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Monster Territory: What's Next for Red Sox after Contreras trade? · Foul Territory

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  Speaker 1: Lady young and avoiding her old long have then wait
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  Speaker 1: more and more. Welcome to Boss the territory, Ladies and gentlemen.
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  Speaker 1: I'm gonna be honest with you. We've had that intro
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  Speaker 1: for a little bit now, but that intro gets me
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  Speaker 1: revved up every single time. I'm just gonna say it,
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  Speaker 1: But hi doing everybody, Welcome to the episode here tonight.
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  Speaker 1: Uh hey, We've had a lot going on here over
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  Speaker 1: the last four hours or so. I meane, we were
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  Speaker 1: live last night at this time talking about the big
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  Speaker 1: trade with Wilson Contreras. You know, there was a lot
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  Speaker 1: to think about with that one last night, because you know,
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  Speaker 1: you had to react to the contrerass move, which I did,
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  Speaker 1: like I'll go over that yet again here and just
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  Speaker 1: little bit, but we're all thinking, all right, who is
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  Speaker 1: gonna be the next bat? You know, are you gonna
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  Speaker 1: be really looking for a big bopper out there? Or
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  Speaker 1: are you gonna look to bring Alex Bregman backs? Could
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  Speaker 1: someone like Boba Schett be on the menu. There's a
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  Speaker 1: lot of different ways you could have gone. And we
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  Speaker 1: were here for a little bit last night. I was
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  Speaker 1: kind of thinking through things. I've had a little bit
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  Speaker 1: of time to digest everything, kind of simplify my thoughts,
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  Speaker 1: and I'm gonna go over those thoughts here in tonight's episode.
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  Speaker 1: A lot of familiar faces here in the chat. Thank
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  Speaker 1: you everybody for coming on by. Hope you're all having
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  Speaker 1: a great day. What is today? Today's Monday. Hope you're
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  Speaker 1: all having a great Monday. So, yeah, we've got Christmas
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  Speaker 1: in a few days. I mean, that's how chaotic it's been.
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  Speaker 1: I'm looking at the date and I don't even realize
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  Speaker 1: it's Christmas in a few days. My goodness. I gotta
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  Speaker 1: go finish up some shopping. Hope you're all doing well
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  Speaker 1: with your Christmas shopping. But let's get to it here.
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  Speaker 1: I'm rambling. We got a lot to talk about. So
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  Speaker 1: Wilson Contreras is official. He is official. I mean take
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  Speaker 1: a look at that. I mean take a look at that.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, listen, Wilson concraras. He's a handsome man, but
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  Speaker 1: he looks even more handsome in a Red Sox uniform,
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  Speaker 1: I must say. But going over this yet again, I'm
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  Speaker 1: a big fan of it. Wilson was one of the
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  Speaker 1: players I would have liked the Red Sox to add
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  Speaker 1: of course, you know, you're looking at guys like Brek
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  Speaker 1: been out there, Ka tell Marte, Boba, Schet and with Contreras,
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  Speaker 1: I think he's an above average bat. I think he's
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  Speaker 1: a solid guy to have in the lineup, a guy
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  Speaker 1: that's gonna give you I think around twenty to twenty
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  Speaker 1: five home runs. He's gonna get on base. I think
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  Speaker 1: he's gonna attack that green monster. I think he's gonna
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  Speaker 1: be a really nice bat to have in the lineup.
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  Speaker 1: And with Contreras, he's gonna give you good defense, ave
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  Speaker 1: first base. So I think it was a really nice
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  Speaker 1: player to add for the Red Sox. Also just the
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  Speaker 1: mentality that he brings. This guy's a competitor. He wants
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  Speaker 1: to go out there and win. Big fan of Wilson Contreras,
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  Speaker 1: I've always been pretty high on him, but I never
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  Speaker 1: really viewed him as the you know, that big old
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  Speaker 1: monster in the middle of the order like Manny ramire
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  Speaker 1: Is or David Ortiz or Raffie Devers or Mookie Right
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  Speaker 1: or JD. Martinez. Even just a solid guy there to have.
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  Speaker 1: Very happy with it, but the question is who is
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  Speaker 1: going to be the next bat? And you know, I
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  Speaker 1: thought about it more. I thought about it more, you know,
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  Speaker 1: getting back to you know, all that power. You know
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  Speaker 1: you're thinking of, like, Okay, who's going to be this
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  Speaker 1: middle of the order bat for the Red Sox. Well,
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  Speaker 1: I thought about it here today. I'm like, well, you know,
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  Speaker 1: there's really only one guy you can realistically go after
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  Speaker 1: at this point. Who knows if it's even still a
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  Speaker 1: realistic but you're looking at someone like a tel Marte
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  Speaker 1: who he gives you the best shot of giving you
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  Speaker 1: anywhere from thirty to thirty five home runs, maybe even
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  Speaker 1: a little bit more than that. But I thought to myself,
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  Speaker 1: you know, if he's really the only guy that gives
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  Speaker 1: you that sure thing, and you're not able to acquire him,
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  Speaker 1: that are not able to come up with some kind
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  Speaker 1: of a trade, well then where are you going to
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  Speaker 1: get that back? We're gonna get those home runs from?
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  Speaker 1: And you know, I kind of thought about it. I'm like,
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  Speaker 1: you know what, maybe they stretch out this lineup as
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  Speaker 1: much as possible. Maybe you don't necessarily need to have
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  Speaker 1: that Masher right, that forty home run kind of a guy.
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  Speaker 1: And listen, you might be thinking, oh, Robbie's coping. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: Robbie's on his cope fest here, no, no, no, no,
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  Speaker 1: necessarily hear me out here, hear me out If you
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  Speaker 1: think about it, right, you got guys that I think
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  Speaker 1: are gonna have a bit of a bump when it
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  Speaker 1: comes to the power. I think Roman Anthony, you're gonna
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  Speaker 1: see a bit of a boost. There had eight home
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  Speaker 1: runs last year. I think maybe around twenty ish twenty
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  Speaker 1: five home runs maybe, I think that's a safe bet. Wait, Roman,
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  Speaker 1: I'm looking at the all around impact that he's gonna bring.
