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Bellinger to the Cubs · The 3-0 Take

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Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Three O Take, where we talk
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all things Major League Baseball.
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Here's Kyle Carlin and Nate Reyes.
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It all starts right now. Welcome back to the Three O Tech
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presented by C Geek. This is Episode 414.
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I'll be your host Kyle Cord. And I'm here with my Co host
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Nate Reyes night. That's me playing the guitar.
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If you didn't know, yeah, so you're welcome for that.
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For blessing your ears with my talent.
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I wish. Yeah.
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He just never played an instrument.
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Do you Have you ever played one? I tried learning guitar one
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time. It didn't.
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I tried for like a week. Didn't last.
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Yeah, it's weird. You're either an athlete or or a
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musician. Rarely do you get both.
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But that's that's what's crazy about that intro is you just hit
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me up one day. You're like, yo, I was down in
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my garage. I just ripped this off real
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quick. I'm sending you the file.
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One take, one take. And I said wow, I gotta use that
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for something. And the intro was born, didn't
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need any payment for it. I was like, you know, it's all
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good. The intro was born and
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unbeknownst to Nate, a musical career was born.
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Yeah, goes on for tomorrow. Oh, oh, all right.
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Opposite ends the spectrum there.
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But I'll Yeah, yeah, I'll I'll choose to believe you go on tour
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tomorrow. Can somebody free our guy Joey
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Votto. I can't take it anymore with
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this with this, I'll say it. Depressing version of a once
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happy man. These videos that he keeps
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posting drive, driving through a car wash, taking a cooking
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class, he was doing laundry or something the other day.
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He goes, this isn't spring training, this isn't spring
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training, this isn't spring training.
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Can we please get our guy to spring training?
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No, he should have retired. What?
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I mean, he didn't on him. He didn't pop out.
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So, So what the first baseman until, like last weekend for the
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first time in his career or something like that.
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Yeah, I know that was weird. I think that's deserving of a
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contract, if nothing else, just that, just that alone.
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But either somebody sign him or he needs to retire because this,
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this campaign that he's he's on right now.
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I can't take it anymore. Yeah.
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I feel for the guy, but also let's let's make something
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happen. I I'm, I think a lot of these
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teams are probably just this is a problem and and this is what
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we talked about last week, like I wouldn't mind a nice little
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free agency deadline situation. I don't know man.
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I think maybe teams are just going to wait it out see what
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spring training looks like for a week or two.
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See, I think you like you know what Joey Votto is like you know
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what you're getting. So it's like hey let's feel this
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out, you know, do we have anything going on here If not
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adamant I I can I can think of some rosters that could benefit
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from a Mr. Joey Votto. So.
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There's there's maybe 10 rosters that absolutely have no
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interest. Don't need them.
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They're they're beyond signing Joey Votto and there's probably
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a handful that would maybe be interested but can't because of
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roster situations. But then the rest.
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You're telling me nobody could use a Joey Votto?
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Come on, even just for a year? Put him on some.
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Posters. It's weird how he went from
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like, not like 0 social media ever up until like two years
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ago. And then he just dabbled in the
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Instagram or Twitter and now look at him.
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The guy's documenting his entire life.
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Do you think here, here's a question?
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Do you think he'd be interested in joining our fantasy league if
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he ends up not playing this year?
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I think it's worth an offer. Should I reach out?
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We should. Dig up his e-mail somewhere.
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Well, you said it. And I agree that dude's never
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been more active on social media than right now.
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That's fair. I just hit him up.
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Hit him up on that square. Joey, come on, I.
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Don't hate to. Actually, you know what?
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Let me see right now. Let me.
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Do it right now. Let me see if I can message him.
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He may have one of those accounts where you can't.
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Hold on. Let me see.
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No. Nope.
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Not Joey Potto. Joey Potto Oh, I can message
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him. Joey Votto is clearly occupied.
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I don't think he'd want to join the league.
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I went to our messages and it was tagged the post from back on
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April 7th, 2022. Joey Votto just popped out to
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the pitcher for the first time ever over 8000 plate
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appearances. Anyway, that's.
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Such a sick stat. That's so weird.
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That's such a weird 6 stat. How should I?
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What should I? How should I phrase this, Joey?
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It's a good. Start.
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It's a good start. Yeah.
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Professional, yeah. Yeah, yeah.
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I don't hate it. It's directed Joey.
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If no team makes the obviously correct choice to sign you, we
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have a spot in our fantasy league with your name on it.
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Just ask him to be the third guy and on.
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Let's just bring him on as the third host.
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Just join the pod. PS You.
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Can also come on to the podcast. We're looking for a third host.
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There it is. For the podcast, Kyle Perfect.
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Just keep it in mind. All right.
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Do you think he's actually bald or is he one of those guys that,
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like, chooses to do that? Little both I.
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Don't think he needs to. Like you if you just put like a
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little bit of work into it. I know you just shaved it all
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off, but. I could probably save it if I
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wanted to. You could.
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Save it. You could salvage it.
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They got, they got stuff for that, but it's probably a little
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bit of both. I got nothing.
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Cody Bellinger, let's think of a transition.
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Cody Bellinger. Look, this three-year $80
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million deal, people keep saying, well it's a one year
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deal. It's a one year deal because it
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has two. It has opt out of after the
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first and second years. Can I be honest with you right
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here off the top? Off the rip.
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Right off the rip, I know in seasons past I've I've predicted
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a Cody Bellinger comeback and we got that Cody Bellinger
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comeback. But I'm gonna go ahead and make
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a prediction right here, right now.
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Forget the hot takes and predictions episode coming your
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way next month. I feel something steamy coming.
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Cody Bellinger staying put in Chicago because he's not going
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to be able to test the market with the way that his his next
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couple seasons unfold. He's not going to have a choice.
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He's going to be staying put and it blows my mind.
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This guy signed for three years 80 million that that's I could
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do with or without. I I don't care as much about
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that. But you go back rewind a week
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ago MLB Trade Rumors had Cody Bellinger signing for for 12
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years 264,000,000. Now I know that prediction came
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out the weeks months ago as we transitioned into the free
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agency period, but that's that's where it was at.
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I don't think if we were looking at this situation with with even
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the slightest hint of common sense that we're looking at that
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going, yeah, that's that's that's likely, that's doable for
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a guy like Cody Bellinger, one of the most inconsistent guys
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we've seen in years past. Yeah, that's wild.
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I don't, no, you're not getting 12 years.
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Sorry. I I think that was the biggest
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issue. That's probably the biggest
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issue why this took so long. Him and his camp were probably
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sitting around expecting at least like an 8 year deal.
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We OK. Let me ask you this.
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We've been, we've been covering Cody since, well, I say Cody.
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We've been covering the league since before Cody's MVP season,
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'cause that was 2019, if I believe, sure.
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Or maybe was it 2018? No, 2019, I believe.
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Given what we've seen since, knowing what we know about Cody,
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the way he's played, the consistency, the inconsistency,
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how many years would you have given him?
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Like what's the Max number of years you would have given him?
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He got three, he's 28 this year. I think it's more about the AAV
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than anything else for me because I have a feeling he
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probably had some offers out there that were like 5 for 80.
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In my head, I'm thinking I'd be comfortable with four.
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I would have. I would have probably done five.
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OK, yeah, just because of the defensive flexibility, I feel
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like that's an added perk. But the offense, yeah, it that's
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what makes me nervous. What what dollar amount would
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you throw in on that four year deal and just straight four?
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No. Options I would have made I
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would have thrown in an option certainly.
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But the four, four years for me I would be comfortable doing 4.
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Because it's like 4 years of you could you could find worse than
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four years of Cody Bellinger. And if it doesn't pan out the
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first year or two it would still be a manageable enough contract
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where you could trade it to somebody who would be like well
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let's see if we can find the the MVP Cody Bellinger.
