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GM Territory: Jim Bowden Examines The Top 20 MLB Free Agents & Where They’ll End Up Signing · Foul Territory

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  Speaker 1: Welcome back in everybody to GM territory. Dad, I'm loving
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  Speaker 1: the swag on you right now. They got the GM
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  Speaker 2: Let's go, baby.
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  Speaker 1: All right, everyone, we are going to break down our
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  Speaker 1: top 20 impending free agents for this offseason. Jim, let's
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  Speaker 1: start with number one. Who do we got?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's pretty easy, right? It's Tarek Skubal.
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  Speaker 3: And by the way, as soon as the World Series ends,
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  Speaker 3: it's going to be a sprint to free agency because
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  Speaker 3: if there's a lockout at the beginning of December, there's
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  Speaker 3: a lot of agents, a lot of players, and a
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  Speaker 3: lot of teams that want to get the business done
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  Speaker 3: before the lockout. So I'm expecting a flurry of moves
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  Speaker 3: in the month of November. It's going to be fascinating.
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  Speaker 3: But As you said, number one, it's Tarek Skubal, as
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  Speaker 3: you know. He won the Cy Young Award in 24
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  Speaker 3: and 25. Didn't win one this year because he had
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  Speaker 3: an elbow surgery and he was traded at the deadline
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  Speaker 3: from the Tigers to the Dodgers. But make no doubt
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  Speaker 3: about it. He's about to be the highest paid pitcher
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  Speaker 3: in baseball history. And whether that's average annual value or
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  Speaker 3: whether it's the total sum, I don't know.
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  Speaker 2: I can't tell you. Someone said, tell me how much
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  Speaker 2: you think he's going to get. I'm going to.
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  Speaker 3: Say between $ 350 and $ 500 million, depending on how many
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  Speaker 3: years he gets. But he's going to break records.
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  Speaker 2: I know that.
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  Speaker 3: So that one's really easy. And the other, let's talk
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  Speaker 3: about two and three as well, if we could, Trey.
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  Speaker 3: Because I think the three really stand out. Freddy Peralta
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  Speaker 3: went way up this list. I mean, what he did
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  Speaker 3: with Tampa Bay after they acquired him from the Mets
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  Speaker 3: is is he brought back all of his value. And
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  Speaker 3: this is a pitcher that has pitched 30 games, started
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  Speaker 3: 30 games or more for four consecutive seasons.
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  Speaker 2: That's hard to do.
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  Speaker 3: And his value as a member of the Mets at
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  Speaker 3: the trade deadline, like he wasn't even going to be
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  Speaker 3: a top 10 free agent. But in the second half
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  Speaker 3: after Kyle Snyder, the pitching coach of the Rays, worked
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  Speaker 3: with him, fixed him, got the extension back, got the
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  Speaker 3: arm angle up, got him back throwing 97 with that
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  Speaker 3: nasty changeup. Fastball Freddy has been dominating ever since. And
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  Speaker 3: Fastball Freddy is going to get paid. I can't tell
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  Speaker 3: you if it's 140, 150, 160, 170 million, but I
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  Speaker 3: got him number two. And then the third, the guy
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  Speaker 3: that's third on the top 10, Trey, fascinating. Taraki Sato,
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  Speaker 3: the third baseman from Japan. We're talking about a guy
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  Speaker 3: that just won the Triple Crown and just was named
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  Speaker 3: the MVP of the MPB. Do you know, Trey, the
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  Speaker 3: last Japanese player who won the MVP and then signed
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  Speaker 3: with an MLB team the next year? Otani?
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  Speaker 4: Nope.
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  Speaker 2: Murakami? Nope. I love the guesses.
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  Speaker 1: Nope.
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  Speaker 2: How about Hideki Matsui?
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  Speaker 1: Wow.
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  Speaker 2: He was the last one.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, you would have thought it was Otani, right, or Yamamoto.
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  Speaker 3: But no, it was Sato. So Sato, to me, really
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  Speaker 3: good fit with the Yankees. Red Sox, Phillies. This is
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  Speaker 3: a power guy. Now, there's a lot of strikeout in
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  Speaker 3: his game. There's a lot of strikeouts in the zone
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  Speaker 3: and out of the zone. There are people that are
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  Speaker 3: worried about it. I like him better than Murakami.
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  Speaker 2: I do.
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  Speaker 3: I think he's got a chance to be a star player.
