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When Will Bregman and Alonso Sign? · The 3-0 Take

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afternooners. I like this, I got to be honest.
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I'm I'm a big fan, big fan of this Sunday afternoon pods.
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It's delightful, It's delightful.
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You get, you get me on a Monday night.
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And Thursday I'm pretty checked out from everything.
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little bit. We're usually buzzing a little
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knock those. But yeah, these these Sunday
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afternoon and we're bringing we're bringing it to you folks
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before the football action, like there was some intentionality
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here to get this pod in because we know that while you all
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probably love your baseball, that, you know, like me and like
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So we're we're going to get you in and out of here before the
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games get here. So let's let's just let's dive
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right into it. Jerks and Profar.
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We're going to the I think the the meat of this episode is
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going to focus around Pete Alonzo, Alex Bregman.
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What are we waiting for? Kind of kind of deal here, but a
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name that has signed a team that did something.
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It's about time the Atlanta Braves showed up to the party.
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They said, yeah, we'll we'll go ahead and take jerks on Profar.
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A three-year, $42 million contract.
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This is a deal. I will say that is it fair to
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say, like it could really go either way, Like you don't like,
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it's kind of what I was like. This could pan out very well for
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the Braves, but it also could maybe age a little less than
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gracefully, we'll say. Like, is that, is that fair to
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say? It's definitely fair to say it's
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definitely, this makes me feel like in hindsight's 2020.
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So like if we were to go back in time, and I'm sorry if I relate
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this to Yankee contracts or players too often, but this is
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kind of where my mind goes. And hopefully this is a decent
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correlation or comparison for a lot of you.
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I'm thinking like DJ Lemahieu, you know what I mean?
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Like getting into end of peak years, coming off a really good
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season. You don't know.
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You don't know, you know what I mean?
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Like you could you could be in baseball jail by the end of this
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contract. I mean, it is three years that
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that's what we have to keep in mind here.
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It is only three years. And that's why, that's why I'm
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saying I'm not, I'm not stressed about this for the on behalf of
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the Braves, I'm not. That's why it's like the
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Lemahieu contract because it was like, you know, they just did a
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three-year deal and or four year deal and then now like look at
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them. It's it's like, wow, I guess we
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got to see what he has in spring training, you know, so is it
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going to be something similar for pro far But anyway.
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It's not going to torpedo the franchise, is what I'm saying.
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Not, not at all, but. In terms of, of, of what he
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brings to the table as a player, as a personality, I think he's
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going to fit in excellently with the Braves.
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Like this is this is like if he's not, if he's not sticking
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around in San Diego, which I thought I think a lot of Padres
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fans were holding out hope that the longer this offseason went
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that maybe there's a chance they could bring their guy back.
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Because who I mean, who in San Diego didn't like jerks and pro
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far if if he's not able to to stay put there to to kind of
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stay at home with with the Padres.
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I think this is one of if not the next best option for him in
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terms of environments that I think he will he will genuinely
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thrive in. I agree, because just think
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about the personalities that the Braves have rolled out there,
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even just in the last three to four years.
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Like I, I think this would be a good fit for him.
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And I think if an environment, if, if he's the type of player
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that responds to the environment that he's in, I think this would
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lend you or this would lead you rather to think that this
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contract could age a little better than than not.
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Because he's he's in a place where he's going to be able to
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be himself. He's going to be in a place
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where the people around the, the players, the the personnel, the
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staff around him are going to encourage that.
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And the fans are going to eat it up because, like I said, they've
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done so for the last three to four years with the different
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names that they've rolled out there.
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So this is going to be nothing new to them, but it's going to
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be something that's familiar to the fans and something that,
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again, I think they're going to love so. 100% dude, they've
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needed a left fielder and he doesn't have to be a dude there.
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Much like, you know, for the Padres, it's like a in this
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weird tier of like you're above a role player, but you're not a,
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you know, like a relied upon star who gives me like a fan
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favorite Eddie Rosario kind of vibe, right?
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Like someone who just kind of has some memorable moments with
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the franchise and potentially comes up clutch in in those big
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moments. And he's beloved by all.
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And then you can it helps you kind of look past the, you know,
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league average or below league average in some statistical
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categories of this player. That's kind of what it feels
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like. But you're right, man, like
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culture wise, hard to imagine a better fit outside of the
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Padres. You know, to to go to where you
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can immediately slide in and and not to be weird, but like, you
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know, it is. It is like a cultural thing
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when. You get weird man.
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With other Latin guys, you know what I mean?
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Like when you're with other ball players that that have a similar
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playing style to you and you know, when you're talking to
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Cunha and you're talking Ozzy, Alby's in in a Zuna and like,
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that's a natural perfect fit in my mind.
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Dude, tell me that's not going to be one of the most forget,
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like forget output, forget what you're going to get out of them
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in terms of numbers. Like if we're just looking at a
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fun, a fun outfield, find me an outfield that's going to be
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that's going to have more fun than Acuna, Michael Harris and
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Jerks and Profar. Exactly.
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I mean, what are we? What are we doing here?
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And I Yeah. Yeah.
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And you know what, it kind of brought me back to I totally
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forgot that Kellnick was there. So like adding a little bit of
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I, I think I love competition. I'm in that category.
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I'll always be in that category. Competition brings out the best
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in in guys and you know, it's not like Kelnick has like hit
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cruise control by any means, but like we're also at that point
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where like, what are you going to like, are you going to live
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up to the potential? Are you going to live up to the
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hype? You know, we we saw this like,
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you know, stint in Seattle where it didn't really get the best
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out of you. And then, you know, the Braves,
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we saw flashes, but like it hasn't really shown up.
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So does the, you know, added. Who am I kidding?
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Profar starting over him. Profar is getting the time.
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Yeah, and and the thing you have to keep in mind with Profar too,
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is this guy is he is prone to big moments, whether or not he
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ends up being the superstar that the that you would hope not OK,
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superstar, the upper tier star that you would hope that he is.
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If you're a Braves fan, at the very least you can pretty much
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if you're a betting, if you're a betting man, a betting woman, go
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ahead and put your money on the fact that jerks And Profar
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assuming this Braves team is going to bounce back from from
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last year, struggles with with injuries and just constantly
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playing from behind. It seemed assuming they're going
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to be back in the picture this year.
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Go ahead. Put your money on jerks and
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Profar having his face at the center of some big big moments
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whether it's regular season or or potential post season
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scenarios because this guy just seems to show up in in more
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meaningful moments. You need them.
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And for Braves fans in the chat hanging out with us, like you,
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you're very familiar with these, these role players that that
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just come up huge and they're immortalized for that year or
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that era or that window that that, you know, the Braves are
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currently in. Yeah, dude, I, I continue to
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look back to last year and just, and just say it's a fluke.
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You know, the amount of injuries.
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And I get it. Every team has injuries.
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But like to the top players in your roster, like it's, it's
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hard to overcome some of those. So I, I called a wash dude.
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Like I'm not even if I'm a Braves fan, I'm not even
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stressing it. And I think there was probably
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some frustration with like lack of movement this offseason, but
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you got to remember that like, you're not you're not needing a
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ton to go right back where you were.
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Now, if we're going to talk about comparing you to a
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Dodger's roster, I think we can have that conversation with
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every team. Like, no, you're not as deep,
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but you're starting nine and you and your rotation, you know,
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I'll, I'll put that up against almost anything, any other team
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in the league. So you immediately step back in
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as like a another big threat to the NL East.
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And Profar just gives you, you know, out of depth athleticism.
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It it solves that left field issue if you didn't feel like
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Kellnick was an everyday guy. And I love the move.
