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Will Blue Jays Regret the Vladdy Jr. MEGADEAL? · The 3-0 Take

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Hey, what are you sobbing? Get out of here.
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How you doing? How you doing stupid?
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I love it. You know how we are doing as
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good as we're doing. Not nearly as good as Laredito.
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Not nearly as good. Tell me about it nowhere near.
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Tell me about it. I know you got some thoughts.
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Let's I mean, let's let's let's get right into it.
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Let's talk about it. Vladdy junior mega deal from the
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clouds, which we were told that you know that we the deadline
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was a deadline and otherwise we're hitting the offseason,
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we're hitting free agency and then what, 2-3 weeks later, if
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that come on, I'm not I'm never dead.
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I'm not listening to this anymore when when people are
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like when these guys like no, I'm setting a hard cap.
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If if they want to talk to me about this after my deadline,
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it'll have to wait till the offseason.
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Otherwise I'm just focused on playing ball.
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You're not the one doing the negotiating.
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First of all, it's your agent. Second of all, clearly that
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holds no water because you just got a mega deal done.
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And you know what, good for you. And you and I made made note of
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one particular element of this deal that makes him look even
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smarter. So good, good for good for
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Vladdy. But the whole like, I'm no, no,
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no, it's going to I'm going to free agency.
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They if they want to talk, we can talk.
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They can talk to me with the other 29 teams.
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Oh, OK. All right.
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Sorry. What are your thoughts?
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Is it weird that I am like kind of disappointed?
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In what? In what regard?
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Because in a weird way, I kind of am too, but I haven't.
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Quite made sense yet. Like I kind of wanted that.
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Yeah, I kind of wanted that in a way.
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I I wanted to see where things would go, you know what I mean?
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Like, I think that number would have been significantly higher
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if the Mets would have been involved in discussions.
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I, I know genuinely do the Mets, I, I don't think the the Mets
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are going to be legitimate contenders.
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I, I really don't well, they're going to be contenders.
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OK, let me, let me walk. I think they were going to be
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legitimate contenders. I, I don't think that they were
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going to be ultimately the, the final landing spot.
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I, I genuinely, I don't think. I'm not saying that.
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I'm just saying that like, I wish I I wish you would have hit
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the market. I wish we could have seen a
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little bit of a battle and and I don't know, just I'm like, I,
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I'm in this weird place where like I'm just out on the Blue
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Jays and I it's just an odd let down.
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I can't really explain it. I can't really explain it.
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I don't know. I good for him, you know, but I
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just, I don't know, I'm just like somewhat kind of bummed in
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a way. And I guess like there, there is
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a little bit of like a silver lining, like if you can, because
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there was that chapter in this last offseason where you're
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like, Soto needs to just pick a spot and go that way.
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The rest of the league of rest of the dominoes of free agents
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can start to fall. You know what I mean?
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Then I guess we're probably avoiding that because I, I
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haven't looked at the next class, but like I think there's
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a significant drop off in the next offseason of when it comes
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to massive contracts for free agents.
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I don't think we're going to have anyone in this
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neighborhood. Kyle Tucker maybe when we can
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get into that a little bit, but I don't I don't see Kyle Tucker
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as like AI think he's really good, but I don't see I don't
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see him in the same neighborhood financially maybe.
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So I guess we've maybe avoided like that annoying few weeks of
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everyone holding their breath and waiting for that that domino
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to fall. But like, I don't know, I'm just
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kind of. That's not annoying.
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We, I mean, we, we eat that stuff up, but after a while it
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gets a little old but. There is an expiration date to
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it. And but I don't think I, I
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legitimately don't think he was going to.
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I mean, it would have been negligible.
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The difference I, I think like I do you, you really think the
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price would have been that that jacked up had he gone free
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agency? I I I just don't think it would
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have I. Think it would have?
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I think it would have had to have taken a monumental year
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this year for that to be the case.
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I think if he has the same year as last year, it would have
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been, it would have gone up. I just, I, I think that other
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teams would have driven that price up a little bit.
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I'm not saying anything crazy. I don't know if it gets over
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600. Yeah, but but 5. 556570.
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Like, but like we talked about how many teams are were
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realistically going to be in the mix.
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I mean, you got to think Red Sox, based on their involvement
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in the Soto sweepstakes, the Mets, the Blue Jays obviously
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were going to be in the mix. Yankees.
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Giants. Yankees again, I'm I'm with you
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on that. I think that was nothing more
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than than than lip service to to try to get the the.
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Price, that's what I'm saying is that like some of these teams
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would have done that naturally the IT would have, it would have
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at least got to the point. And I, I would say that's
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probably a part of the motivation that the Blue Jays
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had to get this done before he actually hit the market.
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Like, don't even allow other guys to flirt with your girl.
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You know what I'm saying? Like, don't even allow that.
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That's your girl locked down. I mean, to be fair, from what
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from what reports came through, it sounds like the Blue Jays
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were they're cleaning the house, they're doing the laundry,
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taking, taking them out to dinner, multiple, not just
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Friday night, but like every night of the weekend and and an
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occasional weeknight, you know, going out and getting her hair
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cut every couple weeks. She getting spoiled man.
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And it didn't sound like didn't sound like like Vladdy was was
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all that interested in in reciprocating.
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At least that's that's the posture that that he took.
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But. The dinero talks.
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I'm, I go back to the last episode that we talked about
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Vladdy when reports came out that the Blue Jays were still
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interested in in continuing the conversation end of the season
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despite his, you know, hard deadline.
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And we talked about it. We're like, this is exactly what
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he wanted. This is exactly the the position
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that he wanted to take that that he wanted to put himself in so
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that the Blue Jays are like, no, Vladdy, we know we missed your
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deadline, but like, don't leave us, please.
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We need you here. We need somebody here.
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Can you be that somebody and he's over there, you know, I'll
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talk to the Yankees. I'll I'll listen to anybody that
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wants to talk in the offseason, OK, This is exactly what he
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wanted. And I think for me at least, I
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won't speak for you. But for me, that was a little
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bit of a turning point where I'm going, you know, this literally
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this whole time up until that point.
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I genuinely believed, and I said it on here, that I did not think
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he wanted to be in Toronto and I listed out all the reasons why
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and I believe that up until the point. 2 days ago.
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Well, no, that's, but that's what I'm saying.
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When the Blue Jays came out and said that's, you know, we're
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going to continue this conversation, it didn't seem
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like there was much blowback from Vladdy that he seemed like
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he was all right with it at that point.
