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Moves Are Coming · The 3-0 Take

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Speaking of spending time, I don't know if right off the top
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here, I don't know if Jordan Montgomery genuinely wants to
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spend another minute in this Arizona Diamondbacks mix because
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what a weird situation this is developed into.
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I mean, you can see it coming from a mile away once the the
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initial comments are made, which will obviously refresh you all
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if you're if you maybe forgot. But the latest and the reason
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we're we're sort of leading off with with Montgomery here is
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that the report, according to Jeff Hassan or Jeff Hassan, Jeff
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Hassan, I don't know where that came from, came out stating that
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the Diamondbacks were willing to eat some of the contract in
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order to maybe get this guy out of town.
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And just wanted to confirm real fast that contract. 22.5.
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Yep, 22.5 owed to him this year. Very good.
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Well, what's, what's the keyword?
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Some here, you know what I mean? Like some What are you willing
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to eat and what Jordan Montgomery are you going to get?
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That's what we don't know. I saw a take.
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I, I know we're starting off a segment with a take that I saw
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on social media. Maybe not the best the best
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source to go off of, but I saw something and it just made me
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go. Hmm, made me wonder a little
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bit. I saw somebody on the interwebs
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talking. About the WWE dots.
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Or throwing out the idea, rather, that the Diamondbacks
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would hit Jordan Montgomery with the Mad Bum treatment.
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Of just was. DFA just just DFA ING them and
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say we'll eat whatever we need to eat.
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That seems a bit extreme given that, like you said, if if you
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don't know which Jordan Montgomery you're going to get,
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that seems a little bit risky. With the, with the mad bum
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thing, it's like you, we kind of know you could see the right on
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the wall. You, you knew the direction, the
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trajectory of that career, the the final years that he had left
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there. You could you could see that
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that's where it was headed. But with Montgomery, I'm not, if
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I'm the Diamondbacks, I'm, I'm not willing to, to DFA the guy
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and say, well, well, I say that purely based off potential for
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performance. I'm not talking about the, the,
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the behind closed doors, the seemingly bad blood here that
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exists between the two parties. I know that plays a factor and
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possibly a bigger factor than maybe we're we're giving credit
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or giving credence to, but just just purely off of just just
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purely talking potential for talent.
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Cause again, late start to the season did not pan out well.
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Did not have a, a, a good season whatsoever.
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But if you get the Montgomery that was rightfully so, seeking
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a a pretty substantial contract prior to the 2024 season, then
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we're looking at something completely different.
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Yeah. Because if you get that Jordan
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Montgomery, you. Get the Rangers in the
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occasional Yankee. Jordan Montgomery, Yeah.
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And the Jordan Montgomery that felt he was so good that he
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could turn down. Playing in Boston, mind you.
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But that's a different story for a different day.
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Yeah, the, the 22 five is like it's a tough number because 22
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five is like I'm banking on you being a, a, a one or two in the
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rotation. I would say, I mean, probably
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two, yeah, 22, five isn't. That's a chunk of change for a
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lot of teams. That's a chunk of change.
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Now say, say he goes back to form.
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If I'm a Red Sox, Cubs, Mets and I'll give you 1 top 15 prospect
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and you eat and the Diamondbacks have to eat half that contract,
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why not? And he slots into the rotation
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as a back end guy for 11 million.
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That makes a lot more sense. If you're the Diamondbacks, say,
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all right, I'll pay $11 million for a top 15 prospect.
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That's kind of how you have to look at it.
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Maybe a big league ready guy, maybe a quadruple a guy as a
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kicker. That's interesting.
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There's a lot of teams that would do that.
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It just depends on how much the Diamondbacks are willing to eat.
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I don't know. The higher that prospect, the
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less money they're eating in mind.
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Sure, sure. The I mean I'm I'm.
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Higher ranking. Lower ranking.
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I I get what you're saying. You got.
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Me the the comments from Ken Kendrick, though, just I I can't
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shake those man where he'd called it.
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What did he say? It was the worst decision or a a
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terrible. Decision.
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One of the worst decisions. I mean, how do you say that I
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need to go? I want to go back and find this
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quote. It's a tough one.
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It's a tough pill to swallow. How in the world do you say that
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about a guy that has the potential to stick around in
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your franchise? Like this isn't a guy you kick
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to the curb. This isn't a guy that has been
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removed from baseball, hasn't seen a diamond in 5-6 years.
