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Speaker 1: Hey, young one boding her own long you've ben wait more.

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Speaker 2: Welcome a boss the territory, ladies and gentlemen. Hope you

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Speaker 2: all had a great Christmas. Hope you all got all

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Speaker 2: the gifts you wanted from Santa Claus. And listen, listen.

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Speaker 2: I can't believe this, but I got something that I

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Speaker 2: haven't replaced in the last almost ten years. I can't

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Speaker 2: even believe it. Like John Haymon likes to say, I

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Speaker 2: finally got a new TV. I've had the same TV

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Speaker 2: since I believe twenty seventeen, and it was working fine.

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Speaker 2: It was you know, the newer TVs these days, they

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Speaker 2: We got a new TV, so we had we finally

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Speaker 2: made it an upgrade. There. I hope you all got

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Speaker 2: whatever you were looking for this Christmas. I all hope

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Speaker 2: you all just spent all the good time with your family, friends,

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Speaker 2: whoever it may be. And we got the New Year's

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Speaker 2: coming up, so good stuff. But we got a lot

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Speaker 2: here in the chat. I see Phoenix, here, I see

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Speaker 2: a Manual. I see Hunter, I see Dan. We got

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Speaker 2: salt of the earth. What's going on? Everybody? How you doing?

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Speaker 2: We had, you know, all the the good vibes from Christmas.

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Speaker 2: They're not lasting very long, it seems, Alex Bregman coming

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Speaker 2: up here again today. Can we just enjoy the holidays

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Speaker 2: for once? My goodness? But Alex Bregman, we got a

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Speaker 2: report from a couple of guys over in Arizona Land,

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Speaker 2: golden tidbits, and we'll go over that. And we also

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Speaker 2: got a little something on Jaron Duran Jeff Passon. You

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Speaker 2: got to look out for Jeff Passon one. I'm telling

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Speaker 2: Jeff Passon says over there. He's sneaky over there. He's

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Speaker 2: What a trade would have to look like if the

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Speaker 2: mail bag here tonight, ladies and gentlemen, we got a

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Speaker 2: little mail bag, so let's guess he it here. All

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Speaker 2: I ask hit the like button for me. Subscribe if

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Speaker 2: you are new. Let's listen to this from Dan Bickley

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Speaker 1: I think it's a matter of time before they get

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Speaker 1: Alex Bregman. I think I think that's a done deal,

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Speaker 1: to be honest with you, Well, we talked about this

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Speaker 1: when they signed Corbin Burns. I had a very good

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Speaker 1: source tell me that Alex Bregman was begging them as

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Speaker 2: Be on this baseball team. It's just a matter.

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Speaker 3: It's it's can they trade?

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Speaker 1: To tell Marte beforehand, there's a weird game of chicken

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Speaker 2: Alrighty, So, uh my takeaway from that is he sounded

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Speaker 2: I think that's a guy that if you listen to

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Speaker 4: So Marte trade is one of the reasons why not

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Speaker 4: a lot has happened with the Arizona Diamondbacks because you

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Speaker 4: don't know what you gotta get back from Marte. You

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Speaker 3: So it really depends on what they can get from Marte.

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Speaker 4: To this point, they have not gotten a package that

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Speaker 3: Is Bregman tied to Martin thousand percent? One thousand percent.

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Speaker 2: The reason why I ask is because there was a

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Speaker 3: There was a scenario where they could both be here. No,

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Speaker 3: so that's wrong. They can't, It can't happen. Can't happen.

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Speaker 4: Okay, a potential Bregman signing, which again is a long shot.

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Speaker 4: Bregman opted out of forty million dollars. He opted out

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Speaker 3: He walked away from it.

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Speaker 4: He wants five years in all this money, which is

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Speaker 3: So the numbers would have to come down. They have

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Speaker 4: But you can't keep Marte, pay him his salary, and

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Speaker 2: All Right, I just saw such a funny comment in

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Speaker 2: laughter while that clip was playing. But you might be asking,

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Speaker 2: let me make sure I'm saying this name correctly. Dan Gambadoro.

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Speaker 2: Everyone calls him Gambo. You might be asking, well, who's Gambo?

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Speaker 2: Who the heck's this guy. Well, this guy that's also

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Speaker 2: he's broken several stories in the past, and a couple

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Speaker 2: So that's a guy that's also been in the weed.

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Speaker 2: So I think both these guys, more so Gambo, he's

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Speaker 2: a long shot, but it's possible. I think the answers,

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Speaker 2: like it always is, probably somewhere in the middle, right.

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Speaker 2: Now let's get back to the leverage part. I was

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Speaker 2: I still see a situation where Bregman would like to stay. However,

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Speaker 2: back to last year they gave him a three year deal. Yes,

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Speaker 2: high AAV. He won't He's not gonna get that same

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Speaker 2: AAV for a longer deal. Everyone always talks about, oh,

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Speaker 2: he's walking away from forty million. Well he's he's walking

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Speaker 2: away from forty million for one or the three year deal.

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Speaker 2: Gambo said they would need to move Marte beforehand. I've

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Speaker 2: The question with that is our You know, they're going

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Speaker 2: There's a lot of things at play, but that's kind

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Speaker 2: But you know, we played those clips again Bickley, he

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Speaker 2: sounded pretty confident with it, and then gambo saying it's

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Speaker 2: a long shot. So I don't know. I think everyone's

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Speaker 2: just looking for some kind of an answer. I've been

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Speaker 2: told over the last couple of weeks, you know, people

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Speaker 2: it's been kind of hot and cold. I've been told

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Speaker 2: by a source over there that people feel pretty good

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Speaker 2: at times and then things just go really quiet in

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Speaker 2: Arizona what I'm talking about. So, I don't know. We

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Speaker 2: haven't heard anything on Boston, so I don't know, man,

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Speaker 2: I'm not sure. I mean, we're getting these reports here today.

435
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Speaker 2: I mean, come Monday, it could be ice cold again.

