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Ladies and gentlemen, the day is finally here. Spring training games are today.
I've got Kenji with me. Camp is open. Pitchers and catchers have reported.
Position players have reported. We got a lot to talk about because it's been a
second. What an amazing time to be alive. What an amazing time to be a
sports fan. March Madness is right around the corner, but most importantly,
baseball is here, which means summer's on the way. Camp's open. Spring is here. It's
still snowing where we are, but in sunny Florida and in sunny Arizona, it's
beautiful. Kenji, how are you doing? I'm great. I'm great. I've been hearing a lot
of things about Arizona, and I wish I was there, you know? I wish I was there
to witness these things that they talk about, especially with the Royals. Yes.
Kenji's famed Royals, who have had a very busy offseason. No, they haven't.
All right. I mean, we're a better team this year than we were last year. Yeah, I
would agree. I'd agree with that. We have a great bullpen. We have a top five bullpen. You know, we have a
lot of potential. Just missing a bunch of... Doesn't matter. That's what we're talking about.
This is a great training. Not a Royals pod today. Spring is great.
I wish we were there. Spring training. Yes, we wish we were there. I mean, I guess the first thing of
note, what was it? A couple days before spring training, or maybe actually when
Pitchers and Catchers had reported, Alex Bregman to the Boston Red Sox on a
three-year, $120 million deal, opt-outs after each of the first two years.
Really good deal if you're Boston, in my opinion. It's a lot of money to pay a
second baseman, which is where we're gonna touch on next. Kenji loves his Red
Sox players. He loves his Jaren Duran, loves his Tristan Casas. So I'm gonna let
Kenji divulge all his thoughts on this. Bregman to the Red Sox. They now
pair a perfect right-handed hitter at the top of the order with Duran, with
Devers, with Casas. They needed that desperately. They get their guy. Sad for
Detroit. Sad for the Cubs. Whoever else might have been in on him. Good for
Bregman because he gets his bag. Kenji, talk to me first, I guess, how you feel
about this signing for Boston, and then what it means for, and then kind of tell
everybody what's going on with Devers and Casas. Well, I originally became a
fan of Boston two years ago when Yoshida signed there, and I would watch games
with him. And then Jaren Duran got called up, and he started getting a almost
everyday role, and I fell in love with him. And I had him on fantasy, and then
last year I was very high on him. Nobody else was even high on him. And what do
you know, he's a freaking hot star. Jaren Duran plays baseball the right way. And so
does all of the Red Sox. The Red Sox are a great team. It's so fun watching them,
I can't wait to watch them. Tanis Rakit. Tanis Rakit. What a beast. But yeah,
Bregman just signed there, and I think it's great. I don't know why more people
just don't do this. If you have money, just spend it. Who cares how much it is?
Your team gets better. Don't put a price on it. Because what else are you going to
do with that? Let's say, you know, you didn't want to pay 10 extra million
dollars for Alex Bregman. What are you going to do with that 10 million dollars
the rest of the season? It's probably going to sit in your account, or it's
going to be useless when you're, when you could have maybe overpaid a little bit
to get a really good player in your system or in your team. So I think it's a
great move. It's, you have nothing to lose if you're Boston, except for maybe
Devers, you know, being crybaby about being the worst third baseman in the
league. But yeah, Bregman signs there. I love, he said, I'll play wherever. He
just wants to play ball, and he wants to win. And I think he knows personally that
Boston was the best spot for him to succeed, because his bat's going to come
back to life. It's a great environment. He gets to be a vet amongst a bunch of
young players that really need veteran leadership. So I do think he'll play
second base, but I don't think he'll stay there the entire year, mainly because of
the young players that Boston has. I think it's Roman Anthony, right? That they
have projection playing second base. No, Anthony's the outfielder. They have
Christian Campbell as the infielder. Campbell, that's right. He's the
shortstop second baseman outfielder, right? I think he plays like three
positions. Yeah, I think they really want him to play, because he's earned it. I
don't know where they're gonna fit him. I mean, that's part of the problem, is that
Devers is mad because he doesn't want to move off third base. The Red Sox signed
Bregman, and I think Bregman's trying to repair his image from the cheating
scumbag that he was in 2017 with Houston. Bregman's trying to repair his image, so he's
like, I'll play wherever I want. Totally fine, which is great, but the Red Sox are
paying him $40 million this year. You don't pay $40 million to a second
baseman unless he's like, I don't know, Craig Biggio? I mean, one of these,
Jackie Robinson? I mean, you pay $40 million for Jackie. I don't know if you
pay $40 million for most other guys. You'd pay $40 million to Patel Marte? I
wouldn't. No, I don't think I'd pay $40 million for him either. Who
makes $40 million right now? Not that many players. I mean, there's a reason
Bregman took that deal is because it was easily the highest AAV. I know that
we're gonna touch, we're gonna refocus on the Devers in a second, but I know the
Cubs like had four years, 120, so then it comes out to 30 a year, but he went with
the Red Sox deal because it was 40 a year, and he has the opt-outs in. So I
know that the Tigers offered the largest sum of money. It was like six over 170.