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I'm tired of hearing MVP Cody Bellinger like it will well past
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that window stop. Like I read it in all the
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reports and I get it he earned it he that he's owed that to his
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name I understand but we need we're we're beyond MVP Cody
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Bellinger we're likely not gonna see that version of Cody
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Bellinger again. So we can't be utilizing that
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moniker as leverage in this situation.
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I mean the the deal's done, but I'm just saying like, I don't
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know, I I feel like that would have been a sweet spot, four or
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five, but. For eighty, I think three years,
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80 is nuts. Yeah, What's What is that?
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What is that 20? Six and change. 26.
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Front loaded to where? It's 3030 and then 20 in the
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last year? Yeah.
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OK. So I don't love that.
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I don't. I don't love seeing one year of
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you coming back and then saying here's 30 mil.
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Yeah. I mean this contract is
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essentially structured for him to bet on himself again and and
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tap back into the market at the end of this year.
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This is a great player deal. I think this is great.
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I would be stoked if I didn't get the long term deal I was
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hoping for. I'd be absolutely thrilled with
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this. I don't, I don't be an honest,
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Yeah, I don't either. I don't.
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I I'm OK with the one, the option after the first year
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'cause it's like OK, you agree to come back here, We'll keep
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you in Chicago. We'll see how this first year
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goes. But if it based on how it goes,
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you're either you're either out of here or you're staying put
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and we're going to keep you. But the second option we're just
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going to run it back again. If this first year doesn't go
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the way either party plans. It's like let's let's let's
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stick around. Let's try it again.
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It's like no, either commit or get out it.
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Like you said it's a great it's a great situation for Cody.
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But I'm. I could I could have done with
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that. If I'm the Cubs I maybe could
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have done without the second option.
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But they needed a guy, and they got their guy.
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It would. It would have been, yeah, I
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don't know. I really don't know.
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I two player options in a three-year deal is crazy.
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I would have understood. Player option for year 2, club
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option for year 3, even better. You know what I mean?
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Yeah, yeah, the two I've never, I don't think I've been super
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familiar with deals like this before.
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Not in this, not in the short term stuff, but good for him.
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I'm also, I was looking through his dude's gotten paid, paid
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because the arbitration stuff like back in 2020, I think that
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was post 'cause he said MVP was 2019, right?
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Right. I'm like 99% sure.
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Well, you you keep going on that.
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We got 11 and a half 2021 year arbitration settlement next
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year, 202116.1 arbitration settlement, 17 the next year, 17
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five the next year, which is just crazy.
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Yeah. And I think I don't know how it
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works, do they? So the Cubs bought out five and
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a half mil. Why does it say buyout for 2024?
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I don't know how that works. Is that added into the overall 3
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or 80, maybe 5 1/2 was, I don't know.
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It says I'm looking on spot, spot track, just bow track,
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whatever it is. It's my favorite website for
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contracts by the way and I'm looking at like year by year
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breakdown. It says 2024 buyout one Year 5
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1/2 mil. I don't exactly understand how
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that means. And then it's current dead
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contracts says 2024 three and a half or five and a half.
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I don't know what that means. I'm not seeing that at all.
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I see 20/24/30 mil, 202530 mil opt out.
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See that? I don't know what that means.
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Like what was the buyout? He was a free agent.
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That's over my head, I. Should probably understand that
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I think there's a lot of loopholes financially that we
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don't know. Good for him though.
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Got paid again and this is an overpay in my mind.
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One year of coming back and giving like productive numbers.
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I'm not going to sit here and say it was like MVP caliber
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again because we're tired of that combo, remember.
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But one year like to, I'm going to need a little more proof in
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that pudding, you know? Yeah, I mean it ultimately and
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this has been a topic of discussion, this comes, this
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comes back to Scott Boris like the he's he's been in the news
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as of late because the the Boris 4, I believe they're called or
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Boris 5 are I don't want to say slowing up the market because
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we're at spring training, we're pretty much there.
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So it's really we're just waiting this out.
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They're not exactly holding anybody back, but they're
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holding back some teams from finalizing their personnel plans
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and he can't. Scott Boris came out and said
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just the other day. He said clubs have plenty of
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money to spend, but they're not spending in a matter that is
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customary to competitiveness. It's not that they don't have
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the ability to pay, but their choice is to regress on their
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payrolls. Yes and no.
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Scott, you can't look us in the eye and tell me that you really
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thought Cody Bellinger of all people was going to pull in a
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double digit length, like years and length contracts.
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I'm looking less into the fact that these are all Boris
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players. I'm looking more into the fact
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that, like, they're all have like, some, like, red flags
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around them, you know what I mean?
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Like, for obvious reasons we just went through Kodi.
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But like, smells a little scary, you know what I mean?
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Because he had to prove that he can stick around for a full
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season and give up like ace numbers.
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Obviously the last Sai Young, he had like a huge set back the
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next year. So I think there's teams that
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are worried about that. And and talking about monikers
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and everything. Throwing the Sai Young label.
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Blake Snow. Yeah, he earned it.
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He worked for it. He put up the numbers to to earn
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that. But I mean this has to be one of
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the the least confident Cy Young's going into a follow like
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the subsequent season that I can remember in in recent years like
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I just, I'm not thrilled at the prospect of a of a Blake Snell
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leading leading a rotation he he's gonna fit the bill for
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somebody. But it's it's not exactly the
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the. The strength of a label that it
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might hold for somebody else, like a Garrett Cole, for
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example. Yeah, but.
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And for the reasons we just said, right, like the the the
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down year right after his first Cy Young.
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Also he did this Cy Young in a weird way.
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And there are a lot of teams that have the philosophy that
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they don't like walks. Then he's about this whatever
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kind of philosophy with walks. So he's a little different,
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right? And like Jordan Montgomery,
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we've seen some ebbs and flows with him.
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We saw an excellent postseason out of him.
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I'm not going to sit here and say he was fantastic all of last
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year, that you just caught fire at the right time.
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So you're talking about names that are just like, I'm not
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going to just sit here and say, oh, like, it's they're Boris
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contracts and these guys are going to do what they need to
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do. They're a little weird.
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They're a little different. And it's like a perfect storm of
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these free agents that are left around that our teams are
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tentative about, and I can't blame them for being tentative
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about it. I think Snell Montgomery, like
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you said, I'm sure there's a lot of teams out there that are
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like, hey, we're not really sure we want to give you ace money,
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'cause you haven't proven that you're an ace.
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Ace. And then you have a lot of these
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teams that maybe have a solid rotation, maybe already have an
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ace and have one of these two guys, you know, step in as a two
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or three. You've also had the the carrot
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dangled in front of you of Dylan Cease and the White Sox saying,
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hey, you know, we're going to retract that.
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So like it's it's hard to sit there and say hey I want to sign
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Snell for this this much for this long when you could play
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the long game test out your first half of the season with
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your rotation and if Cease does become available or other Rd.
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arms around the around the league become available you'd
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rather trade and use it as a rental.
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You know I think there's just a lot of moving factors to this
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whole group. But to sum up I I do like I like
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Cody Bellinger staying with Chicago.
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I like what Chicago's trying to do.
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I like Craig Counsel coming in and, you know, just kind of
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shifting things around. They're committing the guys and
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they seem like they have players that are kind of fun to bounce
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around a little bit. I watched a little bit of spring
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training last few days and like you watch magical kind of bounce
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around. It's a lot of roster
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flexibility. So I like what they're doing.
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I'm about it. It's hard to see them anywhere
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else, you know. Yeah, I mean, well, what I was
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going to say, cubbies are exciting me.
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But in regards to Bellinger, I don't.
