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WEBVTT 1 00:00:20.339 --> 00:00:22.859 Greetings and salutations, everyone. It's Rich Wilson. Welcome to Fantasy 2 00:00:22.899 --> 00:00:29.100 Baseball Live. Today is Halloween. About 9.30 in the morning. 3 00:00:29.179 --> 00:00:30.460 Happy Halloween, Mr. McLeod. 4 00:00:31.839 --> 00:00:36.350 Thank you very much. May your trick-or-treating be very festive, 5 00:00:36.390 --> 00:00:36.789 my friend. 6 00:00:36.890 --> 00:00:39.770 Now, who are you dressed as today? 7 00:00:40.969 --> 00:00:47.270 Today? I am actually working today, and it's my last 8 00:00:47.369 --> 00:00:52.159 regular day driving nurses around. So I'm going to put 9 00:00:52.450 --> 00:00:57.049 on my Fred Flintstone shirt, and I'm going to be 10 00:00:57.090 --> 00:01:00.030 Fred Flintstone, and I'm going to hand out treat stalls 11 00:01:00.189 --> 00:01:02.030 to the nurses as they head into work. 12 00:01:02.390 --> 00:01:03.530 Oh, that's very nice. 13 00:01:04.189 --> 00:01:08.400 Yeah, do something. Just make the day a little bit 14 00:01:08.439 --> 00:01:10.459 brighter and hand them out a bag of chips or 15 00:01:10.500 --> 00:01:14.840 cheesies or something. Then have a little bit of fun 16 00:01:14.859 --> 00:01:15.459 with it, right? 17 00:01:15.480 --> 00:01:19.000 That's very nice. I mean, wow, you're so Canadian. You're 18 00:01:19.040 --> 00:01:19.579 very nice. 19 00:01:20.519 --> 00:01:24.040 Well, I thank you, despite the popular rumors that we're 20 00:01:24.060 --> 00:01:28.540 all pricks. We're not. Sorry. I mean, not nice people. 21 00:01:28.560 --> 00:01:31.120 You truly do have a Fred Flintstone shirt. That's true. 22 00:01:32.000 --> 00:01:32.640 Yeah, I do. 23 00:01:32.680 --> 00:01:40.230 Yeah. I save it for special occasions, you know, events 24 00:01:40.269 --> 00:01:42.769 where I have to wear a tie. Okay. Because it's 25 00:01:42.810 --> 00:01:44.930 got the tie down the front, the big blue tie. 26 00:01:45.230 --> 00:01:49.430 It's orange with all the diamonds. I should take a picture. It's... 27 00:01:51.099 --> 00:01:53.099 It's me. It's Fred Flintstone. Yes. 28 00:01:53.319 --> 00:01:55.040 Do you know a lot of, I'm assuming, you know, 29 00:01:55.060 --> 00:01:57.170 a lot of the nurses then that are going to be, uh, 30 00:01:57.269 --> 00:01:58.390 walking up to the hospital. 31 00:01:59.390 --> 00:02:04.480 Yes, I do. Yeah. I, I sort of, uh, I, 32 00:02:04.489 --> 00:02:06.390 I look at myself as being a bit more than, 33 00:02:06.510 --> 00:02:08.719 I'm also the hospital greeter. Okay. 34 00:02:09.180 --> 00:02:09.580 Yeah. 35 00:02:09.680 --> 00:02:12.000 Yeah. I say good morning to people. I've gotten to 36 00:02:12.039 --> 00:02:15.560 know a lot of people over the past couple of years, uh, 37 00:02:15.879 --> 00:02:18.800 simply because I'm, I'm around and I know you find 38 00:02:18.860 --> 00:02:23.289 it hard to believe, but, uh, My shy and quiet. 39 00:02:23.449 --> 00:02:28.289 I'm not always as inhibited as I am on the air, Rich. 40 00:02:28.569 --> 00:02:30.509 I can be occasionally outgoing. 41 00:02:32.280 --> 00:02:35.800 We're holding up in our apartment here, Timmy, because it 42 00:02:36.699 --> 00:02:40.199 was crazy last night. Lots of arrests. People just go 43 00:02:40.340 --> 00:02:45.180 nuts at Halloween and the day before Halloween. 44 00:02:45.219 --> 00:02:48.430 That full moon thing, it's a reality. It really is. 45 00:02:49.219 --> 00:02:54.199 It's funny because all the kids about three to five 46 00:02:54.360 --> 00:02:56.699 o'clock in the afternoon yesterday all went trick or treating 47 00:02:56.719 --> 00:02:58.960 to all the storefronts. And it was fun. It was 48 00:02:58.979 --> 00:03:04.460 very wholesome. And by eight o'clock, all of, you know, 49 00:03:04.460 --> 00:03:07.879 50 mile radius, everybody, all the 20 to 30 year 50 00:03:07.960 --> 00:03:11.159 olds kind of came to Morristown where we live and 51 00:03:11.199 --> 00:03:12.020 just tore it up. 52 00:03:12.039 --> 00:03:16.689 So it's crazy. Yes, they proved that they could get 53 00:03:16.729 --> 00:03:20.789 drunk and gravity works, right? And be jerks, which is 54 00:03:20.930 --> 00:03:24.169 unfortunate because it can be such a fun time. I 55 00:03:24.210 --> 00:03:27.610 can remember at a point, I think I was living 56 00:03:27.629 --> 00:03:29.530 in Thunder Bay. Yeah, I was. It was in Thunder Bay. 57 00:03:29.810 --> 00:03:31.990 We went trick-or-treating a couple times. The adults. 58 00:03:32.879 --> 00:03:33.219 Oh, really? 59 00:03:33.240 --> 00:03:38.199 Yeah, we had a designated driver, okay? And piled half 60 00:03:38.219 --> 00:03:40.800 a dozen war costumes and went to all of our 61 00:03:40.840 --> 00:03:44.479 friends' places, uh, Sponging for alcohol. 62 00:03:47.030 --> 00:03:49.189 That was what you were trick or treating for was alcohol. 63 00:03:49.889 --> 00:03:53.270 Well, yeah, exactly. Yeah. For free drinks. So we made 64 00:03:53.330 --> 00:03:55.620 our rounds and had a lot of had a lot 65 00:03:55.659 --> 00:03:58.819 of fun with it. And you know what? Adult Halloween 66 00:03:58.939 --> 00:04:02.090 can be fun. Or it can be something that is 67 00:04:02.229 --> 00:04:06.000 absolutely ridiculous and stupid. And we used to have fun 68 00:04:06.020 --> 00:04:07.520 with it. It gave us a chance to run into 69 00:04:07.560 --> 00:04:10.620 friends we hadn't seen for a while. Yeah, it was 70 00:04:10.659 --> 00:04:14.110 a good time. It really was. There's nothing wrong with 71 00:04:14.189 --> 00:04:18.439 adult Halloween. You just have to... You have to... use 72 00:04:18.459 --> 00:04:21.519 some common sense. It's not a time to be breaking 73 00:04:21.579 --> 00:04:24.930 things and throwing stupid things. Have fun with it. 74 00:04:25.170 --> 00:04:28.550 I think Halloween Eve is even bigger here than Halloween. 75 00:04:28.569 --> 00:04:31.629 I guess we'll find out tonight. But, I mean, because 76 00:04:31.769 --> 00:04:33.250 this is the

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first time I think we've lived here 77 00:04:33.269 --> 00:04:36.029 where it's been on the weekend both nights. But they 78 00:04:36.050 --> 00:04:40.379 had a big bar crawl. So there were people just, 79 00:04:40.389 --> 00:04:43.759 you know, hundreds of people going down the street, stopping 80 00:04:43.819 --> 00:04:46.819 at all the bars and the lines, Tammy, were two 81 00:04:46.839 --> 00:04:48.839 blocks long, long to get into some of the bars. 82 00:04:48.879 --> 00:04:49.459 It was crazy. 83 00:04:50.620 --> 00:04:55.310 Yeah. We have, uh, our, our library in conjunction with 84 00:04:55.350 --> 00:04:58.610 several local businesses, they do, uh, I think they call 85 00:04:58.629 --> 00:05:01.449 it trunk or treat. Oh, sure. What they do. Yeah. 86 00:05:01.629 --> 00:05:01.870 Yeah. 87 00:05:02.709 --> 00:05:06.610 And they hand out, uh, they hand out, uh, Halloween 88 00:05:06.629 --> 00:05:10.110 packages to all the kids and it, it's fun. There's 89 00:05:10.129 --> 00:05:12.769 a lot of decorations up around town. There really is 90 00:05:12.810 --> 00:05:17.709 some absolutely outstanding ones. Uh, So it's a pretty big 91 00:05:17.750 --> 00:05:21.550 deal up here. When you're 100 miles north of nowhere, 92 00:05:21.610 --> 00:05:27.069 any excuse to celebrate something is cause. It's not quite 93 00:05:27.110 --> 00:05:29.430 the same as the Brewers winning the World Series, but 94 00:05:29.509 --> 00:05:30.360 it's close second. 95 00:05:31.100 --> 00:05:36.019 It was an interesting series, Timmy. It was over quickly. 96 00:05:36.139 --> 00:05:39.959 It should have been probably a sweep, but the Brewers 97 00:05:40.600 --> 00:05:43.759 pretty easily handled the raise. I guess my first question 98 00:05:43.800 --> 00:05:48.220 to you was, We both thought that the Brewers would win, 99 00:05:48.279 --> 00:05:50.579 but did you believe they would win so easily? 100 00:05:53.569 --> 00:05:57.050 No. I thought it was going to be six games 101 00:05:57.129 --> 00:06:04.069 or so. But the Brewers were just firing on absolutely 102 00:06:05.569 --> 00:06:13.660 all cylinders. The bullpen, there was no comparison. When you 103 00:06:13.819 --> 00:06:16.709 looked at the... When you looked at the top of 104 00:06:16.750 --> 00:06:24.000 the order, they sort of matched up. But where there 105 00:06:24.040 --> 00:06:29.839 was a huge, huge difference is looking at the bottom 106 00:06:29.879 --> 00:06:34.160 of the lineup. Compare with Sal Freilich and Cooper Pratt 107 00:06:34.319 --> 00:06:40.149 and Garrett Mitchell and big-time slugger David Hamilton. Compare the 108 00:06:40.189 --> 00:06:45.089 numbers that they put up. up against Ben Williamson, Richie Palacios, 109 00:06:45.170 --> 00:06:51.009 Ryan Valletti, Victor Mason, and Taylor Walls. The bottom half 110 00:06:51.189 --> 00:06:56.300 of the Brewers' lineup was just in comparison to what 111 00:06:56.339 --> 00:07:01.920 the Rays' production was. It was night and day. And 112 00:07:02.500 --> 00:07:06.800 those two things, combined with the top of the order, 113 00:07:06.959 --> 00:07:11.550 getting things done in Milwaukee, it was just one-sided. 114 00:07:16.319 --> 00:07:18.879 There was a number of one-run games, but to me, 115 00:07:20.439 --> 00:07:23.319 the Brewers were still very much in control because once 116 00:07:23.480 --> 00:07:26.639 they got past the fifth inning, it was over. 117 00:07:26.660 --> 00:07:36.269 Yeah, the bullpen just locked it down. For me, the 118 00:07:36.350 --> 00:07:40.589 key was game three. Okay, you know, when the Brewers 119 00:07:40.970 --> 00:07:45.610 nailed that big inning in Game 3, and Robert Gasser 120 00:07:45.850 --> 00:07:51.269 pitched lights out, you know, they went 10-1, I think 121 00:07:51.379 --> 00:07:51.680 it was. 122 00:07:51.689 --> 00:07:54.600 I thought that was Game 4, but yeah, it was 123 00:07:54.699 --> 00:07:56.560 one of those games where they won big. 124 00:07:57.220 --> 00:07:58.920 Yeah, Game 3. I think Game 4 is the one 125 00:07:59.000 --> 00:07:59.879 where the Rays won. 126 00:07:59.959 --> 00:08:02.379 Oh, that's right. You're right, you're right. The big game 127 00:08:02.420 --> 00:08:03.360 was Game 3, correct. 128 00:08:03.379 --> 00:08:07.000 Yeah. Yeah, but once we got into game three and 129 00:08:07.040 --> 00:08:10.240 the Brewers put up some big numbers in that inning 130 00:08:10.639 --> 00:08:14.439 and they could ride Gasser, at that point in time, 131 00:08:14.480 --> 00:08:17.850 they could rest their bullpen and be up three games 132 00:08:17.899 --> 00:08:20.629 to nothing. It was over at that point in time. 133 00:08:20.689 --> 00:08:22.389 It was just a matter of when it was going 134 00:08:22.430 --> 00:08:26.129 to be over. And, you know, like I said, being 135 00:08:26.209 --> 00:08:28.689 able to rest your bullpen in game three and be 136 00:08:28.750 --> 00:08:31.810 up three nothing, especially when their bullpen was that effective, 137 00:08:32.789 --> 00:08:38.340 you'd That was pretty well the end, at least for me. Yeah, 138 00:08:38.360 --> 00:08:42.080 they came back and they won the fourth game. I 139 00:08:45.360 --> 00:08:47.480 don't know what Ken Rosenthal was thinking. I don't think 140 00:08:47.519 --> 00:08:53.039 he was thinking. Did you catch his faux pas heading 141 00:08:53.080 --> 00:08:54.980 into game five? No, I did not. 142 00:08:55.159 --> 00:08:56.360 No, I didn't. What did he say? 143 00:08:57.720 --> 00:09:04.460 Well, what he did was he asked Taylor Walls, was 144 00:09:04.480 --> 00:09:06.840 it important to win one game just to show you're 145 00:09:06.940 --> 00:09:07.639 on this level? 146 00:09:08.620 --> 00:09:09.120 Oh, geez. 147 00:09:10.039 --> 00:09:15.149 And Wall's response after laughing was, no, I think it's 148 00:09:15.210 --> 00:09:20.029 pretty disrespectful, honestly. We're a team that's capable of, you know, 149 00:09:20.470 --> 00:09:22.830 of winning four games.

Obviously no team wants to be 150 00:09:22.889 --> 00:09:25.649 swept is what he said. And to Rosenthal's credit, I'll 151 00:09:25.669 --> 00:09:28.409 give him credit. He did apologize for his wording in 152 00:09:28.490 --> 00:09:33.259 the middle of Wall's response, but just wasn't, No, that was. 153 00:09:33.500 --> 00:09:35.899 Trying to find hype. And why didn't I did not 154 00:09:35.919 --> 00:09:40.139 hear that? That interview. So, I mean, that is disrespectful. 155 00:09:40.179 --> 00:09:43.759 I mean, yeah, it is. It's like asking, like, how 156 00:09:43.799 --> 00:09:47.009 important is this game to you? OK, well, we're down 157 00:09:47.029 --> 00:09:48.870 three to nothing. Yeah, it's pretty important. 158 00:09:49.830 --> 00:09:52.549 Well, yeah, there were important questions that could have been asked. 159 00:09:52.649 --> 00:09:55.629 Like they could have asked Williams Contreras. Do you plan 160 00:09:56.149 --> 00:09:59.769 on looking at a career umping once your baseball days 161 00:09:59.789 --> 00:09:59.950 are done? 162 00:10:00.139 --> 00:10:00.899 Yeah. 163 00:10:01.019 --> 00:10:06.399 Okay. His ability to differentiate between balls and strikes is 164 00:10:06.840 --> 00:10:09.279 a lot better than some of the umpires we've seen 165 00:10:09.299 --> 00:10:15.990 this year. Yeah, they could have asked... coming out of Tampa. 166 00:10:16.000 --> 00:10:18.279 They could have asked Junior Cavanaugh, did you autograph the 167 00:10:18.330 --> 00:10:24.409 ball that you pounded into the Fox broadcast booth during BP? Yeah, 168 00:10:24.429 --> 00:10:26.909 there's some fun questions that could have been asked, but 169 00:10:27.690 --> 00:10:29.730 Rosenthal blew it with that one. 170 00:10:29.889 --> 00:10:33.129 Yeah, Rosenthal's pretty good. So that's a shame that he 171 00:10:33.309 --> 00:10:36.070 stooped down to that. Or maybe it was just, we 172 00:10:36.110 --> 00:10:39.769 all have brain cramps and do stupid stuff. Maybe it 173 00:10:39.789 --> 00:10:43.820 was just that. But I will say in general, Most broadcasts, 174 00:10:43.879 --> 00:10:47.320 particularly once you get into the playoffs, they try to 175 00:10:47.399 --> 00:10:50.450 appeal to a broader audience. So they're not going to 176 00:10:50.570 --> 00:10:54.110 ask any detailed question. How are you going to handle 177 00:10:54.149 --> 00:11:01.080 Mizorowski's 102-mile-an-hour fastball coming with a nasty slider that's breaking 178 00:11:01.179 --> 00:11:04.700 at 10.8 inches? You're not going to ask questions like 179 00:11:04.740 --> 00:11:07.159 that because their eyes are going to gloss over. 180 00:11:08.360 --> 00:11:11.139 Yeah, and we got a different feed up here. We 181 00:11:12.419 --> 00:11:16.440 didn't get the principal feed. It was Schmoltz and that 182 00:11:16.480 --> 00:11:19.179 whole group. From what I understand, John Schmoltz was a 183 00:11:19.220 --> 00:11:27.940 little bit upset because Contreras was making as many challenges