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  Speaker 3: And can you imagine him and Judge and Bellinger in
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  Speaker 3: that lineup together at Yankee Stadium? If I am the Yankees,
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  Speaker 3: I'm playing checkbook baseball and Sato's going to be a Yankee,
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  Speaker 3: but I got to tell you, if I'm Boston, I'm
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  Speaker 3: not going to let him do it. If I'm Philadelphia,
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  Speaker 3: I am adding him. If they're going to really try
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  Speaker 3: to win Philadelphia, I mean, Sato would be a game
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  Speaker 3: changer for them at third base. So anyway, I think,
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  Speaker 3: I think those are the top three free agents, Scooble,
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  Speaker 3: Peralta and Sato. You and I have talked about it.
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  Speaker 3: So let's go to four to six. Why don't you
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  Speaker 3: break down who we have four to six on our
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  Speaker 3: top 20 free agents?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. And number four, we have Michael King. We all
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  Speaker 1: know this guy is durable and I'd like to see
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  Speaker 1: him back in San Diego. I can see the Cubs
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  Speaker 1: making a push for him. The Chicago Cubs, in my opinion,
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  Speaker 1: they got to get an arm, right? They got to
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  Speaker 1: get someone to slide into that starting rotation, whether they're
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  Speaker 1: going to put an offer in for Freddie or Scooble.
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  Speaker 1: Michael King, I think that's a great fit. At five,
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  Speaker 1: Randy Rosarino. He has been a breakout surprise for me
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  Speaker 1: this past season. And I like him in Philly. I
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  Speaker 1: really do. Depending on what they decide to do this offseason, Randy,
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  Speaker 1: right-handed power bat, I think fits in very nicely. And
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  Speaker 1: then say a Suzuki, right? He had 270 this past season,
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  Speaker 1: 26 home runs. You know, he's had 25 plus home
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  Speaker 1: runs each last couple of years. And he's another right-handed
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  Speaker 1: bat I'd like to see in Philly. But I think
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  Speaker 1: the Cubs would try to probably re-sign him. You know,
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  Speaker 1: it's going to be between Ian Happ and him. who
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  Speaker 1: they're going to keep. And I think they'll probably make
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  Speaker 1: an offer at Saya Suzuki. Jim, what is your thoughts
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  Speaker 1: on four through six here?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm with you. I love all three guys, no
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  Speaker 3: doubt about it. I mean, Michael King, great to see
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  Speaker 3: him back. Put up a 4-3 war this year to
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  Speaker 3: go with that 3-2-1 earned run average. Solid starter, great makeup. I, too,
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  Speaker 3: would like to see him back in San Diego, but
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  Speaker 3: there's going to be a lot of teams that are
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  Speaker 3: going to be bidding on Scubo, Peralta, and King because
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  Speaker 3: they are the three best starting pitchers in this class.
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  Speaker 3: A thing I love about a Rosarena is six straight
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  Speaker 3: years of at least 20 homers and at least 20 steals.
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  Speaker 2: So I love that.
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  Speaker 3: And say a Suzuki, I mean, 131 OPS, 26 home runs,
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  Speaker 3: 96 RBIs, a 5-1 war. There's a lot of teams
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  Speaker 3: looking for right-handed power. So he's going to get a
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  Speaker 3: lot of bidding there. All right, let's get to the
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  Speaker 3: next one at number seven, Jake Bauer. You talk about
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  Speaker 3: a guy that's value has skyrocketed this year.
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  Speaker 2: It's him.
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  Speaker 3: First time in his career he's ever had 500 plate appearances.
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  Speaker 3: First time in his career he's ever been an everyday player.
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  Speaker 3: And he has been solid and consistent. 874 slug, 21
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  Speaker 3: home runs. And he was the LCS MVP. Great makeup,
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  Speaker 3: great character. There's going to be a lot of teams
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  Speaker 3: who want a first baseman that will be chasing him.
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  Speaker 3: And then we get Jazz Chisholm, 19 homers, 41 steals,
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  Speaker 3: low batting average, inconsistent defensively, sometimes makes a boneheaded play,
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  Speaker 3: has a lot of swag, style. I like the player,
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  Speaker 3: but I think it's time that the Yankees move on
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  Speaker 3: from him. I think they might be better off letting
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  Speaker 3: Volpe play second, Lombard play short, and maybe use that
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  Speaker 3: money for Chisholm, maybe put a third base for Sato
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  Speaker 3: instead of Chisholm. But look, there's going to be a
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  Speaker 3: lot of teams that are bidding on jazz as well.
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  Speaker 3: All right, let's get to 9 and 10.
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  Speaker 2: What do we have at 9 and 10? At 9,
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  Speaker 2: we have Brandon Lau.
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  Speaker 1: And this guy hit. Yeah, absolutely hit. He's been doing
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  Speaker 1: it for a long time in his career. Had 35
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  Speaker 1: home runs with the Pirates this past season. I'd like
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  Speaker 1: to see the Pirates re-sign him and bring him back.
