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FT Breaking News: Pete Alonso signs back with New York Mets · Foul Territory

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  Speaker 1: He's top three power wise, and that changes the dynamic
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  Speaker 1: of a lineup that is athletic and has other guys
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  Speaker 1: that are elite hitters.
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  Speaker 2: Hey, it's late, We've got a signing Pete Alonso. Back
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  Speaker 2: to the New York Mets. A little ft breaking news
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  Speaker 2: Scottie Brawn with former Polar Bear teammate Todd Frazier and
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  Speaker 2: mister Aricrats. Todd two years, fifty four million. Apparently he
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  Speaker 2: also had a choice of taking a little three year,
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  Speaker 2: seventy one million dollar contract. The big part of this
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  Speaker 2: also is the opt out. This is about one hundred
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  Speaker 2: million dollars less than Movies offered a couple of years ago.
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  Speaker 2: So what do you think of the deal? For the
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  Speaker 2: Metropolitans who have had a pretty successful offseason and for
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  Speaker 2: Big Pete.
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  Speaker 3: I think it's a great deal for the Mets, if
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  Speaker 3: you want the truth, considering where they started, the one
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  Speaker 3: hundred and fifty four million dollar deal that they tried
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  Speaker 3: given him earlier, and now fifty four million dollars a
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  Speaker 3: guy that is worth most likely a lot more than
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  Speaker 3: that that we all know. I can't give you a
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  Speaker 3: round number, but I can say you can put three
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  Speaker 3: numbers together. And understand how much more he is worth.
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  Speaker 3: We still don't know exactly how it went down. You know,
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  Speaker 3: I would love to talk to Pete and try and
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  Speaker 3: pick his brain about this whole thing. Congratulations to the Mets.
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  Speaker 3: You know, it's another one of those things where it's
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  Speaker 3: getting late you have to figure something out. I was
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  Speaker 3: almost at the point where I was gonna be like, hey, Pete,
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  Speaker 3: call Cohen yourself. Man, forget about the agents. Tell him
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  Speaker 3: what needs to be done here. Listen, thirty million dollars
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  Speaker 3: guaranteed is a big chunk of change. There's a lot
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  Speaker 3: though that is left on the table. He does have
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  Speaker 3: that opt out. Yeah, the Mets are back, baby, with
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  Speaker 3: a vengeance here getting Pete Alonso back, and he is
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  Speaker 3: an absolute stud.
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  Speaker 4: Does he deserve more? Heck yeah he does.
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  Speaker 3: He's been an absolute dominant player ever since he came up,
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  Speaker 3: you know, six' seven whatever years. Ago AND i can
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  Speaker 3: go on and, on but, yes The mets got a
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  Speaker 3: really good player right. Here Steve collin found a way
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  Speaker 3: to get this done and to be on his. Side
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  Speaker 3: he that's the businessman in, Him.
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  Speaker 5: Cratzy it changes the absolute everything about this the dynamic
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  Speaker 5: of this, lineup this lineup is a good lineup without.
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  Speaker 1: Him it's a good lineup without. Him but now you're
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  Speaker 1: sitting there going you have guys who In soto And
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  Speaker 1: lindor And nimo who know how to get on base And.
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  Speaker 1: PETE i, mean you're talking About pete having a down
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  Speaker 1: year and one hundred RBIs you're talking about this year
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  Speaker 1: with the extra guys that they, have he can be
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  Speaker 1: in the one forty. RANGE i know that sounds crazy to,
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  Speaker 1: like guess that somebody could be in the one forty
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  Speaker 1: range and The mets are only paying thirty million for. It,
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  Speaker 1: obviously all said and, done there's other money and all that.
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  Speaker 1: Stuff it could be a, monster monster year For. Pete
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  Speaker 1: that'll set him up for a perfect set into free
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  Speaker 1: agency next.
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  Speaker 2: Year that's the whole. Thing this has, happened you, know
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  Speaker 2: in the. Past it happened last offseason with multiple, players
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  Speaker 2: Including Matt, chapman who then went out crushed it for
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  Speaker 2: The giants and then signed back with the team to
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  Speaker 2: a long term, contract ended up getting more money than
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  Speaker 2: he was offered by some other. Squads pete wanted the,
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  Speaker 2: big long term, deal the, age the position that he, Plays,
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  Speaker 2: yes a bit of a down season by his, standards
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  Speaker 2: thirty four homers down season leads to this kind of
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  Speaker 2: money Man todd. Father there was A mets fan fest
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  Speaker 2: a couple weeks, ago and fans were. Pissed they were,
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  Speaker 2: like we Want, Pete we Want, pete, remember and Then
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  Speaker 2: Steve cohen's, like we Want, pete but we can't come
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  Speaker 2: up to the, terms and we don't think they're. Fair
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  Speaker 2: it got a little, dicey a little. Public The Blue
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  Speaker 2: jays maybe had a chance to swoop in two AND i,
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  Speaker 2: mean if they really wanted, him this was very affordable
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  Speaker 2: for a dude that could bash forty five homers and
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  Speaker 2: help bring a team from non playoff contention to. Contention
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  Speaker 2: if it's The Blue, jays The mets could be A
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  Speaker 2: World series team or at least put up a fight
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  Speaker 2: against AN nlcs. Team with someone like, this it's a
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  Speaker 2: lot of home run power they're adding.