Six or seven over 170, but regardless, he went for the big money this year, which
I mean, he has a right to do it. Good for him. But then you look at the Red Sox
infield, you have Devers at the hot corner, you have Trevor Story is short,
praying he's healthy this year, then you have Alex Bregman at second base and
Casas at first, and then they have this logjam of prospects, Christian Campbell,
Marcelo Meyer, and Roman Anthony. Both Meyer and Campbell are middle infielders.
Meyer's a shortstop. Campbell can play middle infield or outfield. So then you're
looking at the roster, you're like, okay, Yoshida's taking up a lot of money.
His role is unknown and to be decided at this point. They interviewed
Devers on the first day of camp or second day of camp, and he's like, I'm a
third baseman. I don't know what to tell you. I'm a third baseman. And then Casas
comes out today, and the reporters ask Casas, they're like, hey, you
know, what do you think about getting some of these other prospects up here
that have earned the right to be at the big league team? And Casas says, no, I
don't think they should be up here. We got big league guys and guys upstairs
that need to figure out what they're doing here. And so that's directly a shot
at the front office and this whole like nonsense situation of paying Bregman all
that money. You signed him, you're cool with him playing second base, let him
play second base. That's where I stand on the issue is Bregman is an
elite defensive third baseman, but you signed Devers at the extension, you know
he's not great at third. But it's a different regime though. That's the big thing.
That's what Alex Corras said, is that there's a different regime that
signed you to that contract. So we owe you nothing, right? In the end, when
you sign the contract, you're saying, you have no right for anything. You
belong to that team and that team gets to use you because they're paying you
money. So like you only have so much say in the end, because if you don't
show up, you're gonna lose money, right? So you can play this, and if he was a
good third baseman, he'd have a better case, but he has been statistically the
worst, wow, listen, the worst third baseman in baseball since he
started playing baseball in the MLB. So you just don't really have a case,
besides the fact that you're a great hitter, and yes you're amongst, like you're
one of the faces of Boston right now. You're just not a good defender, and it's
pretty obvious, like if you're a bad defender, it doesn't matter how good of a
hitter you are, unless you're like a David Ortiz, which he's not, right? Maybe?
No, I'm not gonna say maybe, which he's not. So it's kind of hard, because yes
you feel for the guy, because he believes he's a third baseman, and he's
gotten better, but him getting better every year, they're saying he's getting
better every year, is still him being the worst third baseman in the league. So it's
just like, it doesn't matter if you're getting better, if you still suck at it,
you know? Yeah, and then I guess that's where I get it, that it was a different regime
that paid Devers the first time, but it's like dude, he's a superstar third
baseman. He bats third or fourth for you every game. Like he's an
amazing hitter. I just, I think, you don't, he's the cornerstone of your
franchise. Like you look at the Red Sox, who's the best player on the Red Sox?
You'd probably say Rafi Devers. Who's the best hitter on the Red Sox? Rafi Devers.
Who's the guy that people are gonna take first or second round fantasy this year?
