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Fair Territory: Pirates sign Marcell Ozuna, Red Sox acquire Caleb Durbin, Ken's 5 Spring Storylines · Foul Territory

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  Speaker 1: Welcome everyone to the Monday edition of Fair Territory Spring
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  Speaker 1: Training Pitchers and Catchers Report this week, and it seems
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  Speaker 1: that teams and agents are waking up and realizing it's
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  Speaker 1: go time. Two big moves this morning. We're gonna get
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  Speaker 1: into both of them. We're also gonna get into my
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  Speaker 1: top five springs training storylines as well as a review
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  Speaker 1: of Scott Boris's off season. But let's start with the trade.
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  Speaker 1: The big trade this morning between the Red Sox and
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  Speaker 1: the Brewers. I want to go through the names first
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  Speaker 1: and then we'll talk about the meetings for each team.
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  Speaker 1: It's a very interesting trade on a lot of levels.
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  Speaker 1: The Red Sox, of course, have been looking for a
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  Speaker 1: third baseman or another infielder the entire off season after
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  Speaker 1: losing Alex Bregman. It appears that Caleb Durban, the principal
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  Speaker 1: return in this trade, will be that guy. But they
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  Speaker 1: also acquired some other infielders too, Andrew Monasterio, Anthony Sigler.
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  Speaker 1: Anthony Sigler had some moments for them last year, as
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  Speaker 1: did Monasterio. Durban is a guy they acquired from the
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  Speaker 1: Yankees in the Devin Williams trade that they like an
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  Speaker 1: awful lot or liked an awful lot sty'll do. I'm
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  Speaker 1: sure they also get a competitive balance b pick Kyle Harrison,
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  Speaker 1: who really was expendable for them. Because of the pitchers
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  Speaker 1: that they've acquired this offseason, we're talking about Ranger Suarez,
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  Speaker 1: Johanno Viedo, Sonny Gray, there's not much room for him.
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  Speaker 1: They've got some prospects as well, and then David Hamilton
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  Speaker 1: expendable after the signing of Isaiah Kaina Phileffer. The minor
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  Speaker 1: league deal for Brendan Rodgers and Shane Jrohan yet another
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  Speaker 1: of their better pitching prospects. Not their top, but they're
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  Speaker 1: better pitching prospects that they've traded this winter. That list
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  Speaker 1: includes Richard Fitz, David Sandlin, now Kyle Harrison, Brandon Clark,
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  Speaker 1: and Hunter Dobbins. So what they've done is basically trade
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  Speaker 1: off a bunch of guys who would be in their
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  Speaker 1: Triple A rotation most likely depth for the major league club,
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  Speaker 1: for players who will help their major league team. These
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  Speaker 1: are pieces that help them get a variety of different players,
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  Speaker 1: including Wilson Contraras. So the Red Sox now it's not
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  Speaker 1: Alex Breckman, it's not eazac Parades. It's not a guy
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  Speaker 1: really with Caleb durban who hits for power, but he
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  Speaker 1: is a useful player, a good player, and I would
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  Speaker 1: expect that the Red Sox would play him at third,
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  Speaker 1: although they've wanted to play Marcelo Meyer at third, so
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  Speaker 1: maybe they played Durbin at second. He has some experience there.
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  Speaker 1: But either way, it's an interesting trade for both clubs.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know what the Brewers are going to do
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  Speaker 1: at third base now. They conceivably could trade for ezac Parades.
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  Speaker 1: More likely they patch it together wait for some of
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  Speaker 1: their prospects. Jet Williams is an up the middle player,
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  Speaker 1: not a third baseman. They could play him at third.