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  Speaker 1: He's gonna get on Bastrea, He's gonna hit for some
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  Speaker 1: decent average and he'll give you a little pop as well.
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  Speaker 1: A Roman Anthony impact player. I definitely think he's gonna
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  Speaker 1: give you a little boost there in the home runs.
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  Speaker 1: If you bring just for example, if you bring back
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  Speaker 1: Alex Bragman, I think that's if healthy for the full season,
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  Speaker 1: I think safe bet. Twenty to twenty five home runs
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  Speaker 1: Marcella Meyer, if he's in the lineup every day, if healthy,
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  Speaker 1: that is a big if. Well, then I think you
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  Speaker 1: see a boost in home runs from him as well.
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  Speaker 1: Will you or Bray you, I mean, listen, this guy
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  Speaker 1: was on pace for twenty five to thirty home runs,
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  Speaker 1: and then he got hurt. And we'll talk about Willier
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  Speaker 1: in a little bit. Looks like maybe he could be
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  Speaker 1: getting some more chances at everyday opportunities to go up
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  Speaker 1: against left handed pitching. But I think with Willier, with
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  Speaker 1: the power that he has, I think you could see
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  Speaker 1: somewhere from twenty five to thirty home runs. I don't
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  Speaker 1: see why not. And then Tristan Costas I did mention
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  Speaker 1: him a lot here last night because I'm thinking, where's
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  Speaker 1: that power coming from? Well, Cossas is really that big
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  Speaker 1: old bopper there, and you know, if he comes back,
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  Speaker 1: you know, at some point, I'm not gonna, you know,
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  Speaker 1: make any solid bets that he's gonna give you, you know,
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  Speaker 1: thirty home runs, but you know, maybe you could tap
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  Speaker 1: if he gets himself back on track, maybe can tap
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  Speaker 1: into something there. And then I kind of did some
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  Speaker 1: math somehow, someway, my potent o'braen actually did some math.
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  Speaker 1: RAFFI if you take out the fifteen home runs that
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  Speaker 1: he hit for the Red Sox last year, and you
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  Speaker 1: add up all these other home runs that are coming
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  Speaker 1: from all these different places, well, the Red Sox, they
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  Speaker 1: would have been top ten in home runs this past year.
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  Speaker 1: So again, do you necessarily need to have it coming
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  Speaker 1: from one spot. I think you would like that. I
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  Speaker 1: think we would love David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez, right,
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  Speaker 1: Jad Martinez, Muki whatever, RAFFI. But maybe you could spread
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  Speaker 1: this out, Maybe you could deepen this lineup. I mean, listen,
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  Speaker 1: let me go over this line up here for you.
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  Speaker 1: Let me go over this lineup again. This is subject
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  Speaker 1: to change. I know a lot of things can still
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  Speaker 1: happen here. It's not even Christmas. But let's say you
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  Speaker 1: had Roman leading off. Let's say you brought back Bregman.
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  Speaker 1: Let's say you still keep Duran He's batting third, Contreras
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  Speaker 1: batting fourth, Story batting fifth, Will You're batting sixth, Nervaias
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  Speaker 1: batting seventh, Marcella Meyer batting eighth, SETI batting ninth. I
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  Speaker 1: don't know what happens to Masa. There's a lot of
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  Speaker 1: what is I know a lot of people you're gonna
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  Speaker 1: go in the comments and be like, oh, Robbie, what
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  Speaker 1: about this? And I just listen to the lineup. I
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  Speaker 1: just said, you know, that's a pretty deep lineup. The
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  Speaker 1: fact that you'd have Will You're batting six nervias batting seventh.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, that's pretty decent if you ask me again, No,
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  Speaker 1: you don't got that forty to fifty home run kind
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  Speaker 1: of a guy like Schwarburg or Alonso. But you got
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  Speaker 1: a lot of like there. And that's a little difficult
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  Speaker 1: to navigate if you ask me. And I'd like it,
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  Speaker 1: but there's a lot of question marks and we do
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  Speaker 1: have to take a look. We do have to take
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  Speaker 1: a look at Craig Breslo's comments. He actually spoke to
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  Speaker 1: the media. Spoke to the media. Can you believe it.
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  Speaker 1: He spoke to the media. And let's get to it here.
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  Speaker 1: I'm actually gonna use Chris Catillo. Please go follow Chris
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  Speaker 1: Catillo if you're not already, I'm sure most of you are.
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  Speaker 1: But he put most of the important quotes. Thank you
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  Speaker 1: Chris for putting these out there. I owe you one,
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  Speaker 1: my friend. But taking a look at some of these
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  Speaker 1: comments talked about Wilson, Contreras primarily sees Wilson at first base,
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  Speaker 1: maybe some DH opportunities, while not fully ruling out catching
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  Speaker 1: reps but not promising them by any means. This is
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  Speaker 1: kind of what I was saying last night. I think
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  Speaker 1: You're mostly going to see him at first base. He's
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  Speaker 1: got that great defense over there, taking a look at
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  Speaker 1: the stat cast page, very good range over at first
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  Speaker 1: base this year. He's got that arm strength. He's a
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  Speaker 1: very good first baseman, and he took to it very
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  Speaker 1: well in his first year. He has that good athleticism.
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  Speaker 1: There were a couple of issues when it came to
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  Speaker 1: Contreras when you know, the a couple of the little things, right,
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  Speaker 1: you know, some of the game calling, you know, the framing.
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  Speaker 1: But Wilson he always had a good arm and he
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  Speaker 1: moved well back there. So he's a really nice fit
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  Speaker 1: over at first base. So yeah, you're mostly gonna see
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  Speaker 1: him at first base DH some days. You know, especially
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  Speaker 1: if Cossas ends up coming back, I could definitely see
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  Speaker 1: them mixing and matching. Korra likes to do that with
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  Speaker 1: the lineups, and you know what, do I see him
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  Speaker 1: catching at some point? Well? I think this is also
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  Speaker 1: pretty strategic because you know, Narvaias he was running into
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  Speaker 1: a couple of things. He was getting dinged up this
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  Speaker 1: year long. I mean that bat basically disappeared in the
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  Speaker 1: first half. He was dealing with some things this past year.