Rafi Devers. Who's the cold killer? He's the face of the franchise. And so it's like, I
get it, maybe he's not the best defensive third baseman and Bregman is, it would be
a massive defensive upgrade, but it's like, you pay him that money, he's the face of
your team. Bregman was okay coming to play second base. Just leave it. Leave it as it
is. Devers story, Bregman cost us. Leave it. And like, and just everybody stays
happy because the last thing you need going into a season is turmoil in the
clubhouse. It's the last thing you need. It's a weird situation. It could have
definitely been handled better, but I don't, like, I don't think, I think it's
kind of petty if any Red Sox players are upset for them bringing in Bregman
because you guys haven't made the playoffs in so long. So I don't think any
of you have a right to complain about who they bring in because you're gonna
make the playoffs now with Bregman and Crochet coming in. Like there's no doubt
that team is competing. It's a good squad. It's a great squad, but you guys have no
veterans and to make a great team, you need vets and young guys. There's an insurmountable
amount of young players in that team and you need better veterans and Bregman is that.
Now, I know that like you weren't as big a baseball fan when the Astros
cheating scandal happened, but do you think that has any, carries any weight in
the clubhouse amongst players? I think so. I bet they know that he was the guy, like
he was one of the ringleaders that took advantage of that, that he won an
illegitimate World Series and that they weren't really punished for it. Do you
think that they're, the Red Sox, like homegrown guys are more gonna look at
him and be like, dude, like this is our place. Like you're gonna get in here
eventually. You're not gonna walk in here and take Devers spot. Like Devers been
here from the beginning. You cheated. Like cool, you've had a good career, but your
numbers have tapered off every year since then and I don't know. I don't think
it's that big of a deal. I think you're a petty player if you're getting
caught up with that. Like you're getting paid millions of dollars to
play a sport. I think you can chill out. I understand. It's not a good thing that he
did and there's no, there's never denying what they did is wrong, but I think it's
been long enough that I don't think every time he moved goes anywhere it has
to be attached to him. It's a new year. It's a new, he's on a new team. New
teammates. I'm sure half of these guys weren't even in high school when that
happened. Yeah, I understand that. I just, I'm trying to like rationalize why
Casas would have said what he said. I mean it sounds like he probably, he's
probably called Bregman a cheater and that Bregman had been a Bregman hater
all of his life. I could assume so, right? That's kind of what it comes off as. He's
really snobby, but I don't know what right Casas has to act like that. I mean
like this guy, he won an MVP. Like besides the cheating, like he has been a, was
it that year? Did he win an MVP? I thought, I know how Tuve won an MVP. I
thought Bregman did win an MVP. He like won it over somebody else. Like no.
Alex Bregman dude? I thought he won like, yeah, like 41 home runs or something. No,
he finished runner-up an MVP in 2019. Who was it? Was he in 41 homers? Yeah. Yeah,
okay. Well 296. Yeah, so he won runner-up. Who was, won MVP in 2019? I don't
remember. I don't know. What I'm saying is, like I think yes, I don't know for
example, like if you cheat like PEDs, everyone does PEDs. No one freaks, like
everyone makes fun of Tatis, but no one's like always a terrible person for what
he did. Tatis cheated into, and he's never been the same ever since. There's a
bigger gap between Tatis doing PEDs, which is a personal cheating scandal. I
mean of course it's a different level, but cheating is cheating, right? It says
something about your character that you let it happen. Yeah. But I think people
are just petty because of those, the Astros, and I think people need to kind
of get over it because it's been long enough, and he's still a good player, and
he's gonna make your team better. I think, yeah, again I'm just trying to
rationalize why Kostas said what he said. I'm not gonna turn this into an Astros
hate thing or anything. It's probably just a little petty about it. It did, that's what it felt like. It felt
like he was taking his job. And he's being there for his homie. Like, Devers is his guy, right?
Yeah, Devers has been there. And so I'm sure that Bregman gets the
bag, and then he waltzes in there, and then all the talk is, oh, let's move
Devers off third, the guy who's been there from the start. And so then Kostas is
like, well, what the hell? Like, that's our boy. So I can understand where he's
coming from. I do think it was uncalled for. Kostas has not been greatest
thing on the field himself. Maybe he should try some steroids. But in the end,
like, I'll just say this, like, nobody should be upset at Devers or Bregman.