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  Speaker 3: Back, yeah and very much, though and we don't like,
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  Speaker 3: again we'll know more tomorrow about maybe.
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  Speaker 4: If The Blue jay's.
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  Speaker 3: Offered but if this was the, case my, Goodness If
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  Speaker 3: i'm the Blue jays sitting there THINKING i could have
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  Speaker 3: got this guy for two, years fifty four, Million oh My,
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  Speaker 3: god they could have easily done a, lot a lot
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  Speaker 3: more than that and still been fine with. It other
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  Speaker 3: teams could have done a lot more than, that not
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  Speaker 3: only The Blue. JAYS i think maybe it was one
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  Speaker 3: of those things he wanted to come. BACK i think That's.
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  Speaker 3: Pete he didn't want to. LEAVE i think he's comfortable.
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  Speaker 3: There it's the best fit, form don't get me. Wrong
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  Speaker 3: but man to think about, this and you, know some
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  Speaker 3: owners got to be kicking themselves, thinking oh my, GOD
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  Speaker 3: i could have got a thirty plus homer, guy one
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  Speaker 3: HUNDRED rbi guy for a couple of years and he's
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  Speaker 3: got an opt out one.
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  Speaker 4: Year.
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  Speaker 3: Mike he would help any, team and The mets just
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  Speaker 3: happened to find a way to get.
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  Speaker 4: Him as.
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  Speaker 3: Usual this puts The mets up there again in one
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  Speaker 3: of the top teams in The National.
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  Speaker 4: League not the, top but one of.
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  Speaker 2: Them so Here's Bob. Nightingale alonzo was offered three years
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  Speaker 2: seventy one mil by The mets took the two, years
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  Speaker 2: fifty four million dollar option with an opt out after
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  Speaker 2: twenty twenty. Five and remember two years ago it was
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  Speaker 2: one fifty three million was the. Number and at the
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  Speaker 2: time that WAS i believe a seven Year, yes a
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  Speaker 2: seven year deal right in twenty twenty. Three also different front, Office,
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  Speaker 2: kratz you played for The. Brewers David stearns was YOUR gm, there,
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  Speaker 2: right devalues things a little bit.
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  Speaker 1: Differently this is right, On this is right on par with.
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  Speaker 1: Him he does not see. Monster don't don't bring up One.
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  Speaker 1: Soda everyone's gonna be, like, oh, yeah this is. Buffoon
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  Speaker 1: not know that they signed One. SOTO i get. It
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  Speaker 1: One soda is a generational. Talent. Talent pete is a lineup,
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  Speaker 1: changer and they didn't want to Go they clearly did
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  Speaker 1: not want to go over that three year. Threshold three
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  Speaker 1: year seventy. One, okay that's good, money but that's not
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  Speaker 1: What pete. WANTED i Think pete's one hundred million dollar,
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  Speaker 1: guy especially when one fifty three got floated to, him
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  Speaker 1: even if it was over seven, years that one hundred
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  Speaker 1: million feels like where he he wanted to. BE i
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  Speaker 1: don't Think David stearns is going. There and good For
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  Speaker 1: Steve cohen for, saying, HEY i really like this. Guy
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  Speaker 1: this guy brings more butts in the seats and he
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  Speaker 1: does affect our. Lineup but he listened To. Stearns my,
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  Speaker 1: OPINION i think he listened To sterns and he, said,
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  Speaker 1: no like this is this is not where this market
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  Speaker 1: is for this type of, player and this is not
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  Speaker 1: how we're going to build this. Team so good for,
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  Speaker 1: them they held their. Ground bad For, pete But pete
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  Speaker 1: can still go out. There it's a one year, deal
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  Speaker 1: thirty million for this. Year he wasn't gonna find that
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  Speaker 1: in any other.
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  Speaker 3: Deal, Yeah AND i think, ALSO i think the, guy
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  Speaker 3: the crafty, guy the guy that understands BUSINESS i talked
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  Speaker 3: about For Steve, COHEN i think he got absolutely what he.
