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KYLE TUCKER to the NEW YORK METS? · NY's Sports Loud Mouth (VIDEO)

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Speedy, do you see Jabba? He's wearing his one.
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Yeah, the return of the onesie for like the first time since
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like the first month you started.
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What is that Curious George over there, Jabba?
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We got we got monkey action going on right now.
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I wish I had some other monkey election, if you know what I
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mean. Well, where's Brittany?
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Oh well, she's actually packing. We're after the show.
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I am actually going to be traveling all the way to
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Montreal. I'll be driving the 6 1/2 hours.
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I'll be taking the ride all the way up while she's having her
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beauty sleep well. I'll be driving all the way up
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there to Montreal. But.
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Anyway, What Car are you taking? Hers or yours?
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No, we rented. We rented a car.
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Oh, you rented a car? That's right.
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We're not going to beat up any of our cars.
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We're just going to rent a car We got AI think we got a Subaru,
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a big one, one of those big like 7 seaters nice.
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So yeah so. You're going like, right after
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the show, like driving the red eye.
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Yeah, probably. You're wild.
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I'm a wild person, man. I'm a wild person.
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But Yep, that's, that's what I'm doing.
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I'm driving the red eye. Anyways, we called.
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It I just I just ordered wing stop so.
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I might stop to wing stop before I get on the road.
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Anyways, we call this call you shot.
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I'm not an X as an O's guy, right?
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I'm not a tactician. I'm a motivator in the classic
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sense of the word. You know Lombardi, Charles
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Lindbergh, that nun over in India, like those people?
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Call your shot a. Big boobs I can.
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Say, all right, welcome to Call Your Shot.
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This is our segment. We do this every so often where
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we're going to make some predictions just out of the blue
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and we're going to lay them down.
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I hope not a few of them are going to be absolutely right.
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Errol, who do you want to go first?
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I'm going to say the old speech. You're going to go first.
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All right, so Fish, you've hinted at it the last couple of
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shows where we've talked about some hockey, the New York
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Rangers, you've asked him if Errol and myself if they should
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be sellers or not. Again, I don't think they're
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going to be drastic sellers. I do agree with Errol on that.
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But there is one guy I do think it seems like inevitable that's
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going to be traded at this point and that is our Tammy Panera in
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the see the team start not seeing eye to eye with his
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contract situation. He's had a 50 point season, so
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probably a good time to sell it. And there's five teams
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interested in his no trade clause.
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And there's team that loves to go through contact negotiations
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to get last second trades that are always big.
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The Lightning, we're the best with the cap, no manipulation in
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the beginning, but that team is now the Vegas Golden Knights and
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I think that is where he will be traded to.
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So the Rangers will trade our Timmy Panera into Vegas.
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They'll find a way to loop, manipulate the cap again, and
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Vegas will win the Western Conference.
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With him Dauber in the dirt. Asia never cut his hair.
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He's he's never the same, but that's a whole other story.
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Harold, you want me to go next? Yes, I want you to go next.
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All right, so I've got a real easy prediction.
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I predict Carson Beck's going to throw 3 interceptions in the
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National Championship Game one. Wait.
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I think he is such a fraud. I can't wait for a real defense
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to make him to expose him. Please, interceptions finish.
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I, well, because I think what's going to happen is they're going
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to get desperate and because I think he's going to fall behind
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on a bad pick in the beginning of the game.
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And I think Mendoza's going to be lights out.
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I, I, I see it being a 30 point game, like just like the last
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two of them and the coronation of one of the greatest teams
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college football has ever seen, especially definitely in the
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playoff era. So that's my shot.
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Sometimes I sit on it. All right, Jabba.
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You know what, I'm I'm going to switch gears too.
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And I'm it's going to be a Nebraska reference and it's
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going to be we have won 21 games in a row.
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We are one of the last five team standings undefeated in the top
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10. But we are the only school in a
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Power 5 to never win a game in March Madness.
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Nebraska is going to win a game in March Madness, and I'm
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calling it this year. I had to take a shit and I'm
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excited about it. I love it near and near my heart
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because Braden Frager grew up with my son, played basketball,
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but they have never won a game in the tournament.
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And they've had T Lou, they've had Jeron Boone, Eric
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Strickland, they've had some decent dudes, Eric Pykowski,
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guys that have spent time in the NBA.
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We've never won a game in March. Mad baby, we go win the game.
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I'll let you lick my butt. If that.
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Happens. Catherine is blinking my butt.
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There you go, I definitely want to watch that.
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I don't think she'll allow it anyways. 100% she will.
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She's a gamer. All right, my final call, your
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shot goes to the New York Mets. And I think Mets fans are going
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to be very, very happy in 24 to 48 hours.
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There's going to be announcement Kyle Tucker is going to sign
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with the New York Mets, 50 million a year, five years with
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an opt out. Book it.
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He will be a New York Met. For all you Met fans that are
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just absolutely disappointed this offseason, I and you should
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be. They're going to land Kyle
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Tucker. They're going to do whatever it
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takes to get them and they're going to give them an opt out
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clause. Book it 2024 to 48 hours before
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the weekend. You're going to hear that Kyle
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Tucker is signing with the New York Mets.