Like, Bregman's come in there and said exactly what you should say. Devers is
saying exactly what, honestly, anybody would really say. Because you think
you're the best player in the world, which even though statistically you're not,
that's their correct mentality to have. It's the
owners and the organization, they're at fault because they did not clarify and
make this a smooth transition when they could have been like, hey, like, hey,
Raffy, you know, we love you. We think you're the best player on our team. But
we're thinking of bringing Alex in because we think he's gonna help us and
get over that hump because we haven't made the playoffs in the last couple years.
And he's like, would you be open to playing DH for one or two years or, you
know, just moving? Like, would you be open to that? And if not, you know, maybe you
just say, well, you know, we are the owners. This is our team. You work for us.
We're gonna make this move. But at least he was at least made aware of it. But
this is just, even if he knew that Bregman was coming and he expected it,
because his agent should have been aware of this. I don't think he did. Yeah.
It's been mishandled. Yes, it has been mishandled from the top. Definitely. I agree with that. So we'll see how it kind of shakes out
throughout spring and into the season. As an Orioles fan, I love to see the Red
Sox Clubhouse maybe stirring a little bit because I do think they have a really
good squad this year. Yeah. So the Red Sox are gonna be good. Yankees are
gonna be good. O's are gonna be good. We'll see what the Rays and Blue Jays do.
We'll get into the divisions as spring goes along here. But the other news,
another big free agent signing Pete Alonso goes back to the Mets. Kind of
what everybody thought was gonna happen with the first base market drying up.
Pete lost all of his leverage. Great for the Mets. I mean, they're A of an offseason
in terms of an A plus because now they have arguably the best top three trio in
the entire sport besides maybe the Dodgers. So I mean you have Lindor, Soto,
Pete. I mean that is, that's amazing. That's an incredible top three. You have
to be stoked if you're a Mets fan. Any other insight we want to put on this
Kanj? I mean he goes back to the team that had him last year. It's great for the squad.
I think it's best case for him. Of course he didn't get the money that he was
expecting. But I don't know. I think he's sad about it but I think he's also happy.
Because I don't think there's any pleasure in moving your entire family
across the country. Especially into your 30s when your kids obviously have, like
when you establish your community and your life there and later in your 30s
in the baseball career you get the move. Yeah. I just think a couple million
down to potentially actually contend for another World Series because I think
they will now. I think if he would have left I don't know whether the team was
interested in him. But I think the odds would have been a little bit less than
they would have been if he stayed on the Mets. So I think for him, yes money wise
it probably sucks. But I think legacy wise I think it's the best for him.
And he's still gonna have a great time hitting behind those two. Or whoever else
hits third. It's gonna be great. Yeah I think if you're looking at an
opportunity where you can even stat pad even more for your next free agency run
because he has opt-outs on his deal. Is it after one year? I think he has
opt-outs after one year, two years. I think it's similar to Bregman's structure.
Like that's kind of what the Scott Boris guys have done in recent years.
Just through the opt-outs. And I think it's good. I don't think there's gonna be a
better RBI opportunity that was a vacant RBI opportunity role than the one that
was in Queens with the Mets. Because you get to hit behind Lindor and Soto.
Soto is gonna get on base a ton. Lindor already is an amazing player as he is.
Vantos is gonna keep improving. Nimmo hopefully has to bounce back.
They got a lot of dudes in Queens. So I do think this takes them from
competing for the division to, okay now let's compete for the National League.
Because now I think the Dodgers have a better roster on paper. But you
get in a seven game series and the split 1-1 and you're headed back to
Queens. You don't feel that comfortable if you're a Dodger fan. Like you're like
this is... This is Diamondbacks. Yeah I agree. I think the Diamondbacks have a really good team.
Which would you take? Which one would you take?
The Mets did it last year. I'm gonna take the Mets. Okay. But the Diamondbacks, it's
like a coin flip. The Diamondbacks are a really, really good team. That's all I
have on Pete. Anything else from you kids? Not really. I mean good job by them.