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  Speaker 3: WANTED i think he wanted One. Soto he got. Him
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  Speaker 3: he paid a monster price to get, him an absolute
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  Speaker 3: astronomical price to get. Him and in the back of man's,
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  Speaker 3: mind he's, like you, know people want to come here
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  Speaker 3: and guess. What i'm gonna take my time With pete A. Lonzo,
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  Speaker 3: Okay i'm gonna work my magic here a little bit
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  Speaker 3: and focus on, yeah maybe saving a little money and
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  Speaker 3: maybe you, know not doing my ultimate or not ultimately
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  Speaker 3: giving him exactly what he. Wants AND i think that's
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  Speaker 3: exactly what. Happened, well that's exactly what. HAPPENED i think
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  Speaker 3: that's what he wanted to, happen and it, did and
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  Speaker 3: For pete, again tough times. Man some people free, agency
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  Speaker 3: as we're seeing along the ways, here are are not
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  Speaker 3: getting the money they, want especially. Late and guess what
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  Speaker 3: time to turn the. Page If I'm Pete, Alonzo i'm
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  Speaker 3: rocked ready to, go And i'm gonna show. Everybody guess
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  Speaker 3: WHAT i. Know Wan soda is, there But i'm gonna
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  Speaker 3: help him out and go out there and dominate and
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  Speaker 3: put up some crazy. Numbers so another, team WHEN i opt,
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  Speaker 3: out is gonna pick me up And i'm gonna move.
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  Speaker 2: On, wait we got some news here, well and Here
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  Speaker 2: Sarah lang's most home runs In mets. History So, pete
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  Speaker 2: as long as he's, healthy should get. There two fifty
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  Speaker 2: two is the number For Darryl strawberry to forty two
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  Speaker 2: For David. Wright pete's currently at two twenty, Six so
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  Speaker 2: if he has an Average pete season, Boom he's the
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  Speaker 2: all Time mets home run. Man Will, salmon who covers
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  Speaker 2: the team for The, athletics said The mets were offering
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  Speaker 2: him a three year deal versus this two year, deal
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  Speaker 2: which we, knew we told you, Already but he gave
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  Speaker 2: us the. Numbers So Todd, Father i'm gonna give you two, options,
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  Speaker 2: okay that you want to invite me to your office
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  Speaker 2: with two, options come on, in, okay all, right here's
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  Speaker 2: WHAT i have for. You, Okay and Just i'm don't
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  Speaker 2: shoot the. Messenger i'm just the. Middleman. OKAY i know
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  Speaker 2: this isn't what you. Wanted you're worth a lot more
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  Speaker 2: in my, mind But i'm not the, Boss i'm not
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  Speaker 2: the big Don can you come up with either three
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  Speaker 2: year seventy one mil with twenty seven million in year,
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  Speaker 2: one twenty two million in year, two twenty two million
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  Speaker 2: in year three and you get that opt out after
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  Speaker 2: the first, year or you can get the two years
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  Speaker 2: fifty four mil less, guaranteed but you're gonna get thirty
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  Speaker 2: million in year one instead of twenty seven million dollars
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  Speaker 2: in year.
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  Speaker 3: One, WELL i, mean a silly man would say they
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  Speaker 3: only want they would want fifty four million over seventy.
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  Speaker 3: One but you, know when we talked about this, earlier
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  Speaker 3: we Said pete wants the. Years he didn't get the,
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  Speaker 3: years and it was three. Years MAYBE i think he
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  Speaker 3: probably wanted. More you, know it's silly to, think you,
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  Speaker 3: Know if you divide all those numbers, up that's twenty
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  Speaker 3: seven million for two years fifty four you, know times
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  Speaker 3: that by, three that's what's cratzy eighty. One, like you,
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  Speaker 3: know he's ten million off the. Price so would he
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  Speaker 3: have taken that if it was from eighty to one
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  Speaker 3: hundred million dollar?
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  Speaker 4: RANGE i don't. KNOW i.
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  Speaker 3: You, know do you take a chance on yourself losing sixteen,
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  Speaker 3: million you, know take taxes, out it's a lot more than.
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  Speaker 3: THAT i think he's sitting PRETTY i think it will
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  Speaker 3: be fine for the rest of his. Life but you,
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  Speaker 3: KNOW i THINK i would take my chance knowing that
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  Speaker 3: it's not nearly as much of a separation.
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  Speaker 1: Gap how about the fact that the reason you want
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  Speaker 1: a long term deal is for just in, case you
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  Speaker 1: know what pitcher you might blow. Out you get that.
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  Speaker 1: Cash you know you have. THAT i don't know That
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  Speaker 1: pete needs. That look at the amount of games That
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  Speaker 1: Pete alonso. Plays this dude is out there every single.