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Love the move. Jealous.
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Honestly, I like Profar. Let's suck, Let's suck.
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Bregman and Alonzo. 2 names again that are still out there.
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Two names that I think people would have expected, both of
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whom to have signed by now. And I tweeted out the other day
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like we are getting, we're, we're less than a month away
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from pitchers and catchers reporting like we're, we're
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getting dangerously close to being a bat.
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We're, I think we're what, 3-3 weeks give or take?
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The most pointless notification by the way pictures and catchers
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reporting is like. It's.
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Such like a they. Don't even all report on the
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same day like I don't. They don't.
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So what do we? We finally have clips of guys
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walking around in spring training gear stretching.
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Love that. Yes, finally doing flat ground
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work anyway. I love watching.
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I love watching third string catchers do Frankenstein's.
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Love it. No, but we're getting
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dangerously close to to pitchers and catchers reporting and let's
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not forget who represents these two.
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OK, We, we're going to need some clarity on this just as baseball
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fans, because we, we kind of want to know teams and fans
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alike want to know who's going to be where and for their sake,
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I don't want and we've, we've, we've said our, our respective
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pieces about Alonso over the years, certainly, but even for
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even for him, even for his sake, I want him to know where he's
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going to be playing because I'm starting to, I'm starting to
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feel a little bad for this guy because he's he very clearly
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wants no, we, we never want to get to that point, but we're
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again, dangerously close. We're we're seen him extending
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all him and him and his camp extend an offer to the Mets and
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then the Met. You, you get we, we heard
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recently with the the Mets amazing day or Mets fest or
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whatever that Cohen and Cohen and company are getting a little
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fed up with it. And I'll be honest with you.
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The the analogy that comes to mind is you were dating
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somebody. It was great.
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It was great. Sure.
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But then had a little bit of a falling out.
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You moved on to somebody just so much better for you and your
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situation. And just you, you enjoy it that
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much more. But your ex doesn't have the
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fortune of of moving on in the same way.
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And so your ex is sort of like, you know, standing there outside
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of your house across the street, not like stalking necessarily,
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but just being like, hey, I'm here, I'm here.
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I just want to just don't, I don't want you to forget about
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me. And you're like, believe me,
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I've moved on, got something much better.
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We're good. And that's, that's the vibe I'm
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getting from Cohen and company right now.
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Because you go out like we like we talked about when it when it
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happened. You've got Cohen going out there
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and essentially telling the baseball world, I will spend as
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much money as necessary to get this guy that I've had my eye on
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for some time, Juan Soto. You go out and get Juan Soto and
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then all of a sudden it doesn't seem like Pete Alonso is that
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important to you anymore. And whether whether you think
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that that's the right way to approach it or not, that's kind
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of where we're at. And again, with the comments
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that are coming out of the Mets fest or, or whatever this
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weekend, they're kind of they're kind of making that clear and
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they're kind of saying that that is the case.
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Why? Does he still want to be there?
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Why I? Mean, why would you not want to
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be there if you're like that's, that's what you've known the the
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franchise. What if you want to look to last
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year, even forget this year with the addition of Soto and and so
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on and so forth. Do you want to look to last
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year? Is the the franchise sort of
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turning a corner? Why would you not want to stick
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around for that? Because you were there when the
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you, if, if you're Pete Alonzo, you've been around these last
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handful of years where the franchise literally gets laughed
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out of the building like you're, you're, you're with the.
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And they still don't respect you.
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They still aren't giving you what you're asking for.
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They're still not. You're considering you a
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priority, like at a certain point to go back to your
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analogy, at a certain point, how many dates do you have set up?
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And and the girl just says, Oh no, my dog's sick.
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Oh no, I have to go pick up my friend from the airport.
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Oh no, can we do next weekend? How many of those texts are you
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going to get before you move on? Time to go find something new,
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dude, go to Seattle, you're going to be adored.
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Go to San Francisco, your numbers will drop a little bit.
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You will never go to the playoffs again, but you'll
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happily enjoy California. I like there's other places.
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There's plenty of other places. There's plenty of other
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opportunities. I can guarantee you that it
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Seattle seems like a no brainer to me.
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I don't I don't know if they're in.
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I feel like they should be in. They may be in.
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I don't really know. Maybe they're not a big enough
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player. I I'm not sure man.
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But like, there's plenty of places that need a first
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baseman. There's plenty of line UPS that
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could could use a walking thirty home run guy.
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I'm not buying that MEZBX. I'm not buying that he doesn't
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have a market. I don't agree.
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There's no way. I, I would agree in a sense that
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I, I don't think the market is as, call it aggressive as maybe
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he was as he was hoping. For I think it was probably
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overestimated. And the problem is that when you
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know, you get to this point in the offseason, you lose leverage
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when other teams are like, hey, we're done waiting.
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We're going to go make other moves.
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We're going to now move on to Plan B and and fill that hole in
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a different way. And so you do start to lose
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leverage and then you, you know, go back to the Mets with your
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tail in between your legs and try to hold up.
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This is what I deserve offer. And the Mets laugh at you.
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So you're losing leverage by the day.
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And I get that. But to me, this is when another
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team can step in and and answer that offer the Mariners, the
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Giants, like teams can step in and say, hey, I've got that for
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you. I think the Jay, I mean, throw
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the Jays in the Jays talk. We've talked about them.
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I mean, if you're the Jays, why not?
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Why not capitalize here? That's what I'm saying There's
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there's plenty of other teams that can capitalize and and
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again, maybe he really wants to be a met.
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Maybe he's just dead set on that and it's it's reeking of
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desperate desperation at this point.
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Maybe that's the case. But again, at a certain point
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dude, like when do you move on the?
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The Mets are the significant other that he envisioned himself
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marrying, spending the rest of his life with.
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And he's of that mindset that I think I'm, I'm not going to
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judge people's dating habits or whatever, but I think he's of
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that mindset where he's he he is unable to move on from that,
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from that belief that he is, he is destined to spend the rest of
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the life of, of his life with the Mets.
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And the Mets are like, we're not, we're we don't subscribe to
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that the. Dad, the dad is like I, I just
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don't see it. I'm sorry.
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You're not good enough. You're not good enough for my
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team. I don't know.
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Again, this is the moment where other teams need to just come in
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re knock on that door up your offer a hair.
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I bet you get it done and you get a you get a premier power
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hitter. Let's be honest, like we're
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everyone likes to make fun of Pete Alonzo.
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We love to make fun of Pete Alonzo.
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The guy's corny as hell, but like, whatever he he produces,
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he produces and what team doesn't need a power hitter?
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Go get it done if you're the Mets.
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I don't know what's going on. If we're talking from that
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perspective. If Stevie says he's got all the
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money in the world and he can do whatever he wants, like, why
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aren't you doing this then? Unless you're full of it when
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you're saying that you wanted both, you wanted Soto and Pete.
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Maybe they don't want Pete. Maybe they want Vladdy.
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Maybe they want Vladdy? Maybe soda wants flatty?
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And whatever soda wants, soda there's.
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Some apparently soap opera stuff right here.
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I bet soda is just like Nah. It's a white love.
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Let's get Vladdy next year. It's like, no, no, no, I don't
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want white bread. I want Vladdy.
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I I know Pete's been here for a for a good bit, but he's not
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here anymore. I am and I want Vladdy.
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This is a wild love triangle, man.
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Or it's square. How many people?
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How many, how many, how many significant others do we have in
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the mix here? I mean this is this is crazy.
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I don't know Lindor, I don't care so but.
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It's not his team anymore, unfortunately so.