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  Speaker 1: They do this all the time. Cooper Pratt another player
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  Speaker 1: in their system, highly regarded but didn't really hit last
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  Speaker 1: year at double A. So we go forward with the
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  Speaker 1: Brewers and the Red Sox. The Pirates this morning also
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  Speaker 1: with a major move, at least from their perspective. One
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  Speaker 1: year twelve million dollars from Marcel Azuna, free agent designated
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  Speaker 1: hitter and Marcella Zuna for them will fill obviously the
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  Speaker 1: role that Andrew McCutchen largely filled last year, and beyond that,
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  Speaker 1: he's going to be I'm sure the everyday DH. This
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  Speaker 1: likely signals the end of the McCutcheon era in Pittsburgh.
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  Speaker 1: I don't see a place for him on their roster. Now.
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  Speaker 1: What the Pirates have tried to do is upgrade their offense,
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  Speaker 1: and they've done it for the most part. Ryan O'Hearn,
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  Speaker 1: Brandon Lowe, Marcella Zuna. Those are three competent major league hitters.
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  Speaker 1: They also got the Password from Boston. He's a top prospect,
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  Speaker 1: or at least a good prospect that maybe can fit
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  Speaker 1: into their mix as well. They should be a better
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  Speaker 1: offensive club. We know they can pitch. We know they
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  Speaker 1: have one of the best young groups of starting pitchers
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  Speaker 1: in baseball. So the Pirates, they have had an offseason
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  Speaker 1: that they kind of promised in some ways. They didn't
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  Speaker 1: get all the guys they wanted, of course, they were
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  Speaker 1: outbid for a number of them. But are they better
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  Speaker 1: than they were at the end of the last season.
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  Speaker 1: I don't think there's any question about that. All Right, Pirates,
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  Speaker 1: Red Sox Brewers. Let's go to the top five spring storylines.
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  Speaker 1: I guess I will start at the top, and the top,
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  Speaker 1: of course, is going to be the back to back
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  Speaker 1: World Series champions. The Los Angeles Dodgers, and what they
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  Speaker 1: will do and how they will prepare for a three
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  Speaker 1: pet Now, can they do that? Of course they can
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  Speaker 1: do that. They've added two major pieces this offseason. I'm
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  Speaker 1: talking about Kyle Tucker, I'm talking about Edwin Diaz. But
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  Speaker 1: as we've already heard from them, they're going to slow
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  Speaker 1: play Blake Snell and they're coming off a second straight
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  Speaker 1: deep run into the postseason. Yamamoto is going to be
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  Speaker 1: in the WBC. Otani is not going to pitch in
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  Speaker 1: the WBC. He'll probably be on a somewhat limited schedule
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  Speaker 1: the whole season, probably pitch once a week as he
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  Speaker 1: has done in the past. And the question I have
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  Speaker 1: with the Dodgers is what about all these guys, these
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  Speaker 1: pitchers coming back coming off a deep run into the
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  Speaker 1: postseason in which they were ridden hard. Remember four starters
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  Speaker 1: pitched in Game seven of the World Series. Otani, Imamoto,
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  Speaker 1: Glass now and who am I missing? Oh Blake Snell.
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  Speaker 1: I just mentioned him. So we'll see what the Dodgers,
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  Speaker 1: But yes, they're going to be a team to watch
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  Speaker 1: for sure. Number two on my Spring storylines, the new
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  Speaker 1: look Mets. We've talked about them the entire offseason. Alonso
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  Speaker 1: has gone, mc neil has gone, Nimo has gone, Edwin
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  Speaker 1: Diaz has gone. But they have brought in a huge
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  Speaker 1: number of players, an entire new infield. Except for Francisco Lindor,
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  Speaker 1: I'm talking about Bobashett at third. I'm talking about Marcus
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  Speaker 1: Simeon at second, and Juanney Polanco at first. Luis Robert
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  Speaker 1: Junior will be in center field. They've also added to
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  Speaker 1: their pitching staff Freddy Peralta, Devin Williams, Luke Weaver in relief.
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  Speaker 1: It's going to be an interesting spring for them, just
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  Speaker 1: to see all these pieces fit together, other to see
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  Speaker 1: Baschett adapt to third base, Polanco the first. I don't
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  Speaker 1: expect it to be much of a problem for either,
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  Speaker 1: but the new look Mets are another big spring storyline.