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And there you go, ladies and gentlemen.
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Speaking of New York Mets, we're going to go into inside
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baseball. Now let's go deep.
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Deep inside what? I am excited.
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This is inside baseball. Well, let's start right there,
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Errol. You had mentioned it.
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Let's get into it. The Mets have offered and we
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talked about it a couple of times tonight because this is
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the big news, in my opinion. This is the big news in baseball
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right now. He's been the top guy on the
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market all offseason. Problematic if he plays the same
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position as Juan Soto. But they do need outfielders,
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$50 million annual average value of the contract doesn't mean
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that it's going to be 50 a year. Might might be higher in the
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beginning, lower at the end, or who knows if they're going to
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front load or back load or they're going to let him do the
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Alex Bregman thing where they'll let him opt out after one year
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and it's really a one year, $50 million contract.
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If they do that. I'm not as excited about this
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deal. But if they can lock them in
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without the opt out being after year one, I think it's a pretty
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good move regardless for the Mets, even if it's a like $100
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million in two outfield positions.
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What do you think guys? I think it's a great deal for
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the New York Mets. I don't know if it's going to be
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one year. I think it's going to be two
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years. That's what I've been hearing
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that he can opt out after his second year.
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So they're going to have him for at least two years and they're
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going to be going for that World Series.
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And I expect if they land Kyle Tucker to make a big trade at
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the trade deadline. Obviously Tarek's Google will be
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available next year. He's going to be a free agent.
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So I could see the Mets, if they, if they're one piece away
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or one pitcher away from possibly fighting for World
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Series, I could see them doing it.
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I, I think I, I think this is a great deal for the Mets.
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If it's two years, if they, if he gives them two years on an
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opt out clause, I think it's slammed down for the Mets and
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they can win. They could absolutely be a World
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Series contender this year. Yeah, $50 million a year for a
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guy that's durable enough is fine with me.
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I get it. We're curious on the length of
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the contract. They were talking about Laura
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before. Like is it going to be pushing
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that five year standard if they're going to be an opt out?
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Yeah, I'd say two or three years is probably the likely.
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That's what if there's an opt out.
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In the contract, but again, for a player that's pretty durable,
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I know again, he had a bad second-half, but he wasn't
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playing. He wasn't playing 100% healthy.
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Again, the Mets, they're trying to build the Super lineup.
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We'll see if they can get the pitching after that.
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Yeah, I don't, I mean it's it's a great deal for him if he can
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get it. The opt out will be very
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interesting and see how they structure the deal.
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I think is is kind of going to be the caveat of if this deal
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does get done, I just don't think they have enough pitching
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and yeah, they struggled. With.
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McClain right, But I just don't think they have enough pitching
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with a super lineup. I mean, you're still going to
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have to stop guys from scoring and I I don't know if they have
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enough on the front end and the back end in that lineup for him.
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I think it's great. I think, you know, obviously
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with Bregman kind of setting the market with what he's not a $50
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million player to me, he's not durable.
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I agree with that, with what Speedy said, durable.
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Obviously he got a little injured this year, but I he's
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not a 50, he's not a game. He doesn't scare me.
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He's not Aaron Judge. Obviously Aaron took a discount
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to be what he is, but he's not an Aaron Judge.
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Kyle Tucker does not scare me. Like if Kyle Tucker beats me,
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I'm OK. You don't let Aaron Judge beat
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you. And Kyle Tucker for me isn't
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that dude, he is an unbelievable player, but he's not a $50
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million player to me. We'll.
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See. 3030 good defense, though, you know, you take that every
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single time. High batting average, still
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young. We'll see what happens.
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Part of me thinks the Blue Jays are going to get him, though.
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Man, I, I feel like they're just loading up.
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They, they smell it and they want it.
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But we'll see. Let's keep going on.
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Fish to like Kyle Tucker's not a name that comes in like when you
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think of baseball, Kyle Tucker's not a name that comes to your
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head for 50 million. A year he reminds me of He
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reminds me of George Springer, that's who he reminds me.
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Of you know, it's interesting you say that he reminds me of
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someone that you hate. Not that he plays like him, but
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his numbers and the impact he has on the game is similar.
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It's your boy Jazz, jazzy boy, similar 3030 guy.
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He's got he got a lot of pop. He plays good D, you know, like
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you want those guys on your team maybe less theatrics than Jazz,
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you know, as well. Well, yeah.
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And but I think that's too to like Kyle Tucker's game.
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Like there, there's not many of those like Jazz relies on that
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too. And but Kyle Tucker, he'll lay
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under the radar. You ain't laying under the radar
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when you're making 50 mil Now you put, you put, you put a
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bullet on your back and everybody wants to hit it.
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Yep, everyone's gearing up for you, trying to beat you and let
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everybody know. I just struck out a $50 million
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a year guy and. To prove him wrong, even though
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he's collecting the paycheck every two weeks.
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He's so he don't care. Well, Speaking of this new
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market being said Errol, the Yankees and Cody Bellinger have
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been at an impasse the last few days.
