 --> 00:19:43,840 Speaker 2: Hall of Famer, not necessarily, but at the same time, 392 00:19:43,880 --> 00:19:47,040 Speaker 2: he accomplished a lot in about a ten year period, 393 00:19:47,080 --> 00:19:50,119 Speaker 2: which is kind of what you want. So should we 394 00:19:50,160 --> 00:19:52,399 Speaker 2: penalize if for not playing fifteen years. I'm not so 395 00:19:52,440 --> 00:19:53,960 Speaker 2: sure that the answer to that is yes. I did 396 00:19:53,960 --> 00:19:55,560 Speaker 2: not vote for Perjoya this year, but I'm going to 397 00:19:55,560 --> 00:19:57,800 Speaker 2: take another look at it next year because I'm kind 398 00:19:57,800 --> 00:20:01,720 Speaker 2: of troubled by this whole thing and not sure of 399 00:20:01,760 --> 00:20:03,119 Speaker 2: where I should be. 400 00:20:04,760 --> 00:20:07,840 Speaker 1: Hall of very Good, perhaps not necessarily Hall of Fame. 401 00:20:07,920 --> 00:20:10,159 Speaker 1: I would put Peedoria in, but again I can see 402 00:20:10,560 --> 00:20:13,040 Speaker 1: how others would think in a different way. All Right. 403 00:20:13,080 --> 00:20:15,320 Speaker 1: The next question coming up here on Grill and Ken 404 00:20:15,359 --> 00:20:18,440 Speaker 1: is in regards to the Baltimore Orioles slack rabbit ten. 405 00:20:18,520 --> 00:20:20,840 Speaker 1: The pitching in the Ale East is looking elite after 406 00:20:20,880 --> 00:20:24,199 Speaker 1: this offseason. Even the Rays pitching is looking healthy again. 407 00:20:24,600 --> 00:20:27,760 Speaker 1: Are the O's young up and comers screwed? 408 00:20:30,240 --> 00:20:33,159 Speaker 2: That's an interesting way of putting aainst slack rabbit tin. No, 409 00:20:33,320 --> 00:20:36,040 Speaker 2: they are not. The Orioles up and coming hitters are 410 00:20:36,119 --> 00:20:39,320 Speaker 2: extremely talented and they're gonna be just fine. I'm talking 411 00:20:39,359 --> 00:20:42,879 Speaker 2: about Gunner Henderson and Colton Kowser and Jackson Holiday and 412 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:47,080 Speaker 2: Kobe Mayo once he arrives Jordan Westburg. These guys were accomplished. 413 00:20:47,119 --> 00:20:49,480 Speaker 2: They were facing good pitching last year. I know Holliday 414 00:20:49,520 --> 00:20:53,280 Speaker 2: hasn't done much yet, nor has Mayo, but that is 415 00:20:53,320 --> 00:20:56,720 Speaker 2: the least of the Orioles concern. Confident that those guys 416 00:20:56,760 --> 00:21:00,359 Speaker 2: are going to hit and beat contributors for them. My 417 00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:03,680 Speaker 2: bigger concern with the Orioles is sort of the state 418 00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:05,960 Speaker 2: of their starting pitching and even in their bullpen to 419 00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:09,880 Speaker 2: some degree. But they have depth in the rotation. They've 420 00:21:09,880 --> 00:21:11,720 Speaker 2: got depth in the outfield now. I wrote about that 421 00:21:11,800 --> 00:21:15,560 Speaker 2: this week. They're going to be interesting. The question to 422 00:21:15,640 --> 00:21:18,679 Speaker 2: me is will they be in that Al East now, 423 00:21:18,680 --> 00:21:21,000 Speaker 2: which is grown more competitive with the Red Sox making 424 00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:23,560 Speaker 2: these moves. Are they going to be at the same 425 00:21:23,640 --> 00:21:25,879 Speaker 2: level they were a year ago. Theoretically they should be 426 00:21:25,880 --> 00:21:28,359 Speaker 2: better as these young players continue to grow, and let's 427 00:21:28,359 --> 00:21:31,640 Speaker 2: say Adley Rushman has a bounce back here. But I'm 428 00:21:31,680 --> 00:21:34,280 Speaker 2: not sure that progression by those guys will be linear. 429 00:21:34,440 --> 00:21:37,960 Speaker 2: It doesn't always work like this. Sometimes guys go backwards 430 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:40,439 Speaker 2: and sometimes it's just a little bit more difficult. I 431 00:21:40,520 --> 00:21:43,359 Speaker 2: still am bullsh on all those players, those young hitters. 