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  Speaker 1: Day he knows what his body feels. Like so to,
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  Speaker 1: Me i'm taking the most money possible upfront BECAUSE i
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  Speaker 1: am going to opt out not maybe not like a
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  Speaker 1: code Of Bellan Cody bellinger kind of situation where you
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  Speaker 1: have a good year and then you're, LIKE i need
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  Speaker 1: that opt out WHEN i have another good, year HOPEFULLY
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  Speaker 1: i stay healthy Because i've kind of been in every other.
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  Speaker 1: Year pete is a one fifty five to one sixty
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  Speaker 1: two games per. Year he wants to be out there
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  Speaker 1: every single, day and his game really dictates, that and
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  Speaker 1: his game really like show or enables him to be.
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  Speaker 1: Healthy i'm not people are, like, oh you know, better
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  Speaker 1: knock on. What of, course now it's gonna Be he's
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  Speaker 1: gonna get. Hurt that's Not that's not how he's. Going
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  Speaker 1: he's played six years in the big leagues and barely
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  Speaker 1: spent any time on the.
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  Speaker 2: Bench and even if something did, HAPPEN i, mean he's
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  Speaker 2: still got another. Year on top of. That you do
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  Speaker 2: get the insurance on top of, that you get the
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  Speaker 2: opt out at year, one but you take this, deal
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  Speaker 2: whether it's two or, three with the intention of opting
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  Speaker 2: out after year. One so the only thing in his
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  Speaker 2: head Is i'm going one year on this, thing, Right
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  Speaker 2: he's not thinking about the insurance because his, drive his
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  Speaker 2: motivation this year is going to be to win A
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  Speaker 2: World series with a new. Teammate that's going to make
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  Speaker 2: the lineup better and then to get more money next,
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  Speaker 2: offseason have a bigger year this coming. Season, Right the
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  Speaker 2: age is not on his, side, right and that he's
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  Speaker 2: a righty first. Baseman todd's talked and we've all talked
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  Speaker 2: a lot about the. Defense it's. Fine people go a
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  Speaker 2: little bit too. Crazy, also he was being compared this
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  Speaker 2: offseason to probably the best defensive first basemen in baseball
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  Speaker 2: And Christian, walker and they're, like, well he's only getting
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  Speaker 2: three years whatever it, was sixty ish million. Dollars there
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  Speaker 2: was just a lot against. Him most teams are soft
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  Speaker 2: and they just don't value a player like this. Too so,
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  Speaker 2: anyway you add it all up and let's look at the.
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  Speaker 2: Lineup let's see this. Thing Pop todd, father how we?
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  Speaker 2: Feeling you, said not necessarily the best team in The National.
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  Speaker 2: LEAGUE i think that's fair since there's a team that
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  Speaker 2: won The World series in The National league and got significantly.
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  Speaker 2: Better but Our Mets up, podcast which is part of
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  Speaker 2: THE eft network and they have a YouTube, channel you
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  Speaker 2: should check them out because they are going to do
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  Speaker 2: an emergency Episode Lindor Sodo. Ventos they put him third
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  Speaker 2: in ahead Of pete, okay and then they Posted, Nemo Jesse,
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  Speaker 2: Winker Francisco, Alvarez jeff, McNeil And Jose, siri who is
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  Speaker 2: also a new addition to the. Squad so tod, fither
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  Speaker 2: this is a team that made it to THE nlcs
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  Speaker 2: last year and now lineup, wise they didn't lose. Anything
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  Speaker 2: they Added, sodo who is a top three hitter in the,
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  Speaker 2: sport a motivated pete as if he wasn't, already and
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  Speaker 2: Then siri in the nine. Spot and you, know a little,
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  Speaker 2: BIT i mean he's a great, defender a little bit
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  Speaker 2: of defensive, boost but a little bit more depth for this.
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  Speaker 2: Team what do you?
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  Speaker 3: Think, Yeah And i'm looking At cratzy right now AND
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  Speaker 3: i feel like you AND i are on the same
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  Speaker 3: page with. THIS i could be, wrong but you, know
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  Speaker 3: seeing it on paper, now the bottom of the, lineup,
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  Speaker 3: man that's that's. TOUGH i, Mean jeff McNeil needs to.
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  Speaker 3: Cut jeff McNeil needs to come back and beat The jeff. McNeil,
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  Speaker 3: oh let's be. HONEST i Love. Jeff he's a good
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  Speaker 3: friend of mine too as. Well he's got to come
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  Speaker 3: back with full. Force but after the top five, guys,
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  Speaker 3: MAN i don't.
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  Speaker 4: KNOW i don't. KNOW i, mean it looks.
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  Speaker 3: GOOD i would have you, know do you do you
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  Speaker 3: Put viento's fourth and Have pete?
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  Speaker 4: Third do?