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At least it's been reported over the years in the contract, Cody
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Bellinger and of course Scott Boris wants the longer contract,
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the seven-year contract. The Yankees are only willing to
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go 5. The Yankees and Bellinger's camp
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continue to talk this week, John Heyman of The Post wrote on X.
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The Yankees are trying to bridge the gap in years by enhancing
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their latest offer, which there's five years by including
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an opt out, a nice signing bonus and no deferred money.
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Parties have possible options, but effort being made to stay
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together. I personally would have liked
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them to go after Tucker. That was a fluke hand injury,
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got hit by a pitch and played through it for a number of
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weeks. He should have sat out and he
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would have been fine. Bellinger a little older.
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Numbers have never been as good except for his two.
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His MVP year is when he was first came into the league.
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It's not that guy anymore. Obviously does a lot for you
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with his versatility on defense and plays good defense wherever
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he goes. I don't think you want him
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playing center field, but this is a guy that, you know, good
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baseball teams have guys like this on their team and hopefully
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the Yankees can add him and it's not one of these one year
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outbacks. The longer there is a wait, the
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better chances they have to sink.
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I do believe Bellinger will be a Yankee.
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I don't think he's going anywhere else else.
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I I don't see anybody offering him more than what the Yankees
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are going to offer him. I think the Yankees will
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probably add a year main job, but we're talking about it.
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I could see them five years to 6 with an opportunity to opt out
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after three or 4I. I could see the Yankees doing
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that. He doesn't want to go anywhere
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else. He wants to be a Yankee.
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His father was a Yankee. He grew up a Yankee fan.
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He said it many, many times. This was the place that he
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wanted to finish his career and I expect him to do so.
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I, I and I, he has a great relationship with a lot of the
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guys on this team, including Aaron Boone, who raves about
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him. I don't think he's going
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anywhere. And like I said, the longer the
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longer the weeks go before pitchers and catchers, the
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better chances the Yankees have to sign Cody Bellinger.
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And by the way, I think Cody Bellinger is a better all around
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player than Kyle Tucker because he could play multiple
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positions. He's a better defender in my
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eyes than a guy like Kyle Tucker.
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And I think Jabba says it best. He won an MVP.
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Kyle Tucker has never won an MVP.
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So until he does does that, I I I still think Cody Bellinger is
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a better player. Yeah, he's.
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One of the, one of the. 3 Bellingers won.
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He's been on a winning team. Yeah, I think the main
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competition was the Mets, but now the Mets are all in on
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Tucker. It seems like that the Yankees
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have all the leeway in the world to do that because again, there
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was really no other direct competition to threaten a a high
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payroll team like the Yankees. Like you say, already tell
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Steinbrenner's comments and all that, but there's still a high
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payroll team so. And they're going to get him on
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the. Cheat, they're going to get him
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on the value. I think that Brian Cashman was
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kind of targeting last month when we talked about it with
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Charlie Slows and I think that's why those comments were made and
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maybe they look smart in the end.
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You hit it right on the head is the longer it gets towards
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pitchers and catchers. I think it's it's a better value
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for Bellinger. And it's kind of what we talked
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about with Laura earlier is just like knowing New York, playing
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in New York and understand like he he handled it well.
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And I've, I've always said this, I've said this from jump street.
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His defense is very undervalued and he can give you so many
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different. What if Ben Rice doesn't work at
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first base? You got an option in Cody
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Bellinger and you're not going to have to pay 50 million a
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year. Where we've talked about before
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is that year, mom. That's the thing that I think he
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wants. But if he gets the opt out with,
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I would say two to three years. If he gets two to three with
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with an option and a no trade, because that's definitely going
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to be in there at that point at his age that I think I think it
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can work. But I think the longer it gets
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drawn out, I think it's a better likelihood of him going back to
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the Yankees and and with what he can provide for the team and
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what he's already done. It's a great fit.
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And Kyle Tucker was obviously the name, but I would take Cody
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Bellinger over Kyle Tucker any day of the week.
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All right, let's move on. We got more and this is my
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favorite thing Cashman's done in a long time.
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This is under the radar trade that happened yesterday.
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The Yankees added pitcher Ryan Weathers.
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Now, Weathers was with the Marlins and he was traded for
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four. I guess low a ball type guys are
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very low prospects. I guess it's a dump by the the
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Marlins who are always doing moves like this.
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Ryan Weathers is the son of David.
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Weathers. Who was a World Series champion
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back in the day with the Yankees, and that's so much fun.
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He is a very crafty lefty who has a good fastball.
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He can't stay healthy is the reason why he got him for such,
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so cheap. But for me, you don't need
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another lefty in this rotation. Why don't we go see if we can't
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recreate Andrew Miller? Why if we can't see if we can
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get that guy that can come in for two innings, whatever you
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need twice, 3 to 3 1/2 times a week, you know, three times a
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week and just make it so that nobody can ever get anything on
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you. I just think this is a brilliant
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move. I don't I think they'll try him
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in the rotation as Rodon, you know, kind of and Cole come back
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to full strength. Rodon had some offseason work
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done. This guy I think's long term
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role, is that like super reliever?