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  Speaker 1: Third on my list moves still to be made. Now,
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  Speaker 1: I had Marcela Zona on that list. Today, I had
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  Speaker 1: the Red Sox needing an infielder on that list. But
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  Speaker 1: we will still see transactions and trades and signings throughout
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  Speaker 1: the spring. Zach Gallen the biggest free agent starting pitcher remaining.
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  Speaker 1: We've got Lucas Giolito still out there, Chris Bassett, Jose Cantana,
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  Speaker 1: Max Scherzer, Justin Verlander, and a number of teams one
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  Speaker 1: agent estimates and many as ten teams that still need
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  Speaker 1: starting pitching. So there are going to be some free
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  Speaker 1: agent starting pitchers moving in the next few weeks. I'm
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  Speaker 1: sure we will see some other trades as well. San
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  Speaker 1: Diego Baltimore are among the teams that need starters. I'm
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  Speaker 1: missing some, but there are a number of others. Houston
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  Speaker 1: still has to resolve what's going on with is Zac
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  Speaker 1: Parades and Christian Walker in their infield as well. They've
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  Speaker 1: got one too many, all right. Fourth on the list
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  Speaker 1: the dawning of the Tony Vitello era in San Francisco.
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  Speaker 1: This is a fascinating move, a fascinating hiring by the Giants.
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  Speaker 1: It's going to be something we talk about, not just
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  Speaker 1: in spring training but all season. The first college coach
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  Speaker 1: hired by a major league team to manage in I
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  Speaker 1: don't know over a century it's happened before, but it
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  Speaker 1: hasn't happened in a quite a long time. Vytello is
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  Speaker 1: a guy who had a great reputation at Tennessee. Kind
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  Speaker 1: of fiery, kind of got into it with people at times,
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  Speaker 1: the opposition. But he's gonna have to tone it down
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  Speaker 1: obviously in the majors. He knows it. He has two
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  Speaker 1: former managers on his coaching staff, Jase Tinkler and Ron Washington,
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  Speaker 1: coming back into the game. So Tony Vitello will be
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  Speaker 1: one to watch all spring. All right, we keep it
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  Speaker 1: going here, the final thing, the final spring training storyline
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  Speaker 1: and maybe the biggest the WBCA see ramp up and
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  Speaker 1: the WBC. Now, obviously players are already in camps who
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  Speaker 1: will be participating in the World Baseball Classic. Saw some
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  Speaker 1: video yesterday of Clay Holmes throwing off a mound in
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  Speaker 1: Port Saint Lucie. He's there early because he is part
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  Speaker 1: of Team USA. We're going to see the ramp up.
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  Speaker 1: We're going to see the tournament in early March. Japan,
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  Speaker 1: the Dominican Republic, and the United States, all with powerhouse clubs.
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  Speaker 1: It's going to be a terrific tournament. I'm quite certain
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  Speaker 1: of that. It is, as I said previously, the best
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  Speaker 1: US team we've seen. So looking forward to the WBC
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  Speaker 1: for sure. I'll be working it for Fox, and that
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  Speaker 1: is it for the spring training storylines. We will be
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  Speaker 1: back with the Inside Dish and the review of Scott
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  Speaker 1: Bors's offseason right after this. Ajay.
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  Speaker 1: Tie out for the Inside Dish, the part of the
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  Speaker 1: want to go through Scott Boris's offseason because of course
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  Speaker 1: he is the premier agent in the game. He has
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  Speaker 1: the most big name clients. A number of big name
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  Speaker 1: players did quite well this offseason, and a number of
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  Speaker 1: his clients did as well. Now, before we get into it,
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  Speaker 1: I'm always amused when I see comments or on Twitter
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  Speaker 1: that Ken, you're a shill for Boris twenty nineteen, and
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  Speaker 1: he had a rough offseason, at least by his standards.