184 00:11:28.080 --> 00:11:31.000 as he was. He didn't see the point in that. 185 00:11:32.960 --> 00:11:38.740 I disagree. That's what you're supposed to do. Well, yeah, 186 00:11:39.100 --> 00:11:43.570 if you don't believe it was a strike or a 187 00:11:43.610 --> 00:11:45.750 ball or whatever, yeah, you've got the right to appeal. 188 00:11:46.570 --> 00:11:50.220 And Contreras, he owned that part of the game, didn't he? 189 00:11:51.190 --> 00:11:57.570 He was just bang on with his challenges. It was impressive. 190 00:11:57.590 --> 00:11:59.110 Well, maybe that was part of the reason that went 191 00:11:59.190 --> 00:12:03.220 into his winning of the MVP of the series, but... 192 00:12:04.080 --> 00:12:08.110 To me, I mean, it wasn't really an offensive giant 193 00:12:08.210 --> 00:12:11.169 like you typically see in these World Series. I mean, 194 00:12:11.190 --> 00:12:14.509 Cooper Pratt was good. Jackson Turia was good. To me, 195 00:12:16.590 --> 00:12:19.970 I thought it was the relievers. I mean, Abner Uribe, 196 00:12:20.110 --> 00:12:23.750 five and a third inning, six strikeouts. Aaron Aspey, five 197 00:12:23.789 --> 00:12:27.789 and two thirds inning, nine strikeouts. He gave up no hits. 198 00:12:27.820 --> 00:12:29.919 He just gave up a walk. I mean, it was– no, 199 00:12:29.940 --> 00:12:32.279 I'm sorry. He gave up one hit and no walks. 200 00:12:32.299 --> 00:12:33.379 I mean, that was just dominating. 201 00:12:34.639 --> 00:12:40.019 Well, and Ashby made his way into the record book 202 00:12:40.080 --> 00:12:45.779 because his effort, with his. 44 whip, it was the 203 00:12:45.860 --> 00:12:49.139 second lowest whip in the history of the World Series. 204 00:12:51.139 --> 00:12:56.139 That is impressive. Yeah, it was. 44. I think the 205 00:12:56.200 --> 00:13:01.480 only person with a better whip was Mariano Rivera. Yeah. 206 00:13:01.860 --> 00:13:03.659 So we're talking, we're. 207 00:13:03.559 --> 00:13:05.539 Talking reliever ever. So interesting. 208 00:13:05.580 --> 00:13:10.179 Yeah. Yeah. And what was really interesting and it's going 209 00:13:10.200 --> 00:13:13.559 to cause a little bit of chaos in our off 210 00:13:13.600 --> 00:13:19.179 season drafts, especially early ones is Aaron Ashby was their 211 00:13:19.220 --> 00:13:23.750 go-to guy. It wasn't McGill. So what does, what does 212 00:13:23.870 --> 00:13:27.110 that do to your thinking heading into next year? 213 00:13:28.799 --> 00:13:30.940 Of course, McGill still throws 100 miles an hour. He's 214 00:13:30.960 --> 00:13:31.679 still pretty good. 215 00:13:32.899 --> 00:13:39.299 He is, but does McGill have sole reign to the 216 00:13:39.360 --> 00:13:41.059 job going into next year? 217 00:13:41.159 --> 00:13:43.159 I don't know about sole reign. He definitely has the job, 218 00:13:43.179 --> 00:13:47.740 and I'm going to tell you why. Because managers want 219 00:13:47.779 --> 00:13:50.240 to have guys like Aaron Ashby that you can actually 220

00:13:50.399 --> 00:13:53.789 put in when the best hitters are coming up, as 221 00:13:53.850 --> 00:13:59.820 opposed to... this fictitious, stupid stat called a save where 222 00:14:00.200 --> 00:14:03.990 why would you hold on to Aaron Ashby to pitch 223 00:14:04.029 --> 00:14:07.409 against the bottom of the lineup in a crucial game 224 00:14:07.929 --> 00:14:12.049 in the middle of the season when you've got your 225 00:14:12.070 --> 00:14:14.620 best hitters coming up in the seventh inning? It doesn't 226 00:14:14.649 --> 00:14:18.639 make any sense. That's how they should be using these 227 00:14:18.799 --> 00:14:19.600 great pitchers. 228 00:14:21.259 --> 00:14:23.259 Well, yeah, the only thing that crossed my mind is 229 00:14:23.279 --> 00:14:26.870 McGill is going to cost them some money. probably some 230 00:14:26.909 --> 00:14:29.210 serious money. I think he's heading into his last year 231 00:14:29.250 --> 00:14:35.980 before pre-agency. Can the Brewers possibly move him and go 232 00:14:36.019 --> 00:14:41.399 with Ashby and Uribe and Hall and the rest of 233 00:14:41.440 --> 00:14:46.590 that bullpen? It's deep enough. It just crossed my mind 234 00:14:46.629 --> 00:14:49.330 that maybe that'll be an area that the Brewers look 235 00:14:49.429 --> 00:14:52.850 at addressing in cost savings so they can spend a 236 00:14:52.870 --> 00:14:56.149 little bit somewhere else. Maybe I'm overthinking it. 237 00:14:56.340 --> 00:14:58.519 No, no. I mean, look, I think if that happens, 238 00:14:58.539 --> 00:15:02.029 then yeah, Aaron Ashby is your guy. So yeah, he's 239 00:15:02.049 --> 00:15:05.210 definitely in his final year of his arbitration, made 1.9, 240 00:15:05.210 --> 00:15:07.830 let's call it two. So yeah, he could, four or 241 00:15:07.830 --> 00:15:12.350 $ 5 million. That's yeah. I mean, I saw him, he 242 00:15:12.389 --> 00:15:18.220 signed a one year, $ 4. 7 million. So I got that. 243 00:15:18.240 --> 00:15:20.080 Hold on for a second. Let me see here. We 244 00:15:20.860 --> 00:15:24.960 made $ 4. 7 million last year. Yeah, so he could make 245 00:15:24.960 --> 00:15:28.419 $ 7 or $ 8 million. Yeah, he might be a guy 246 00:15:30.000 --> 00:15:33.450 where they're going through the process now of figuring out 247 00:15:33.549 --> 00:15:39.169 who you're going to tender and not tender. So would 248 00:15:39.210 --> 00:15:43.509 they not tender him? Wow. 249 00:15:44.200 --> 00:15:50.100 I don't know if they would, but compared to Ashby, 250 00:15:51.379 --> 00:15:57.360 there's some money to be saved, right? Aaron Ashby. Actually, 251 00:15:58.639 --> 00:16:06.139 that is sort of interesting. Because Ashby's not cheap either. 252 00:16:08.440 --> 00:16:09.080 What's he making? 253 00:16:12.330 --> 00:16:14.710 Aaron Ashby. 254 00:16:14.750 --> 00:16:17.629 My SPO track for Milwaukee Brewers, the page is not working, 255 00:16:17.730 --> 00:16:18.730 so I can't. 256 00:16:18.549 --> 00:16:26.580 Bring it up. Okay, Ashby.

according to Spotrack, has got 257 00:16:27.799 --> 00:16:31.779 two more years of club options, but.... 258 00:16:33.220 --> 00:16:36.289 He's under a five-year... He's got a five-year contract. 259 00:16:37.590 --> 00:16:41.490 Yeah. Yeah, he does. A five-year $ 20 million deal. He's 260 00:16:41.570 --> 00:16:43.350 locked in for 2027 at 7.7, and 28 and 29 261 00:16:43.350 --> 00:16:52.649 are club options at $ 9 and $ 13 million. So... They 262 00:16:52.690 --> 00:16:55.389 could look at Ashby. Ashby and McGill are going to 263 00:16:55.409 --> 00:16:57.909 cost a pile of money next year, probably close to 264 00:16:57.929 --> 00:17:01.129 $ 17- 18 million. 265 00:17:03.110 --> 00:17:07.230 Yeah, so looking at Ashby's salary at $ 7. 7 for next season, 266 00:17:07.869 --> 00:17:10.809 that would give a lot of logic to them moving 267 00:17:10.930 --> 00:17:13.819 on from McGill because you figure he's going to cost 268 00:17:13.890 --> 00:17:17.480 about the same amount of money and Ashby is the 269 00:17:17.519 --> 00:17:20.730 better pitcher. So yeah, you could You know, if you've 270 00:17:20.750 --> 00:17:22.890 got an early draft, I would think Aaron Ashby would 271 00:17:22.910 --> 00:17:26.630 be a guy that should be pushing up closer to 272 00:17:26.690 --> 00:17:30.059 the top. And, you know, Uribe's really good, too. He's 273 00:17:30.079 --> 00:17:31.720 got nasty stuff. Now, he's pretty cheap. 274 00:17:32.799 --> 00:17:37.200 Yeah, I was going to say Uribe is, my guess 275 00:17:37.259 --> 00:17:39.599 would be a couple mil. See, this is. 276 00:17:41.099 --> 00:17:42.299 Why the Brewers won, Tim. 277 00:17:42.299 --> 00:17:44.059 800,000. Yeah, so it's minimum. Yeah, exactly. Exactly. 278 00:17:49.430 --> 00:17:52.329 So Aaron Ashby, this is why the Brewers are smart. 279 00:17:52.930 --> 00:17:55.490 They took a guy who's got a great arm, young pitcher, 280 00:17:55.630 --> 00:17:59.250 and they give him basically five years, $ 20. 5 million, so 281 00:17:59.250 --> 00:18:03.599 $ 4 million a season, and they lock him in. And 282 00:18:04.559 --> 00:18:06.640 not that he won him a World Series, but he 283 00:18:06.680 --> 00:18:10.400 was a big contributor to the World Series victory, as 284 00:18:10.500 --> 00:18:13.859 was Jackson Chirio signing that great contract as well. This 285 00:18:13.920 --> 00:18:14.960 is why they won, Tim. 286 00:18:15.789 --> 00:18:25.779 Yeah. They... have a good, well-run organization. Pittsburgh and Colorado 287 00:18:25.859 --> 00:18:28.279 should be looking at this as some sort of a model, 288 00:18:28.339 --> 00:18:30.740 shouldn't they? 289 00:18:32.740 --> 00:18:35.369 So I've been under the notion, kind of what you're 290 00:18:35.380 --> 00:18:40.130 saying with McGill, that William Contreras falls into the same camp. 291 00:18:40.849 --> 00:18:44.750 That he's got one year of team control left. This 292 00:18:44.809 --> 00:18:47.250 is usually when they move guys. Trevor McGill would be

293 00:18:48.059 --> 00:18:49.859 You would figure at the top of the list for 294 00:18:49.900 --> 00:18:52.900 trying to move them, but so would be William Contreras. 295 00:18:52.940 --> 00:18:57.660 But I can't even imagine them trading the World Series 296 00:18:57.779 --> 00:19:01.549 MVP for the franchise's first World Series. Can you? I mean, 297 00:19:01.849 --> 00:19:03.869 I can't even believe that they would do that. 298 00:19:05.450 --> 00:19:10.430 No, I can't either. As much as it fits the 299 00:19:10.470 --> 00:19:15.839 pattern and it makes sense, it doesn't make sense for 300 00:19:15.900 --> 00:19:20.400 all the right reasons. I think Contreras will be there 301 00:19:21.339 --> 00:19:25.779 right through next year. Assuming the Brewers are, you know, hey, 302 00:19:25.819 --> 00:19:28.259 you look at their team, the Brewers are going to 303 00:19:28.299 --> 00:19:30.980 be competitive next year. They got to be the favorites 304 00:19:31.240 --> 00:19:34.579 in the, they got to be favorites in the Central 305 00:19:34.640 --> 00:19:39.420 and they've got to be a top three team looking 306 00:19:39.480 --> 00:19:44.660 at World Series odds. You know, Jefferson Quarrel, yeah, he, 307 00:19:45.269 --> 00:19:48.059 He might be ready in another year, but not next year. 308 00:19:48.079 --> 00:19:50.440 And I don't think they can let a player of 309 00:19:50.559 --> 00:19:55.490 contraris's skill set you know i i don't think they 310 00:19:55.509 --> 00:19:58.970 can move them it makes absolutely no sense and i 311 00:19:59.009 --> 00:20:06.019 think it would cause infuriations with the Brewer faithful. I think, 312 00:20:06.059 --> 00:20:08.839 you know, the bigger, the bigger cost is what would it, 313 00:20:09.059 --> 00:20:12.029 what would it do for their fan base? I, I, 314 00:20:12.329 --> 00:20:15.410 I think they hold onto Contreras. Now, Hey, if the 315 00:20:15.450 --> 00:20:18.269 team is struggling heading into the summer and their submission, 316 00:20:18.289 --> 00:20:22.549 they can always move them at the deadline. Yep. But not, 317 00:20:22.789 --> 00:20:24.250 not in the off season. No. 318 00:20:25.470 --> 00:20:28.329 So this is what's fascinating. So the, the one mistake 319 00:20:28.609 --> 00:20:32.099 that the Brewers made from a business standpoint is signing 320 00:20:32.119 --> 00:20:34.940 Christian Yellich. I mean, he's still signed through 2029 and 321 00:20:35.500 --> 00:20:40.700 is not St. Clair. But Jack Centurio signed for eight years. 322 00:20:41.640 --> 00:20:45.369 Anthony Sensatella, another good pitcher, signed for five years. Cooper 323 00:20:45.430 --> 00:20:48.250 Pratt signed for eight years. Louis Lara, who I don't 324 00:20:48.289 --> 00:20:54.190 think he made the World Series roster. Maybe he did. 325 00:20:54.269 --> 00:20:57.210 Signed for seven years. And then you got Aaron Ashby 326 00:20:57.230 --> 00:20:59.470 signed for five years. Those are really smart signings. 327 00:21:01.019 --> 00:21:05.859 Yeah, they are. What's Bryce Terang's status? 328 00:21:05.960 --> 00:21:12.809 He's not signed, so he's not on. Let's see. Bryce Terang, 329 00:21:12.829 --> 00:21:15.890 should we take a look at? Is he a free agent? 330 00:21:20.269 --> 00:21:21.329 Bryce Terang. 331 00:21:24.670 --> 00:21:28.380 He's pre-Arvin to 20. He's got to be coming close to... 332 00:21:29.869 --> 00:21:31.750 free agency he. 333 00:21:31.650 --> 00:21:34.309 Is one year 4.1 million dollar contract as a free 334 00:21:34.349 --> 00:21:37.069 agent in 2030 okay. 335 00:21:38.119 --> 00:21:40.660 So they still got a couple years as a drain. 336 00:21:40.900 --> 00:21:43.500 Yeah yeah and then they got you know that jose 337 00:21:43.559 --> 00:21:46.960 malta guy coming they got the lewis pina guy coming 338 00:21:47.019 --> 00:21:49.460 i mean it's just they're just stacked i mean it's 339 00:21:49.599 --> 00:21:54.410 just yep it's a great organization Any final thoughts on 340 00:21:54.430 --> 00:22:01.019 the World Series, Timmy? Yeah, he could come next season. 341 00:22:01.859 --> 00:22:05.200 I would not be surprised if he signs a team-friendly 342 00:22:05.240 --> 00:22:09.140 deal during spring training that we hear it's a very 343 00:22:09.200 --> 00:22:11.109 similar Jackson Churio type of deal. 344 00:22:12.769 --> 00:22:17.730 Yeah, no. I guess my wrap-up would be that, hey, 345 00:22:18.710 --> 00:22:23.119 you can't take anything away from the Rays. Okay, but 346 00:22:23.279 --> 00:22:27.049 the Brewers were simply a better team, one through nine, 347 00:22:27.710 --> 00:22:36.069 and especially the bullpen. Okay, the bullpen matchups weren't even close. 348 00:22:36.349 --> 00:22:39.180 You could almost say it was unfair when you looked 349 00:22:39.380 --> 00:22:43.299 at what the Brewers did as far as utilizing their 350 00:22:43.380 --> 00:22:49.460 bullpen versus the Rays and the overall depth. But again, 351 00:22:49.700 --> 00:22:52.559 the Brewers, one through nine, we're just flat out the 352 00:22:52.599 --> 00:22:55.880 better team. And I congratulate them. Good for the Milwaukee Brewers. 353 00:22:58.319 --> 00:23:02.569 The Brewers have Jesus Madej coming. They have Luis Pena, 354 00:23:02.609 --> 00:23:04.569 who broke his leg at the end of the season. 355 00:23:04.609 --> 00:23:09.569 So he's at least 2028. Josh Aminchowski, who is a 356 00:23:10.289 --> 00:23:14.049 guy that just hits. I mean, just hits. Braylon Payne 357 00:23:14.089 --> 00:23:16.289 is a potential hitter. star but he's a little bit 358 00:23:16.309 --> 00:23:19.609 further away they got jet williams who i was really 359 00:23:19.630 --> 00:23:22.329 impressed with at the fall league it's a good player 360 00:23:22.390 --> 00:23:25.789 he's ready bishop letson is their best pitcher in the 361 00:23:25.829 --> 00:23:29.750 organization he's like he's probably up next season they got 362 00:23:29.789 --> 00:23:32.369 a guy hit 48 home runs and