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Their game plan, their game plan of bringing him in was not to be
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in the rotation to put him in the bullpen.
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It's been something that Brian Cashman has done year in and
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year out. He finds these starting pitchers
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that he could put in the bullpen and he could put him in that mix
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of players that helps them be one of the better rotations in
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the bullpen in baseball. The problem is with the Yankees
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is the second-half of the season he they burn them out, hopefully
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by bringing in some of these pitchers and some of these
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younger pitchers and bringing some of these pitchers up, maybe
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moving Warren to the bullpen. And I think that's something the
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Yankees should think about doing because I think Warren could be
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a good closer. I think he's got the stuff to be
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a closer. I think the Yankees need to
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figure out who is going to be in the bullpen and who's going to
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be in the. Rotation.
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We have a closer now. We have bed.
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Yes, but I don't know what the Yankees, these guys are up and
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they're down. I don't know what these guys are
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going to be. Betnar is he's been good since
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he's come to the Yankees. And then we've seen these guys
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the first year they're good and then the second year they're
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they get extended and they're horrible.
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So I'm, I'm thinking what Brian Cashman is trying to do is bring
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in guys that he thinks that could be a closer or fit in as
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you know, part of that bullpen where they can mix and maneuver
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as the season moves forward. So I, I think it makes a lot of
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sense why they did this, but I, I do not believe they think what
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Ryan Weather is going to be in the rotations.
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I think they believe he's going to be a part of their lefties in
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the bullpen. Yeah, spot starter on occasion,
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I guess, and versatile bullpen. I'm always liked him and when he
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was with the Padres and they used him in that kind of role
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when guys went down, they always had a lot of veteran pitchers
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that got hurt. And again, he could transition
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to the bullpen. Doesn't have to be in a big
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role. We're not going to force him to
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close like you guys were saying. But again, he could probably do
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other impactful relief pitching if needed or an opener if
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needed. I think there's a good a lot of
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good with this. Move.
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He's got stuff to be a closer, he does.
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Well, in in I, I think what this move does, it gives them options
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and it's kind of what I was touching on with Cody because
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now you you have a guy that can do multiple things.
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And I think that's kind of the way Cash is kind of trying to
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manipulate this offseason is bringing in a guy like this.
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You get him a cheat because obviously he hasn't been able to
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stay on the field, but he's shown signs of being able to be
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very, very quality. And he can do it in multiple
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facets of the game. And so I think obviously you're
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going to fill some gaps early, but then he's able to do that in
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every way. And then when you get everybody
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back, as Cash always says at the deadline or something, hey, it's
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like getting a guy back healthy is like getting a free agent.
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And now you're going to have a guy like Weathers that you know,
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can spot start, can do that, can can come get those 2-3 innings
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and get lefties out. So I think I love this move.
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I love this move for the Chief and what it is.
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And I think it just gives them a different opportunity to be able
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to use him in different spots because he's done all of it.
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All right, this one is not cheap.
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I'm on the cheap here because the Red Sox today gave a five
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year, $130 million deal. Former Phillies pitcher Ranger
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Suarez. Yes, that Ranger Suarez who
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throws about 91 miles an hour but has six different pitches,
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mixes them up and has lowered his ERA in the last few seasons
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in the National League. 325 over the last five seasons and he
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mixes it up in his WAR has gone up every year.
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He had a four WAR this past year.
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He was my sleeper that I had in fantasy.
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He strikes out a little bit less than one an inning despite the
21:42
lack of velocity because he has such a good pitch pitch mix.
21:45
He will slot in as the number 3 starter behind Crochet and
21:49
recently acquired Sonny Gray, probably ahead of Bram Bello and
21:54
I guess Oviedo from Pittsburgh would be their 5th starter right
21:57
now. I like Ranger Suarez, I do and
22:00
and he was an All Star last year or.
22:02
He was a snub. Yeah, he was a snub, but he
22:03
should have been. He should have been.
22:05
Yeah, but he should have been an All Star and and that's why I
22:08
said that he was an All Star last year.
22:10
I thought he was sensational the last two seasons and he was a
22:13
big part of the Philadelphia Phillies making the playoffs,
22:16
especially making any kind of run that they did at the at tail
22:20
end of the season. He was a part of that.
22:22
I think giving him $130 million, that's actually cheap for a
22:27
starting pitcher and he's really a number two guy.
22:30
I think Sonny Gray's going to be a number 3.
22:32
Sonny Gray is not going to last that long over there in Fenway.
22:35
They're going to burn a hole in him after he pitches his worst
22:39
one game or two games that he looks really, really bad over
22:42
there. They're going to kill him.
22:43
I think Suarez, he's been in that situation before.
22:46
I think he's more of a #2 and for a #2 pitcher, 5, five years,
22:51
$130 million, it's a steal. I love the move.
