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e what’s going on everybody Welcome in on a late Thursday night live stream probably didn’t think I was going to do this tonight did you neither did I but sitting around was looking at some of the news I had already prepared three or four sort of bullet points and I thought why not let’s do it so welcome in to everybody you see right here next to me we’ve got some Wan SoDo information today uh some talk maybe contradicting some of the stuff we got yesterday from Mark fand we can talk about that we should talk about that to clean to clean anything up we had some information come out yesterday that we didn’t really get a chance to sort of talk about or or lead off about which means you know if it gets buried in an hour and 45 minute live stream many people don’t have an hour and 45 minutes to try to find where Jim talked about teoscar Hernandez so we can push that to the front here and I want to talk about the Luis seino want to talk about the Athletics don’t call them the Oakland Athletics don’t call them the Sacramento Athletics either it’s just the Athletics that’s it so we’re going to dig into what’s going on around Major League Baseball the duration of this stream will be decided by you guys uh if if we get to a point where we had a point yesterday where we most certainly went an extra half hour just because super chats kept coming through and they all needed attention so I’m not asking you to do it but if we find ourselves in a similar situation that that will keep this thing going because I will not leave a Super Chat unanswered let’s begin all right I have two Wan SoDo thoughts let me put it that way I’m going to bookend some of the I guess we’ll call it the pre-planned element I’m going to bookend it with somean stto talk and the first piece is the Yankees getting the final say because that was put out there yesterday by Mark vinand in an mlb.com transcript and today Ken Rosenthal was asked about it Jack Curry was on the Michael K show being asked about it and nobody can confirm if that is an accurate uh portrayal of how this could go and Rosenthal was asked about it on file territory and his exact words were I don’t know and he used those words twice now you can translate the way he worded it in your own mind and say that he means no but I’m it’s important right now this is how things can kind of snowball and get out of control is you have to take it word forward if you try to interpret it your own way when you are translating it on on and really this is a Twitter thing then things can get out of control because it’s also part of what’s going on with the Roki Sasaki situation I believe and I’ll talk about that too so we do not have uh really confirmation either way if the Yankees will get an opportunity to have a final say to receive the best and final Top Dog offer we don’t we do not know for certain if the Yankees are going to get that I mean I could see how they would get that but we do not know for sure if they’re going to have that I want to make sure that we clean that up and and my audience is also sort of in line with the way this is going uh they was asked to a lot of other reporters that have a lot of contacts and sources and insiders and relationship ship none of them could sort of give us a confirmation on what Mark fren was talking about yesterday so that’s the the one one Soo piece and I’ll add this one into I it it does not look like the Dodgers are definitively out of it uh it is uh apparent that all five teams are still in the bidding process and I think that might be and I’ll talk more about it in a minute I think that might be why the teoscar Hernandez thing felt like there was some momentum last night I kind of think that maybe and you know what let’s go to the tasar Hernandez thing I’ve got that teed up to go second here let’s let’s just do this that may be why this hasn’t happened yet Dave V was on petro and money yesterday Matthew Moreno quoting and it’s important that the quotes are right and that Matthew Moreno is not adding his interpretation of the words it’s so important don’t add your interpretation of the words when you’re putting things in text uh so hopefully this is a quote word for word but the quote word for word again we’re hoping this is the word for word quoting from Dave V on patro and money my understanding talking to people around the league as they expect Oscar Hernandez to resign with the Dodgers many people on the league expect tcar hernanes and Dodgers to find their way back to each other and my understanding is the Dodgers and teoscar are very much engaged and trying to nail the final details of a contract this was all last night this was this was a Wednesday night thing the rest of Wednesday night carried on Thursday has come and almost gone there is no T Oscar Hernandez deal to report and it really hasn’t been a whole lot of movement today we we we haven’t heard anything really definitive anything strong uh about the Tas garnand situation and I wonder if that is because the Dodgers truly are not out of the WAN sto sweep Stakes if they are still in because if they land SoDo I think that might spell the end of teoscar I guess it’s not a certainty that it would but it kind of feels like it would I think DOD FY would love to have both of them but they may you may not be able to get both of them especially if woto isn’t deferring any money so we will keep an eye on this but not t Oscar Hernandez deal done today despite all of the smoke yesterday and I think it might be connected to the fact that the Dodgers are not out on Juan sto I’m blanking who earlier today a hockey nerd no somebody else had it who had it was it passing it might have been Jeff passon somebody correct me I’m I’m blanking on it right now I’m not the one that’s that that this is this is something that one of our trusted reporters trusted insiders one of the top five said that they’re all still in it including the Dodgers which is why and I hate that I’m blanking on it at the moment um but it is why uh maybe this deal isn’t done is because the Dodgers are still in it I I want to say it was passing but I can I do not definitively recall if it was Jeff passen I I read the passen and Buster thing earlier uh there’s been a lot of stuff from from Heyman was it only raik and bake was it only that had that