andrew fisher that's 363 00:23:32.450 --> 00:23:36.059 there then they got jeff guaro who's a catcher who 364 00:23:36.599 --> 00:23:39.799 is not william contraris but he's going to be a 365 00:23:39.859 --> 00:23:41.799 pretty good player when he comes up and these are 366 00:23:41.940 --> 00:23:43.880 and i think it keeps going. 367 00:23:43.559 --> 00:23:46.259 To don't Don't they have a third baseman that's just 368 00:23:46.319 --> 00:23:48.680 about ready? Power hitter, a big slugger? 369 00:23:52.660 --> 00:23:56.200 Andrew Fisher is the guy. He's playing third base. Probably 370 00:23:56.220 --> 00:23:58.480 moves to first base. Yeah, that's the guy that hit 371 00:23:58.480 --> 00:23:58.980 48 home runs. 372 00:24:00.380 --> 00:24:01.980 Yeah, now I was thinking of somebody else. 373 00:24:02.299 --> 00:24:06.529 Luke Adams is close, but he's not a power hitter. 374 00:24:08.109 --> 00:24:10.710 Okay, yeah, there was a third baseman that I liked 375 00:24:10.789 --> 00:24:12.869 on the roster, but I just can't remember who it is. 376 00:24:15.859 --> 00:24:21.299 But again, there's no shortage. There's no shortage of options. 377 00:24:22.000 --> 00:24:24.259 Yep. It's a good team. And I mean, I know 378 00:24:24.279 --> 00:24:28.480 the Dodgers are probably the favorite coming out of, you know, 379 00:24:28.519 --> 00:24:31.789 out of preseason, but man, the Brewers are good. Let's 380 00:24:31.809 --> 00:24:35.089 take a break and come back and talk the business 381 00:24:35.150 --> 00:24:36.829 of the World Series very quickly. 382 00:24:47.529 --> 00:24:50.630 Yeah, I was thinking of Brock Wilkins, who I was 383 00:24:50.650 --> 00:24:51.109 thinking of. 384 00:24:51.809 --> 00:24:56.369 Who? Brock Wilkins? Nah, I mean, he's okay. 385 00:24:57.490 --> 00:24:58.599 Okay. 386 00:25:00.200 --> 00:25:07.349 So I've got him ranked Brock Wilkins. Yeah. I told you, 387 00:25:07.359 --> 00:25:11.720 he didn't even make my... He didn't even make my 388 00:25:12.099 --> 00:25:18.460 list here, Tim. Okay. He was a mainstay on the 389 00:25:18.480 --> 00:25:20.859 list for a long time, but it's so deep. 390 00:25:21.779 --> 00:25:23.180 Yeah, they got so much talent. 391 00:25:24.640 --> 00:25:27.960 Brock Wilkin, when is he going to be up? 6'4, yeah, 392 00:25:28.000 --> 00:25:29.980 he hit 17 home runs, hit 191. Yeah, he's good, Tim. 393 00:25:30.019 --> 00:25:32.720 Hit 191 in 130 games in AAA. Struck out 28% 394 00:25:32.720 --> 00:25:34.950 of the time, so that's why he didn't make my list. Yes, 395 00:25:34.960 --> 00:25:45.670 trade him to the White Sox. In 2024, he hit 200. 2025, 396 00:25:45.670 --> 00:25:47.130 he hit 226. And last year, he hit 191 with 397 00:25:47.150 --> 00:25:49.609 averaging 17 home runs, striking out 28% of the time. 398 00:25:49.650 --> 00:25:49.789 No. 399 00:25:49.809 --> 00:25:51.299 Okay, yeah, let's move on. Okay. It's funny. 400 00:25:51.319 --> 00:25:51.430 Yeah. 401 00:26:06.299 --> 00:26:08.480 And I'm

thinking, Brock Wilkins, why didn't he make my list? 402 00:26:08.579 --> 00:26:10.539 And then now I know why he didn't make my list, 403 00:26:10.559 --> 00:26:13.039 because I think I had him– well, I don't bring 404 00:26:13.079 --> 00:26:14.940 that up to talk about old stuff. Anyway, let's talk 405 00:26:14.960 --> 00:26:18.849 the business of baseball, Mr. McCloud. So it just says 406 00:26:18.890 --> 00:26:22.990 that Levelset, the players make all of their money during 407 00:26:23.009 --> 00:26:28.490 the regular season. The contracts are for the 162-game season. 408 00:26:28.849 --> 00:26:32.460 So if you make $ 10 million, by the October 1st, 409 00:26:33.059 --> 00:26:35.920 you have all $ 10 million in the bank. You go 410 00:26:35.980 --> 00:26:40.150 play the postseason, you only play for a bonus. That's 411 00:26:40.190 --> 00:26:43.809 just the way it is. So 95%, 98% of the 412 00:26:43.890 --> 00:26:47.009 money that is earned from the players is earned during 413 00:26:47.029 --> 00:26:50.549 the regular season. That makes most of the money that 414 00:26:50.609 --> 00:26:53.750 is made for the league is done during the postseason. 415 00:26:53.789 --> 00:26:56.250 That's the way it's set up. And when you've got 416 00:26:56.309 --> 00:27:01.579 two small market teams with the Brewers and the Rays, 417 00:27:02.700 --> 00:27:07.089 you've got there was a lot of concern going in 418 00:27:07.190 --> 00:27:09.569 from the league that this was going to be a bloodbath. 419 00:27:10.109 --> 00:27:14.470 Turns out viewership was higher than they thought, partially because 420 00:27:14.750 --> 00:27:17.930 everybody in Wisconsin turned their television on to the Brewers game. 421 00:27:18.430 --> 00:27:21.599 They had a 70% share, which basically meant seven out 422 00:27:21.619 --> 00:27:24.799 of 10 households had the Brewers game on. So it 423 00:27:24.839 --> 00:27:29.559 was that accounted for a good 10 to 12%. of 424 00:27:29.640 --> 00:27:33.309 the viewership of the World Series was coming out of Wisconsin, 425 00:27:33.329 --> 00:27:37.430 which I thought was kind of fascinating. But last year, 15.5 426 00:27:37.430 --> 00:27:41.650 million people averaged. This year, a little less than 12 427 00:27:41.650 --> 00:27:44.700 million people watched the game. And because it was such 428 00:27:44.740 --> 00:27:49.069 a high concentration of people in Wisconsin, it lowered the 429 00:27:49.230 --> 00:27:51.750 advertising rates going out because that was looked at more 430 00:27:51.769 --> 00:27:55.019 of a regional kind of thing as opposed to the 431 00:27:55.079 --> 00:27:58.359 Dodgers versus the Blue Jays was more of a national 432 00:27:58.440 --> 00:28:02.220 view of it. So advertisers were able to, they're able 433 00:28:02.259 --> 00:28:05.730 to charge advertisers more for their commercial. So to me, 434 00:28:05.750 --> 00:28:08.730 it was not good. Plus five games. It was only 435 00:28:08.769 --> 00:28:09.349 five games. 436 00:28:10.250 --> 00:28:12.829 Well, how many ads for cheese can you fit into one. 437 00:28:12.710 --> 00:28:16.190 World Series game? That's true. That is true. But this 438 00:28:16.269 --> 00:28:20.559 is all important stuff because now we're going into the CBA, 439 00:28:21.140 --> 00:28:23.819 and the big thing that everybody knows is on the 440 00:28:23.880 --> 00:28:30.259 docket is that they want a salary cap on there. Well, 441 00:28:30.279 --> 00:28:33.299 you put a salary cap on there, the likelihood of 442 00:28:33.359 --> 00:28:37.400 having more Milwaukee Brewers versus– Tampa Bay Rays in the 443 00:28:37.440 --> 00:28:41.559 world series increases, or you fill in the Cleveland guardians, 444 00:28:41.660 --> 00:28:46.299 the Pittsburgh pirates, you level the playing field and major 445 00:28:46.319 --> 00:28:49.980 league baseball has done a terrible job at nationalizing the 446 00:28:50.019 --> 00:28:54.410 game because you've got, if, if in, in the super bowl, 447 00:28:54.789 --> 00:28:59.630 if the Jacksonville Jaguars play, I know some other small market, 448 00:28:59.730 --> 00:29:02.470 everybody's going to watch because it's, it's the super bowl. 449 00:29:02.549 --> 00:29:05.369 And it's like, they've done a great job at like, 450 00:29:05.869 --> 00:29:09.690 making it all football, and we really don't care where 451 00:29:09.710 --> 00:29:10.589 the team is. 452 00:29:11.490 --> 00:29:12.130 It's an event. 453 00:29:12.750 --> 00:29:15.990 It's an event. And baseball is just not set up 454 00:29:16.049 --> 00:29:19.470 that way. So I ask you the question, will Major 455 00:29:19.490 --> 00:29:28.970 League Baseball kind of pull away from requiring that structural 456 00:29:29.019 --> 00:29:31.299 change that they want by putting in a salary cap? 457 00:29:32.420 --> 00:29:35.140 Yeah, I think they will sometime about mid-May. 458 00:29:37.250 --> 00:29:37.950 You think it's May? 459 00:29:39.730 --> 00:29:40.819 I think it. 460 00:29:41.720 --> 00:29:44.279 So if it's mid-May, you're starting the season July 1st. 461 00:29:46.359 --> 00:29:48.640 Yes, I think we're going to have a reduced season 462 00:29:48.680 --> 00:29:52.940 next year. You're talking half season. Yeah, I don't think 463 00:29:52.980 --> 00:29:54.640 the owners are going to back down. I don't think 464 00:29:54.680 --> 00:29:58.599 Rob Manfred's going to back down and the players... No, 465 00:29:58.619 --> 00:30:00.660 I don't think they're going to. I don't think they're 466 00:30:00.700 --> 00:30:03.940 going to. I don't think they're going to budge. And 467 00:30:03.960 --> 00:30:07.180 I think they've got a case for not budging. As 468 00:30:07.259 --> 00:30:10.630 do the owners. Everybody's got a case. I just think 469 00:30:11.589 --> 00:30:14.089 it's going to be a headstrong situation. And I think 470 00:30:14.109 --> 00:30:16.450 we're going to lose playing time next year. I hope 471 00:30:16.529 --> 00:30:20.529 I'm wrong. But I

think this is going to be 472 00:30:20.869 --> 00:30:23.210 a long, drawn-out battle. 473 00:30:25.940 --> 00:30:28.150 I think it's going to be a long, drawn-out battle. 474 00:30:28.170 --> 00:30:31.470 But gosh, I hope we're not making that decision in 475 00:30:31.509 --> 00:30:33.549 the middle of May and then signing a deal at 476 00:30:33.589 --> 00:30:36.490 the end of May and starting games July 1st. That 477 00:30:36.529 --> 00:30:40.000 sounds awful. That sounds really bad. 478 00:30:41.019 --> 00:30:45.700 Well, I've got an auction coming up in a week. Okay. 479 00:30:47.059 --> 00:30:50.369 And I have to make a decision heading into this 480 00:30:50.529 --> 00:30:54.869 auction how I'm going to approach next year. Because it 481 00:30:54.910 --> 00:30:59.869 will have a huge, huge bearing on players I draft. 482 00:31:01.509 --> 00:31:04.069 And where I draft them and what I pay for them. 483 00:31:04.990 --> 00:31:07.569 And I'm going to be leaning on going in with 484 00:31:07.609 --> 00:31:10.250 a philosophy of only half a season and looking at 485 00:31:10.309 --> 00:31:16.190 high upside. At least that's my thoughts right now. I'll 486 00:31:16.230 --> 00:31:24.990 gamble a bit on players that I think... the second 487 00:31:25.009 --> 00:31:28.460 half player could be a first half player. And on 488 00:31:28.500 --> 00:31:31.619 a shortened season, I think I'm going to gamble a 489 00:31:31.660 --> 00:31:35.259 bit more on upside than stability because of that fact. 490 00:31:36.539 --> 00:31:40.150 So tell me what that means. So let's take a 491 00:31:40.190 --> 00:31:44.349 look at a kid. That's let me bring my list 492 00:31:44.470 --> 00:31:46.730 up here and make sure, because we're talking a lot 493 00:31:46.769 --> 00:31:50.380 about kids, right? Because yeah. So let me take a 494 00:31:50.410 --> 00:31:55.730 look at how's way to Paula. Or Walker, Walker, Jenkins, 495 00:31:55.750 --> 00:32:02.339 Sebastian Walker, those cats that in Jenkins and DePaulo's case, 496 00:32:02.380 --> 00:32:04.779 they had a little bit of a taste, but it's 497 00:32:04.980 --> 00:32:10.619 usually takes them four to eight weeks to even start to, 498 00:32:10.799 --> 00:32:15.160 to do something. You're pushing those guys up or you 499 00:32:15.200 --> 00:32:16.200 pushing them down. 500 00:32:16.220 --> 00:32:19.460 Uh, they're all rostered. 501 00:32:19.720 --> 00:32:24.190 Okay. So I, they're out of the equation. The players 502 00:32:24.410 --> 00:32:32.549 I'm looking at are Curtis Meade, Caleb Durbin. 503 00:32:36.170 --> 00:32:40.970 I don't call those high upside guys, though. Those are. 504 00:32:41.150 --> 00:32:44.759 Yes, but in a half season, I think their value 505 00:32:44.920 --> 00:32:53.369 is higher than, per se, a steady vet like Oh, 506 00:32:53.400 --> 00:32:55.750 what's a good example? I can't even come up with 507 00:32:55.809 --> 00:32:58.349 a good example. I'm willing to bet that a half 508 00:32:58.410 --> 00:33:06.890 season of some of these players transfers to value over 509 00:33:07.009 --> 00:33:09.349 some of the veteran players that might be overpaid for 510 00:33:09.450 --> 00:33:11.470 on half a season. Does that make sense? 511 00:33:11.869 --> 00:33:18.210 No, it doesn't. So, so you're saying, so Curtis Meade 512 00:33:18.250 --> 00:33:21.349 will be a lot cheaper than Michael Trout. 513 00:33:22.109 --> 00:33:23.549 Um, Yeah. 514 00:33:24.150 --> 00:33:27.869 So, but you're saying that, isn't that like normal, like 515 00:33:27.930 --> 00:33:29.890 fantasy baseball kind of stuff, even if you had a 516 00:33:29.950 --> 00:33:32.410 full year? I mean, what makes it different if it's 517 00:33:32.450 --> 00:33:33.240 a half a season? 518 00:33:34.440 --> 00:33:37.700 What makes it a different, the difference to me is 519 00:33:37.779 --> 00:33:41.980 that it is a, you're working with smaller numbers. The 520 00:33:42.039 --> 00:33:47.119 difference between, say, Curtis Meade and Jazz Chisholm on a 521 00:33:47.180 --> 00:33:51.069 full season is X. On a partial season, it's, Is 522 00:33:51.150 --> 00:33:53.619 it actually half of that, or could we see an 523 00:33:53.759 --> 00:33:56.480 uptick because of small sample size? 524 00:33:57.319 --> 00:34:02.559 Well, if Curtis Meade gets hot, yeah, he could hit 525 00:34:02.559 --> 00:34:05.029 15 home runs in Jazz Chisholm, 18 home runs. If 526 00:34:05.069 --> 00:34:07.450 you put it over the course of the season, Chisholm 527 00:34:07.470 --> 00:34:10.110 hits a lot more than the difference is greater than three. 528 00:34:10.449 --> 00:34:14.650 But so, too, what if Curtis Meade gets off to 529 00:34:14.690 --> 00:34:17.179 a cold start? Then it's just the reverse. 530 00:34:18.219 --> 00:34:19.400 Yeah, my team's going to suck. 531 00:34:19.969 --> 00:34:20.909 Yeah. 532 00:34:20.949 --> 00:34:24.650 Yeah. Yeah. I'm just looking, I'm just looking at playing 533 00:34:24.670 --> 00:34:28.989 a smaller season and the dynamics of a smaller season 534 00:34:29.190 --> 00:34:32.530 on higher risk players, I think could be rewarding. How 535 00:34:32.570 --> 00:34:32.889 was that? 536 00:34:33.690 --> 00:34:35.570 I haven't thought about it, but I would have thought 537 00:34:35.630 --> 00:34:42.030 just the opposite. Um, cause you're yeah, because you are playing, 538 00:34:42.670 --> 00:34:45.650 you would seem like you'd want more consistency, a guy 539 00:34:45.690 --> 00:34:49.019 that's going to hit, five home runs every month is 540 00:34:49.059 --> 00:34:52.659 more valuable than a guy that might hit 10 in 541 00:34:52.699 --> 00:34:56.619 a month, but zero in another month, because it could 542 00:34:56.679 --> 00:35:00.019 be that you get two zeros instead of two tens, 543 00:35:00.079 --> 00:35:02.239 if you know what I mean, because you know, they're, 544 00:35:02.320 --> 00:35:03.300 they're so volatile. 545 00:35:04.800 --> 00:35:07.969 Yeah. It's an all in strategy. There's no

