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Alex Cora joins Monster Territory · Foul Territory

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Speaker 1: We have a very special guest here. We got Alex
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Speaker 1: Cora on the show. Alex, how you doing, my friend?
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Speaker 1: How's your off season going so far?
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Speaker 2: It's been it's been good, so far, so good. First
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Speaker 2: of all, happy in a year, a lot of good
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Speaker 2: things for you and your family this year and good
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Speaker 2: things for the Red Sox, right.
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Speaker 1: Yes, sir, Yeah, likewise, I hope you had a great Christmas,
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Speaker 1: great New year. But yeah, let's kind of just dive
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Speaker 1: in here. Well, you know, first off, you know, how's
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Speaker 1: your off season going? You know, I'm always intrigued about uh,
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Speaker 1: you know, players, managers, you know, off seasons. We're always
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Speaker 1: so you know, invested into the season. But uh, you know,
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Speaker 1: what's an off season look like for you? Lots of
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Speaker 1: family time and whatnot.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, trying trying to spend a lot of time with
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Speaker 2: the kids and Angelica and the coolest thing we've done
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Speaker 2: besides obviously the holidays, we went to England and uh,
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Speaker 2: you know, we spent some time in London. We went
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Speaker 2: to Liverpool to watch two matches, so it was actually
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Speaker 2: two good ones. It was Real Madrid on Wednesday and
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Speaker 2: then Manchester City on Sunday, So you know, those are
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Speaker 2: the the benefits of working for Fenway Sports Group, right,
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Speaker 2: you can get free flights to go over there, free tickets,
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Speaker 2: you know, spend time you know with the with the
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Speaker 2: players and the coaches and go to the academy.
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Speaker 3: So it was a good experience.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, we were just saying before we started. Uh,
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Speaker 1: you know, it's funny when the Red Sox, you know,
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Speaker 1: they joined together with Liverpool. You know, I'm a I
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Speaker 1: was a big Arsenal fan growing up, so it's kind
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Speaker 1: of I'm split when it comes to that, but it
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Speaker 1: is what it is. But you know, kind of looking
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Speaker 1: back here, you know, you've had a you know a
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Speaker 1: little bit of time to you know, kind of let
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Speaker 1: things marinade. I think back to you know, this past
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Speaker 1: season twenty twenty four. You know, now that you've had
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Speaker 1: a little bit of time to you know reflect, you know,
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Speaker 1: what were some positives that you took away from this
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Speaker 1: past season, you know, anything you know that you could see,
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Speaker 1: you know, yourself, the organization, the team improving on.
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Speaker 2: You know, there were there were a lot of good
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Speaker 2: stories last year, a lot of positives, especially in the
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Speaker 2: position player side. Uh, there were some growth and some
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Speaker 2: big steps. You know, we can talk about Willier in
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Speaker 2: right field. If you think about it, you know, he
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Speaker 2: wasn't even playing the first road trip until Trevor gets
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Speaker 2: served and he becomes a Gold Glove defender and right
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Speaker 2: Uh Jaron Duran, Uh you know, I mean, top three
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Speaker 2: player probably in the American League, right, the most dynamic
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Speaker 2: player maybe in our in our league, he's up there
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Speaker 2: with Mookie as far as like doing everything offensively, defensively,
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Speaker 2: running the bases. Uh him Bobby will It of course, right,
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Speaker 2: but what he did where he comes from, right, we
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Speaker 2: we still remember the fly ball fanway with the bases
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Speaker 2: loaded the Sun Bowl in Kansas City. And now he's
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Speaker 2: a plus defender, which is awesome. There there were some
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Speaker 2: kids that came up and they got their feet.
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Speaker 3: Wet and they actually contribute.
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Speaker 2: Uh, you know, David Hamilton for a month there was
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Speaker 2: one of the most dynamic players in the big leagues.