22:53
Yeah. I think it's somebody that's
22:55
going to age well because like you're saying, Fish, maybe he
22:57
doesn't have the raw velocity right now, but sometimes we see
22:59
pitchers can rely later on on just pitch sequencing and he's
23:03
smart enough to do that. And I think because of that, I
23:05
think that will allow him to be a good mentor for a lot of these
23:09
younger pitchers. You mentioned Bello, they've had
23:11
a lot of guys, a lot of others like Hawk that have not been
23:14
healthy, but and they've still been good when they've been on
23:16
the field. And I think that's somebody that
23:19
can weather the storm, doesn't pitch a ton of innings, but is
23:21
pretty durable throughout his career and I think will age very
23:23
well five years. I think it's it's a great sign.
23:27
And also I think you guys didn't take into credit what he has
23:31
done in the playoffs is a career 1.4 in the playoffs.
23:36
And I think that's part of what they look at when you go to what
23:39
he's done. And yeah, and he's 30 years old,
23:45
but I think it's a great deal too, because as you said, like
23:49
being able to teach some of these young kids.
23:51
But then when you get to the postseason and being able to
23:54
have somebody that has the nuts and knows he can do it in the
23:59
postseason, which he has done, I think is it, it's a, it's a
24:03
great sign. And I, I, they, they definitely
24:06
got him on the cheap, I I believe.
24:09
I'm going to throw a little water on this before we move on.
24:12
I I've every time I do like fantasy baseball things.
24:16
If I have a guy that's dropped in velocity each of the past two
24:20
years, eventually there's a tipping point where it drops too
24:24
much and he just gets shelled all the time.
24:26
If he falls below 90, I don't think he could be as anywhere
24:30
near as effective. And the fact that he keeps
24:32
falling off, I would not want to give that kind of contract to a
24:35
guy who's dropping velocity. But you know, maybe obviously
24:40
super talented. He was excellent.
24:42
Career 3/3 though and he's but are you paying?
24:45
For before or are you paying for what's going to happen going
24:48
forwards because he wasn't 93? Well, that's what you're paying.
24:51
Two years ago. You're paying for it before.
24:52
That's how baseball. Is But you know what though?
24:55
That's how you screw up though. That's how you screw up a
24:57
baseball. Sometimes, hey, listen, if the
25:00
Red Sox win a World Series, which Suarez one year out of the
25:04
five short winners, they're winners.
25:06
So sure, listen, he's a good player.
25:09
I just would be a little. That's the one devil's advocate
25:12
thing. Like sometimes the velocity
25:14
drops too much. Let's move on to a guy who's a
25:17
little long in the tooth job. But you know this guy very well.
25:19
We wanted him to be traded to the Yankees last season.
25:22
Nolan Arenado was just traded the other day to the Arizona
25:26
Diamondbacks. So the D backs acquired Nolan
25:30
Arenado to trade with Saint Louis Tuesday, concluding the
25:33
Cardinals like 18 month journey to try to move him as they're
25:38
rebuilding. So the Cardinals received
25:40
pitching prospect Jack Martinez and sent 31 million to the
25:45
Diamondbacks to help cover the 42,000,000 remaining on Aaron's
25:49
contract. So the Diamondbacks only have to
25:51
pay him 11,000,000 over the next two seasons.
25:54
He waived his no trade clause to do so.
25:56
He struggled last year, hitting 237289-ON base 377, slugging 12
26:01
homers. Defenses slipped a little bit.
26:04
Still very good. Love it out there.
26:05
Love it Young team needs leadership.
26:09
This guy is going to provide that and that's you can't buy
26:12
leadership. I don't care how much they gave
26:16
up or I whatever they whatever you think that they gave up for
26:21
a guy like Nolan Arenado, you're bringing in a guy that knows
26:24
most leadership understands the game of baseball.
26:26
You got a young team that was in a World Series a couple of years
26:29
ago. They need that that that
26:31
personality in that that dugout. They need that personality
26:35
behind the scenes. I think Nolan Arenado gives him
26:38
that and he's a likable person as far as what we know.
26:40
I know Jabba knows him. A lot of people that we've
26:43
spoken to Speedy in the past, it says has said Nolan Arenado is a
26:47
great leader and a great person on and off the field.
26:49
It's a slam dunk for the Diamondbacks.
26:51
It's also a young team that played really well after they
26:53
treated a lot of their veterans last year.
26:55
They traded Suarez, which obviously Arenado will be the
26:57
direct replacement for now, and then Naylor, who signed back in
27:00
Seattle, and Merrill Kelly. And the Diamondbacks were right
27:02
with the Mets and the Reds and all those other teams fighting
27:05
for that last playoff spot after they sold everything.
27:08
So it's a you're accumulating A-Team that's like that.
27:10
And the Cardinals, when Arenado got traded over, they were kind
27:13
of like that. They were either just the first
27:14
team out or just the first team in a lot of those years.
27:16
And the Diamondbacks are kind of in that same trajectory.
27:18
Yeah, no, I think it's, I think it's huge.
27:20
I I love Nolan. Nolan is one of the nicest
27:23
people in the planet and is a phenomenal player and Yazzy
27:28
probably on the back end of his career, but he he still can give
27:31
you a lot of things that you can't quantify.
27:36
And I think with that young team and they've been close.