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Ness, Soto, Vladdy, Lindor, whatever order you want to do.
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Yeah, I guess half of that lineup, That'd be nuts.
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Maybe even throw Bregman into the mix because he doesn't have
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a team yet. Maybe he ends up, maybe he ends
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up with the Mets. Who knows?
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Probably not. But if he's not going to end up
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with the Red Sox, which at this rate, I, I, I don't know where
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are we at with that? The late Well, the latest report
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is that the Red Sox are only willing to go, they're they're
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willing to only go up to four years.
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And apparently, I think I saw there's multiple, I think, I
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don't know specifics in terms of teams, but I think I saw maybe
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up to three teams have made offers more than four years
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because I think he's looking for six.
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He would presumably settle for five, but the Red Sox are only
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willing to go up to four. So you can see the issue there.
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I think he's probably at this rate he and like we've talked
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about he, he sees the potential success that would exist and
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that would be waiting for him in Boston should he decide to play
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at Fenway for the next four to six years.
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What was he, 31303030? He'll be, well, he'll be 31
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pretty much on Opening Day right around there, March 30th.
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He sees the the success is waiting for him at Fenway in
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Boston, should he end up there. But I think he's just kind of
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waiting it out at this point. He's waiting for the Red Sox to
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get serious because they're they're certainly not serious as
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it stands right now. Because if you, if there's a guy
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that just makes perfect sense for your team, such as Alex
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Bregman for the Red Sox, why not you?
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Again, you have the resources available, you have the money.
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You used to be a team that would that was a destination that
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would fork over whatever money necessary to get the guy that
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you wanted. You don't do that anymore.
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You're not you're not being asked to spend Juan Soto money
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here. It's Alex Bregman, a guy that is
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a good fit, a great fit for for your needs and and what you're
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looking to accomplish this year. He would be a great addition to
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that mix. But you're not serious about it.
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And if you wait much longer, one of these teams is going to get
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serious about it and he's going to go well.
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The money's too good, the years are too good.
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I don't have a choice. As much as I'd want to play in
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Boston, as much as I think my career would trend upwards that
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much more, I I can't, I can't take what you're offering me
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because it's not you. You're an unserious franchise at
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this point, and I have to go elsewhere.
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I, I wonder if there's ever a, a point, I'm just going to say
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what everyone's thinking. I, I wonder if there's ever a
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point where a free agent that's 30 or 31 genuinely recognizes
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the fact that they're not going to play until they're 383940
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years old. And for every 3031 year old free
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agent to say I'm worth signing until I'm 3637 years old.
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Like, no, you're not. I'm sorry you're not.
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Rarely does anybody perform at that point.
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And when you take a realistic look of how teams are managing
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their money, I, I wouldn't want 20, five, $30 million going to a
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3536 year old. No, but that's just how they
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structure these contracts. Because if you're if if you're a
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guy like Alex Bregman, you know that this is it.
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This is your last chance to get big money.
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He's already gotten a he's already gotten a contract before
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this. We know this, but this is it.
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This is it. So you have to it like if you're
25:08
him, I understand wanting to get a little greedy and wanting to
25:11
tack on maybe in a sixth year knowing that you're going to be
25:14
able to provide what whatever team you end up with the value
25:18
up front just. Like all that, but look at the
25:20
look at the guy, look at the skill set.
25:21
The skill set doesn't play. The skill set does not play.
25:26
Like those are going to fall. The power numbers are going to
25:29
fall, the speed is going to fall.
25:30
The athleticism at third or second, wherever you put them,
25:33
that's going to that's going to drift when you're in your mid
25:36
30s like I it's not going to be there anymore.
25:41
And in a game where guys are getting paid and starting
25:43
younger and younger and younger, you don't have that kind of
25:48
leverage. And if anything, you can't sit
25:51
there and blame the market when in reality, you should probably
25:54
look in the mirror and say maybe that six year, $100 million
25:58
extension I took with the Astros was a little too long and it
26:02
carried me too deep into my prime and me sitting here saying
26:06
I deserve a payday. When you're nearing the end of
26:11
your prime, you probably only have two years left of really
26:17
good Alex Bregman years. You don't have leverage.
26:24
Well, it was reported that the, and again, this is just what's
26:29
being reported. I don't know if this is actually
26:31
factual, but this is all we have to go off of is that the Astros
26:35
offer that they made earlier this offseason of I believe it
26:39
was six years. Let me see six years 156,000,000
26:45
This was pre. Pre jumped on that.
26:50
Yeah, this was pre Paretes Tucker situation.
26:54
Should have jumped on that. Well, apparently it's still on
26:57
the table. They they've re engaged in, in
27:00
discussions and that's a situation where if he comes
27:05
back, you move. I I saw that the, the Astros are
27:08
in on the idea. They subscribe to the, the move
27:14
of bumping Pereiraeus the second.
27:16
And then Jose Altuve has indicated that he'd be willing
27:19
to move to the left, which the Astros are on board with.
27:22
That's the latest that that we've heard.
27:26
And so if I honestly, if I'm Alex Bregman, if, if what I'm
27:30
looking for is 6 years over $150 million, I think he was looking
27:36
closer to two. But if it's over $150.00, you
27:38
get that six year, you get that security and you get to stay at
27:42
the place that you've you've, you've been.
27:46
I don't think any other team stands a chance at that point.
27:49
That's why I'm saying if you are the Red Sox you have any
27:51
interest in in entertaining this, you need to get him now.
27:54
Because if you wait any longer, chances are it with what's being
27:59
reported, he's going back to Houston.
28:01
I hear what you're saying and, and a lot of a lot of the times
28:05
you'll see an organization that has that player or has had that
28:08
player in the in the past that has had success.
28:11
You, you do give those additional years, you do give
28:14
that, you know, understanding that we're going to, we're going
28:18
to pay him for what he's done. And if you're the Red Sox and
28:24
you do sign him in a 5-6 year deal like he hasn't done
28:26
anything for you, you know what I mean?
28:29
You don't owe him anything to offer that extra time.
28:35
So I understand why the Astros would do it.
28:39
I don't really understand why the Red Sox or other teams would
28:42
do it. But I think if you're if you're
28:48
the Red Sox, I agree it's a great fit.
28:52
That makes a ton of sense and when you're talking about a
28:54
skill set that does, it is going to diminish in a way that power
28:59
numbers and and just overall offensive production is going to
29:03
fall. Name 2 better ballparks for
29:06
that. You know what I'm saying?
29:09
Fenway. And was it Dyken?
29:12
Dyken, Yeah. Fenway and Dyken are I can't
29:16
even say that's just so dumb. Are two great places that that,
29:22
you know, still kind of a fluff those numbers up a little bit.
29:28
Shout out to. Dyken, by the way, they, they
29:30
kept Meredith and I nice and comfortable at our little cabin
29:35
anniversary getaway retreat. It's weird.
29:38
It's weird now I never, I never used to pay attention to to HVAC
29:42
systems, but now I, I, it caught my eye and I was like, oh, shout
29:47
out Astros. So now I see now I see Dyken
29:49
everywhere because it's like that.
29:51
And I think like Whirlpool and maybe like one other, the only
29:56
ones that I'm really familiar with.
29:58
So when I see when I see Dyken on there, I'm like, oh cool.
30:01
So shout out Dyken keeping us nice and comf.
30:03
I bet Minute Maid sales have just plummeted since.
30:07
People are always going to have their orange juice, you know?
30:09
We ought to assume you know. They're probably doing fine I.
30:12
Think I'm a simply Orange household.
30:17
Yeah, think I'm right there with you.