They held their ground and the Mets won. Pete didn't win but Pete also
won. But in the end the Mets won. Yeah I mean Pete just had no leverage left. Once
the first base market dried up as it did. Once everybody had their first base. Yeah and his year just wasn't good.
He just had a really disappointing year from what he had the year before. He's
still great but just not what he's asking for. Yeah. Yep. Again and speaking of
first base market, Vlad Jr., Vladimir Grorov Jr. does not sign his extension by
his Monday deadline. Which was as of two days ago when we were recording this.
He hasn't signed back with the Blue Jays. He says that he's gonna now wait until
the middle of the season. Or sorry not till the middle season. Till the end of the
season when he's an actual free agent and the other 29 teams will get to
negotiate with him. This is really interesting because you felt like
Blue Jays have been in on every big free agent. All of their like the Soto, Shohei,
Roki and then they have a homegrown guy like in the middle of his prime.
He's gonna probably hit 315 this year minimum with 30 homers and they
don't give him what he wants. Vlad said they were not close on negotiations. The
GM for the Blue Jays said it depends on what your definition of close is. Which
probably means there's something with AAV and contract length or something
that's not right. But Vlad doesn't sign. There's a lot of intrigue about next
offseason or what even the Blue Jays could do before this season. Could they
trade him before the season starts? I'm gonna I'll leave all those questions and
toss it to you Kenj. It's a it's an interesting situation that they weren't
able to give him what they wanted or what he wanted considering he is their
franchise. I would have just given him the money. I mean I know it's not that
easy but if you lose him like what do you have in Toronto? Genuinely you've
lost you're a joke right now. Like you are a doesn't matter that you're maybe
the third best team in your division. Even with Anthony Santander. Like you're
still a joke. Multiple players in the last couple years have used you to get
themselves more money right? You're just a side hoe is what it is.
If you're the Blue Jays and you can only be a side hoe for so long. A side
chick. I agree but this felt like an opportunity where the Blue Jays could
make themselves not the side chick anymore. Yeah the side chick. The main
the main piece the guy that people are fighting over comes to you and says hey
side piece like I want to be with you forever. Be my one piece. Yeah be the main
piece and the side piece goes hmm I don't really know if I can do with you
being gone this often. You know like I was like I don't know if I can do the
laundry as much as you want me to. I don't know if I can spend this much
money. Like that's essentially what the Blue Jays have said is like they had a
golden opportunity where the main piece comes to them and offers up his services
for years and years to come. You can stay in contention. You can sign more big
free agents but now it's like everything's up in the air.
Santander was bound to sign with a team that wasn't gonna contend and it feels
like the Blue Jays are just kind of in limbo. Who knows what they're gonna do. I
don't know. You're gonna sign with Kansas City Anthony? But I think if the Blue Jays
so we'll kind of move on towards the season. So if the Blue Jays are let's say
you're behind you're the fourth best team in that division right? Let's say the
Yanks, Boston and Orioles are all in the top. They're contending for
playoffs. We know that's gonna happen. Blue Jays you're not gonna make the
playoffs. You already know like your team struggling. Are you trading Vlad mid-season
or are you just gonna let him go? You have to. You have to. You have to right? I think
you come back to Vlad because listen if he goes to free agency the other teams
will bid up his price. He will only get further away from coming back to Toronto.
So I think if you're Toronto your only chance is either shop him around right
now. The problem with doing that is that the other teams know that you lost a lot
of leverage because you have no possibility of signing him during the
season anymore. So the other teams know well shoot we don't have to give up any
prospects if we just wait a year. But if like they wait till the trade deadline
then there's even less leverage because it's okay are we gonna what are we gonna
trade for six months of Vlad. So anything you want to ship him out now if you know
you're not gonna be able to sign him in the winter. So there's all these levers here.