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I don't know. I didn't.
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I wasn't very emotionally invested in having him stay put
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in Chicago. I'm obviously Cubs fans wanted
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him, but if he would have went elsewhere, it'd have been like,
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OK, yeah, that makes sense. I'm with you.
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I agree. Yeah.
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I mean, I thought Yankees would be a good fit pre Soto, but Post
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Soto is like, no, it's all good. Which quick, quick side note
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here. I I hate to say it, but so I
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have. I don't know if I've ever seen a
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more perfect fit for the New York Yankees.
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Like the guy, Juan Soto was born to be a New York Yankee.
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I it it just it looks so fire. It didn't hit me until I watched
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the first game and I was like, oh boy, hitting the scoreboard
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in left center got the it's got the back in the shuffle.
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It looks so good. It's really unfortunate that
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you're only gonna have that for a year.
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I don't know, man. I don't know.
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Born to be a Yankee and he'll be playing elsewhere next year.
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It's a real shame. We'll see.
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Real shame. You can't.
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You can try to plant that. I don't know.
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It'd be it'd be a real shame if another team within the division
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that has very, very strong Dominican roots maybe lured him.
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Sure. Lured him up north, sure, maybe
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a little northeast. I really don't see that but.
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That's what I said. You just you would hate to see
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it. You certainly would not want to
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see that. You're finding your your year
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long talking points already, aren't you?
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You're coming back to this well. You will absolutely come back to
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this well. I got.
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I gotta latch on to something, Nate.
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That's true. I was thinking I was in line for
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gas today and I looked out the window and I said I can't nail
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down how I feel about this team. I wake up one day and I'm it's
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that meme where. It's like that's.
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Well, you know the Costco lines, you gotta wait.
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So that's where I do. I just do a lot of lot of
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reflection, a lot of thinking, 'cause you're you're sitting
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there for a minute for good reason, That's cheap gas.
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But I'm sitting there thinking I'm like, I don't know.
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I don't know how to feel about this team.
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I wake up one. It's as I was saying, it's like
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that meme where it's like the urge to say we're back 10
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minutes after saying it's over. That's me every, every day.
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I'm like I I'm just going to dive in head first, even though
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I know that the part of the pool I'm diving in is 3 feet deep.
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But I'm going to dive in anyway. And then the next day I I say I
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don't want to have anything to do with this team.
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I don't know. I don't know how to feel.
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So the thought the the pipe dream of maybe luring in a Juan
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Soto after being a rental for the Yankees, that's something to
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that's some that's a dream I can hold on to.
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That's a dream I've had since lunch and I'm not giving up on
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it now. OK.
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I wanted to know how long it's been sticking around.
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Are you? Is that about the same time
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frame since lunch? Same as Michael?
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Yeah, yeah. All right.
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That's where we're at. Yeah, wondering where he cooked
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this up. Speaking of cooking up, Mitch
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Keller will be cooking up for the Pirates for the next five
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years on a $77 million deal. I love this deal.
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I I I'm gonna be honest. I'm gonna, I'm gonna be honest.
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I'm gonna be honest. I like what the Pirates are
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doing. They lock up Mitch Keller.
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They've got Paul Skeens in the wings number.
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Last year's number one pick in the draft, they locked up
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Cabrian Hayes. They got the guy that we all
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thought didn't want to be in Pittsburgh, Brian Reynolds.
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They can go at least through the 2030 season.
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I'm all about what the Pittsburgh they're saying Bob.
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Sell the team, Sell the team. Maybe Bob should sell a team
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because the family that I got up in Pennsylvania, they say
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Pittsburgh Pirates are just the the farm system for the rest of
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Major League Baseball. That might be true.
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We've seen it play out like that in years past.
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But as of today, February 26th, I like what the Pirates are
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doing. I see the vision, I see the
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movement. It's in the it's going.
28:14
We're moving in the right direction.
28:16
We're sailing the ship in the right direction.
28:20
And with this latest move of signing Mitch Keller to a five
28:23
year, $77 million extension through the 2028 season, I feel
28:33
good about the Pirates. I recorded that as well on my
28:38
cello. Big strings guy.
28:42
Big. Cello guy, Yeah, that's the one
28:45
that stands up, right, I think. That's the big boy.
28:48
Yep. Yeah, dude, we agree with
28:51
everything you said. I love what they're doing.
28:52
It's it's starting to, it's starting to happen.
28:56
It's starting to happen. And this is all you can ask for.
29:03
If you're a Pirates fan, that's all you can ask for.
29:06
Grow some talent. Hold on to the talent.
29:08
Once you realize it's talent build around.
29:12
Mitch Keller deserves it. Great year last year and it's a
29:17
it's a it's a team friendly but still worthy type paycheck.
29:27
I love it. I love it.
29:31
And again, you just start setting precedent.
29:36
The more guys you sign, the more you can see that like, OK, these
29:41
guys are sticking around. You find some success.
29:43
Not going to sit here and say they're going to go walk away
29:47
the the division or anything, but compete, get better, grow
29:53
your talent. Who knows in a perfect storm,
29:59
who knows? Who knows what could happen?
30:02
And then all of a sudden you trade for somebody.
30:05
All of a sudden you extend somebody, all of a sudden you
30:08
get a big free agent who wants to stick around, 'cause their
30:11
hometown is there, whatever it may be.
30:15
But they're doing the right stuff.
30:16
And I agree now's the time to sell.
30:18
I mean, stock's never been higher.
30:25
Look, cut went back, right? Yeah, cutches back, so.
30:29
So cutches, back, milk that for as much as you can get all that
30:32
merch. I agree.
30:34
I agree. O'Neill Cruz is will be back
30:37
this year. Good on the Pirates, man.
30:42
Because look, this whole time we Pirates fans, we haven't been
30:47
asking you to go out there and spend $300 million on anybody.
30:51
No. We just wanted people.
30:53
Just wanted you guys to pay, pay people.
30:55
That's it. The bare minimum.
30:57
And to your point, setting precedent, letting guys know one
31:02
who are in that clubhouse and two future potential targets
31:09
that you may want to go after, you're letting them know that
31:12
hey, we're not, we're not the same cheap organization that we
31:17
once were. Two, 3-4, however many years
31:20
ago. This is a different, it's a
31:23
different team. They still have some work.
31:26
They still have some work to do. They still have some ground to
31:29
to make up in that area. But they're heading in the right
31:33
direction and that that's all you can ask for.
31:35
Yeah, 100% raise that thing. Raise it.
31:44
Speaking of raising it, Tim Anderson's gonna need to raise
31:46
that batting average if he wants to stick around in Major League
31:49
Baseball. But the Marlins said we think it
31:53
might happen. So we'll we'll take you on the
31:56
Miami Marlins. Sign it Tim Anderson to a one
31:58
year, $5 million contract a season he presumably wants to
32:08
forget 2023. He.
32:10
I'm sure he's already blocked that out from his memory.
32:14
Not not a good year. His 582 OPS was the lowest among
32:19
all qualified hitters in Major League Baseball and ranked last
32:26
in Defensive Run Saved for shortstop at -16.
32:33
It was very strange. I saw somebody, I don't remember
32:35
who, who posted about it, but they said the drop off just
32:38
doesn't make sense. He posted 4/4 consecutive
32:42
seasons of hitting 300 or higher and then just had a sudden drop
32:47
off. Didn't didn't make sense.
32:49
The defensive stuff you see that's.
32:51
I think we just know that that's how he is defensively.
32:54
But yeah, he's at least he's typically a lock.
33:01
You can roll him out there and hit 280 no problem.
33:04
So it was weird. Weird to see.
33:08
I'm personally not a huge fan of the guy.
33:10
So like, it is what it is. But good for the Marlins.