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Speaker 2: The pitching staff, they they made some strides. Thirty starts
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Speaker 2: for Tanner, Brian and Cutter. That that that's that's huge,
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Speaker 2: not only for what we try to accomplish last year,
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Speaker 2: but where we're going in the future.
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Speaker 3: Right, and uh, they were in.
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Speaker 2: A good spot. We struggle again after the traded deadline.
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Speaker 2: We didn't play well, which is kind of like, you know,
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Speaker 2: something that keeps me up just thinking about what we
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Speaker 2: need to do better, and we actually know what we
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Speaker 2: need to do better. We have to pitch better, we
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Speaker 2: had to play defense. If you're consistent in those two
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Speaker 2: areas and in this game, you're probably going to be
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Speaker 2: in the hunt all the way till the end.
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Speaker 3: We play some miningful games in September, but we knew
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Speaker 3: that we were. You know, it was a hell mary right,
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Speaker 3: like they say in football.
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Speaker 2: But overall, with the expectations and being realistic of the
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Speaker 2: roster and the youth of our you know where we at.
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Speaker 3: As an organization, it was an okay season.
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Speaker 2: I will never say it's a good season when you
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Speaker 2: don't make it to the playoffs, and you know, you
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Speaker 2: never hear me say that because at the end, that's
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Speaker 2: the reason we're here. We're here to dance in October.
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Speaker 2: And it's not only to Tipito for one series or
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Speaker 2: just to make it. We're trying to make it a
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Speaker 2: long run, and long run is to win the World Series.
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Speaker 3: And we haven't that. We haven't accomplished that since twenty eighteen.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, you've nailed a lot of that.
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Speaker 2: There.
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Speaker 1: There are a lot of good steps forward in my opinion.
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Speaker 1: You know, I think honestly one of the best, one
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Speaker 1: of the best moves from last offseason was bringing in
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Speaker 1: Andrew Bailey. I think he was, you know, a great
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Speaker 1: a great had for the staff. He saw a lot
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Speaker 1: of growth. Uh. But yeah, looking for you know, a
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Speaker 1: big step forward in twenty twenty five. Uh. But speaking
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Speaker 1: of twenty five, you know, what do you think of
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Speaker 1: this offseason so far? You know, we've had a few
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Speaker 1: big moves here, Derrek Crochet the big one, Walker Bueller
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Speaker 1: as well, bringing in a role Disk Chapman, got Nerves
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Speaker 1: and Wilson as well. You know, what are your thoughts
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Speaker 1: on the offseason editions so far?
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Speaker 3: You know what, it's been good, not only.
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Speaker 2: In the public eye, but I think there's a lot
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Speaker 2: of stuff that he's going on behind the curtain, you know,
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Speaker 2: as far as like plans with players. You know, Raphaela
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Speaker 2: has made some progress. You know, we gave him the
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Speaker 2: freedom to eat and he's actually eating. Uh.
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Speaker 3: He gained some some some some weight, which is huge
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Speaker 3: for him.
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Speaker 2: David Hamton, you know, Connor Wong, Trevor's story.
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Speaker 3: They got together a few weeks ago.
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Speaker 2: And there were some coaches that went there to Dallas
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Speaker 2: and kind of like what we call Trevor Camp.
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Speaker 3: And for everything I'm hearing, for everything.
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Speaker 2: I saw, as far as like the videos and all
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Speaker 2: that stuff, they're in a good place. As far as
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Speaker 2: the addition, there's no secret we were looking for pitching.
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Speaker 2: We're still looking for pitching, and then we have to
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Speaker 2: be better in that area. The two years that I
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Speaker 2: have managed the Red Sox, the rotation was pretty solid.
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Speaker 2: And it's not the names. It's about going out there
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Speaker 2: and going five and six inning consistently, or six inning
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Speaker 2: is consistently, let's not you know, sugar Coat, This five
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Speaker 2: minutes is not good enough. So in eighteen we did it.
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Speaker 2: In twenty one we did it, and we made it
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Speaker 2: to the dance.
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Speaker 3: You know.