doubt about that. Yeah. 546 00:35:08.090 --> 00:35:11.590 But you don't mean strategies. I'm always playing. Yeah. 547 00:35:12.849 --> 00:35:17.670 It feels like that's more of an aggressive strategy than very, Yeah. 548 00:35:17.929 --> 00:35:19.489 So let me, let me ask you. So let's go 549 00:35:19.530 --> 00:35:25.389 back to the Paula Jenkins, Sebastian Walcott, Franklin rise, these 550 00:35:25.469 --> 00:35:28.610 young kids that have very little major league playing time. 551 00:35:28.849 --> 00:35:32.110 If at all, how do you play those in a 552 00:35:32.170 --> 00:35:35.489 shortened season? You've got to discount them, right? Cause cause 553 00:35:35.530 --> 00:35:39.449 you know, if you've got a hundred games, it's going 554 00:35:39.469 --> 00:35:41.360 to take them 30 or 40 just to get up 555 00:35:41.400 --> 00:35:42.500 the speed. Right. 556 00:35:44.000 --> 00:35:49.409 Right. But they're going to be playing in April and May, 557 00:35:49.449 --> 00:35:49.789 aren't they? 558 00:35:52.489 --> 00:35:59.010 Not necessarily. So if you're on the 40-man roster, you 559 00:35:59.190 --> 00:36:03.550 are in the major league union. So to Paula Jenkins, 560 00:36:04.150 --> 00:36:06.889 I don't know about Walcott. I don't know about Franklin Arise, 561 00:36:06.949 --> 00:36:09.360 but those guys have already been called up or definitely 562 00:36:09.380 --> 00:36:13.250 in the 40-man roster. Franklin Rice might be because he's 563 00:36:13.309 --> 00:36:15.949 been in the system a while. But if you're not 564 00:36:15.989 --> 00:36:19.389 on the 40-man, that means you're in the minor league union, 565 00:36:19.510 --> 00:36:20.739 which they're playing. 566 00:36:21.909 --> 00:36:28.179 Right. Which might give them an edge once the season starts. 567 00:36:29.019 --> 00:36:29.400 It could. 568 00:36:29.420 --> 00:36:32.320 And there might be a quick call-up and they'd be ready, right? 569 00:36:32.800 --> 00:36:35.940 It could. So I guess you've got to do extra 570 00:36:36.059 --> 00:36:39.889 research to figure out If you're on the 40, let's 571 00:36:39.929 --> 00:36:43.750 take Walker Jenkins, definitely on the 40-man roster. I mean, 572 00:36:43.829 --> 00:36:46.809 I guess they could have demoted him. I mean, I 573 00:36:46.829 --> 00:36:49.730 guess that's possible. They might demote some of these guys 574 00:36:50.289 --> 00:36:52.530 at the beginning of the season so they continue to play. 575 00:36:53.750 --> 00:36:56.900 I don't know if they're going to lock it in 576 00:36:56.940 --> 00:36:58.820 if there's a walkout. 577 00:36:59.880 --> 00:37:06.070 Yeah, lots of variables. Lots of variables, some of which 578 00:37:06.110 --> 00:37:08.630 we don't know right now. Actually, there's nothing we know 579 00:37:08.690 --> 00:37:11.570 right now. This whole thing could be settled, in theory, 580 00:37:12.369 --> 00:37:15.289 before December 1st. In theory. 581 00:37:16.050 --> 00:37:20.150 I don't see any incentive for them to

make things 582 00:37:20.230 --> 00:37:24.760 go quickly with it. Because the history of life says 583 00:37:24.860 --> 00:37:26.840 everybody waits until the last minute to try to get 584 00:37:26.860 --> 00:37:30.300 the biggest leverage. I mean, look at... I mean, look 585 00:37:30.360 --> 00:37:33.420 at the trade deadline. I mean, it always is the 586 00:37:33.480 --> 00:37:36.670 last 15 minutes. You've got twice as many trades in 587 00:37:36.690 --> 00:37:38.690 the last 15 minutes as you had the five days 588 00:37:38.710 --> 00:37:39.289 before that. 589 00:37:40.590 --> 00:37:45.789 Right, yeah, because teams obviously look at what's happened, and 590 00:37:45.849 --> 00:37:50.289 if they want to move somebody, they'll take less. Teams 591 00:37:50.309 --> 00:37:52.489 will pay a little bit more depending on what their 592 00:37:52.530 --> 00:37:54.659 needs are. Yeah, there's a lot of variables involved there. 593 00:37:55.039 --> 00:38:00.059 But I think What is interesting, and I think we're 594 00:38:00.119 --> 00:38:04.860 going to see a mad dash in the next 30 days. 595 00:38:05.960 --> 00:38:08.920 We're going to see it as we start looking at 596 00:38:08.960 --> 00:38:10.800 some of the free agents. Are they going to want 597 00:38:10.820 --> 00:38:14.260 to shore up their position before December 1st? I would 598 00:38:14.280 --> 00:38:18.309 think it would be advantageous to do that. In a 599 00:38:18.369 --> 00:38:21.610 big way. I know the Asian players, they'll be looking, 600 00:38:21.909 --> 00:38:24.900 it should be fast and furious because usually they have 601 00:38:25.000 --> 00:38:28.440 a six week, I believe it is, window to negotiate. 602 00:38:28.480 --> 00:38:30.840 They're only going to have four weeks. If they're going 603 00:38:30.860 --> 00:38:32.300 to get it done, they're going to have to get 604 00:38:32.340 --> 00:38:36.480 it done by December 1st. They just finished the regular 605 00:38:36.559 --> 00:38:40.960 season and Players are announcing for postings, yada, yada, yada. 606 00:38:41.619 --> 00:38:43.440 I think we're going to see a rash of signings. 607 00:38:43.460 --> 00:38:45.559 I think we're going to see them fairly quickly as 608 00:38:45.639 --> 00:38:49.960 players look to shore up their personal positions for next year. 609 00:38:50.420 --> 00:38:52.739 That is why we're going to take a break, and 610 00:38:52.780 --> 00:38:54.469 that is why we're going to talk for the rest 611 00:38:54.510 --> 00:38:57.309 of the show about the free agents and where they're 612 00:38:57.349 --> 00:39:01.329 going to sign. Because, Tim, guess what? It opens on Monday, 613 00:39:01.550 --> 00:39:05.730 five days after the World Series. Players can start to sign. 614 00:39:06.889 --> 00:39:09.809 The Players Association has already put their lists out there. 615 00:39:11.090 --> 00:39:12.599 Timmy, let's take a break. I'm going to come back 616 00:39:12.639 --> 00:39:14.960 with a little tidbit of information. 617 00:39:16.519 --> 00:39:21.599 Okie dokie. Kind of laid. 618 00:39:25.130 --> 00:39:28.889 Up the last couple of days, Timmy. I stepped in 619 00:39:28.929 --> 00:39:32.579 a pothole. crossing the street yesterday morning. Yeah, and it 620 00:39:32.619 --> 00:39:35.829 twisted my ankle. Thinking about suing the town. 621 00:39:38.449 --> 00:39:41.909 Well, you along with every other member of the community 622 00:39:41.929 --> 00:39:47.380 that's probably stumbled on a pothole somewhere. Yeah, I. 623 00:39:47.659 --> 00:39:51.110 I don't know how I was... It was very heavy traffic. 624 00:39:51.159 --> 00:39:54.219 There was a fire truck that just went by. There 625 00:39:54.260 --> 00:39:56.320 was road construction at the road. It was a mess. 626 00:39:56.880 --> 00:39:58.960 And I was kind of looking around, and I didn't 627 00:39:59.019 --> 00:40:03.099 look down and stepped right in it. So anyway, I've 628 00:40:03.119 --> 00:40:06.159 been icing it. It's fine. It's just a little sprain, 629 00:40:06.199 --> 00:40:07.599 but it was very annoying. 630 00:40:09.659 --> 00:40:14.289 My cousin ended up in a cast from his– hip 631 00:40:14.489 --> 00:40:18.130 to his ankle for almost, it was, it was a 632 00:40:18.170 --> 00:40:20.550 good six months. He fractures like they had to put 633 00:40:20.929 --> 00:40:23.849 some metal in doing exactly what you did. So you 634 00:40:23.869 --> 00:40:25.150 can never be too careful. 635 00:40:25.170 --> 00:40:28.730 Yeah. I twisted my ankle so many times throughout my life. 636 00:40:28.869 --> 00:40:31.869 I just says, so here's my interesting tidbit. I did 637 00:40:31.909 --> 00:40:32.469 not know this. 638 00:40:32.630 --> 00:40:32.969 Okay. 639 00:40:33.010 --> 00:40:37.539 And report it as my AI assistant is Sebastian Walcott 640 00:40:37.679 --> 00:40:39.420 on the 40 man. The answer is no. I said, 641 00:40:39.440 --> 00:40:40.480 it's Franklin arise. 642 00:40:40.500 --> 00:40:40.570 Hmm. 643 00:40:41.119 --> 00:40:43.829 And he said there's a citation that the Red Sox 644 00:40:43.909 --> 00:40:48.090 deliberately chose not to promote their number one prospect to 645 00:40:48.110 --> 00:40:50.650 the big leagues at the end of the 2026 season, 646 00:40:50.710 --> 00:40:55.469 specifically to keep them off the 40-man roster. How about that? 647 00:40:55.489 --> 00:41:01.570 Uh-huh. Yes. And I'm sure Madej isn't on the 40-man. 648 00:41:02.010 --> 00:41:05.010 He's definitely not on the 40-man. I mean, Hernan and 649 00:41:05.349 --> 00:41:08.320 Theo Gillen. Aiden Miller. Let's see if Aiden Miller's on 650 00:41:08.340 --> 00:41:13.210 the 40-man roster. Aiden Miller. See Aiden Miller on the 651 00:41:13.210 --> 00:41:16.989 40 man. Let's see what it says there. He's got, 652 00:41:17.050 --> 00:41:20.489 he might have to be. Nope. He is not on 653 00:41:20.530 --> 00:41:21.269 the 40 man. 654 00:41:21.769 --> 00:41:22.690 Okay. 655 00:41:23.730 --> 00:41:26.650 So yeah, so

these, yeah. So those guys can keep playing. 656 00:41:26.670 --> 00:41:30.409 So it's very interesting. So if you're doing an early draft, everyone, 657 00:41:30.469 --> 00:41:33.190 you're really going to have to do some homework. I 658 00:41:33.210 --> 00:41:36.860 would try to push off my drafting until. At least 659 00:41:36.900 --> 00:41:39.300 we know a little bit more information about what's happening. 660 00:41:39.320 --> 00:41:41.659 It's going to be real challenging. You know, Timmy, I 661 00:41:41.679 --> 00:41:45.710 always love doing a New Year's Day draft. That's my thing. 662 00:41:45.750 --> 00:41:50.550 But I don't know, man. It seems dicey to do that. 663 00:41:52.090 --> 00:41:57.889 Yeah, you'd be tossing a lot of darts. And again, 664 00:41:58.570 --> 00:42:01.050 depending on who signs. We don't know who's going to 665 00:42:01.110 --> 00:42:06.269 sign the next 30 days. But... The later you can 666 00:42:06.329 --> 00:42:10.670 go on a draft, the obvious advantages are huge because 667 00:42:10.710 --> 00:42:13.219 you know where people are going to be. You get 668 00:42:13.239 --> 00:42:19.039 some ideas to playing time, yadda, yadda, yadda. Yeah, the 669 00:42:19.079 --> 00:42:21.639 longer you can wait, the better off you are. The 670 00:42:21.699 --> 00:42:26.389 earlier you go, the more you're tossing darts. And that 671 00:42:26.429 --> 00:42:29.110 dartboard is rather uncertain as to what it's going to 672 00:42:29.150 --> 00:42:29.869 look like, right? 673 00:42:31.539 --> 00:42:35.070 Here's the problem. I primarily play that draft and hold 674 00:42:35.110 --> 00:42:38.869 league for content for the show. So I like to 675 00:42:39.110 --> 00:42:41.489 talk about it and talk about it with you. And 676 00:42:41.690 --> 00:42:42.809 that's part of the reason. 677 00:42:43.190 --> 00:42:44.630 I do it. 678 00:42:44.710 --> 00:42:48.510 So I might have to do two. I remember COVID year. 679 00:42:49.090 --> 00:42:53.329 So I drafted COVID during the COVID year in January. 680 00:42:53.510 --> 00:42:56.150 No one was thanking COVID, right? I mean, no one 681 00:42:56.190 --> 00:42:57.769 had an inkling that there was going to be a 682 00:42:57.809 --> 00:43:02.619 problem in January when I drafted. And once the season 683 00:43:02.699 --> 00:43:09.150 started up, that was that 62-game season, 50-man roster, 22 684 00:43:09.150 --> 00:43:12.010 of my– 22. I think it was 22 of my 685 00:43:12.070 --> 00:43:16.969 players did not play or only played part of the season. 686 00:43:17.690 --> 00:43:20.610 A lot of them just did not play because of COVID. 687 00:43:21.489 --> 00:43:22.469 And it was awful. 688 00:43:23.469 --> 00:43:26.610 Yeah, it's– yeah, there's no fun in that game. 689 00:43:27.090 --> 00:43:32.570 No, no. But let's go on, Timmy. We've got a 690 00:43:32.670 --> 00:43:34.880 lot of free agents to go through. First of all, 691 00:43:35.360 --> 00:43:37.360 I gave you the list. I think it was MLB list, 692

00:43:37.820 --> 00:43:40.519 top 20, 25 guys. What did you think of the 693 00:43:40.760 --> 00:43:43.699 quality of the list? It's obviously Tarek Skubal. Is it 694 00:43:43.780 --> 00:43:46.900 Tarek Skubal and everybody else, or is it meaty? I 695 00:43:46.980 --> 00:43:50.860 think it's meaty. 696 00:43:51.360 --> 00:44:00.219 I think there are solid options there. especially pitching options 697 00:44:00.440 --> 00:44:01.559 from top to bottom. 698 00:44:01.579 --> 00:44:03.719 A lot of pitchers. A lot of pitchers. 699 00:44:03.820 --> 00:44:07.139 Yeah. The problem I have when I looked at this 700 00:44:07.300 --> 00:44:13.219 is trying to find potential fits. Okay. It's easy to 701 00:44:13.300 --> 00:44:18.860 say that, like Brandon Lowe is a free agent. Randy 702 00:44:18.960 --> 00:44:23.650 Rosarino is. There's some good bats sitting in there. But 703 00:44:23.750 --> 00:44:27.869 who needs those bats? Where are they going to fit 704 00:44:28.010 --> 00:44:32.440 in and be utilized? There's a lot of players on 705 00:44:32.500 --> 00:44:37.820 this list. And, hey, pitching is pitching. It'll find a home. 706 00:44:38.639 --> 00:44:43.920 Some of the bats, man, it's tough to pick. It's 707 00:44:43.960 --> 00:44:45.989 tough to pick candidates where they could land. 708 00:44:46.010 --> 00:44:49.489 This is why this is hard, Tim. This is why 709 00:44:49.510 --> 00:44:50.670 you have to bring it, man. 710 00:44:50.690 --> 00:44:50.860 Stop it. 711 00:44:51.440 --> 00:44:53.619 You're already couching it that you're not going to do well. 712 00:44:54.039 --> 00:44:56.389 So I don't want to hear about it. I want 713 00:44:56.590 --> 00:44:57.329 answers from you. 714 00:45:00.429 --> 00:45:03.989 I will come up with my best definite maybes. 715 00:45:04.150 --> 00:45:06.130 Okay, that's good. 716 00:45:06.230 --> 00:45:07.670 I'll try and overachieve. 717 00:45:08.389 --> 00:45:12.000 I was surprised at how much pitching was on the 718 00:45:12.059 --> 00:45:14.320 list and how few hitters were on the list. 719 00:45:15.659 --> 00:45:21.309 Yeah. There are a lot of pitchers out there. And correspondingly, 720 00:45:21.469 --> 00:45:23.769 there's a lot of teams that need pitching. There's a 721 00:45:23.889 --> 00:45:25.010 lot of options. 722 00:45:26.650 --> 00:45:29.250 All right, Timmy, let's talk. And we're also going to, 723 00:45:29.369 --> 00:45:31.800 in the middle, probably we'll break right before we do 724 00:45:31.889 --> 00:45:34.239 the segment of Japanese players coming over. I'm going to 725 00:45:34.260 --> 00:45:36.099 turn it over to Tim because I can't even pronounce 726 00:45:36.159 --> 00:45:36.940 most of these guys. 727 00:45:37.619 --> 00:45:41.559 So neither can I. 728 00:45:42.139 --> 00:45:45.099 So we talked before the, we got four of the 729 00:45:45.139 --> 00:45:48.280 Japanese guys coming across and we'll let Tim. Tell us 730 00:45:48.300 --> 00:45:51.300 a little bit about them. And I've got some spots

