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Yankees Sign Bellinger, Mets Get Peralta, Robert · The 3-0 Take

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Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Three O Take, where we talk
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all things Major League Baseball.
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Here's Kyle Corwin and Nate Reyes.
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It all starts right now. Welcome back to the Three O Take
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presented by Chinook Cedry this episode 5 and 91, I'll be your
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host, Kyle Corwin. I'm here with Josh in the
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corner. Josh in the corner, no longer in
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the corner. At least for today, Nate is out
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struggling. Oh, struggling.
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I won't, I won't go into details, but he's, he's, he's at
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a conference and we'll just say that, you know.
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When in Rome? When in Rome, I guess.
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So he's he's he's laying low, he's in bed early trying to
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sleep some things off, I guess, but he sent me his thoughts on
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what we're really going to be getting into here right off the
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top, the Cody Bellinger news. But before we do that, I just
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want it on record so that that when it happens, we can come
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back to this moment. I, I told you Josh before we
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before we hopped on that I had AI had a strong feeling that
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something was going to happen during this recording.
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And I still stand by that. And mere seconds after I said
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that. No, we'll go minutes, mere
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minutes after I said that. Maybe minutes?
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Something maybe a minute after I said that, some things started
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started heating up a little bit on the on the trade rumor wire a
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little bit. So we shall see.
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But welcome. Welcome, everyone.
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Welcome, Josh. Welcome from being out of the
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corner. Yeah, Glad, glad to have you
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here. Big screen.
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Big screen. How about that?
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Let's get into this. Cody Bellinger talk Belly and
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the Yankees in agreement on a five year, 162 and a half,
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$1,000,000 contract. I'm glad this I'm I'm I'm glad
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this is over. This was one of the most
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pointless standoffs I think we've seen in in recent memory.
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Like it I I, I don't believe unless that belly waited this
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out until mid February when the dodgers presumably would have
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just gone and snagged him. I think this that's what I'm
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saying. This is just one of the more the
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more pointless standoffs I've remembered in recent memory,
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because this is where Cody Bellinger was going to start
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2026. This is where certainly felt
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that way. This is, yeah, this is where he
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was going to start at least the next four years.
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There was no question. And and the posturing from Boris
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with the seven years, no, he was never getting 7 years.
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I mean no disrespect to the 2019 MVP, but he was never getting
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seven years. So the Yankees credit, hey, you
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know what tip of the cap credit, credit to the Yanks for, for
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standing strong on that front. Sticking it back to Boris a
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little bit, I guess. And now we're we're capping it
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at 5 and they're like, OK, we'll, we'll, we'll meet you at
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5. And so the deal, the details of
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the deal, what we know now or that it includes opt outs after
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the second and third season, $20 million signing bonus and a full
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no trade clause. Josh in the corner, how do you
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feel about this? I, I'm, I'm surprised I thought
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the Yankees would get aggressive here because I felt like they
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almost had to. This is the signing they
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absolutely had to have. Aggressive as in?
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I I thought they. Would pay.
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Yeah, I thought they would go aava little bit higher.
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We heard rumors of of of 37 million and I'm like, yeah, you
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know, I I don't know who they were up against.
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It felt like no one, it felt like specifically because he
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just wanted to stay there and they were just trying to get
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more out of the Yankees. So I, I, I, OK, in the group
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chat, I put this out there, right?
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They say that, they say that one WAR, F WAR is worth $8 million
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on the free agent market. In the last three years he's
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averaged, I think it what, what was it, $3.8 million or 3.8 WAR?
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I'm sorry. It was like a four and then a
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two and then a four or something like that.
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So on average, like he's worth around 30 million, if that, if
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that holds up like, however it whatever that was like almost
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for almost for war or something like that.
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So 32,000,032 and a half million a year, not that far off there.
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So I, I don't feel like they had to go like when we're looking at
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Bichette signing for 42,000,000, right?
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And we're looking at Kyle Tucker for 57.
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We're not in that realm of of things.
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So I don't feel like I don't feel like they had to go
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astronomically too far, especially only going five years
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now if they had gone 7 then that he's kind of come down a little.
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Bit sure, yeah. I mean, I don't, I don't, I
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don't think they needed to get in a bidding war with
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themselves. And I think they knew that.
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And I, like I said, credit to him for, for holding strong on
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that because we all know Boris can be a little bit of a bully.
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And you know what? I I think the Yankees finally,
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because I feel like we've seen we haven't seen much of A
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backbone from the Yankees in recent years, or at least
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specifically the front office. Good on them for for old and
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strong. Do you have Nate's thoughts?
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I'm really eager. Yeah, no, I just pulled him up.
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Nothing extensive. I just told you 3 quick
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thoughts. He's he really must be hurting
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because he I saw he was he was typing for a good good while and
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then it just went away and then he just shot ME3 bullet points.
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He said glad first point, glad it's only five years.
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Second point they're probably going to trade for a starting
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now. Third, the new the news cured my
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hangover so well. There.
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He he said it, not me. So he's the one that put it out
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there. That is ultimately why Nate
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couldn't make an appearance. We were going to try to phone
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him in. I did have the idea right before
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you opt on. It's like, hey, maybe we try to
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phone Nate in. And then he said he was already
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in bed. So alas, here we are sans Nate.
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But those are thoughts on the deal.
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I I'll be honest with you, I didn't know how he was going to
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respond to this deal. I didn't.
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Had he mentioned before that he particularly wanted belly, or
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that he cared all that much if he ended up in in the Bronx or
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Queens or wherever whoever was else was potentially in on him?
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I feel like most of the I don't with him, I'm not really sure,
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but I feel like most Yankee fans were just kind of like, I'm not
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even thinking about it 'cause that has to get done and then we
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want something else. You know what?
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I mean, it's kind of like us with Bregman.
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It's like it's like that's not you can't even I was.
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So yeah, I guess, I guess I understand it from that point of
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view from Yankee fans. Or it's like it's it's not even
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really an addition because we just he's already here in our
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minds. The same thing was with Bregman.
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It was like you can't call Bregman your middle of the order
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big bad edition because he was just here.
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So it's Bregman and then what else?
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And then for Yankee fans, I'm sure it's OK.
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It's belly and then what else? Same with Schwarber and Philly.
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Exactly. Yeah, Although I guess I don't
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know, maybe that was a little different because I don't know,
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I feel like, I feel like his interest was being pulled or
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attention, I should say. His attention was being pulled
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from all sorts of directions. I don't know that we could say
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the same for Belly, I don't think.
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Feel that way? Yeah, it didn't feel that way.
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I don't know what Boris was, what strings Boris was pulling
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behind the behind the scenes, but it did not feel like the
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same market really at all existed for Bellinger in that
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sense. But you know.
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We have a deal by the way, passing hit refresh.