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  Speaker 1: We found out later on. So who knows, maybe you
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  Speaker 1: could have an opportunity where Wilson you maybe need him
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  Speaker 1: behind the place. So I think he's nice to have
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  Speaker 1: in that essence, right. He talked about Tristan Cosis here,
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  Speaker 1: and I'm glad he said something about Tristan Cossus because
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  Speaker 1: I was looking back at the stream from last night
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  Speaker 1: and I think I'm thinking to myself today, Man, did
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  Speaker 1: I get a little ahead of myself, you know, banking
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  Speaker 1: on Cassus or banking on you know, maybe what the
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  Speaker 1: front office felt about Cassus, you know, because you don't
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  Speaker 1: really know what's gonna happen there. He's coming back from
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  Speaker 1: a major injury, so I don't know. But he did
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  Speaker 1: say here, he did speak a lot of confidence of
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  Speaker 1: causes say, we still have a ton of confidence and
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  Speaker 1: belief in Tristan. There's going to be an opportunity for
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  Speaker 1: him to impact as for us. And you know, say
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  Speaker 1: what he will about Cassus. I know he's been polarizing
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  Speaker 1: with you know, just his ca You know, he likes
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  Speaker 1: to have fun out there, he likes to speak his mind.
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  Speaker 1: He's a he's a free spirit out there. Listen. I'm
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  Speaker 1: all I'm Okay, with whatever the heck you do. But
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  Speaker 1: if you're hitting some dingers that that's that's gonna be great.
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  Speaker 1: So with Casas, he has shown that ability in the past,
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  Speaker 1: he has shown that power upside. Did struggle before going
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  Speaker 1: down with that injury, but with Casas, we know that
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  Speaker 1: power's there. But I like this bringing in Wilson because
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  Speaker 1: you can just ease Cassas back in. That's what I've
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  Speaker 1: been talking about, and that's what I was talking about
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  Speaker 1: even with Alonso, right if you brought him in, that
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  Speaker 1: would be nice for Casus because there's no pressure on
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  Speaker 1: him to come back. He can just come back at
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  Speaker 1: his own pace. So same thing here with Contreras, you're
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  Speaker 1: set at first base. But with Costas coming back eventually,
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  Speaker 1: I think you could see him as a guy that
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  Speaker 1: ends up becoming your everyday d Ach May he plays
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  Speaker 1: a little first base. I think that's very possible. Who
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  Speaker 1: knows what happens with Masa at that point, but I
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  Speaker 1: think Kasas has that ability to mostly be your DH
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  Speaker 1: and give you that power upside if he can get
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  Speaker 1: back to what he was doing. But I like this
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  Speaker 1: because it really brings down the pressure with him. He
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  Speaker 1: can come back when he feels like he is, when
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  Speaker 1: they feel like he's good to go. Now, moving on
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  Speaker 1: to the juicy stuff here, let's talk about the juicy stuff. Well,
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  Speaker 1: Craig goes on to say, we recognize that at this
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  Speaker 1: point the roster is probably incomplete, adds that adding another
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  Speaker 1: bat is a target and a priority. Breslo says the
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  Speaker 1: focus now is on position players, with pitching on the
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  Speaker 1: back burner. He doesn't rule out further pitching additions, especially
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  Speaker 1: in the bullpen, but it's clear another bat is what
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  Speaker 1: they view as the final big piece. So again, you know,
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  Speaker 1: getting back to what I was talking about, you know,
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  Speaker 1: with the lineup, if that is the way you're going
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  Speaker 1: to go, Like if you don't end up getting Marte,
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  Speaker 1: let's say you bring back Bregman or Bow and you
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  Speaker 1: go for that length. Right, I mean, either one of
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  Speaker 1: those guys is gonna add length. But I'm more saying,
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  Speaker 1: if you know, if you opt for Bregman or Bow,
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  Speaker 1: you're probably looking at a little bit less pop compared
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  Speaker 1: to someone like Marte. Right, if it's Bregman or Bau
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  Speaker 1: not Marte, I still think you have a very strong
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  Speaker 1: lineup and there's good potential. So the question is who
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  Speaker 1: is that bat going to be? Well, I think plan A.
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  Speaker 1: I mean you can you can decide what your Plan
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  Speaker 1: A is, your Plan B, your Plan CE. I'm trying
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  Speaker 1: to think in terms of the front office. Well. I
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  Speaker 1: would like to think. Maybe this is wishful thinking, maybe
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  Speaker 1: this is hopeful thinking, but I would like to think
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  Speaker 1: that Bregman is the Plan A. Don't need to go
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  Speaker 1: into it anymore. Great fit on off the field, you
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  Speaker 1: know the drill. That's how it is. A Bregman fits
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  Speaker 1: like a glove. My gut would like to think that
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  Speaker 1: they will end up offering him a solid offer. Do
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  Speaker 1: I think that's going to be the top offer? I
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  Speaker 1: would bet money that they probably don't end up giving
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  Speaker 1: him the biggest offer. I'd like to think that maybe
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  Speaker 1: the Diamondbacks end up offering him more years, Maybe the
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  Speaker 1: Cubs end up offering him maybe a higher AAV. Possibly,
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  Speaker 1: I don't know. I think you could see teams have
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  Speaker 1: better parts of an offer compared to the Red Sox.
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  Speaker 1: I think some other teams could have more years. I
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  Speaker 1: think maybe some teams could have a higher AAV. I
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  Speaker 1: would like to think, and I hope the Red Sox
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  Speaker 1: do give him a very strong offer that's going to
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  Speaker 1: make it tough on his decision. You traded away Raffi,
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  Speaker 1: you brought in Bregman. Well, you brought in Bregman first,
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  Speaker 1: but then you ended up moving Raffi. That free up
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  Speaker 1: the payroll, That opened up the opportunity to move that
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  Speaker 1: money over to Bregman. I'd like to think that's the
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  Speaker 1: way they're gonna go. I know, the Red Sox you
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  Speaker 1: can say what you will when it comes to the spending.
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  Speaker 1: And I know we've seen the reports saying they don't
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  Speaker 1: really want to go very long on guys that are
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  Speaker 1: over thirty. I mean, we'll see what ends up happening.