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I'm like, OK, this was all just a game.
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This was just a negotiation tactic.
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And you know, we, we get fooled into believing these things more
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often than not. But I just, I just, I looked at
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the situation in Toronto, I looked at what appeared to be
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just like a general dissatisfaction.
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I don't know, like he, he seems to be in good spirits with the
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Jays, but I just, I feel like he wanted something more.
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He wanted something different. He wanted to be in a different
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environment. And then when the contract news
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broke, I'm going, OK, well, clearly he wanted to be here
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more, more than I thought. And how much of that is driven
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by the dollar amount, I don't know.
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I'd be curious to find out. I mean, well, I would say dollar
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amount. And we kind of talked about this
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with like Soto finding his landing spot where there's not
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necessarily like a shadow, you know what I mean?
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Like there's not really a shadow in Toronto.
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Like what? Who?
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Who's their biggest name of all time?
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I mean, by the end of this, it very well could be him.
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It's going to be him. Like, if they're like, if you
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were telling me who's going to who deserves to have a statue
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and in front of the state, like you can't.
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Joe Carter had a pretty cool moment in the early 90s.
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Like, you have nobody. You know what I'm saying?
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Like, don't get me wrong. Great players have come through
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Toronto and there's been, you know, little stints of success
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for multiple players. No some, some since longer than
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others, but I, I. Get but like there there hasn't
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been like this like monumental Hall of Famer.
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We're like he's a blue Jay. He's our guy.
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So as much as we name these other teams that would have
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potentially been in on him this offseason, a lot of shadows.
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So I think there is a level to that.
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I think I you know, maybe it's not just about the dollar
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amount. I think they checked his boxes
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financially clearly, but I think there's also a level of like,
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there's a clear path for me to be remembered as Mr. Blue Jay.
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I guess, and that's kind of, I mean, not the same conversation
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because with the Mets it's, it's a a good bit different in terms
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of who like the that you're talking about.
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There's more names, but like, there's still the potential to
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be at the top. But even with that, like when we
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were talking about the same situation with Soto, like you're
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not going to be in the shadow of of the Yankees.
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And even currently speaking, you're not going to be in the
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shadow of Judge if you go elsewhere.
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So it's like, OK, maybe that's the case with Soto, but I think
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with Soto is very clearly driven by the dollar amount and
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everything else that came with it.
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Sweet shopping allowance and and the like.
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But with Vladdy, I just do you do you really think it had it,
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it carried that much weight because I like I hear you.
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That's a that's a completely valid reason to stay.
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But how much of it was the case for Vladdy?
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Because I'm going, is it worth it to lock myself in here
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essentially for the rest of my career, for the next, what, 14
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years, just so I can walk out of here?
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I mean, assuming everything goes goes as planned, Mr. Blue Jay.
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I think it's a part to it. I don't know what percentage I
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would give it, but I think it is involved in the decision.
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Otherwise, you knew he knew his number, you know what I'm
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saying? Like he knew his number and he
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knew that somebody was going to match that this offseason, you
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know, So it's like, all right, I'm here, Toronto matched it.
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They made this work and I've got a clear line of sight to be
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remembered this way. It's pretty neat.
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It's pretty neat. And the fact that they were
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willing to work with this signing bonus, which is a huge,
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interesting feature to this whole thing.
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I don't know how it necessarily affects the team.
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Seems like it works the same way.
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Seems like it's like when you look up the contract, it's still
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a luxury tax hit if they're over that luxury tax threshold, you
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know, still gets thrown down as the 37 one.
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Is that what it is? All right, so here's Here's the
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breakdown of the structure. According to the Athletics Ken
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Rosenthal, the Blue Jays will pay 325 million of the deal to
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Guerrero in a signing bonus, while the remaining 175,000,000
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will be paid in salary. Rosenthal also added that both
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the signing bonus and the salary quote will be distributed in
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varying annual amounts over the 14 year term of the deal.
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Let me see here. While a $325 million signing
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bonus is pretty much unheard of in the world of sports,
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Rosenthal explained that the move keeps Guerrero's impact on
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the team spending at a relatively low figure.
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Barrero's annual luxury tax hit will be 35.71 million.
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So it works the same way for the team.
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But what's nice is man's lives in Florida.
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It doesn't. Doesn't have any income tax for
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that, so. Guerrero resides in Florida, a
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state with no income tax. By converting 65% of his $500
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million deal into a signing bonus, he will presumably save
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millions from avoiding state taxes.
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Millions. That's millions.
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That's nice. That's a good little perk.
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And who knows, maybe other teams.
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There's just I love that aspect to it.
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I got to be honest, I know we throw a lot of shade around like
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the show. Hey, contract.
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Like it's such a unique thing to see this.
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I don't recognize this in any other sport.
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Like there's so many little Nuggets that you can toss into
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baseball contracts, you know, and it's fun.
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It's like it's cool. It's just different.
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It's neat. Like basketball is super boring.
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There's just like the it's already a calculated Max
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contract offer. There's no negotiation.
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You want to give him a Max, Here's the Max.
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That's the number. You don't, you don't, right?
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This is like unique, like sprinkle a little this in, give
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me a little that a little dash of this.
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It's very customizable. It's neat.
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I like that. I do have a geography question,
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by the way, that's really tugging at my my mind today.
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You want to put me on a spot with a geography question?
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Yeah, we got. So you by the way, I I crushed
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in geography in school like that was that was one of my strong
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suits. I think it's, I think it's the
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East Coast thing. I think we do well specifically
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around like American geography. Knowing geography is an East
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Coast thing. No.
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What? Like if you ask people out here,
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like specifically my wife, not to throw her under the bus, but
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throw her under the bus, she couldn't for the life of her
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like line up like Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware,
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like she doesn't know that area. She's like, I can't do it at
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this age. Currently.
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Current moment. Yeah.
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And I'm like, I got the East Coast down.
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I got that down. Give me the 13 colonies.
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I got it down. I know where they are.
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Any who's many years, yeah. That's tough.
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That's a tough. Ricochet I would I would pay for
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that later, but she ain't listening.
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We may What's your? Geography question.
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Well, so you know, there's like like names can change depending
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on like the language of the, the native language of that country,
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right. So for example, John here would
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be Juan sure in Spanish speaking countries, right?
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How where do we land with like how does how does Vladimir work
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both in Russia the same as it does in Dominican Republic.
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How do you know what I mean? Like give me another Russian
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name that just slides on in to Spanish speaking countries.
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I think it's a very valid question and it's been it's been
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on my mind today. I'm trying to look it up.