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  Speaker 1: I can also see if the Yankees let Jazz walk,
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  Speaker 1: bringing Brandon to Yankee Stadium. I really like that. And
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  Speaker 1: then I like the Phillies, too, as kind of a
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  Speaker 1: sleeper team, depending if they want to go after a
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  Speaker 1: rise or not. So Brandon Lau, big fan of his.
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  Speaker 1: And then Clay Holmes as well. You know, he had
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  Speaker 1: a really good season. I didn't really expect to see
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  Speaker 1: this kind of production from him. And I'd like to
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  Speaker 1: see Chicago re-sign him. Look, he's already in-house. You know,
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  Speaker 1: he has that chemistry in the locker room with all
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  Speaker 1: the guys or in the clubhouse, pardon me. And I'd
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  Speaker 1: like to see Clay back in Chicago. What are your
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  Speaker 1: thoughts on Brandon and Clay?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, look, if Lau can stay healthy, he's
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  Speaker 3: one of the best power-hitting second basemen in the game.
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  Speaker 3: The problem in his career is trying to stay healthy,
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  Speaker 3: but I love the power.
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  Speaker 2: There's no question about it. I mean, it's real.
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  Speaker 3: And 35 homers, 96 RBIs, when he plays every day,
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  Speaker 3: that's what you get. It's going to be interesting to
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  Speaker 3: see what kind of length he gets in a contract
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  Speaker 3: just because his injury history. I think there's going to
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  Speaker 3: be teams that are going to be reluctant to give
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  Speaker 3: him a long-term deal, but certainly– We know what he
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  Speaker 3: can do. He showed it this year. And then for
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  Speaker 3: Clay Holmes, I love the bowling ball, the sinker that
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  Speaker 3: he's got. He gets a lot of ground balls, high
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  Speaker 3: ground ball rate. The other thing, too, is with Clay Holmes,
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  Speaker 3: I think he's a solid third or fourth type of starter,
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  Speaker 3: but he can also pitch out of the bullpen as well.
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  Speaker 3: So I think there'll be a lot of teams that
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  Speaker 3: are searching for him. He didn't pitch as well for
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  Speaker 3: the Cubs as he did for the Mets. I'm not
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  Speaker 3: really worried about that, but I'm a big Clay Holmes fan.
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  Speaker 3: So Let's go over our top ten again. Tarek Skubal
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  Speaker 3: is one. Freddie Peralta, two. Taraki Sato is three. Michael King, four.
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  Speaker 3: Randy Rosarena, five. Seiya Suzuki is six. Jake Bowers, seven.
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  Speaker 3: Jazz Chisholm, eight. Brandon Lau, nine. And Clay Holmes, ten.
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  Speaker 3: That's a strong 10. There's no question about it. It's
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  Speaker 3: going to be fascinating to see where these guys land
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  Speaker 3: and how many of the 10 sign before the potential
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  Speaker 3: lockout in the beginning of December. You want to give
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  Speaker 3: me a guess of how many you think of the
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  Speaker 3: 10 will sign by then? Actually, I'll ask it this way.
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  Speaker 3: Over under five sign between now and December 1.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, over. I'm going to take the over just because
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  Speaker 1: I really want I want to see it happen. What
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  Speaker 1: about you?
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  Speaker 3: I'm going to go under. I don't think it's going
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  Speaker 3: to be as easy. I think there's going to be
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  Speaker 3: a lot of clubs that are going to say, well,
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  Speaker 3: if we do get a cap, I got to know
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  Speaker 3: that before I lay down this kind of money.
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  Speaker 2: I need to know what. work environment.
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  Speaker 3: So I think there's more incentive for the player to
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  Speaker 3: sign before the beginning of December. And I think some
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  Speaker 3: of the higher, bigger market teams are going to have
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  Speaker 3: a hard time bidding. Small and middle markets are going
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  Speaker 3: to be easier because they're going to have a lot
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  Speaker 3: of payroll room with the cap. But those guys at
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  Speaker 3: the top, those big market teams are They may want
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  Speaker 3: to wait to see what the system is.
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  Speaker 1: I do have a sleeper team for you who I
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  Speaker 1: think is going to be pretty active in the offseason.
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  Speaker 1: I think that's going to be the Anaheim Angels. I
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  Speaker 1: think with the new ownership in place, I'd love to
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  Speaker 1: see them go after some of these guys like Freddy Peralta.
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  Speaker 1: That'd be a big one. Even Jazz Chisholm. Disregard the
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  Speaker 1: fits and everything in that nature. I want to see
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  Speaker 1: the ownership be like, hey, we're here to win baseball.
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  Speaker 1: We're here to play. Let's see it.