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  Speaker 1: I would like to think the Red Sox at some
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  Speaker 1: point come to their senses and say, all right, Alex,
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  Speaker 1: five year offer, we can maybe throw in an option,
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  Speaker 1: maybe even a four year deal with an option or
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  Speaker 1: a couple of options, something around that. Maybe. I don't
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  Speaker 1: think again they're going to offer him the most in
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  Speaker 1: terms of flat years, but I think they will, I hope,
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  Speaker 1: give him a strong offer that's definitely gonna make him contemplate.
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  Speaker 1: And I would like to think, well, I don't want
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  Speaker 1: to say I would like to think, but I think
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  Speaker 1: that they're going to bank on the fact that he
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  Speaker 1: did enjoy his time. I'm here, they enjoyed having him,
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  Speaker 1: his wife liked it in Boston. They have a couple
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  Speaker 1: of chos are and gives them an opportunity to, you know,
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  Speaker 1: settle down. I'd like, I'm thinking they're gonna bank on that,
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  Speaker 1: and they hope he ends up saying yes, that's kind
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  Speaker 1: of where I'm at. But then I also have a
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  Speaker 1: little pause with that, a little bit of pause. You
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  Speaker 1: look at the CBT right now, looking at or the
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  Speaker 1: current payroll for the Red Sox, looking at the current payroll, Well,
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  Speaker 1: with hold on a second, I can't go further down.
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  Speaker 1: I apologize, like, Okay, well, whatever the current payroll for
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  Speaker 1: the Red Sox is at two forty three. If you
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  Speaker 1: add Bregman, I'm gonna get roughly aav right around thirty million.
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  Speaker 1: You're depending on the deferred money. If you do that,
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  Speaker 1: and you know, however that works out, you're probably gonna
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  Speaker 1: be around that two seventy mark, and you're gonna be
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  Speaker 1: over the second CBT. I wonder if what the Red
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  Speaker 1: Sox think about that, that that also applies to Bobachett.
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  Speaker 1: You're probably gonna be giving anywhere from I think twenty
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  Speaker 1: five twenty eight million for Boba Schett. You're gonna be
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  Speaker 1: either one of those guys. You're gonna be around that
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  Speaker 1: second CBT probably over it. So that's where I do
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  Speaker 1: have a little bit of pause again, wishful thinking maybe
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  Speaker 1: that they end up giving him a strong offer that's
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  Speaker 1: gonna be tough for him to decide on. But I
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  Speaker 1: wonder if they do go that far, I don't know.
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  Speaker 1: I really don't know what they're gonna do. I'm not sure.
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  Speaker 1: That's kind of where I'm at with Bragman, and I
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  Speaker 1: think in the end they're going to wait on his
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  Speaker 1: decision or because it's it's tough, because you could say, well,
• 16:50
  Speaker 1: why not just pivot to Marte right now? Why not
• 16:53
  Speaker 1: just pivot to bo Well, maybe the Diamondbacks want to
• 16:56
  Speaker 1: wait on a Catel Marte deal because they're in the
• 16:59
  Speaker 1: race for Bregman. They would like to bring him in.
• 17:01
  Speaker 1: I would imagine they would like to have him first
• 17:04
  Speaker 1: before moving Marte. That's kind of the way I think
• 17:07
  Speaker 1: because there are some payroll things going on. There's been
• 17:09
  Speaker 1: some question marks, so the d bacs payroll, so I mean,
• 17:12
  Speaker 1: I don't think they're gonna trade Marte and then and
• 17:14
  Speaker 1: then all of a sudden Bregman ends up leaving that's
• 17:17
  Speaker 1: the way, or he ends up going elsewhere, so then
• 17:19
  Speaker 1: they'd be completely out of everything, right. I mean, of
• 17:22
  Speaker 1: course the d Backs could you know, trade Marte get
• 17:24
  Speaker 1: young talent back, but I think they would like to
• 17:26
  Speaker 1: have a solid player like Bregman in place, and then
• 17:29
  Speaker 1: you could move Marte. Right, So I think the d
• 17:32
  Speaker 1: Bacs wait there before they make a decision on Marte.
• 17:35
  Speaker 1: I could be wrong, and Bo, you know, maybe he
• 17:38
  Speaker 1: wants to wait for Bregman to come off the board
• 17:40
  Speaker 1: because the Red Sox are involved, So I'm not sure
• 17:44
  Speaker 1: how that goes. I think there's a bit of a
• 17:47
  Speaker 1: connection between all three. And but because the Red Sox
• 17:50
  Speaker 1: have the familiarity with Bregman, I think they would like
• 17:53
  Speaker 1: to see what he ends up doing. It's kind of
• 17:55
  Speaker 1: where I'm at. Another think with Bregman too. I mean, listen,
• 17:58
  Speaker 1: I don't mean to be that guy, but he changed
• 18:00
  Speaker 1: his Instagram picture. Ladies and gentlemen, there is something there
• 18:04
  Speaker 1: that do you see that's a bee? That's a b
• 18:07
  Speaker 1: on that hat. I'm just saying, I know he's with
• 18:11
  Speaker 1: his wonderful son at the All Star Game. But that
• 18:15
  Speaker 1: is a bee on the hat, just pointing it out.
• 18:19
  Speaker 1: Maybe that could be a sign. I don't know. I'm
• 18:21
  Speaker 1: not gonna go too deep into it. It is there though,
• 18:25
  Speaker 1: in case you like that stuff. But again, that's the
• 18:29
  Speaker 1: way I'm thinking. I could be completely wrong and all
• 18:32
  Speaker 1: of that, but I feel like the Red Sox is
• 18:33
  Speaker 1: gonna wait on Bregman. If Bregman ends up going elsewhere,
• 18:37
  Speaker 1: if he decides something else, well, I think you pivot
• 18:40
  Speaker 1: to Marte. Let's say he goes to the Diamond Back. Well,
• 18:43
  Speaker 1: I think there's a big caveat to that. If Bregman
• 18:46
  Speaker 1: goes to Arizona, that's when I would like to think
• 18:49
  Speaker 1: there's a better chance they move Marte. At that point,
• 18:52
  Speaker 1: you could keep both for sure, but if there are
• 18:56
  Speaker 1: you know, if they do want to lessen up that
• 18:58
  Speaker 1: payroll a little bit, use Martes's value his trade value
• 19:01
  Speaker 1: to go get some pitching, which they need, well, then
• 19:04
  Speaker 1: I can see that scenario. So if Bregman goes to Arizona,
• 19:08
  Speaker 1: I think that could open up the possibility for Marte.