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I don't know how. You look that up, I guess
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there's Vladimir. People like, how does that work?
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Like we don't. You're just telling me that
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works perfectly in both countries with a.
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I mean a. Different language.
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I think some names just they don't change the name is the
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name. I don't like that.
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I don't like it either, but you know, he's got 500,000,000
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reasons to be OK with his current life set up so I think
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he'll deal. You ever look at players with
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let's just like just specifically their first name
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and you're like, it doesn't fit. You ever do that?
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Yeah. You're just like.
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It just doesn't. It doesn't.
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That's not you. Like if you look at Aaron Judge
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and Judge isn't his last name. You just look at him as like
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Aaron, you're like. Not an Aaron.
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Not an Aaron. Not a Vladimir, not a.
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Vladimir that doesn't work. Doesn't work.
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All right, So the question here that ultimately needs to be
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answered, will the Blue Jays regret this deal?
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Again, it is a 14 year, $500 million contract.
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I may surprise you with this. I'm going to say no.
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Yeah, no, because this, because mega deals work out all the
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time, definitely. Here's here's my reasoning.
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Here's my reasoning. Obviously you're not going to
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get that production on the back end.
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You're probably getting 7-8 years Max of like part of the
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order quality, cornerstone, power hitter type numbers,
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right? And then the back end is like,
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yeah, it's definitely going to hurt.
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But my difference is when it's your franchise guy and he's only
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worn your uniform, I think it's a little different.
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I think it holds more weight. And you and I have always rooted
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for guys that stick around. We always like guys that keep
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the same uni on. And when you're talking about
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the the amount of revenue that the Blue Jays are going to pull
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in because of him and you're going to talk about like the
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amount of young fans that are going to grow up watching him
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and him being his their favorite player and going to games and
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having his jersey on. And like all of that carries
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over. All of that is like a
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generational player. And I'm not saying generational
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talent, like you only get one of these guys and once in a
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generation. I'm talking about a generational
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player for that fan base. That player is their favorite
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player. And we're talking about a long
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period of time. I think there's a lot of revenue
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that comes with that. I think it says something of
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like, we're paying you for what you've done so far.
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We're paying you for what you're going to do, and we're paying
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you for the legacy you're going to leave for our franchise.
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And when you talk about other teams vis A vis Angels signing
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Albert Pujols for all of the work he's done as a Saint Louis
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Cardinal, it's like that doesn't hit the same way.
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And it is going to have a stench towards the end of that
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contract. This is like no stench.
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This our guy. He's always been our guy.
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He's always going to be our guy. And then, I don't know, they
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swing in this so many times on so many different players.
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They finally did it. That's nice, That's nice.
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You talk about there not being essential.
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What the stench is going to be is when Vladdy is trying to be
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generous here, when Vladdy's. I give him the 35.
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I literally that was the number that was in my head when
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Vladdy's 35 and it has a lot completely lost the the limited
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athleticism that he has. And we're essentially looking at
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yet another. And I honestly, I feel kind of
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you talk about stench. I feel kind of gross even making
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this comparison because they're not in the same league.
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But when we get to a stage of Vladdy Junior's career where
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we're looking at a Miggy situation where it's like we're
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just rolling this guy out here, but you know, you're good for
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the legacy and like, you'll have a statue here, like, and that's
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Mickey. That's one of the greatest
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hitters we've ever seen. And I like of this generation.
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I think really ever, but I think the better comp would be would
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be big Poppy because I think the power numbers are better than
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Mickey. I think the power numbers will
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end up being better than Mickey. I think the I think, I think
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he's a better hitter. I think he'll go down as a
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better hitter, but I don't see power dropping for him.
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And what we saw Big Poppy do in his late 30s, I think that's
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something that's still doable for a Vladdy.
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You could still see 3035 home run type years I mean.
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Dude, Miggy, OK, You want me to? Read You lost all pop.
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No, no, no. You want me to read you Miggy's
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numbers from 2004 his first full season to we'll take it to 2014
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like 10-11 year span. Home run totals
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3333263437343830. Oh, and then in 20/12/44 LED all
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of Baseball 44 the next year. Triple Crown year, I think,
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right? 25 yeah, that was a Triple Crown
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year, but I mean, you're, you're telling me Vladdy is that's not
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a a good comp in terms of production from the power side
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of things. And again, that's Mickey.
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That's one of the best. 4 Why do you think he'll produce more?
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Let's hop over to. How many has he had so far?
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Where's what's? What's the comp there?
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Let's hop over to to Vladi's page here.
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Vladito. He put up 48 in 202132 in
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20/22/26 in 2023 and 30 last year.
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I think it's a good comp. I hear you.
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I just say I'm thinking of the body type.
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I'm thinking of the the violence of his swing.
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Miggy didn't have to try majority of his career right
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where it was just like it was kind of effortless.
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He ran into balls and they ended up leaving the yard.
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I think he's a more complete hitter.
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I think he's a better hitter. I think Mickey is a top five
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right-handed hitter of all time. Will Vladdy be that?
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I don't think so. But power wise and controlled
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violence of a swing. That's what makes me think big
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Poppy, are the average numbers going to go down?
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Absolutely. Are the on base numbers probably
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going to go down? Absolutely.
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I think that the power numbers stay consistent longer because
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read the What are the last 5-6 years for Mickey?
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In terms of home runs, yeah 20/19 he had 12/20/20 Shortened
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season 10/20/20, 1:15, 2020, 2/5/2020. 3-4 That's what I'm
27:29
saying. I don't think that fall off is
27:31
going to be as crazy for Vlad. That's a big fall off.
27:35
I just don't see it. This guy's going to be a full
27:37
time DH by that point, and he's going to let the body go and
27:43
just be mass, just be thick old mass.
27:50
I guess I don't know and look at the.
27:52
Body type. Look at the body type of where
27:54
Mickey started. Sure.
27:56
You know what I'm saying? Yeah, I'm just look at the body
28:00
type of Larito when he started. I'm just saying I'd I just don't
28:04
think I see the HMOL because it's.
28:06
It's keep the receipts. We'll visit this, we'll run this
28:09
back in 14. Years.
28:10
How many mega deals have worked out?
28:12
That's what it I'm not. Saying it works out.
28:14
I'm not saying it works out. I'm not saying I'm not saying
28:18
that. They're saying that they're not.
28:19
It's not going to work out necessarily, but you're saying
28:22
they won't regret it. Is that what you're saying?
28:23
Yes. Yes, I'm saying there's no
28:25
regret behind signing your your guy, your statue.