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  Speaker 3: YOU i don't know what you're do in that. Situation
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  Speaker 3: it's a good team again now seeing everybody on, Paper,
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  Speaker 3: okay they are still one of the top teams in
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  Speaker 3: The National. League and then we go back to the
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  Speaker 3: pitching too as, well so we'll, see we'll see where
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  Speaker 3: The mets are. AT i still think they're gonna do some.
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  Speaker 3: Damage but seeing that bottom of the, Lineup, cratzy it's
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  Speaker 3: a little, Scary.
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  Speaker 1: Bud, YEAH i mean we're we're talking about comparing A
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  Speaker 1: World series, Team, like is this team built to be
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  Speaker 1: A World series? Team? Yeah you. Can't you can't have
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  Speaker 1: that bottom line. Up there's a lot of. Time, listen,
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  Speaker 1: like there's there's some dudes in the bottom of that
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  Speaker 1: lineup that can do some. Things series never gonna give
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  Speaker 1: you a lot Offensive he's gonna give you a lot of,
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  Speaker 1: energy ridiculous defense in center, Field and to, me it
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  Speaker 1: doesn't really matter where you flip flop those guys in
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  Speaker 1: the sense Of, vientos you, know is probably not gonna
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  Speaker 1: give you as many steaks As pete, is so you
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  Speaker 1: want him directly Behind soto for that absolute. Protection like
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  Speaker 1: that's when you can't, Walk that's when you can't, Walk.
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  Speaker 1: Sodo but it was flip flopped In New. York soto
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  Speaker 1: was hitting behind. Judge you can't, hit you can't. Hit you,
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  Speaker 1: know you can't welco. Them so you got to you
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  Speaker 1: got to create that dynamic in that. Lineup but you
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  Speaker 1: can't have three guys in the bottom that are struggle bust.
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  Speaker 1: City they also have a couple other guys that are,
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  Speaker 1: waiting chomping at the Bit luis Anghel. Akunya you have
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  Speaker 1: a Healthy mauricio Coming Ronnie mauricio who's coming off the knee.
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  Speaker 1: Surgery you Have baby who technically. Baty he had third
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  Speaker 1: base out of spring training last year And viento's took
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  Speaker 1: it from. Him they wanted it to be. Him i'm
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  Speaker 1: not saying that they can all. Play i'm saying that
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  Speaker 1: this is a team that now has good depth THAT
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  Speaker 1: i think will take care of that bottom of the
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  Speaker 1: lineup if or when certain guys struggle.
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  Speaker 2: Offensively And pete's a very unique, BAT i, mean The
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  Speaker 2: mets don't have that magic In october if he doesn't
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  Speaker 2: hit that home run Against Devin. Williams he's unique in
• 16:28
  Speaker 2: a lot of. WAYS i, Mean Todd, father you've obviously
• 16:31
  Speaker 2: spent a lot of time with, him and you look
• 16:34
  Speaker 2: at his. Numbers he crushes change. Ups he's one of
• 16:36
  Speaker 2: the better bad ball hitters in the. League he's, clutch
• 16:40
  Speaker 2: and he's so damned strong THAT i, remember for, EXAMPLE
• 16:43
  Speaker 2: i was looking at it while you guys were. Talking
• 16:45
  Speaker 2: he hit THAT Nlcs game five home run Off Jack,
• 16:49
  Speaker 2: flaherty the three run, shot because they had been getting
• 16:51
  Speaker 2: him on low spin and it was a low slider
• 16:54
  Speaker 2: and and he said afterward he got fooled on the.
• 16:57
  Speaker 2: Pitch he hit a four hundred and thirty two Feet
• 17:00
  Speaker 2: he's not one of those cocky guys like he's kind
• 17:03
  Speaker 2: of like your everyday. Pete that's why he's very likable
• 17:05
  Speaker 2: In New. York he's serious when he says, that, like oh,
• 17:08
  Speaker 2: CRAP i got fooled on that. One but, Well lumberjack
• 17:11
  Speaker 2: here hit it fourared to thirty two, Feet so good for.
• 17:13
  Speaker 2: HIM i JUST i want to make sure we don't
• 17:16
  Speaker 2: discount how damn good he.
• 17:17
  Speaker 4: Is in the.
• 17:17
  Speaker 2: LEAGUE i, mean the bat is what is top twenty
• 17:21
  Speaker 2: bat in. Baseball and, yes The mets definitely are a
• 17:24
  Speaker 2: better team with. Him i'd been saying for the past
• 17:26
  Speaker 2: year That stearns was. Serious if some other team wants
• 17:29
  Speaker 2: to pay him and really not even pay him that,
• 17:31
  Speaker 2: much The mets were gonna let him. Go they were
• 17:33
  Speaker 2: serious about. That stearns was like the jam of The
• 17:36
  Speaker 2: mets or the present baseball. Operations this is how we value, him.