436
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Speaker 2: I don't know, we'll see, but we got a little

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Speaker 2: Jaron Duran to talk about here. Jeff Passon says, Merry

438
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Speaker 2: Christmas to all, there's too much football and basketball right now,

439
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Speaker 2: Let's talk some baseball. So it was basically just a

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Speaker 2: Q and A with Jeff Passon and someone asked this question,

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Speaker 2: what do you expect the trade package to look like

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Speaker 2: for Boston in exchange for Jared Durant? Any top aggressors

443
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Speaker 2: passing responded with the Red Sox believe Duran is worth

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Speaker 2: a front of the rotation starter. At this point, no

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Speaker 2: one has been willing to pay that. Considering the return

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Speaker 2: the Rays got on Shane Boz, teams are going to

447
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Speaker 2: be that much more emboldened to price starting pictures very aggressively,

448
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Speaker 2: even with the paucity of good bats left beyond the

449
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Speaker 2: very top of the free agent market. So, in other words,

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Speaker 2: pitching is expensive. So when it comes to Jaron Duran,

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Speaker 2: you know, we've all, you know, came into the offseason thinking, man,

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Speaker 2: oh man, what is a what is a Jaron Duran?

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Speaker 2: Where is he going? He is definitely going somewhere, but

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Speaker 2: what's the trade gonna look like? Well, I've talked about

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Speaker 2: this at nauseum. It's gonna cost a lot. You got

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Speaker 2: three more years of control, cheap salary. Whether you are

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Speaker 2: a fan of Duran's game or not. He is still

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Speaker 2: productive right around a four win player last year, even

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Speaker 2: more so the year before. I think Duran is a

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Speaker 2: safe bet to be a three to a four win

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Speaker 2: player wins above replacement wise over the next couple of years,

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Speaker 2: even the next few. He's gonna give you a lot

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Speaker 2: of extra base hits, speed, a little bit of pop

464
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Speaker 2: as well. Defensively, who knows what's gonna happen there. Honestly,

465
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Speaker 2: when you look at the numbers with the Duran, it

466
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Speaker 2: seems like center field is a better fit for him.

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Speaker 2: So I don't know. Maybe a team out there can

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Speaker 2: look into that, But with Duran, you know, I'll be honest.

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Speaker 1: With you.

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Speaker 2: Again, getting back to the game of chicken. I think

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Speaker 2: the Red Sox they're holding Duran tight, but they can

472
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Speaker 2: play that leverage game of saying, listen, we made the

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Speaker 2: rotation work last year. You know, depending on what happens

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Speaker 2: with Masa, if he ends up just being a very

475
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Speaker 2: expensive bat off the bench, you know, you could still

476
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Speaker 2: make that work. I know that's not probably, you know,

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Speaker 2: the most optimal way. But if you wanted to use

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Speaker 2: that DH spot to rotate the four outfielders, well maybe

479
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Speaker 2: not Seti. You keep him in center field, you know,

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Speaker 2: and you just have Roman and Duran and Willier or

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Speaker 2: just even Roman and Duran just sharing it. Right. I

482
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Speaker 2: think you would like to keep Setti and will You're

483
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Speaker 2: in the outfield because they're great defensively, so maybe that

484
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Speaker 2: just ends up being Roman and Duran sharing the DH spot,

485
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Speaker 2: you know whatever. So I think you could still have

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Speaker 2: that possibility. Again, I don't think it's the most optimal,

487
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Speaker 2: but you could do it. And that's what really at

488
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Speaker 2: the end of the day is what matters. The Red

489
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Speaker 2: Sox have the leverage to be able to hold Duran

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Speaker 2: because he is a productive player and they can make

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Speaker 2: it work. So they're going to ask for a high price,

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Speaker 2: and you know, unfortunately, it seems like teams haven't really

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Speaker 2: been able to be willing to meet that price. We've

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Speaker 2: talked a lot about Cole Reagan's no. I don't think

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Speaker 2: Chris Bubick is an answer. He's only got one year

496
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Speaker 2: of control coming off his shoulder injury last year. Chris

497
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Speaker 2: Bubick and prospects is not going to get it done.

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Speaker 2: That's why Cole Reagan's has popped up and the Red

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Speaker 2: Sox should ask for Reagans. Listen, the Royals they need

500
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Speaker 2: Duran more than the Red Sox need him, right, so

501
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Speaker 2: the Royals need bats. The Red Sox can make it work.

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Speaker 2: If the Royals want Duran, they're gonna have to pay

503
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Speaker 2: a nice price. Now I will say this, No, it

504
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Speaker 2: wouldn't be Reagan's for Duran. I think I think that's

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Speaker 2: an unfair trade for the Royals. I think Reagans you

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Speaker 2: should be giving up Duran and more so. I don't know.

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Speaker 2: I mean, there's a lot of offseason left. You never know,

508
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Speaker 2: maybe they come back towards the middle. But I do

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Speaker 2: think Reagans would have to be the guy the Red

510
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Speaker 2: Sox get back. But you would have to give more

511
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Speaker 2: than Duran in my personal opinion. But without Reagans, I

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Speaker 2: don't really see a way you can make it work.

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Speaker 2: You know, maybe you could do a situation where you

514
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Speaker 2: can get the Nationals involved, maybe the Red Sox, maybe

515
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Speaker 2: they could figure out a way. You know, Duran goes

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Speaker 2: to the Royals, Mackenzie Gore goes to the Red Sox

517
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Speaker 2: and then maybe the Royals can send a package of

518
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Speaker 2: prospects to the Nationals something like that. Could you see

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Speaker 2: a situation where Reagan's goes to the Red Sox, Duran

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Speaker 2: goes to the Royals and then uh again prospects, you know,

521
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Speaker 2: Galore or I don't know, maybe or maybe Mackenzie Gore

522
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Speaker 2: can go to the Royals in that situation with Duran

523
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Speaker 2: and then uh and again the Nationals get a whole

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Speaker 2: bunch of prospects. So you know, you could get creative

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Speaker 2: with it. You know, I've seen people mention the Brewers possibly,

526
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Speaker 2: But here's the thing, you know, for Freddy Peralta, here's

527
00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:43,959
Speaker 2: the thing. Paroal To only has one year of control,

528
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Speaker 2: so you're gonna have to give up Paralta and more

529
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Speaker 2: for Durant. You might think I'm crazy because you're thinking, well,

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Speaker 2: Freddy Peralta, I mean, he's one of the best arms

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Speaker 2: in the game. Well he's got one year of control.