28:29
Like there's no regret to committing to that because what
28:32
he's done, what he's going to do, and what the legacy is going
28:36
to leave. I think it's all worth the
28:38
money. But that conversation only
28:41
happens if it's your guy wearing the same uniform the whole time.
28:45
If you again using the analogy of the Angels bringing Albert
28:50
Pujols over, it's like, no, you just paid him for everything he
28:54
did wearing a different uniform. No one's going to remember
28:57
Albert Pujols as an Angel when it's all said and done right?
29:01
He's a cardinal. He should have stayed a.
29:03
Cardinal. I mean they would for the they
29:04
will for the wrong reasons. For the wrong reasons, right?
29:07
So I would say there's a good contract for the Blue Jays.
29:16
It's clearly good for Vladimir Guerrero junior and good for
29:19
Vladimir Guerrero junior, junior, junior and all the
29:23
juniors. That's true that's generational
29:25
that's that's that's big, big life changing money they're.
29:29
Trying to stay positive, man, Trying to.
29:31
Good for you man, good for you now.
29:33
Let's save this receipt. We'll come back to this in 14
29:36
years, 14. Years.
29:37
Yeah, I'll make a note of it. I'll set a reminder in my phone.
29:42
He'll be 40, by the way, at the end of that contract, so.
29:45
Yeah, I think Dad did it, didn't he?
29:51
What? I think he played into 40.
29:54
Yeah, it was. Didn't he?
29:56
Didn't he finish with Baltimore? Wild, by the way, wild I
30:03
remember, is that. Where you ended up?
30:05
When I was a kid, yeah. Baltimore, 2011.
30:08
One of the most impressive things you've ever seen.
30:10
He was 30. 6 by the way. Really.
30:13
I would have guessed. I thought for sure he made it to
30:15
40. Yeah, that's that's if his first
30:19
certificate was accurate. Fair.
30:21
The one of the most impressive things I've ever seen on a
30:23
baseball field. I remember when I was a kid
30:26
going to an Orioles game and senior was an Angel and I don't
30:38
know why they were doing something during BP and, and
30:43
senior was in right field and like up against the wall in
30:46
Camden, like on the track and he launches it like 6 or 7 rows
30:52
past the dugout on the third base side.
30:55
And I was just like dumbfounded of what I just witnessed.
31:01
It was just one of those things where it just stuck in my mind
31:03
where I was like, I've seen a few impressive things on a
31:06
field, like live in person and that's not even during a game.
31:10
It's just like letting it eat and just, it's just crazy.
31:14
I think they're cool, man. They're good athletes and and
31:17
papa's got to be real happy. You know who ain't happy,
31:22
though? Oh, where are you taking this?
31:27
Mr. Beau Bichette, like is he, is he getting a call, Is he
31:33
going to get a call at any point?
31:34
He said nothing. Nothing's on the table as of
31:37
right now. Mr. Kirk is getting extended,
31:40
but not even a not even a call for Beau Crazy.
31:50
I don't know. You want to talk?
31:56
I already know the answer to this.
31:58
You want to talk about, but we're going to have to anyway,
32:00
so this is a rhetorical question.
32:02
Do you want to talk about our guy, Zach Campbell for just a
32:08
minute? The Outlook answers answers my
32:12
question. Just when I was feeling good, I
32:14
was feeling positive. You're feeling positive.
32:16
I was. Feeling bright.
32:17
You're trying to convince, you're trying to convince me
32:20
that a 14 year, 4 year, 40 age Vladdy junior situation is going
32:27
to work out and they're not going to regret it.
32:30
And then we got to flip the script and talk Zack Campbell.
32:35
That's right. I think I did a good job selling
32:38
it too. I'll stand.
32:39
I'll stand on that. Hey you, you pulled out the
32:42
whole leg. Well, we'll come back and visit
32:44
the receipts thing. So we will.
32:46
You don't have a choice but to stand by it if.
32:48
You don't think we'll still be here in 14 years?
32:51
You better check yourself before you wreck yourself.
32:57
We're still running it back. Let's let me just let me just
33:01
preface this next topic with with the video.
33:05
That glove up there, you think he's got a great chance of
33:08
catching that ball. After review the calling, the
33:18
fuel stands. There's a home run back.
33:21
All right, so here's the deal. Here's the deal.
33:26
I've seen far too many people saying that the ball was well
33:34
out of reach and that Zach Campbell was fully in his right
33:40
to make the catch that he did. OK, sure.
33:45
I'm not going to sit here and try to play Monday morning
33:47
quarterback on a on a play. I mean you and I.
33:50
On a Wednesday. On a Wednesday, even you and I
33:55
have, I mean, we've been in a situation where we're like out
33:59
world Baseball classic. We were literally just talked
34:01
about this the other day. You're shagging BP, you're
34:03
shagging some, some home runs. It it happens quick.
34:07
So it's not like you have time to sit there and think like, oh,
34:09
I got to I got to like back off here.
34:12
It, it's that stuff gets on you quick, But this guy for some
34:17
reason he's, he's everywhere. I, it makes no sense to me.
34:28
And people say, people say, well, he's just, he's just a man
34:33
enjoying his hobby, enjoying his passion.
34:35
What is it of what is it to you? OK, this is the guy.
34:39
This is this is what we're looking at here.
34:46
He's got a GoPro. It's.
34:49
Right above his glove. He's got a GoPro on his hat and
34:54
he's taking pictures of the Jumbotron that he's on so.
35:00
Like with a T-shirt that has his.
35:04
T-shirt that has his name on it y'all?
35:11
Y'all can defend Zach Campbell V1.
35:13
I will not be one of those people.
35:16
I mean this I don't get it, dude.
35:21
I I don't get it. How are those people that that
35:25
can defend this guy? I don't know, I'd like to know
35:30
who in the world wants to subscribe to his YouTube.
35:39
Takes the ball essential, I won't say out of Christopher
35:43
Merrell's glove, but essentially eliminates any opportunity of
35:48
him being able to rob the home run.
35:54
He's got almost 700,000 subscribers on YouTube.
36:01
That's a lot of, that's a lot of ample believers, lot of ample
36:05
truthers. His last video at 88,000 views.
36:11
I don't get it, man. I don't get it.
36:12
I don't understand. I think he's the least like.
36:15
Well, one of these videos has him licking an ice cream cone.
36:21
It's crazy the. Graphic I don't like this guy.
36:24
I don't want to like this guy. I don't care.