A lot of teams give up a lot last offseason last trade deadline for one
year rentals. They did. I just don't know if you give that to a first baseman. I
don't know. I mean listen Vlad isn't probably the first baseman in the
sport right now. No disrespect. You're talking about potential? Yeah. I mean no disrespect in saying that but I just don't think for
six months people will give up a lot because I think I mean the main
contenders that I think would be in for his services next offseason you're
talking like Mets, Yankees, all the big players and the Yankees have their guy
for the year unless Goldie gets hurt. The Mets have their guy for the year unless
Pete gets hurt and I mean I don't know who else Texas I don't know what you
want to do like who's gonna sign Mets? You think Mets could afford him?
They actually asked was it Steve Cohen at camp and he was like I'll let my
baseball people handle that. Like imagine like Mets are close to the postseason
like they're doing really well. Yeah. And you have this golden opportunity to go
get Vlad. Would you send Pete and I don't know Acuna and like your best
prospect over to get Vlad in there and be like Vlad will bring a trade for you. I think that's a lot. That's a huge price anyway. That's a big
price. I don't even think it would cost that much. You don't think it costs that much?
Maybe like Pete and Acuna. I don't know. I don't think so. Again I think that the
Blue Jays have lost so much leverage and I mean he came out to the media and
said how close are you guys on negotiations? Not close. I think he's
just saying that though. There's no way you're that actually far away from the
best player that has been on your team in a long time. I don't know man. This
feels like a miss by Toronto. Oh yeah they're screwed. Canada you suck. Yeah this
feels like a massive miss. A lot of L's going around in Canada recently you know.
Yeah yeah big hockey game tomorrow night. I guess tonight when you're listening to
this. We should watch it tomorrow or I'm gonna watch it at least. Good idea. Somewhere.
But yeah dire straits in Canada right now. This is a really bizarre situation. I
love when players set these deadlines. I think it's smart for them to set these
deadlines. I think the only option for Toronto is you have to make the call
trade him now or you give him one last big offer like maybe you up the price a
ton at like the all-star break or the trading deadline and you say hey we
thought about it we're really sorry this is what we want to do and give him what
he wants. Which he could still say no to but you give him that. Just get the president
involved you know just get the whole country involved. You got to do
something because he's the heart and soul of your team. You lose Vlad then the
whole place is kind of like you have an aging Santander. Bichette's gonna be
gone if you trade him out and then you got a bunch of old pitchers. So a really
interesting spot for Vlad and we're gonna talk more about the divisions as
we go on. But speaking of speaking of trades I guess I'm gonna ask you Ken as
we kind of tie this thing up who's the next player to get traded? We got a lot
of people that have been rumored left and right. I want to hear Nolan. Nolan
Aeronado? I think so. To where? I don't know because I mean the Cubs were kind of
rumored. Boston was kind of rumored and then they both signed guys. He has a full no trade clause.
That he can wave. I don't know if if Houston came back with an offer right now I
feel like he would wave it and go back there. No. Well he already waved it once. Yeah but
he already exercised it once huh? Yeah I mean he but the Astros didn't look so
good back then and I mean I don't know if they look better now but I think
because St. Louis doesn't want him there it's pretty obvious they just want to
restart and so there's no reason to be there. Yeah if we're talking about
losing leverage St. Louis has openly been trying to trade him since the
beginning. It's like they don't even care like they're like we don't want this guy
on our team pretty much. Which is fine because they need to restart but I don't
know I like to see him go to New York. I think the Yanks could still use him but
I doubt that's gonna happen because he's expensive unless they take off Strowman. DJ LeMayhew baby.
Oh my gosh Miguel Cabrera should not be the starters. DJ LeMayhew. I think New
York Yankees are the best fit for him. I just don't know who else. I mean I've
heard Dodgers but the Dodgers don't need him like there's was special with Kike
back there's no room. There's just no room. I mean they they sent out away
Gavin Lux because they believe in I'm guessing Kike and Kim are gonna be
their two second baseman this year. Yeah and they believe in them so I don't know
I think Nolan Arbinato is gonna be the guy though and probably Sandy Alcantara
or Contra however you say it. I think I would love to see him get traded. I would
love to see him get traded. He's for sure gonna get traded there's really there's
no reason. He's old, he's great and you can still get a lot of prospects for him
so they're definitely trading him. I have a question for you. Yeah. You talked about the best
trios in the league right? The Dodgers and the Mets. What are some other ones that
contend in there? I mean I think you go Boston in there now you go Durand,
Bregman, Devers. Yeah. That's really good. I'm gonna throw my O's in the ring. I was
gonna say I don't know if you can put your O's up there anymore. I'm gonna put the
O's in the ring. I'm gonna put Henderson, Rutchman. I don't know who's gonna hit
third. If it's O'Neil I like it. If it's a I mean they can put whoever they want
there and I still think Henderson and Rutchman are gonna take another step up.