• 19:10
  Speaker 1: Really reminds me of Garrett Crochet last year. They missed
• 19:14
  Speaker 1: out on freed, they pivoted to the White Sox. They
• 19:16
  Speaker 1: went and got Crochet the next day. So I wonder
• 19:18
  Speaker 1: if you could see a similar situation like that. I'm
• 19:22
  Speaker 1: not sure I will say, though, I will say, got
• 19:27
  Speaker 1: some birdies out there, got some birdies. I've been told
• 19:31
  Speaker 1: that there is a bit of a disconnect when it
• 19:35
  Speaker 1: comes to the talks. I heard good news around the
• 19:37
  Speaker 1: winter meetings. I was hearing some good things, had some
• 19:41
  Speaker 1: pushback as well from other sources. But lately I'm hearing
• 19:46
  Speaker 1: there is a bit of a disconnect between the Red
• 19:47
  Speaker 1: Sox and the d Backs when it comes to the talks,
• 19:49
  Speaker 1: and that could possibly tye into the Bob Nightingale story
• 19:53
  Speaker 1: that we saw where Nightingale said it's expected that the
• 19:56
  Speaker 1: Red Sox are going to end talks for Marte. So
• 20:00
  Speaker 1: unless something happens, someone wakes up differently, then you know,
• 20:04
  Speaker 1: maybe they can change their mind. But I'm wondering what's
• 20:07
  Speaker 1: happening there. I'm not so sure. I do think the
• 20:11
  Speaker 1: Red Sox have the pieces to get a deal done
• 20:13
  Speaker 1: if they chose to. Who knows what the disconnect is,
• 20:17
  Speaker 1: who knows what's going on with those talks. Who knows
• 20:21
  Speaker 1: if it's maybe the Red Sox not wanting to give
• 20:24
  Speaker 1: up guys. Do the Diamondbacks view the Red Sox as
• 20:28
  Speaker 1: not a great trade partner? I would like to think
• 20:30
  Speaker 1: the former. I would like to think the Red Sox
• 20:32
  Speaker 1: are holding tight onto guys Breslo, that he is a
• 20:34
  Speaker 1: stubborn man. He is the word that's been thrown around,
• 20:39
  Speaker 1: a stiff, that is the word that people like to say.
• 20:43
  Speaker 1: But I could see him being very tight on those prospects,
• 20:47
  Speaker 1: especially guys like Connolly, Early and Peyton Toley. So maybe
• 20:51
  Speaker 1: the d Backs are thinking, all right, if you're not
• 20:52
  Speaker 1: going to give up one of those guys or say
• 20:55
  Speaker 1: Marcelo Meyer, well then probably not gonna have a deal.
• 20:58
  Speaker 1: So I don't know, I'm not sure what the hold
• 21:00
  Speaker 1: up is there, but you do I think you do
• 21:04
  Speaker 1: have the pieces to get a deal done. Now. If
• 21:06
  Speaker 1: Marte doesn't work out, well, then I think Bobachett makes
• 21:12
  Speaker 1: a ton of sense. And if you were looking at
• 21:14
  Speaker 1: that report with the Red Sox and not too keen
• 21:16
  Speaker 1: on the longer term deals, well, difference with Bashett is
• 21:20
  Speaker 1: he's only just about to turn twenty eight years old.
• 21:23
  Speaker 1: He's a couple of years under thirty, so he's got
• 21:25
  Speaker 1: that going for him. Maybe that's something the Red Sox prefer.
• 21:29
  Speaker 1: Get back to the payroll again, that would put them
• 21:31
  Speaker 1: over that second CBT most likely if they brought him in.
• 21:34
  Speaker 1: I think you could even see a scenario where maybe
• 21:36
  Speaker 1: maybe you even swap Bo and Marte when it comes
• 21:40
  Speaker 1: to plan B Plan C. Maybe you know, people think,
• 21:42
  Speaker 1: all right, let's just I could even see people. I
• 21:46
  Speaker 1: can see people even thinking Bobachett should be planned a listen, chocolate, vanilla, strawberry,
• 21:52
  Speaker 1: whatever you want. They're all good. Well, I'll throw cookies
• 21:56
  Speaker 1: and cream into the mix. I'm a big cookies and
• 21:57
  Speaker 1: cream guy. Maybe cookie dough too, you know, I don't know,
• 22:02
  Speaker 1: so I think one of these three guys makes sense.
• 22:07
  Speaker 1: The one thing with Bashett that you got to think
• 22:09
  Speaker 1: about is you would have to give up a draft pick,
• 22:11
  Speaker 1: you would have I think you also have to give
• 22:13
  Speaker 1: up international signing money because he's attacked with the qualifying offer,
• 22:17
  Speaker 1: so that does come into play. So I could also
• 22:19
  Speaker 1: see where maybe the Red Sox think, okay, well, for Marte,
• 22:24
  Speaker 1: we'd have to give up a guy like Totally or Early,
• 22:27
  Speaker 1: maybe even Brian Beao, maybe Marcelo Meyer one of those guys.
• 22:31
  Speaker 1: Maybe the Red Sox would rather hang on to those
• 22:33
  Speaker 1: prospects and think, okay, well with Bo, yes we have
• 22:36
  Speaker 1: to give up a draft pick, international signing money, but
• 22:40
  Speaker 1: I would think, I mean, I think they would. That's
• 22:43
  Speaker 1: why I go back to Bregman. I think he's the
• 22:46
  Speaker 1: sure thing, you know, because you don't have to give
• 22:48
  Speaker 1: up anything except money, You don't have to give up talent,
• 22:51
  Speaker 1: you don't to give up draft picks, whatever. So that's
• 22:53
  Speaker 1: why another thing, I think Bregman just checks off so
• 22:56
  Speaker 1: many boxes along with all the boxes he already checks off.