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Speaker 2: Garrett is a huge addition. Walker brings something to the
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Speaker 2: equation that you cannot quantity quantifive. I think just the
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Speaker 2: experience being around one of the greatest pictures of old time.
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Speaker 2: He learned a lot from from Kershaw, and hopefully he
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Speaker 2: can bring that knowledge and help our young kids, which
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Speaker 2: they're not young anymore. They're twenty seven, right and uh,
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Speaker 2: just help him to to keep developing at this level
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Speaker 2: the bullpen, the deeper the better, and we got some
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Speaker 2: stuff now right Uh, you know Chapman he's throwing one
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Speaker 2: hundred and four. He he he's like he's like wine
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Speaker 2: right the you know, he's aging very well. One of
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Speaker 2: my favorites Instagram accounts ever. You know, if you want
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Speaker 2: to get excited and get up and go work out,
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Speaker 2: follow Chapman. He's freaking a piece. You know, it's amazing.
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Speaker 2: And then and then Wilson, you know, uh, very subtle
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Speaker 2: move by the front office. One of those that people
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Speaker 2: haven't talked about it, but I do believe, you know,
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Speaker 2: that's an area that we have to keep improving.
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Speaker 3: You know, Murph is on.
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Speaker 2: You know, he's doing an outstanding job in the off
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Speaker 2: season getting himself healthy and then putting himself in the equation.
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Speaker 3: Bernie is doing a good job. Last year we struggle
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Speaker 3: with lefties, you know, with our lefties.
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Speaker 2: You know, they did a good job, but we have
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Speaker 2: to be better and the more the better, and competition
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Speaker 2: is always a good thing.
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Speaker 3: So I think in that aspect, he's been a good
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Speaker 3: off season.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I like that. You just mentioned the competition aspect,
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Speaker 1: and that's something I actually think is a pretty underrated
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Speaker 1: factor when it comes to these additions of Crochet and Bueller.
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Speaker 1: I feel like these guys can really help, you know,
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Speaker 1: push each other. You know, I think back to you know,
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Speaker 1: you go back to like Surez or Vierlander back in
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Speaker 1: the day, right, you know, they really you know, they
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Speaker 1: feasted off of that, right, and it pushed them to
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Speaker 1: be better. And I feel like you see some of
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Speaker 1: that coming into this rotation, and you know, it's exciting
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Speaker 1: to see when it comes to the you know, actually
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Speaker 1: quick question here when it comes to this offseason with
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Speaker 1: with the front office, what has it been like this
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Speaker 1: off season from your point of view? Where has your
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Speaker 1: phone been off the hook NonStop? Have you had a
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Speaker 1: chance to breathe at all? Or how does that work? Necessarily?
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean going into the off season, you have
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Speaker 2: plan A, Plan A, one.
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Speaker 3: A two eight three.
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Speaker 2: You know, I hate when they say plan B C D, right,
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Speaker 2: because if we're talking about Plan D, we're in a
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Speaker 2: bad spot.
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Speaker 1: Right.
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Speaker 3: So there's a lot of.
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Speaker 2: Different scenarios that happened, Right, There's a lot of stuff
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Speaker 2: that we cannot control. Guys that want to play in
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Speaker 2: the West Coast, guys that get traded, organizations that you know,
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Speaker 2: they engage and then they decide to stay put. You know,
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Speaker 2: and obviously in an era that social media, you know
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Speaker 2: kind of like rules the world. Right, It's very interesting
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Speaker 2: some of the scenarios that people propose. But I can
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Speaker 2: tell you something. You know, the front off is it's
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Speaker 2: always diligent. You know, they're they're they're always you know,
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Speaker 2: working to make this roster better. And you know there's
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Speaker 2: thirty teams out there they're doing the same thing, right Like,
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Speaker 2: they have a vision, they have a plan, and they
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Speaker 2: have to execute. In our case, we were loud and
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Speaker 2: clear what we were trying to accomplish.