432 00:21:43,680 --> 00:21:46,920 Speaker 2: But again, the Oriols are one of those teams where 433 00:21:46,920 --> 00:21:49,560 Speaker 2: I'm anxious to see them play and I'm just not 434 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:51,000 Speaker 2: sure where they're going to end up. 435 00:21:51,960 --> 00:21:53,919 Speaker 1: You had mentioned that the question mark perhaps for the 436 00:21:53,920 --> 00:21:56,560 Speaker 1: Orioles Ken is they're starting pitching. So I'll ask you this. 437 00:21:56,640 --> 00:21:59,480 Speaker 1: With the perveted departure from Boston, but the addition of 438 00:21:59,560 --> 00:22:02,360 Speaker 1: Walker to the Red Sox, who do you think has 439 00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:05,520 Speaker 1: the most elite starting pitching in the Al East. 440 00:22:07,800 --> 00:22:10,399 Speaker 2: I'd still go with the Yankees. You're looking at Cole 441 00:22:10,480 --> 00:22:15,280 Speaker 2: and Freed and Rodin and Clark Schmidt as well. They're 442 00:22:15,480 --> 00:22:17,399 Speaker 2: still pretty good, and don't forget the rookie of the 443 00:22:17,480 --> 00:22:21,280 Speaker 2: Year Luis Heil, so I'd still go with them. The 444 00:22:21,359 --> 00:22:25,600 Speaker 2: Orioles have an older group in some regards. It's Efflyn 445 00:22:25,680 --> 00:22:27,719 Speaker 2: along with Grace and Rodriguez who is younger, and then 446 00:22:27,720 --> 00:22:30,920 Speaker 2: Sigano and Morton who are older, and Dean Kramer. They've 447 00:22:30,920 --> 00:22:33,480 Speaker 2: also got Bradish coming back at mid season, along with 448 00:22:33,520 --> 00:22:37,320 Speaker 2: Tyler Wells perhaps, so there are some good things to 449 00:22:37,400 --> 00:22:41,560 Speaker 2: look at there. It's just high end. The Yankees and 450 00:22:41,600 --> 00:22:45,000 Speaker 2: the Red Sox both have better options that way, I. 451 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:47,200 Speaker 1: Believe you are correct in that. All right, time out 452 00:22:47,320 --> 00:22:58,600 Speaker 1: for dude in the week, dude, dude, dude, all right, Ken, 453 00:22:58,720 --> 00:23:00,800 Speaker 1: you go first on this. Who is due to the week? 454 00:23:00,880 --> 00:23:03,320 Speaker 2: For this week, I'm going to give it to a 455 00:23:03,320 --> 00:23:07,200 Speaker 2: pair of Dodgers who had a great show of friendship 456 00:23:07,480 --> 00:23:11,640 Speaker 2: and cool teammate actions, Miguel Rojas and Roki Sasaki. It's 457 00:23:11,680 --> 00:23:13,480 Speaker 2: not a great way to put it, not very poetic, 458 00:23:13,520 --> 00:23:16,440 Speaker 2: but here it is. Rojas gave up his number eleven 459 00:23:16,520 --> 00:23:19,000 Speaker 2: as a veteran player to Sasaki, who has never played 460 00:23:19,160 --> 00:23:23,800 Speaker 2: in North America, and for that exchange, Saki gave him 461 00:23:23,960 --> 00:23:27,000 Speaker 2: a couple of bottles of sake and a special cup 462 00:23:27,080 --> 00:23:29,720 Speaker 2: to drink the sake out of. Now what was cool 463 00:23:29,760 --> 00:23:32,359 Speaker 2: about this to me? Maybe Rohas should be the dude alone. 464 00:23:32,920 --> 00:23:36,399 Speaker 2: Was Rojas saying, Okay, I know this kid is just 465 00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:39,119 Speaker 2: coming over here. He's done nothing, But I'm not going 466 00:23:39,200 --> 00:23:41,679 Speaker 2: to act like the guys did in the nineteen seventies 467 00:23:41,760 --> 00:23:44,920 Speaker 2: and eighties perhaps and say prove it, man, you haven't 468 00:23:44,960 --> 00:23:47,120 Speaker 2: done anything. I'm not giving you my number. He gave 469 00:23:47,200 --> 00:23:49,320 Speaker 2: up his number. It was very gracious of him and 470 00:23:49,400 --> 00:23:52,840 Speaker 2: Miguel Rojas, that's who he is, But I just thought overall, 471 00:23:52,880 --> 00:23:55,000 Speaker 2: the whole thing was really cool and a great way 472 00:23:55,640 --> 00:23:59,080 Speaker 2: to kind of welcome Sasaki to the team, make him 473 00:23:59,119 --> 00:24:02,600 Speaker 2: feel more comfortable. So Miguel Rojas and Roki Sasaki Dude 474 00:24:02,600 --> 00:24:03,960 Speaker 2: to the Week. Yeah. 475 00:24:03,960 --> 00:24:05,840 Speaker 1: I like the way that Miguel Rojas announced that he 476 00:24:05,920 --> 00:24:08,040 Speaker 1: was giving Sasaki the number eleven, the way that he 477 00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:10,399 Speaker 1: put that out there, as far as the video is concerned. 