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Like he's yeah, he's not like. He's not 39, you know.
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He's quite literally here, right here in front of you.
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Yeah. It's a tough look.
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What did he say? It reminds me the old days,
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though I will say that it brings me back a little bit.
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That I'll, I'll, I'll give you, yeah.
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A little more candid, you know, where we actually like heard the
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the true feelings of someone that's in the front office,
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whether they're an owner, GM, whatever.
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Those days are dead. I miss those days.
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I want someone to be blunt, say what we're thinking.
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We've gotten to this era, this generation, where like, our
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fandom is better accurately describing the situation than
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the team Two politically correct.
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Be blunt. He said looking back in
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hindsight, a horrible decision to invest that money in a guy
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who performed as as poorly as he did.
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It's our biggest mistake this season from a talent standpoint.
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And I'm the perpetrator of that. I mean, that's that's
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Steinbrenner vibes. It is and not the current
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Steinbrenner. No, not that.
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No, George. In terms of, in terms of teams,
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though, you did you, you threw out the Mets and that was
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actually a team that I had written down.
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Because I mean, I, I don't have the career numbers or, or
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trajectories in front of me or data points, but a name that
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comes to mind that could maybe see a similar or that we've seen
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already have the outcome that the team was hoping for.
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Sean Maniah, If you have a guy like Jordan Montgomery, get into
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the Mets lab, figure some things out, start on time, have a, a, a
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normal length spring training. Because we're seeing more and
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more the, the necessity of that and the, the impact that that
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can have on a season, whether good or bad.
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If you can get the get in there in the Mets lab, we could be
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looking at sort of like a a Maniah turn around and and mind
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you, I I say this understanding that Jordan like this isn't a
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thing where Jordan Montgomery has gone like seasons without
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seeing success. We're only talking like a year
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ago. So I'm not I'm not I'm not
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saying that like Jordan Montgomery is like he's he's
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coming in on a wing and a prayer trying to figure things out for
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the for the remainder of his career, hoping he can stay in
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the league. But like you, you would hope
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that wherever he he ends up, that he's able to get in there,
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make some tweaks if necessary and and and get back on the
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horse. And I think the Mets could maybe
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be a team that does that. I also have the Rangers written
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down because I think a. Reunion.
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I mean, why? Why not it you you found success
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there? What Whatever you were
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incorporating, whatever you were implementing in terms of your
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approach, your mechanics obviously worked.
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And let's not forget that I think Jordan Montgomery is going
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to be rather motivated this year, having gone through the
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whole, the whole bore situation, having to deal with this Ken
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Kendrick nonsense. Like you want to be able to
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shake that stigma a little bit because the reality of it is, is
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whether or not you agree with Ken Kendrick, these things were
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said and this is sort of the narrow narrative slash storyline
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that's kind of following you around.
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It's a little bit of a stink. And I, I think for those reasons
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and, and probably more that Jordan Montgomery is going to
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want to come out and then reassert himself as a, you know,
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middle of the, a strong middle of the rotation option.
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Yeah, it's true. When you look at I'm just
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looking through like free agent starting pitchers and like price
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wise, I is it realistic? Say the Diamondbacks lead half.
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Is that crazy? That's probably, that's probably
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the expectation. They're not, they're not eating
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the whole. I mean, of course you get if you
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get into like DFA waters, we're talking different things.
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But if they, if they were like, hey, we found a suitor, we're
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willing to to eat fill in the blank.
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I think the number that you can fill in there is probably have
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like that's, that's probably a fair.
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Expectation like for $11 million, it's a year.
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It's not like you're committing multiple years to this.
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It's one year, that's it set to be a free agent next year.
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So when you go down the list of free agents, you get a 40 year
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old Max Scherzer that's going to be more than 11,000,000 anyway.
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Verlander 41 you're, you're, if you're not putting this
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conversation in the Patrick Corbin conversation, I, I think
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Patrick Corbin's 35, Jordan Montgomery's 32 right?
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So I would say, all right, that's fair.
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Charlie Morton 41, I think Nathan Ievaldi is going to get
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multiple years. So that's not happening.
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Frankie Montas maybe fits into that same category.
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So see what they're projecting. So Frankie Montas had 16,000,000
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AAV on his last contract. I think that goes down.
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You're in that category of like you're, you're taking a risk.
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These are names you're going to take a risk with, right?