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Speaker 3: You know.
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Speaker 2: I think if you go by numbers, or you go
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Speaker 2: by by you know, war or whatever it is, you know,
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Speaker 2: or projected wins. You know, a lot of teams are
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Speaker 2: shooting for ninety two, you know, before the season starts,
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Speaker 2: and I don't know where we at. I don't get
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Speaker 2: into that, you know, but I think we we have
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Speaker 2: accomplished a lot of good things in the off season.
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Speaker 2: The phone is always on. But you have to trust
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Speaker 2: the process. You have to trust the people that we have,
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Speaker 2: you know, Obviously I have an idea. I have ideas,
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Speaker 2: and I share it with them, but not all the time.
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Speaker 2: They can please or they can you know, you know, Okay,
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Speaker 2: this is what we're doing because Alex wants it. You know,
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Speaker 2: I just give him my two cents and they actually,
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Speaker 2: you know, they listen and they execute, you know, and
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Speaker 2: I think we're in a good spot. The off season
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Speaker 2: is not over yet. We still got time. If you remember,
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Speaker 2: we got j D. Martinez in spring training in twenty eighteen,
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Speaker 2: and you know, I think Jd, you know, prove that,
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Speaker 2: you know, if you're patient enough, you can.
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Speaker 3: Get your guys. And uh, we're still working at it.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, JD Martinez a great example, you know,
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Speaker 1: honestly one of the better free agent signings in the
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Speaker 1: history of the Red Sox.
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Speaker 3: I do believe. I do believe he.
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Speaker 2: Him and Manny I think, you know, as far as
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Speaker 2: like earning every penny you know that was given of them,
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Speaker 2: they they earn it and they did an amazing jump
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Speaker 2: for us.
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Speaker 1: Yeah. Well, speaking of right handed hitters, you know, that
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Speaker 1: is still a goal that is on the agenda. Craig
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Speaker 1: recently touched on that, saying, you know, in a perfect world.
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Speaker 1: They would love to add a middle of the order
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Speaker 1: right handed bat, you know, to balance the lineup. You know,
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Speaker 1: when it comes to you know, options out there. You
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Speaker 1: know one name that keeps coming up, you got Alex Bragman.
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Speaker 1: There's some names on the trade front or and Craig
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Speaker 1: even mentioned this as well. You know, perhaps some guys
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Speaker 1: within the organization can step up any any news on
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Speaker 1: any you know right handed hitters possibly or where do
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Speaker 1: you see maybe that right handed hitter coming from, whether
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Speaker 1: that's you know, maybe free agency, trade or you know,
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Speaker 1: maybe someone within the organization.
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Speaker 3: All of the abodes.
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Speaker 2: You know, like I said, there's always options right one thing.
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Speaker 2: We're very excited about it, and I've been, you know,
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Speaker 2: very honest about this. I think we should give Vaughan
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Speaker 2: and Mulligan, to be honest with you. I think last year,
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Speaker 2: he gets hurt in winter ball, he gets traded, he
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Speaker 2: gets hurt in spring training. On his way back, he
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Speaker 2: gets sick. You know, he lost like fifteen pounds and
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Speaker 2: he was never able to get his feet under him
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Speaker 2: until the end. And he actually played pretty well for
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Speaker 2: us the last ten days that he was there. So
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Speaker 2: you know, he's having a great offseason. In Orlando, working
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Speaker 2: in his agility, be more explosive, become the athlete that
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Speaker 2: we envisioned before we traded for him.
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Speaker 3: So he's an option. There's other guys that you know.
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Speaker 2: Obviously, people are very excited about it, but honestly, we
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Speaker 2: have to be patient and then see what happens in
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Speaker 2: the upcoming weeks.
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Speaker 3: There's ways of improving the lineup, improving the roster.