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Speaker 2: That comes into play when it comes to trades. It's

533
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Speaker 2: not just how good the guy is, is how long

534
00:29:02,520 --> 00:29:05,880
Speaker 2: you're gonna have the guy. Duran's got three years of control,

535
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Speaker 2: parlt has only got one. So when it comes to

536
00:29:09,160 --> 00:29:15,920
Speaker 2: the economics that matters so realistically, value wise, not based

537
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Speaker 2: off of talent value, years of control, performance salary, all

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00:29:21,400 --> 00:29:24,280
Speaker 2: that mixed together, you'd have to give up more than

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Speaker 2: Parol to to get Duran. You might think I'm crazy,

540
00:29:27,040 --> 00:29:29,520
Speaker 2: you might be unsubscribing for me as we speak, But

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Speaker 2: that's just the name of the game. So I don't

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Speaker 2: think Parol's is really a possibility. And maybe unless they

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Speaker 2: did something else, you know, I don't know, it's gonna

544
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Speaker 2: be It's gonna be interesting. I'm gonna wait on the Royals.

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Speaker 2: I'm also gonna keep an eye out for the Reds.

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Speaker 2: I've been talking about the Reds for Duran for a

547
00:29:46,720 --> 00:29:50,400
Speaker 2: while now. They got pitching and remember Hunter Green, that

548
00:29:50,520 --> 00:29:52,840
Speaker 2: was a name very early that where people were thinking,

549
00:29:52,920 --> 00:29:55,360
Speaker 2: oh man, could Hunter Green be a trade ship. Seems

550
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Speaker 2: like the Reds have kind of they've they put some

551
00:29:58,560 --> 00:30:01,600
Speaker 2: ice on that. I don't know, but who knows. Maybe

552
00:30:01,680 --> 00:30:05,800
Speaker 2: things happen, maybe things change, but we'll keep our eye

553
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Speaker 2: on that. Let's get to the mail bag, shall we.

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Speaker 2: Let's get to the mail bag. One more segment four

555
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Speaker 2: tonight from Pegdroia Enjoyer with all the depth starters and

556
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Speaker 2: new acquisitions. Do you think Breslo thinks we already have

557
00:30:21,680 --> 00:30:24,360
Speaker 2: our high leverage lefty for the pen or do we

558
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Speaker 2: need another one? And also who do you want now?

559
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Speaker 2: I'm gonna say this. I've been speculating about this. I

560
00:30:32,480 --> 00:30:36,760
Speaker 2: wonder if a lefty for the pen. I wonder if

561
00:30:36,760 --> 00:30:39,920
Speaker 2: it comes in house. You know, I'm looking at guys

562
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Speaker 2: like Kyle Harrison. I'm even looking at someone like Patrick Sandoval.

563
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Speaker 2: I mean, listen, you know, because you look at all

564
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Speaker 2: these guys that have already come off the board, someone

565
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Speaker 2: like a Caleb Tealbar. You know, he came off the

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Speaker 2: board not too long ago. I was thinking that could

567
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Speaker 2: be a guy. And then let's go to the free

568
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Speaker 2: agency here to go to the relievers that are available.

569
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Speaker 2: And so Justin Wilson he's still out there, So I'm

570
00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:11,120
Speaker 2: wondering what's going on there. You do got Danny colomb

571
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Speaker 2: He has a good track record, so maybe that could

572
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Speaker 2: be an option. Maybe Andrew Schaffin. Could this finally be

573
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Speaker 2: the time that Andrew Chaffin comes to Boston, good veteran

574
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Speaker 2: lefty there, but the Red Sox they want more swing

575
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Speaker 2: and miss Chaffin, I don't know, not really a whole

576
00:31:26,600 --> 00:31:29,800
Speaker 2: lot of strikeouts. He also walks a lot of guys,

577
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Speaker 2: so I'm not sure if the Red Sox would want him.

578
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Speaker 2: But that's where I kind of wonder. If the Red

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Speaker 2: Sox are really focused on stuff, could they lean towards

580
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Speaker 2: Kyle Harrison or maybe Patrick Sandoval Within the organization, you

581
00:31:42,320 --> 00:31:45,600
Speaker 2: got some other lefties as well. Looking at their depth

582
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Speaker 2: chart here, I don't know, I mean totally or early.

583
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Speaker 2: They're not gonna be guys Jake Bennett. I think they

584
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Speaker 2: want to mold him more as a starter. Who knows,

585
00:31:58,680 --> 00:32:02,080
Speaker 2: maybe they could put him in the bullpen at first. Maybe,

586
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Speaker 2: you know, I'm wondering if it's gonna come in house.

587
00:32:06,360 --> 00:32:09,160
Speaker 2: You know, Kyle Harrison, that's a guy with good stuff.

588
00:32:09,760 --> 00:32:12,480
Speaker 2: Could he be better for the bullpen? I don't know.

589
00:32:12,840 --> 00:32:14,520
Speaker 2: I think they would like to give him a chance

590
00:32:14,800 --> 00:32:17,960
Speaker 2: at starting, But I mean, you got a lot of

591
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Speaker 2: starters ahead of him right now, So if you really

592
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Speaker 2: wanted to utilize Kyle Harrison's stuff, could being a lefty

593
00:32:23,920 --> 00:32:25,680
Speaker 2: out of the bullpen be a good role for him?

594
00:32:25,840 --> 00:32:29,320
Speaker 2: I mean, you got Moran there, But I'm just wondering

595
00:32:29,360 --> 00:32:31,560
Speaker 2: what they're gonna do there. I'll look out for Danny Colombe.

596
00:32:31,560 --> 00:32:33,800
Speaker 2: Maybe they can do some kind of a trade out

597
00:32:33,840 --> 00:32:37,120
Speaker 2: there for someone we're not quite thinking about. A part

598
00:32:37,160 --> 00:32:39,920
Speaker 2: of me is intrigued going in house with someone I

599
00:32:39,960 --> 00:32:43,400
Speaker 2: always love the idea of getting creative. Maybe he could

600
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Speaker 2: do something like that from Alex, I haven't seen much

601
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Speaker 2: interest in Euhenio Suarez for the Red Sox. Suarez is

602
00:32:52,640 --> 00:32:54,840
Speaker 2: the biggest power bat on the free agent market and

603
00:32:54,960 --> 00:32:57,360
Speaker 2: powers the Red sox biggest need. He also plays third.