30:18
Yeah, Speaking of household eBay, Mizahara is not going to
30:26
be living at his house anytime soon because that man is going
30:29
to jail. Did you, did you get it by
30:33
chance? Get to hear the clip?
30:34
I didn't of the dude. All right.
30:37
Looking forward to. It.
30:38
I've got it queued up. Yeah, yeah, I've got it queued
30:40
up. He was, this was a recording.
30:44
If you if you have no idea what we're talking about eBay
30:47
Mizahara, former interpreter for Shohei Otani, who obviously got
30:51
swept up in the whole like gambling scandal, yadda yadda
30:54
yadda. A clip recently surfaced where
31:00
he is being recorded impersonating Shohei Otani in an
31:04
attempt to wire money from Otani's bank account.
31:08
And so we're. So here for this T.
31:10
We've got it, we've got it queued up.
31:12
Hopefully it works. We'll see.
31:15
Who am I speaking with? So hey, O'Connor.
31:20
Thank you. How may I help you?
31:24
So I tried to log in to online banking and it told me yeah,
31:29
it's not available to me at this time and during the call.
31:33
Sure, I can take a look into that.
31:35
Alrighty. And could you tell me the name
31:37
of the Peggy and the amount of the transaction please?
31:42
The person I'm sending to. Yes.
31:49
It's for $200,000. Thank you already now recently
31:54
we come across a trend of fraud and scam so we have been
31:57
monitoring the online transactions closely to make
32:01
sure our clients are not the victim of either.
32:04
What is the reason for this transaction?
32:08
For a car loan. OK.
32:10
You said it's for a car loan. Yeah.
32:14
OK, what is your relationship to the payee?
32:17
Oh, he's my friend. OK.
32:27
That poor lady's getting fired for sure, right?
32:29
Oh my goodness. According to the prosecutor's
32:33
filing, he made calls and interpreted or impersonated
32:39
Otani rather on 24 separate occasions.
32:46
It does, like you can tell it doesn't even.
32:48
It doesn't even sound like show hey.
32:51
Well, I mean we, we know that, we understand that, but to
32:54
somebody that has no clue. It's well, all I'm saying is
32:58
that it's just like glaring. Like it's not even like, Oh
33:01
yeah, this could be show. Hey, no, it's definitely not
33:03
show. Hey, just wild.
33:06
Just. Wild and they the the agent that
33:11
he was on the phone with went on to say which I I guess it wasn't
33:16
included in this clip, but went on to ask will there be any
33:18
future wires to your friend and Mizahara said possibly shocker
33:25
shocker. So I I think the take away here
33:29
is that this is evidence that points to maybe him not being a
33:36
fall guy and him just having an actual problem.
33:39
Yep, Yep, Yep, Yep, for sure. I don't know dude.
33:44
IAIAIAIAI is crazy nowadays, you know what I mean?
33:51
Like I'm not I'm. I'm just saying we could still
33:56
hold on to. Are you saying that you're
33:59
trying to hold on to hope that he's a fall guy?
34:01
Like, is that the narrative that you're?
34:03
Collecting it still, it could still be out there.
34:05
You know what I mean? Like we could still, we could
34:07
still consider that an option. The odds are going to the
34:11
against. If you were, if you were, if you
34:13
were a part of the jury, you'd be booted immediately.
34:16
Like this guy clearly has something, a vendetta.
34:20
Yeah, he's got a vendetta here. What's the issue?
34:23
You'd be booted so fast. We're watching The Lincoln
34:25
Lawyer right now, so I'm like, I'm very.
34:28
Great, great show. Very much in tune with the.
34:31
Movie. Oh, yeah.
34:33
Yeah. Back in the day.
34:33
Good movie, too. Yeah.
34:34
Matthew McConaughey. Yeah.
34:37
Yeah, we actually just finished the third season last night.
34:40
I only saw Season 1, so we have to bring that back up anyway.
34:50
Yeah, dude, this, this changes the whole the whole system.
34:54
This is going to change all interpreters.
34:57
It's going to change who has access to what.
35:00
And I still, you know, whether he's guilty or not, like shame
35:05
on show, hey, for giving this kind of access to an
35:08
interpreter. Well.
35:13
Yeah, there wasn't much other than that to to kind of run
35:15
through. But closing the book here, we
35:18
got a few items and then we got a draft on deck.
35:21
So stick around for our draft to get a, get a, a new topic or new
35:27
category, if you will, that we're going to be getting into.
35:29
So stick around for that. Closing the book here, though,
35:32
just some jersey updates. I'm sure you saw the Mets
35:35
unveiled the new road blue. Did you by chance get get an?
35:41
Opportunity to look at that. You ready for this?
35:46
I freaking love them. Dude, no, I love them.
35:49
No, they're so. Clean.
35:52
And, and I said yesterday, I said yesterday, what I'm looking
35:59
for the tweet, oh, it's 'cause it was an Instagram comment.
36:01
I said how how long until they realize you can't read the
36:07
jerseys from far away? Just like the Marlins, Black
36:10
alternates and change these just like the Marlins did.
36:13
This is it's the same it's the same track.
36:18
This is exactly what the Marlins did.
36:20
They went with the outline and initially like, oh, those look
36:23
pretty sick. And then you're like, this is
36:25
more for like show and less like it's it's less practical than I
36:28
think people are making it out to be.
36:30
And you're going to these are going to change.
36:34
Do you mark my words, they are going to make it.
36:36
They're going to be making if they if they want to keep them
36:37
in the rotation, they're going to be changing them in 2026.
36:40
You just. Want bones?
36:41
The bones, The structure of this jersey is fire.
36:45
I mean, I love the classic New York fault like or classic like
36:48
the the sort of vintage New York fawn on front.
36:52
I'm a huge fan of that. But like no buttons now it's a
36:55
vest or a pullover I should say. Like a little like the little
37:00
semi V-neck thing going on. Like the Nats introduced to I
37:04
think last year. Yeah, love them, love them.
37:08
I'm surprised. I know.
37:10
That's why I was like, Are you ready for this?
37:11
Because you and I are like the negative Jersey guys.
37:13
I think if if we have a thing, that's our thing.
37:16
We're just negative about any jerseys that come out.
37:19
I'm a fan. No, not any jersey.
37:21
I mean, I'm a fan. What I'm not a fan of is
37:24
whatever that stupid hat that Frankie Lindor was wearing.
37:27
When did you see that video? When he tried them on in the
37:30
clubhouse with the bill. Like completely.
37:33
Full Oh yeah, yeah, I did see that.
37:35
Awful, awful. Not a thing.
37:37
Don't. It's not a thing.
37:39
You're not Spike Lee. Take that off.
37:41
Don't know what that was. I mentioned the Nationals.
37:44
The nationals just again, brief update there.
37:47
They announced that they're bringing back the Red Uni's
37:49
which I'm a big fan of. Love love a good.
37:52
Love a good solid color white pant combo or grey pant combo.
38:00
Very very bold for the Nats, so nice strong color.
38:05
That's why I think like the Cardinals spring training, I
38:08
think they should wear that. The red jersey wear that year
38:12
round, that's so sick. Very clean.
38:14
Very clean. Yeah, they I think the Nets used
38:16
Dylan Cruz to to model the red and it looks, looks real good.
38:20
Smart. And lastly, the Padres are
38:23
phasing out their pink and Mint City connects.
38:27
Nate's shaking his head. Yeah, got to go.
38:31
That's just, it's not, it's not it anymore.
38:33
Sorry. I never liked him really.
38:38
I don't think I'm rewriting history here with my with my old
38:41
takes when it first got announced, but I didn't.