• 17:39
  Speaker 2: Period we're not going to go too far over. That
• 17:42
  Speaker 2: and this was really his sticking point to have the
• 17:44
  Speaker 2: power in the front office and say this is HOW
• 17:46
  Speaker 2: i want to. Operate and, ultimately you, Know pete wanted
• 17:49
  Speaker 2: to be. There he's probably not pleased with the result
• 17:53
  Speaker 2: of the contract, here but he's also going to be a,
• 17:55
  Speaker 2: happy go lucky, guy have a freaking great time and
• 17:58
  Speaker 2: go try and bop a bunch of homers with The.
• 18:00
  Speaker 2: Mets AND i Think Todd, father you know his, Psyche
• 18:03
  Speaker 2: he's not going to have this on his mind all.
• 18:05
  Speaker 2: Year he's still a wealthy man on a fun team
• 18:08
  Speaker 2: back where he's only.
• 18:09
  Speaker 1: BEEN i would say not a top TWENTY i would,
• 18:14
  Speaker 1: say not a top twenty. Hitter BUT i would say
• 18:18
  Speaker 1: BUT i would SAY i wouldn't even start putting him
• 18:20
  Speaker 1: in like the top, third twenty or. THIRTY i would
• 18:24
  Speaker 1: say he's a top three power guy in the. Game his,
• 18:27
  Speaker 1: power whether you think his swing is, consistent whether you
• 18:31
  Speaker 1: think he walks, enough all that, Stuff we're not even
• 18:33
  Speaker 1: gonna sit. Here you gotta name me three guys that
• 18:37
  Speaker 1: have more power than him in the. Game that's WHY
• 18:40
  Speaker 1: i say he's top three power, wise and that changes
• 18:43
  Speaker 1: the dynamic of a lineup that is athletic and has
• 18:46
  Speaker 1: other guys that are elite. Hitters well.
• 18:50
  Speaker 3: Said well, SAID i didn't know where you were going
• 18:53
  Speaker 3: with that for, sure but, YEAH i dot you And
• 18:56
  Speaker 3: scooter that we're going to go after. It but at
• 18:57
  Speaker 3: the end of the, day, listen you are getting a
• 19:01
  Speaker 3: dominant one of the best dominant hitters in. Baseball The
• 19:06
  Speaker 3: mets needed, Him.
• 19:09
  Speaker 4: Cohen got what he. Wanted this guy came into the.
• 19:12
  Speaker 3: League i'm talking about Calling Steve, cohen and he's been
• 19:15
  Speaker 3: so impressive with the deals he's been making and not
• 19:17
  Speaker 3: being afraid to get. Players they still have some work
• 19:21
  Speaker 3: to do, too in my, opinion they still have a
• 19:23
  Speaker 3: bunch of work to. Do but, again this helps out
• 19:26
  Speaker 3: In New york and you know puts a threat down
• 19:29
  Speaker 3: on the al OR Nl east.
• 19:34
  Speaker 4: Watch Out, Philadelphia.
• 19:36
  Speaker 1: You're you're you're mute A. Scottie BUT i would, say,
• 19:39
  Speaker 1: YEAH i would say there's STILL i would say they're
• 19:42
  Speaker 1: still third in THE Nl. East, OH i Know scotty
• 19:47
  Speaker 1: didn't ask, it and Maybe i'm going out of line,
• 19:49
  Speaker 1: here BUT i still THINK i still think they're. Third
• 19:54
  Speaker 1: there's too Many this could be, good this could this
• 19:58
  Speaker 1: could be nice where you look at The braves and
• 20:00
  Speaker 1: The phillies and you're, like let you, know pan it,
• 20:04
  Speaker 1: in pan it in for this paned best, rotation, youngest you,
• 20:08
  Speaker 1: know youngest controllable starting lineup for The. BRAVES i still
• 20:13
  Speaker 1: think they're. Third AM i off on?
• 20:15
  Speaker 3: That?
• 20:17
  Speaker 4: NO i.
• 20:18
  Speaker 2: Don't, YEAH i think you can make a fair case for.
• 20:21
  Speaker 2: That AND i actually think their roster is built better
• 20:25
  Speaker 2: for the, postseason which was the case last. YEAR i, mean,
• 20:30
  Speaker 2: yeah it's not as, complete there's question marks with the starting.
• 20:33
  Speaker 2: Rotation they actually have a much better farm system and keeps.
• 20:36
  Speaker 2: Improving it was pretty league low in the last couple of,
• 20:40
  Speaker 2: years and they've improved it a lot with trades and many.
• 20:43
  Speaker 2: Rebuilt even despite the year when they had the highest payroll,
• 20:47
  Speaker 2: ever which was in twenty twenty. Three so you add that,
• 20:50
  Speaker 2: up AND i mean it's the kind of team THAT
• 20:53
  Speaker 2: i actually think shouldn't be Done Todd. Father if The
• 20:56
  Speaker 2: oils are going to be all prospect, huggy then the
• 20:59
  Speaker 2: menster try and get themselves a Little dylan. Cease they've
• 21:02
  Speaker 2: got during his, Prime pietez and his Prime soto just.