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  Speaker 1: He had Bryce Harper, Don Yaes and Kakoochie and Zach Britton,
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  Speaker 1: but Dallas Kichel didn't sign. He had kind of a
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  Speaker 1: down off season for him by his standards. And I
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  Speaker 1: wrote about it and it was critical, and after that,
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  Speaker 1: Scott Boris did not talk to me for a year.
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  Speaker 1: A couple of years ago, I was the one who
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  Speaker 1: coined the phrase the Boris Four for the four free
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  Speaker 1: agents who were kind of lingering into spring training they
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  Speaker 1: all ended up doing rather well, except for Jordan Montgomery.
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  Speaker 1: So over the years, I've gotten up and down with
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  Speaker 1: Scott Boris, as I've gone up and down with a
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  Speaker 1: number of agents. In fact, two prominent agents right now
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  Speaker 1: are not talking to me. It's been quite a while
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  Speaker 1: for both of them. And that's the way it goes
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  Speaker 1: in this business. I write what I think is proper
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  Speaker 1: at the time. I write my opinions, and sometimes people
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  Speaker 1: like them, sometimes people don't. Sometimes readers like them, sometimes
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  Speaker 1: they don't. In any case, here we go with the
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  Speaker 1: review of Boris's offseason. Now at the top, Dylan Cees,
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  Speaker 1: Alex Bregman, Pete Alonzo, Cody Bellinger. These guys all did
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  Speaker 1: rather well. Cease seven years two hundred and ten million
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  Speaker 1: with the Toronto Blue Jays, Bregman five years one hundred
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  Speaker 1: and seventy five million with the Chicago Cubs. Now, both
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  Speaker 1: those players had deferrals in their deals, so the net
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  Speaker 1: present value of both is pretty good amount below where
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  Speaker 1: the actual numbers reported numbers were. Dylan Cease was two
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  Speaker 1: hundred and ten million, the net present value is more
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  Speaker 1: like one to eighty nine Bregman one hundred and seventy
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  Speaker 1: five million, the net present value one fifty four regardless,
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  Speaker 1: both did very well. Both beat projections by guys like
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  Speaker 1: Tim Britton of the Athletic and Bregman. You remember he
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  Speaker 1: signed that big deal with Boston last year, stayed there
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  Speaker 1: one year, and that two was heavily deferred. But he
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  Speaker 1: ends up beating what the Tigers offered the year before,
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  Speaker 1: which was six years, one hundred and seventy one point
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  Speaker 1: five million. That's a good outcome for Bregman, there's no
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  Speaker 1: question about it. Now. Bellinger didn't quite get the length
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  Speaker 1: that maybe was expected. Remember he was looking for seven years.
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  Speaker 1: He only got only five. But his AAV was higher
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  Speaker 1: than most people thought it would be in that one
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  Speaker 1: hundred and sixty two point five million dollar deal. I
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  Speaker 1: believe it's the fourth highest AAV ever for an outfielder.
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  Speaker 1: That's pretty good. Pete Alonso did great. Five years, one
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  Speaker 1: hundred and fifty five million with the Baltimore Orioles far
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  Speaker 1: exceeded projections. A lot of people thought he was going
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  Speaker 1: to get stuck if the Mets weren't there for him,
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  Speaker 1: but he got a huge deal from the Oriels. Ranger Suarez,
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  Speaker 1: another Boris free agent, some people thought he'd get six years,
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  Speaker 1: ends up with five, but a very healthy deal at
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  Speaker 1: one hundred and thirty million. The two Japanese clients that
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  Speaker 1: Boris had this offseason, Kazuma Okamoto and Tatsuya in my now,
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  Speaker 1: both those guys like Murakami in Chicago, he's represented by Excel.
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  Speaker 1: They did not do as well as people thought. There
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  Speaker 1: were big deals predicted for really all the Japanese free agents,
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  Speaker 1: and none of them got major deals. They did fine,
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  Speaker 1: but they didn't get the monster deals that some expected.