38:44
I didn't dislike them. I just didn't, I didn't dislike
38:50
them. I just, I didn't like them.
38:52
They just they were, they were whatever for me.
38:54
They were the over hyped by the Padres community and.
38:57
Sure. But I mean, I think it's a good
38:59
fit, like of the city connects that we've seen try to draw you
39:04
to the city or or make sense of what the city is about.
39:07
I feel like that I mean, that's a that's a lively uniform in San
39:10
Diego is a that's a that's a popping place.
39:13
You've been there. I haven't been to Petco, but I
39:15
can only imagine that it's you know, there's a little bit of
39:19
liveliness to it, But sure, I though they'll they will be
39:22
idios. We'll be out of here at the end
39:26
of this coming season. Idios.
39:31
Last last little update here. Paul Skein's card, the debut
39:36
patch was as we expected, rejected by the 11 year old
39:40
collector is going up for auction.
39:42
The Pirates did offer, I think it was actually Bob Nutting was
39:48
I think I saw the clip talking about how he would like to or
39:52
the team rather would still like to host him for him, him and his
39:56
family. I would imagine for a game and
39:59
also have a little a meet and greet with Skeens, which you can
40:03
only imagine he's going to get a couple autographs.
40:04
So it's like kind of got the best of both worlds.
40:06
I just want to I want to meet Skeens.
40:09
If I if I'm an 11 year old collector, I want to meet
40:11
Skeens, get a couple autographs. Maybe Livy's there if I'm an 11
40:14
year old, like, hey, what's up, Livy?
40:17
And then go click my my check. Yeah.
40:21
I'm not trying to sit behind behind home plate, which I don't
40:24
think we ever figured out what that actually meant.
40:26
Like are we sitting behind home plate?
40:28
Are we sitting in the direction of home plate in the upper deck?
40:32
Who knows? How far does that range go for
40:36
you behind home plate? How long?
40:38
How wide? You have to be in that to be
40:41
considered for me behind home plate.
40:43
You have to be on that same ground level once you reach that
40:47
first, like, Oh yeah, sure. But like, how?
40:51
How far out? Oh, how far out?
40:52
I think I go from like, like on deck circle to on deck circle.
40:58
Yeah, I'll count that as behind home plate.
41:00
Yeah. But again, it's got to be that
41:02
ground level. Or if you want to get technical,
41:04
because I know on deck circles can fluctuate a little bit I
41:07
guess like if you if you took the the foul lines and ran if
41:12
you kept. Going kept.
41:13
Running them like through the seats?
41:15
Yeah, exactly. Pizza.
41:16
Slice. Exactly.
41:18
Probably like that. That's a nice range.
41:21
Sure. But anyway, that's all I got
41:23
there. Do you?
41:25
You got a quote for us real quick before we get into our
41:27
draft? Hit that button.
41:54
Whose quote was. This I don't.
41:57
I can't remember your preference.
41:59
Do you like me telling you episode date before or after you
42:04
like it after? Because.
42:05
That's what I do and I just like keeping it consistent.
42:07
OK, you ready? Lay it on me.
42:11
It's just the White Sox time. Look, they brought in a manager
42:15
who knows how to win. Tony Larussa.
42:17
There's a reason they brought him in.
42:19
They knew it was this time. You're talking about a
42:22
combination of guys getting into their peak years and guys
42:25
entering the scene. Eloy Jimenez problem, Luis
42:28
Robert obviously entering the entering the scene.
42:31
Yeah. Adam Eaton to bring in some
42:33
veteran presents. Jose Abreu coming off an MVP,
42:37
the switch hitter, a switch hitting catcher who can drop
42:40
bombs, Tim Anderson, who's going to hit over 330.
42:42
Yoan Mancato, who's going to do his thing, a young stud.
42:45
And Nick Madrigal at second in a rotation that's got Giolito
42:49
fronting Dallas Keiko feeling his old ways.
42:52
Bro, what are we talking about? What are we talking about?
42:55
I thoroughly, thoroughly expect the White Sox to win over 95
42:59
games. Episode 189.
43:03
March 25th, 2021. I mean, that's, that's nobody
43:12
else but me. That's nobody else but me.
43:17
Are you serious? Serious.
43:22
Wow. Yep, that is your boy.
43:26
And a trick question because I know there's a lot of haters out
43:29
there. I look back, that's a pretty
43:35
good guess. They won 93 games.
43:37
They did. I was, I was about to go off.
43:39
If that was my quote, people would have been like, oh, what a
43:41
stupid take. Look how well that aged.
43:43
Well, it aged pretty well. 93 wins.
43:45
Idiots age pretty well. So I wanted to go back because I
43:49
know like we've started the new trend of revisiting our hot
43:54
takes in predictions episode, which this was it in 2021.
43:58
We've revisited that at the end of the season to sometimes see
44:01
if anything holds up, but we didn't do that back then.
44:03
So I wanted to revisit this because look like that's a fire
44:07
take. That's a that's a big one.
44:10
To be fair, you did agree with me on that take in that episode.
44:16
You. You.
44:16
Like read the context you kind of I I like doing that.
44:20
Read the whole thing. Yeah, you agreed.
44:22
You even had a little nugget that you threw in in the middle
44:25
of that saying one of the best relievers closing down the game.
44:28
So it was it was a good one. I think I'm.
44:34
Sad we got that wrong though. But I mean, I guess I we
44:37
technically didn't get it. I mean, I got the quote wrong,
44:40
like the speaker of the quote. But I mean, if we both were in
44:42
agreement, because as you were reading that, I was like, I I
44:45
wholeheartedly was behind the Tony move it when it first
44:49
happened. So, you know, that's why I went
44:51
with me. But I'm glad to know that you
44:53
were thinking the same. Well done.
44:56
All right, let's let's get into this draft.
44:58
All right, I'm excited about this one.
45:01
Me too. I got notes, got a, got a
45:04
sharpie. I'm ready, dude.
45:06
I looked, I went out yesterday looking for a whiteboard in
45:09
anticipation for this and any other drafts or anything that
45:11
would require a whiteboard. I went to the Dollar Tree.
45:14
They didn't have any. I mean, I could have gotten a
45:17
whiteboard, but it was like it had like dinosaurs around it.
45:20
I'm like no, I just want a plain whiteboard.
45:24
This one's nice. Got the college.
45:26
Rule, I know, but I just wanted it for a dollar.
45:28
I don't want to spend more than like $3 on this thing.
45:32
That's where you drew the line. 3 bucks. $3 out, no more than
45:36
that. I this this white board has to
45:37
be under 3 or else I'm I'll walk in.
45:41
Get billet to the pod, not a podcast expense.
45:45
I could. Have I I?
45:46
In fact, I should have, but trying to be a little more
45:48
frugal. This is not an alphabet draft.
45:54
This is a numbers draft. So we are drafting our team
45:59
based on the jersey number, jersey numbers that they wore.
46:04
I don't know why I put the emphasis on jersey there, jersey
46:09
numbers and we're cutting the go ahead and judge us.
46:15
We had to, we had to draw the line somewhere with the numbers.
46:18
Jersey numbers we're willing to go up to I think got ridiculous.
46:21
We met at 60. I think we agreed on 60 because
46:25
I mean, my goodness, some of the numbers insane.
46:29
So anyway, we're drafting one through 9 because it like so I
46:34
think we settled on three outfielders sort of like we did
46:37
for the alphabet draft. Yeah, we're drafting our
46:39
lineups. 3 outfielders so we don't have to worry about the
46:42
first second, you know. Short Oh, so we're just doing
46:45
infielders? Infield's outfielders.