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I think Sean and I earned himself multiple years on his
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next contract. Shane Bieber, I think it's more
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than 11 and a half million. Flaherty's more than that,
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probably multiple years, Jose Quintana older than that.
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So like overall there could be a lot of reward here and there's
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not a a lot of names free agent wise that you could get a one
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year deal of that dollar amount in my mind.
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That's fair. Yeah.
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I I. Would with that high of a
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ceiling, you know what I'm saying with that, with that
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like, like that potential attached to it.
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I think a lot of those names I mentioned, you know who they are
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and you're not willing to to risk that.
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But again, like if you get that Jordan Montgomery who is with
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the Rangers, then you get someone who's at times can be
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dominant and he's filling in a spot in your rotation at the
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4-5. He's eating 140 innings and
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giving you some quality starts. Like for 11,000,000 bucks in the
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top 20 prospect, maybe maybe 2 prospects.
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That ain't that bad. That ain't that bad.
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Could also look at like your own team and say here's a, you know,
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here's a we want to offload a little bit of money and send
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that back to Arizona. I don't know what Arizona is
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like. I don't know what the
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Diamondbacks are really needing as far as spots go.
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But ultimately though, we we can pretty much assume that he will
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not be starting for the Diamondbacks in 2025, correct?
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I mean that that's a fair assumption.
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You, you just don't, you just don't come back from this.
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I'm not saying that you can't, you can't, you know, gentleman's
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handshake, you know, kind of talk things through and and come
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to a sort of a resolution. But like that he he wasn't
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talking about the way the guy dresses.
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Like he quite literally said that this was one of the worst
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decisions he had made. That's even even if you're able
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to reconcile that. I just don't know if I want to
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be a part of that organization anymore.
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I agree. If you're the Red Sox, I think
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you go and get this done. There were rumors attached last
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sawseason to him. I'd rather not, honestly.
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Like I, I know I've, I've made jokes about it, but the whole
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like not wanting to pitch for the Red Sox because he wanted to
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win thing. Like I can respect it, but I'm
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all like, I'm a little like, I'm a little petty and I'm like, you
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know, I don't, I don't, I don't want that mindset.
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I don't like, I don't want that mentality from that particular
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individual coming back to Boston and, or I should say coming to
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Boston. And more importantly, I, I think
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hopefully the Red Sox have their eyes on bigger prizes in terms
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of specifically pitching. Like I, I know that somehow
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they've been linked to Juan Soto.
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They've they've got a meeting set up.
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I'm not talking about offensively, but I'm saying on
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a, from a pitching standpoint, they know that that's a weakness
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right now and that they need to shore that rotation up a little
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bit. And so I don't, I don't even
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want to settle for a guy like Jordan Montgomery.
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I would rather set my sights on some of these bigger names, like
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a Max Freed who we talked about who I think would be a much
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better outfit for the team. Anyway.
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Fair. Speaking of Max Freed, let's,
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let's talk. And at least here, Alec Bohm
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reported that Alec Bohm is on the trading block.
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What? Was the quote.
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It was like we're shaking things up, shaking our roster up a
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little bit, something like that. Jeff Passan might get that
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right. I Jeff, forgive me.
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I don't know why I called you Pasan.
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I've never said that. We've been doing this for years,
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and I don't think I've ever said Pasan.
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I apologize, Jeff. My bad.
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Jeff Passan, Alec Bohm Third baseman Coming off a career best
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season, the 20 year old Bohm nonetheless finds himself on the
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trade block. While he was a well above
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average hitter. Slash 280-330-2448 with 61 extra
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base hits, his first half OPS was nearly 150 points higher
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than in the second-half. And the Phillies are looking to
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shake up their team after disappointing postseason ouster
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by the Mets. That's a weird way to phrase it.
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And I saw a lot of the people in agreement there.
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They're like, just just because the the postseason didn't go the
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way you wanted to and like, I'll be it against the Mets.
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I, I understand maybe the frustration added on by the fact
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that it was the Mets. It, it just doesn't make sense
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to me that you would part ways with the guy like this who I
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feel like, yeah, he's had his ups and downs, but he's had his
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moments of redemption. And I feel like all things
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considered, that the fan base has has gotten to a point where
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they've latched on to him and. He's he kind of seems like a fan
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favorite to me, yeah. And he, he show, he's shown you
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that he has offensive tools that that you can definitely work
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with and that you would, I would imagine want in your lineup
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night in and night out. So it's like, why are we here?