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Hold on, hold on. We have a deal.
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Was that right? The New York Mets have acquired
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you want. Me to go with it.
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I'm hitting refresh. Where is it?
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Passing Freddy Peralta, there it is.
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What a call, what a call, what a call.
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And almost, almost overnight, it seems like, it seems like we.
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And when I say we, I won't loop you into this, but I feel like
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Nate and myself have to eat crow.
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I feel as though the Mets have really shoved it back in her
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face because I feel like even, well, no, let me let me clarify.
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This is just speaking for myself.
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I'll, I'll let Nate address it at a later time if he chooses.
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I still stand by the fact that I feel like it's directionless
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spending 100. Percent.
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However, and obviously this is a trade, this wasn't even
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spending, but this is more so in relation to Bichette and things
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like that. Because like you and I were
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talking about guys playing out of position that like the, and,
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and my point was the roster that they've constructed is, is the
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type of roster you would expect to see in late September when
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guys are banged up and you're just trying to make it to the
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finish line of, of getting things started with the
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postseason. You're like, hey, some guys may
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have to slide over to some new positions.
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They're like, now let's just roll with what we've got for
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opening day. But while I think it is still
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directionless a little bit, they're they're at least
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addressing some holes. They needed an arm.
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Yeah, I was going to say, I think it's safe to say this is
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probably the best fit of of their recent moves.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah. So I mean it's.
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One we talked about. Yeah, we still got another name
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to to get into, but they they are addressing, they're
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addressing holes at the very least.
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Now if the now it's a whole another topic of discussion, if
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these are even good fits, if there's if there's going to be
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chemistry that that is created from this.
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It's hard, it's hard to tell. I this is a hodgepodge bunch,
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but you can add Freddy Peralta to that mix.
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But let's let some let's let some some details of that
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trickle in. Let's let's switch to the name
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that I was prepared to talk about next.
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Great, great transition here given the news.
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Luis Robert Junior, the New York Mets.
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Was this yesterday? They just starting to run
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together. Was this was this last night?
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Yeah. I.
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Must feel like it was earlier today, but it might have been
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last night. Or was it today I.
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Feel like it might have been today.
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No, this was yesterday. This was yesterday.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, this was yesterday.
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Mets acquired Luis Robert in a trade with the White Sox.
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Another situation, another scenario in which I'm glad it's
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just, it's it's done, it's over. Because this was just a this was
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a, a situation where I feel like we've heard Louise Roberts name
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for the last three years being floated out there and I'm like,
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I don't care. He could he could end up with
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the Yankees, he could end up with the Mets, he could end up
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with the Marlins. I don't care.
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I just want them to get out of Chicago so we can stop talking
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about it. Otherwise, keep them put and
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just keep them there. Like I've the, the, the floating
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conversation got to be just too much.
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So I'm glad they finally cut ties going back to Chicago in
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the return Luis Angelicuna and right-hander Truman Pauley.
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I think he was like a 12th round pick last year. 12th round pick
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at a Harvard I I don't really know what grade to give this
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trade because you have to look you you have you know it I know
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I know I know you're going to jump immediately on the fact
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that he's just not healthy I'm going.
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To I wasn't going there yet, but it's coming.
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I'm going to take the positive route and choose to look at the
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ceiling that exists. It's relatively high when all
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things, you know, when all things all things clicking, it's
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you're getting a star player when when he's right, which
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happened. Once.
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Like I said, though, I know you're going to, you're going to
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drill down on the on the lack of health.
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However, like we were talking about before I hopped on, I'm a
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big believer in the change of scenery and I and, and not just
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from a performance standpoint. I think I mean, ultimately
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that's, that's what everything funnels down to at the end of
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the day is what you're, you know, what you're able to
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produce on the field. But a change of scenery can
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impact in, in my mind, in my guesstimation, a lot of things.
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I think it can impact, you know, your confidence.
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I think it can impact your outlook on a given season.
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It can impact your, your, the way you look back on the
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previous season, even like if if you struggled last year, but
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you're like, all right, hit the reset button, hit the refresh
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button a little bit and let's, let's you know, let's fix the
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issue. Let's figure out what went
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wrong. Get with the new new coaching
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staff, a new training staff, even if if health is in fact an
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issue, Maybe get some get some things ironed out, identify some
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things that maybe your previous organization couldn't.
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And next thing you know, you're right back to where you were it
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at one point in your career. So I don't know, I'm going to
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I'm going to be optimistic about this deal for I mean, granted,
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it's the Mets. So hopefully he just doesn't get
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lumped into the Mets being Mets thing.
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But individually, in a vacuum, I'm looking at the the Luis
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Robert deal with with a good bit of optimism. 202338 Homers,
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Played 145 games. 5.3 WAR I mean that's that's the ceiling.
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That's where you want the guy to be.
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It's a 130 OPS plus. It's that's his last season was
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his first like was his most He played 110 games outside of
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2023. So you want to look at the
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return where the White Sox are getting a draft pick from last
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year, which is a a flyer and Luis on Helicuna, who really
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hasn't been able to put it together yet.
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That doesn't mean he's not going to.
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He absolutely still good, but the return here is so much
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different than when we started hearing Luis Robert rumors.
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They knew they weren't going to be good in 24.
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They knew they weren't going to be good in 25.
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They missed a real opportunity to trade this guy and change the
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way their franchise would be looking, maybe even going into
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2026 at this point. The White Sox saved $20 million.
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That's it, 22 million because there's a, because there's a
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buyout next year. That's all they did.
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I'll ask you, you think they spend that $20 million?
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No, probably not. So they're just saving it.
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Although I saw what's his, what's his name, Chris Getz, He
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said that they were going to be a, quote, aggressive.
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They're talking to multiple clubs now.
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I'm like about what hot dog vendor to switch to because I'm
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certain that it's not about personnel, although I will say,
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you know, inherent disrespect when talking about the the White
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Sox deserved respect. I would even say, however, I
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feel like they've got an interesting mix going into 2026.
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I'm not, I'm not like, I'm not thrilled about it, but I'm not,
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I'm not so down in the dumps as it relates to what the White Sox
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are are bringing to the table for Opening Day.
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There are some shadows of building blocks that you're
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going to start seeing showing up, you know, for that team.
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I don't know how much of it I, I think is, I don't know.
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I don't know how much of it is good now, but they're certainly,
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I mean, they've traded enough pieces, they've done enough
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things. They've been, you know, they've
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had the draft picks. There's going to be something
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that we're going to start seeing.
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Whether they finish it, whether they do anything with it is
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another question. It's all about what are they
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going to do to capitalize? And you see so many teams amass
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this pool of talent to do nothing with.
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Then they just become the farm, you know, the farm team for the
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rest of the league. And it's not just one team, one
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or two teams doing that. There.