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Speaker 2: Obviously I cannot go into specifics about free agents, but
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Speaker 2: there's a lot of good guys out there that you
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Speaker 2: know can make a difference in any lineup in the
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Speaker 2: big leagues, you know, and we saw it over the
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Speaker 2: course of the last three or four years, right, the
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Speaker 2: right handed hitters we have added late in the off
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Speaker 2: season early in the off season, you can take about
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Speaker 2: Rentro and Duval and too right, they did an amazing
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Speaker 2: job balancing the lineup and producing. So you know, we
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Speaker 2: just got to keep the course, keep doing the things
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Speaker 2: that we're doing as far as like preparing our guys
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Speaker 2: to show up to four Myers in great shape and
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Speaker 2: see what happens in the upcoming weeks.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, for sure. And one guy who's also been working hard,
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Speaker 1: Rafael Devers. This offseason, there has been some shatter and
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Speaker 1: you know, Craig has slightly touched on it where a
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Speaker 1: possible position change at some point he's saying, you know,
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Speaker 1: he's open to it if it helps improve the team.
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Speaker 1: But instead of asking necessarily specifically about Raffi maybe moving
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Speaker 1: over the first base, which has been mentioned this offseason,
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Speaker 1: what are your thoughts on and guys that have been
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Speaker 1: at a position for a while and making a position change,
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Speaker 1: you know, say from third to first or short to second,
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Speaker 1: or you know, center to one of the corners in
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Speaker 1: the outfield.
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Speaker 3: Or from rye field to first base.
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Speaker 2: One of the best players in the big leagues, right,
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Speaker 2: Bryce Harper, you know, yeah, and he did it in
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Speaker 2: the middle of the season, and nobody has complained about
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Speaker 2: Bryce playing first base, So you know it has happened
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Speaker 2: in the past, right, Guys moving from position to another one,
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Speaker 2: some of them because of health reasons, others because of addition,
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Speaker 2: others because you know, the organizations feel that that player
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Speaker 2: is better in that position. In our case, you know
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Speaker 2: how I feel about Ralfie at third base. I think
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Speaker 2: he still can play it. His army played last year.
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Speaker 2: He had trouble last year. Actually, I think he made
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Speaker 2: like five errors when we had like overshift un quote,
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Speaker 2: we had on short against the left handed hitter. There
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Speaker 2: were three or four balls that he missed, you know.
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Speaker 2: But overall, I know the numbers are the numbers, and
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Speaker 2: we're not gonna run away from him. But I don't
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Speaker 2: think the numbers make justice to him. You know, we
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Speaker 2: expect him to make the routine play and then you know,
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Speaker 2: just go to the plate and perform.
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Speaker 3: So we feel very comfortable with him. One thing for sure.
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Speaker 2: You know, like I said in Dallas, you know, I
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Speaker 2: don't know where the rumor was coming from. Obviously people
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Speaker 2: have ideas, but you know, if we're going to make
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Speaker 2: a decision based on that, honestly, the first person that
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Speaker 2: is going to know is Craig myself and then Raffie, right,
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Speaker 2: and we're gonna have those conversations. But as of now,
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Speaker 2: I haven't talked to Rafi about moving out of third base.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, how's he? You know, I know he was dealing
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Speaker 1: with some issues in the second half.
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Speaker 2: He's better, he's better. He's better, he's better. He actually
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Speaker 2: was in Boston a few weeks ago. He work out
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Speaker 2: with our strength and conditioning coaches. He saw the trainers.
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Speaker 2: He's doing a good job, you know, staying the course.
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Speaker 2: We expect him to recover one hundred percent and then
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Speaker 2: be ready for opening day.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, for sure. And there are some other guys and
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Speaker 1: that was one thing last year too, a lot of
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Speaker 1: a lot of injuries last year, you know Story, you
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Speaker 1: know Yoshida, you know Grissom like you mentioned, you know,
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Speaker 1: Garrett Whitlock, Giolito, Hendrix, you know, the list goes on.