• 23:00
  Speaker 1: But with Bo, compared to Marte, Now what would you
• 23:03
  Speaker 1: rather give up? Would you rather give up totally and
• 23:05
  Speaker 1: earlier totally or early with other guys, or give up
• 23:08
  Speaker 1: a draft pick. So that's kind of where I could
• 23:10
  Speaker 1: see Boushett maybe having an advantage there. He slides into
• 23:15
  Speaker 1: second base, Myer moves over to third. Now we also
• 23:18
  Speaker 1: had this, we got a little something from Ken Rosenthal
• 23:22
  Speaker 1: as long as along with Will Salmon the Cardinals on
• 23:25
  Speaker 1: the Red Sox also have discussed a trade that would
• 23:29
  Speaker 1: send Brendan Donovan to Boston. Listen, are we gonna be
• 23:32
  Speaker 1: the Boston Cardinals? Is it gonna be the Saint Louis
• 23:35
  Speaker 1: Red Sox. Listen, the Red Sox broke up with him,
• 23:39
  Speaker 1: but it seems like they're thinking, Man, we love we
• 23:43
  Speaker 1: missed talking to him. We got to talk to him
• 23:45
  Speaker 1: more often. Man, oh man, they just can't seem to
• 23:47
  Speaker 1: get away from him. I don't know what's going on,
• 23:50
  Speaker 1: but the Red Sox and the Cardinals, they are wheeling
• 23:52
  Speaker 1: and dealing. I don't know, Craig breslo Heim Bloom, they're
• 23:56
  Speaker 1: becoming best friends, like, you know, like step brothers. All right,
• 24:00
  Speaker 1: the bunk beds man. No man, Donovan likely would play
• 24:06
  Speaker 1: second base of the Red Sox, who have also been
• 24:08
  Speaker 1: linked to Catel Marte. No deal is close, but Donovan
• 24:11
  Speaker 1: almost certainly would bring a greater return than Gray or Contraris. Well, yes,
• 24:15
  Speaker 1: he absolutely would. Let's go take a look here. Well
• 24:19
  Speaker 1: that is really zoomed in goodness gracious, But for Donovan,
• 24:25
  Speaker 1: I also listened a whole bunch of trade candidates here
• 24:28
  Speaker 1: for you know what, it would guys that you could
• 24:31
  Speaker 1: include in a package for Marte. No, I'm not saying
• 24:34
  Speaker 1: all of these guys, but you could definitely work in
• 24:37
  Speaker 1: you know, a couple of these guys, I think along
• 24:39
  Speaker 1: with other pieces. But uh, let's do you know what
• 24:42
  Speaker 1: is Cardinal or what is Donovan's trade value? It's pretty good. Listen.
• 24:47
  Speaker 1: Donovan's a good player. He is a very good player,
• 24:54
  Speaker 1: thirty two dollars worth of trade value surplus trade value.
• 25:00
  Speaker 1: Why because he's not really making a whole ton of
• 25:02
  Speaker 1: money and he's gonna give you good production. I saw
• 25:05
  Speaker 1: someone today, I don't know where I saw this. My goodness,
• 25:09
  Speaker 1: I had to bite my tongue a little bit. I
• 25:12
  Speaker 1: saw someone. What is Donovan gonna give you? What more
• 25:16
  Speaker 1: is he gonna give you instead of Romy and David Hamilton?
• 25:22
  Speaker 1: Oh man, oh man. Of course, Donovan's gonna give you
• 25:26
  Speaker 1: more production overall than Romy and David Hamilton. Listen. I
• 25:30
  Speaker 1: love Romy, I love Romy, don't get me wrong. But
• 25:33
  Speaker 1: Donovan is one of the better hitters in the game.
• 25:35
  Speaker 1: He was right around the three wins above replacement last year.
• 25:38
  Speaker 1: He was really good, guys, one of the top contact
• 25:41
  Speaker 1: hitters in the game. He's a dirt dog kind of
• 25:43
  Speaker 1: a player. He could play multiple positions, pretty good defense
• 25:45
  Speaker 1: as well. I would love to have someone like Donovan
• 25:48
  Speaker 1: if he's not my first option, but he's He's definitely there.
• 25:53
  Speaker 1: If they ended up getting Donovan, I'd be pretty happy
• 25:55
  Speaker 1: with that. Of course, now that you know, there's not
• 25:57
  Speaker 1: a whole lot of pop with him, more contact and
• 26:01
  Speaker 1: not really going to strike out, So you would definitely
• 26:03
  Speaker 1: have to try and find some power there. But I
• 26:07
  Speaker 1: like Donovan a lot. I couldn't believe someone I don't know, man,
• 26:09
  Speaker 1: I couldn't believe someone said that. But it would cost
• 26:13
  Speaker 1: a lot to get Donovan. I would imagine if you're
• 26:18
  Speaker 1: the Red Sox here, I mean him would definitely he
• 26:22
  Speaker 1: would have a lot more to work with on what
• 26:25
  Speaker 1: he could get back compared to Sonny Gray and Wilson Contreras.
• 26:29
  Speaker 1: I mean you've given up more of a depth I
• 26:31
  Speaker 1: wanna say depth prospect, but a decent prospect in Brandon
• 26:35
  Speaker 1: Clark with good stuff. Hunter Dobbins more of a depth starter.