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  Speaker 3: I think The big question with that is who's going
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  Speaker 3: to make the decisions, right? They have to hire their
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  Speaker 3: leadership team. They don't have a GM. They don't have
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  Speaker 3: a manager. So we don't know what Stan Kroenke is
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  Speaker 3: going to do in terms of that. But I think
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  Speaker 3: once he hires the people and puts them in place,
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  Speaker 3: hopefully sooner rather than later, hopefully it will happen right
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  Speaker 3: at the end of the World Series perhaps. But, yeah,
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  Speaker 3: I think they'll spend some money and try to be respectable.
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  Speaker 3: You know, the question always becomes, though, If you're a
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  Speaker 3: top free agent, do you want to go to the
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  Speaker 3: Angels that are rebuilding? Or do you want to go
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  Speaker 3: to a team where you have a chance to win?
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  Speaker 3: You know, a lot of times if the money's close,
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  Speaker 3: free agents like to go to a place where they
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  Speaker 3: can win right away instead of waiting three or four years.
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  Speaker 2: But I do think the Angels will be aggressive. I
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  Speaker 2: think that's a good prediction.
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  Speaker 1: I did have this thought the other night when I
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  Speaker 1: was watching the Brewers and Rays game one. And I
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  Speaker 1: was thinking about Jake Bowers, you know, because I know
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  Speaker 1: he's in our top 10, right? He got so much
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  Speaker 1: time at the plate this year, more than he's ever seen,
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  Speaker 1: and he produced. If the Brewers win the World Series,
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  Speaker 1: I would think as a player, if I have a ring,
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  Speaker 1: I'm just chasing the money after that, right?
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  Speaker 2: I think everybody wants to get paid, right?
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  Speaker 4: Right.
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  Speaker 3: I think a lot of times when teams are bidding,
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  Speaker 3: you know, Milwaukee has a pretty good revenue coming in
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  Speaker 3: because they're in the world series. They can afford to
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  Speaker 3: keep them. And sometimes, you know, players want to run
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  Speaker 3: it back, right?
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  Speaker 2: They want to win.
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  Speaker 3: So I think he'd be a great fit on the
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  Speaker 3: New York Mets. That's kind of the team that I'm eyeballing,
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  Speaker 3: but you know, if the Brewers have a chance to
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  Speaker 3: match whatever else is out there, I think they would
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  Speaker 3: have a legitimate shot of bringing them back. But to
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  Speaker 3: your point, you know, I, I, Definitely think when you
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  Speaker 3: get to this point, like Jake Bowers is, this is
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  Speaker 3: his one-time opportunity in life to get paid. So it's
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  Speaker 3: going to be hard not to take the most money
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  Speaker 3: in most years, but his hope probably will be that
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  Speaker 3: Milwaukee is willing to match whatever's out there on the market.
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  Speaker 3: So that's what's fun about free agency. You never know
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  Speaker 3: how it's going to play out.
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  Speaker 1: Got one more question for you. Clay Holmes, Jazz Chisholm,
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  Speaker 1: who's getting a better deal here?
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  Speaker 3: You know, I think Chisholm is going to get a
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  Speaker 3: better deal because of his youth and the upside. And,
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  Speaker 3: you know, 19 homers and 41 steals on a bad
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  Speaker 3: year isn't bad, right? What if he had hit this year?
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  Speaker 3: What if he had lived through his capabilities? I mean,
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  Speaker 3: it could have been 25-50, right, pretty easily. You know,
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  Speaker 3: and I just think there's a lot of teams, a
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  Speaker 3: lot of second division teams that are going to want
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  Speaker 3: to chase after Jazz to add talent, right? I think
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  Speaker 3: he fits on a lot of different clubs. So we'll
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  Speaker 3: see how it goes. how that plays out. I also
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  Speaker 3: think if he goes in the right environment, he could benefit.
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  Speaker 3: For example, the Padres. If you put him at second base,
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  Speaker 3: move Cronenworth to first, I think guys like Fernando Tatis Jr.,
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  Speaker 3: Jackson Merrill, and Manny Machado could maybe rein him in
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  Speaker 3: and help him develop to the next level. That would
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  Speaker 3: be a fun clubhouse for him, I think.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely. And I actually did misspeak there. I meant to say,
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  Speaker 1: is it Jazz or Bowers? Who's getting the better deal
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  Speaker 1: between Bowers or Jazz?
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  Speaker 3: It's going to probably be Jazz. He probably gets a
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  Speaker 3: longer term deal with a bigger track record, I would guess.
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  Speaker 3: And they're not really comparable players, but I would guess Jazz.
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  Speaker 2: Would be my guess.
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  Speaker 1: Makes sense.
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  Speaker 2: All right.
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  Speaker 1: Why don't we move on to our 11 through 20 now?