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There are many teams that I feel like do that.
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And it's it's going, I mean, not that we have to go down this
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rabbit hole, but it goes back to the conversation of like, what
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is this CBA going to look like? What are these conversations
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going to look like? And the people, I don't know,
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man, people are just going to have to start pulling their
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weight like these owners. I, I don't know, I don't know
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what else there is to say. Like I don't know how many
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times, how many times I can say it.
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I don't know how many different ways I can say it, but that's
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the reality of it. How about the other side of this
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thing? I mean the fit with the Mets, so
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I will say this because you did mention like not not necessarily
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spending, but even trades are spending and this is actually a
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really good example of that, right?
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He's got a $20 million contract. The Mets are at the place with
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the luxury tax where the tax is 110%.
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So they're not paying $20 million for Luis Robert to to
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maybe work out they're paying $42 million for Luis Robert.
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It really when you, I mean he's not getting that money, but
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essentially it costs them $42 million.
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Is that that accurate? Is that, am I, am I there?
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I think so anyway. 40 Let me confirm.
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Yeah, 40. Yeah, because it's 100.
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It's because it's 110%. And then the same thing with
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Beau Bouchette. Like we're approaching 90
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million, like Beau Bouchette this year is costing them 88.2
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million and and he's going to play a position he's never
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played. That's sorry.
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I'm just getting this Peralta graphic out.
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No, but that's what I was saying like that you see the Louise
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Robert, you're like, oh, that's so nice.
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You see the Peralta trade now it's like, oh, that's nice.
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But then you, you go back to some of these more like
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literally 70 like what, 48 hours, 72 hours ago and you're
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going, this is this construction doesn't really make sense.
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But then you bring it and then it.
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But then on the flip side, you go back to my point about well,
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there now it seems like they're addressing some of the the more
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glaring holes that they needed to fix.
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And you bring in a guy like Louise Robert.
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Now you bring in a front end rotation guy and Freddy Peralta,
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albeit for a year. I don't know, 2026 isn't looking
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as dire or even head scratching as it did maybe 72 hours ago.
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Let. Me ask you this who hits more
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home runs this season, Peter or the combination of Bichette and
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Polanco? Is this like, is this like a
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Billy Bean Moneyball? Like let's create him in the
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aggregate situation, But I'm saying is this what you're
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asking me do? You think that there's a chance
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that Pete Alonso out homers the two corner infielders for the
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Mets in Polanco and Bichette that they've just acquired to
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replace one guy? I think there's a chance that if
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that if Peter hits 50, that both of these guys don't get to 25.
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Yeah. There's a chance that you know
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what I'm saying, Like they're and I and I, I don't know, I, I
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still question really. I think there's just weird
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things with this team, like why? It was personal.
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The guy, he was your franchise leader in home runs.
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It seemed like the most, like obvious thing to bring him back
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when you're just spending money to spend it.
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And, and I, I don't know why, Like, we just want to not like
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him. And when he's on the Mets,
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that's really easy. Well, I mean, a guy's just
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straight up cornball. I mean, there's no getting
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around it, but but yeah, man, All in all, though, this has
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been, this has been such a fascinating offseason for the
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Mets. I, there's really no other way
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to explain it. I I don't know.
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But like I said it like if, if this is where you call it,
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you're like, OK, that that was the last, last bullet we had in
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the chamber. It's like, that's a pretty good
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offseason. Now mind you, another guy that
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was tied to them for Amber Valdez is still out there.
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I don't. What's?
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Going on, I don't know. Oh, I think we very, very
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clearly know what's going on there.
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Did. You hear about the video.
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Did you ever know Framber Valdez put together a 20 minute
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punching somebody? No, no, he put together like a
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20 minute video of like who he is or something like that.
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And I feel like it's in direct relation to like this is how
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this is who I am. This is where I came from.
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This is how I was raised. This is how I did made it to
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this spot in that spot. And it almost feels like they're
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trying to like him and his camp are trying to maybe I don't
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know. I don't want.
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I don't. Want to say image repair?
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Yeah, it just seems. Yes, absolutely, because there
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has to be some sort of hesitance from these clubs to say I don't
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know how far I want to go with this.
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The guy just drilled his catcher this year and there's been other
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things said. It's so easy.
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I feel like for somebody to look at that and be like, come on,
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man, you're going to, you're not going to sign this guy.
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You're not going to pay this guy the money that he's asking for
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because of that incident. It's like, yeah, I'm not going
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to minimize that incident when you have to take into account
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that this guy's going to be around the rest of your ball
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club for 162 plus games. For how many years too?
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That's not something you can just brush under the rug like
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that's, you know, that's a big that's a big character thing,
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man. And like, I get it.
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I fuses can be short. You you lose patience, but you
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don't you don't take it out on your guy in that sense.
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Like even if it was a scuffle and a dugout, whatever that
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happens all the time, don't care.
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I'm not that wouldn't if if I'm the one with the checkbook,
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that's not impacting my decision on whether or not to bring in
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framework because guys do that all the time because you're
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around each other more than your own family.
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Like, of course you're going to get into it, but to do it the
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way to to let that display of frustration play out the way
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that it did. Yeah, I'm going to.
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That's if, if I'm that, like I said, if I'm the guy with the
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checkbook, that's absolutely impacting my decision because
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that's just not, that's not something you can take lightly.
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That video's crazy too because he looks cold after he hits him.
25:00
Just turns his back on him. Oh yeah, man, that was, that was
25:03
sick. But yeah, I don't know, man.
25:10
At the same time, in the last four years, only Logan Webb has
25:14
thrown more innings than Framer Valdez.
25:15
And he's got like a 320 ERA over those four years.
25:20
So somebody's got to be like, listen, we got to just fit.
25:23
You got to believe in in your club to be able to figure it out
25:27
because we need that guy on the mound.
25:30
But it does. Until the Peralta trade, it had
25:32
the Mets written all. Over Oh, yeah, Oh, yeah.
25:35
That. And honestly, I'm, I don't know
25:37
that I can rule it out because that seems, that seems like a
25:42
perfect fit for the hodgepodge bunch that is the New York Mets,
25:48
a talented bunch. But let's just, you know, let's
25:52
just call it what it is. It's a hodgepodge bunch.
25:55
I would say that personally I would root for, I'd root for the
26:01
sport to get him on to a club that can maybe calm that down or
26:08
or whatever and and make it a non issue anymore and then let
26:12
him go out and just be the dude. Yeah, like, I'm not, I, I, I
26:18
hope that when people hear me say that they're not looking at
26:22
them like, oh, Kyle's just done with him.
26:23
It's like, well, I, I wasn't thrilled about it.
26:26
And I, again, I think it's an important thing that needs to
26:29
be, you know, considered and addressed.
26:32
But I'm also not going to just write the guy off completely.