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And we'll, we'll touch on the Bregman thing, but it's like,
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why are we hearing, you know, clamorings for, for Bregman to
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Philly when it's like. You have a guy that still has
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some control. He's not even.
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How old is he? 28 he's got two more years of
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control and you're not going to you're not going to have to come
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close to that Bregman price tag and you can like your, your team
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is ready to win right now. So you can allocate that money
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or, or you can, you know, instead of trading Bohm, signing
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Bregman and, and handcuffing yourself to that extent, why not
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just keep the guy that you have for two, two additional years
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who again, seems like a fan favorite, But maybe there's
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Phillies fans that disagree. And then you can you can maybe
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make some additions elsewhere to to shore up any holes around
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your. Your it seems.
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It seems like it's it's. Short sighted is what it.
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Seems like it's not a hole and it's so the way Dombrowski
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operates though, like he's going to, he's going to Max out the
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credit cards and and do what he can to win now.
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And I mean, don't get me wrong, do I believe Alex Bregman right
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now is an upgrade from Alec Bom? Yes, but.
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Can I share some numbers with you?
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Sure. Oh, finish that thought.
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Finish that thought. But I just I like you said
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Control fan favorite can play the corners, He can play first
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base when Bryce Harper's DH ING. So you give him those half day
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offs. Like it's just odd to me.
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It's odd to me. I feel like they need a little
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bit more depth in the rotation. I feel like they could probably
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use another bat. Bregman did come out and say
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that he's willing to play second too.
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I don't know. Yeah.
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I like bum. I I've always liked bum so I
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don't know well. I mean, I, I know it was a
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little fuzzy there when the whole like I hated here or like,
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but that, I mean, at that point that was, yeah, that was at this
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point, that was years ago. People got over it.
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And like, it's understandable, man.
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Playing in Philly can't exactly be fun all the time.
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Like, I get it. People like when, when things
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are going well, Philly's great. Nobody's got your back better
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than Philly fans. I I understand that.
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But when things are going poorly, like they literally made
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a mini doc about the whole Trey Turner redemption story like
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that shows you how bad things can get If things aren't going
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well. And, and you know, whether it's
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a team from a team perspective or an individual player
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perspective, like it, it probably gets pretty miserable
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there. But like I said, I think I, I
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feel like most people got over that and that he's sort of
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endeared himself to the fans. But those numbers that I was
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going to mention, I saw I saw a graphic earlier and I snagged it
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so I wouldn't forget it. Alec Baum versus Alex Bregman
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dating back to 2023. I mean, I won't read you every
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single number here, but essentially over those two you
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over that two year span, Bregman has 314 hits to Baum's 308.
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Bregman has 51 homers to Bohm's 35.
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Bohm has 194. RB is to Bregman's 173.
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Bohm hit 277 to Bregman's 261. Bregman.
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Oh I'm sorry, the slash. Bohm went 277-320-9442 and
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Bregman went 261-340-1446 and then the OPS.
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Bohm was 112 or OPS plus. Excuse me 112 to Bregman's 120.
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So like. There's not enough of a gap.
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That's what I'm saying. That's what I'm saying.
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Especially, I mean, I like Bryson stock too, but especially
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if Bregman's willing to play second.
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If you're telling me keep two out of three between Stop Bohm
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and Bregman, I'm I'm taking Bregman and Baum.
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Scott is the odd man out there for me.
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That's fair, yeah. Do we feel like that whole
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Bregman thing is sort of like a last resort thing if it means
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something working out? Because I would adventure say
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he, he, he would probably hesitate to move to second.
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He he would do it. It sounds like that.
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I mean, that's the report that came out.
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He would be willing to move to 2nd, but I have to assume that
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that's the type of guy that would want to stick it third if
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at all possible. You think it's one of those
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conversations that just like trying to earn just that a few
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extra bucks or get a couple more people into the a couple more
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teams in the conversation to raise the price.
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Yeah. I mean, I at the end of the day,
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I, I don't see Bregman at least in the next just call it the end
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until Bom's a free agent. I don't, I don't see in the next
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two years, I don't see Bregman moving to 2nd.
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What other suitors do you have for him for BOM?
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Like where? Where would you?
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Where could you see BOM going if they do move on?
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I mean, we're talking about this Bregman thing I've seen
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essentially. I mean it it obviously would be
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yeah, it's not like a one for one in terms of a transaction.
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But like, yeah, I could see a boom to Houston and Bregman to
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Philly if that's what ends up happening.