604
00:32:58,000 --> 00:33:01,160
Speaker 2: I'd rather have Bregman, but Suarez feels like an underrated

605
00:33:01,240 --> 00:33:05,400
Speaker 2: second choice. Well, I do believe he is an option. However,

606
00:33:06,720 --> 00:33:10,120
Speaker 2: defensively he's going to be a downgrade from Bregman. And yes,

607
00:33:10,240 --> 00:33:12,840
Speaker 2: there is a lot of power there, but there's also

608
00:33:12,880 --> 00:33:14,920
Speaker 2: a lot of strikeouts, not going to walk a whole lot.

609
00:33:15,200 --> 00:33:17,640
Speaker 2: I think the Red Sox see the power and think, okay,

610
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Speaker 2: you know, maybe we could do that for you know,

611
00:33:20,720 --> 00:33:24,520
Speaker 2: a year or two, you know, if worse comes to worst.

612
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Speaker 2: I wouldn't be surprised if all the other options came

613
00:33:27,960 --> 00:33:32,200
Speaker 2: off the board and they were just standing there, you know,

614
00:33:33,160 --> 00:33:35,320
Speaker 2: thinking what the heck do we do? And Suarez is

615
00:33:35,360 --> 00:33:37,760
Speaker 2: still there. I wouldn't be surprised if that ended up

616
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Speaker 2: becoming an option. The power would be exciting, but there's

617
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Speaker 2: just a lot of strikeouts and that can you know, yes, strikeouts,

618
00:33:45,600 --> 00:33:47,760
Speaker 2: they are more accepted in today's game, But in my

619
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Speaker 2: personal opinion, I just didn't feel like that they can

620
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Speaker 2: end rallies a little too much. That's just a way

621
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Speaker 2: and the defense at third base. I'm not really a

622
00:33:57,800 --> 00:34:04,360
Speaker 2: big fan, but could he be a possibility? Sure? From Phoenix,

623
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Speaker 2: let's go. I think Phoenix is still in the shat

624
00:34:06,520 --> 00:34:09,320
Speaker 2: Phoenix sore, he's still here. He probably is, but he

625
00:34:09,400 --> 00:34:12,040
Speaker 2: says here. Given the Socks current payroll now over two

626
00:34:12,080 --> 00:34:14,320
Speaker 2: hundred and forty million, how are they gonna get creative

627
00:34:14,320 --> 00:34:16,600
Speaker 2: when it comes to bringing Bregman back or another bat?

628
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Speaker 2: At this point? Do you think it's possible the Red

629
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Speaker 2: Sox put a package together with pitching to move Masa

630
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Speaker 2: answering the first part, you are right. I mean they're

631
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Speaker 2: over that to forty mark, and we've seen reports where

632
00:34:30,680 --> 00:34:33,840
Speaker 2: the Red Sox is gonna go when it comes to

633
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Speaker 2: the payroll. I don't know. We've seen reports, maybe not

634
00:34:37,520 --> 00:34:40,520
Speaker 2: as much as we would like to see. So that

635
00:34:40,600 --> 00:34:43,120
Speaker 2: it's kind of interesting with Bregman again, getting back to

636
00:34:43,160 --> 00:34:45,880
Speaker 2: the game of chicken. You know, it's kind of like

637
00:34:46,239 --> 00:34:48,400
Speaker 2: if the d Backs can't bring him in unless they

638
00:34:48,480 --> 00:34:52,480
Speaker 2: move Marte. But that's also probably being annoying for them

639
00:34:52,520 --> 00:34:56,279
Speaker 2: because teams see their possible situation with the payroll and

640
00:34:56,360 --> 00:34:57,560
Speaker 2: they're not willing to give more.

641
00:34:57,680 --> 00:34:58,840
Speaker 4: And so.

642
00:35:00,520 --> 00:35:02,400
Speaker 2: If the d Backs or the Red Sox were to

643
00:35:02,440 --> 00:35:06,120
Speaker 2: bring him in, it feels like both teams would have

644
00:35:06,239 --> 00:35:09,840
Speaker 2: to get creative in their own ways. So where I

645
00:35:10,040 --> 00:35:12,960
Speaker 2: wonder what the Blue Jays. I think the Blue Jays

646
00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:17,640
Speaker 2: would rather have Kyle Tucker or keep their homegrown guy

647
00:35:17,680 --> 00:35:21,520
Speaker 2: in Boba Schett, but Bregman could be a possibility. I

648
00:35:21,640 --> 00:35:24,719
Speaker 2: do think the Blue Jays are a legitimate dark horse

649
00:35:24,840 --> 00:35:28,279
Speaker 2: for Bregman. But then again, I also wonder from a

650
00:35:28,360 --> 00:35:34,600
Speaker 2: personal matter, Bregman he has family in New Mexico, you know,

651
00:35:34,680 --> 00:35:38,200
Speaker 2: obviously Arizona. You know, he has an off season home there.

652
00:35:38,880 --> 00:35:42,200
Speaker 2: Would he want to play in Toronto? I don't know.

653
00:35:43,160 --> 00:35:45,240
Speaker 2: I know Boston's far away from there too.

654
00:35:45,280 --> 00:35:45,360
Speaker 1: But.

655
00:35:47,280 --> 00:35:50,600
Speaker 2: A part of me feels like the idea of moving

656
00:35:50,680 --> 00:35:53,960
Speaker 2: to Arizona is very tempting for him, just from a

657
00:35:54,040 --> 00:35:56,799
Speaker 2: personal point of view. Hey, when you got an off

658
00:35:56,840 --> 00:35:59,400
Speaker 2: season home there already you got family in New Mexico.