46:47
So no like left field, center field.
46:49
But we do have a pitcher. Do you starter or reliever?
46:53
Catcher 4 Infielders 3 Outfielders DH Our our little
46:58
rule to make this a little more difficult and fun is that we are
47:02
going to we're going to filter this by WAR and you can only
47:11
have three top three WAR guys on your team for that specific
47:18
number. Be WAR for that specific number.
47:23
So who won last week by the OR last time?
47:28
By the way, I think, I think your boy got that time.
47:31
Yeah, yeah, you won. And people said in the comments,
47:34
they said if Kyle would not have overlooked Jordan, they said
47:39
this, this draft was all his. And I said I.
47:41
Agree. I agree, you know.
47:44
I. Agree.
47:45
If my uncle had boobies, he'd be my aunt.
47:48
That so yeah, that's let's let's go ahead and just let's.
47:59
We can play the IF game all we want.
48:02
I mean, what are we? What?
48:05
Whatever, Let's just draft. Let's get into this.
48:09
All right, so random number generator, who wants to go
48:12
first? Let's do a Little Rock, paper,
48:13
scissors. I won last week, but whatever, I
48:16
guess we'll. Oh, you're right.
48:17
You're right. That's what we used to do for
48:19
the drafts. It would just until you won.
48:21
I appreciate it. That's fair.
48:23
Yeah. Yeah.
48:23
OK. I appreciate that.
48:24
That's fair. We'll stick with that.
48:25
All right, so. Are we a good number man?
48:27
Let's set it at 61st number. Oh, here's a question.
48:34
Should I set the minimum number at 0?
48:36
No, just one. OK.
48:38
Well, should we look at? No, it's fine.
48:41
No one. It's fine.
48:43
All right. Our first number for this draft,
48:48
15. All right, did we?
48:54
And sorry, I was pulling up the generator when you were going
48:57
through the rules. Did you?
48:58
Oh crap, did you indicate the three you indicated like the
49:01
three picks? 33 top three guys.
49:05
Three top three WAR picks, if that makes sense.
49:10
Yep, B War. Yep, Yep, there's A.
49:20
What he wore 15. I know that was like, it's, it's
49:24
grabbing my eye real quick, but you know, do you want to burn it
49:29
on that he'd wear. 15 This is crazy.
49:33
I know it. What's cool is that it can be
49:35
any point in their career. Did they wear that number?
49:39
So which is what? Wild.
49:40
Which is wild. That's the rule.
49:42
But that's how Baseball Reference is allowing us to do
49:45
this. So some of these guys wore 15 a
49:48
lot, some of them didn't. So I'm not, I'm gonna not burn a
49:54
top three spot yet, although I I want to, I'm not going to give
50:02
me Jim Edmonds. What do you think of that?
50:06
That's a good pick. That's a good pick.
50:08
Right. And he wore that number looks
50:13
like 123456789101110 years. Oh, it says it right there.
50:22
I'm an idiot. 10 years of wearing the number 15.
50:24
So that's legit versus some of these guys are big names.
50:28
They only wore it once or twice. I'm actually going to drop the
50:33
list down a little bit because like I, I get.
50:35
The I know what you're doing, no.
50:36
No, no, stop. I get that the rule is like, you
50:39
wear that, you wear it at any point, but there's some guys I'm
50:41
like, this just feels wrong. Like to go with this guy, he
50:44
wore it for like 3 days before he changed his jersey number for
50:47
the rest of his career. So I'm going to go with, you
50:51
guessed it, Dustin Pedroia as one of my infielders, and we're
50:59
just going to go ahead and chalk that up as an excellent pick.
51:04
That is a great pick, but I wasn't going to do it.
51:07
Nor would I expect you to random.
51:10
By the way, for anyone curious who's not following along, Randy
51:13
Johnson was at the top of that list.
51:15
He wore the number 15 one year, 1992, as a Mariner.
51:18
Crazy. And it just didn't feel right.
51:21
It didn't feel right, you know, because if, if I were to put
51:24
that on a graphic, people like you, you have dyslexia.
51:27
He wore 51. I think that was the invert,
51:30
yeah. Like maybe he didn't 51 one
51:31
wasn't available in 92. Must have been it.
51:34
Is that his rookie year, by the way?
51:37
No. Couldn't have been 88 with the
51:43
Expos. Well he made his debut in 88.
51:49
Does that does that count as his rookie year?
51:51
He only made well. He definitely didn't carry over
51:52
to 92. Four stars.
51:54
Yeah. No, definitely not.
51:55
Yeah. Anyway, next number up and if
51:58
we're doing snake draft, I'm next in line.
52:00
You sure are. So let's run it.
52:04
The next number is 27. I'm going to I'm going to go
52:09
ahead and I don't even have to look, but I will just to see who
52:14
he's in competition with here. But I'm going to go ahead and
52:17
take Mike Trout for my outfield. That's beautiful.
52:22
That's beautiful. And I'm assuming that you're
52:26
just trusting me with these numbers, correct?
52:28
Like you don't, you're not. I'm going to put a, I'm going to
52:31
put an asterisk next to it so we know that that is one of your
52:35
top three war names. True.
52:37
True. Yes.
52:38
Good call. Good call.
52:39
OK All right. You're up.
52:45
Oh. Yeah, I know there's some decent
52:47
names in here. Oh, yeah.
52:49
I mean, only like Hall of Fame, Hall of Famers 27, you can.
52:57
And if you're just now joining, we're doing a numbers draft,
53:04
picking our lineup based on jersey numbers, the numbers 27.
53:09
I went with Mike Trout. We have a wide selection.
53:17
I think of Holla fans control with Vladimir Guerrero in my
53:23
outfield. Senior, not junior.
53:29
Everybody should know that. If you don't know that, you
53:31
should be ashamed of yourself. You don't know Ball if you don't
53:33
know who were 27 in that family. Just kidding.
53:37
Wait, don't they both wear it? What am I saying?
53:40
I don't know, Ball. I guess.
53:42
What am I saying? OK, I know.
53:45
That's what I said. All right, So your pick is up,
53:47
correct? Yep.
53:48
I'm up. All right, generate number.
53:52
Oh, it's a good one. It's a real good one.
53:56
Number nine. Wow.
53:59
Love me a single digit. I think you probably have an
54:04
idea. Come on, Baseball Reference.
54:08
Let's speed up this. Wow, come on now.
54:16
Do I know what are you it's. Taking forever to load Baseball
54:21
Reference just has no chill. Hey, there's a lot of numbers on
54:25
there, man. There's a lot of data it's got
54:26
to sift through to get you where you're going.
54:29
Yeah, wow. Holy crap.
54:39
Oh oh. We both are looking good here.
54:43
Going down the list here, there's some dudes that were #9
54:49
some dudes. Well, got to do it because I
54:55
can't do yours. So I'm going to clean up my
54:59
outfield here. I'm going to go give me Joe
55:03
DiMaggio. Gordon.
55:06
No, I can't do Joe DiMaggio only wore one year.
55:10
Can't. Yeah, that's that's a baseball
55:12
sin. Can't do it here.
55:19
Nate is going to go with. I mean, I think there's names
55:25
that sometimes just kind of trump rivalries and bias.
55:34
So I'm going to do it because I can't let you do it.
55:36
Give me give me Teddy ball game. I mean, I I would have I would
55:40
have shot you had you not gone Teddy ball game there.
55:43
But you know, that's fine. I'm going to go, I'm going to
55:46
go, wow, what a, what a, what a turn of events here because I'm
55:54
going, I'm going to go Reggie Jackson.