33:15
The the. I mean, why not?
33:21
What do you got to lose? 5 mil?
33:24
Whatever. I mean, it's a good fit form.
33:30
Of all the teams out there, Marlins are known for their
33:33
player, sure. But in terms of an environment,
33:38
I think, I think this works well for him.
33:40
I mean, he we all know this guy loves to play with with with
33:44
some flair and Miami's a place to do that.
33:46
They they outwardly embrace it. Like, there's no hiding the fact
33:50
that that team, that that city, the organization, they're all
33:53
about trying to find ways to spice things up as opposed to
33:58
the rest of the league. You could say, but I I think
34:01
it'll be a good fit and I think a change of scenery might do
34:03
them well. I agree.
34:05
Chicago's tough, man. And like, especially, I don't,
34:08
dude. I just, I can't imagine starting
34:09
every season up there, every season, starting off so Dang
34:13
cold. Like, as a hitter, it's already
34:17
getting your it's hard getting your season going.
34:19
So doing that in the cold, he's got to be brutal.
34:22
So yeah, change of scenery. And if he does get back to his
34:26
typical ways in the box, him and Luis Arai is like, that's that's
34:35
crazy. That's a crazy amount of hits
34:38
between those two guys at the top of the lineup.
34:41
So again, they don't. They still don't have any Bop,
34:46
but cool, Good signing I suppose.
34:54
A couple deals happening today. Manuel Margot, Manny Margot and
35:03
Kike Hernandez being shuffled around a little bit.
35:06
Manuel Margot, traded by the Dodgers to the Twins after
35:10
hanging out with the team for what seemed like days.
35:13
Hung around for a photo shoot. Got some sweet picks for the the
35:17
IG and some Dodgers threads. But on his way, on his way out.
35:24
Heading to the no, that's Canada.
35:27
I was going to say the great white N that's Canada.
35:29
Well, I mean you're basically there in Minnesota.
35:32
You're you're basically there. They talk the same thing.
35:35
Exactly same thing. And then, corresponding move,
35:39
the Dodgers signed Kike Hernandez for a little bit of
35:42
utility depth. Let's see details.
35:52
So he came over. For those who don't know, he
35:54
came over in the glass now. Deal.
35:56
Correct. Weird.
35:59
I think it's a little weird to like have him there for like a
36:02
you know, like 3 weeks and. Then I I I mean, I I think, I
36:07
know it sounds silly, but I, with stuff like this happens
36:10
when it's these weird personnel like, hey, you were here for a
36:13
cup of coffee. I try to think about it in terms
36:15
of fantasy, like the same way we've done for.
36:19
Years where it's like. Are you are you willing?
36:21
Yeah. Well not so much that.
36:23
But are you willing to to take this guy on in a trade to get
36:26
the guy that you're really after and then you you can figure out
36:29
what you want to do with him after the fact.
36:30
But if if clearing up a a a spot for somebody helps them out and
36:36
helps the deal get done, sure, we'll take on a Manny Margot.
36:39
And if we don't find the pieces that we like, we keep them
36:43
around and and see how it pans out.
36:45
But if not or if we do find somebody see you, it was nice
36:50
knowing you hope you enjoyed photo day.
36:53
And they they got their guy who I, to be honest, I didn't see
36:58
not ending up in a Dodgers uniform to start the year.
37:02
I mean, at this point are are we just looking at like a Clayton
37:05
Kershaw esque situation for Kiki where he just rides out one
37:09
year, deals with the Dodgers until it's over?
37:11
I suppose what was the point of including him in the Margot
37:15
deal? Or I mean the That's no deal.
37:19
You think that was a raise thing or a Dodgers thing?
37:23
I. Don't know what are they was it
37:30
to make room for somebody or they they got somebody on the on
37:35
the horizon that they're hoping to get into the.
37:41
Offload, Possible. Slide.
37:44
Offload possible. He had a yeah, he had a two
37:53
year, $19 million deal. And then I think with this deal
38:00
today, Dodgers sent some money with it, right?
38:09
Yeah, they did. Was it 8 mil?
38:12
Did I see eight mil? It wasn't a whole lot, all
38:18
things considered. I6 mil?
38:22
6 mil? Yeah.
38:23
So very minimal. Which eats half of next year,
38:28
which I think is a $12 million deal next year.
38:30
So that makes sense. I I I'm confused.
38:37
I'm confused because it's not that much of an offload for the
38:41
Rays to like say like, hey, please take him, but also why
38:50
ask for him to be included in the deal if you're just gonna
38:52
ship him out of town and half of his contract?
38:55
For what? Did we even see what the return
38:58
was? Are you talking about on behalf
39:02
of the Dodgers? From the twins, yeah.
39:07
They got shortstop Noah Miller. So probably a low A guy.
39:15
I mean I'm not sitting here and saying like I'm not defending
39:18
Manny Margot. I don't think he's anything
39:20
great. You know he's he's nice.
39:23
He has occasional pop pretty decent glove.
39:27
But in All in all like he's a below average Major League
39:30
hitter. So I don't think it's anything
39:32
that's like I'm not saying the Dodgers are missing out on.
39:36
It's just a weird thing like I understand including him in the
39:39
deal. I I I don't know why the Reyes
39:43
gave him that much money. To answer your question, no
39:48
Miller Hye. He got up to Hye last year, so.
39:50
There you go. There you go.
39:51
Take that for what it's worth, yeah.
39:54
It's. Confusing.
39:56
I'm. I mean, I'm just glad they got
39:58
their guy back. I mean, like I said, I didn't
40:00
see Kiki starting the year with anybody other than LA and they
40:05
wanted to or they needed to make a move to open up that spot for
40:09
him and with. Him I'm a huge fan of players
40:12
break their own contracts on social.
40:15
I love that. Huge fan.
40:16
Much better stop being around the Bush.
40:20
Just tell people. I think I saw he put a little
40:25
teaser Oh sure enough open up Instagram.
40:27
He's the 1st post. Put a little teaser.
40:30
He's he's got a little dear LA wow he put AI didn't even read
40:41
the caption. He put like a full on or no this
40:44
was from this was from 20/21 so he just reposted it and then
40:49
followed it up with the psych post and then dropped the
40:52
contract details. I'm.
40:53
I'm all about it. Big fan.
40:55
OK, I just like when they do that.
40:58
I just like when players just come out and say it.
41:00
Like what? His reporters can figure it out
41:06
later. I don't know.
41:09
That's it. That's all I have to say on it.
41:11
Key K is Key K is Key K Why not clubhouse guy?
41:16
Your entire roster couldn't be more stacked.
41:19
By the way, I will be seeing on Saturday going to my first
41:23
spring training game Saturday. Nice, dude.
41:25
Congrats. That's big Cubs.
41:26
Big time. Cubs.
41:27
Dodgers. So maybe I get a little
41:28
Bellinger. It is a split squad day though,
41:31
so I don't know how many Dodgers guys are going elsewhere.
41:34
I almost, when I was putting in information, I almost got
41:37
Dodgers Brewers tickets at the Brewers facility.
41:43
Really, really glad I noticed that before hitting submit.
41:48
Went back. Going to Glendale, got some
41:51
seats. There, Glenn.
41:55
That's not Camelback, right? Oh, that is Camelback.
41:58
Yeah. OK Yep, Yep, Yep.
42:01
So where we were at? Yeah, yeah, that was Dodgers.
42:06
Rangers I think when we went. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
42:09
Anyway. Mama Ray has to be in town.
42:12
Catch some rays. Catch some sunshine.
42:15
Catch some beers and hot dogs. All the goods.
42:21
Expensive, dude. Expensive.