36:27
We're just talking mad at me for not liking this guy.
36:31
We're just talking about this before we hopped on.
36:33
There. There are spray sharks in Major
36:39
League Baseball like they have, they know, like you see guy, you
36:43
see, I mean, well before the band and all that stuff.
36:45
But like, with shifts and things like you, you have people whose
36:49
job it is to determine where to put these people.
36:54
And they're right less often than Zach Campbell.
37:00
Zach Campbell is right more often than the teams that are on
37:05
the field. He's it makes no sense to me.
37:08
I don't understand what data he's pulling from that these
37:11
teams don't have access to. It's just always that we were
37:14
talking about like you, I've even seen like a good handful of
37:18
times that a home run is hit and he's like in the vicinity.
37:25
He didn't even get a ball. He has a million balls, but it's
37:28
like there's still plenty where he's just like really close in
37:32
that area. How often does that happen for
37:34
you? For me, I he's going to way more
37:37
games. But like we had to do it during
37:41
BP when we're in Chase Field. We didn't even like how is he
37:44
always in the vicinity? How is he always in the area?
37:48
He's the worst and we saw him in Camden Yards.
37:51
We've seen him in so many different.
37:52
Ballpark. Oh my God, dude, we see him.
37:54
In Camden Yards, we've seen him at at Fenway.
37:56
Fenway, we saw. He was.
37:59
There was another place we saw him.
38:02
There's another place I've seen him.
38:06
I think I've seen him in Yankee Stadium.
38:08
He was tracking, he was trying to track down, if you remember
38:11
when we're in Baltimore for that ALDS, he was trying and I
38:14
remember hearing him say this, he was trying to get Gunner's
38:18
first postseason home run. And I'm like, I mean, cool.
38:23
Like, so is everybody else. But like, it got to the point
38:26
where people were calling to like block this guy out from,
38:32
from letting it happen. Yeah, we were like standing
38:34
above the scoreboard. And he was at he was at the
38:38
game, I'm like 99% sure he was at the game that Jackson Holiday
38:44
ultimately hit his first big league home run.
38:46
The game that I was at, I mean, I was up in the I was doing a
38:50
chaperoning situation with the A camp, but he was, I'm pretty
38:54
sure he was there. And I'm like, I mean, I get it.
38:57
This guy's trying to take advantage, but like, I don't
39:02
there's just it's something away.
39:03
Is, is, it's the way he goes about it.
39:06
I, I can't put my finger on it. There's just something about it
39:09
that I. Don't think he has eyebrows and
39:11
it's just like. OK, well, I'm not, I'm not
39:13
commenting on that. That's not my place to talk
39:15
about I. Don't.
39:16
He's a very, he's got just a very punchable face.
39:19
Again, not going to comment on his appearance, I'm simply
39:22
looking at this through a. Baseball Lens.
39:26
No, I am simply looking at this through a baseball lens.
39:30
It's just it's really irritating and it's the victim card that I
39:34
feel like gets played a lot when it's like you bring this on
39:37
yourself. I hope you're aware of that like
39:39
you're wearing AT shirt with your name on it.
39:42
Right. Quasi interfering with with home
39:49
run outcomes on multiple occasions like this wasn't a a
39:54
stand alone incident but anyway I don't know.
39:57
That guy sucks. That's sort of the gist of of
40:01
what? Happened to punch him.
40:03
It's crazy. Literally, if you can go back.
40:05
You want to talk receipts? Go back.
40:06
Never right here you say that. Never said that quick quick.
40:14
Do you have like a quick top three list of people you'd
40:16
punch? I mean, I did for the sake of
40:25
ease. I would have to limit it to like
40:27
the baseball world because. Yeah, sure.
40:31
All right, baseball world, including.
40:34
Put me on the spot here. Fans, spectators, broadcasters,
40:39
reporters. Opening it up to everybody.
40:42
Oh, this is interesting. Yeah.
40:44
Well, let me just get out in front of this exercise for
40:46
saying I would. I I would not condone punching
40:48
anybody, nor would you find me punching anybody.
40:51
This is a. Strictly theoretical.
40:54
Strictly theoretical. Strictly hypothetical situation.
41:01
I need a good answer here. I didn't love your answer with
41:03
my geography question, so I'd like for you to really deliver
41:06
here. Can I?
41:10
I need to I'll. Give you 1.
41:13
I need to OK give me, give me your, give me your one.
41:17
I don't know if I don't, yeah, it probably rotates, but like, I
41:20
think Tom Verducci is up there for me.
41:23
That's wild. What did Tom verduce He ever?
41:27
Do yeah. I just don't.
41:28
I don't like him. Laura in the chat.
41:30
AJ Przynski. Whoa, there we go, Laura.
41:33
See, now we're AJ Ball. Rolling this is John Jonathan
41:36
Papelbaum. Oh yeah, I'm cool.
41:39
Careful, that guy's also running a podcast.
41:42
I think so. I think they both are so dude.
41:45
Psycho though. He is.
41:47
You don't know. He's a wild card, would you?
41:49
You'd punch a rod, I think. Yeah, dude.
41:54
The the the gimmick. It's the, it's the phoniness
41:57
with that guy. I, I, I mean how people don't
42:00
see right through the ACT, like, come on.
42:03
Yeah, yeah. Come on.
42:06
I'll give you 1 throwback. Name Carlos Gomez.
42:11
That's a great answer. Yeah, that guy.
42:14
I I whenever I hear that name, I go immediately to that incident
42:18
that run in at home plate with. Brian McCann.
42:25
Brian McCann it was. Brian didn't.
42:27
That's right. Which was the one of the coldest
42:30
things I've ever seen. I love Brian McCann.
42:32
That was sick. That's a that's a dude right
42:35
there. I'll, I'll name another one for
42:37
you. I think Garrett Cole probably
42:39
makes that list for you. Say it.
42:41
Say it. No.
42:44
So here's the thing, bearded Garrett Cole.
42:47
I'm like, I'm cool with you. Like Houston Astros?
42:49
Garrett, I'm J clean shaven Yankee.
42:52
Garrett Cole. Yeah, I can't do it.
42:54
That guy, That guy stinks. Oh, you want it that?
42:59
Guy stinks. That's a good exercise.
43:04
Who is a guy, though? I feel like there were more guys
43:08
back in like the yeah, like when we were growing up.
43:13
Yeah 'cause I mean, you got to think like, well, I mean like
43:18
early childhood. Like you guys are still Manny to
43:20
the Max like. Manny was like one of my most
43:23
hated players growing up. Manny just being Manny.