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Speaker 1: How are these guys doing when it comes to their progress,
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Speaker 1: you know with rehab and whatnot, you know, especially yoshidah right,
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Speaker 1: I see he's been traveling a little bit. He's he's
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Speaker 1: always looking for the scenery out there. But how are
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Speaker 1: these guys feeling? Have you got have you talked to
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Speaker 1: any of these guys?
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Speaker 3: Doing well? Doing well?
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Speaker 2: Actually, Masa spent most of the off season in Boston
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Speaker 2: rehabbing and working out with our coaches strength coaches, So
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Speaker 2: he's in a good spot.
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Speaker 3: You know. Lucas, I think he was very vulcal a
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Speaker 3: few weeks ago. And one of.
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Speaker 2: The the podcast that you know cover the Red Sox
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Speaker 2: ready for Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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Speaker 3: The brand Rob Bradford.
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Speaker 2: Yeah yeah, yeah, he he said that he's gonna be okay, Liam,
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Speaker 2: He's throwing bullpens with disimproving. So as far as like hell,
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Speaker 2: we we are actually in a good spot. While we're
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Speaker 2: talking January third, Trevor is doing everything so you know,
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Speaker 2: so far, so good. Hopefully we can finish the off
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Speaker 2: season the right way and then be ready for for
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Speaker 2: more for Meyers starting thanks February fifteenth, I think I
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Speaker 2: don't know.
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Speaker 1: Getting there, so it's creeping up, you know. But speaking
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Speaker 1: of sporting training, there are a few popular names in
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Speaker 1: the farm system as of right now. We got Roman, Anthony,
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Speaker 1: Christian Campbell, Marcelo Meyer. How are these guys doing this offseason?
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Speaker 1: And do you see maybe you know these guys, you know,
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Speaker 1: the two names we hear more of has been Roman
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Speaker 1: Anthony Christian Campbell. Do you see those guys, you know,
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Speaker 1: possibly competing for a spot in spring training kind of
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Speaker 1: like what we saw with you know, Jackson Merrill on
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Speaker 1: the pads Rais this past year. Do you see a
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Speaker 1: scenario like that at all for the spring show?
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Speaker 2: I mean, we had the same situation last year with Saddan, right, like,
19:15
Speaker 2: he went to spring training to win a job and
19:17
Speaker 2: he did, so, you know, they're good players. They're they're
19:23
Speaker 2: actually attacking the off season the right way. You know,
19:26
Speaker 2: they want to break camp.
19:27
Speaker 3: With us, So that's that's that's that's.
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Speaker 2: Huge, you know, to show up and in shape and
19:33
Speaker 2: and pushes to make a decision. You know, I'm not
19:36
Speaker 2: saying that there will be competing for a spot or
19:41
Speaker 2: they have a shot to break camp with us, but
19:43
Speaker 2: one thing for sure, they're good players and they had
19:46
Speaker 2: the right mindset.
19:47
Speaker 3: We had a conversation last year. I talked to all
19:51
Speaker 3: of them.
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Speaker 2: I said, you know, at this level, there's no age
19:53
Speaker 2: limit right when to make it to the big leagues.
19:56
Speaker 2: So you can be nineteen, you can be twenty, you
19:57
Speaker 2: can be thirty three. It really doesn't matter. As as
20:00
Speaker 2: long as you go out there and perform, you're going
20:03
Speaker 2: to have a shot. So you know, we'll see what
20:05
Speaker 2: the future holds.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, And one thing I talked with Mikey Romero, number
20:10
Speaker 1: twelve prospect in the Red Sox system recently, and the
20:12
Speaker 1: one thing he mentioned that I feel like is not
20:15
Speaker 1: really being mentioned when it comes to you know, these guys,
20:18
Speaker 1: is the maturity of them. And that was one thing
20:21
Speaker 1: he spoke on with Roman Anthony. He talks like he's
20:25
Speaker 1: you know, he's been there for years, right. You know,
20:30
Speaker 1: are there any other aspects that you see with these
20:32
Speaker 1: guys where you know they could end up making even
20:36
Speaker 1: if they you know, end up maybe going spend some
20:38
Speaker 1: time in the minors, do you see a possibility where
20:41
Speaker 1: they could contribute to the twenty twenty five Red Sox.