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  Speaker 1: Let's start with this is one of your favorites, Jim.
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  Speaker 1: So I'm going to let you take this one. Number
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  Speaker 1: 11 on our list, Adrian Morhaan.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I love him.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, he's one of the best left-hand relievers in baseball.
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  Speaker 3: He's a high leverage reliever. He can set up, he
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  Speaker 3: can close, he can be a lefty specialist. He can
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  Speaker 3: pitch multiple innings. Um, yeah, he's going to get paid, right?
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  Speaker 3: He's going to become one of the highest paid left-handed
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  Speaker 3: high leverage relievers in the game. A lot of teams
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  Speaker 3: are going to be chasing more on, I'd love to
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  Speaker 3: see him stay in San Diego, but if not, I
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  Speaker 3: think he's a really good fit with the New York Yankees.
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  Speaker 3: I think that would be the spot for him. Uh,
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  Speaker 3: So he's at 11 at number 12, New York Yankee
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  Speaker 3: closer David Bednar. He's the best closer on the market,
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  Speaker 3: 35 saves, a 2-4-7 ERA. I think a return to
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  Speaker 3: the Yankees makes a lot of sense here. There'll be
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  Speaker 3: a lot of teams, again, on him just because it's
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  Speaker 3: a very short market for starters. And then Nick Martinez
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  Speaker 3: after that, despite the 35 years old, the game one
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  Speaker 3: starter in the World Series for.
• 15:13
  Speaker 2: The Tampa Bay Rays.
• 15:15
  Speaker 3: I mean, you know, he'll get a multi-year deal this
• 15:17
  Speaker 3: time around. I don't think– He'll have to just get
• 15:20
  Speaker 3: the qualifying offer. I think he'll get a two-year deal,
• 15:22
  Speaker 3: and I think he deserves it. Boy, I mean, every time,
• 15:25
  Speaker 3: it seems like every time he pitched down the stretch
• 15:28
  Speaker 3: for Tampa, they just won. It was unbelievable, like incredible.
• 15:33
  Speaker 3: So congrats to him on a great year. I love
• 15:36
  Speaker 3: what Nick brought to the table on a nightly basis.
• 15:39
  Speaker 2: It was really special.
• 15:41
  Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely. Nick Martinez, he's one of those players to
• 15:45
  Speaker 1: where I'm like, you know, he's 36 years old. You know,
• 15:48
  Speaker 1: he's not he's not like he's getting any younger, but
• 15:51
  Speaker 1: he is still performing, you know, at pretty much an
• 15:54
  Speaker 1: all star level this time. So I would like to
• 15:57
  Speaker 1: see Nick Martinez potentially with the Rays again because of
• 16:01
  Speaker 1: his success there and maybe with the Giants.
• 16:05
  Speaker 2: Right.
• 16:05
  Speaker 1: Think about the Giants for a second. That's a really
• 16:07
  Speaker 1: young team to where you bring in a Nick Martinez,
• 16:10
  Speaker 1: especially when you're trying to develop a pitching staff and
• 16:12
  Speaker 1: start winning games again. A guy with a lot of
• 16:15
  Speaker 1: experience is always good to have in the clubhouse. So
• 16:18
  Speaker 1: I am kind of thinking he'll probably end up back
• 16:21
  Speaker 1: with the Rays logically, but emotionally, I want to see
• 16:24
  Speaker 1: him with the Giants.
• 16:26
  Speaker 2: Okay.
• 16:27
  Speaker 3: Let's go to 14 and 15. A couple of southpaws.
• 16:30
  Speaker 3: Kind of hard to line these up. Could have gone
• 16:32
  Speaker 3: either way. I chose to go to Foster Griffin at 14.
• 16:37
  Speaker 3: He was 12-3 with Washington with a 3-0-6. He was
• 16:40
  Speaker 3: one of the best undervalued free agents last offseason. Got
• 16:44
  Speaker 3: traded to Cleveland and didn't pitch as well, 3-3 with
• 16:47
  Speaker 3: a 5-1-9 with Cleveland. But that ERA is kind of
• 16:51
  Speaker 3: misleading because if you go to his FIP, Fielding Independent Pitching,
• 16:55
  Speaker 3: it was 3-5-4. So he pitched better than what the
• 16:58
  Speaker 3: traditional stats were saying. But I really like Foster Griffin.