43:27
Oh, I'm drawing a blank. It was a pitcher.
43:36
Who do you play for? I don't know why my mind went to
43:42
the White Sox. The White Sox A pitcher on the
43:46
White Sox. Yeah, I don't.
43:48
It wasn't quite early. No, it wasn't.
43:50
Current drawn a blank. How old are we talking here?
43:57
I mean it would have been like 20 tens I guess a rod.
44:07
A rod's up there for you. Jerichole.
44:10
Oh dude, I got a guy pulling one from the trenches here.
44:20
Chris Archer. Do you remember Chris?
44:22
Archer Yeah. Wow, that that guy never really
44:25
affected. Me that much.
44:27
I couldn't stand that. Guy.
44:29
There we go. There we go.
44:31
The gloves are off now we're getting someone.
44:33
Chris Archer. Oh, and it's what's up with the
44:40
pitchers? It was another pitcher, It was.
44:42
Something about pitchers, man, it was like me off.
44:45
How could I forget Number one on the list #1 on the list by far.
44:51
More than a rod, more than a rod, more than No, I'm.
44:56
I'm cool with Roger Clemens. He was.
44:57
I mean, I didn't like. That guy would eat that punch,
45:00
by the way. Oh.
45:00
For sure, sure couldn't stand the guy being a Yankee, but like
45:04
whatever. Like looking back, whatever he
45:06
would wear. That, with a smile, that guy
45:09
was. That was a gamer #1 on the list
45:11
for me. Don't know how this didn't cross
45:13
my mind immediately when you ask this question.
45:16
Marcus Stroman. Marcus Stroman can take a hike.
45:20
Marcus Stroman that. That's all I'm going to say.
45:25
Well, good news is you won't see it because we're blocked.
45:27
That's true. That's true.
45:31
Yeah. I'm not going to good stuff.
45:33
Not going to go any further with that, but that's probably my
45:36
list. Oh man.
45:39
That's a good midweek pod exercise.
45:42
In the chat, Laura Archer was nice.
45:45
You though there's no doubt of my mind, no doubt of my mind.
45:49
But again, we're not saying like who's somebody you want to go
45:52
like grab a drink with. No, you asked me like pungeable
45:55
face and for some reason, I don't know what it was.
45:57
Maybe he it must have been like his a big thing with me.
46:02
And funny enough, it seems to trend or it seems to track with
46:05
some of my other picks. A Rod Stroman, if you if your
46:09
mannerisms or like your antics seem like just over the top or
46:14
like you're very demonstrative and you're not just like kind
46:17
of, you know, like little equilibrium action going on just
46:22
like mellowed out. I'm like, it's doing too much
46:25
for me doing too much. Also another another picture
46:28
that kind of irks me. We don't need to keep going on
46:31
this list, but Robbie Ray for some reason.
46:34
Whoa, nice ricochets, man. It's something about it.
46:38
Don't know. Don't know why.
46:39
Crazy. Back in the day, as a as a kid,
46:45
Pedro for me, I, I hated Pedro. I mean, I could I.
46:48
Totally understand now. Just like him being a like a
46:51
broadcaster or like he's a dude, He's a dude.
46:54
I'm like, you're just a goof, man.
46:56
You're funny. Yeah, other good ones, Josh
46:58
Donaldson, Manny Machado. It's honestly, if you'd asked me
47:02
this years ago, I would have said Machado, but it's I it's
47:06
come around, I've come around on Machado.
47:08
I can't really. It's hard for me to say that
47:10
like. I got one for you.
47:12
I'm so. I got a current one that I hope
47:14
never would see this. Let's let's let's cap the
47:18
exercise with this. This better be good.
47:19
I would 1000% backpedal hard if I ever met him in person.
47:25
No doubt as we as we would with pretty much it.
47:27
Well, mine is Stroman. Whatever.
47:29
Tommy Pham. Tommy Pham.
47:32
You would need to walk that back.
47:35
I would need to. That guy would eat me for lunch
47:37
for sure. For sure, but.
47:41
His ears are probably twitching right now.
47:42
Oh yeah, I think he knows. Yeah.
47:44
He's like aware of anyone. He knows.
47:47
He's like catch me sometime bro, just wait.
47:50
Better make sure you're not getting a knock on the door
47:52
later tonight, yeah? But I don't.
47:54
Yeah, I just don't like that guy.
47:57
Fair enough. He's a Yankee killer.
47:59
Just whatever team he plays for, it's just hits against the
48:02
Yankees. It drives me crazy.
48:05
Oh man. I love it.
48:07
Just a little IL update, Jackson Merrill placed on the 10 day IL
48:13
with the right hammy string. Yeah.
48:17
Justin Steele, unless you had any comment on Jackson Merrill.
48:20
Justin Steele placed on the 15 day IL with left elbow
48:25
tendonitis. Wyatt Langford, who's actually
48:30
off to a pretty hot start. Yeah.
48:34
So is that line up? Very much so, placed on the 10
48:36
day IL with an right oblique strain.
48:39
Love me a good 10 dayer, you know what I mean?
48:42
It's just like there's, there's optimism there. 15 days is where
48:45
you start getting a little scared.
48:46
Yep, Yep, the Orioles place their ace, their number one,
48:54
their huge, massive offseason edition Opening Day starters
49:01
Zach Eflyn on the 15 day IL due to a right lat strain.
49:08
So huge, massive blow for the OS losing their ace.
49:14
What's the what's the international guy?
49:16
They got Segano. Yeah.
49:21
Didn't he get hurt too? Did he?
49:23
I thought he was healthy last I checked.
49:25
I don't know, I had him for in fantasy for one start and it
49:31
didn't look good. So I was like, yeah, I'm moving
49:32
on. And I think he got hurt.
49:33
He was like day-to-day at that point.
49:35
But I don't know if he ever came back.
49:37
Just a just a thought, just an interesting nugget.
49:40
I think he's all right. All right, cool.
49:42
Got his first big league win the other day against the the Kansas
49:45
City Royales. Maybe I'll pick him back up.
49:50
But yeah, just a huge, I cannot stress enough the impact that
49:57
losing your ace for for 15 plus days will have on a team like
50:03
the Orioles who are just, I mean, some optimism for the
50:08
Orioles, super deep with high caliber arms, super deep with
50:15
with elite stuff on the bump. I mean, ace after.
50:23
I mean, that's a rotation of aces, a rotation, a rotate.
50:29
Yeah. I mean, talk about, I mean, they
50:31
might, you might not see a pitcher for another American
50:36
League team pitching the All Star game.