42:28
It's a little necessary. It's a little stranger, yeah,
42:32
that have gotten out of hand. Are the Dodgers the outlier,
42:34
though, just because of what they got in store for this
42:36
season? It's.
42:37
Every place. I mean, I remember it was a it
42:40
was a little rough when we were out there last year trying to
42:43
find a game to go to, but. If you want to put your butt in
42:46
an actual chair, it's a minimum of 60 bucks I'd say.
42:51
That's so unnecessary. Yeah, that's so unnecessary.
42:55
Because in reality, you're only getting one or two ABS of
42:57
players that you actually know. Yeah yeah no, that makes sense.
43:02
Let's let's let's raise up to 100 knowing that let's crazy
43:08
let's really get our money's worth here MLB teams.
43:12
Brandon Crawford signed with the Saint Louis Cardinals providing
43:18
a little bit of infield depth specifically some shortstop
43:22
depth depth for Mason win. I like, I like what the
43:29
Cardinals have in the infield. I like what what we're looking
43:34
at for this year. You got obviously got Goldie at
43:37
first. You got Nolan Nolan holding it
43:39
down at 3rd, but you got you got Mason Wynn holding it down at
43:45
the 6th hole. You got Crawford as the backup.
43:49
You got Brendan Donovan, you got Tommy Edmond in the mix.
43:54
He's. I think he's.
43:56
He's going full time center field, isn't he?
43:58
Yeah, but I I'm, I'm reading that if if things don't go as
44:03
planned in the infield for the Cardinals and if last year was
44:07
any indication, things have a possibility of going wrong.
44:11
You could see Tommy Edmond back in in the infield for who knows
44:16
stretches couple spots starts here and there.
44:18
But they got, they got pieces to work with.
44:22
Nolan Gorman. Brendan Donovan, as I said.
44:25
I expect one of those two guys to get sent somewhere soon.
44:29
Yeah. If they, if they don't, if they
44:33
have somewhat of a lackluster first half, I could see where
44:37
those guys going. Sure, but working working out of
44:42
an overabundance, yeah, would be their, would be their scenario.
44:48
Name someone. Name someone.
44:50
Better to to mentor a young shortstop.
44:55
You can't. You literally can't.
44:58
Brandon Crawford's a freaking wizard, and I'm assuming Mason
45:04
wins. Reasoning behind all of his hype
45:09
is more offensive than defensive.
45:12
So get somebody in here that can work with that kid and be with
45:16
that kid every single day next to him.
45:20
This is like a this is a a genius move that I don't care
45:26
what Brandon Crawford provides you this year could be nothing,
45:33
could be nothing, and you're still getting value.
45:35
So I like it. You gotta wonder, though, if he
45:42
was looking at that Miami Marlins opening going.
45:46
I feel like I could give you just a little something for just
45:49
a little bit longer. I wonder what it was that pushed
45:53
him to Saint Louis 01. Could assume it was lack of
45:59
options at this point in time. But Oh yeah, yeah, I would
46:03
assume, I guess. I guess you can't really hold
46:05
out for much longer given that we're already in the midst of
46:10
games being played. So I gotta gotta figured out, I
46:13
gotta get settled in with whoever and get it going.
46:16
But like I said, I'm I'm liking that infield.
46:21
To your point about Mason Wynn he he played for like 3540 games
46:29
last year, hit like 172. So he the potential is certainly
46:39
there but he's going to need to adapt.
46:44
It's a big league pitching and I I think, I think he being around
46:49
guys like Goldie and Nolan, true pure hitters.
46:53
That's where you're going to that's where you're going to
46:54
benefit the most on the offensive side of the ball.
46:57
But then to have Crawford next to you, I mean that's yeah,
47:03
that's that's worth its weight in gold.
47:06
I think Mason Wynne would be just fine.
47:08
It's really weird what's going on over there.
47:10
Like you have this like older core, you know what I'm saying?
47:16
Like you have Paul Goldschmidt and Nolan and they're like
47:23
they're obviously getting a holder.
47:25
Like let's just be honest, they're they're I think their
47:28
best days are probably behind them.
47:31
You're still going to get really good baseball out of them, don't
47:33
get me wrong. But then you have this, like,
47:38
group right behind them. That could be a long term thing.
47:44
Brendan Donovan. Nolan Gorman.
47:46
Mason Wynne, like. Jordan Walker.
47:49
Right. It's odd what's like and they're
47:53
all they're basically MLB ready while you have these like future
47:59
Hall of Farmers kind of blocking them.
48:01
It's really strange. I don't know how I feel about it
48:07
and like if you are in a weird spot this year and you're
48:11
underachieving, why not sell one of those guys considering what
48:15
you have coming up behind them? I mean the the trade Nolan
48:21
conversation was, dare I say, at its peak last year when the team
48:28
was just torpedoing like, I mean that was that was an ugly place
48:34
to be if you're the Saint Louis Cardinals.
48:36
I mean, people were, us included, calling for the
48:39
manager to be fired, trade Nolan on every in the replies, on
48:45
every tweet. That was an ugly place to be.
48:48
So if if we even get a hint of that this year, maybe we just
48:53
get ahead of the ball here, get ahead of the curve and say,
48:56
yeah, we. Just do it, we.
48:59
Have. I guess I I'm changing my mind.
49:02
I I I said earlier that like one of Brendan Donovan or or Nolan
49:08
Norman aren't getting moved. I think I feel safer saying one
49:14
of Nolan Arenado or Paul Goldschmidt are getting moved so
49:21
and they need pitching bad. They need to revamp that.
49:28
Yeah, they kind of rotation of geriatrics over there, but we'll
49:32
see. But again, start your season
49:37
off, You bring in Sonny Gray. Like it?
49:40
Yeah, young studs. They're promising.
49:42
Like you're not. Like, I don't think they're in a
49:44
horrible position. And it's not like it's a a
49:47
ridiculously out of reach division either.
49:51
No. And this hodgepodge of depth
49:53
that we're talking about if it's enough to if you get adequate
49:57
performance out of the these guys in the rotation and this
50:00
this depth that we're referring that we keep talking about.
50:03
If that gets we, we talked about this with everybody.
50:06
If it can get you to the deadline then you see what
50:08
happens and maybe you go out and get an arm that you desperately
50:11
need at least on this side of the ball.
50:13
So I'm just trying to give a little, trying to provide a
50:19
little optimism for Cardinals fans because I know we're coming
50:21
off a rather. I I demoralizing season.
50:25
I get it and I think they're in AI, think they're in good shape.
50:28
I'm surprised they didn't do more trading of assets last
50:32
year, but I do think they're in good shape and I think that they
50:36
have tradable assets again this year.
50:38
If it doesn't go well again and I I would that's that's a silver
50:42
lining. If anything, it's much better
50:45
than being a fan base. We're like this roster has
50:47
nothing and we have nothing in the pipeline.
50:49
We can't even sell what we have to revamp in any way.
50:54
There could be worse situations in tougher divisions.
51:00
Correct. Very valid point.
51:04
Speaking of divisions, let's switch over to the NL Easts.
51:07
Look at the Met. Specifically, some tough news
51:10
for their rotation. Kodai Singa is going to be out
51:14
three to four weeks, all but ruling out.
51:21
I don't think they've officially ruled it out, but will not be.
51:24
Your Opening Day starter was diagnosed with a moderate
51:32
capsule strain in his pitching shoulder after an MRI.
51:43
Yeah, he won't throw for three weeks getting a PRP shot.
51:47
It's just more more. Mets.
51:51
Look, I'm gonna say it. Everyone's thinking it.
51:54
This is what makes you fearful of signing Japanese pitchers.
52:00
We've we've seen this movie before and I hope I'm, I'm hope
52:05
it's just a a minor set back. I hope he's healthy.