659
00:36:02,480 --> 00:36:04,560
Speaker 2: I think he has a baseball program as well. Then

660
00:36:04,800 --> 00:36:08,279
Speaker 2: I think there is a lot of allure to Arizona

661
00:36:08,360 --> 00:36:14,880
Speaker 2: for him. And also who was it was? It was

662
00:36:14,920 --> 00:36:17,080
Speaker 2: a Gambo that said it? Or was it Bickley? I

663
00:36:17,120 --> 00:36:20,000
Speaker 2: can't remember who. But you go back to last offseason

664
00:36:21,160 --> 00:36:25,920
Speaker 2: where after the Dbacks signed Corbyn Burns. Supposedly Bregman was

665
00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:29,440
Speaker 2: interested in the Diamondbacks, but they had already spent the

666
00:36:29,480 --> 00:36:35,200
Speaker 2: money on Burns. So I don't know, but I think

667
00:36:35,239 --> 00:36:37,319
Speaker 2: either way, you're gonna have to get creative, whether you're

668
00:36:37,320 --> 00:36:41,520
Speaker 2: Arizona or Boston. For Bregman, I don't think the Red

669
00:36:41,600 --> 00:36:45,880
Speaker 2: Sox need to get creative, but they probably would want to.

670
00:36:47,080 --> 00:36:50,520
Speaker 2: I don't know. I'm sure there's gonna be deferred money

671
00:36:50,640 --> 00:36:54,680
Speaker 2: either way wherever he ends up going. But you ask here,

672
00:36:54,719 --> 00:36:56,279
Speaker 2: do you think it's possible the Red Sox put a

673
00:36:56,400 --> 00:37:01,080
Speaker 2: package together with pitching to move Masa. That's interesting. Here's

674
00:37:01,120 --> 00:37:03,279
Speaker 2: the thing. The Red Sox have already given up a

675
00:37:03,360 --> 00:37:08,879
Speaker 2: few of their depth guys, already fits Dobbins both going

676
00:37:08,920 --> 00:37:12,640
Speaker 2: to the Cardinals, and then who is the other guy

677
00:37:14,120 --> 00:37:18,080
Speaker 2: they or they move Brandon Clark right, So you know,

678
00:37:18,280 --> 00:37:20,160
Speaker 2: they do have I think, you know, maybe they could

679
00:37:20,200 --> 00:37:22,359
Speaker 2: move one more, but I mean, you're not gonna pay

680
00:37:22,400 --> 00:37:27,359
Speaker 2: it totally or early. With Masa. I think they would

681
00:37:27,400 --> 00:37:30,640
Speaker 2: probably rather just eat money instead of giving up more

682
00:37:30,760 --> 00:37:33,000
Speaker 2: prospects because you've got a thing. From a leverage point

683
00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:36,560
Speaker 2: of view, the Red Sox are probably a more flexible

684
00:37:36,640 --> 00:37:41,280
Speaker 2: team without Masa in the fold. So the Red Sox

685
00:37:41,320 --> 00:37:44,520
Speaker 2: they're probably thinking, ugh, well, we don't want to have

686
00:37:44,560 --> 00:37:47,319
Speaker 2: to include prospects because that's where teams are gonna be like, oh, well,

687
00:37:47,960 --> 00:37:50,040
Speaker 2: you want to move him, so you're gonna have to

688
00:37:50,080 --> 00:37:52,960
Speaker 2: give us this guy with cash. So I don't know

689
00:37:53,040 --> 00:37:53,879
Speaker 2: the Red Sox are going.

690
00:37:53,800 --> 00:37:54,040
Speaker 1: To do that.

691
00:37:54,040 --> 00:37:59,759
Speaker 2: That's why he's tough to move. Corbyn corbon Owen's how

692
00:37:59,800 --> 00:38:02,000
Speaker 2: you do? My friend? Is Alex Bregman still the most

693
00:38:02,120 --> 00:38:06,200
Speaker 2: probable option for Boston. I do think he is still

694
00:38:06,760 --> 00:38:08,560
Speaker 2: at the top of the list, That's what I think.

695
00:38:08,600 --> 00:38:10,080
Speaker 2: But I think the Red Sox they don't want to

696
00:38:10,080 --> 00:38:13,759
Speaker 2: bit against themselves and I think they're they're trying to

697
00:38:13,800 --> 00:38:16,759
Speaker 2: wake this out. I do think he is the number

698
00:38:16,760 --> 00:38:19,759
Speaker 2: one option, but they have fallback options. I think they

699
00:38:19,800 --> 00:38:21,960
Speaker 2: could turn to bashett I think they could turn to

700
00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:32,000
Speaker 2: the Cardinals for Donovan. We'll see from what is this one,

701
00:38:32,239 --> 00:38:36,400
Speaker 2: Socks and C's. Does Alex Bregman move the needle for

702
00:38:36,520 --> 00:38:39,560
Speaker 2: you or would it just get Boston back to the baseline.

703
00:38:40,440 --> 00:38:42,719
Speaker 2: I mean, yeah, you'd have to bring in Bregman in more,

704
00:38:43,440 --> 00:38:47,000
Speaker 2: you know. I mean, well, well, hold on, let me

705
00:38:47,080 --> 00:38:51,040
Speaker 2: backtrack there for a second. I think with the addition

706
00:38:51,120 --> 00:38:55,239
Speaker 2: of Wilson Contreras that really helps. So Bregman, if you

707
00:38:55,320 --> 00:38:57,800
Speaker 2: brought him back, you will I think you are a

708
00:38:57,840 --> 00:39:01,920
Speaker 2: little bit better than last year with Wilson Contreras and

709
00:39:02,160 --> 00:39:02,719
Speaker 2: Sonny Gray.

710
00:39:03,239 --> 00:39:03,480
Speaker 1: I do.