731 00:45:51.340 --> 00:45:53.639 for him, so we'll see. I have no idea what 732 00:45:53.659 --> 00:45:58.079 I'm doing, Tim, so I guessed. 733 00:45:58.119 --> 00:45:59.179 Join the crowd, Rich. 734 00:46:00.699 --> 00:46:03.489 So Scott Bars has already been out pimping all of 735 00:46:03.550 --> 00:46:09.130 his guys. Look, Scott Bars, I know, is at least 736 00:46:09.190 --> 00:46:11.949 hated by Major League owners and stuff like that. I 737 00:46:11.989 --> 00:46:15.710 get it. And he gets a bad rap in the press. But, Timmy, 738 00:46:15.829 --> 00:46:19.530 if you had an 18 year old pitcher that was 739 00:46:19.570 --> 00:46:23.789 your son, you'd want Scott Boris to represent him hands 740 00:46:23.849 --> 00:46:28.449 down because no one pimps their players better, makes it 741 00:46:28.510 --> 00:46:31.500 sound like they're the best player in the world. It 742 00:46:31.559 --> 00:46:34.199 is amazing. He is already out there telling everybody, you 743 00:46:34.239 --> 00:46:36.179 got to jump on these guys early. What he's telling 744 00:46:36.219 --> 00:46:38.880 the market is these guys are going to move quickly. 745 00:46:39.239 --> 00:46:40.260 Don't mess around. 746 00:46:41.900 --> 00:46:44.650 Yeah, no, there is no doubt. I would go to 747 00:46:44.670 --> 00:46:48.030 Scott Boris and say, Hey, Junior, you listen to what 748 00:46:48.190 --> 00:46:51.980 this man has to say. Exactly. He doesn't always get 749 00:46:52.260 --> 00:46:56.400 it right. Yeah, Papa wants to retire before 50. Okay, 750 00:46:56.440 --> 00:46:59.119 let's get this done right. 751 00:46:59.260 --> 00:47:02.789 Oh, you think your son's going to give you money? 752 00:47:03.949 --> 00:47:05.550 My kids would never. 753 00:47:05.150 --> 00:47:10.780 Give me money. What is this thing crap we're talking 754 00:47:10.840 --> 00:47:11.360 about here? 755 00:47:11.820 --> 00:47:12.579 I might get a lunch. 756 00:47:12.599 --> 00:47:14.280 As long as it's under 20 bucks, I might get 757 00:47:14.320 --> 00:47:23.199 a lunch. I'll give you my, I'll give you my, 758 00:47:23.280 --> 00:47:25.780 the line I love is I brought you into this world. 759 00:47:25.860 --> 00:47:26.940 I could take you out. 760 00:47:28.900 --> 00:47:29.460 Exactly. 761 00:47:29.559 --> 00:47:30.239 Exactly. 762 00:47:30.260 --> 00:47:32.119 I mean, I wanted to take back my guitar from 763 00:47:32.159 --> 00:47:37.570 my son. Relationship we have. It's like, come on. 764 00:47:38.789 --> 00:47:40.369 Yeah. Okay. 765 00:47:40.449 --> 00:47:44.369 Moving on. So obviously the big, big guy in Scott 766 00:47:44.389 --> 00:47:49.369 Barr's client is Tarek Skugel. It's only 30 years old. Um, 767 00:47:49.409 --> 00:47:52.789 where does he sign? And I'm going to ask, does he, 768 00:47:53.730 --> 00:47:55.929 I'm going to ask a separate question as well. I 769 00:47:55.969 --> 00:47:58.719 know I didn't ask you to prepare this at the beginning, 770 00:47:58.780 --> 00:48:02.980 but do these guys sign in this month long, uh, 771 00:48:03.039 --> 00:48:06.179 window that we've got open. So Tarek Scooble, where's he signed? 772 00:48:06.219 --> 00:48:07.760 And does he sign in this next month? 773 00:48:09.320 --> 00:48:14.949 Yeah, I think he signs in the next month and Dodgers. 774 00:48:16.170 --> 00:48:16.610 Really? 775 00:48:16.630 --> 00:48:22.239 Uh, Yeah, I think the Dodgers, it's got to be 776 00:48:22.280 --> 00:48:23.880 a big market team. It's got to be a team 777 00:48:23.900 --> 00:48:28.840 with a pile of money to spend that needs somebody 778 00:48:28.889 --> 00:48:30.570 to put them over the top, and Scooble is the 779 00:48:30.610 --> 00:48:34.929 guy to do it. I think the Dodgers will spend. 780 00:48:35.030 --> 00:48:37.949 I think that's done like dinner. 781 00:48:39.369 --> 00:48:42.230 I think the market for Tarek Scooble is going to 782 00:48:42.250 --> 00:48:46.269 be massive. I agree with Tim. Because, I mean, the 783 00:48:46.389 --> 00:48:50.230 Mets need pitching. The Red Sox need pitching. I mean, 784 00:48:50.409 --> 00:48:53.769 all of the big market teams need pitching, probably except 785 00:48:53.789 --> 00:48:57.070 for the Yankees. It's about the only team that really 786 00:48:57.110 --> 00:49:01.760 doesn't need pitching, but everybody else does. And, I mean, 787 00:49:01.800 --> 00:49:05.239 I could go the Mets here. I could go the Cubs. 788 00:49:05.739 --> 00:49:07.500 Cubs are a big market team. I could go the 789 00:49:07.559 --> 00:49:08.239 Blue Jays. 790 00:49:08.239 --> 00:49:10.619 But I broke down the Mets. 791 00:49:10.619 --> 00:49:14.349 Excuse me, I wrote down the Red Sox. And now 792 00:49:15.150 --> 00:49:22.980 I'm rethinking that because they're all left-handed pitching. So why 793 00:49:23.000 --> 00:49:25.900 would they want another left? Well, it's Tarek Skubal. I'm 794 00:49:25.920 --> 00:49:29.360 going to switch because I still have my hand because 795 00:49:29.440 --> 00:49:32.139 I have a tendency to overthink things. I'm going to 796 00:49:32.179 --> 00:49:36.429 go with the New York Metropolitans. Tarek Skubal. 797 00:49:38.619 --> 00:49:39.400 Yeah, that would. 798 00:49:39.420 --> 00:49:40.579 My next... I'm going to switch. 799 00:49:41.239 --> 00:49:44.340 Go ahead. I was going to say, that would bring 800 00:49:45.070 --> 00:49:49.349 the Mets roster with McLean and some of the kids. 801 00:49:49.909 --> 00:49:53.469 That would give the Mets a very... Wherever he lands... 802 00:49:53.690 --> 00:49:59.030 It's big. It's big, yeah. It's going to take the 803 00:49:59.110 --> 00:50:04.300 existing rotation and make it from a middle of the road, 804 00:50:04.380 --> 00:50:10.739 maybe middle-upper situation... to a world series caliber rotation. That's 805 00:50:10.780 --> 00:50:12.840 how good Tarek Scuba was. Yeah. 806 00:50:13.519 --> 00:50:17.340 Now he is 30, 30. So the next three or 807 00:50:17.360 --> 00:50:19.719 four years are going to be very good. He

does 808 00:50:19.760 --> 00:50:22.030 have Tommy John surgery on the books. It was back 809 00:50:22.090 --> 00:50:27.949 in college. So that lasts about 10 years. So you 810 00:50:27.989 --> 00:50:30.250 have to expect in the next two to three years, 811 00:50:30.349 --> 00:50:33.869 four years, that elbow might give out. It could be 812 00:50:33.889 --> 00:50:36.250 a brace surgery after that. So there's a chance he 813 00:50:36.309 --> 00:50:39.750 loses a year. But I would think it's a seven 814 00:50:39.789 --> 00:50:43.489 or eight year contract of $ 40 million. So don't you 815 00:50:43.530 --> 00:50:47.170 think it's going to be close to $ 350, $ 400 million 816 00:50:47.190 --> 00:50:47.840 for him? 817 00:50:48.820 --> 00:50:51.579 That sounds about right to me. Yeah. And I think 818 00:50:51.619 --> 00:50:55.420 what you're doing is you're buying five years of excellence 819 00:50:56.000 --> 00:51:00.159 and paying for three at the end. 820 00:51:01.849 --> 00:51:06.639 Well, I will say that elite pitchers seem to have 821 00:51:06.679 --> 00:51:10.219 a longer shelf life than elite hitters do. It always 822 00:51:10.260 --> 00:51:13.610 seems like, you know, the guys that when they hit 37, 823 00:51:13.610 --> 00:51:16.280 38 that play the field are not the same guys. 824 00:51:16.380 --> 00:51:19.739 But you take a look at Scherzer and Verlander. I mean, 825 00:51:19.780 --> 00:51:23.849 they pitched well until their upper 30s before they finally 826 00:51:23.889 --> 00:51:27.309 gave out. So what's to say that Tarek Skubal can't 827 00:51:27.409 --> 00:51:28.250 at 37, 38 still be pitching well. 828 00:51:28.289 --> 00:51:28.369 I. 829 00:51:30.630 --> 00:51:33.489 He's got the kind of stuff and the pitchability. 830 00:51:34.699 --> 00:51:39.039 Yeah, there's nothing to say that he can't. Other than 831 00:51:39.059 --> 00:51:42.539 the fact that pitchers get old, they get hurt. Their 832 00:51:42.559 --> 00:51:47.699 skills diminish, just like everybody else. Yeah, he could be 833 00:51:47.739 --> 00:51:50.440 fine right through until 40. You could get three to 834 00:51:50.480 --> 00:51:52.679 four years out of him. So I'm sort of splitting 835 00:51:52.699 --> 00:51:55.289 the difference on that one. But I think you've got 836 00:51:55.329 --> 00:52:02.059 four or five years of true number one best pitcher 837 00:52:02.099 --> 00:52:06.300 in the league type potential sitting there. You're not getting 838 00:52:06.340 --> 00:52:09.719 a discount on Derek Scougal. No. 839 00:52:10.179 --> 00:52:13.239 And the Mets. I mean, I get the Dodgers. It's 840 00:52:13.280 --> 00:52:16.179 a great pick. I mean, apparently he loved his time there. 841 00:52:17.510 --> 00:52:21.829 He went fairly far into the playoffs. But the Mets, 842 00:52:22.210 --> 00:52:25.670 after Nolan McClain and Christian Scott, it's good. Good pitcher. 843 00:52:25.750 --> 00:52:31.349 Zach Thornton, Kodai Singha, eh. I mean, they need pitching help. 844 00:52:32.789 --> 00:52:35.070 That they do. I agree. All right. 845 00:52:35.190 --> 00:52:38.860 Michael King. I'm going to go first because I switched. 846 00:52:38.880 --> 00:52:42.079 I had Michael King getting the Mets, but I'm going 847 00:52:42.099 --> 00:52:44.679 to go with the Red Sox with Michael King because 848 00:52:45.079 --> 00:52:49.780 they're so left-handed oriented. They're going to need a right-handed pitcher. 849 00:52:49.800 --> 00:52:51.480 So that's where I'm going with Michael King. And I 850 00:52:51.539 --> 00:52:56.190 do think he signs here in the next month. 851 00:52:59.260 --> 00:53:06.679 Okay. Where do I have him? I have him going 852 00:53:06.699 --> 00:53:15.420 to the Cardinals. Okay. The Card's offense is ready to roll. Okay. 853 00:53:15.940 --> 00:53:20.760 They've got plenty of offense. Young, upside, yaddy, yaddy. The 854 00:53:20.780 --> 00:53:25.039 starting pitching is not anywhere close to being competitive. I 855 00:53:25.079 --> 00:53:29.090 think the Cardinals go in on a couple pitchers. Uh, 856 00:53:29.119 --> 00:53:31.570 being that, that he needed at least one, if not 857 00:53:31.690 --> 00:53:34.329 two to contend, I think King on a three to 858 00:53:34.409 --> 00:53:36.809 four year deal in St. Louis makes sense. 859 00:53:40.989 --> 00:53:43.010 So I'm just checking to see who are, uh, I 860 00:53:43.030 --> 00:53:45.030 think that's a great call. Yeah, I agree. I mean, 861 00:53:45.070 --> 00:53:49.389 it's yeah, there's a say you Suzuki. So I'm just 862 00:53:49.409 --> 00:53:52.530 looking at the Scott bars clients. It's really only Scooble 863 00:53:52.570 --> 00:53:56.480 and Rosarine and Suzuki. Those are his big, big guys. 864 00:53:56.500 --> 00:53:59.820 So let me put down the Cardinals for Tim. The 865 00:53:59.860 --> 00:54:03.789 next one is interesting, Tim. That is Freddy Peralta. If 866 00:54:03.829 --> 00:54:07.309 you would have pitched a gem of a game on 867 00:54:08.309 --> 00:54:13.309 the game that the Brewers scored 10 runs, I think 868 00:54:13.329 --> 00:54:15.739 he cost himself a little bit of money because he 869 00:54:16.500 --> 00:54:20.059 looked great until the fourth inning. Things kind of came unraveled, 870 00:54:20.500 --> 00:54:23.619 which hearkened to his time with the Mets. I don't 871 00:54:23.659 --> 00:54:26.219 know where he's going, but I'm 100% sure it will 872 00:54:26.260 --> 00:54:27.400 not be back with the Mets. 873 00:54:28.599 --> 00:54:33.139 I would think that's a safe call, yep. 874 00:54:34.679 --> 00:54:36.420 I think he should go back to the Rays, but 875 00:54:36.519 --> 00:54:40.380 they can't afford him. They'll choose not to afford him. 876 00:54:40.539 --> 00:54:42.000 There you go. 877 00:54:42.559 --> 00:54:44.480 Where do you have him going? 878 00:54:46.469 --> 00:54:52.590 The Padres don't give up on anything. Okay, Peralta tried 879 00:54:52.630 --> 00:54:53.190 the East Coast. 880 00:54:53.250 --> 00:54:53.969 Maybe

it's time. 881 00:54:54.750 --> 00:54:59.130 Maybe it's time to head west and look at the 882 00:54:59.170 --> 00:55:01.510 Padres because they are going to need pitching. 883 00:55:03.630 --> 00:55:05.050 If they lose Michael King. 884 00:55:05.909 --> 00:55:08.630 Yeah, take Michael King out of that rotation and look 885 00:55:08.650 --> 00:55:12.500 at what the Padres have. It's not much. It's not 886 00:55:12.539 --> 00:55:13.539 enough to make the playoffs. 887 00:55:14.690 --> 00:55:16.829 Yeah, let's see who they have. So they take Michael 888 00:55:16.909 --> 00:55:20.389 King out. And we've got Joe Musgrove. I mean, two 889 00:55:20.449 --> 00:55:25.010 Tommy John surgeries that have pitched in forever. Randy Vasquez, J.P. Sears, 890 00:55:25.050 --> 00:55:31.050 former Yankee kid. Johnny Brito, Jager Haynes. Wow, they got nothing. 891 00:55:32.170 --> 00:55:36.610 Yeah, they got nothing. The Cards and the Padres and 892 00:55:36.659 --> 00:55:38.539 the Cubs, all three of them, they have to be 893 00:55:38.619 --> 00:55:44.150 adding pitching this offseason because there's offense there. I can't 894 00:55:44.190 --> 00:55:47.190 see AJ Perler sitting back and doing nothing, and especially 895 00:55:47.210 --> 00:55:50.869 the new ownership group that's all pumped and excited. They're 896 00:55:50.889 --> 00:55:54.090 going to have to buy some pitching. So I just 897 00:55:54.130 --> 00:55:55.329 tossed the dart at Peralta. 898 00:55:56.570 --> 00:55:59.050 I think it's a good call. I have them going 899 00:56:00.000 --> 00:56:02.559 to a team where they seem to make the wrong 900 00:56:02.619 --> 00:56:05.659 call on free agents all the time, and that is 901 00:56:05.699 --> 00:56:10.559 the Baltimore Orioles. So I think they will overpay for 902 00:56:10.619 --> 00:56:15.260 Freddy Peralta and... I think he'll turn back into the 903 00:56:15.960 --> 00:56:20.929 bad Freddy Peralta. So I'm afraid of Freddy Peralta next 904 00:56:20.969 --> 00:56:24.829 year in fantasy leagues. Unless he goes back to the Rays. 905 00:56:26.210 --> 00:56:35.079 Yeah, I... If I can buy him as a number three, yeah, 906 00:56:35.119 --> 00:56:40.889 I'll be interested. I don't think I will be able to, though. And... No, 907 00:56:41.030 --> 00:56:45.289 I don't want to pay number two price, I don't think, 908 00:56:45.309 --> 00:56:48.929 next year for Freddie Burrell. I've got other directions I'd 909 00:56:48.969 --> 00:56:49.530 rather head. 910 00:56:51.440 --> 00:56:53.599 That is our top three. Timmy, let's take a break 911 00:56:53.659 --> 00:56:56.239 and come back and do some Japanese players. 912 00:56:59.579 --> 00:57:00.989 Zero point. 913 00:57:11.449 --> 00:57:13.320 I'm just going to name these players. 914 00:57:14.139 --> 00:57:14.420 Yep. 915 00:57:14.980 --> 00:57:18.440 And I'm sure butcher the pronunciation here, but I'm going 916 00:57:18.460 --> 00:57:22.300 to give it a shot. First one is Hiromi Ito. 917 00:57:24.000 --> 00:57:27.420