I still think they're gonna be great. I don't like the Yankees top three. The Yankees
top three I could probably say is about the O's top three. We don't know who
their top three is. That's the problem. Yeah.
It's a good question. I mean Texas. I like Texas. Who's gonna hit lead off?
Langford, Seager, Simeon. Something like that. No it's Simeon, Seager I think.
Simeon, Seager, Langford. Like I really like that. San Diego of course.
Arise, Tatis, Machado. Dirty. That's what I would say. What about
White Sox? Name me their top three Gabe. Name me their top three right now.
Andrew Benentendi is in there somewhere. Yeah Adam Tachman. Oh no. What about
trying to think Chicago? Seya, Tucker. Because who's leading off for Chicago now
you think? Niko right? Seya doesn't lead off. Seya's a power hitter. Seya's hitting third I think.
Okay I don't know. I have no idea. I think it's down to like Mets, Dodgers, Red
Sox. What about Kansas City?
If they had one more big bat I would like them but they don't.
Hey I heard MJ Melinda switched his swing this year. So did you know how many
people switch their swing in the offseason and do worse the next year or
something? This is a MJ Melinda's I think second time switching his swing so
I'm a lunatic Royals fan that I'm gonna believe in the difference and that
he's gonna he's gonna take us to the proms land. But yeah there really isn't
much any other team I don't think that's out there. I mean Phillies. Diamondbacks.
Diamondbacks. Who you going? Who's going to lead off? Carroll, Cattell, Naylor.
You think Naylor's hitting third? Oh clean up. Do they have a righty?
Gurriel? Who would hit third? I mean Eugenia. Probably Gurriel. I think Eugenia
would hit by five. Yeah I like the D-backs have a good lineup too. Yeah D-backs do.
But that's definitely good. Yeah how can I forget Philly? Sorber, Turner.
Sorber I heard Sorber is not gonna lead off this year. Really? Yeah that it's gonna be
Trey, Bryce and then no one else. I like that. I like that form. Good. Yeah Philly's I
can't believe I forgot about Philly. I would put Atlanta when Atlanta's
healthy too. Oh Acuna, Albies and Riley and Olsen. Yeah. Profar, Ozuna. Oh my gosh.
We're stupid. We suck at this. What the heck? There's too many good teams in this
league. There's a lot of teams with a good one through three. If I'm gonna be
biased for a second I think few lineups are as deep as the Orioles. But that's
why they're gonna be good. That's why they're gonna be good.
Whatever you say. Alright well spring training schedule really fast as we
wrap up the show. We have Dodgers Cubs the day you're listening to this. If you're
listening to this on Thursday the 20th there are games at Chirko throughout the
weekend. They're all during the day though so while you're at work or hanging
out over the weekend make sure you watch them during the day to take a little nap.
Watch the first couple of innings because that's when all the fun players will be
playing. I know that the first night game isn't until next weekend so not not
this coming weekend the following. So that's when you'll be able to watch
games in the primetime window but most of them take place during the day. But I
mean baseball's back. This is the last day the day we're recording this. The last
day without live baseball games until October and possibly even November. So
enjoy it. The winter's been long and cold but baseball's back. Fantasy stuff coming
up. Brand new content coming up. Recaps coming up. A lot of fun stuff to come.
Baseball's here. Kenji send the people away. Well we're hoping to get this
schedule thing figured out but we'll be pumping out more content. We know you
love our voices. We know you want to hear from us. And we'll see you we'll see you
soon. We'll see you soon guys. We'll see you soon.