711
00:39:04,080 --> 00:39:06,239
Speaker 2: I do think that. And then if Castas can come

712
00:39:06,320 --> 00:39:08,920
Speaker 2: back at some point and he can get back to

713
00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:11,080
Speaker 2: the power that he was bringing you a couple of

714
00:39:11,160 --> 00:39:14,239
Speaker 2: years ago, you know, second half, then yeah, I think

715
00:39:14,280 --> 00:39:18,640
Speaker 2: the Red Sox are a better team. But you need Bregman,

716
00:39:19,239 --> 00:39:23,800
Speaker 2: Bashett or marte You need one of those guys to

717
00:39:24,400 --> 00:39:27,319
Speaker 2: keep you around that ninety win range. I think if

718
00:39:27,320 --> 00:39:30,359
Speaker 2: you bring Bregman, bo or Marte in, I think you're

719
00:39:30,360 --> 00:39:34,080
Speaker 2: a team, especially with progression a full season from Rome

720
00:39:34,120 --> 00:39:37,480
Speaker 2: and Anthony. If Marcella Meyer can get himself right, I

721
00:39:37,719 --> 00:39:40,759
Speaker 2: do think the Red Sox they have the potential to

722
00:39:40,840 --> 00:39:44,200
Speaker 2: be a ninety to a ninety five win team if

723
00:39:44,600 --> 00:39:51,480
Speaker 2: one of those three guys are back. I love this question.

724
00:39:51,760 --> 00:39:55,080
Speaker 2: What is your best Red Sox related Christmas gift you

725
00:39:55,239 --> 00:40:00,359
Speaker 2: have ever received? I would say I remember after two

726
00:40:00,360 --> 00:40:04,480
Speaker 2: thousand and four that was that was a great Christmas

727
00:40:04,560 --> 00:40:08,080
Speaker 2: when it came to Red Sox gifts because they just

728
00:40:08,160 --> 00:40:10,479
Speaker 2: won the World Series. I'm sure a lot of people

729
00:40:10,600 --> 00:40:14,839
Speaker 2: out there got a lot, especially the younger kids out there,

730
00:40:15,120 --> 00:40:16,839
Speaker 2: like myself. I was in high school at the time,

731
00:40:18,320 --> 00:40:21,920
Speaker 2: where you got a lot of Red Sox World Series merchandise.

732
00:40:23,480 --> 00:40:28,960
Speaker 2: I had this. It was a hoodie. I loved this hoodie.

733
00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:31,880
Speaker 2: I wore it all the time when in Florida doesn't

734
00:40:31,920 --> 00:40:34,280
Speaker 2: really get you know, cold, very often in the winners

735
00:40:34,320 --> 00:40:37,360
Speaker 2: it would, but I got the hoodie. I loved it.

736
00:40:38,000 --> 00:40:41,160
Speaker 2: It was like a blue hoodie had you know, the

737
00:40:41,239 --> 00:40:44,520
Speaker 2: World Series logo on there. I loved it, but I

738
00:40:44,680 --> 00:40:46,719
Speaker 2: just never really got to wear it, you know. I

739
00:40:46,800 --> 00:40:49,839
Speaker 2: did get the World Series shirt, like that basic one.

740
00:40:50,280 --> 00:40:52,279
Speaker 2: I think eventually it just wore out. I don't know

741
00:40:52,320 --> 00:40:56,040
Speaker 2: what happened to it, but I do remember getting the

742
00:40:56,080 --> 00:41:00,359
Speaker 2: World Series DVD. I watched that a lot I watched lot,

743
00:41:00,440 --> 00:41:03,320
Speaker 2: but I will say the best ever Red Sox gift

744
00:41:03,520 --> 00:41:05,680
Speaker 2: that I've ever gotten. It didn't come on Christmas. It

745
00:41:05,760 --> 00:41:09,560
Speaker 2: came on my fifteenth birthday. It is my uh it

746
00:41:09,719 --> 00:41:12,360
Speaker 2: is my necklace here. It's just a gold necklace. I

747
00:41:12,400 --> 00:41:15,680
Speaker 2: don't know what cared it is, but it's just the

748
00:41:15,719 --> 00:41:20,120
Speaker 2: Red Sox logo. I've had this around my neck for

749
00:41:20,280 --> 00:41:23,520
Speaker 2: the last twenty years. I've I've took I've had to

750
00:41:23,560 --> 00:41:25,520
Speaker 2: take it off for baseball games and stuff like that

751
00:41:25,640 --> 00:41:28,399
Speaker 2: because the umpires would make you you weren't you weren't

752
00:41:28,400 --> 00:41:31,000
Speaker 2: allowed to wear jewelry and whatnot. That was the only

753
00:41:31,080 --> 00:41:33,480
Speaker 2: time I ever took it off. I've worn it for

754
00:41:33,600 --> 00:41:37,960
Speaker 2: twenty years though, besides those times. So that's the best

755
00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:42,520
Speaker 2: gift I ever got them my fifteenth birthday. Let's do

756
00:41:42,560 --> 00:41:46,120
Speaker 2: a couple more here, Misty Moo, who do you think

757
00:41:46,200 --> 00:41:51,360
Speaker 2: has the biggest breakout potential this year? Roman willier Meyer

758
00:41:51,719 --> 00:41:54,719
Speaker 2: or maybe one of the young pictures. I mean, I

759
00:41:54,800 --> 00:41:56,320
Speaker 2: know it's kind of an easy answer, but I do

760
00:41:56,440 --> 00:41:59,680
Speaker 2: think Roman is gonna be a monster. I really do

761
00:41:59,800 --> 00:42:01,520
Speaker 2: think that. I mean, you just saw it. I'm sure

762
00:42:01,600 --> 00:42:04,200
Speaker 2: teams are gonna make adjustments to him, he's gonna have

763
00:42:04,360 --> 00:42:07,320
Speaker 2: I do think growing pains are going to happen with Roman.

764
00:42:08,360 --> 00:42:10,480
Speaker 2: I'm sure at some points of this year we'll see

765
00:42:10,520 --> 00:42:13,239
Speaker 2: him get into some slumps and whatnot. But you know what,

766
00:42:13,400 --> 00:42:15,960
Speaker 2: I'm actually very curious about will Yer. I think you

767
00:42:16,000 --> 00:42:19,040
Speaker 2: could say he he was looking like a breakout candidate,

768
00:42:19,640 --> 00:42:22,560
Speaker 2: but then he started slowing down around that. You know,

769
00:42:22,719 --> 00:42:25,000
Speaker 2: he had that very hot start. He was looking really

770
00:42:25,040 --> 00:42:26,680
Speaker 2: good in the first couple of months, and then he

771
00:42:26,719 --> 00:42:30,960
Speaker 2: started slowing down. Then he got hurt. I'm wondering if

772
00:42:31,040 --> 00:42:34,680
Speaker 2: we see like that full good year from Williard, it

773
00:42:34,680 --> 00:42:37,200
Speaker 2: looks like they're gonna challenge himgainst left handed pitching this year.