Congratulations. We have a bingo. Yep. 918 00:57:27.480 --> 00:57:30.039 Right-handed pitcher. I don't know anything about him. Tell us. 919 00:57:30.139 --> 00:57:31.940 Tell us who he is, what he can do. 920 00:57:33.110 --> 00:57:37.269 Well, heading into the season, his 2025, he won the 921 00:57:37.349 --> 00:57:41.800 Saw Amuro Award as the best pitcher in Japan. Okay, 922 00:57:41.820 --> 00:57:47.199 he had a lousy spring, a lousy WBC, and a 923 00:57:47.280 --> 00:57:52.599 terrible April this year before rebounding and posting a 10-10 924 00:57:52.699 --> 00:57:59.260 record with a 318 ERA. He is a legitimate high 925 00:57:59.320 --> 00:58:04.909 number two type ceiling, number three on the type floor. 926 00:58:05.789 --> 00:58:09.400 The poor start's going to cost him. And I think 927 00:58:09.440 --> 00:58:15.500 potentially provide value as a free agent. If I had 928 00:58:15.539 --> 00:58:18.179 to guess right now, I would look at the Yankees 929 00:58:18.280 --> 00:58:21.750 or possibly a West Coast team. 930 00:58:22.610 --> 00:58:25.429 How was his control? I'm going to ask these on 931 00:58:25.570 --> 00:58:28.610 all these Japanese players, because that's where I got burned 932 00:58:28.650 --> 00:58:32.050 with the guy signed with Houston that I don't even 933 00:58:32.079 --> 00:58:33.260 want to think about, Amaya. 934 00:58:35.239 --> 00:58:39.880 Ah, yes, yes. Uh, if you just give me two seconds, 935 00:58:40.059 --> 00:58:49.199 I will call up my, my trusty NPB stats because 936 00:58:49.300 --> 00:58:51.679 I don't have them all memorized yet. There, this is, 937 00:58:51.860 --> 00:58:58.690 there are so many players, especially young players looking at, uh, 938 00:59:00.469 --> 00:59:08.380 hitting the colleges, possibly signing minor league deals, It could 939 00:59:08.409 --> 00:59:11.760 have been an awesome, awesome year. It's still going to 940 00:59:11.800 --> 00:59:12.119 be good. 941 00:59:12.119 --> 00:59:16.420 1.77 walks per nine, is that correct? 34 this year 942 00:59:16.440 --> 00:59:18.460 in 172.2 innings hit. A lot of 16 home runs, yeah. 943 00:59:18.460 --> 00:59:31.150 26 starts, struck at 8 per 9, walked 1.7 per 9, a. 944 00:59:30.909 --> 00:59:36.610 323 ERA, a FIP of. 281,. 298. Okay, so he's 945 00:59:36.650 --> 00:59:38.650 got good control. So I'm not going to have an 946 00:59:38.670 --> 00:59:39.889 Amaya situation here. 947 00:59:41.610 --> 00:59:45.719 No, and if you look historically, he walked 34 last year. 948 00:59:45.739 --> 00:59:51.380 He walked 29 in 196 and two-thirds in 25. 39 949 00:59:51.550 --> 00:59:56.030 and 41, the two years before that were 26, 24 starts. No, 950 00:59:56.110 --> 01:00:03.739 he is a very good pitcher who, for whatever reason, 951 01:00:03.840 --> 01:00:07.179 just struggled early on this season, right at the ship. 952 01:00:07.199 --> 01:00:10.250 But I think it's going to cost him a little bit. 953 01:00:12.349 --> 01:00:13.469 Only time will tell. 954 01:00:13.769 --> 01:00:17.369 I'm going to the Mariners. Where do you have them going? 955 01:00:19.170 --> 01:00:20.110 I'm going to go with the Yankees. 956 01:00:21.550 --> 01:00:25.170 Now, so has he been posted yet, or is he 957 01:00:25.190 --> 01:00:27.369 going to be– you figure they're going to get posted 958 01:00:27.469 --> 01:00:28.389 very soon, right? 959 01:00:29.809 --> 01:00:33.150 Yes. His team is going to post him. He hasn't 960 01:00:33.269 --> 01:00:40.030 announced officially if he's going to accept it. Oh. At 961 01:00:40.070 --> 01:00:44.769 least that's what I'm hearing. Okay. He could decide to 962 01:00:44.809 --> 01:00:49.530 stay in Japan. I think he's coming over. We're just 963 01:00:49.550 --> 01:00:52.920 waiting for an announcement. 964 01:00:53.460 --> 01:01:00.000 Next guy is Kamitera. K-A-I-M-I-T-A-I-R-A. Is that how you pronounce it? 965 01:01:00.980 --> 01:01:03.619 That's close enough for me. 966 01:01:03.659 --> 01:01:04.980 Let me give you some of the stats here, and 967 01:01:05.000 --> 01:01:06.050 then you can tell us all about him. 968 01:01:06.030 --> 01:01:06.409 146 innings pitched. 969 01:01:06.409 --> 01:01:13.989 8.7 strikeouts per nine, 2.8 walks per nine at 136 ERA, 970 01:01:14.650 --> 01:01:18.730 struck down 146 and walked 45. So control not as 971 01:01:18.769 --> 01:01:21.199 good as the last guy. Timmy, tell us about him. 972 01:01:22.489 --> 01:01:27.190 Okay, you're going to love this guy, Rich. Yeah, in 973 01:01:27.349 --> 01:01:29.269 a huge way, okay? 974 01:01:29.369 --> 01:01:30.630 There's something wrong with him. 975 01:01:31.349 --> 01:01:34.289 Oh, hell yeah, and here we go. 976 01:01:34.309 --> 01:01:36.860 89-mile-an-hour fastball, that's what we're talking about. 977 01:01:37.610 --> 01:01:43.630 No, he can bring it to 96, 98 miles an hour. Okay. 978 01:01:44.510 --> 01:01:48.170 He throws eight pitches. A four-seamer, a cutter, a change-up, 979 01:01:48.230 --> 01:01:51.389 a sweeper, a slider, a splitter, a two-seamer, and occasionally 980 01:01:51.409 --> 01:01:55.300 a curveball. Yeah, so he throws everything. Yeah, he throws 981 01:01:55.380 --> 01:02:00.840 everything under the... Last year, he won 36 ERA. And 982 01:02:00.900 --> 01:02:07.900 it wasn't his best single year's ERA. Okay. Okay. Uh, 983 01:02:07.960 --> 01:02:09.679 you're looking at a picture. 984 01:02:11.199 --> 01:02:12.179 The 090 ERA in 2021. 985 01:02:12.179 --> 01:02:16.599 Wow. Six of his eight years in Japan, he has 986 01:02:16.699 --> 01:02:19.199 owned a sub two ERA. 987 01:02:20.079 --> 01:02:21.619 It's only 26, by the way. 988 01:02:22.500 --> 01:02:27.139 Yes. But now we've had the good stuff. Six of 989 01:02:27.199 --> 01:02:31.170 those eight years, I said a sub two ERA. Six 990 01:02:31.269 --> 01:02:34.130 of the past eight years, he has pitched out of 991 01:02:34.250 --> 01:02:37.900 the bullpen. Only two years as a starter. Oh, I 992 01:02:37.900 --> 01:02:38.420 see that.

993 01:02:38.679 --> 01:02:40.820 He started this year, but did not start the last 994 01:02:40.880 --> 01:02:42.219 two seasons. 995 01:02:42.239 --> 01:02:51.139 That's interesting. He is 5'8, weighs 210 reported pounds. 996 01:02:51.849 --> 01:02:53.090 Oh, this is the good stuff. 997 01:02:54.389 --> 01:02:55.030 Okay. 998 01:02:55.429 --> 01:02:57.429 I got to give him a 0.0. This is for sure. 999 01:02:57.489 --> 01:02:59.030 He pitches from three quarters, and he. 1000 01:02:59.050 --> 01:03:06.159 Has almost a seven-foot stride. Oh, wow. 1001 01:03:06.179 --> 01:03:09.639 Well, that's cool. I can have a seven-foot stride with 1002 01:03:09.679 --> 01:03:13.440 a five-foot-eight-inch height. That's pretty remarkable. 1003 01:03:15.440 --> 01:03:19.829 Oh, yeah. The problem is, what are you getting? Are 1004 01:03:19.869 --> 01:03:23.909 you getting a reliever, elite? Are you getting a starting 1005 01:03:23.969 --> 01:03:27.329 pitcher who has only pitched two of the past eight seasons? 1006 01:03:27.670 --> 01:03:31.150 How will they hold up physically? There are just a 1007 01:03:31.329 --> 01:03:36.230 pile of question marks. And he is arguably heading into 1008 01:03:36.369 --> 01:03:46.449 this offseason, coming off the best season the Japanese pitcher enjoyed. Personally, 1009 01:03:46.550 --> 01:03:50.630 I'm staying away. There's too many questions and not enough answers. 1010 01:03:51.489 --> 01:03:54.489 And I think somebody will pay dearly for him. And 1011 01:03:54.789 --> 01:03:58.650 it probably won't be me. My problem is a combination 1012 01:03:58.690 --> 01:04:02.389 of the stature, the physicality, and the starting pitcher relief. 1013 01:04:02.769 --> 01:04:05.829 I'm not going to invest in a relief pitcher. Hey, 1014 01:04:05.869 --> 01:04:07.289 the price, I think you're going to have to. And 1015 01:04:07.309 --> 01:04:10.150 I think teams are going to look at him principally 1016 01:04:10.210 --> 01:04:12.570 as a starter. There's just too many questions for me. 1017 01:04:12.849 --> 01:04:16.159 But he is a fascinating topic. There is no doubt 1018 01:04:16.199 --> 01:04:19.239 about it. What would be. 1019 01:04:19.219 --> 01:04:22.420 A major league baseball team that would take a gamble 1020 01:04:22.500 --> 01:04:23.380 on a guy like this? 1021 01:04:24.940 --> 01:04:30.699 I have no idea other than the team that I 1022 01:04:31.659 --> 01:04:36.429 pulled up is the White Sox because they need both 1023 01:04:36.469 --> 01:04:39.670 starting pitching and relief pitching. They could have Grant Taylor 1024 01:04:39.710 --> 01:04:42.309 and him going back-to-back out of the bullpen and both 1025 01:04:42.369 --> 01:04:44.289 pitching as starters every 10th day. 1026 01:04:45.050 --> 01:04:49.670 Don't even start, McLeod. I'm just sick about Grant Taylor. 1027 01:04:49.829 --> 01:04:51.309 Don't make me nauseous here. 1028 01:04:53.679 --> 01:04:58.280 I went with the White Sox. That's a good call, actually. 1029 01:04:58.400 --> 01:05:00.280 A swing and miss pitcher to go along with all 1030 01:05:00.300 --> 01:05:01.199 the swing and miss bats. 1031 01:05:01.760 --> 01:05:06.260 Yeah. I'm going to punt here and just say the 1032 01:05:06.389 --> 01:05:11.829 Orioles because they seem to draft, sign these kind of players, 1033 01:05:12.429 --> 01:05:15.690 hoping for the best. But I don't know. 1034 01:05:15.710 --> 01:05:23.090 It's a fascinating topic, but I'm staying away. just because 1035 01:05:23.110 --> 01:05:24.210 of a lack of definition. 1036 01:05:24.230 --> 01:05:30.599 All right. Next guy is Kona Takahashi. He is 29 1037 01:05:30.599 --> 01:05:32.360 years old. He'll be 30 years old when he starts 1038 01:05:32.380 --> 01:05:35.019 the season. Doesn't look like he strikes out a ton 1039 01:05:35.039 --> 01:05:38.409 of guys, walks too many, 254 ERA. What do you 1040 01:05:38.429 --> 01:05:39.130 know about him, Tim? 1041 01:05:40.869 --> 01:05:43.010 Well, he posted last year and didn't find a job. 1042 01:05:44.050 --> 01:05:45.090 This year he's a free agent. 1043 01:05:46.530 --> 01:05:48.829 Oh, so will he sign? Oh, you think it was? 1044 01:05:49.050 --> 01:05:52.070 Okay. I, Yeah, I think you'll find a job, and 1045 01:05:52.090 --> 01:05:54.190 I'm going to bet on the Jays, because I don't 1046 01:05:54.210 --> 01:05:58.449 think Spencer Arrighetti did enough to warrant a shot at 1047 01:05:58.469 --> 01:06:01.750 the number five starter role in Toronto. I think the 1048 01:06:01.789 --> 01:06:05.219 Jays will look at him on a relatively team-friendly short-term deal. 1049 01:06:07.159 --> 01:06:10.480 But he's not going to command big bucks. Everybody had 1050 01:06:10.539 --> 01:06:14.239 a shot at him last year. He didn't get a job. 1051 01:06:16.239 --> 01:06:19.139 I'm going with the Padres, and I have no idea why. 1052 01:06:21.269 --> 01:06:28.130 They need pitching. He doesn't... I see nothing. I don't 1053 01:06:28.349 --> 01:06:32.309 know about his stuff, but I mean, in 2025, he 1054 01:06:32.329 --> 01:06:36.699 pitched 148 innings and he struck out five per nine. Yeah. 1055 01:06:38.110 --> 01:06:40.360 Yeah, I think he got number five back in the 1056 01:06:40.400 --> 01:06:41.440 rotation type starter. 1057 01:06:41.460 --> 01:06:46.659 All right. How about the first positional guy is Tarukai Sato. 1058 01:06:50.750 --> 01:07:01.469 That's close enough for me. Here we're talking somebody who 1059 01:07:01.489 --> 01:07:06.889 I think is going to command potentially the top dollar. 1060 01:07:07.409 --> 01:07:09.230 Ooh, 39 home runs. 1061 01:07:10.760 --> 01:07:12.579 Yes, the year before he hit 40. He broke out 1062 01:07:12.659 --> 01:07:14.619 in 25, duplicated it in 26. 26% strikeout rate. Hmm. 1063 01:07:20.159 --> 01:07:21.360 Ooh, doggies. Yeah. 1064 01:07:21.380 --> 01:07:26.099 Let's have the White Sox sign them. 1065 01:07:26.699 --> 01:07:31.119 I'm going with the Jays. And I think, you know, 1066

01:07:31.139 --> 01:07:35.070 when you look at the Jays outfield, okay, right now 1067 01:07:35.090 --> 01:07:39.949 you've got Nathan Luke's and Jonathan Klaas' occupying two spots. 1068 01:07:39.969 --> 01:07:42.849 That's not the answer. They've got a big hole in 1069 01:07:42.869 --> 01:07:47.090 the outfield. Addison Barger should be back. Who knows what 1070 01:07:47.130 --> 01:07:49.530 can be expected there? But I think the Jays are 1071 01:07:49.550 --> 01:07:55.210 hoping that Kazuma Okamoto can help in the Sato recruiting. 1072 01:07:55.730 --> 01:08:04.500 He won the Triple Crown this year in Japan. He's 1073 01:08:04.579 --> 01:08:08.980 a good player, but there is miss in that swing 1074 01:08:09.019 --> 01:08:12.750 and miss game. Okay, there isn't the power of Murakami. 1075 01:08:12.789 --> 01:08:17.930 There's better strike zone judgment than Murakami, but considerably. Quite 1076 01:08:17.970 --> 01:08:20.489 possibly not as good as Okamoto. The three are very 1077 01:08:20.529 --> 01:08:23.970 much very close to being that same player, and I 1078 01:08:24.010 --> 01:08:28.010 think the Jays are going to use Okamoto and Landham 1079 01:08:28.050 --> 01:08:29.529 to fill one of those outfield slots. 1080 01:08:33.369 --> 01:08:39.300 Makes sense. I mean, it's a big swing and miss profile, so... 1081 01:08:40.869 --> 01:08:43.449 Blue Jays don't seem to care about that with Okamoto 1082 01:08:43.470 --> 01:08:46.409 signing on Okamoto. I mean, obviously the Mets are the 1083 01:08:46.449 --> 01:08:49.930 big teams. The Yankees seem to be, you know, they 1084 01:08:49.949 --> 01:08:53.229 could use a left-handed power bat. So with all the 1085 01:08:53.270 --> 01:08:54.970 right-handed power, so I'll go there. 1086 01:08:54.989 --> 01:09:00.300 Yeah. And your guess is as good as mine. He 1087 01:09:00.399 --> 01:09:09.050 is going to command I would think 25 mil anyways 1088 01:09:11.529 --> 01:09:16.010 a year. 150. He's every bit as good of a player, 1089 01:09:16.050 --> 01:09:20.729 if not possibly better than Murakami and Okamoto. He's in 1090 01:09:20.750 --> 01:09:25.060 that group. The power potential is enormous. There's risk with 1091 01:09:25.079 --> 01:09:30.920 the batting average. But he is a very good player. 1092 01:09:32.239 --> 01:09:35.380 I think Okamoto was 20, the other side of 20, 1093 01:09:35.380 --> 01:09:38.869 and Murakami landed a deal somewhere in that same area. 1094 01:09:38.970 --> 01:09:42.369 So Sato is not going to command anything less. 1095 01:09:42.770 --> 01:09:45.949 So is he going to sign here in the next month? 1096 01:09:47.210 --> 01:09:47.430 Yes. 1097 01:09:48.779 --> 01:09:54.739 And Kami Itari, will he sign in the next month? Yes. 1098 01:09:55.060 --> 01:09:55.720 They'll all sign. 1099 01:09:56.060 --> 01:09:56.579 They'll all sign. 1100 01:09:56.720 --> 01:09:56.899 Okay. 1101 01:09:58.300 --> 01:10:02.810 All right. That's our Japanese. Let me just do a 0.0 1102 01:10:02.810 -->