56:01
That is for a while, but that's. A.
56:03
Well, yeah, as an A, but you know, still.
56:06
But that's, I mean, nine years of wearing that, that's, that
56:08
ain't bad. How about that dude, I'm I'm
56:11
cleaning up right now. What are we talking about?
56:15
All right, do I got it. You got it.
56:20
Where does Reggie Jackson fall on the war list for that, by the
56:23
way? I I lost him.
56:25
Not in the ties. He's at 74.
56:29
Wow, we should, Dang, we should have written should.
56:33
Should I write down war? We can go back and do it.
56:36
It's fine. OK.
56:42
OK. So he is 6 on that list.
56:44
Wow. Archie Vaughan is number 4.
56:48
OK, Do I got first pick here? Yeah.
56:51
All right. Next pick, we said 60.
56:56
The number is 54. That's not good.
56:59
Actually, no. We determined with our alphabet
57:02
draft that you actually want the suckier options.
57:07
Yeah, because there's less options, right, OK, However.
57:11
However, why do I feel like there's somebody real obvious
57:16
here that I'm this see that just that doesn't feel right that
57:23
doesn't? Yeah, this is a tough number.
57:27
None of these feel right. None of them feel right because
57:30
it you look as a reminder, we only have one pitcher spot,
57:35
which we probably should have thought of a little a little
57:39
heavier on. This is tough, man.
57:46
I'm going to pick with the Cincinnati Red Legs in 1954, Jim
57:55
Pierce with a WAR of -1.1 Now I dude I.
58:07
Know. This really sucks.
58:13
This is a rough number. This is a rough number.
58:20
Can I put Oh my goodness this sucks dude.
58:27
The the options are horrendous. I'm just going to have to take
58:31
an L on this one dude because. Yeah.
58:39
I mean, what did we, what did we determine though?
58:42
Is it anytime in their career? I mean, I guess.
58:52
I mean, it is a jersey number game.
58:54
This is what they wore so. I mean, that's kind of what we
58:57
did for the positions, you know what I mean?
58:59
If they spent any time at that position, we were allowed to use
59:01
it. So all right.
59:02
Well, I'm going to hate to do this, but I'm going to have to
59:04
go Kirsch 54 because there's a massive drop off after.
59:11
That there's a big drop off. All right.
59:15
And that's that's my second top three war pick, by the way.
59:18
That is, that is, you got two of the three that kind of burned me
59:27
because I felt like you weren't going to do it.
59:30
I I wouldn't have if the drop off wasn't as bad as it is, but
59:35
this is this is terrible. It sucks that like this is an
59:38
all time draft and I have to go with this name, but like maybe
59:44
some recency will help me here. I'm going to go Max freed.
59:52
Really over Goose? Yeah, I know, I know.
59:57
Woof. I know.
1:00:00
That's fair. That's.
1:00:01
Fair goose. Goose was definitely in the in
1:00:03
the conversation in my head. And you would have let you still
1:00:07
could have skated out of there without a top three war pick if
1:00:10
you would have gone goose. But it's been written.
1:00:13
So no going back. Max Freed.
1:00:17
All right, you got first pick. The number is 37.
1:00:27
Oh, this is not going to be good.
1:00:30
Which is good for you as we just discussed.
1:00:34
Oh nevermind. Well that sucks.
1:00:38
I just burned my pitching. Spot.
1:00:40
Oh my goodness, dude. You want to talk about some
1:00:43
arms? We both we both blew the the
1:00:48
pitching spot. So let's just run through the
1:00:49
names here. Pedro Martinez wore 37.
1:00:52
Max Scherzer, Ryan Sandberg, Well, not a pitcher.
1:00:55
Dennis Eckersley, Tommy John, Keith Hernandez.
1:00:59
I mean, some of these names, my goodness.
1:01:03
Steven Strasburg. What a drop off Wow.
1:01:17
It's your pick, my friend. This sucks.
1:01:24
This is tough. This is tough, dude.
1:01:38
What's tough is that it does burn a top three spot.
1:01:50
Yeah, I think I, Nah, I'm not going to do it on him.
1:01:59
Let's go, Keith Hernandez. That's who I wanted.
1:02:02
That is who I wanted. OK, well then that leaves me
1:02:06
with, yeah, see, this is where I take a little bit of a hit, but
1:02:19
there's got to be there's got to be some names.
1:02:26
Vince DiMaggio. Wasn't that the third DiMaggio
1:02:28
brother? I.
1:02:29
Think so. Like I answered my own question
1:02:32
there. Too.
1:02:35
Not too many Dimaggio's floating.
1:02:37
Around. That's fair.
1:02:38
Yeah. In baseball.
1:02:40
All right, this is easy. I'm going.
1:02:43
Wait. Oh, no.
1:02:46
OK. Yeah, we're good.
1:02:47
I'm going to go, I believe was on my alphabet team.
1:02:51
I'm going to go with to Oscar Hernandez.
1:03:00
Well, you really open it up, didn't?
1:03:03
You. I had to dude.
1:03:04
I didn't I. I mean, I don't hate it.
1:03:09
I'm playing to the I'm playing to the crowd with this one.
1:03:11
I'm not. You are.
1:03:13
And you went with who? Keith Hernandez.
1:03:20
All right, all right, next pick already done 27 already done
1:03:29
1511 who wore #11? You're up first.
1:03:38
Correct. Good.
1:03:43
Oh yeah, Yeah, actually. Oh, actually, I didn't know
1:03:53
actually. 11 is so deep. Actually, Oh my goodness. 11 is
1:04:03
so deep. I mean, you, I'm like I'm like
1:04:09
100 names down and I could go with you Darvish, if I wanted
1:04:12
to. Well, I couldn't because I
1:04:13
already have a picture, but and not that I would go with you,
1:04:15
Darvish, but I mean, this is 11 is deep.
1:04:19
I'm going to go. You know what, I'm not going to.
1:04:26
I'm not going to blow my last top three war pick.
1:04:30
I'm going to go. Edgar Martinez is my DH.
1:04:36
Smart. Give me Barry Larkin.
1:04:45
Good pick that. Yeah, it was either going to be
1:04:48
probably him. Same.
1:04:48
Thing I was if you went Barry Larkin, I was going Edgar.
1:04:53
But if I did want to blow the final war, top three war pick, I
1:04:56
was, I mean, Rogers Hornsby at 120, War of 127.
1:05:00
My goodness. All right, All right, next
1:05:05
number. Who's got the pick?
1:05:09
You do. I do.
1:05:16
Oh oh, you can't. Never mind.
1:05:17
Number is 52. Oh boy.
1:05:22
Just announced into the Hall of Fame CC Sabathia.
1:05:26
Would have loved it. Would have loved it.
1:05:27
A lot of a lot of pictures are going to be on this list, so
1:05:30
this is tough all things considered.
1:05:34
Roy Halliday wore it in 98. Tim Hudson wore it in 99.
1:05:43
Oh my gosh, this is this. Is tough.
1:05:47
This is real tough. Bro that's such a hard number.
1:05:57
Like we should have thought about the pitcher spots because
1:05:59
like anything above 45 is really looking to like pitcher
1:06:04
category. Yeah.
1:06:08
Really heavy in that area. I don't even know man.
1:06:13
I don't even know. It's got me thinking.
1:06:33
My outfields take in, so that mean mean if I do, another
1:06:36
outfielder burns my DH spot. This is tough, man.
1:06:53
Oh, I got a couple of. I got a couple of options here.
1:06:55
You going down, you going down a little bit to like some live
1:06:58
names. I'm going to have to think
1:07:01
outside the. Box again 37.