27:39
They have young talent, they they have bits and pieces of it.
27:44
And I think he's kind of gone through it and just the
27:47
leadership that he's going to bring in, just the way he
27:49
carries himself and how he goes about his business.
27:54
This is a great move for them. He was he wanted to get out of
28:00
the Cardinals just because they weren't doing anything.
28:03
And so I think this is this is a huge move for them.
28:07
All right, we got one story left.
28:09
And this one, I honestly only picked this one for you.
28:12
Jabba and Errol, I don't know if you're going to care about this,
28:14
but the Royals decided that they're moving in the fences at
28:18
Kauffman Stadium about 10 feet. So the Royals are going to keep
28:22
the center field at 410, but they're tapering.
28:25
They're tapering in the fences, starting in the power alleys
28:28
where it goes from 389 to 379. And it's going to continue on
28:32
that path about 9 to 10 feet shorter all the way to the
28:35
corners. But they're going to keep the
28:36
foul poles at 3:00. 30 They're going to lower this.
28:39
One second, I'll tell you why I'm going to get the code for
28:40
you. The height of the fence is also
28:43
being shortened from 10 feet to 8 1/2.
28:47
We want a neutral ballpark where if you hit the ball well, it
28:49
should be a home run. Royals general manager JJ
28:53
Piccolo said. The second they start feeling
28:55
like they can't get the ball out of the ballpark, they start
28:57
changing their swing. I watched it for years and years
29:00
and years, and I just felt like this is the time to try to push
29:03
it and see if everything we felt for however many years is
29:07
accurate. Speedy remember to be
29:09
fascinating. Speedy's a He's a Met fan.
29:11
Remember what happened in Citi Field?
29:14
Remember that with the Wilpons and what they were saying and
29:19
why they move, move the fences in.
29:23
This sounds just like that. Absolutely just like Citi Field.
29:28
When the when Citi Field was built and a lot of people, a lot
29:32
of players and the Wilpons were complaining about how how deep
29:36
the field was and if that's why there's no home runs and that's
29:40
why we have to bring the field. We got to bring the fences in.
29:43
This sounds just like that. Orioles did the same thing.
29:46
The Orioles did the same thing which definitely didn't help
29:49
their offense last year and Kansas City I guess is in dire
29:52
need of offense is how bad their team OPS was bottom 5 in
29:56
baseball last year combined with that with all their pitching.
29:58
And well, why are you doing it now when you're you just signed
30:01
a deal to move the stadium? It's a good question.
30:05
I guess they're maybe. They're trying to test out that
30:06
way of thinking. I don't know.
30:08
It doesn't make sense. None of it does.
30:11
As a pitcher, though, Jabba, like, doesn't this piss you off
30:14
a little bit? Like, I would be upset.
30:17
I loved. Pitching there like you, you
30:19
have you have fields in that are pitchers, ballparks and it just
30:27
they've done everything to hurt the pitcher in the game of
30:31
baseball. They shorten field, they lowered
30:34
the mound. What have they done for hitters?
30:38
They've made everything better. And so for us on that side of
30:42
the fence, literally and figuratively, it sucks because
30:47
now we don't have the Bob Gibson 15 inch mound that we can get
30:52
downhill and create velocity. Now it's shorter.
30:57
Now you're bringing fences in, you're lowering walls.
31:00
Well, I get you want the game to be sexier.
31:03
Understand it, but like it sucks for us as pitchers because
31:07
you're like, well damn, you're just making it easier for them
31:09
because if they miss hit something they they can kind of
31:11
get it out. I think the Royals should
31:13
pitching should be worried about their training staff at this
31:15
point. You had three key guys.
31:17
I. Mean that's that's a whole
31:19
nother topic, yeah. Maybe we'll cover that topic
31:23
next time on Inside Baseball. I will say this, when this
31:28
story, when you mention this story, it reminds me of the Mets
31:31
and the Wilpons and, and just the complaining at the end of
31:35
the first season, Citi Field was was was built and, and all the
31:40
players there was how many home runs hit in Citi Field.
31:43
I don't think the Mets had a guy that hit over 30 home runs that
31:45
year. And there was so many
31:47
complaints, so many complaints that they got to bring in the
31:50
fences. The James were complaining and
31:53
then the Wilpons complaining to the league that they got to
31:56
bring in the fences and how the league was going back and forth
31:59
with the Wilpons about bringing in the fences.
32:01
So that's what it reminds me of. Anyways, ladies and gentlemen, a
32:06
final segment of the night. What's that smell?
32:08
Hold up, what is that smell? What's right?
32:17
Wow, you don't see that everyday.
32:20
This makes my pecker hard. All right, ladies and gentlemen,
32:23
the final segment of the night, it's been a long 1 and I get a
32:26
chance to drive to Montreal for almost 7 hours.
32:29
So yay, ladies and gentlemen. All right, so this is how we're
32:34
going to do it. We're going to go.
32:35
We're going to go fish. We're going to go.
32:39
Let's bring Nathan. You want you want Nathan to do
32:41
this. Let's get Nathan.