• 17:01
  Speaker 3: He knows how to pitch. And I think he'll be
• 17:04
  Speaker 3: better next year than he was this year. I think
• 17:05
  Speaker 3: he's a solid mid-rotation left-handed starter. I'd love to see
• 17:09
  Speaker 3: the Pittsburgh Pirates land Foster Griffin. They really need a
• 17:12
  Speaker 3: left-handed starter in that rotation. And I think Griffin would
• 17:15
  Speaker 3: be great, or the next guy on our list would
• 17:17
  Speaker 3: be absolutely great too at number 15, and that's Trevor Rogers. Look,
• 17:22
  Speaker 3: he had a really good season, 10 wins in a
• 17:25
  Speaker 3: four-year array as a member of the Baltimore Orioles. They hit.
• 17:30
  Speaker 3: 227 against his fourth seamer, just. 187 against his sweeper.
• 17:35
  Speaker 3: Like him a lot as well. I think Orioles, Cubs,
• 17:37
  Speaker 3: White Sox, Blue Jays, Pirates all fit kind of for
• 17:40
  Speaker 3: Trevor Rogers, so Yeah, so Morhan 11, Nick Martinez 12,
• 17:44
  Speaker 3: David Bednar 13, Foster Griffin 14, and then Trevor Rogers 15.
• 17:48
  Speaker 3: That's the top 15 free agents in this year's class.
• 17:52
  Speaker 3: So now let's get the 16 to 20.
• 17:55
  Speaker 2: Go ahead.
• 17:56
  Speaker 3: You take this former Tiger Padre and start at 16.
• 18:01
  Speaker 4: Okay, Kratzy, here we are again, man. How many times
• 18:04
  Speaker 4: do we have to tell people to get the best
• 18:06
  Speaker 4: tickets in the house? Where do we got to go?
• 18:08
  Speaker 4: We got to go to SeatGeek. It's been worth it.
• 18:11
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• 18:13
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• 18:16
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• 18:18
  Speaker 4: if it's not the best. Crafty, tell them how easy
• 18:20
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• 18:21
  Speaker 6: Todd, I know it's easy, but I'm looking for the
• 18:24
  Speaker 6: deals because that's what I do. Even so much, like
• 18:28
  Speaker 6: we're getting such a good deal, I want you to
• 18:29
  Speaker 6: come across the river and we'll go to a Sixers
• 18:32
  Speaker 6: game together. I don't know where to sit in the stadium,
• 18:35
  Speaker 6: but it'll let me know that's a perfect view because
• 18:38
  Speaker 6: I'm not a big NBA fan. but I got to
• 18:40
  Speaker 6: go see the Sixers play with LeBron and the boys.
• 18:43
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• 18:45
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• 19:01
  Speaker 1: Yeah, look, I think he kind of dropped on our
• 19:04
  Speaker 1: list as soon as he went to the Padres, right?
• 19:07
  Speaker 1: I mean, I was expecting a little bit more from
• 19:09
  Speaker 1: him towards the end of the season. He pitched very
• 19:13
  Speaker 1: well in Detroit. Obviously, he had some injuries. Casey Mize
• 19:17
  Speaker 1: is someone that I still believe in. Look, he's only
• 19:20
  Speaker 1: 29 years old. I think a really good fit for
• 19:22
  Speaker 1: him would also be the Giants or potentially a reunion
• 19:26
  Speaker 1: back in Detroit, right where he, listen, had a 319
• 19:28
  Speaker 1: ERA in 22 starts at Comerica. So So another option
• 19:34
  Speaker 1: for Casey Mize to me would probably be the Chicago Cubs.
• 19:38
  Speaker 1: I know when we were going over the trade deadline,
• 19:41
  Speaker 1: we kind of saw him as a potential fit there.
• 19:42
  Speaker 1: So for Casey Mize, those are kind of the three
• 19:46
  Speaker 1: landing spots I would expect for him. How do you
• 19:49
  Speaker 1: feel about that?
• 19:50
  Speaker 3: Yeah, I like those spots for him, for sure. Next
• 19:53
  Speaker 3: on our list, we got Luis Uriah. He's the second
• 19:55
  Speaker 3: baseman of the Phillies. He started the year with the Giants.
• 19:57
  Speaker 3: He's won three batting titles in his career this year,
• 20:00
  Speaker 3: did what he normally does at 310. Um, you know, the,
• 20:04
  Speaker 3: the problem with a rise is not a lot of
• 20:05
  Speaker 3: home run power, not, not a lot of stolen base speed,
• 20:08
  Speaker 3: but the good part about a rise this year, he
• 20:10
  Speaker 3: had his best year defensively of his career. When he
• 20:13
  Speaker 3: was a member of the giants, he worked a lot of, uh,
• 20:16
  Speaker 3: infield work with Ron Washington, uh, learned some new drills
• 20:19
  Speaker 3: and it really helped him. And he was really good defensively.