50:40
So just a a massive blow for the Orioles ultimately, again, just
50:45
to drive that point home. But good on the Orioles, though.
50:50
Like I said, they're deep. They made they acquired a lot of
50:53
elite arms this. Offseason.
50:56
They should. Be all right so yeah just really
51:01
really want to drive that point home massive blow for the.
51:09
Orioles. Victor Robles capping it off
51:12
here. Did you see that that catchy got
51:16
tangled up in? Against the net.
51:19
Yeah, not not good. He's going to miss at least 12
51:21
weeks with a small fracture in the the humoral head of his left
51:27
shoulder. Yeah, dude, the way it hit and
51:29
like went behind them. Some would say if that net
51:37
wasn't there, might have been a better result, might have been a
51:40
better outcome. Some would say, some are saying.
51:43
What is the net doing all the way down there anyway?
51:45
I was like in the corner, what do we need a net down there for?
51:53
Exit Vilo baby. Softies.
51:56
Man, softies. You know who's not a softie?
52:00
Dane Myers. Let's take a look at this catch
52:03
from this afternoon. And Pete drives one out to
52:10
center, chasing Myers back to the warning track, and he makes
52:14
the catch. Oh wow, another great catch by a
52:18
Marlin center fielder. This one ends the game.
52:22
Yesterday it was Derrick Hill, Today Dane Myers taking an extra
52:27
basin away from Alonzo with a stunning catch to end the game
52:32
and hand. My neck hurts just watching.
52:37
That dude just wore it, but he ended the game.
52:40
I mean, what a what a way to, what a way to finish off a game
52:43
against Peter. Let me a good face plant.
52:47
Those walls are not soft people. Guy wore it and last last item
52:52
here in to to close the book as it were something that you you
52:57
reminded me of that I think is certainly worth noting.
53:00
We're celebrating was the the Jaron Duran situation, the the
53:09
Netflix and I say celebrate. Why would you, if, if you know
53:12
what we're talking about, like why would you say celebrate?
53:14
Well, a lot of good has come from this.
53:16
And if again, if you don't know what we're talking about, the,
53:19
the Netflix doc on the 2024 Red Sox, which you know, aside from
53:25
the Jaron Duran thing, still wild to me that they're like
53:29
they looked at the 24/20/24 Red Sox for like, that's who we want
53:32
to follow. Don't understand, but you know,
53:36
maybe it was meant to be because as part of this doc Jaron Duran
53:42
shared very transparent, very vulnerable about his struggles
53:47
with mental health and and things that he's he's had to
53:49
deal with over the years, citing citing demons and and things
53:55
that he's had to fight and wrestle with.
54:00
And it came out you you revealed in the dock.
54:03
I mean, not the spoiler, but I'm true.
54:05
If you haven't heard, you've caught wind of it by now, but
54:08
revealed that he attempted to take his own life and you know,
54:14
as as things would go, did not did not work out.
54:19
And he he viewed this as an opportunity to to use his story
54:26
for good. And man, did some good come out
54:29
of it. Like I saw something the other
54:30
day that said, what is it? It's like the this is Samaritan
54:37
group. Apparently the spikes are the
54:40
the calls rather just spiked people seeking help people,
54:47
people calling the the hotline number to to just talk to
54:50
people. And this is what he did.
54:52
Like I've, I've followed this guy for a few years now and like
54:55
this is what he's about. Like he, he wants to share his
54:59
story, he wants to help make sure people get help that need
55:02
help. And it's just, you know, again,
55:05
unfortunate situation that that he even was out of place in his
55:09
life where this where he felt like this was the only out.
55:14
But you know, he's, he's still here, he's still, he's still
55:18
balling out. And it was really cool to see
55:21
the, the year he had last year, knowing all of this had had gone
55:25
down and just the way he's been able to, to bounce back and
55:28
again, just use this story to, to help others.
55:31
So that's been really cool to to see.
55:33
And about, yeah, man, I know that like we, we obviously like
55:37
early in this episode joked about some stuff, but like it,
55:40
it is something that's like a huge reminder that like, these
55:44
are just people like us, you know what I mean?
55:46
These are just like we, we put them on a pedestal and we have
55:49
these ridiculous expectations of people.
55:53
And, and I know the other side of the coin is people saying,
55:57
you know, you're making millions of dollars, how tough can your
55:59
life be? But like, there's a lot of
56:00
pressure. There's a lot of pressure.
56:03
And you know, when, when you have mental health battles, it's
56:10
like that there's, there's no, there's no amount of anything
56:16
that can prevent you from getting them at times.
56:21
So really, really awesome that this is being talked about and
56:29
that this is being brought up. And it's something that our
56:33
culture has slowly gotten more and more comfortable doing it
56:37
specifically around mental health with men, you know, when
56:41
we're always taught to like kind of bottle up stuff and, and not
56:45
let it out and not share it. And so like that takes courage
56:48
for him to say this, not just out loud in an interview, but
56:52
like for it to be posted and for it to be somewhat of of his
56:57
cause and his off the field focus moving forward of helping
57:02
others. So important.
57:05
And it's amazing that that this is getting the light it gets.
57:09
And this is in a very indirect way, exactly what you and I have
57:14
been talking about of getting these guys a, a, a platform
57:20
outside of just during the game, right?
57:22
Like getting these guys visibility and MLB marketing
57:26
their players. And it's not just for, you know,
57:29
financial reasons of individual brands, but it's like individual
57:32
causes and individual stories and like, you know, just crazy
57:36
obstacles that have been overcome like that.
57:39
Those are important things. And those are what transcends
57:42
sports and can cause such an amazing ripple effect in a
57:47
positive way. So good on good on Jaron Duran.
57:51
Glad he's still here. Glad he's, you know, part of our
57:53
our world in a way. And then I love to see the good
57:58
that has come from all of this. And I'm sure he is too.
58:01
So props, props. And Netflix, too, for, you know,
58:06
being brave enough to ask that question.
58:07
Because not all of us are. Asking the tough questions.
58:14
Well, we're out of questions. We're out of topics, we're out
58:19
of time. We're out of time, folks.
58:21
You got anything else for the the people?
58:25
You guys are great. Keep it up, keep being great.
58:28
Thanks for hanging out with us. Keep hanging out with us.
58:33
If you haven't been watching live, try to find some time,
58:37
maybe carve out some time. This is what we do twice a week.
58:42
In, you know, I got to, I got to, I got to just be fair to
58:50
the, the listeners, the watchers.