• 26:39
  Speaker 1: But someone would upside for the Cardinals. But you would
• 26:42
  Speaker 1: definitely get better than that, I'll be honest, like, I'd
• 26:44
  Speaker 1: imagine probably someone like franklin Arius would make some sense
• 26:48
  Speaker 1: because they're getting an infielder back, So I think you
• 26:51
  Speaker 1: could do something like him and then maybe you know,
• 26:56
  Speaker 1: I don't know. I mean I would imagine maybe want
• 26:59
  Speaker 1: to go for a bit more volume. Could you send
• 27:02
  Speaker 1: back like like Marcus Phillips, you know a couple of
• 27:05
  Speaker 1: guys like that, Anthony Anson, you know, so you would
• 27:09
  Speaker 1: definitely get a decent amount. I would like to think
• 27:12
  Speaker 1: Franklin Arius would be a part of that kind of
• 27:14
  Speaker 1: a trade. That's just me, But I'm a big fan
• 27:16
  Speaker 1: of Brandon Donovan. I really like his game hit two
• 27:19
  Speaker 1: eighty seven last year, three fifty three on bas four
• 27:21
  Speaker 1: twenty two on the slugging ten homers. Again, he's not
• 27:24
  Speaker 1: gonna be, you know, batting third or fourth, but a
• 27:26
  Speaker 1: guy that could bat lead off for you, a guy
• 27:29
  Speaker 1: that he could bat second to mean Gebaut anywhere, he's
• 27:33
  Speaker 1: gonna get the bat on the ball. I know lu
• 27:34
  Speaker 1: Marloni would love to have someone like Donovan, so something
• 27:40
  Speaker 1: to think about. I do think he's lower on the
• 27:42
  Speaker 1: totem pole, but he's there. I think what I what
• 27:46
  Speaker 1: I will say about Craig, what I've noticed about him
• 27:52
  Speaker 1: over the last couple of years. He really sets himself
• 27:56
  Speaker 1: up for a lot of possibilities. Right. I think he's
• 28:00
  Speaker 1: still needs to work on that decisiveness. He has shown it,
• 28:05
  Speaker 1: but there's times where he gets just very uptight, right,
• 28:08
  Speaker 1: at least that's what I think, at least from the outside.
• 28:13
  Speaker 1: I don't know where it seems maybe he likes to
• 28:15
  Speaker 1: hang on to guys a little too much, right. You
• 28:17
  Speaker 1: did see it at the deadline, you know, he ended
• 28:20
  Speaker 1: up getting dustin May where that you know, kind of
• 28:22
  Speaker 1: didn't really help all that much. I mean again, I've
• 28:26
  Speaker 1: been hearing it here with Marte, so he's definitely hugging
• 28:30
  Speaker 1: a little bit on the prospects. So but I will
• 28:34
  Speaker 1: say he does lay out a lot of opportunities. Now.
• 28:37
  Speaker 1: Speaking of speaking of opportunities, well, I mean, ladies and gentlemen,
• 28:42
  Speaker 1: we got something else cooking. In the same article, on
• 28:46
  Speaker 1: another front, a rival executive said Monday, the Red Sox
• 28:51
  Speaker 1: have quietly shocked Brian Bayo, a characterization. A person briefed
• 28:57
  Speaker 1: on Boston's conversations disputed. That person, however, said Beo's name
• 29:04
  Speaker 1: often surfaces when teams ask about the Red Sox young pitching.
• 29:09
  Speaker 1: I mean, listen, I said this how long ago. I
• 29:12
  Speaker 1: tweeted this out about a month ago. I'm saying to myself,
• 29:15
  Speaker 1: I mean, listen, Bao, he was solid last year, but
• 29:19
  Speaker 1: when you look at the mextrics and what the Red
• 29:23
  Speaker 1: Sox like to do. They want more swing and miss.
• 29:31
  Speaker 1: Look at what they did with Richard Fitz Hunter Dobbins,
• 29:36
  Speaker 1: two major league starters. Those guys weren't getting a whole
• 29:38
  Speaker 1: lot of swing and miss. Same thing with Brian Bayo
• 29:42
  Speaker 1: thirteenth percentile with the WIF percentage. Now, I like Bao
• 29:46
  Speaker 1: a lot. I'm a big fan. But if the Red
• 29:52
  Speaker 1: Sox were looking for a possible upgrade in the rotation
• 29:56
  Speaker 1: for someone like Cole Reagan's, could you pop pssibly use
• 30:01
  Speaker 1: Bao in that kind of a deal or for I'm
• 30:06
  Speaker 1: sorry keep bringing up Marte, but could he be a
• 30:08
  Speaker 1: guy that you send back in a Catel Marte trade
• 30:13
  Speaker 1: where they need pitching over there, and he's on a
• 30:15
  Speaker 1: very friendly contract, he's still under twenty seven years old.
• 30:19
  Speaker 1: So that's where I think someone like Bao with what
• 30:23
  Speaker 1: the Red Sox are trying to achieve, you know, when
• 30:28
  Speaker 1: it comes to the pitching side of things, They're they've
• 30:30
  Speaker 1: really revamped things over there. I mean, honestly, could you
• 30:33
  Speaker 1: even see something where, you know, even for Donovan Right,
• 30:38
  Speaker 1: I mean, could you even do something with Beao in
• 30:41
  Speaker 1: a package for Donovan Right? I mean, I think you're
• 30:44
  Speaker 1: getting pretty close in values there. With Donovan only is
• 30:48
  Speaker 1: a couple more years of control. But Bao with the projections,
• 30:53
  Speaker 1: because he lacks that swing and miss, he's uh, he's
• 30:57
  Speaker 1: not going to have as high as projections. So it's
• 31:02
  Speaker 1: an interesting possibility with him obviously, you know, he was
• 31:06
  Speaker 1: here when Bao was coming through. You wonder if maybe
• 31:09
  Speaker 1: that could be something just floating out ideas there probably
• 31:14
  Speaker 1: not a good one anyway, but I want to be
• 31:17
  Speaker 1: surprised that Beao's being brought up in different talks. You know,
• 31:20
  Speaker 1: I said Cole Reagan's something with the Nationals. I don't know,
• 31:25
  Speaker 1: maybe some kind of a package for Gore or whatever.
• 31:31
  Speaker 1: Maybe do a three team trade and Bao goes elsewhere
• 31:34
  Speaker 1: and then you bring in Gore or Reagan's or whatever,
• 31:38
  Speaker 1: or again Marte, three way trade for Marte. I don't know.
• 31:41
  Speaker 1: There's so many ideas, there's so many possibilities. But getting
• 31:45
  Speaker 1: back to it, I do think Bao is is a
• 31:49
  Speaker 1: possible trade candidate. And this is why I said it
• 31:52
  Speaker 1: about a month ago, because he's not fully fitting the
• 31:57
  Speaker 1: mold of what the Red Sox are going for. I like, baoh,
• 32:00
  Speaker 1: that's not a knock against him. It's more of what
• 32:02
  Speaker 1: the Red Sox think. But I wouldn't be surprised at
• 32:05
  Speaker 1: all the ends up staying because he is a guy
• 32:06
  Speaker 1: that he can give you good innings at the bottom
• 32:11
  Speaker 1: half of the rotation, you know, as you're three, four,
• 32:14
  Speaker 1: whatever it may be. So we'll see what ends up happening.