26:35
Like if he can go out and and sort of show like, hey, that,
26:38
you know, not not my brightest moment and like you said, go out
26:42
and be a dude for somebody else and provide meaningful
26:47
contributions to a team that can go on and do something, that's
26:52
cool, that's fine with me. 32. I would root for that.
26:57
If you give him I, I mean, at this point, I, I'd feel good
27:01
about four years, but it's just all a matter of fact is like you
27:06
got to hear the the Morgan Freeman.
27:08
I'm a I'm a rehabilitative man. Yeah, that's going to Yeah,
27:15
that's such an interesting situation for him.
27:17
It's like he he wasn't swept up in like a a cheating scandal.
27:21
He wasn't busted for beds. It's like you would presumably
27:27
hear it from fans, but if if you had no idea like as to the back
27:33
story of what happened, you'd like why?
27:35
If you're just like a new baseball fan, you're at the
27:37
ball, you're at the ballpark and you're like, why?
27:39
Why are we booing this guy and having to explain that
27:42
situation? It's it's just going to be a an
27:45
interesting an interesting thing.
27:49
Speaking of booing, I saw I saw some Phillies fans bringing it
27:54
back to the Phillies here real quick because I don't want to I
27:58
don't want to give them the pass.
28:00
I saw some people, some Phillies fans talking about how they're
28:03
they plan to Boo Beau Bichette going back to the Bichette
28:08
thing, they plan to Boo him whenever they cross paths.
28:13
And I'm like, he was never a Philly.
28:17
It this wasn't this wasn't show, hey tracking a flight to Toronto
28:25
caliber news. You know, like this was just the
28:29
Phillies thought they had a done deal.
28:30
Bo, like you and I were talking about.
28:32
I think I I'm going to give everybody the benefit of the
28:35
doubt and assume that everybody had the best of intentions going
28:39
into that night, that evening where we all think that Bo's
28:44
waking up a Philly and then here comes Uncle Stevie from the
28:48
clouds swooping them up. It's like, OK, why are we what's
28:56
with booing Bichette? And then that that leads to a,
29:00
a, a bigger point of discussion here with Dave Dombrowski in the
29:05
aftermath of the Bichette or missing out on Bichette.
29:09
I, I should say, but he was quoted as saying we're content
29:14
with where we are. And this falls in line, I think
29:18
with the Bichette situation, the Louise Robert Junior situation,
29:23
because they were, they've been tied, Louise Roberts been tied
29:25
to the Phillies and vice versa for the last 2-3 years.
29:31
To be fair, he's been tied to a lot of teams.
29:33
That's fair. But Philly just seems like a
29:36
fit, Like a a fit that actually made sense and not just a team
29:39
that, you know, wanted to express their interest,
29:44
something the Red Sox love to do.
29:46
The, the quote, though, we're content with where we are.
29:51
How did, how are you feeling about that?
29:55
Because the way I, the way that I read that is how, how content
30:00
can you really be if you were trying to bring in Bichette's
30:05
bat. Right.
30:07
I've, I've heard some, I've heard some of Phillies fans kind
30:11
of wondering if Bichette was the right fit in the 1st place.
30:15
A little concerned about third base in general and what that
30:19
did to their infield. It's still the bat is still so
30:23
much better than what they have bombs on.
30:25
The last year of his deal, it still made a lot of sense to do
30:28
it. And that's just one guy I don't
30:32
know. I I don't know.
30:33
I think they've got a situation there where they have a really
30:38
good team that just continues to fall just short.
30:44
And it's not like they're returning everyone here.
30:46
They are losing Ranger Suarez in that rotation.
30:51
If they're literally not what what is what is the additions is
30:54
are there any now? I don't think so.
30:56
They still need a right-handed bat in the outfield.
30:58
But are they just going with Rojas?
31:00
They got they got Adolis Garcia right, which I feel like just
31:05
gets a lost and yeah, and the news of this winter.
31:09
Well he had a down year last year too, so it it doesn't feel
31:13
as impactful. Yeah, bring back Schwarber.
31:18
Trey still there, obviously Bryce still there.
31:20
Boom is up in the air. I Who's there?
31:23
Right now, you know what I mean. Yeah.
31:25
But that's what I'm saying, who's to really say if he's
31:27
going to be there opening day? Like I could easily see Davey D
31:32
I mean, I don't he I don't think he he succumbs to fan pressure
31:37
very much. But with the way that this
31:40
offseason is gone and seeing his other NL counterparts just doing
31:44
what they've been doing, I could easily see him making AI don't.
31:48
I won't go as far as I called a panic move, but I could see him
31:52
just trying to get one last deal in before the before the buzzer
31:55
if you will, and maybe flipping him for for something because I
31:59
mean could use a third baseman, but I don't know if if that
32:03
ends. Up getting donned and.
32:04
If it doesn't, OK, that's another piece that you've had
32:07
for the last handful of years that's coming back where you
32:10
weren't able to really shake up positionally.
32:14
What about like a? What about like a poker?
32:16
Face like what if this is just a we're content where we are we
32:18
don't need to make a move and and yet you've had some
32:21
conversations maybe earlier in the winter or something with a
32:24
team about 1/3 baseman and you'd send Boehm the other way to take
32:29
third base there. But there would also be some
32:32
prospects on the way over as well.
32:34
So maybe you kick start those conversations back up third
32:37
baseman for 3rd baseman. I'll throw a few prospects your
32:40
way for this guy who has control or is under contract or
32:44
something like that. And maybe just play and like
32:47
we'll go into the year with Boehm, but I don't know then.
32:52
I mean, maybe, but it's it's. Just tone deaf to me like you
32:56
miss out on Bichette, you miss Well, I don't remember.
32:59
I don't was the quote after the Louise Robert deal?
33:04
I I'm not sure, but it's like you you missed out on a couple
33:08
guys that I think fans were really hoping for.
33:10
I'm sure the front office were was hoping for, but you just
33:16
don't like, even if you feel that way, like if you're trying
33:20
to, you know, pause yourself for the rest of the league and and
33:22
not, you know, show your hand fine, but don't.
33:29
You don't say that at this. Point in time or.
33:34
Maybe nothing good. Can come out of that maybe
33:37
unless unless you are absolutely to your point, if you if you if
33:40
you have a move up your sleeve, unless you are absolutely
33:44
certain that you can make that happen.
33:46
And it has to be I would venture to say it has to be soon for
33:49
people to not really, you know, put too much stock into this
33:53
comment because I feel like this is a pretty that's that's that's
33:58
a tough line to drop. Well, it would get down to the
34:01
wire anyway. Soon is gonna happen when we're
34:03
we're getting there. But the other end of this,
34:06
maybe, maybe there is a a point where he's not confident that he
34:10
can get a deal done and he just wants to instill that confidence
34:14
in Bone because he knows we failed and we need him to step
34:19
up. The last thing I want him coming
34:20
into spring thinking is that we spent the whole winter trying to
34:24
trade him. They were doing that last.