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  Speaker 1: Okamoto four years sixty million with the Toronto Blue Jays,
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  Speaker 1: and then Emma went to the Astros three years fifty
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  Speaker 1: four million. Finally, Hashan Kim one year twenty million with
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  Speaker 1: the Atlanta Braves. Perhaps he could have gotten a longer deal,
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  Speaker 1: but he's hurt all the time. He's hurt again, so
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  Speaker 1: he did Oka too. On balance, we're talking about almost
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  Speaker 1: a billion dollars of contracts, with Zach Gallon still to come,
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  Speaker 1: and with REYE. Hoskins still to come. I don't expect
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  Speaker 1: Hoskins to do particularly well, but Gallon might, and ultimately
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  Speaker 1: this looks like a strong offseason for Scott Boris. Now,
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  Speaker 1: I don't want to overlook any of the other players
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  Speaker 1: who did really well. Kyle Tucker Excel represents him. He
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  Speaker 1: got a great deal four years, two hundred and forty
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  Speaker 1: million from the Dodgers, and there were a number of others.
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  Speaker 1: The Edwin Diaz deal he's represented by Wasserman, did well
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  Speaker 1: to go to the Dodgers in addition to Tucker, and
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  Speaker 1: I'm missing a few, but there were a lot of
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  Speaker 1: good deals signed this offseason, including just recently from ber Valdez,
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  Speaker 1: represented by Octagon. See, I'm taking care of everybody here.
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  Speaker 1: He got a five year, one hundred and fifteen i'm sorry,
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  Speaker 1: three year, one hundred and fifteen point five million dollar
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  Speaker 1: deal from the Detroit Tigers. So most of the free agents,
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  Speaker 1: the big ones, did really well this offseason, and I
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  Speaker 1: don't know that anyone's going to have much of a complaint.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know that any one other than Zach Gallon
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  Speaker 1: really got caught in a tough spot. Now I'm talking
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  Speaker 1: about the top guys. There are still a number of
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  Speaker 1: free agents out there, and you're going to see in
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  Speaker 1: the weeks ahead, most likely a number of guys signed
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  Speaker 1: for maybe less than we would have thought, and maybe
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  Speaker 1: some of these starting pitchers fit into that mix, and
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  Speaker 1: it seems to me that the clubs that need starting
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  Speaker 1: pitching I mentioned the Padres and Orioles earlier, there are
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  Speaker 1: a whole bunch of others. These teams are waiting. They're
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  Speaker 1: trying to squeeze these pitchers and trying to get the
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  Speaker 1: best deals possible before they round out their rosters. We'll
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  Speaker 1: see how it all plays out. But every year it's
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  Speaker 1: the same. Every year we see guys at the end
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  Speaker 1: not doing maybe as well as we would expect. So
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  Speaker 1: that's it. The review of Boris's offseason. I don't think
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  Speaker 1: by any standard you can say this was not a
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  Speaker 1: good offseason. You see the total right there, nine to
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  Speaker 1: sixty six point five million. If he gets Gallon thirty
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  Speaker 1: three point five million, then he's got a billion dollars deals. Now,
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  Speaker 1: I know some is deferred, yes, but that is still
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  Speaker 1: a strong group of players. It's a strong group of deals.
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  Speaker 1: And in many cases over the last couple of years,
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  Speaker 1: some of those short term things that he has done
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  Speaker 1: for Bregman, for Matt Chapman, from Blake Snell, they've wound
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  Speaker 1: up in the end turning out really well. So that
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  Speaker 1: is it. We will go and take a break now
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  Speaker 1: and come back with Grill and Ken right after this bet.
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  Speaker 1: All right, Time now for Grill and Ken, the part
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  Speaker 1: of the show where I answer your questions. Let's get
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  Speaker 1: right to them. I'm sure you've got some good ones today.