52:09
I hope he doesn't have to deal with, you know, continuing
52:12
problems. But This is why This is why it
52:17
happens often. So I'm not surprised on top of
52:23
the fact that there's a Mets logo on top of it, so.
52:29
Fair. But you look at the contract,
52:31
this is the, I believe the second year of a 575 deal, which
52:38
isn't. Crazy, right?
52:40
Which is my saying just in general.
52:42
No, no for sure for sure. But I'm.
52:44
Saying sudden. A year later we see Yamamoto
52:46
with 300 and never thrown a pitch in this league before so.
52:49
No, I I totally, I'm totally with you on that.
52:52
I'm just saying again looking at specific situations trying to
52:56
find some optimism for some of these clubs.
53:00
It could be it could be worse if you're the Mets like you could
53:02
have you could have dumped a whole lot more.
53:05
You could have invested a lot more stock into this guy but you
53:09
got him on a not knowing what he'd be able to provide you on
53:13
American soil. You you got him at a relatively
53:18
on a on a relatively fair deal and like you said assuming this
53:23
is nothing more than a minor set back and he can give you that
53:28
same level of output that we saw last year.
53:30
I think he finished second in the in the rookie of the year
53:33
voting. I I think you're OK.
53:37
I think you can you can look elsewhere to take your lumps if
53:40
you're the Mets because you know they're coming.
53:42
But for for their sake, for for Kodai's sake, I hope it's not
53:47
him that they're they're focused on.
53:50
Because when he's when he's I need to be, he gives you the
53:54
stuff. The only thing they need to be
53:56
focused on is finding a trade partner for Pete Alonzo 'cause
54:01
you know, he ain't finishing the year there.
54:04
You think he's gone? That's a weird situation.
54:09
There's a whole lot of, like, we want him.
54:11
I wanna stay here. And also like, I'm probably not
54:16
gonna stay here. It's very strange.
54:19
It's a lot of weirdness. But yeah, it's true.
54:24
Met's gone met. Sorry Kodai.
54:30
I do like Kodai. Yeah, big fan I.
54:34
Don't really. Like the most.
54:36
Of that roster, but. Is it the Ghost Fork?
54:41
Yeah. Yeah.
54:45
I mean when you when you can coin something like.
54:47
That it's true and you get the you're.
54:49
OK in you're OK in my book. On your glove.
54:54
It's pretty sick. Big fan.
54:57
You know what? I'm not a big fan of Nate and we
55:01
can kind of wrap it up with this.
55:03
I know we touched on a little bit last episode, but since the
55:09
last time we talked about these uniforms, there's been a whole
55:14
nother storm of kickback on the pants.
55:19
Last time we talked, it was about the tops.
55:22
Yeah. But what a mess they have on
55:28
their hands and that Major League.
55:30
When I say they I'm talking Major League Baseball fanatics.
55:33
They don't really seem to care. Rob Manfred has come out and and
55:38
adamantly stated that this was done for the sake of
55:42
performance. Keep these guys cooler.
55:45
Keep them sleeker, Keep them lighter.
55:51
Well, Rob, I'm all, I'm all for that.
55:54
I I think. I think improving the wearable
55:59
technology in the form of uniforms is important.
56:03
I think it should continue to evolve.
56:05
But if you're going to put guys out in uniforms, the uniforms
56:09
have to consist of actual clothing.
56:12
Like actual threads, actual yarn, actual polyester.
56:16
Day that someone gets like a a Gatorade bath after a walk off,
56:21
who knows what we're going to see?
56:23
I haven't even considered that. I'm I'm.
56:25
I'm stuck at thinking about what this is going to look like in
56:28
mid-july in Florida. Swampy boom when it's 117° out.
56:35
And that's that's is working. I mean, again, I said it last
56:42
week, how many levels of approval did this have to go
56:46
through? You're telling me not one person
56:49
saw this and said, hey, maybe let's not push this through just
56:54
yet because you can see genitalia like that right then
57:00
and there. That should have been where the
57:01
conversation stopped or started and stopped like, hey, should we
57:05
put the, should we roll these pants out?
57:06
No, because you can see balls. That's that's what we're dealing
57:12
with. These pants are atrocious and I
57:15
and they were even they I was listening to the the the Red Sox
57:19
game today on the radio and they they're talking about on the
57:25
broadcast which I I love when when broadcasters just kind of
57:30
go off script a little bit and they they let you know like what
57:33
they're really thinking and they they brought up a good point.
57:35
I think it was Lou Marloni was talking about how like the the
57:40
Major League uniform used to like represent something.
57:46
It used to mean something it used to resemble the class and
57:52
the the standard that is Major League Baseball where it's
57:56
that's as high as it goes Major League Baseball.
57:59
So you better be giving these players the best of the best and
58:04
when you're rolling these guys out in uniforms that aren't even
58:07
adequate enough to ward off a trip to Dick's Sporting Goods to
58:12
find a backup pair of pants. Because that's happened with
58:15
some of these guys. They said yeah I might need to
58:17
run to to the old sporting goods store because these aren't it.
58:22
If that's if that's what you're rolling these guys out in that
58:26
and and it's the people that say, well, they're and there's
58:29
been a lot of guys, even within baseball, forget about the fans
58:32
that don't care. There've been a lot of guys in
58:34
the league. They're just like, whatever it
58:37
is, what it is, I'm like have have some pride in something
58:42
like Mookie Betts was just like as long as I got a uniform, I'm
58:46
like, dude, first of all Mookie Betts has never been in
58:48
solidarity with like anything when it comes to like other guys
58:51
around the league. He's going to do what he's going
58:53
to do and that's that. So I'm not surprised as much
58:56
with him. But other guys have spoken out
58:58
around the league being like, eh, it is what it is you.
59:01
Know I'm gonna wear it down, by the way, Mookie Betts.
59:06
I've seen a lot more of that. I I think that might be the move
59:09
now that he's the the infielder, yeah.
59:11
Whatever. Yeah, I heard the the guys
59:14
aren't able to get him tailored the way they the way they.
59:17
Like the sizes are all off. It's it's just a mess.
59:22
And so finishing up my thought the the fans who are just like,
59:26
who cares, They're just uniforms.
59:28
It's like, yes, yeah, I get it. We're not the ones wearing these
59:32
on field, quote, UN quote, authentic uniforms, and it
59:35
shouldn't really matter to us. But it's it's indicative of the
59:40
direction of Major League Baseball to me that if you can't
59:44
even get the uniform that represents the teams that these
59:48
players play for and ultimately representing the league as a
59:53
whole. If you can't even get that
59:55
right, then what other corners are we cutting?
59:57
What other ways are we trying to maximize profits at the at the
1:00:03
cost or the sake of quality of product that we're whether it's
1:00:08
on field, whether it's apparel whether it's TV deals whatever
1:00:13
it is. What corners are we cutting as a
1:00:15
league, Major League Baseball, where we're just trying to
1:00:19
maximize the dollar and then slide it under the, sweep it
1:00:23
under the rug under the guise of.
1:00:26
Increased airflow, but it doesn't matter.
1:00:31
Put these guys in pants that they can.
1:00:33
Like, why are we talking about this?
1:00:35
This shouldn't even be a topic of conversation.
1:00:37
Why are we talking about see through baseball pants rolling
1:00:43
into it? Rolling into spring training?
1:00:46
I said this, I I tweeted this out yesterday, or it may have
1:00:49
been even today, in reference to the MLB Network conversation
1:00:54
that you and I were having. Oh yeah, where where you can't.
1:00:59
If you're subscribed to MLBTV, you still don't have access to
1:01:04
MLBTV or MLB Network. You have to have that through
1:01:07
like a cable provider, to which I tweeted, So we pay 150 for
1:01:12
MLBTV and we don't get access to MLB Network.