478 00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:12,320 Speaker 1: I feel badly though, for any guy that has to 479 00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:14,560 Speaker 1: give a gift, because once show Hey Otani gave Joe 480 00:24:14,640 --> 00:24:17,480 Speaker 1: Kelly's wife a Porsche. Anything else that is given to 481 00:24:17,560 --> 00:24:20,000 Speaker 1: a guy that's changing their number for you is going 482 00:24:20,080 --> 00:24:22,359 Speaker 1: to pale in comparison to that. My dude of the 483 00:24:22,359 --> 00:24:24,520 Speaker 1: Week is Andrew Friedman. I say that because there is 484 00:24:24,520 --> 00:24:27,959 Speaker 1: not a single person that Andrew Friedman had as a 485 00:24:28,040 --> 00:24:31,080 Speaker 1: target to rejoin the team or go and get that 486 00:24:31,240 --> 00:24:33,120 Speaker 1: they didn't get. I mean, you start with Blake Trin 487 00:24:33,160 --> 00:24:36,159 Speaker 1: and you get Grokey Sasaki, you get taoskar Hernandez resigned, 488 00:24:36,160 --> 00:24:39,200 Speaker 1: you get Keik Hernandez Kershaw's back Blake. You know all 489 00:24:39,240 --> 00:24:41,800 Speaker 1: these guys are back Blake Snell. I mean, oh, by 490 00:24:41,840 --> 00:24:43,800 Speaker 1: the way, Tanner, Scott and I didn't even ask for 491 00:24:43,840 --> 00:24:46,200 Speaker 1: Herbie Ates and the Dodgers got him too, So Andrew 492 00:24:46,240 --> 00:24:49,879 Speaker 1: Friedman is my dude of the week, A plus offseason 493 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:52,119 Speaker 1: for them all right, Ken, Time now for the John 494 00:24:52,320 --> 00:24:53,960 Speaker 1: Fisher Dork of the Week. 495 00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:03,399 Speaker 2: Who do you have? 496 00:25:03,520 --> 00:25:03,879 Speaker 1: Kenny? 497 00:25:04,680 --> 00:25:08,119 Speaker 2: No a lota. You know I hate to Pilon, but 498 00:25:08,200 --> 00:25:11,359 Speaker 2: of course I'm going to Pilon. The award was named 499 00:25:11,359 --> 00:25:13,639 Speaker 2: after John Fisher for a reason. And guess who wins 500 00:25:13,680 --> 00:25:17,840 Speaker 2: this week? The Oakland A's yet again, Yes, now, it 501 00:25:17,920 --> 00:25:20,520 Speaker 2: came out in the Las Vegas media. I guess through 502 00:25:20,560 --> 00:25:24,479 Speaker 2: some kind of meeting or document that the A's have 503 00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:28,399 Speaker 2: cleared twenty four hundred and seventy parking spaces for the 504 00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:31,920 Speaker 2: new ballpark in Las Vegas. And that is five thousand, 505 00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:36,760 Speaker 2: one hundred and eighty less than the county requires. So 506 00:25:36,880 --> 00:25:39,760 Speaker 2: here we go. The A's already are not fulfilling what 507 00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:42,399 Speaker 2: the county wants as far as parking is concerned. Now, 508 00:25:42,440 --> 00:25:45,800 Speaker 2: their argument, apparently is that the ballpark is in the 509 00:25:45,840 --> 00:25:48,280 Speaker 2: resort corridor, they won't need as much parking. A lot 510 00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:50,480 Speaker 2: of people will be coming from other places using different 511 00:25:50,560 --> 00:25:54,719 Speaker 2: kinds of transportation within that area. But are you going 512 00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:57,320 Speaker 2: to adhere to the county requirements or not, and apparently 513 00:25:57,359 --> 00:25:59,600 Speaker 2: the answer is no. Now, I don't know how common 514 00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:02,840 Speaker 2: these kinds things are, but it always seems that the 515 00:26:02,840 --> 00:26:05,760 Speaker 2: A's are in a pickle. So let's pile on Oakland 516 00:26:05,800 --> 00:26:08,480 Speaker 2: A's dorks of the week yet again. 