1:07:04
What? What number are we at, 52?
1:07:08
52. I'm all over the place, man.
1:07:11
I was looking at that. Leave me alone.
1:07:14
How far? How far down are you going guy?
1:07:17
You scrolling. Down, don't worry about it, but
1:07:19
I do know we got to get these people out of here before the
1:07:21
football game get gets here so. All right, all right.
1:07:24
Let's put a put a rush on this. I mean, look, hit me with the
1:07:32
UNS exodus at DH, all right? You're not proud of it.
1:07:38
No, but I mean all things considered, not.
1:07:40
That that was a good, that was a good run for a short time.
1:07:43
As your DH, All right, I'm going to go.
1:07:49
Where am I at? I'm going to go.
1:07:55
Give me Sean Casey, the 97 Indians.
1:08:00
Sean Casey. Give me Sean Casey as my
1:08:06
infielder. The mayor.
1:08:12
All right, next number 1. Oh.
1:08:18
This will be interesting. You're up first.
1:08:22
I sure AM. All right.
1:08:28
I don't want to do that. Oh, give me, give me Nomar
1:08:47
Garcia para. That was stupid.
1:08:54
I mean it's in it's in. I thought I'd do that.
1:09:00
No, it wasn't stupid. No, I mean like it's a it's a
1:09:03
good that's a great name to have on your roster, but I'm just
1:09:06
saying, like comparatively, I just didn't I didn't want to
1:09:09
use. I'm saving my last, my last war
1:09:12
pick my. Last war pick I'm only going to
1:09:15
be using my second year. Give me Ozzie Smith, arguably
1:09:19
the most popular #1 all right, so you.
1:09:29
I've got 3 infielders. My outfield is set, so I need
1:09:34
one more infielder and a catcher.
1:09:36
We are doing the same thing then, so that's going to make
1:09:38
things interesting. Yikes.
1:09:41
Yeah. All right.
1:09:41
So you got first pick here, correct?
1:09:43
Yep. 447. Dude, why am I getting burned?
1:09:50
With this this is fun. Just.
1:09:54
Pitchers galore need an infielder and a catcher.
1:10:07
Oh man, I could really mess with you.
1:10:16
I. Already know?
1:10:22
The sadness in your voice. I'm just scrolling down a little
1:10:28
bit just to see it's not looking like I have any other options.
1:10:39
And we're getting down to that point where numbers could really
1:10:43
affect things. So give me Jason Varitek.
1:10:46
I hate that. I hate that completely.
1:10:51
What even number is this 47? Why did three years?
1:10:57
So why did you do that to me? I'm going to go you 7.
1:11:08
Holy cow, dude, what do I even do here?
1:11:14
An infielder and a catcher. An infielder and a catcher give
1:11:29
me. What about peanuts, Lowry?
1:11:33
Shut your mouth. Shut your mouth, dude.
1:11:40
What? This is 47?
1:11:42
Yeah. Did anybody wear 47?
1:11:47
Yep, just a couple studs. Studs we can't take.
1:11:52
Oh. My gosh, give me.
1:11:55
I really burned you here, didn't I?
1:12:03
Nobody wore 47. I mean, plenty of people wore
1:12:08
47, but you, You catch my drift. No, nobody wore 47.
1:12:13
Oh my goodness. So many pitchers.
1:12:19
Dude this is crazy. I'm up against the clock here.
1:12:34
My goodness. I don't even I can't even find a
1:12:37
name for you. That's what I'm saying.
1:12:40
Potentially mudcat grant. What do I do?
1:12:59
They're all pictures. I really don't even know how to
1:13:09
help you here man. Like I'm I'm scrolling for you,
1:13:12
I'm trying. I just want to like anybody.
1:13:22
How about Andy Chavez? Oh no, your outfield's taken
1:13:25
does. Anybody anybody in the chat know
1:13:28
of an infield or a catcher that wore 47?
1:13:30
Because I'm there is nobody. Ryan Pepio Oh, nevermind your
1:13:38
pictures taken. Give me you know what?
1:13:45
Wait, you know You know you know what?
1:13:47
You know what? Harold Ramirez with the race
1:13:50
isn't infielder. No, I think I like where your
1:13:53
head's at. I'm going peanuts, Lowry, third
1:13:57
baseman. Just strictly for the name, huh?
1:14:01
Yeah, sometimes you got to do what you got to do.
1:14:05
All right, So that means I got first pick, which sets me up
1:14:08
perfectly here. It's an avid catcher and the
1:14:13
number is Nope, sure doesn't. Number is 50.
1:14:16
Good luck. Oh no, and I need an infielder.
1:14:22
This socks dude. Oh, I'm good.
1:14:26
Nevermind. Oh sick dude, you got to be
1:14:33
kidding me. It's going to be the same guy.
1:14:35
Is the. Same.
1:14:36
It's the same guy that you finished the last draft off
1:14:40
with. What a joke.
1:14:42
This this so good. This sucks.
1:14:50
Man. You got to be kidding me.
1:14:54
Oh. That's.
1:14:55
So good. Not a single catcher on here.
1:15:00
Not a single catcher on here. What a.
1:15:05
Oh man, this is unbelievable. I love it.
1:15:12
Can you just help me find a cat? Like I sure sure I need help.
1:15:17
This I'm digging. I'm digging way too deep here.
1:15:24
Oh boy, I just need, I just need a catcher.
1:15:29
Just a catcher, you know? Holy cow.
1:15:36
Or you need like somebody that like.
1:15:38
Even a guy that just maybe thought about catching.
1:15:40
Yeah, yeah. Buddy Groom maybe did buddy.
1:15:43
Groom. Catch.
1:15:44
No, he's a pitcher. Oh.
1:15:48
Oh, that's tough. Did Brent Rooker get any time?
1:15:53
Catch. He looks behind the dish.
1:15:55
Come on, Dallas Braden, friend of the pod.
1:15:59
Can we stick him behind the dish?
1:16:01
Oh no, catching time for Brent Rooker.
1:16:07
And it doesn't list their position either.
1:16:09
So have these guys like, I don't even know.
1:16:11
So we're probably going by some names that could have, but wow.
1:16:17
Wow. This screwed me man.
1:16:22
This really did it yet? Again, I'm picking for scraps.
1:16:25
And then he goes. Out and gets Willie Castro.
1:16:27
Let me check. Nope, Nope.
1:16:35
No catching time for Willie Castro.
1:16:40
Oh, you know what? There we go.
1:16:42
I got it. I got it.
1:16:46
I'm going. I'm going.
1:16:50
Francisco Alvarez. All right.
1:16:57
All right, make your pick Mookie Betts for my 3rd and final.
1:17:04
What a top three player. What a joke as your infielder,
1:17:12
right? Yep, what a joke.
1:17:17
Say what you will, Spencer's got it in the chat.
1:17:20
Peanuts is the winning pick. I mean, you could only wish you
1:17:24
had Peanuts Lowry in your infield.
1:17:27
Oh boy. Anyway, that's all I got.
1:17:31
Let's get out of here. Oh man, good one, good one.
1:17:35
Post that up. See you see if anybody can vote
1:17:37
on that because I think whatever.
1:17:40
Think your boys looking pretty good.
1:17:42
You guys are awesome. Thanks for hanging out.
1:17:45
Thanks for sticking around this deep throughout life.
1:17:49
Throughout this week, especially tomorrow.
1:17:52
Don't go chasing curveballs we love.
1:17:54
You all and as always, looking forward to talking more baseball
1:17:56
with you guys soon. Until next time, stay filthy.