20:46
Speaker 3: To be honest with you, he's up to them, right,
20:48
Speaker 3: It's not up to me.
20:49
Speaker 2: I think You've got to go out there and perform,
20:51
Speaker 2: you know, attack the things that you have to attack,
20:53
Speaker 2: be better in certain aspects, and continue to be good citizens.
20:58
Speaker 3: That's very important.
20:58
Speaker 2: And good citizen is it's been a good teammate, Be
21:01
Speaker 2: diligent with your workouts, and perform, you know, on a
21:06
Speaker 2: daily basis and a weekly basis.
21:07
Speaker 3: Right, And we've been talking about them for a while.
21:11
Speaker 2: I'm very happy, honestly that the offseason hasn't been about,
21:14
Speaker 2: you know, the future of the Red Sox. It's more
21:17
Speaker 2: about the present. And it feels like, you know, they're
21:20
Speaker 2: part of the present. So that's good.
21:23
Speaker 1: Well, speaking of the present, you know we are in
21:25
Speaker 1: twenty twenty five now, it feels weird, right, I've got
21:28
Speaker 1: to make sure I put a five on the date.
21:30
Speaker 1: But when it comes to twenty twenty five, you know,
21:33
Speaker 1: we talked about, you know, reflections a little earlier. What
21:36
Speaker 1: are you hoping to see whatever the team ends up being,
21:40
Speaker 1: whatever shape or form it ends up taking, going to
21:43
Speaker 1: the season, what do you want to see as the
21:46
Speaker 1: manager of the Red Sox? What do you want to
21:49
Speaker 1: see more out of this team both on and off
21:53
Speaker 1: the field.
21:56
Speaker 3: As an organization?
21:57
Speaker 2: Keep growing, right, I think we do an outstanding job
22:00
Speaker 2: off the field. You know, the Red Sox Foundation is
22:03
Speaker 2: one of the best, if not the best, in the
22:05
Speaker 2: world in sports, you know, so continue to do that.
22:08
Speaker 3: Impact the community.
22:10
Speaker 2: Uh, you know, the guys get involved, and that's something
22:13
Speaker 2: we have seen the last few years. We just uh
22:17
Speaker 2: just in Turner, uh with Hendrix. You know, just just
22:21
Speaker 2: keep impacting the community. You know, you guys are amazing
22:25
Speaker 2: to us, and we should be amazing to to everybody else.
22:28
Speaker 2: As far as like what happens on the field. As
22:32
Speaker 2: a manager, just be more consistent in the two aspects
22:36
Speaker 2: that we talked early, uh in the in the interview, Uh,
22:40
Speaker 2: pitch better, play better defense.
22:42
Speaker 3: That that's something that we have to do. And then
22:45
Speaker 3: we're going to keep.
22:46
Speaker 2: Preaching that we made some strides early on last year.
22:49
Speaker 2: Pitching wise, we struggled halfway through it. Then we make
22:52
Speaker 2: adjustments and we finished strong. Defensively, the outfield became one
22:56
Speaker 2: of the best, if not the best defensive outfield in
22:58
Speaker 2: the in the the big leagues. Obviously, we got to
23:02
Speaker 2: be better in the infield and we actually challenge these guys,
23:06
Speaker 2: you know, to do that. As far as like the offense,
23:12
Speaker 2: I do believe that the last three years we run
23:16
Speaker 2: into a stage in the season that we struggle.
23:21
Speaker 3: And the struggle is.
23:22
Speaker 2: Not one week or two weeks, is a month, and
23:25
Speaker 2: we saw it last year. I think the numbers at
23:28
Speaker 2: the end are the numbers because we put some undoubtleding
23:32
Speaker 2: numbers for two months and then there's one month that
23:35
Speaker 2: we we actually struggle and yeah, oh they're the top
23:39
Speaker 2: four offensive club in the big leagues.