58:52
We're not the greatest at setting consistent times with
58:55
these, with these things like at all.
58:57
Yeah, we're terrible at it. So I feel like if we could
59:01
figure out a way to make that happen that that would really
59:05
mean a lot. That would go a long way for the
59:08
the people watching, the people listening.
59:09
But in the meantime, folks, just bear with us.
59:12
You know, life happens. We do what we can to be
59:16
consistent, but sometimes things just get a little.
59:19
We ignore it as much work as we can, OK?
59:22
Well, I won't. I won't go on record as saying
59:28
anything. Oh yeah, Like you haven't in the
59:30
past. Yeah.
59:32
We went on the record about wanting to punch some guys in
59:34
the face. So that's, that's honestly it's
59:37
progress in my mind. Pretty sure I qualify that by
59:41
saying this is purely hypothetical.
59:44
You're the one that said you would try to throw hands with
59:48
Tommy Pham. You're on record as saying that
59:50
and I'm going to go ahead and clip that.
59:52
Please, please that as receipt. Go ahead and use.
59:56
That as receipt. That's that's not cool.
59:58
That's not. I'll I may even I may even dox
1:00:01
you. I don't know, like just.
1:00:02
So I don't think that's nice. I mean, I'll, I'll give you the
1:00:06
I'll get, I'll be decent enough not to tweet it publicly, but
1:00:09
I'll just DM him like, hey dude, here's his phone number, here's
1:00:12
his e-mail, here's his address. I know this is roughly around
1:00:17
the time that he's home from work.
1:00:19
I don't do with this information that you were just outing each
1:00:21
other. Yeah, I was going to ask you
1:00:23
about something. Oh boy, what were you going to
1:00:25
ask me about? Like in the in the group chat
1:00:27
where you said that you're on track to finally be able to
1:00:31
order a a medium steak. Yeah, let's let's just address
1:00:36
that real quick. You're working.
1:00:37
Towards the cold, yeah. OK be.
1:00:40
Prepared to have a medium. Steak.
1:00:42
Here's the medium. Here's the deal.
1:00:43
Let me let me explain myself. Now that we're done talking
1:00:47
ball, let me just explain myself real quick before we get out of
1:00:50
here. So in our fantasy, like the
1:00:53
three O take fantasy league group chat, we've sort of
1:00:57
started this thing where like guys, just like if they grew up
1:01:00
a steak, they'll put a picture of it like yo, that's like a 10
1:01:03
out of 10. Well, like, well, I want to say
1:01:06
well done, no pun intended, but like nice steak, great job.
1:01:12
And so somehow it got like outed that or it got brought up that,
1:01:17
you know, like, well, nature's destroys my my eating habits any
1:01:24
chance he gets. But anyway, I was explaining
1:01:27
that, you know, when I was a kid, I would only eat steak well
1:01:31
done, which I know it's basically like having a you're
1:01:34
chewing a tire. But then I said I'm up to a
1:01:39
medium now or no medium well. And I'm 30.
1:01:43
Mind you, I'm 31 years old. So do that information what you
1:01:46
will. And all I said was that I'm
1:01:50
working my way towards what did I say medium.
1:01:54
Like I said, that's. Next, your way towards Medium.
1:01:57
You should be ready by this summer.
1:02:00
Yeah, because who's eating like who's just randomly eating in a
1:02:03
steak in like, well, and now it's April, but like, who's
1:02:06
eating a randomly eating a steak, like grilling one out on
1:02:10
the deck in late March? Unless you live in, unless you
1:02:13
live out there, which I don't, It's still cold out here.
1:02:17
You're not just grilling up a Texas.
1:02:19
Roadhouse since at all since last summer.
1:02:23
No, but that wasn't that wasn't part of my journey.
1:02:27
That wasn't part of my path. When I when it gets warmer,
1:02:31
when, when this, when the grills start coming out and people
1:02:33
start asking, hey, how do you want it cooked?
1:02:35
Or if I'm at a restaurant, how do you want it cooked?
1:02:38
I'm going to say medium. I've had medium steaks before.
1:02:41
I'm just saying I'm getting it. I'm going to get to a point
1:02:43
where that's like more of a regular thing for me, so.
1:02:47
Is there a is there a time that a, a medium rare is ever in the
1:02:50
mix? Do you see?
1:02:52
Do you foresee that in your picture that just.
1:02:54
Doesn't seem enjoyable to me. Enjoyable to me.
1:02:56
Like I think mediums. I think medium is fine.
1:03:00
It's a visual. It's a visual thing.
1:03:03
Yeah, but like it's it's also for me, it's a tasting too.
1:03:07
Like medium is has enough flavor to like check.
1:03:09
I'm not some like steak snob, like medium checks the box
1:03:13
perfectly for me. So you know what?
1:03:17
The next time I get a steak, I'll make it a medium and I'm
1:03:20
going to enjoy it. So whatever.
1:03:23
Should be ready in a few months. Go ahead and try to out me all
1:03:29
you want. I I'm what about a burger?
1:03:36
There's too much going on. Like I it's not, it's not going
1:03:40
to be as noticeable or make as much of a difference to me.
1:03:43
A steak, it's just a steak. The temperature, how you cook,
1:03:46
it's going to make a huge difference.
1:03:48
So that's where I'm going to focus my efforts in, in growing
1:03:51
as a, as a consumer of the culinary goods.
1:03:55
Sure, but you know, burger. Maybe I'll dabble in a medium
1:04:01
too. That's fine, whatever.
1:04:02
I'm so proud of you. Thanks.
1:04:04
So proud of you, keep it up man. This guy, this guy will take any
1:04:08
opportunity he gets to out my Chipotle order any chance he
1:04:12
gets. Rice, chicken, cheese, little
1:04:17
sour cream, tortilla on the side.
1:04:22
And I eat it plain. I eat the tortilla by itself
1:04:25
because it's a nice snack. You eat tortilla chips, do you
1:04:28
not? It's the same thing.
1:04:30
Anyway, Let's get out of here. That'll do it.
1:04:36
I. Dip.
1:04:36
I dip my tortilla chips. You dip them in anything.
1:04:40
I eat them plain if need be. Not by default, but if need be
1:04:46
anyway. You worry me.
1:04:47
You worry me. Well, Kyle does it all the time,
1:04:51
apparently. But you shouldn't.
1:04:53
So don't go chasing curveballs. We love you all and as always,
1:04:55
looking forward to talking more baseball with you guys soon.
1:04:57
Until next time, stay filthy.