01:10:06.250 on all of them. 1103 01:10:06.449 --> 01:10:08.229 Yeah, I know it's there somewhere. 1104 01:10:08.569 --> 01:10:12.090 Sato seems like Murakami all over again. 1105 01:10:12.109 --> 01:10:17.270 Not quite as extreme on the strikeout rates. Okay. Yeah. 1106 01:10:17.289 --> 01:10:17.569 Okay. 1107 01:10:18.439 --> 01:10:18.699 Yeah. 1108 01:10:19.319 --> 01:10:22.390 None of the, and I'm scared. The guy who didn't, 1109 01:10:22.989 --> 01:10:25.569 let's see the, who was the one that didn't strike? Oh, 1110 01:10:25.670 --> 01:10:29.569 it was Ito. Didn't strike, didn't walk very many guys. 1111 01:10:29.609 --> 01:10:32.729 He seems to be interesting. The guy at the slow start. 1112 01:10:33.689 --> 01:10:38.050 Yeah. The only thing that bummed me out with Sato 1113 01:10:38.130 --> 01:10:42.020 is the fact that I was really hoping that Hiroki 1114 01:10:42.060 --> 01:10:45.960 Sake was going to be posted this year. He asked 1115 01:10:46.039 --> 01:10:51.149 last year, usually the year after. they do post them, 1116 01:10:51.270 --> 01:10:55.170 but because they play on the same team and Hanschen 1117 01:10:55.869 --> 01:11:00.250 won their division last year, Saki is not getting posted. 1118 01:11:00.329 --> 01:11:04.329 And he was the leader in strikeouts this year. Another, 1119 01:11:04.350 --> 01:11:11.319 another great season. So hopefully next year, he in round three, 1120 01:11:11.340 --> 01:11:14.340 he does get posted, but he's staying in Japan this year, 1121 01:11:14.399 --> 01:11:15.539 which is a bummer for me. 1122 01:11:15.560 --> 01:11:20.930 All right. Going back to North American players, well, this 1123 01:11:20.989 --> 01:11:23.550 is kind of a, say Suzuki played, obviously, with the 1124 01:11:23.590 --> 01:11:26.409 Cubs for the last few years. He's 32 years old. 1125 01:11:27.069 --> 01:11:30.149 Where does he sign, and is Japan off the table? 1126 01:11:32.689 --> 01:11:34.159 Yes, Japan is off the table. 1127 01:11:34.579 --> 01:11:37.300 Really? Why would you say that? 1128 01:11:41.300 --> 01:11:44.600 You just look at the numbers. He's a top 20 outfielder, 1129 01:11:45.140 --> 01:11:46.489 maybe top 15. 1130 01:11:46.489 --> 01:11:48.869 So no reason to go back to Japan. He should 1131 01:11:48.909 --> 01:11:50.569 be able to find a job in North America. 1132 01:11:50.590 --> 01:11:50.789 Okay. 1133 01:11:51.489 --> 01:11:53.470 I've got him signing with Cleveland Guardians. 1134 01:11:54.989 --> 01:11:58.270 Okay. That makes sense. They could use a power back. 1135 01:11:58.869 --> 01:12:01.949 Will they be willing to spend the money? We'll see. 1136 01:12:02.390 --> 01:12:04.029 They need to spend the money. 1137 01:12:05.350 --> 01:12:08.319 Yeah. Yeah, they do. 1138 01:12:08.340 --> 01:12:12.569 By the way, here's my logic. Here's my logic. He's 32. 1139 01:12:12.569 --> 01:12:13.989 you figure it's going to be more of a three 1140 01:12:14.010 --> 01:12:16.649 or four year deal as opposed to a eight or 1141 01:12:16.710 --> 01:12:19.729 nine year deal because of his age. And I'm thinking 1142 01:12:19.750 --> 01:12:23.739 maybe the guardians will step in. He's a good player, 1143 01:12:24.100 --> 01:12:29.119 probably their DH. And I, I just think they need 1144 01:12:29.180 --> 01:12:31.239 a power. They need a guy like Suzuki. 1145 01:12:32.760 --> 01:12:33.220 I agree. 1146 01:12:34.140 --> 01:12:34.970 Where do you got him going? 1147 01:12:36.770 --> 01:12:39.850 Okay. I, I'm going to another team that needs a 1148 01:12:39.890 --> 01:12:43.119 power bat, big bat, because they got lots of guys 1149 01:12:44.960 --> 01:12:49.460 with contact. They got some question marks around Roman Anthony. 1150 01:12:49.779 --> 01:12:52.020 I got them going to Boston. They've been trying to 1151 01:12:52.119 --> 01:12:55.640 upgrade on Duran for years. I think this is the 1152 01:12:55.739 --> 01:12:58.369 offseason they get it done, and they do that upgrade. 1153 01:12:58.810 --> 01:13:01.770 Get Suzuki in there, and it will give them a 1154 01:13:02.069 --> 01:13:06.949 legitimate 30-home run bat to go with Wilson Contreras. Other 1155 01:13:06.989 --> 01:13:10.840 than that, they... they don't have that big power bat. 1156 01:13:10.880 --> 01:13:13.260 And I think Boston could use him in the 3-4 hole. 1157 01:13:14.319 --> 01:13:16.640 That's a good call. I like that call. I just 1158 01:13:16.659 --> 01:13:18.579 don't know if he's going to play the outfield. I mean, 1159 01:13:18.739 --> 01:13:24.350 he was playing a lot of DH with the Cubs. But, yeah, 1160 01:13:24.390 --> 01:13:27.909 I mean, Jaron Duran has been an enigma after that 1161 01:13:27.970 --> 01:13:30.090 breakout season a couple of years ago. I mean, he's 1162 01:13:30.130 --> 01:13:34.220 fallen into a good player, not a great player. Is 1163 01:13:34.239 --> 01:13:35.340 that a fair way to say it? 1164 01:13:36.600 --> 01:13:38.699 Yeah, well, and you look at right now, they've got 1165 01:13:38.720 --> 01:13:44.619 the roster reserves. They got Roman Anthony in the DH slot. Okay. 1166 01:13:45.020 --> 01:13:48.359 Suzuki could fit into that slot a lot better, I think, 1167 01:13:48.479 --> 01:13:51.100 and give Roman Anthony a position to play, maybe. 1168 01:13:51.649 --> 01:13:53.430 You don't want Roman. You don't want one of your 1169 01:13:53.470 --> 01:13:57.090 best young players sitting in the DH slot. He's athletic 1170 01:13:57.130 --> 01:14:00.829 enough to play a decent corner outfield. So I'm assuming 1171 01:14:00.850 --> 01:14:01.729 better than Suzuki. 1172 01:14:01.750 --> 01:14:03.569 Yeah. Yeah. 1173 01:14:04.970 --> 01:14:08.250 Okay, let's go to number nine. Randy Rosarino, 32 years old. 1174 01:14:08.289 --> 01:14:09.050 Where do you got him going? 1175 01:14:13.409 --> 01:14:16.090 The Astros. They could use an outfielder in the worst 1176 01:14:16.189 --> 01:14:18.489 of ways. It would allow Jordan Alvarez to move into 1177 01:14:18.590 -->

01:14:22.989 the three-fourth slot. I think Rosarino in Houston makes a 1178 01:14:23.029 --> 01:14:23.770 lot of sense. 1179 01:14:24.170 --> 01:14:26.909 I agree. I've got him going to the Atlanta Braves 1180 01:14:26.970 --> 01:14:29.649 who need an outfielder as well. I think he's going 1181 01:14:29.670 --> 01:14:31.949 to make a lot of money, Randy Rosarino. 1182 01:14:31.989 --> 01:14:36.630 Yeah. Well, he's got, what, 17 years now of 2020? Yeah, 1183 01:14:36.670 --> 01:14:39.140 he should. Yeah, I think it's five or six. But, 1184 01:14:39.149 --> 01:14:42.720 I mean, every year you pencil him in. It's 20-plus 1185 01:14:42.760 --> 01:14:49.220 home runs, steals 20-plus bases. Yeah, he fits well in 1186 01:14:49.279 --> 01:14:53.779 either a leadoff or probably number two slot. And Houston, yeah, 1187 01:14:53.859 --> 01:14:56.180 both the teams mentioned need an outfielder. 1188 01:14:56.199 --> 01:14:59.159 Houston's a really good call there. I like that. Does 1189 01:14:59.199 --> 01:15:01.600 Suzuki and a Rosarito sign here in the next month? 1190 01:15:06.960 --> 01:15:10.510 Number 10, and then we'll take a break. This one's hard. 1191 01:15:11.090 --> 01:15:18.250 Brandon Lau, 32 years old, second base. I think there's 1192 01:15:18.270 --> 01:15:20.210 going to be limited options for him here. Where do 1193 01:15:20.250 --> 01:15:23.850 you think he's going to land? 1194 01:15:23.869 --> 01:15:26.340 Yeah, I looked at it from the same perspective as you. 1195 01:15:26.460 --> 01:15:30.159 Limited options. I think this is my first player I'm 1196 01:15:30.180 --> 01:15:36.720 going to say doesn't sign. Okay. in the next 30 days. 1197 01:15:37.560 --> 01:15:42.520 And he played a long time for the Rays. Is 1198 01:15:42.579 --> 01:15:45.579 Richie Palacios the answer? I don't think so. How about 1199 01:15:45.600 --> 01:15:48.279 a return to Tampa Bay? And I think it'll be 1200 01:15:48.399 --> 01:15:58.470 one of those one, two-year bridge contracts with opt-outs. So 1201 01:15:58.510 --> 01:16:03.810 I'm going to go Tampa Bay with a uniquely termed contract. 1202 01:16:03.850 --> 01:16:04.250 How's that? 1203 01:16:06.409 --> 01:16:10.470 That's yeah. I, I don't think he'll, I think it's 1204 01:16:10.489 --> 01:16:12.119 gonna be tough for me to return to the Rays, 1205 01:16:12.180 --> 01:16:14.500 but I think he could get like a two year 1206 01:16:14.539 --> 01:16:18.279 deal with a, with a mutual option for a third 1207 01:16:18.340 --> 01:16:19.000 year with. 1208 01:16:18.920 --> 01:16:20.779 Maybe $ 15. 1209 01:16:19.699 --> 01:16:22.119 Million a year or something like that. I think that 1210 01:16:22.159 --> 01:16:24.449 would probably, and I think the Rays could afford that. 1211 01:16:25.770 --> 01:16:30.050 Yeah. So I, the Rays, what we've. 1212 01:16:29.869 --> 01:16:31.989 Seen for the, what we've seen for the last couple 1213 01:16:32.010 --> 01:16:34.770 of years with the Rays, they need more pop in 1214 01:16:34.810 --> 01:16:37.050 that lineup. And, Lyle's got pop. 1215 01:16:38.289 --> 01:16:41.689 Yeah. The other team I looked at was the Yankees, 1216 01:16:41.729 --> 01:16:44.329 but Anthony Volpe is looking like the second coming of 1217 01:16:44.369 --> 01:16:47.489 Babe Ruth. Are they going to take Volpe as a 1218 01:16:47.510 --> 01:16:51.029 second base? Yeah, I don't think so. I think they're 1219 01:16:51.060 --> 01:16:53.619 going to go with it. I think he earned that 1220 01:16:53.680 --> 01:16:55.659 right with the way he played in the second half. 1221 01:16:56.739 --> 01:16:59.600 I think Anthony Volpe was one of my targets last 1222 01:16:59.640 --> 01:17:01.399 season and I blew it. I think he's been the 1223 01:17:01.420 --> 01:17:03.460 target for my last couple of years. He'll be again 1224 01:17:03.479 --> 01:17:08.340 because the data on that guy looks really good He 1225 01:17:08.420 --> 01:17:14.159 might could use a change of scenery, but I think 1226 01:17:14.180 --> 01:17:16.520 that guy's good. I just don't think we've seen the 1227 01:17:16.579 --> 01:17:18.960 best of him. I think he was promoted too soon, 1228 01:17:19.420 --> 01:17:23.880 wasn't quite ready, but I think the data's good there. 1229 01:17:24.260 --> 01:17:27.500 I got Brandon Lau going to the Red Sox. I struggled. 1230 01:17:27.579 --> 01:17:30.659 I asked my AI assistant who needed a second baseman. 1231 01:17:31.060 --> 01:17:32.810 He gave me a list of teams. I'm like, okay, 1232 01:17:32.829 --> 01:17:34.750 I think he might fit with the Red Sox, but 1233 01:17:35.550 --> 01:17:38.050 I just don't think he's going to be very expensive. Timmy, 1234 01:17:38.090 --> 01:17:40.510 let's take a break and come back and do a 1235 01:17:40.529 --> 01:17:42.170 few more players in the call of the day. 1236 01:17:43.590 --> 01:17:44.329 Sounds good. 1237 01:17:53.899 --> 01:17:56.779 Clay Holmes has had a pretty good career once he 1238 01:17:56.800 --> 01:17:59.859 moved out of the bullpen. He's 34 years old, so 1239 01:17:59.899 --> 01:18:03.890 I don't think he's going to be terribly expensive. Decent pitcher, though. 1240 01:18:03.909 --> 01:18:04.430 Where does he go? 1241 01:18:06.279 --> 01:18:07.579 I'm going to go with the Padres. 1242 01:18:10.239 --> 01:18:11.399 That's where I had them going to. 1243 01:18:11.420 --> 01:18:15.260 I mean, they desperately need, uh, they need pitching in 1244 01:18:15.300 --> 01:18:17.069 the worst of ways. And I think they're going to 1245 01:18:17.090 --> 01:18:20.449 add a couple. So clay homes on the two, three 1246 01:18:20.489 --> 01:18:24.170 year deal. Yeah. I think, I think that could work. 1247 01:18:26.369 --> 01:18:29.920 Let's skip over, uh, Adrian Morahan. Maybe not. Let's keep it. 1248 01:18:30.000 --> 01:18:33.439 Is Adrian Morahan going to be signed as a closer? 1249 01:18:35.159 --> 01:18:35.420 Yes. 1250 01:18:37.039 --> 01:18:38.060 So where does he sign? 1251 01:18:39.220 --> 01:18:40.300

The New York Yankees. 1252 01:18:41.020 --> 01:18:42.979 Really? So they're not going to re-sign Bednar? 1253 01:18:44.050 --> 01:18:47.630 No, I think Bednar moves on. And I think the 1254 01:18:47.649 --> 01:18:52.710 Yankees look at using Mori on that. the backfill into 1255 01:18:52.750 --> 01:18:58.149 their bullpen. And the ninth inning, Bednar's ninth inning is 1256 01:18:58.210 --> 01:19:01.430 wide open. This kid's got the stuff to get it done. 1257 01:19:01.449 --> 01:19:05.140 I think he will. I think the Yankees will spend 1258 01:19:05.189 --> 01:19:05.979 a bit to get it done. 1259 01:19:09.390 --> 01:19:12.829 I didn't think about that option, but I'm going to 1260 01:19:12.890 --> 01:19:22.699 go with the Detroit Tigers. They need a closer. Morhan 1261 01:19:22.739 --> 01:19:24.760 might be expensive, though. He's only 28 years old. He's 1262 01:19:24.779 --> 01:19:25.800 got a really good arm. 1263 01:19:26.920 --> 01:19:30.789 He's going to cost 10 plus mil a year. Yeah. 1264 01:19:31.010 --> 01:19:32.229 At least. Yeah. 1265 01:19:32.899 --> 01:19:35.359 So not, not totally convinced on that's why he wanted 1266 01:19:35.399 --> 01:19:37.720 to skip them. But I don't want to go with 1267 01:19:37.779 --> 01:19:40.060 Tim and the Yankees. Cause I think that's where Bednar goes, 1268 01:19:40.159 --> 01:19:43.100 but he was, he was a little, he was good 1269 01:19:43.159 --> 01:19:45.779 for the Yankees though, but prone to blow ups, but 1270 01:19:45.800 --> 01:19:48.420 that's sinker guys are prone to prone to blow ups. Anyway, 1271 01:19:48.720 --> 01:19:53.279 Trevor Rogers is the next guy kind of reclamation project 1272 01:19:53.380 --> 01:19:55.640 for the Orioles. And you got to give them credit 1273 01:19:55.680 --> 01:19:59.100 for as bad as they have been in developing pitchers 1274 01:19:59.159 --> 01:20:03.109 over the last, Well, over the last five to eight years, 1275 01:20:03.289 --> 01:20:05.069 they did a good job with Trevor Rogers. 1276 01:20:06.380 --> 01:20:08.140 Yeah, they did. And I think they did a good 1277 01:20:08.180 --> 01:20:12.840 enough job. He's going to stay there. 1278 01:20:13.520 --> 01:20:15.420 Yeah, I'm staying there as well. I've got three pitchers 1279 01:20:15.460 --> 01:20:21.079 going to the Orioles. He could go somewhere else. Maybe 1280 01:20:21.119 --> 01:20:23.460 I'll pick somewhere else. Now I'm going to skip him 1281 01:20:23.479 --> 01:20:27.220 with the Orioles. That's where I had him. Okay, let's 1282 01:20:27.239 --> 01:20:30.930 skip over Jake Bowers. Let's go to... Louis Arise, Tim. 1283 01:20:32.069 --> 01:20:34.010 I don't think Louis Arise is going to sign in 1284 01:20:34.029 --> 01:20:35.350 the next month. What say you? 1285 01:20:36.350 --> 01:20:38.029 I don't think he's going to sign in the next 1286 01:20:38.090 --> 01:20:39.649 two or three months. I think he's going to be 1287 01:20:39.720 --> 01:20:43.260 a last-minute deal on a one-year deal, and I've got 1288 01:20:43.359 --> 01:20:44.100 with whomever. 1289 01:20:44.119 --> 01:20:49.399 Oh, I got the Blue Jays. As you know, I 1290 01:20:49.460 --> 01:20:53.960 don't get Louis Arise. Everybody in baseball seems to get him. 1291 01:20:54.399 --> 01:20:58.060 I mean, my gosh, the Philadelphia Phillies move, one of 1292 01:20:58.079 --> 01:21:02.909 the best– historical player in Bryce Harper to the outfield 1293 01:21:03.250 --> 01:21:06.289 so that Louis Arise could play for. I don't understand 1294 01:21:06.350 --> 01:21:09.100 the allure of Louis Arise. Does he have pictures of people, Tim? 1295 01:21:09.300 --> 01:21:09.909 I don't know. 1296 01:21:11.399 --> 01:21:13.020 He's got a negative stash somewhere. 1297 01:21:13.079 --> 01:21:14.970 Yeah, I don't get it. 1298 01:21:15.899 --> 01:21:18.500 I look team through team and who needs a second base? 1299 01:21:18.600 --> 01:21:21.899 I think the Jays will go with Ernie Clement. But again, 1300 01:21:21.920 --> 01:21:25.619 he could fit in with the Jays lineup. I'm not... 1301 01:21:27.609 --> 01:21:30.260 That's why I put with whomever. I don't know. I'm 1302 01:21:30.310 --> 01:21:33.359 with you. I don't get it. I don't see the lure. 1303 01:21:35.220 --> 01:21:40.359 You're looking at a number two type hitter. And I, yeah. 1304 01:21:40.420 --> 01:21:43.779 Well, Timmy, we can't. So we play. It's a game. 1305 01:21:44.399 --> 01:21:47.380 Usually it's one to zero at the end of the 1306 01:21:47.420 --> 01:21:50.510 free agency. Who wins? You got to pick a team. 1307 01:21:52.789 --> 01:21:57.100 Whomever. Okay. I'll pick a team. Colorado. Yeah. Perfect fit 1308 01:21:57.119 --> 01:21:57.880 for the Rockies. 1309 01:21:58.399 --> 01:22:02.880 There you go. That's true. Look, I get Lewis Uriah's 1310 01:22:02.899 --> 01:22:05.539 skill set. I think we all do. I mean, he's 1311 01:22:05.560 --> 01:22:11.630 a contact guy. And he should be a marginal, caustic 1312 01:22:11.729 --> 01:22:14.930 player that is a guy that you'd like to have 1313 01:22:15.010 --> 01:22:19.510 on your team. But why he is looked upon as 1314 01:22:19.569 --> 01:22:21.250 a star is beyond me. 1315 01:22:23.789 --> 01:22:29.020 Yeah, there's just not enough there for me. Yeah, there's 1316 01:22:29.039 --> 01:22:32.020 not enough power. There's not enough speed. Yeah, he's a 1317 01:22:32.060 --> 01:22:37.060 contact player. Yeah, okay. And hey, it's just not enough 1318 01:22:37.170 --> 01:22:40.970 for me. And maybe it's because I play the fantasy game. Okay, 1319 01:22:41.029 --> 01:22:45.869 where that multifaceted skill set counts a little bit more. 1320 01:22:46.590 --> 01:22:49.569 I just can't see tying up a position for five homers, 1321 01:22:49.649 --> 01:22:55.000 four stolen bases, and a 310 batting average with a 360, 380. 1322 01:22:55.000 --> 01:22:59.539 Just no. I want more, and he just doesn't do 1323 01:22:59.579 --> 01:22:59.960 it for me. 1324 01:23:01.340 --> 01:23:04.180 Yeah, I was hoping to