• 20:22
  Speaker 3: And when he got to Philadelphia, uh, he really gave
• 20:25
  Speaker 3: a boost to that lineup. Um, This is a guy
• 20:27
  Speaker 3: that makes contact, puts the ball in play, doesn't hit
• 20:30
  Speaker 3: the ball very hard, but he gets his hits. And
• 20:32
  Speaker 3: that's what he brings to the table. I'd love to
• 20:35
  Speaker 3: see him stay in Philly. I think it was a
• 20:36
  Speaker 3: really good spot, really good home for him. But I
• 20:39
  Speaker 3: like the swing. Really impressive, without a doubt. Next on
• 20:43
  Speaker 3: our list is the most intriguing of all. I've never
• 20:47
  Speaker 3: seen him in person. Kaima Tyra. He is a right-handed pitcher.
• 20:52
  Speaker 3: They call him a fire hydrant.
• 20:54
  Speaker 1: Oh, yeah.
• 20:55
  Speaker 3: Because he's 5'8, 230 pounds. And he looks like a
• 20:58
  Speaker 3: fire hydrant.
• 20:59
  Speaker 2: I'm sorry.
• 20:59
  Speaker 3: I'm not making fun of him. This is what his
• 21:01
  Speaker 3: nickname is. I want you to listen to this. He
• 21:03
  Speaker 3: had a 126 ERA.
• 21:05
  Speaker 1: 126.
• 21:05
  Speaker 2: All right?
• 21:07
  Speaker 3: And that's in 146 innings of work.
• 21:10
  Speaker 2: He was a reliever. Now he's a starter.
• 21:12
  Speaker 3: I don't know if he starts or relieves here. He
• 21:15
  Speaker 3: is fascinating on video. I love him on video. There
• 21:20
  Speaker 3: haven't been a lot of 5'8 starting pitchers in the
• 21:22
  Speaker 3: big leagues. Not that it can't happen. So I don't
• 21:25
  Speaker 3: know if he starts, relieves. I've talked to some teams.
• 21:27
  Speaker 3: They're kind of mixed on him. But kind of love
• 21:31
  Speaker 3: the tape. I wish I could see him in person.
• 21:34
  Speaker 3: But the tape, you sit there and go, wow. I mean,
• 21:37
  Speaker 3: if everybody on this list that I go, do I
• 21:39
  Speaker 3: have him too low?
• 21:41
  Speaker 2: He would be the guy.
• 21:42
  Speaker 1: Wow.
• 21:43
  Speaker 3: Like I could see him top 10. I could see
• 21:46
  Speaker 3: him top five.
• 21:47
  Speaker 6: Oh, wow.
• 21:48
  Speaker 2: Yeah. Like that's I don't know what he is. I
• 21:51
  Speaker 2: can't tell.
• 21:52
  Speaker 3: But he is the most intriguing fire hydrant of my life.
• 21:55
  Speaker 2: And I will not park our in front of him.
• 21:58
  Speaker 2: I promise.
• 21:58
  Speaker 3: And I promise you, my dog will not lift his
• 22:01
  Speaker 3: right leg when he sees Tyra.
• 22:03
  Speaker 1: Hey, yes, thankfully, thankfully that will not happen. Yeah, he
• 22:08
  Speaker 1: is super intriguing. I'm excited to see where he lands
• 22:11
  Speaker 1: and I'm excited to see him in person. That's going
• 22:13
  Speaker 1: to be an awesome experience. I kind of see him
• 22:16
  Speaker 1: based on his career, maybe probably in the bullpen. But,
• 22:23
  Speaker 1: you know, I can also see him starting again. It's
• 22:25
  Speaker 1: just it's such an unknown. We really won't know until
• 22:28
  Speaker 1: we get to see him on a big league team. uh,
• 22:31
  Speaker 1: at number 19, this is probably one of my, uh,
• 22:34
  Speaker 1: favorites free agents. And that's going to be Ian Happ. Uh,
• 22:38
  Speaker 1: you know, he played at the university of Cincinnati. I
• 22:40
  Speaker 1: want to see him come back to Cincinnati. Uh, this
• 22:43
  Speaker 1: guy's a gold Glover, right? He's one of the beat
• 22:45
  Speaker 1: best defensive outfielders in the game and him back at
• 22:49
  Speaker 1: great American ballpark where he arguably that's the best stadium
• 22:54
  Speaker 1: he plays at statistically. Like that is one of his,
• 22:57
  Speaker 1: I know it's in the top three. I can't remember
• 22:58
  Speaker 1: off the top of my head, but He loves coming
• 23:00
  Speaker 1: home to Cincinnati and playing baseball. So I hope Nick
• 23:04
  Speaker 1: Kroll and the Reds, they spend the money, they get
• 23:06
  Speaker 1: Ian Happ back to Cincinnati. I think that'd be awesome.