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But I don't know, like I feel like I see Bregman saying put in
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Houston, I don't feel yeah, I just don't feel great about the
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breadth of suitors for him. And just with his, you know,
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with his connection to to that team and his back story there,
26:35
that could be hard to harder to ship him out than than anybody
26:41
else if you're the Astros. Well, minus Altuve, but.
26:49
Say the Phillies miss out on on Bregman, would you do a deal for
26:58
Arnotto? If you're the Phillies, send
27:01
Balm and something else there. How old?
27:04
'S arnotto at this point. 3433. 33.
27:18
Make the Cardinals eat some of that.
27:19
He'll be 34 in April. The Rockies are eating a lot of
27:23
it still, but. True.
27:28
Yeah, well, I'm, I'm personally, I'm never going to say no to a
27:31
guy like Nolan. I know, but.
27:35
Does that make sense? I don't know.
27:41
I. Don't know if it makes a ton of
27:45
sense for Cardinals to do that. It feels like Arnotto's being
27:50
shopped to get Jordan Walker back to 3rd and let Jordan
27:55
Walker just kind of move into what the Cardinals expect him to
28:01
be. He's not a right fielder.
28:04
It's been bad. You're saying sorry, you're
28:10
saying Nolan Arnotto's being shopped.
28:13
Yeah, I think, I think. The for the purpose, for the
28:16
purpose of Jordan Walker, Yeah, yeah.
28:19
Yeah. So, you know, if you're if if
28:22
you're the Phils, I mean, I'm going to go ahead and just say
28:28
last year was AI. Don't think that's the real
28:35
Nolan. I don't think that's the Nolan
28:41
at this stage in his career. Does he end up like that on a
28:45
more consistent basis? Maybe in a few years, sure, But
28:49
I don't think we've reached that point yet.
28:52
Last year he had 16 homers, hit 272 with an OPS of 719 League
28:57
average with OPS plus at one O 1.
29:00
Going back to the Phillies, I think this is just a weird thing
29:03
to say pre potential Bregman signing.
29:08
Now do you sign Bregman and then start shopping?
29:10
Boom, sure, it's just a weird thing to come out and say
29:19
putting all your eggs in the Bregman basket.
29:22
If you don't get him now you just have a pissed off player
29:27
who the fans seem to like. I could.
29:32
I think you and I are right about that.
29:34
We could be wrong. Phillies fans, if you're in the
29:37
chat let us know. But like, I don't know if
29:43
there's anything wrong with that relationship.
29:46
I don't know, though, maybe, and I'm not saying they're, they're
29:49
intentionally trying to push his buttons, but with the with the
29:53
way that his early career has gone in Philly, he I feel like
29:56
he's grown a little bit and I don't know, like maybe this does
30:02
push the right buttons. If they don't, if they don't get
30:05
Bregman, if he's the, if he's the starting third baseman for
30:08
the Philadelphia Phillies in 2025, I I could potentially see
30:14
him responding to this actually surprisingly well.
30:17
Like you might you. I mean, yeah, you may.
30:20
Like you said, you may have a pissed off bone, but maybe
30:24
that's a good thing. How about Toronto?
30:35
They've been hurting a little bit at their base.
30:43
I mean, I I'd probably put to again, if the Bregman thing
30:46
doesn't pan out, I would. I probably put Houston at the
30:50
top of the list, but because there's something to be desired
30:56
there with Boom. Yeah, yeah.
30:58
I like him. I think there's I think there's
31:00
a lot of potential. He's young, controlled.
31:03
It's odd. Can play first base.
31:04
Yeah, has shown at times. I mean he's he led the league in
31:08
hitting for that was a better part of two months.
31:12
Yeah, at the very least, like a month, month and a half.
31:15
Yeah. I mean, he was.
31:16
So you know what's in there. He was tearing it up.
31:19
That's what I'm saying. I I think as he matures, as he
31:22
gets more experience under his belt, like I, I just hope for
31:27
the Phillies sake that they don't regret this decision.
31:32
Because I feel like we're potentially on the brink of
31:36
something big with a guy like Bone.
31:38
And I would just hate for them to to be kicking themselves
31:42
after the fact if he ends up elsewhere.