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  Speaker 1: First one comes from that guy. I don't even know
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  Speaker 1: what this is, that's his hand whatever. His question is
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  Speaker 1: good though, or her question if you had to guess,
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  Speaker 1: are the Pirates out on paradies? Now? If I had
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  Speaker 1: to guess the answer to that is yes, they are out.
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  Speaker 1: And the reason is that they probably are at their
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  Speaker 1: payroll limit or close to it, and parades is not
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  Speaker 1: necessarily that costly. A guy I don't have a salary
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  Speaker 1: or projected salary for twenty twenty six in front of me,
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  Speaker 1: but he would add to that, now, should the pirates
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  Speaker 1: be out on paradies, they absolutely should not. They should
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  Speaker 1: go get parades if they get him to play third base.
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  Speaker 1: To me, this is a wildcard contender. They might even
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  Speaker 1: be that right now. But I just don't know whether
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  Speaker 1: after giving Marcela zun a twelve million for this year,
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  Speaker 1: that they have enough money left in their budget. And
• 17:48
  Speaker 1: that's Bob Notting's budget, it's not mine, it's not maybe
• 17:51
  Speaker 1: even Ben Sherrington's. But I don't know if they have
• 17:53
  Speaker 1: enough money left to go and make a trade for parades.
• 17:56
  Speaker 1: I'm not sure the stomach for that is there too.
• 17:58
  Speaker 1: They've made or traded some other young pitching in this
• 18:01
  Speaker 1: season already or this offseason, and I'm not quite sure
• 18:04
  Speaker 1: they want to do that much more. But parades still
• 18:08
  Speaker 1: would be a great fit for them. Next question, This
• 18:12
  Speaker 1: one comes from harmand is amazing one of our best questioners.
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  Speaker 1: He says, do you believe the Red Sox will choose
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  Speaker 1: one of Monasteria or Sigler and package it with the
• 18:20
  Speaker 1: compy pick and send it to the Astros for parades.
• 18:24
  Speaker 1: I don't see the Red Sox doing that. It's possible
• 18:27
  Speaker 1: this move today was the precursor to a trade for
• 18:31
  Speaker 1: parades entirely possible, and as we reported yesterday, Chandler Rome
• 18:35
  Speaker 1: and I. The Red Sox, Cardinals, and Astros were discussing
• 18:39
  Speaker 1: a three team trade in which Brendan Donovan would have
• 18:42
  Speaker 1: gone to the Astros, Ezach Parades to the Red Sox,
• 18:44
  Speaker 1: prospects to the Cardinals, So it's possible that it could
• 18:49
  Speaker 1: all work out like that. I'm sorry, the compy pick
• 18:51
  Speaker 1: did go to the Red Sox, so we will see
• 18:54
  Speaker 1: how this all plays. I'm not exactly sure, but you
• 18:58
  Speaker 1: can trade the compy pick. Certainly you can do some
• 19:01
  Speaker 1: things and still maybe satisfy the Astros. So I don't
• 19:05
  Speaker 1: know that I would rule it out. Good question there
• 19:07
  Speaker 1: from Armand is amazing. Let's go to the next one.
• 19:11
  Speaker 1: This one comes from Andrew Tagara. When does Nick Castillanos
• 19:14
  Speaker 1: get released? I don't know the answer to that question.