774
00:42:37,520 --> 00:42:41,719
Speaker 2: Very curious about that. If I were to lean one way, though,

775
00:42:42,440 --> 00:42:45,279
Speaker 2: I think Roman, I think he's a He's a clear

776
00:42:45,960 --> 00:42:48,480
Speaker 2: I mean, unless you think he already broke out this

777
00:42:48,640 --> 00:42:54,120
Speaker 2: past year. So do you consider him a breakout candidate? Small,

778
00:42:54,480 --> 00:42:59,480
Speaker 2: smaller sample, but you know, full season breakout. Sure. I'd

779
00:42:59,560 --> 00:43:02,480
Speaker 2: like to think think one of the younger pictures. If

780
00:43:02,480 --> 00:43:04,239
Speaker 2: I were to go one way, I think one of

781
00:43:04,280 --> 00:43:08,480
Speaker 2: the younger guys. I'll lean either totally or early. I

782
00:43:08,560 --> 00:43:12,319
Speaker 2: think totally. This guy was a fast learner this past year,

783
00:43:12,840 --> 00:43:15,080
Speaker 2: made a lot of strides this past year, got all

784
00:43:15,200 --> 00:43:17,480
Speaker 2: the way to the Red Sox. If he gets those

785
00:43:17,480 --> 00:43:21,040
Speaker 2: secondaries going going, I think totally he could be very

786
00:43:21,080 --> 00:43:23,640
Speaker 2: good and early. He already showed you the floor that

787
00:43:23,760 --> 00:43:26,920
Speaker 2: he has, so I'll lean towards one of those guys personally.

788
00:43:27,920 --> 00:43:33,040
Speaker 2: That's kind of where I'm at. Last one from Daddy Fenway.

789
00:43:33,880 --> 00:43:36,560
Speaker 2: Red Sox should just gut anyone of the farm who

790
00:43:36,640 --> 00:43:39,560
Speaker 2: isn't MLB ready because the whole team is young and

791
00:43:39,600 --> 00:43:42,200
Speaker 2: there are a few studs away from being serious contenders.

792
00:43:42,800 --> 00:43:46,680
Speaker 2: I mean, they're definitely utilizing that farm. I think if

793
00:43:46,719 --> 00:43:51,880
Speaker 2: the right trade comes along, then yeah, I wouldn't. I

794
00:43:51,920 --> 00:43:55,080
Speaker 2: wouldn't gut the farm because we all saw what happened.

795
00:43:55,760 --> 00:43:58,280
Speaker 2: You know, after they won the World Series in twenty eighteen,

796
00:43:58,360 --> 00:44:01,480
Speaker 2: they had no farm, no one, and that puts you

797
00:44:01,520 --> 00:44:04,480
Speaker 2: in a bad position because you're not able to obviously

798
00:44:04,600 --> 00:44:07,319
Speaker 2: have anyone come up and contribute. You can't really use

799
00:44:07,360 --> 00:44:10,400
Speaker 2: anyone in trades. And we saw what happened with the

800
00:44:10,440 --> 00:44:11,799
Speaker 2: Red Sox over a few years.

801
00:44:11,840 --> 00:44:12,000
Speaker 1: You know.

802
00:44:12,120 --> 00:44:14,200
Speaker 2: Sure you could say, oh, well, you know they weren't

803
00:44:14,239 --> 00:44:17,120
Speaker 2: spending that's the reason. Well, that's only part of it,

804
00:44:17,680 --> 00:44:20,040
Speaker 2: because they didn't really have any reinforcements in the minor

805
00:44:20,120 --> 00:44:23,080
Speaker 2: leagues to also come up and contribute or to using

806
00:44:23,239 --> 00:44:25,920
Speaker 2: trades to help them get over the hump. You know.

807
00:44:26,680 --> 00:44:29,319
Speaker 2: So when your farm is it a bad way, that's

808
00:44:29,440 --> 00:44:32,840
Speaker 2: not good, you know, for you long term. So I

809
00:44:32,840 --> 00:44:35,160
Speaker 2: don't think they should gut the farm. But I think

810
00:44:35,200 --> 00:44:38,560
Speaker 2: if if there was a possibility to add someone like Reagan's,

811
00:44:40,400 --> 00:44:42,120
Speaker 2: you know, if you had to give up Duran and

812
00:44:42,239 --> 00:44:45,120
Speaker 2: maybe like one of those prospects like Arius or something

813
00:44:45,239 --> 00:44:48,520
Speaker 2: like that, then I think you should think about it.

814
00:44:48,760 --> 00:44:52,920
Speaker 2: To be honest, That's where I'm at. But everybody, I'm

815
00:44:52,920 --> 00:44:56,160
Speaker 2: gonna wrap it up right there. That is it for today.

816
00:44:56,600 --> 00:44:59,360
Speaker 2: Kind of a weird show here today. I'm usually sharing

817
00:44:59,440 --> 00:45:03,120
Speaker 2: the screen and I couldn't do that today. Technical difficulties

818
00:45:03,160 --> 00:45:07,120
Speaker 2: didn't help us out here today. But that's it for tonight.

819
00:45:07,960 --> 00:45:11,040
Speaker 2: Little Alex Bregman, or maybe a lot of Alex Bregman,

820
00:45:11,040 --> 00:45:12,600
Speaker 2: if you want to look at it that way, talk

821
00:45:12,640 --> 00:45:15,719
Speaker 2: to little Jaron Duran. Male. Bad questions are always fun.

822
00:45:16,120 --> 00:45:18,759
Speaker 2: But hey, if anything happens over the weekend, I'll be

823
00:45:18,920 --> 00:45:24,520
Speaker 2: here listen. I'm checking my phone NonStop I'm waiting for something.

824
00:45:25,000 --> 00:45:28,680
Speaker 2: I don't know. Every time I post something where I

825
00:45:28,719 --> 00:45:32,040
Speaker 2: feel like I'm getting that itch, I got like this

826
00:45:32,200 --> 00:45:36,960
Speaker 2: funny feeling, I'll always post something. It's happened so many times.