• 23:09
  Speaker 1: What are your thoughts?
• 23:11
  Speaker 3: That'd be a good fit for him, for sure. If
• 23:12
  Speaker 3: he doesn't go back to the Cubs, I think Cincinnati
• 23:14
  Speaker 3: would be a nice home. I'm sure he'd love to
• 23:16
  Speaker 3: go back to the Natty. 20 homers in five of
• 23:18
  Speaker 3: his last six years. So besides the gold gloves. You
• 23:22
  Speaker 3: get 20 homers and play after games a great American.
• 23:25
  Speaker 3: That 20 becomes 25 pretty quick, as you know.
• 23:27
  Speaker 1: Absolutely.
• 23:29
  Speaker 3: Now, number 20, we've got a 35-year-old left-hander, Robbie Ray.
• 23:32
  Speaker 3: 13 wins on the year with a 3-5-9 ERA. Robbie
• 23:38
  Speaker 3: Ray is still a mid-rotation starter. It's his off-speed pitch
• 23:41
  Speaker 3: that continues to get outs, which I love. And a
• 23:44
  Speaker 3: solid guy. So let's recap the rest of our 11
• 23:50
  Speaker 3: to 20 on our free agent list. Adrian Morhan was 11.
• 23:55
  Speaker 3: The reliever from the Padres, David Bednar. The closer from
• 23:58
  Speaker 3: the Yankees at 12, Nick Martinez. The right-handed pitcher from
• 24:02
  Speaker 3: Tampa Bay at 13. Then we've got a couple of
• 24:04
  Speaker 3: left-handed starters, Foster Griffin and Trevor Rogers at 16. We've
• 24:09
  Speaker 3: got Casey Mize. His stock really plummeted after getting traded
• 24:12
  Speaker 3: to the Padres. Luis Arias and his three batting titles.
• 24:16
  Speaker 3: Then we've got the fire hydrant. Oh, do we love
• 24:19
  Speaker 3: the fire hydrant. Kai Matyra, we cannot wait to see
• 24:22
  Speaker 3: because we have no idea what he is. That's going
• 24:24
  Speaker 3: to be fun to see how much he gets paid
• 24:26
  Speaker 3: because I have no idea. Ian Happ in left field,
• 24:29
  Speaker 3: 20 homers, five in the last six years. Trey wants
• 24:32
  Speaker 3: him to go back to the natty. I get that.
• 24:34
  Speaker 3: Skyline Tilly would be happy. They'd make a lot of money.
• 24:36
  Speaker 3: And Robbie Ray rounds out our top 20. And that's
• 24:41
  Speaker 3: the free agent list. Look, it's not the strongest class
• 24:43
  Speaker 3: we've seen at all, but there's a 20 really good
• 24:47
  Speaker 3: players by the way. And these are players that can
• 24:50
  Speaker 3: help teams win. So I'm fascinated to see how free
• 24:54
  Speaker 3: agents goes. As soon as the world series is over,
• 24:57
  Speaker 3: we'll get the month of November is award month and
• 25:00
  Speaker 3: it's free agent month and the GM meetings in Las.
• 25:03
  Speaker 2: Vegas, the 7th and the 9th of November.
• 25:07
  Speaker 3: And then it's Thanksgiving and, Oh, by the way, Trey,
• 25:11
  Speaker 3: our Lakers are undefeated to start the year 2-0.
• 25:13
  Speaker 4: I know.
• 25:14
  Speaker 1: I know they are.
• 25:15
  Speaker 2: Luka MVP. Let's go.
• 25:17
  Speaker 1: You can get those odds. You can trade for that
• 25:19
  Speaker 1: on Calshi, by the way.
• 25:20
  Speaker 4: Yes.
• 25:21
  Speaker 2: You can trade for that on Calshi. Yes.
• 25:24
  Speaker 3: And by the way, this World Series after Game 1
• 25:28
  Speaker 3: is exactly what we thought it was going to be.
• 25:30
  Speaker 3: You and I have the Brewers winning it in 6
• 25:32
  Speaker 3: or 7, but we think every game is going to
• 25:35
  Speaker 3: be close. Game 1 lived up to that. I am
• 25:38
  Speaker 3: looking forward to the rest of the series and then
• 25:40
  Speaker 3: to free agency. And we're going to have all the
• 25:42
  Speaker 3: offseason covered, trades, free agents, the labor. Everything will be
• 25:47
  Speaker 3: up to date on GM territory as well as foul territory.
• 25:50
  Speaker 3: He is the great Trey Michael Bowden. I'm his dad,
• 25:53
  Speaker 3: Jim Bowden. And for now, chow and chillax.
• 25:56
  Speaker 1: We gone.