517 00:26:09,480 --> 00:26:12,159 Speaker 1: Again, they definitely are the leader in the clubhouse when 518 00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:13,960 Speaker 1: it comes to dork of the week. I'm going to 519 00:26:14,040 --> 00:26:16,560 Speaker 1: go with a couple of teams not named the Oakland 520 00:26:16,600 --> 00:26:18,680 Speaker 1: A's ken but when you talk about one, you obviously 521 00:26:18,720 --> 00:26:20,879 Speaker 1: have to talk about the other, as we just talked about. 522 00:26:20,880 --> 00:26:23,879 Speaker 1: Since the Boston Red Sox are signing Brugman, what is 523 00:26:23,920 --> 00:26:26,160 Speaker 1: the counter for the New York Yankees. Well, they're both 524 00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:28,440 Speaker 1: dorks of the week for me, the reason being the 525 00:26:28,480 --> 00:26:31,040 Speaker 1: Red Sox. You know how the how Netflix followed them 526 00:26:31,080 --> 00:26:35,400 Speaker 1: around last year. Well, Netflix is releasing the season premiere 527 00:26:35,960 --> 00:26:39,240 Speaker 1: of their documentary on the Red Sox on April eighth. 528 00:26:39,280 --> 00:26:42,280 Speaker 1: That's after this season begins, So the new season has 529 00:26:42,320 --> 00:26:45,000 Speaker 1: started and they will just be releasing stuff that happened 530 00:26:45,080 --> 00:26:47,000 Speaker 1: last year. I don't care. I'm paying attention to this 531 00:26:47,080 --> 00:26:49,239 Speaker 1: year's club, not last year's club. And as far as 532 00:26:49,280 --> 00:26:51,840 Speaker 1: the Yankees are concerned, the New York Yankees are selling 533 00:26:52,119 --> 00:26:55,679 Speaker 1: jerseys in their team store with the players' names on 534 00:26:55,760 --> 00:26:57,720 Speaker 1: the back. The Yankees don't wear their names on the 535 00:26:57,760 --> 00:27:00,359 Speaker 1: back of jerseys, so why they're selling them to and 536 00:27:00,400 --> 00:27:02,639 Speaker 1: the team store is beyond me. So my dudes are 537 00:27:02,680 --> 00:27:05,000 Speaker 1: excuse me. My dorks of the week are the Red 538 00:27:05,040 --> 00:27:06,520 Speaker 1: Sox and Yankees together. 539 00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:10,679 Speaker 2: Well, A lot of people outside of those two cities 540 00:27:10,680 --> 00:27:13,160 Speaker 2: will not argue with you. They always appreciate a good 541 00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:16,960 Speaker 2: Yankee Red Sox doork category. Now in the Red Sox case, 542 00:27:17,440 --> 00:27:19,520 Speaker 2: I don't know that they can control the release of 543 00:27:19,560 --> 00:27:23,000 Speaker 2: the Netflix special, but yeah, it will lose some luster, 544 00:27:23,160 --> 00:27:25,159 Speaker 2: I guess when it comes out once the season has 545 00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:27,560 Speaker 2: started and we're talking about last season. There's a lot 546 00:27:27,560 --> 00:27:30,720 Speaker 2: of excitement with this current Red Sox team. So we'll 547 00:27:30,720 --> 00:27:32,679 Speaker 2: see how that goes. We'll see how that series is. 548 00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:34,440 Speaker 2: Those Netflix series have been pretty good. 549 00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:38,120 Speaker 1: Yes, I'd rather focus on the future though than look 550 00:27:38,160 --> 00:27:40,320 Speaker 1: back at the present or the past. 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By the way, papal Bond is on 568 00:28:30,440 --> 00:28:34,600 Speaker 1: the show in terms of his I guess what he 569 00:28:34,720 --> 00:28:38,040 Speaker 1: thinks about the big Alex Bregman signing there and then 570 00:28:38,040 --> 00:28:41,000 Speaker 1: on Dodgers' Territory, Ken, It's me, Clint Pisius and far 571 00:28:41,080 --> 00:28:44,200 Speaker 1: Hanxiety back again will join us on the show. Have 572 00:28:44,240 --> 00:28:46,120 Speaker 1: a great week. Everybody Can's back with you with a 573 00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:50,560 Speaker 1: brand new episode on Monday.