• 32:19
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• 32:23
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• 32:26
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• 32:50
  Speaker 1: I was a little sad today. I was a little sad.
• 32:55
  Speaker 1: I can't believe it. I can't believe it. Rob Snyder,
• 33:00
  Speaker 1: my fellow Rob. I mean, why are the Red Sox
• 33:03
  Speaker 1: doing this to me? They shipped out my fellow Ginger
• 33:06
  Speaker 1: and now they're shipping out my fellow Rob. I mean,
• 33:09
  Speaker 1: I mean, goodness, great that they're killing me here. They're
• 33:13
  Speaker 1: dragging me across the Cols Rob Refsneiner going to the Mariners.
• 33:21
  Speaker 1: This opens up the possibility for Willier and Duran to
• 33:24
  Speaker 1: get more abs against left handed pitching. I'm pretty sad, though,
• 33:32
  Speaker 1: because I really like ref Snyder. He's been very good.
• 33:36
  Speaker 1: He's been so good for the Red Sox. I think,
• 33:39
  Speaker 1: honestly one of the more underrated players in the game.
• 33:43
  Speaker 1: He's one of those just very key role players. There's
• 33:47
  Speaker 1: been several over the years that have helped the Red
• 33:49
  Speaker 1: Sox win games. He was another one of them. A
• 33:52
  Speaker 1: guy that mashed Lefti's I mean, what a fun combination
• 33:54
  Speaker 1: that was last year with him and Romill right. Basher's right,
• 34:01
  Speaker 1: they're basically Mark Maguire Jose Canseco against lefties. He had
• 34:06
  Speaker 1: a very solid time of the Red Sox over the
• 34:08
  Speaker 1: four years at two seventy six, three sixty four on base,
• 34:11
  Speaker 1: a four p forty on the slugging, a one twenty
• 34:13
  Speaker 1: four WRC plus really good numbers, very good, good in
• 34:18
  Speaker 1: the clubhouse, you know, just a good presence there. Man,
• 34:23
  Speaker 1: I'm saying I understand it. I understand why the Red
• 34:26
  Speaker 1: Sox are thinking, Hey, you know what, we've had a
• 34:28
  Speaker 1: good run. We are going in a bit of a
• 34:30
  Speaker 1: different direction. If you want to get will your more
• 34:33
  Speaker 1: opportunities against left handed pitching, which I do think he
• 34:36
  Speaker 1: needs if you end up keeping Duran, I think he
• 34:39
  Speaker 1: needs to improve against left handed pitching. I think both
• 34:43
  Speaker 1: those guys need to and this is going to be
• 34:45
  Speaker 1: their shot. And I think this is what they're saying here,
• 34:49
  Speaker 1: all right, it's time to start letting these guys try
• 34:53
  Speaker 1: to take it to the next level, right Rob. I
• 34:55
  Speaker 1: don't think it's anything against Rob. I think they would
• 34:57
  Speaker 1: have liked to have had him, But I think the
• 35:00
  Speaker 1: just going in a different direction here. I very appreciative
• 35:03
  Speaker 1: if everything Rob did for the Red Sox over the
• 35:05
  Speaker 1: last four years, he was solid. So in the end,
• 35:10
  Speaker 1: I'm sad, no more Ginger, no more Rob. Sad day,
• 35:15
  Speaker 1: sad day. But everybody, I'm gonna wrap it up right there.
• 35:20
  Speaker 1: Very good show, very good showing from all of you
• 35:22
  Speaker 1: here tonight, A very good crowd here tonight, late here
• 35:26
  Speaker 1: on the East Coast, eleven fifteen, eleven fourteen pm. As
• 35:30
  Speaker 1: of right now, do apologize for starting a bit late tonight.
• 35:34
  Speaker 1: We had work going on here today. There was a
• 35:36
  Speaker 1: lot of stuff going on here today, But I mean
• 35:40
  Speaker 1: we got a couple of days here before Christmas. Craig,
• 35:43
  Speaker 1: he's busy, he's working those phones. Man. And also Robert Murray,
• 35:49
  Speaker 1: he did say here today. I believe on Foul Territory
• 35:54
  Speaker 1: that he wouldn't be surprised if one of Bregman, Bushett,
• 35:59
  Speaker 1: Cody Bellinger, one of those guys ended up signing before Christmas.
• 36:05
  Speaker 1: We'll see Bregman changed his picture. Is Bregman coming back?
• 36:13
  Speaker 1: Let's hope. So, let's hope. So I think we're almost
• 36:15
  Speaker 1: done here. If you could get Bregman before Christmas, or
• 36:20
  Speaker 1: figure it out for Marty or Borshett. If you could
• 36:22
  Speaker 1: figure that out over the next couple of days and
• 36:24
  Speaker 1: your team is pretty much ready to go, minus a
• 36:27
  Speaker 1: couple of little ads like something for the bullpen or
• 36:29
  Speaker 1: whatever it may be, I think you're in a good
• 36:33
  Speaker 1: spot at that point. That would be a nice Christmas.
• 36:36
  Speaker 1: We'll see what happens here everybody. Also, Mark, I forgot
• 36:39
  Speaker 1: to bring that up here with Nate eating too. Nate
• 36:41
  Speaker 1: Eaton does factor into the rest Snyder thing as well.
• 36:44
  Speaker 1: I think he showed a lot of good things last year,
• 36:47
  Speaker 1: a lot of athleticism, showed some good AB's last year.
• 36:51
  Speaker 1: And you still got Roami there too. You got a
• 36:55
  Speaker 1: couple of guys, so I forgot to mention that. Thank
• 36:57
  Speaker 1: you for bringing that up. But everybody, I'm at here,
• 37:00
  Speaker 1: thank you for coming out here tonight. If you kind
• 37:02
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• 37:06
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