23:41
Speaker 3: Yeah we were for a while, but not the whole season.
23:46
Speaker 3: So we just got to put a full.
23:48
Speaker 2: Season together, you know, one sixty two in every aspect
23:52
Speaker 2: of the game. As far as the expectations, I think
23:55
Speaker 2: thirty teams have one expectations to win.
23:57
Speaker 3: The World Series, right, so why talk bought it?
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Speaker 2: You know, as far as like, yeah, we want to
24:02
Speaker 2: win the World Series, but there has to be you know,
24:05
Speaker 2: other goals, other stuff that we have to do prior
24:08
Speaker 2: to get there and win the World Series.
24:09
Speaker 3: And I think it's being more consistent.
24:12
Speaker 2: Just keep working the things that you know you have
24:15
Speaker 2: to work to to to become an elite baseball team,
24:18
Speaker 2: and you know, stay humble, keep your head down and
24:22
Speaker 2: keep going, going going, and see where you take us.
24:25
Speaker 1: Yeah, and like you said, this offseason, you know, you
24:27
Speaker 1: think it's going to be a more fun season this
24:30
Speaker 1: coming year. Definitely has been some good strides this offseason.
24:34
Speaker 1: I'm excited for it. But Alex, I want to thank
24:37
Speaker 1: you so much for coming on here, you know, coming
24:41
Speaker 1: being in the YouTube world. You know, you don't usually
24:43
Speaker 1: see the managers of the major league team, you know,
24:46
Speaker 1: come on the channels, So this is a huge I
24:49
Speaker 1: really appreciate it. It's awesome. And one quick question before
24:53
Speaker 1: I do get out of here, Fenway Fest, are you
24:56
Speaker 1: going to be there?
24:58
Speaker 3: Yeah, I'll be there. I'll be there.
25:01
Speaker 2: You know, it's different, but it should be fun, fun
25:05
Speaker 2: to be around staff and coach staff and players and
25:09
Speaker 2: obviously you know the fans, you know.
25:13
Speaker 3: Yeah, Winter weekend.
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Speaker 2: It was great, you know, but I think a different pace,
25:18
Speaker 2: you know, can benefit and just to do it, you know,
25:21
Speaker 2: in Boston hopefully you know, people show up and you know,
25:25
Speaker 2: go meet the players, meet the coaches, and you know,
25:29
Speaker 2: set the temple.
25:30
Speaker 3: For for for the rest of the year for sure.
25:33
Speaker 1: And you know, one thing I've been seeing people say,
25:36
Speaker 1: it could be quite chilly. Are you going to be
25:38
Speaker 1: you know, making sure you got like two coats on
25:40
Speaker 1: at that time?
25:42
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, uh, you know, it's actually we had
25:46
Speaker 2: a cold front here in Puerto Rico last week. It
25:49
Speaker 2: was seventy five, so we had peoples wearing coats and
25:52
Speaker 2: all that complaining about it.
25:54
Speaker 3: But we'll be ready. We know how he works. So
25:57
Speaker 3: one thing for sure, one thing for sure.
25:59
Speaker 2: And tell the players, we always complain about the weather
26:03
Speaker 2: early in the season in February and January, April, May,
26:07
Speaker 2: but we never complain about the weather in October.
26:09
Speaker 3: So let's not complain about the weather in October.
26:12
Speaker 2: Let's let's play in thirty five degree with her.
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Speaker 3: That'll be fun.
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Speaker 1: That's always fun. But alex Man, thank you so much.
26:19
Speaker 1: I really appreciate you coming on today. Go have a
26:22
Speaker 1: good rest of your week. And good luck this coming season,
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Speaker 1: my friend.
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Speaker 3: Thank you appreciate it, Man. Good luck with everything.
26:29
Speaker 1: Yeah, Man, thank you so much. We'll talk soon.
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Speaker 3: Bye bye always man, take care