32:44
There's no way Nathan has. What's that smell?
32:46
You have a What's that smell? I have anything all.
32:49
Right. Just just describe what what
32:51
what that smells like right now. What smells like shit?
32:55
I'm putting you on a leash now. Breaking news.
32:58
A lot of hot ladies. Breaking news.
33:00
Do you want the jerking off? All right, So what we're gonna
33:03
do is. I'll get I'll get something for
33:05
you guys for the next What's you smell?
33:06
I gotta go you. Do that, no.
33:08
That's what he's gonna do. He's gonna go whack off now.
33:11
Nope. Hey, Speedy's mom.
33:14
All right, All right, ladies and gentlemen, this is how we're
33:17
going to do it. We're going to go poops.
33:20
We're going to go fish. Speedy me here.
33:23
We. Go busy all day today.
33:24
Lick it and stick it I. Like that one?
33:27
That's a good one. Lick it and stick it.
33:28
All right, so I'm going to be talking.
33:30
About Glory pole. Something we somewhat covered
33:33
the other day on the show on Monday, but we talked about Trey
33:37
Young going over to Washington. He had his introduction already
33:40
and everybody remembers that on his introduction.
33:43
He talked about how we praised them, how he thinks that teams
33:46
overlooked. He thinks that he has a great
33:49
he's feeling real good about his new fresh start he has over
33:51
there. And now is today that it was
33:54
announced that he's going to be out all of the All Star break.
33:56
He's going to be pretty much coming back towards the end of
33:59
February. So hey, Trey Young's Trey Young
34:02
start over in Washington's already stopped pretty good.
34:05
Me and Fish were talking about it before the show actually
34:07
started. As a Knicks fan, we're not too.
34:09
We're not. We don't have too many, too much
34:11
skin off our back here. If anything, hey, let the guy
34:14
come back. Let him be an amazing player.
34:16
Yep, Fish. Isn't losing tears because.
34:19
Let him come back, do his thing, do whatever he has to do.
34:21
He's just going to be the reason as the Knicks get a great.
34:24
I love Lisan. Great first round pick next
34:27
year. So what is that smell like the
34:30
whole ordeal with? Trey Lulu.
34:32
And his whole being out and whatnot a well suck my Indo.
34:35
You got to be honest. It smells, according to the
34:38
ChatGPT, the smelliest thing in Washington robot, the potomic
34:41
robot, especially in the summer, which is very It smells like
34:46
hot, humid of the river, smell like rotting algae, sewage and
34:51
swamp. Water high ram view.
34:52
Especially near the low tide areas.
34:55
Thumb up my ass. And the riverbanks.
34:57
And it might smell like Nathan's thumb up his ass.
34:59
So. The moon smell.
35:01
Like so there we go. That's.
35:04
That's an interesting one, right?
35:06
There I knew to rope up. I couldn't believe this story
35:09
when I read it earlier today. So everyone knows a few.
35:12
What was it in this about a month ago?
35:15
Actually, NASCAR, long time NASCAR driver Greg Biffle and
35:21
his family died in a car in a plane crash, right?
35:25
And this is, you know, just one of the worst things that we can
35:28
hear about. Well, let's add something not
35:31
worse, but some insult to injury.
35:33
Apparently the Biffle residence, which has been secured for the
35:38
past couple of weeks since they died, was burglarized and
35:41
robbed. Guns and 30,000 in cash were
35:44
stolen as well as a backpack from the place.
35:48
They just cracked the safe and took it out because they're dead
35:51
and not going to be using the estate.
35:54
No arrests have been made and no one else was at home at the time
35:57
of the crimes. We're working the case.
35:59
We're are waiting on some digital evidence, The police
36:02
said. Well, I mean, there's low and
36:06
then there's lower than low. And what's lower than low,
36:09
That's hell. And I looked up what hell would
36:10
smell like on AI, and it says hell.
36:13
And this smells like hell. And this smells like burning
36:15
flesh, sulfur, death, decay, and putrid toxic fumes stemming from
36:22
biblical references to fire and brimstone as well as mystical
36:27
accounts of demonic encounters. Very specific.
36:34
Very specific. That's AI for you all.
36:37
Right, So I'll transition to, I don't know if you Java, I don't
36:40
know if you saw these all these memes about the colleges that
36:44
don't have state income tax. It started with UCF and I guess
36:48
they're using it as a recruiting tactic.
36:49
And a lot of the other schools that are in Texas, Mississippi,
36:52
I know Houston did it, North Texas did it.
36:54
They all have these memes and all these like exemplifying
36:56
things with the mascots, like they were branding one of the
36:59
players or something like that just because they, this is their
37:01
state. Politicians have no income tax.
37:03
By the way, Stanford had a funny counter to it too, because
37:05
obviously they're in California. They have a state income tax.
37:07
Like maybe you should be more educated and alert about tax or
37:10
something like that. That was one of their pitches,
37:12
but the meme may be a little overblown at this point.
37:15
Kind of exemplary. Be a little more creative for
37:18
all these other schools. It was fun while it lasted.