34:26
Year I know, so there's no confidence.
34:29
You can. Instill in this guy like any any
34:33
any any like significant contributions you're going to
34:37
get from him. It's going to be out of spite.
34:41
It's not going to be because while Davey D really believes in
34:45
me, he's decided to stick with, stick with me this year.
34:47
It's like, no, you were very. You are very.
34:50
Clearly on the way. Out and we just hit a couple
34:53
snags and some some guys ended up going elsewhere that we are
34:56
open to bring in third base is is.
35:00
Is tough right now. There's not a lot out there.
35:04
I mean, even when people are saying that they missed out on
35:08
Moncada, that's a bad, that's a bad free agent class.
35:12
So it it. Has to be.
35:14
Trade, right? I mean, it would almost have to
35:16
be I guess the other angle you could say is, well, if we just
35:19
pay boom this year and then every we don't have a 2027, then
35:24
we're covered. But the Phillies also can just
35:26
pivot and or can punt on third base and they can compete in
35:31
free agency next year because they just always can.
35:34
I don't know, maybe Bo opts out and not have another chance.
35:39
Maybe. But.
35:41
You know, I, I feel like there's, there are way worse
35:46
options, yeah. To go into. 2026 with a third
35:51
base and Alec Baum, like I, I hear what you're saying about
35:54
like punting, but Phillies, you talk to some Phillies fans and
35:58
you're like, this guy is the worst.
36:01
It's like relax, like he's going to be serviceable.
36:04
He's going to he's he's been through the ringer in Philly.
36:09
We'll just say that like he's yes, he's had.
36:12
A a tough. Go of it, but I think All in
36:14
all, he the fact that he's he's still standing, the fact that
36:17
he's ready to, I guess lace up for another year in in the bank
36:24
like I, I don't know, but I wouldn't be I wouldn't be all
36:29
that disappointed. I if I'm a Phillies fan, sure,
36:31
I'd be disappointed if you thought maybe this was the year
36:34
you finally get a, a fresh face in at 3rd and and maybe somebody
36:37
who's significantly better. But if I'm a Phillies fan, I'm
36:41
not. I'm not like losing sleep over
36:44
the fact that this is your third baseman.
36:46
Nope, I'm with you. Any news?
36:51
All right, we. Covered.
36:52
Cody, we covered Lubob, we covered Framber.
37:01
Do we cover Peralta at? At enough at enough length, I
37:05
know we're waiting for some things to trickle in, but I
37:07
haven't seen much. Yeah, it looks like the return I
37:10
mean. You could talk about the Brewers
37:11
here. I mean, this is the team who won
37:12
the most games in in baseball last year.
37:16
They're getting Jet Williams, a shortstop prospect, and Brandon
37:19
Sprout. I'm not really sure.
37:22
I'm not familiar with Brandon Sprout so I will look.
37:25
Him up but. Looks like he debuted last year.
37:31
Pitcher started four games for the Mets, 20 innings, You know
37:37
what I mean? So I don't, I don't know, I
37:39
don't know what his deal is. I haven't I haven't followed
37:42
him. I think I do recognize him that
37:44
now that I see his baseball reference picture.
37:47
And the pronunciation on baseball reference.
37:49
Actually says rhymes with boat. Love that rhymes with.
37:56
Anyway, yeah, I don't know. I mean, knowing the Brewers
38:00
close in in my division here, he's probably going to win a Cy
38:04
Young this year. That's just what they do with
38:06
all their acquisitions. It's absolutely ridiculous.
38:10
I would imagine he's probably in the fan graphs is pretty quick
38:14
with this stuff. I bet they've got him in the
38:16
rotation already. They don't.
38:20
They don't even. Have him on the.
38:22
On the roster, so I I don't really know, but man, you just
38:25
laid 1. You just laid.
38:26
One up there for fan graphs and they said, well they have
38:28
Peralta. They have Peralta already in the
38:31
Mets rotation. OK, so I wasn't.
38:33
Sure, they have him in. AAA he's he's on the he's on the
38:36
roster there 25 years old and and Jet Williams is not on the
38:42
40 man yet. He's still 22 but big prospect
38:45
so I'm sure he'll. Be a superstar.
38:48
Like I said, every, everybody that they do this, I mean, Caleb
38:51
Durbin comes over from the Yankees and tears up, gets
38:56
Rookie of the year votes. It's what they do.
38:59
It's what they do in Milwaukee. Some kind of devil magic up
39:03
there. So I I actually can't, I don't
39:05
have it in me to doubt the moves that they make because it always
39:09
comes back in my face. Yeah, it's tough when you're.
39:16
I mean no disrespect, it's tough when you're a pirate's guy and
39:18
you're constantly, you're constantly punching up.
39:21
You know, that's yeah, that's tough.
39:24
But I respect you for for taking the shots that you do take
39:27
because I know that's a tough spot to be.
39:29
It's. You know you're the laughing
39:32
stock of baseball right now. It's it's the.
39:36
It's the weirdest. Feeling, because I do feel like
39:38
when I'm talking to most people, I'm like, defending my team, but
39:42
then when we're talking about our team, we're yelling at them.
39:45
So, like, you kids, like you can't make fun of my brother.
39:48
Only I can make fun of my brother.
39:49
Exactly. Yeah.
39:51
I feel that, I feel. That Let's talk.
39:58
Couple items here. Closing the book.
40:02
Hall of Fame Carlos Beltran Andrew Jones joining Jeff Kent I
40:12
I'm not going to lie, I completely forgot Jeff Kent got
40:15
voted in what I. Was going through and I was
40:19
like. Reading, reading more into it.
40:21
I'm like, Oh yeah, Jeff Kent's going to be there in July.
40:24
Class of 20. 26 I was I'm I'm I'm indifferent about the
40:31
Beltran news. I was I was pumped for Andrew
40:33
Jones. Man, I feel like this is a guy
40:35
that. I just feel like.
40:40
This took way longer than it needed to and I and the one of
40:46
the thing, one of the talking points I always come back to
40:48
with Andrew Jones is and, and I know Gold Gloves have lost
40:54
meaning over the years, unfortunately.
40:59
But his story, yeah. Such a great award.
41:01
The trophy itself is fantastic, but it just means nothing now.
41:05
And it's sadly but historically players with at least 400 homers
41:10
and 10 Gold Gloves in Major League history.
41:13
Willie Mays, Mike Schmidt, Andrew Jones and Ken Griffey,
41:18
junior. And we had to wait.
41:24
And we had to wait this thing out.
41:26
Yeah. Yep.