31:46
Yeah, Speaking of ending up somewhere elsewhere, Tropicana
31:51
Field, not in great shape, in case you heard, just got
31:57
shredded by Hurricane Milton. And the Rays, it was announced
32:01
today, will be playing their home games in the actual Tampa,
32:13
in the actual city of Tampa, at George M Steinbrenner Field,
32:21
spring training home of the New York Yankees.
32:26
Weird, Really weird. There's what they can't get.
32:29
They can't get it repaired in time.
32:33
It's either that or the Rays are just not willing to fork over
32:37
that money all at once. You know, because it it would,
32:40
it would run them about 56 mil to replace to, to make those
32:45
repairs. Yeah, 56 mil.
32:48
Well, you got to make them. What do you, what else are they
32:51
going to do? They're going to play at
32:52
Steinbrenner Field the whole year.
32:56
That's the plan. Yeah, I thought it was just home
32:58
opener. No dude, this is the whole
33:01
season. This is their home game.
33:03
Like why was? There a whole why would?
33:06
They Where did you hear one home opener game?
33:09
I I thought it was like the opening, like their opening
33:11
series. Yeah, the construction crews
33:15
like, hey guys, we can do like we can have this thing ready by
33:20
like April 3rd, but those few days before, like that open
33:25
series, you're gonna have to figure it.
33:27
Out like a 10 day road trip after the open you're gonna.
33:30
Have to figure it out. April 3rd is the the best we can
33:33
do. That's best case and and that's
33:34
if we sign the papers right now, no, but it'll be they'll.
33:38
Be ready. They'll be, yeah.
33:42
Dang, three games versus 81 games.
33:46
Yeah, the the repair should be ready by 2026 is what they're
33:50
saying. Wild Yanks are getting
33:57
15,000,000 bucks. Stupid.
34:02
Absolutely stupid. Why?
34:03
I think it's a good amount. I just.
34:10
How if you're listening to this, raise payroll by 15,000,000 this
34:14
year just cause of that, you know, be willing to be willing
34:17
to fork over some some cash this offseason thanks to the Rays.
34:25
Well, stupid. Yet another team being
34:29
displaced. So we're going to have what,
34:31
Sacramento A's? We're going to have the
34:33
Steinbrenner Rays. No, no, no, no, no.
34:36
We're not going to have the Sacramento A's.
34:38
It's just the A's. Right.
34:40
But they're going to they're going to be in Sacramento
34:42
playing at a different field and then you're going to have the
34:45
Steinbrenner raise. That's got to be insane, dude.
34:52
Well I mean it is basically a Yankees home game whenever they
34:57
play Yankees in Tampa, so might as well just move it to the
35:03
Yankees facility. This is so weird.
35:06
Ryan Yeah, what is Major League Baseball in 2025?
35:09
I don't understand. Ryan Spader on Twitter said the
35:11
Rays average 16,515 fans per game in 2024.
35:16
Simon Renner Field has a Max capacity of 11,000 and 26
35:20
sellouts are coming to Tampa. Hello.
35:24
On that note, and I was thinking about this earlier, on that
35:27
note, can we normalize? I mean, it's, I know it's not
35:32
something you can just flip a switch on overnight, but like
35:37
moving forward, and I know this, I know this isn't going to
35:40
happen. So I don't even know why I'm
35:41
saying this. But can like can smaller venues
35:44
become more of the norm? Like there's.
35:47
Something. There's something just more more
35:50
intimate. More intimate.
35:52
Yes, that's the word I'm looking for.
35:54
There's something more intimate. I, I was looking around at some,
35:58
some attendance numbers or capacity numbers I should say.
36:02
And I think the number, the number that I settled on just
36:08
based on one, the, the stadiums that I've been to like
36:13
personally that are, are comparable.
36:16
And two, just, you know, seeing the games from afar, seeing the
36:22
games on TV and, and sort of getting a feel for it that way.
36:26
I feel like the number that I capped my ideal venue at was
36:34
like, I would go like 38. 38,030.
36:47
Like no more than 38. Where does?
36:52
Fenway Hold 28. No.
36:55
Fenway is 37. Kaufman is 37.
37:00
Basically 38 targets 38 five Loan Depot's 37 Progressive the
37:07
smallest field in baseball 34 It's.
37:10
Kind of weird that Kaufman holds that that few Yeah in such a big
37:15
ballpark. But like 38 seems like a A.