37:20
So what does it smell like? Well, there's two things we know
37:22
about in Orlando, one of which is Nick Goody, the other one of
37:25
which is Disney. So.
37:26
It smells like a duel between Nick Goody's Aliens versus
37:31
Stinky a bunch of Stinky Pete. 'S I love Lee Sam.
37:36
Toy Story, huh? Jabba, you have a What's that
37:39
smell? IA 100% and that was a nice
37:43
segue even though you didn't know.
37:45
I'm going to go on the theory. Get off my desk of the EMS
37:53
causing all of the San Francisco 49ers injuries.
37:58
Oh, I saw this. Yeah.
38:00
And how they think because their practice facility, the
38:05
electrical substantion near it, is causing them to be hurt more
38:10
than any other team in professional look like.
38:13
Specific tissue injuries. Too, Yes.
38:15
And it's to Achilles and knees. And so it's a theory it they
38:20
kind of debunked it. They haven't.
38:24
But it smells like there's some legitimacy to this because we've
38:28
seen it and we've seen their players succumb to it, so Goody
38:36
may be on to something, you know?
38:40
You mean ChatGPT? Well, that that too, yeah.
38:44
Goody goody goody chat. Chat goody.
38:47
PT AI GPT. Chat Goody PT.
38:51
Yeah. All right.
38:54
In my final watch that song. Speaking of San Francisco big
38:57
story. One day after his 21 day
39:00
practice window was open, San Francisco 49ers linebacker Fred
39:06
Warner made it clear Wednesday that he hasn't ruled out his
39:10
return at after fraction is dislocated right ankle.
39:15
He could play actually Saturday. He has made the announcement
39:19
today that he believes that there's a possibility he might
39:24
make an appearance in Saturday's game against the Seattle
39:27
Seahawks. If that happens, this might be a
39:30
completely different game. It might not be 100% Fred
39:33
Warner, but even if you get a 70% Fred Warner, you're getting
39:37
an important piece to your defense and a beast of a man in
39:41
the middle. So what does that smell like?
39:43
It smells like Seattle Seahawks dump.
39:47
If he's going to be sniffing it, I won't be sniffing anybodies
39:50
dump. But maybe the Seattle Seahawks
39:52
will be sniffing, you know, Mr. Fred Warners dump after he walks
39:57
out on the field on Saturday and surprise and shocks everybody
40:01
because. Speaking of walking, not Cooper,
40:03
Flag just walked to the locker room.
40:04
Yeah, so did. So did Jalen Brunson.
40:07
So it doesn't look good. We'll see what happens.
40:11
I don't know. They're saying they're saying
40:13
it's a leg injury, but we'll see.
40:15
It's probably. Definitely looked like Twisted
40:17
something. In the leg, probably an ankle.
40:20
It's an outrest of the games ankle.
40:22
Yeah, left ankle strain for the flag, Yeah.
40:25
It seems like it's always his ankle, so he's always had bad
40:28
ankles even when he came from Dallas.
40:30
That was a big problem over there.
40:31
So hopefully, and it's the Knicks don't rush him back.
40:34
If if it's a high ankle sprain, keep him out, let him rest.
40:38
They're they're fine at the point guard position right now
40:42
with the players that they have on their roster.
40:43
Thank you to all the fans out there, including our
40:47
handicappers, Wes and Reno Johnny for joining us, as they
40:50
always do for let's parlay giving us their picks.
40:53
They were horrible last week. They've actually been horrible.
40:57
They're actually horrible for the last two weeks, so hopefully
40:59
this week it's a slam dunk for them and they get back on the
41:02
winning ways for them because I know, I know Wes.
41:06
He'll probably jump off a bridge if he doesn't.
41:08
Want to go with Boko Undefeated because they're different on the
41:10
Bills Broncos game. That's true too.
41:12
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41:43
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41:47
It's definitely going to be a great one.
41:49
And guys, I'm going to be off to Montreal after the show.
41:54
It's something that I'm not looking forward to. 6 1/2 hours
41:58
and I'm going to try to go full through.
42:00
I don't know if I'm going to be able to.
42:02
I might have to stop at a couple of gas stations and maybe drink
42:05
a five hour, 5 hour juice or whatever the hell they're going
42:08
to give me, but she. And coming back Tuesday for next
42:11
week, right, Errol? Tuesday, I will be back on
42:14
Tuesday. We obviously Jabba knows
42:16
everybody who knows I'll be doing this.
42:18
Well, we'll be doing a show Tuesday and Thursdays, Tuesday
42:22
and Thursday next week. See how tired I am and I got to
42:25
drive in this. It's it's definitely going to be
42:27
crazy, but I have to Yeah, good luck is right.
42:30
I'll be on the phone with a lot of different people all over the
42:33
country keeping my eyes open, that's for damn sure.
42:36
While she miss Percy will be sleeping and enjoying her sleep.
42:40
So and I'm waiting for her because she's getting ready.
42:44
She dude, it took her five hours to get her nails done five hours
42:48
today to get her nails done. It's stupid.
42:51
It's absolutely stupid, but whatever we got through the
42:55
show. I'm very happy about that.
42:56
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