• 21:06
  Speaker 2: Signed the time is now for, them you, know they
• 21:10
  Speaker 2: it's not the same game plan as The. DODGERS i
• 21:13
  Speaker 2: know they're trying to be The dodgers of The, east
• 21:15
  Speaker 2: but it's it's kind of hard to get to that.
• 21:17
  Speaker 2: Level like their window is right now and their window
• 21:20
  Speaker 2: might extend for a long. Time but they've got a
• 21:22
  Speaker 2: window with a lot of good players in their. Prime
• 21:25
  Speaker 2: so If i'm, Them i'm going to get myself one
• 21:28
  Speaker 2: big boy starter before the season IF i. Can, otherwise
• 21:31
  Speaker 2: sure you can try in the trade deadline because they'll
• 21:33
  Speaker 2: be guys, available but you just never. Know and the
• 21:36
  Speaker 2: like the last trade dne line was a. Dud there
• 21:39
  Speaker 2: was there was not much to, Get, no.
• 21:42
  Speaker 3: There wasn't and you, know not to bring up The,
• 21:44
  Speaker 3: orioles but they they are letting this train run by
• 21:47
  Speaker 3: with all these, prospects, man they have not made any
• 21:51
  Speaker 3: progress in my, opinion knowing they could have got they
• 21:53
  Speaker 3: could have traded something to get some big.
• 21:55
  Speaker 4: Names, yeah The mets they need.
• 21:59
  Speaker 3: More there's a lot of teams that need, more you,
• 22:02
  Speaker 3: know but we're on with The mets right. Now they need. Pitching,
• 22:05
  Speaker 3: okay you got the hitter you. Want you got the
• 22:07
  Speaker 3: hitters you, wanted a couple of, them two big. Names but,
• 22:10
  Speaker 3: also you can't win games if you can't get guys.
• 22:13
  Speaker 3: Out so the old saying good pitching beats good hitting
• 22:16
  Speaker 3: all the. Day is that gonna abode well for? Them
• 22:19
  Speaker 3: we will.
• 22:20
  Speaker 2: See let's see the. Payroll so the two years fifty
• 22:25
  Speaker 2: four and there's the money which we've talked. About this
• 22:28
  Speaker 2: is from spot track twenty seven million a year salary
• 22:32
  Speaker 2: for the two fifty four. Puts the match projected opening
• 22:35
  Speaker 2: day payroll two three hundred twenty two and a half million,
• 22:39
  Speaker 2: dollars second to The dodgers at three eighty two. Million
• 22:43
  Speaker 2: so still about sixty mil short of The. DODGERS i
• 22:46
  Speaker 2: mean to, Me, kratz that means they still have like
• 22:47
  Speaker 2: sixty mil to play.
• 22:48
  Speaker 1: With don't, don't don't try to be don't try to
• 22:54
  Speaker 1: be The dodgers The. East The dodgers have built this
• 22:56
  Speaker 1: for ten, years Whenever friedman came, in whenever you started
• 23:01
  Speaker 1: building is you, know, vaunted vaunted minor league. System you
• 23:08
  Speaker 1: sit there and you, go just just be, You just be.
• 23:11
  Speaker 5: You.
• 23:11
  Speaker 1: Cohen Let David stearns cook like he's. Doing it's. Fine
• 23:16
  Speaker 1: don't try to be another.
• 23:17
  Speaker 2: Team, okay all, Right, well we appreciate everyone for joining
• 23:22
  Speaker 2: us for a little little Late Scott boris Pop rep
• 23:27
  Speaker 2: likes to get the deals done. Late if you didn't,
• 23:29
  Speaker 2: Know boris is A West Coast california. Guy he'll be
• 23:32
  Speaker 2: on the show soon to recap all of these deals
• 23:35
  Speaker 2: in the offseason that he, had but he likes to
• 23:36
  Speaker 2: swing them. Late, okay maybe ownership whoever he's talking to
• 23:40
  Speaker 2: is having a little late. Cocktail CAN i do one
• 23:43
  Speaker 2: more thing before we? Go do you think there's gonna
• 23:46
  Speaker 2: be any regret from? TEAMS i mentioned The Blue, jays
• 23:49
  Speaker 2: but any other teams in? Mind for? ME i would
• 23:53
  Speaker 2: have liked The Nats Todd. FATHER i think The giants
• 23:56
  Speaker 2: could have used a. PETE i know The nats ended
• 23:58
  Speaker 2: up getting some decent guys over at, first AND i
• 24:01
  Speaker 2: Like Nate, Lowe BUT i don't. Know pete's just got
• 24:04
  Speaker 2: the higher ceiling to be able to be a freaking.