• 19:18
  Speaker 1: They are the Phillies intent on doing something with him,
• 19:21
  Speaker 1: and tomorrow is the day I believe that teams have
• 19:25
  Speaker 1: to set their sixty man or put players on the
• 19:28
  Speaker 1: sixty man il to clear forty man roster spots. Perhaps
• 19:33
  Speaker 1: then it becomes more likely that the Phillies do it,
• 19:36
  Speaker 1: or perhaps they simply keep waiting. I'm sure they want
• 19:39
  Speaker 1: to trade him, and even if it means eating almost
• 19:43
  Speaker 1: all of the money, but they haven't been able to
• 19:45
  Speaker 1: do that so far, so we'll see how that all
• 19:48
  Speaker 1: plays out. If it indeed plays in Castillanos's favor, where
• 19:53
  Speaker 1: he winds up in a place that wants him rather
• 19:55
  Speaker 1: than getting released and having to find a job as
• 19:58
  Speaker 1: a free agent. Not as easy as, of course, when
• 20:01
  Speaker 1: a team trades for you. All right, next question, This
• 20:05
  Speaker 1: one comes from Ryan, who asks have you heard anything
• 20:07
  Speaker 1: about Renievo to the Snakes Luis Renheevo. I've not heard
• 20:11
  Speaker 1: anything about that. I assume it would make some sense,
• 20:16
  Speaker 1: but they're pretty set in their infield. If you look
• 20:19
  Speaker 1: at what they have, it's Arnatto at third, it's Perdomo
• 20:22
  Speaker 1: at short, it's Martee at second, and Pevin Smith at first.
• 20:26
  Speaker 1: So I'm not exactly sure where Luis Renifo would fit
• 20:30
  Speaker 1: in for them. Anything is possible, and they do need,
• 20:34
  Speaker 1: after what they did over the weekend or recent trade,
• 20:38
  Speaker 1: a little bit more infield depth. They need another guy
• 20:41
  Speaker 1: because they traded to the Orioles Blaize Alexander, So yes,
• 20:46
  Speaker 1: they are looking for another infielder to be that kind
• 20:48
  Speaker 1: of guy. They've got Tim Tawa, They've got Jordan Lawler,
• 20:52
  Speaker 1: but I would expect that Renifo is kind of beyond
• 20:56
  Speaker 1: or a little bit better than what they're looking for.
• 20:58
  Speaker 1: Might be wrong about that good name. All right, here
• 21:01
  Speaker 1: we go, Let's go to the next one. Someone comes
• 21:03
  Speaker 1: from Ryan who asked, what's next for Cutch? Yeah, when
• 21:07
  Speaker 1: a team searching for a right handed hitter like the
• 21:09
  Speaker 1: Cardinals be a fit as a veteran leader or an
• 21:12
  Speaker 1: extremely young squad, what's next for Cutch is a very
• 21:16
  Speaker 1: good question, and I don't know the answer. I assume
• 21:19
  Speaker 1: he still wants to keep playing. He's a proud guy,
• 21:22
  Speaker 1: and rightly proud by the way. He's had an amazing
• 21:25
  Speaker 1: career and, as I pointed out in my column last week,
• 21:28
  Speaker 1: was still productive last season. He's not the Cutch of old,
• 21:31
  Speaker 1: but he is a player who can fill a role
• 21:34
  Speaker 1: for a team. The Pirates simply wanted more offense. They
• 21:38
  Speaker 1: wanted more than he was able to give or could give,
• 21:41
  Speaker 1: and they feel Azuna can get back to being the
• 21:43
  Speaker 1: guy he was twenty three and twenty four when he
• 21:45
  Speaker 1: was really a monster, and in the first part of
• 21:49
  Speaker 1: twenty five two in April of twenty five, he was
• 21:51
  Speaker 1: really good. So that's why they made the decision they did.
• 21:55
  Speaker 1: I don't know that Cutch can go anywhere or would
• 21:58
  Speaker 1: be willing to go anywhere, but can he be a
• 22:01
  Speaker 1: useful major leaguer? I still believe that. I still believe
• 22:04
  Speaker 1: he wants to play, and maybe at this point he
• 22:07
  Speaker 1: wants to prove a point going to the Cardinals, a
• 22:09
  Speaker 1: team in the division might be right up his alley.