1:01:15
Major League Baseball insists on getting and staying in its own
1:01:18
way. The short sightedness of milking
1:01:20
a percentage of fans for every last dollar instead of making
1:01:23
the game accessible to countless fans and getting to a point of
1:01:26
printing money is beyond counterproductive.
1:01:30
That was in reference to the MLB Network again conversation you
1:01:33
and I are having, but you could also apply that to these
1:01:36
uniforms. It's like we're trying to map.
1:01:39
You're rolling them out in the cheapest quality pants uniforms
1:01:44
as a whole possible to maximize profits.
1:01:48
Why not just go back to what we were doing when these when this
1:01:53
wasn't a topic of conversation, and then we can worry about
1:01:57
other things like, oh, I don't know, maybe ending blackouts.
1:02:00
Yeah, I don't know dude. Two things Nike is gonna Nike.
1:02:08
The other thing is, if for those unfamiliar, this is a 10 year
1:02:13
agreement that started in 2020, so we're not even halfway there.
1:02:18
Which to Clare, to clear something up, there's been
1:02:21
there's been a lot of confusion in the comments and well, is it
1:02:25
Nike? Is it Fanatics?
1:02:27
Nike? They are designed by Nike, but
1:02:34
they're manufactured by Fanatics.
1:02:36
So really it's like a three headed monster we're dealing
1:02:39
with here. Major League Baseball, Nike and
1:02:41
Fanatics like everybody. You you could say, but I think
1:02:45
the issue is possible for. The issue?
1:02:47
Because if Nike's outsourcing their manufacturing to Fanatics,
1:02:50
that's a Nike issue. And with Nike's logo on it
1:02:54
instead of the Fanatics logo, you you can probably assume that
1:02:58
Nike is gonna be the one to fix this.
1:03:01
So yeah, it's bad. I I it makes me think of like,
1:03:07
you remember that those like weird one or two years in the
1:03:10
NBA where they had like short sleeve jerseys.
1:03:12
That's what makes this this is just as catastrophic.
1:03:17
This is just as bad. Do you remember those?
1:03:20
Whereas like weird, it wasn't even like a short sleeve, but it
1:03:22
wasn't. It was like a it's like a like a
1:03:25
girl's short sleeve. I think.
1:03:27
Fairly, That's the shoulder. But why do I remember LeBron
1:03:31
being in Cleveland at that? Time.
1:03:33
Yeah. OK.
1:03:33
Like him and Kyrie were there together, Yeah.
1:03:35
Yeah, I remember those shows you saw.
1:03:37
It was hideous. Yeah, that's what.
1:03:39
What? Are we doing?
1:03:40
Yeah, these are like these are like, you know, Halloween
1:03:44
costume Memo B jerseys. It to people say that it's not
1:03:51
it's not a big deal that you can you can't really notice it.
1:03:54
You can tell, you can tell what brand of, you can tell what
1:04:00
brand of compression shorts these guys are wearing.
1:04:02
Yeah, I mean, what are we doing? Yeah, you can definitely tell.
1:04:07
We talked about the tops last week, but like you, I can't even
1:04:10
read the names on the on the backs of jerseys right now.
1:04:14
I can't even read them. It's so small and like the the
1:04:19
lettering or like the lining around the letters, it's
1:04:22
impossible. Well, I know like I said last
1:04:25
week we talked about the tops and I I thought we were kind of
1:04:28
going to be done with that. But since that conversation that
1:04:31
we had more issues have come up with the Tops in in regards to
1:04:37
the like the letter spacing now and the angling.
1:04:40
I don't know if you saw. I think it was Michael Chavis in
1:04:45
Seattle. His he took a picture of his
1:04:48
uniform and I don't even think there was AII might be mistaken.
1:04:51
I don't even think he put a caption.
1:04:52
It was just like presented without comment essentially and
1:04:56
the the number height was off. So I think he's yeah, he's 10,
1:05:00
'cause he took over Kalnik's number.
1:05:01
The one and the zero are like different heights and the the
1:05:06
letter spacing is crooked and not not consistent across the
1:05:12
like it's. And then I saw Ian Happ I think
1:05:17
I posted it actually where it's like an H and an A and then a
1:05:24
gap just like a triangular gap in the middle and then you got
1:05:27
the two PS off like cock eyed off to the side and they're like
1:05:31
grouped together and they gotta get it's just it's it's a mess
1:05:37
it's a mess and the more that I see like at first I thought that
1:05:43
it was just a letter size issue but like I said I'm I I've since
1:05:47
been seeing more and more one off.
1:05:50
I say one off, but unique issues that are coming up where for
1:05:55
some it'll be the spacing for some of it'll be the letter size
1:05:58
it'll be the letter, letter height and then it's.
1:06:04
I I don't know. I don't know.
1:06:09
Like they're not they're not even proofing these jerseys.
1:06:12
They I think they just they they they throw the steam on there
1:06:16
and they say let's move along. I don't, I don't understand,
1:06:22
just be better. Trey Turner came out and said
1:06:24
everyone hates them and I think as baseball fans we can go ahead
1:06:29
and ignore like we talked about last week you can ignore all the
1:06:32
Nike sponsored athletes who are coming out and trying to take a
1:06:37
a phony stance for the they're getting paid to say that.
1:06:41
Listen to guys like Trey who are just telling you how it is.
1:06:45
You've got other player players posting about on social like
1:06:47
what are we doing? Just fix the issue.
1:06:51
How hard is it for Rob just for once do something right and
1:06:57
don't wait to do it. At this point, it's our I, I
1:07:00
would argue it's already too late, but how hard would it be
1:07:03
for Rob Manfred to just come out and say, hey, you know, we got
1:07:06
this, we got this wrong. We messed up.
1:07:09
We're going to do what we need to do to fix it as the
1:07:13
commissioner of Major League Baseball, regardless if it's a
1:07:15
Nike issue, regardless, regardless if it's a fanatic's
1:07:18
issue as the league that is rolling these uniforms out
1:07:22
there, just come out and say, hey, look, we're going to go
1:07:26
behind closed doors. We're going to get this ironed
1:07:29
out, no pun intended. We're going to go ahead and get
1:07:32
this fixed so that this isn't an issue anymore, so that this
1:07:36
isn't a topic of conversation. Because it shouldn't be.
1:07:39
Because it should have never happened in the 1st place.
1:07:41
Because we're better than that. Because we're Major League
1:07:43
Baseball, That's all. How hard would it be to do that?
1:07:45
But he doesn't. And Tony Clark, I trust that man
1:07:51
gets stuff done. I mean, he came out and said
1:07:58
that it's, you know, it's disappointing, he said.
1:08:02
Each conversation with the guys is yielding more information
1:08:05
with what we're seeing. A lot of the rhetoric is
1:08:08
confirmation that the pants are see through.
1:08:10
It's been an ongoing conversation where each day has
1:08:13
yielded something new. As I was saying, that doesn't
1:08:16
seem to make as much sense as you would like it.
1:08:18
It's it's literally there's a new issue coming up with these
1:08:22
things each and every day and it's.
1:08:24
Well, look, when you talk about how guys get a percentage of
1:08:27
jersey sales, then if jersey sales are gonna be down because
1:08:30
of the quality of jersey that's being made and printed and sent
1:08:33
out there, there you go, Someone's gonna step in and big
1:08:42
white bearded Tony Clark is gonna put an end to this
1:08:45
nonsense. That beard is impeccable.
1:08:51
It's pristine. I'll give him that.
1:08:55
All right. I don't want to talk about
1:08:56
uniforms anymore. It all I all I'm saying is it
1:08:59
just fix it before opening day. Like, sure, whatever.
1:09:02
We can have a circus out there for spring training.