41:29
Yeah, what are you fact checking me here?
41:32
No, no. I.
41:34
Was fact checking me because I was about to say and maybe
41:37
someday Nolan Arenado. He does have tangled gloves.
41:39
I thought he did, but. He could get to that 400 Homer.
41:44
Mark 2 What's he at 3:50? 3.
41:48
Wow. Yeah.
41:51
So listen, center field is the position on the field.
41:58
I know you could make a case for shortstop, you could make a case
42:01
for catcher. That's for different reasons.
42:04
Center field, I mean, Ken Griffey, junior, Willie Mays,
42:08
it's the whole thing since 1980. It's junior, it's Puckett.
42:13
Is that right? And it's Andre Dawson who played
42:17
some some center field. That's literally it.
42:21
Going into the Hall of Fame since 1980.
42:25
How are how are like? Where's?
42:27
Kenny Lofton, let's get him in. Are you for that?
42:36
I admittedly I'd have to take a closer.
42:38
I don't, I don't want to. I just want to throw that.
42:40
Out there, I'll put you on the spot.
42:41
There I'd have to take a. Closer look at the.
42:43
Numbers So I, I mean, Kenny is near and dear to my heart
42:45
because I mean, this is we're talking, we're getting into it's
42:48
sad, man, Like we're we're now getting into like our era of
42:51
guys that we like we grew up like watching all the time,
42:56
going to see like it's man, we're getting old.
42:59
But where was I going with that? Oh, the, the biggest hang up
43:05
that I feel like a lot of the writers had was, you know, we'll
43:09
talk about the decline in the back end of his career.
43:11
It's like pick a lane, like right.
43:14
If, if a guy doesn't play long enough to amass the counting
43:18
stats, then how are you going to penalize a guy that sticks
43:23
around? What you consider too long?
43:26
Like what, what like what's, what's the, what's the secret
43:31
sauce? Like what's the, what's the
43:32
recipe? How many years is a guy supposed
43:34
to be in the league for these writers to be like, OK, this is,
43:38
this is the sweet spot that we're looking at the we can vote
43:42
this guy in with 100% confidence now because he played the right
43:45
amount of years. It's like I, I he was clearly
43:49
good enough to be employed by a Major League team and not to
43:52
mention was one of the best to do it for a good portion of his
43:56
career. So what do we like?
43:57
What what took so long? He had less games.
44:00
But he had some still decent numbers later in his career.
44:04
But you know, Jaws baseball reference uses Jaws and all that
44:07
stuff for Hall of Fame standards and, and things like that.
44:12
And I mean, they use the, the seven-year, what is it, 7 year
44:17
peak, seven-year peak of 46.4 WAR and the average Hall of Fame
44:23
center fielder 44.6. There's a lot of numbers that
44:27
favor that. It's the longevity ones that he
44:30
falls a little bit short of, but still 62.7 WAR.
44:35
It was a, it was a, a good peak where he was.
44:41
One of the best the. The question I had in the in the
44:44
thing that gave me pause and I always thought that Andrew Jones
44:47
should be in, but like there is that star factor.
44:50
This is the Hall of Fame. And so there's got to be a time
44:54
when as one of the criteria to get in where you felt like he
44:58
was the best player or one of the best players while he was
45:02
playing. And I think that that's a tough
45:04
thing for a lot of people because he often wasn't the best
45:08
player on his own team and that that was hard.
45:11
And so because he got outshined that it.
45:15
May and not to. Mention on his own team, but in
45:18
center field, playing at the same time as Ken Griffey junior
45:22
and so like, he got outshined quite a bit, but you've got to.
45:27
Be able to get past. That at some point like he's
45:29
he's still was considered at least.
45:31
I mean, you would have thought, right, he's one of the better
45:35
center fielders in the League, One of the best.
45:39
That's got to be part of this. I I, I don't know where we I
45:43
don't know where we get lost in that and I don't I the center.
45:48
Field thing really. Kind of gets to me.
45:49
Is is all of a sudden there's two center fielders.
45:52
I don't know. I think that there is some
45:55
writers who use things like this to.
46:03
Like to push it down the. Line Well, if we let him in
46:06
right away, then that means this other guy that's playing right
46:09
now is going to get in for sure. And I don't want him to feel
46:11
like that. And I just feel like there's too
46:14
much of that kind of stuff that is like, is he a Hall of Famer
46:18
or not? Why are we waiting eight years?
46:19
I've been saying that forever. Like the, the, the strategy, the
46:23
fact that they're, that these writers have to have a strategy
46:27
for making sure they get the right ballot or the right votes
46:30
on their ballot before a certain time runs.
46:33
It's like, I understand having a guy on a ballot for X amount of
46:37
years and, and wanting to ensure that you're, you're dispersing
46:40
your, your, you know, spreading your votes out the right way.
46:44
But is there not a better system to where it can, it can just
46:50
dwindle down to the simple question of is this guy a Hall
46:53
of Famer or not? And not will I still feel like
46:57
this guy's a Hall of Famer in five years so that I can use
47:00
this time, Oh my goodness, from now until then to divvy up some
47:03
more votes. It's like just just put a guy in
47:07
if he's a Hall of Famer and Andrew, for me, a guy like
47:09
Andrew Jones was and is a Hall of Famer.
47:12
I don't know. I don't know.
47:14
Yeah, on the flip side, on the flip side.
47:17
Where are we at on Beltran? I I want to know like this.
47:22
We're talking it's. It it needs to.
47:23
Be said right we're talking about a guy who was the not only
47:26
just involved in a trash can sign stealing deal.
47:34
Why I couldn't think about scandal scandal.
47:36
Thank you. I was I was trying to give you
47:39
a. Chance to.
47:40
Figure it. Out.
47:41
He'll get it someday. But like this is this is the
47:45
guy. Who was like the front runner?
47:46
He was the leader of the whole thing.
47:48
He was the only one that was really called out by name.
47:51
He he he was hired as a manager and let go as soon as this thing
47:54
broke. So this is a guy that is right
47:58
in the middle of something that was clearly cheating.
48:03
Where are you at on that? Because I think this is like a
48:06
integrity is part of the voting and I don't know man, like
48:12
especially if and it had to happen, somebody didn't vote for
48:16
Bonds and a Rod and those types of guys and put in a vote for
48:19
him. I don't know man, like I've
48:23
made. My I've made my stance on the PE
48:26
DS thing more than. Clear over the years.
48:29
So I don't, I don't need, I don't want to have to like bore
48:32
the listeners with the same thoughts.
48:34
But. On the flip side, like.
48:38
You know, dare I say in defense of those guys, it's like, OK,
48:42
where does this more like, where do we draw the line with a moral
48:45
clause if we're putting a guy like Carlos Beltran Beltran in,
48:49
right? I don't, I haven't seen an
48:55
answer. Well, I, I, I was given an
48:57
answer. The fact that he's in the Hall
48:59
of Fame is that is the answer. But and what, 90%?