37:20
That's a sweet spot. Because I get tired of watching
37:22
base and I understand it's a business, but like I just get
37:24
tired of watching baseball games where like the upper bowls are
37:27
like completely empty. Like you're not going to make
37:31
that money anyway. So like at least at least go for
37:34
the sell out experience, you know, create a little bit of
37:37
demand there. There's probably probably a
37:38
little old business lesson to be learned there.
37:43
I don't know, I'm not a businessman, but like 38 seems
37:46
like a good number. Yeah, the Rays still can't get
37:50
there. No.
37:52
Yeah, even if it was 38. Maybe that is actually in Tampa.
37:56
This will help, but good stuff, good stuff.
38:03
Tampa Bay Rays. I don't even know if they're
38:05
going to be getting sellouts at 11,000 though.
38:11
Because when are when are they leaving?
38:12
When is the when's the lease up the Tropicana?
38:17
What is that 20 The 2020? 8 So are they just?
38:28
This is a bad. This is a bad day to look that
38:30
up because every result is. True, I'm understanding.
38:34
Are I wonder if they're just you like refusing to make this
38:38
repair and using it as like leverage to get out of this
38:46
lease sooner? Opening day 2028.
38:56
Yeah, I was right. That's when it ends.
39:01
No, like opening day, 2028 will be in the new park.
39:06
Gotcha. But yeah, that's a valid
39:08
thought. That whole situation's weird
39:10
anyway. It's like the Rays have to know
39:12
that their stadium sucks. And why are we getting this like
39:17
a month after the hurricane, maybe more?
39:21
It's been a while. Yeah, maybe if maybe if we would
39:26
have found this out couple weeks ago, these construction crews
39:29
maybe could have bumped up that April 3rd timeline like hey, we
39:33
can't don't worry about finding a home for opening weekend.
39:37
We we got you covered. Yeah, I don't know.
39:49
Me neither. Is that it?
39:53
That's all we got. Just.
39:54
A couple more items here. Super quick, Travis.
39:57
Darn, no. This is a crazy time to use
40:06
this. This is wild.
40:15
Signed A2 year, $12 million contract with the Los Angeles
40:22
Angels. Two years. $12 million.
40:28
So the Darnell era in Atlanta has come to an end.
40:36
I'm going to go ahead and say this is just, you know,
40:39
protecting Logan O Hoppy Hoppy. I think he's probably a top ten
40:47
catcher in baseball at this moment right meow.
40:52
Maybe get him off his feet a little bit.
40:55
Worst case scenario, someone at the deadline needs a veteran
41:00
catcher to be filled. It's a budget move.
41:03
Trade him on over. Not bad.
41:09
Not a bad pickup. Mindy, this is the angels.
41:14
What 3rd move I believe thus far maybe, maybe one other minor
41:20
like smaller deal, but they've added Kyle Hendricks as we I
41:24
believe we covered briefly and then also Jorge Solaire.
41:28
Sneaky move Jorge Solaire, very under the radar.
41:32
I agree. And lastly here, the Silver
41:36
Sluggers were announced earlier this week.
41:40
No, no sense in going through all of them by name, but just a
41:43
couple takeaways. 14 teams had at least one Silver Slugger
41:49
winner, 7 first time winners, and two players took home their
41:56
7th Silver Slugger. Do you know the two players
41:59
putting it on the spot here? Two players that took home their
42:02
7th. 7th I was I was shocked at one of them.
42:12
The other one I it made sense. I mean, they both make sense,
42:14
but the one I I I'm like man, I'm old.
42:19
I am old if. That's the case.
42:25
There's 7th. Again, completely put you on the
42:30
spot. Here Jose Ramirez?
42:35
Nope. Although I think he was up
42:42
there, he was. He got like 5-6.
42:50
Lindor. 5th time, yeah, no, it the one the one that I was less
42:58
surprised about Jose Altubey, like that makes sense.
43:05
But the one that surprised me, 7 Mookie Betts, and not because I
43:10
don't think he's capable of of earning heck, a dozen silver
43:15
Sluggers. That's not the point.
43:16
I'm just like, my goodness, this man has been not just that, but
43:22
he's been dominant for a minute now.
43:25
At this point, I'm just like my good.
43:27
Where does the time go? Unbelievable.
43:30
Hard to believe it's he's he's not 7 already.
43:35
So yeah, I think. What?
43:36
What did he go in as? Right fielder.
43:40
Yeah, or no utility, utility. That's unfair to the rest of the
43:47
utility guys, I feel like. Yeah, it's an easy one.