1:09:04
I don't really care. Not that many people are
1:09:07
watching. Just have it fixed.
1:09:08
But by opening day, it's really not that big of a deal.
1:09:10
And spare me on the whole, like inventory issue or whatever.
1:09:13
Yeah, give them away. Give them away to Little leagues
1:09:18
where they belong 'cause these are Little League.
1:09:20
These are Little League products and I'm sure they would benefit
1:09:23
from, I mean, talk about a great PR move, say, hey, we messed up,
1:09:27
but you know what? We're gonna, I mean, I mean,
1:09:30
these are grown men uniforms, so it may not work with Little
1:09:33
League. Don't overthink it.
1:09:35
You get what I'm saying. Like some a lot of these Nike
1:09:39
crap products, I'm sure it could benefit somebody.
1:09:42
So just give them away and let's start fresh.
1:09:44
That's that's all we need to do. Easy fix MLB closing the book
1:09:50
here. Unless you wanted to get to
1:09:52
anything else. I'm out of it.
1:09:56
I believe, yeah. Last week, Netflix announced via
1:10:01
Twitter that they will be releasing a documentary on the
1:10:10
exodus, if you will, of the Montreal Expos, and they tweeted
1:10:15
out. They said, the tweet said.
1:10:17
In 2004, Quebec's beloved Expos left Montreal.
1:10:21
A new documentary coming to Netflix will explore the
1:10:23
setbacks that led to the baseball team's departure and
1:10:26
how it continues to spark debate 20 years later.
1:10:31
And then I believe the president of the production team, which I
1:10:35
believe is called attraction, Richard Spears, said, quote, The
1:10:40
Expos were the first MLB team outside of the US, and despite
1:10:44
their departure from Montreal, they continue to have passionate
1:10:47
fans to this day. This film will tell the story of
1:10:50
the team through the eyes of those who lived it.
1:10:53
I'm going to be. I'm going to be tuning into
1:10:55
this. Guys, will I When does that come
1:10:57
out? I want to say this year, let me
1:11:03
double check. That's it.
1:11:07
Until we get Netflix can't fill us in in a little bit more.
1:11:12
I'm sure there was some follow up.
1:11:14
Let's see, 'cause I know next year, presumably.
1:11:20
I'm assuming next year will be the Red Sox doc.
1:11:25
Yeah, filmed this year, Released next year, right?
1:11:28
Yeah. Well, I'm just saying I don't.
1:11:31
I'm assuming they're not gonna crank that out, like right after
1:11:36
the season. I'm sure we're gonna have to sit
1:11:38
on that. Yeah, I'm not seeing.
1:11:40
I'm not seeing when it's gonna be released, I would venture.
1:11:46
This year I love that Netflix is getting into this though 2
1:11:49
Baseball Documentaries From Netflix Never a bad thing.
1:11:55
It's gonna force me to sign up for Netflix again.
1:11:58
For Netflix, yeah, yeah, they're cranking out some over the last
1:12:02
handful of years. They're cranking out some
1:12:03
quality sports stocks. I will say, 'cause I forgot that
1:12:08
I think in Next or not next last dance originated on Netflix.
1:12:14
Right, and it migrated to. No, I think it migrated to ESPN
1:12:19
Plus, but I think it started on Netflix.
1:12:21
I think it's the other way around.
1:12:27
I'm like 99% sure it's. I'm like 99% sure.
1:12:32
How do you how do you feel about that then?
1:12:41
OK, it said the series was released weekly from April 19th
1:12:45
to the April 19th, 2020 to May 17th, 2020.
1:12:49
Episodes were released on Netflix the day after their ESPN
1:12:51
airing. OK, point taken, point taken.
1:12:55
But still there, there have been some, some they're they're
1:13:00
showing up in the sports. World they are the full swing
1:13:04
bringing that back. I'm excited.
1:13:06
The racing one. They're doing good.
1:13:11
Good for Netflix. I'm about it.
1:13:14
Still not ready to drop $18.00 a month on them?
1:13:17
That's insane, isn't it? Up to like 1599 I.
1:13:20
Don't know. No, I'm not doing it, though.
1:13:22
I got enough going on. Enough.
1:13:24
Enough subscriptions. Yeah, until they partner with
1:13:28
something else. And when you when Netflix
1:13:32
decides to go buy MLB or something brings in MLB Network,
1:13:37
that's when I'll pull the trigger trigger.
1:13:40
But everyone else is like, hey, you want Disney?
1:13:45
I've got Hulu like everything else is partnered.
1:13:48
Netflix is like, Nah, we're just gonna stay on our own thing.
1:13:52
How about we just burn it all and just go back to cable like
1:13:57
we originally planned? This is getting out of control,
1:14:00
dude. The streaming is is out of
1:14:02
control. I can't with these subscriptions
1:14:04
anymore. Everything is subscription now.
1:14:07
Everything. Sure is.
1:14:13
I hate it. Then it's like only some of them
1:14:17
get rights to some things. It does make me miss cable.
1:14:24
I get it. I mean, we're basically paying.
1:14:27
The same as what we did for cable.
1:14:29
No, no. What I'm saying is like we're
1:14:31
we're ultimately paying for the the freedom and the flexibility
1:14:34
to watch what we want when we when we want it.
1:14:37
But it's like in terms of content, it's so scattered and
1:14:40
spread out. Right.
1:14:42
It's like can we if there's if there's something out there, can
1:14:46
somebody tell me like if is, is there like a a la carte option
1:14:51
where you you just pick what you want and just pay like a
1:14:55
singular fee. There is, and it's not legal.
1:14:59
OK, well, I'm not. We can have that conversation
1:15:01
all fair. My mom and step dad use it and
1:15:04
it is very spotty but they have like 18,000 channels and this
1:15:12
just little app that they download that probably is taking
1:15:16
over their little fire stick. But it works.
1:15:20
We'll we'll take that off here. We'll take that off here.
1:15:23
Anything else you got before we head out of here it?
1:15:30
Feels good to be able to just throw a game on during your work
1:15:33
day. Sure does.
1:15:34
I missed it. I missed that.
1:15:37
It does feel great. I will report back after after
1:15:44
my spring training experience. What day is that?
1:15:49
You said Saturday. Nice.
1:15:51
OK. Yeah, we're looking forward to
1:15:53
hearing it. Catching Chris Stapleton Friday
1:15:55
night, Spring Training Saturday. It's gonna be a good weekend,
1:15:59
Real good weekend, I'll let you know.
1:16:02
I will report back on my findings with the menu as well
1:16:07
as always. If if this Joey Votto third host
1:16:14
thing doesn't work out, let me run it by run it by Yamamoto OK
1:16:21
and see if we if he has any interest in.
1:16:24
I'll snag him. Being our full time third host.
1:16:28
I like that. We can snag him in between start
1:16:32
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1:16:35
I am gonna be real bummed if Ohtani's the on the Split squad
1:16:39
in Milwaukee, but I went with like the I'm thinking superstars
1:16:44
are going to be at home for Split.
1:16:46
Squad. Isn't that how?
1:16:47
Correct me if I'm wrong, Isn't that usually how honest?
1:16:50
I don't know, but I I just assumed don't they For split
1:16:53
squad days? Don't they just keep guys at
1:16:55
home? I think for the most part, I
1:16:57
think it depends on the position too.
1:16:59
But obviously, like the Dodgers roster is pretty figured out.
1:17:06
I don't think there's a whole lot of position competition
1:17:10
going on, so I hope so, yeah. But they're deep enough to where
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there's going to be names on the road and at home like you're, I
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mean, you're not going to have like maybe the names, yeah, on
1:17:21
the road. But you if they keep their stars
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home, you'll have, you'll have some names on the road wherever
1:17:27
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1:17:30
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