49:03
Of the votes, was it 90? It's like 8080, yeah. 7:00 No.
49:08
84, Yeah, yeah. And and then.
49:12
That you know. I I could make the case that he
49:14
was a Hall of Famer before that scandal happened.
49:17
I But does that matter? Does it matter?
49:20
When it happened. Because then you could.
49:23
Say, well, he was busted. For PEDs late in his career, but
49:26
he was clean the rest of the way or he was busted.
49:29
The thing is, it's like everybody post 2004, you know
49:34
whether they're clean or not, right?
49:36
It's. It's, you know.
49:38
It's, it's wild, but where does that go with, I mean, how far do
49:43
you go with it? We got guys that have admitted
49:46
to using sticky stuff for a long time.
49:49
Are we you have Garrett Cole on a podium almost crying.
49:53
Like how do you want me to hold the ball?
49:55
You know what I mean? Like, well, Jay Willikers, but
50:00
like that's cheating. Where does that?
50:02
And and you know, obviously you're going to hear the
50:04
arguments with like, we'll look back in the Hall of Fame.
50:06
We don't know who did what. We don't know who's clean, who's
50:08
back. OK.
50:10
But moving forward is the only thing you have an impact on.
50:14
So I don't know. It's interesting and I.
50:15
And, and Beltran's a weird one for me because I, I, I do feel
50:20
like he was a Hall of Famer, but did that ruin it?
50:26
And I'm surprised. I mean, they've already answered
50:28
the question, like you said, but it is interesting.
50:30
And I did not think that it would.
50:33
I don't know, it's weird. I, I, I kind of fight with that
50:38
a little bit and, and. It's politics.
50:42
It's it's personal vendettas. It's it's a whole mix of things
50:49
and it's, you know, in one breath you could say, well,
50:53
that's what makes the Hall of Fame so just garbage.
50:59
But on the flip side, if you're trying to spin it in a positive
51:02
sense, you can be like, you know, that's what that's what
51:06
makes this game, this game not perfect.
51:11
It never will be. I mean, it's, it's perfect in
51:13
the sense that it's in my belief, the best game of all
51:17
time. But it's, you know, it's, it's
51:19
not without imperfections and those imperfections come to the
51:23
forefront most, I think, when we're talking about Cooperstown
51:27
and, and things like that. But I don't know man, I've I've
51:32
given up on trying to make sense of the of.
51:36
Of the decisions made. By the, the voting panel, you
51:40
know, I'm like that guy, that Jif where you've got strings and
51:43
maps and question marks all behind and you're just trying to
51:47
wrap your head around how did we get here?
51:50
But how did we leave this guy behind or, or what are we doing
51:54
putting this guy in here? But you know, why did it take
51:58
this long? I, I don't know.
52:02
I I've heard the take. In in a podcast this morning,
52:08
if, if, if anybody wants a volunteer to show up at the
52:14
induction ceremonies and bang a drum or bang a trash can during
52:18
his speech, look no further that they can ask this the person
52:23
that was on this podcast and I'll tell you what I'd have a
52:27
hard time like I, I don't, I don't know, go for it.
52:32
I don't. I don't.
52:34
Want to open this, I don't want to open this can of worms, but
52:36
I'm, I said like two or three years ago, I think at this point
52:40
that I'm just, I'm over the like, I still see it in the
52:44
comments. Like I saw somebody, I I think I
52:48
posted the graphic in some like the the fact that they had
52:51
gotten voted in or whatever and somebody in the comments was
52:54
like, Bill Tran should wear his cap into the into Cooperstown
52:58
and he's put like the trash can emoji.
53:00
I'm like, that's funny. I'm like this.
53:04
This has to. Be the end of of at least for
53:08
him. Like, I mean, you're not going
53:11
to hear about Beltran anymore like once once he gets in like.
53:16
And you're going to have another wave of.
53:18
It when Altuve decides to hang it up and then and I think, I
53:22
think that's what. This is right.
53:24
If you don't let Beltran in, you can't let Altuve in.
53:28
And I think that there's part of of who's voting right now
53:31
saying, oh, we better just get out in front of this like you
53:34
said it. Does it count for anything that?
53:37
20/20/2017 was Beltran's absolute worst year in the
53:41
majors. He was 40 years old.
53:43
Is his lowest war? Is his lowest OPS plus like so?
53:49
A. Moral character.
53:51
Clause is is a moral character. Clause.
53:55
I don't know. Yeah.
53:57
And it goes back. To where?
53:58
Where do we? Draw the line.
53:59
But it's like, to me, it doesn't matter.
54:01
Like if they're going to, if they're going to, you know, and
54:05
I. Think you could also make a.
54:06
Case for Jose Altuve in a separate in a separate instance
54:10
when you have Carlos Beltran who was the leader of this of this
54:14
whole outfit and then. And then Altuve.
54:21
Who I think you know, if they, they've looked at the tapes and
54:24
it's like 11 pitches in his whole season.
54:27
They hit a drum and he didn't swing in any of them and he
54:30
looked back angry. So he's guilty by association.
54:33
He didn't stop it. That's where his guilt is.
54:37
But Altuve actually was a better player on the road that year.
54:41
He he didn't want anything to do with that.
54:46
So I guess there's AI guess there's an argument there, but
54:50
you're still, you still didn't stop it.
54:53
You're guilty by association for sure.
54:55
I mean, if Joe Jackson's Joe Jackson's not in.
54:58
Sorry, buddy. I.
55:02
I saw AI saw a clip recently that had resurfaced.
55:05
I don't even remember what the context of it was, but it was
55:07
just a resurfacing of a clip of the the banging.
55:14
Yeah, I think it was. Who was it?
55:16
Who was the guy? There was a picture Who?
55:21
Ultimately like called. It out called.
55:23
Time, yeah, and. Realized like, hey, we got to we
55:26
got to switch things up. I'm I'm blanking on the I
55:29
literally saw this video like a couple days ago.
55:31
But anyway, like you go back and watch it and in real time, I'm
55:35
sure. No, I mean, obviously nobody
55:36
thought anything of it because it took some time for this to,
55:39
you know, unfold. Not that we got to rehash the
55:42
whole cheating scandal. But I saw the video and I'm
55:45
like, knowing what we know now that is egregious.
55:49
Like, I don't know what they thought they were getting away
55:52
with it. Well, I mean, I guess they did
55:54
ultimately get away with it, but like, surely there had to be
55:58
some more sense in that dugout of like, hey, you know, maybe
56:01
this maybe we don't entirely get away with this when it's all
56:04
said and done because this is this was it was obnoxious.