bring up war with fan graphs, 1325 01:23:04.640 --> 01:23:07.460 and it's blank for some reason. I think he's one 1326 01:23:07.479 --> 01:23:11.180 of those guys that always scores well in war. So, 1327 01:23:11.600 --> 01:23:14.819 but I don't know why it's not coming up anyway. 1328 01:23:14.859 --> 01:23:17.670 Let's skip over Ryan Jeffers and go to Sonny Gray, 1329 01:23:17.670 --> 01:23:20.649 37 years old. This is going to be a nice 1330 01:23:20.710 --> 01:23:22.670 signing by somebody because it's only going to be a 1331 01:23:22.770 --> 01:23:25.390 year or two. And this is, again, why I think 1332 01:23:25.409 --> 01:23:28.069 Tarek Skubal is going to break the bank because Sonny 1333 01:23:28.100 --> 01:23:34.399 Gray is still a decent pitcher and he's 37 years old. 1334 01:23:35.180 --> 01:23:35.979 Where do you have him going? 1335 01:23:37.819 --> 01:23:41.479 Losing Cade Horton really hurt the Cubs. Oh, I've got 1336 01:23:41.560 --> 01:23:45.270 to go to the Cubs too. Yeah, the Cubs need 1337 01:23:45.689 --> 01:23:49.149 pitching in the worst of ways. And I think it 1338 01:23:49.189 --> 01:23:51.909 would be a good fit until they can transition to 1339 01:23:51.970 --> 01:23:56.489 some of their younger arms, which they should be transitioning 1340 01:23:56.569 --> 01:23:59.270 into now with looking at what they have. The offense 1341 01:23:59.340 --> 01:24:02.260 is solid in Chicago. They need pitching. I got the Cubs. 1342 01:24:03.649 --> 01:24:05.640 I got the Cubs, too. I hate it when we 1343 01:24:05.699 --> 01:24:09.560 both agree on that. That's a push. And probably he's 1344 01:24:09.600 --> 01:24:12.340 not signing with the Cubs, too. 1345 01:24:12.720 --> 01:24:16.640 Yeah, that's called a loser squared, Rich. 1346 01:24:16.979 --> 01:24:19.880 I think it's a perfect fit for the Cubs, Padres, 1347 01:24:20.260 --> 01:24:23.399 that kind of team. Maybe even the Cardinals as well. 1348 01:24:23.779 --> 01:24:25.039 Yeah, maybe the Cards, yeah. 1349 01:24:25.319 --> 01:24:29.479 Yeah, but he's with the– didn't he pitch with the Cards? Yeah, 1350 01:24:29.500 --> 01:24:35.479 so– Okay, let's skip Taylor Maley. How about David Bednar? 1351 01:24:35.539 --> 01:24:37.420 I got him staying with the Yankees, and then you don't, 1352 01:24:37.439 --> 01:24:39.659 because that's where you have Morahan going. 1353 01:24:40.840 --> 01:24:46.060 Yep, I got Bednar going to the Chicago Cubs. Their 1354 01:24:46.079 --> 01:24:49.300 bullpen needs as much help as a rotation. Is Danny 1355 01:24:49.340 --> 01:24:53.779 Palencia the answer? Kurt, more often than not, I think 1356 01:24:53.800 --> 01:24:57.090 David Bednar could be the answer, and he would certainly 1357 01:24:57.170 --> 01:25:00.029 upgrade that Cubs bullpen in a big way. Something they need. 1358 01:25:02.239 --> 01:25:04.939 One of the more controversial and last guy that we're 1359 01:25:04.960 --> 01:25:10.840 going to talk about is Casey Mize, number one overall pitcher. 1360 01:25:11.239 --> 01:25:15.020 When he does pitch, he was pretty good last season 1361 01:25:15.100 --> 01:25:18.729 with the Tigers, but he seems to be a guy 1362 01:25:18.770 --> 01:25:21.689 that pitches two games and then sits out two games. 1363 01:25:21.750 --> 01:25:25.170 He just has not been able to stay healthy. Still 1364 01:25:25.310 --> 01:25:28.510 really young, good arm. Where does he sign? 1365 01:25:30.569 --> 01:25:34.810 Well, you know, with your description, the Cubs would be 1366 01:25:34.840 --> 01:25:40.119 a perfect fit. You're going to put him in the Cubs? 1367 01:25:40.159 --> 01:25:41.140 I'm going to go with the Cubs. 1368 01:25:43.640 --> 01:25:45.579 I don't think he's going to be terribly expensive. He's 1369 01:25:45.619 --> 01:25:50.229 got Tommy John surgery on the books. Even though he's 1370 01:25:50.310 --> 01:25:54.689 relatively young. I think it's, I'm going to go wild 1371 01:25:54.750 --> 01:25:56.369 card here and go with the Royals. 1372 01:25:58.060 --> 01:26:01.869 Okay. Yeah. That makes you, they've, they've looked at resurrecting, uh, 1373 01:26:02.510 --> 01:26:05.869 Seth Lugo. Yeah. I mean, I'm not saying Casey Mize 1374 01:26:05.909 --> 01:26:08.970 and Seth Lugo are the same arm, but it's, yeah, 1375 01:26:09.989 --> 01:26:12.460 I could, I could see that happening. Yeah. Because he's 1376 01:26:12.500 --> 01:26:14.100 not going to command big bucks and yeah, I don't 1377 01:26:14.119 --> 01:26:15.739 think he's going in the first 30 days. 1378 01:26:16.319 --> 01:26:19.300 I don't think so either. I mean, it depends. I 1379 01:26:19.319 --> 01:26:23.479 think I forgot who is, uh, who is his agent is, but, uh, Yeah, 1380 01:26:23.779 --> 01:26:27.079 I think he'll be relatively, he'll be cheaper than people think, 1381 01:26:27.220 --> 01:26:30.500 given his age and pedigree, just because he's not been 1382 01:26:30.539 --> 01:26:32.859 able to stay healthy. And I think people will say 1383 01:26:33.420 --> 01:26:35.140 one or two year deals is all we're going to do. 1384 01:26:35.199 --> 01:26:37.359 And I think that's when it'll open it up for 1385 01:26:37.399 --> 01:26:38.930 the Royals of the world. 1386 01:26:40.289 --> 01:26:45.390 I agree. You say Casey Mize and your perception versus 1387 01:26:45.449 --> 01:26:49.350 reality are two very different things. And I think Major 1388 01:26:49.369 --> 01:26:51.369 League Baseball teams will pay for reality. 1389 01:26:53.220 --> 01:26:56.300 I have Casey Mize on a number of dynasty leagues. 1390 01:26:56.380 --> 01:27:00.119 So I watch his career very closely. And I, I mean, 1391 01:27:00.159 --> 01:27:02.649 I'm telling you, Timmy, it was, there was a lot 1392 01:27:02.689 --> 01:27:05.729 of back and forth between the IL and the starting 1393 01:27:05.810 --> 01:27:08.989 rotation for me. It was tough. And you have to 1394 01:27:09.029 --> 01:27:11.170 remember the first time he comes back, he uses pitches 1395 01:27:11.229

--> 01:27:14.029 four innings. Then the next game he'll pitch six innings 1396 01:27:14.069 --> 01:27:16.770 and then he's back on the IL. It was really frustrating. 1397 01:27:17.689 --> 01:27:25.020 Yeah. Yeah. I'm, I'm sure the Padres experienced as they 1398 01:27:25.100 --> 01:27:27.920 experienced it. Yeah, I would agree with you. Yep. 1399 01:27:29.439 --> 01:27:32.319 That is a wrap, my friend. Always a fun podcast. 1400 01:27:32.359 --> 01:27:35.380 We will keep track. I put our guesses into the 1401 01:27:36.020 --> 01:27:40.010 podcast notes, and we'll see how it's all going to 1402 01:27:40.069 --> 01:27:42.090 play out. A lot of pitching, not a lot of 1403 01:27:42.109 --> 01:27:47.069 positional players, but everybody needs and wants pitching. So we'll see. 1404 01:27:47.109 --> 01:27:51.199 I guess the most interesting hitter as a Rosarino and 1405 01:27:51.220 --> 01:27:55.439 I guess Sato might be really interesting. Um, he might 1406 01:27:55.479 --> 01:27:58.399 command more, a bigger deal than we think just because 1407 01:27:58.920 --> 01:28:01.100 there's such little hitting available. 1408 01:28:02.159 --> 01:28:04.140 Yeah. I think he and have, we didn't discuss him, 1409 01:28:04.159 --> 01:28:06.439 but I think he and half is another bat that 1410 01:28:06.470 --> 01:28:08.329 will generate something, some interest. 1411 01:28:09.569 --> 01:28:11.050 Yeah. 32 years old though. 1412 01:28:11.430 --> 01:28:13.869 So yeah. Oh yeah. That's yeah. 1413 01:28:14.470 --> 01:28:17.789 We're at the hour. Tim. So that's, uh, we've had enough. 1414 01:28:19.069 --> 01:28:23.039 We've had enough. Yes, we have. And I got to 1415 01:28:23.079 --> 01:28:28.399 pack up the car and we got to get some 1416 01:28:28.439 --> 01:28:34.130 things done today or else I'll be heading to Phoenix 1417 01:28:34.770 --> 01:28:37.529 wearing the same clothes for two weeks. The thought of 1418 01:28:37.569 --> 01:28:39.689 that is just butt ugly. We don't need that. 1419 01:28:41.119 --> 01:28:42.960 Always do the laundry when you're there. I think there's 1420 01:28:43.000 --> 01:28:46.159 a laundry room in the hotel. If you don't get 1421 01:28:46.180 --> 01:28:47.420 a chance to get it done, just do it when 1422 01:28:47.439 --> 01:28:49.760 you get there. Let me ask you a question. What 1423 01:28:49.819 --> 01:28:52.100 is the junk food of choice for the ride? 1424 01:28:52.119 --> 01:28:58.140 The junk food of choice? I mean, you're going to 1425 01:28:58.149 --> 01:28:59.399 have a bag. 1426 01:28:59.079 --> 01:29:01.600 Of food, I'm assuming, that you're taking along to Munchlin 1427 01:29:01.640 --> 01:29:02.100 on the way. 1428 01:29:02.659 --> 01:29:05.340 What's it going to be? I'm taking my electric cooler. 1429 01:29:06.479 --> 01:29:09.060 Oh, okay. Wow. Okay. 1430 01:29:09.220 --> 01:29:12.779 Yeah. I'm going to buy him. We're going to have 1431 01:29:12.800 --> 01:29:17.100 some fruit, maybe some crispy veggies, a meat and cheese tray.

1432 01:29:17.159 --> 01:29:18.859 Wait a minute. What are you talking about? 1433 01:29:19.670 --> 01:29:23.449 Who's taking over this podcast? This does not sound like 1434 01:29:23.489 --> 01:29:26.350 the great Tim McCloud. This sounds like some health freak. 1435 01:29:26.430 --> 01:29:27.289 What's going on here? 1436 01:29:28.470 --> 01:29:31.369 Well, hey, I'm going with Joey. She's got to have 1437 01:29:31.390 --> 01:29:40.430 something to eat. We haven't discussed what I'm eating. Fruit 1438 01:29:40.479 --> 01:29:41.470 and vegetable. 1439 01:29:41.750 --> 01:29:44.750 What the hell is going on with you, McLeod? 1440 01:29:46.109 --> 01:29:49.010 Yeah, I figured you'd like that one. Yeah, okay, yeah. 1441 01:29:49.350 --> 01:29:51.510 I did, too. My doctor is listening, and he just 1442 01:29:51.550 --> 01:29:52.069 loves it. 1443 01:29:52.189 --> 01:29:54.420 Yeah, that's great. Yeah, perfect. 1444 01:29:54.439 --> 01:29:59.899 Fruit and vegetable. Tim McLeod's stepping it up. I'm going 1445 01:29:59.920 --> 01:30:01.319 to be eating what's called Copico. 1446 01:30:02.500 --> 01:30:05.000 What? I'm sorry? Copico. 1447 01:30:05.060 --> 01:30:08.119 That's my snack of choice these days. Oh, you told me. 1448 01:30:08.149 --> 01:30:10.369 That's what the nurses shared with Yes. 1449 01:30:10.850 --> 01:30:18.939 Yes, yes. It is a product of Jakarta, Indonesia. Okay. 1450 01:30:19.069 --> 01:30:24.079 And it's a hard candy, kopiko, cappuccino or just regular 1451 01:30:24.159 --> 01:30:27.260 coffee flavored. It's like a Werther's sort of hard candy, 1452 01:30:27.560 --> 01:30:31.840 but it's coffee flavored. And that is my snack choice 1453 01:30:31.920 --> 01:30:35.319 of this trip. Jody will be eating all the good stuff, 1454 01:30:35.399 --> 01:30:37.760 all the healthy stuff, and I'll be eating all the crap. 1455 01:30:38.279 --> 01:30:42.770 Love Jody, man. You should follow Jody around. That sounds 1456 01:30:42.800 --> 01:30:44.159 like the diet you should be eating. 1457 01:30:45.119 --> 01:30:46.899 Well, if we were going to do that, she'd be 1458 01:30:46.939 --> 01:30:48.659 driving and I'd be in the back seat, right? 1459 01:30:49.100 --> 01:30:52.800 That's true. That's true. And we've heard that Tim is 1460 01:30:53.060 --> 01:30:55.220 doing most of the driving. We'll leave it at that. 1461 01:30:56.100 --> 01:30:57.279 Yes, yes, yes. 1462 01:30:57.739 --> 01:31:01.180 Well, Tim, safe travels. Can't wait till you get there. 1463 01:31:01.279 --> 01:31:03.239 When is the first day that you arrive? 1464 01:31:05.399 --> 01:31:08.479 Wednesday late afternoon. Hopefully catch a game Wednesday night. 1465 01:31:09.069 --> 01:31:11.489 Oh, that'd be great. Yeah, that'd be great. So I 1466 01:31:11.550 --> 01:31:13.850 think you're going to have good weather. It's lousy weather 1467 01:31:13.890 --> 01:31:16.189 there this weekend again. I think it's raining again. 1468 01:31:16.289 --> 01:31:17.510 Yeah, I saw that, yeah. 1469 01:31:17.550 --> 01:31:20.489 But I think next week should be good. So I've 1470 01:31:20.510 --> 01:31:22.069 got my fingers crossed for you there. 1471 01:31:23.130 --> 01:31:28.619 Yes, as do I. I'm escaping our cold weather and 1472 01:31:28.680 --> 01:31:31.079 that first snowfall of the year up here, and I 1473 01:31:31.100 --> 01:31:35.420 would hate to spend a week in Phoenix in the rain. Yeah, 1474 01:31:35.460 --> 01:31:36.800 that would not do anything for me. 1475 01:31:37.439 --> 01:31:39.260 Like I said, when I was– A couple of weeks 1476 01:31:39.279 --> 01:31:41.979 ago when I was there, it was very odd to 1477 01:31:42.020 --> 01:31:44.819 be having to look at the weather forecast when you're 1478 01:31:44.840 --> 01:31:47.260 in Phoenix, Arizona. It's just something you just don't do. 1479 01:31:47.340 --> 01:31:51.920 It's odd. Well, no. No, it's 85 degrees. It's sunny. 1480 01:31:52.119 --> 01:31:53.699 It's dry. Life is good. 1481 01:31:54.199 --> 01:31:54.399 Yeah. 1482 01:31:54.779 --> 01:31:55.010 Yeah. 1483 01:31:55.020 --> 01:31:55.199 Yep. 1484 01:31:55.600 --> 01:31:59.529 For sure. Timmy, enjoy yourself. Let me know when you 1485 01:31:59.569 --> 01:32:02.210 get there. Take some pictures and send them along to me. 1486 01:32:02.310 --> 01:32:05.369 And we will talk next Sunday, I'm assuming, when you 1487 01:32:05.449 --> 01:32:07.729 are in Phoenix. We'll figure out what time works best 1488 01:32:07.810 --> 01:32:08.090 for you. 1489 01:32:09.319 --> 01:32:12.199 Yeah, with all the time zone changes and everything else, 1490 01:32:13.560 --> 01:32:17.920 I'm sure we'll figure one that fits the bill. And again, 1491 01:32:17.939 --> 01:32:21.109 to all our listeners, hope you enjoyed the show. Be safe, 1492 01:32:21.130 --> 01:32:26.590 be well, and next time we'll be live from Phoenix 1493 01:32:26.649 --> 01:32:27.210 and Morristown.

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