• 24:06
  Speaker 2: Monster and plus He's he's, quirky, unique supermarketable and a
• 24:12
  Speaker 2: clubhouse difference maker in a different, way if that makes.
• 24:15
  Speaker 2: Sense like you just don't get a personality like, him
• 24:19
  Speaker 2: AND i just feel like he fits in well wherever.
• 24:24
  Speaker 4: He, no you're exactly. Right two.
• 24:28
  Speaker 3: Things pete might have told most of some of these
• 24:31
  Speaker 3: teams he didn't want to go, there Especially. Toronto he
• 24:34
  Speaker 3: might have said. No but the team that comes to
• 24:36
  Speaker 3: my mind is The Cincinnati. REDS i, mean if The
• 24:39
  Speaker 3: reds knew that they could have got him for, this
• 24:41
  Speaker 3: oh my, goodness gracious in that lineup, too with some
• 24:44
  Speaker 3: studs that are coming, along and the team how they're
• 24:47
  Speaker 3: kind of, getting how they're getting back on their feet
• 24:50
  Speaker 3: With Tito Frank cone at the. Helm that's a team
• 24:53
  Speaker 3: That i'd listen that that that they should be kicking
• 24:56
  Speaker 3: themselves in the rear run right.
• 24:58
  Speaker 1: Now todd was to See pete In, cincinnati good, lord
• 25:03
  Speaker 1: if you, hit maybe hitting one, Handed homer's, Out he'll be, hitting,
• 25:07
  Speaker 1: throwing throwing the bat at the, ball just to like
• 25:10
  Speaker 1: place pay some homage To Todd Red. Sox The Red
• 25:14
  Speaker 1: sox really have to be kicking. THEMSELVES i DON'T i get.
• 25:18
  Speaker 1: IT i get. It cassas is, there but right handed,
• 25:22
  Speaker 1: bat a right handed bat is what they. Needed you
• 25:25
  Speaker 1: will FIND dh in first base between the two of,
• 25:28
  Speaker 1: Them cassas And alonso in the same. Lineup that is
• 25:33
  Speaker 1: something that would change the dynamic of that. Season Anywhere pete,
• 25:37
  Speaker 1: goes it would definitely. Change but when you add a
• 25:39
  Speaker 1: right handed bat, there oh man in The American League,
• 25:44
  Speaker 1: East pete would, be, oh, well good, season good, Season.
• 25:49
  Speaker 2: BOSTON i, mean it's a little bit of a unique
• 25:54
  Speaker 2: fit if you're Getting cassas And pete over there and
• 25:57
  Speaker 2: you're gonna have one of THEM.
• 25:58
  Speaker 1: Dh, yeah that would suck both of those.
• 26:03
  Speaker 4: Guys they tried to get another.
• 26:06
  Speaker 2: PICTURE i, mean there's already SOMEBODY i don't remember who
• 26:09
  Speaker 2: it was who said, like, Oh laddie's going to The
• 26:10
  Speaker 2: Red sox next. Year i'm, like hold, up shout the let's, relax,
• 26:14
  Speaker 2: okay although you'll Have laddie agents next.
• 26:17
  Speaker 1: Year Did bob say that last like earlier when they.
• 26:22
  Speaker 2: Talking don't usually when you're a year, Out, yeah, don't
• 26:26
  Speaker 2: don't say that unless you know. It that's WHY i
• 26:27
  Speaker 2: didn't say the. NAME i honestly don't know. IT i don't,
• 26:29
  Speaker 2: remember BUT i do know that almost every year somebody
• 26:32
  Speaker 2: throws out a signing a year in, advance and it
• 26:35
  Speaker 2: never happens to gram to The. Braves that was put
• 26:39
  Speaker 2: all over the freaking, internet and it was it was.
• 26:42
  Speaker 2: Wrong so, anyway thanks for. Watching metst up also has
• 26:46
  Speaker 2: a little breaking news emergency episode that is in the,
• 26:50
  Speaker 2: Works so if you want more on this, signing go
• 26:53
  Speaker 2: check out the show and we'll be back On Foul Territory, Todd, Father, Kratz,
• 26:58
  Speaker 2: Krasinski me and, guests and we'll talk about it tomorrow
• 27:02
  Speaker 2: on the show live one O'clock eastern, TIME CFT fam.
• 27:06
  Speaker 1: Six more Sleep Still pictures And.
• 27:08
  Speaker 2: Catchers, oh we Got Jim bowden tomorrow, too so we'll
• 27:11
  Speaker 2: get THE gm perspective on How David stearns pulled this.
• 27:14
  Speaker 4: Off