56:09
But anyway, we don't need to. Farquhar, yes.
56:13
That's what. That's Danny.
56:14
Farquhar Yeah, of the of. The White Sox.
56:16
Of the White Sox, him and the catcher.
56:18
Got together and what's it say? Kevin Smith, the catcher?
56:22
Because it was he called. For a change up and he was like
56:25
dude. Something's going on here.
56:27
It was. What's his face up?
56:29
To bat GAT, was it Gaddis? That's a good question.
56:33
Or not? Not Gaddis.
56:35
Gaddis. Dang, this is going to bother
56:41
me. Now it doesn't.
56:42
Say who was up? Who was the?
56:51
Who? Was it?
56:59
I don't know. It does not.
57:01
It does not say who was up the. There was the big beefy.
57:06
Guy that didn't wear batting gloves, yeah.
57:11
Yeah. I'll get you.
57:17
Oh man, it is Gaddis. Was it Gaddis?
57:21
Well, Gaddis was. On that team.
57:24
Oh wait, it's right here. If that's who was up, I don't.
57:30
Remember who was up but Gaddis was on that team.
57:37
Yes, it it was. Evan Gaddis.
57:39
That's what I said. I got to trust my gut more.
57:42
Yeah. You doubted yourself.
57:43
You were there. All right, Last item here super
57:47
quick because we spent way more time on the Hall of Fame than I
57:49
thought. But it was good.
57:50
It's good conversation. Did not think I'd be talking
57:55
Astro sheet and scandal to this, to this length to that, but you
57:59
know, here we are, here we are. Last note here, Yadier Molina
58:03
being added to the Saint Louis Cardinals front office as a
58:08
special assistant to the President of Baseball
58:12
Operations, Heim Bloom. Let's just get this man into.
58:19
A. Into a manager seat.
58:24
It's it's time. I mean, sure, I feel.
58:27
Like we can wait this out. Only going to.
58:28
Happen with the Cardinals, right?
58:32
I feel very. Strongly about a team legend
58:38
fill in the shoes of the manager role.
58:41
That's just risky. I mean, it pans out sometimes,
58:45
but other times it can, especially when you're, I mean,
58:48
if it if you were good, but the fans were sort of indifferent
58:52
about you or maybe you, you know, had some issues flare up
58:55
along the way that, you know, turn force people to turn their
58:59
shoulder a little bit on you. OK.
59:00
But when you're beloved like I, I use the example of time like
59:04
Jason Veritec. I never want him even thinking
59:07
about becoming the manager of the Boston Red Sox because of
59:10
how much he's beloved there. But the same applies to Yadier
59:13
Molina. It's like, yeah, if it doesn't
59:16
pan out well in Saint Louis, that, I mean, it's not going to
59:19
take away from your time there as a player, but it can really
59:22
sour the the legacy that you leave when you finally decide to
59:26
leave for for good. So I don't know.
59:29
But yeah, that makes a lot of sense.
59:31
Oliver Marmel Marmol is still there.
59:34
Ollie. Ollie.
59:36
Yeah. He he's what, 4-5 years now?
59:41
It's not been great. Could be setting it up for that.
59:46
They're going they've, I mean, I don't.
59:48
Understand the moves they've. Made right now, but they they've
59:52
essentially stocked a little bit down on the miners.
59:55
They could take a big step back this year and the way that the
1:00:00
way that. Professional sports are going
1:00:02
right now. I mean he they could fire 3
1:00:04
managers this year somehow because everybody just.
1:00:07
Wants to fire. Everyone now, which is crazy so.
1:00:11
He's he's getting canned and. And making room for for Molina
1:00:16
right before they start getting good, whether that's at the end
1:00:20
of this year or if they wait out to see what happens with
1:00:24
everything else. And then they'll and then
1:00:27
they'll bring Molina in to save the day.
1:00:30
Yeah. I mean, if this was the plan
1:00:31
all. Along, so be it.
1:00:32
Like, I guess we'll just have to.
1:00:33
If it does go South, we'll just have to deal with the
1:00:35
consequences of it as baseball fans and watch Yachty's legacy
1:00:40
become tarnished. But if this truly is just like a
1:00:46
hey. He's going to get some, some
1:00:49
time around the front office, get some, you know, get some,
1:00:53
some time under his belt of what it's like to be on the other
1:00:56
side of the lines. OK, Then maybe, maybe we
1:01:02
preserve that legacy a little bit and look elsewhere for some
1:01:05
of these other teams to to bring them on.
1:01:07
But I don't know, maybe I like that the more I think about it,
1:01:09
maybe he just he's just a Cardinal for life.
1:01:13
I don't know but. It'll be like a situation.
1:01:17
Where if they ever do have to get rid of him, he'll like
1:01:20
honorably step down instead. Oh yeah, yeah, that way.
1:01:24
They can be like OK. I'd rather somebody else do this
1:01:27
and and make it better. Yeah, they.
1:01:31
Yeah, they'll never fire him. They'll never fire him.
1:01:33
I'll just be like, ah, mutually. They mutually agreed to part
1:01:36
ways. Kind of.
1:01:37
That's true anyway. Speaking of part.
1:01:39
Ways, let's, let's, let's get out of here.
1:01:44
That was good. That was good.
1:01:45
You know, I said, hey, let's, let's keep it brief.
1:01:48
And I think we could have if we wanted to, but we, we, we took
1:01:51
some, took some, some rabbit trails and yeah, had some.
1:01:56
Good conversation, Josh. It was a pleasure having you on
1:01:59
the on the on the big square here on the big on the big
1:02:02
square on a big screen here. Good stuff.
1:02:06
Any did we miss anything? I don't think so.
1:02:09
I'm hitting the. Refresh No other deals.
1:02:11
Have gone down the last five. Minutes Jung, Hu Lee.
1:02:17
Detained at LAX. We didn't we didn't talk about
1:02:21
that. That was right before we.
1:02:23
Started, I said Jung Hu Lee's been released.
1:02:26
Yeah, dude, this is a crazy headline.
1:02:28
Giants Jung Hu Lee, detained at LAX over forgotten documents,
1:02:31
quickly released the Giants. Like, I don't want any part of
1:02:34
this guy. Can't remember to bring his
1:02:37
passport. Get him out of here.
1:02:39
You're gone. Yeah, that's such a misleading.
1:02:44
Headline. My goodness.
1:02:49
Yeah, but Giants fans got. Real concern there, but any who,
1:02:53
yeah, I think that was the only other thing of of of any.
1:02:58
Real significance that we. That we left off, but that'll do
1:03:01
it. Got anything else You ready to
1:03:04
get out of here? Ready to get out of here?
1:03:06
Go baseball. We love you all and as always,
1:03:09
looking forward to. Talking more baseball with you
1:03:10
guys soon. Until next time, stay filthy.