827
00:45:37,440 --> 00:45:40,600
Speaker 2: Anytime I post something where I'm like, man, really need

828
00:45:40,680 --> 00:45:44,320
Speaker 2: the Red Sox to make a move, something happens every

829
00:45:44,600 --> 00:45:48,320
Speaker 2: single time. I don't have that feeling yet, I feel like,

830
00:45:48,520 --> 00:45:52,000
Speaker 2: maybe maybe we're getting there. Maybe a couple of days,

831
00:45:52,080 --> 00:45:54,239
Speaker 2: I don't have that funny feeling yet. Maybe keep an

832
00:45:54,239 --> 00:45:57,399
Speaker 2: eye on. We'll see. But you got the New Year's

833
00:45:57,440 --> 00:46:01,239
Speaker 2: and everything. I do think teams they tend to lay

834
00:46:01,320 --> 00:46:03,919
Speaker 2: a bit more on the low side when it comes

835
00:46:03,960 --> 00:46:07,000
Speaker 2: to these times because you got agents and everything traveling.

836
00:46:08,680 --> 00:46:10,960
Speaker 2: So I don't know. Maybe we see something here in

837
00:46:11,080 --> 00:46:13,880
Speaker 2: the next few days before you know, New Year's and whatnot.

838
00:46:13,960 --> 00:46:22,120
Speaker 2: We'll see. Also, also, there is an announcement coming up there. Actually,

839
00:46:22,120 --> 00:46:24,879
Speaker 2: I've got a couple of announcements coming up. Do stay

840
00:46:24,960 --> 00:46:29,000
Speaker 2: tuned for one of those announcements. I think I know

841
00:46:29,080 --> 00:46:31,240
Speaker 2: I'll go ahead and announce this one. I'll go ahead

842
00:46:31,239 --> 00:46:35,880
Speaker 2: and announce this one. I am going to be at

843
00:46:36,000 --> 00:46:39,360
Speaker 2: Fenwayfest this year. What is that in a couple of

844
00:46:39,440 --> 00:46:44,400
Speaker 2: weeks we got credentialed for Fenwayfest. I can't even believe it.

845
00:46:44,800 --> 00:46:47,080
Speaker 2: I can't even believe it. We got credentialed for it.

846
00:46:48,960 --> 00:46:51,640
Speaker 2: I'm pretty excited about that, Like not just to be

847
00:46:51,680 --> 00:46:55,560
Speaker 2: able to go to Fenwayfest, but to also participate, you know,

848
00:46:55,640 --> 00:47:01,200
Speaker 2: with the media there. Yeah, I'm pretty excited about that. Yeah,

849
00:47:02,320 --> 00:47:06,080
Speaker 2: really cool opportunity. I'm very happy about that. But if

850
00:47:06,120 --> 00:47:09,600
Speaker 2: you do see me at at Famiway Fast, please say hello.

851
00:47:09,840 --> 00:47:12,160
Speaker 2: I promise you I'll say hello back. I'm not one

852
00:47:12,200 --> 00:47:15,400
Speaker 2: of those guys where like, oh wow, I wonder if

853
00:47:15,719 --> 00:47:18,239
Speaker 2: he would speak to me here and people they get

854
00:47:18,280 --> 00:47:22,520
Speaker 2: weird about, like, for example, there is there's one big

855
00:47:22,600 --> 00:47:28,000
Speaker 2: YouTuber I follow. His name's Eric Bugenhagen. The guy is huge,

856
00:47:28,400 --> 00:47:30,440
Speaker 2: He's like massive, he used to be in the WWE.

857
00:47:30,719 --> 00:47:33,359
Speaker 2: I see him at the gym all the time, and uh,

858
00:47:34,360 --> 00:47:36,000
Speaker 2: you know, I'm always like, I don't know to bug

859
00:47:36,080 --> 00:47:38,920
Speaker 2: him during his workout. You know, he's a but he's

860
00:47:39,000 --> 00:47:41,040
Speaker 2: really like a nice guy. And so like, if you ever,

861
00:47:41,480 --> 00:47:43,360
Speaker 2: you know, if I ever see him, you know, I

862
00:47:43,440 --> 00:47:44,920
Speaker 2: know it's not a big deal to go say hi,

863
00:47:45,120 --> 00:47:48,759
Speaker 2: but please say hi if you see me. Don't don't

864
00:47:48,800 --> 00:47:51,200
Speaker 2: think I'm not gonna like blow you off or something.

865
00:47:51,360 --> 00:47:53,879
Speaker 2: So if you do see me, please wave or whatever,

866
00:47:53,960 --> 00:47:55,920
Speaker 2: come up and say, hey, what's going on. Anyway, I'll

867
00:47:55,960 --> 00:47:59,120
Speaker 2: be there, so I'm excited for that. That should be

868
00:47:59,200 --> 00:48:02,239
Speaker 2: a fun time. Haven't been to Boston in the winter

869
00:48:03,000 --> 00:48:06,439
Speaker 2: in quite a long time. Hopefully it's snows. I haven't

870
00:48:06,480 --> 00:48:11,759
Speaker 2: seen snow in a while. Hopefully, hopefully, Phoenix, you know,

871
00:48:11,920 --> 00:48:14,760
Speaker 2: I might. I probably will wear the beanie. I probably

872
00:48:14,800 --> 00:48:18,440
Speaker 2: will wear the beanie because it's gonna be cold. Listen,

873
00:48:18,480 --> 00:48:20,880
Speaker 2: I gotta I gotta keep my big old ears warm,

874
00:48:20,920 --> 00:48:25,239
Speaker 2: all right, you gotta keep gotta keep warm. But I'm

875
00:48:25,280 --> 00:48:27,480
Speaker 2: out of here. Everybody, I'm out of here. Go and

876
00:48:27,560 --> 00:48:30,320
Speaker 2: enjoy the rest of your Friday. If anything happens this weekend,

877
00:48:30,600 --> 00:48:33,120
Speaker 2: I'll be here. But until then, I'll talk to you

878
00:48:33,280 --> 00:48:33,600
Speaker 2: next time.