• 22:13
  Speaker 1: All right. Next question, this comes from Mike, who says
• 22:16
  Speaker 1: the Brewers losing Peralta, Durbin, coins, and meares while the
• 22:20
  Speaker 1: Cubs ad Bregman and Cabrera. Are the Cubs the biggest
• 22:23
  Speaker 1: offseason winner? Or should I be worried about the Brewers
• 22:26
  Speaker 1: somehow turning Zurpa and Harrison into Cy Young. Great question
• 22:30
  Speaker 1: for Mike, and yes you should be worried. Of course
• 22:32
  Speaker 1: you should be worried. The Brewers do this all the time.
• 22:36
  Speaker 1: They do it every year. They make these trades, they
• 22:40
  Speaker 1: lose players. And we're going back to hater, right, hater
• 22:43
  Speaker 1: Corbyn burns Now, Freddy Peralta and guys like me, We
• 22:47
  Speaker 1: say the Brewers they can't sustain it, they can't keep going,
• 22:50
  Speaker 1: and they do so. Yes, I would expect that they're
• 22:54
  Speaker 1: going to get something maybe out of Harrison and Zurpa
• 22:56
  Speaker 1: that we don't expect, and I would expect that they're
• 23:00
  Speaker 1: going to be quite a competitive team this year. Now
• 23:03
  Speaker 1: they like Durban a whole lot, Monasterio and Sigler. As
• 23:06
  Speaker 1: I said earlier, they filled roles for the Brewers, no
• 23:09
  Speaker 1: question about that. They were a team kind of of
• 23:12
  Speaker 1: rule players. But at the same time, I'm not sure
• 23:17
  Speaker 1: they're quite as strong as they would like to be,
• 23:20
  Speaker 1: and it's going to be interesting to see if they
• 23:21
  Speaker 1: have another move in them. I'm sure they do for
• 23:24
  Speaker 1: some kind of third base option, but at the same time,
• 23:28
  Speaker 1: they're going to figure it out. They always seem to
• 23:30
  Speaker 1: figure it out. They've got a great pitching program that
• 23:33
  Speaker 1: of course helps them compete every year. So yes, I
• 23:37
  Speaker 1: do expect the Brewers to be competitive, but you could
• 23:40
  Speaker 1: argue that, yeah, the Cubs on paper are clearly superior.
• 23:44
  Speaker 1: All right, last question before we get going. This one
• 23:47
  Speaker 1: comes from Ryan Blum, who asked, have you heard anything
• 23:49
  Speaker 1: regarding Joe Ryan or Pablo Lopez as far as trades go.
• 23:53
  Speaker 1: I would assume they're going to begin the season with
• 23:56
  Speaker 1: the Twins and potentially be dangled at the deadline. Again.
• 23:59
  Speaker 1: Ryan you've nailed that. I would expect that You're absolutely right.
• 24:03
  Speaker 1: The Twins with their new regime taking over now Derek
• 24:07
  Speaker 1: Falvey is out, They've got a new head of the operation,
• 24:12
  Speaker 1: Tom Pohlad. Tom Poulad has talked about wanting to compete
• 24:16
  Speaker 1: this season. They haven't spent the money you would think
• 24:18
  Speaker 1: for a team that wants to compete, but that is
• 24:21
  Speaker 1: what they are saying. So they're gonna go into the season.
• 24:23
  Speaker 1: They're gonna try to compete now in the Al Central,
• 24:27
  Speaker 1: even with the Tigers as strong as they are, they
• 24:29
  Speaker 1: might be able to compete. But at the same time,
• 24:32
  Speaker 1: I would expect that at the deadline they're going to
• 24:35
  Speaker 1: face tough decisions. The new GM, Jeremy zol is going
• 24:38
  Speaker 1: to have to look at this and say, Okay, where
• 24:40
  Speaker 1: are we Should we trade Ryan, should we trade Lopez?
• 24:43
  Speaker 1: And should we trade Byron Buxton? All right, I want
• 24:46
  Speaker 1: to thank everyone for watching and for listening. Foul Territory
• 24:49
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• 24:52
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• 24:56
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• 25:00
  Speaker 1: to come, have a great week everyone,