43:51
Well, easy dub. Mind you, he was the Dodgers
43:56
forever. Everyday permanent shortstop,
44:01
temporarily no matter what for the time being until we change
44:05
our mind. But don't count on it.
44:07
But there's the possibility. And and we're going to change
44:11
our mind again and move him back.
44:12
And he's coming back. Yeah.
44:15
But it's possible he may say time will tell.
44:17
Don't know, but count on it. I don't.
44:21
Yeah. That's that's the state of the
44:24
personnel situation in in LA. But they're they're not worried
44:29
about that whatsoever. The next award we got on deck,
44:33
what are the, what is the next award?
44:37
Would that be the Cy Young? Rolaid's reliever of the year.
44:43
Or no, maybe Rookie of the Year. Possibly Rookie of the Year will
44:50
be November 18th, Manners of the year November 19th, MVP November
44:56
21st and or I'm, I'm sorry, Cy Young November 20th and then MVP
45:01
November 21st. So Next up we got the Rookies of
45:08
the Year. Who do you got for that?
45:13
Do you remember who have what? Who like who did I predict or?
45:19
Yeah, from hot takes. Let's see here, let's pull out
45:25
the old handy dandy graphic. I know I didn't get it right, I
45:33
can tell you that. Much.
45:36
Yeah, me neither. Good guess is looking back on
45:41
it. What?
45:42
What did I? What did I go with?
45:44
I don't know what you went with. I had Wyatt Langford and Junghoo
45:47
Lee. I doubled down.
45:54
On that dude, the photo apps. The photo apps with the iPhone
45:58
updates sucks. I can't figure anything out.
46:01
How do I get to my favorites? Oh yeah, those are gone.
46:07
They don't exist anymore. No, they exist, but no.
46:10
Apple said no. What is happening?
46:15
Apple said good luck. Scroll back to Here We Go,
46:20
February. Yeah, I got it.
46:22
Rookies. A year for me, Evan Carter and
46:26
Yoshinobu Yamamoto. Injuries plagued them both.
46:37
What can I say? Pretty sure it's going to be
46:40
Jackson, Merrill and the AL. The AL is interesting.
46:49
I don't know. Well, no, soon enough.
46:55
And then last closing thought here, did you by chance see that
46:59
WFAN is about to pick up Dave Sims, friend of the pod, former
47:05
guest really, to replace John Sterling?
47:09
Did you see this? No.
47:11
Yeah, news came out. Actually, it makes sense.
47:14
I think you were wrapping up work today, but news came out
47:17
not too long ago. It said that they're closing in
47:19
on making him their new guy. Oh.
47:21
My. And that would be the Yankees if
47:25
you're unfamiliar with. Dave Sims, true professional,
47:29
that man knows what he'd be doing.
47:33
Some legendary calls I will say, and as I mentioned, former
47:37
guests on this on this podcast, so no big deal.
47:40
Go back and check it out. It's a good that was a good
47:42
interview. That's excellent.
47:44
I like that, really like that. Wonder how he's going to do with
47:50
Susan. Him and Susan together.
47:54
Seems like, I mean, he's a personable guy.
47:56
He's yeah, he'll he'll fit in just fine there.
48:01
Yeah. And he love, if you remember, he
48:03
loves telling his stories. And yeah, he's a he loves
48:06
baseball. So you give him a platform like
48:09
the Yankees or or I guess a franchise, I should say.
48:13
You give him a franchise like the Yankees where he can just.
48:15
He'll have to work with. Nerd out about stories and
48:19
connections he's got. He's going to love that he's
48:21
going to. That's a good fit.
48:23
I like him there. Well, I don't like that he's
48:26
there, but by by society, I think it's a good fit.
48:31
Sweet. It's all I got.
48:35
Good stuff everybody have a good weekend.
48:39
Let's get after it. I'm going to make some homemade
48:42
pizza tonight. Try again.
48:46
I got that thing, that shovel thing, so I can spin it in
48:51
there. You know what I'm talking about.
48:54
Oh yeah, as long as you don't light it on fire this time.
48:57
I. Forget what they call it.
48:59
I ordered it on Amazon. Call it something else.
49:03
It's a weird word. It's a word you wouldn't expect.
49:10
Peel. It's a pizza peel.
49:12
Pizza Peel P EE. L Anyway, updates later.
49:21
Don't go chasing curveballs. Love you all as always, looking
49:24
forward to talking more baseball with you guys soon.
49:26
Until next time, stay filthy.