cuz it was the pass and only uh com winner meeting preview thing could have been Buster only raiken bak’s got it as only I would believe that doc both passen and Haymon said it today so we’re we’re we’re we’re able to trace that back to again we’ll call it the top five what what one or multiple of the top five said that it is still all five are in ed blood that’s right and we talked about that in our live stream last night that passing said it last night even though fineand had said they were unlikely thank you thank you Ed Ed flood my man just bringing me back to content that we talked about last night so we’ll see what happens uh let’s go to the other I mean this is going to kind of be sort of West Coast heavy here in the beginning uh this Roki Sasaki thing so yesterday uh Francis Romero tweeting sources several industry sources believe the San Diego Padres are in a strong position to land Japanese Ace Roki Sasaki I don’t think that’s anything new number one number two make sure you are again word for word because this has turned into and maybe unintentionally so this has turned into the Padres have emerged as the favorites or the leading candidates or the at the front of the line for Roki Sasaki and it’s word for word the Padres are in a strong position to land Japanese Ace Roki Sasaki to say that the pad are the favorites is taking this and upgrading it please we have to be careful about how we are commenting clarifying reposting retweeting all of that I think the padr are in a strong position but I still would not put them as the favor I still have the Dodgers as the favorite even though the Padres are in a strong position that’s me and you know me I’m not talking to Roki sasaki’s agent I’m not talking to Dodgers insiders I’m going on gut and my gut sometimes it’s right and sometimes it’s wrong my gut says that the Dodgers are the favorite but that does not mean that the Padres are not in a strong position believe they are but I think my feeling is that the Dodgers will be the ones that win out it’s for all the reasons we’ve talked about the Dodgers are they they have climbed the mountain and now unless this guy wants to grind and climb the mountain when he doesn’t have to unless he wants to he can go to just go to the Dodgers go to the Dodgers skip right to the final boss uh it’s it’s like playing Mario anybody play Mario and when you get to to one-2 you go up you hit the warp you go to level four and then you go what is it is it 2-2 or no it’s 4-2 and then you do the same thing and then next thing you know you’re a level eight and you’re you’re beating Mario in five minutes Roki can beat Bowser in five minutes just by choosing to go to the Dodgers or he can go to the Padre’s and struggle Padres fans I know you want them and I’m not I’m not intending to I guess I kind of am talking down about your team I do not mean to but as long as the Dodgers keep beating the Padres it is just the situation that it is no disrespect intended but it is the facts they’re very well could be a day maybe it’s next year where that gets flipped but until it does this is how we talk about the situation and I know you want that to change and again maybe one day it will but today as we stand on this Earth the Dodgers are the champions they eliminated the Padres doesn’t matter what happened in the regular season so Yoki saki where do you want to go speaking of where do you want to go geez who saw this coming who saw Luis srino taking a three-year deal for $67 million to go play for the Athletics in that minor league scorcher of a ballpark in Sacramento they were going to have to overpay is three pipes level two three and four thank you Braves um you’ve got a a a situation where by having to overpay they’ve also bump the market up even higher I mean we know that the starting pitching Market is escalated it is just naturally that sort of the state that it lives and srino going to the A’s on this deal Blue Jays fans you’ve seen how they this team has operated over the years do you really think hits are easier for six-man rotation do do I got you in just a second Jack do you really think the Blue Jays are going to get into an overpay situation if this is what Luis saverino is costing blue jay fans how do you feel about grabbing an impact starting pitcher I don’t feel good about it Jack thank you for the donation Otani pitches hits Dodgers are easier for a six-man rotation I think that with the six-man ation as it as it is Jack the Dodgers are kind of set up for I mean if they wanted to at least that right I think Kershaw is coming back you insert RI into the equation and then all of the other options that they have uh the Dodgers certainly could but um can Blake Snell work that way can Tyler glass now work that way maybe Yamamoto can oh I mean half the rotation can half the rotation can’t I don’t know how you’d figure that out I don’t know how you juggle it I really don’t butt munch cookie what’s going on man the Oakland A’s again good job by the A’s spending some money Money Ball is dead and gone that that that ship has sailed it was left back in Oakland apparently in Sacramento it’s going to be all about spending money now part of this is and Jeff passon alluded to it so we all should have seen this coming that the Oakland Athletics they’ve been getting this this money from the other owners and they haven’t been spending it and to kind of get the owners off their back the uh the the the objective is to to get that payroll up and this is this is one way to do that this is a significant way to do that to take uh a a more than 20% chunk out of the the the the revenue goal so I’m kind of when I think about the A’s I’m very interested to see what they do next because I like the young Talent on this team here’s a question let’s take a look at the rotation for the ace you have srino you have Sears you have a bunch of guys that have to prove themselves still at what point do you move Mason Miller back into the rotation let’s say the Oakland I just did it I did it five demerits to me let’s say the A’s grab another starting pitcher you have srino you move Mason Miller back into the rotation as a starter and let’s say they grab I don’t know Nathan avaldi and AP SE moves to the four all of a sudden this team’s putting together a a very good rotation and with the young bats that they have let’s see if I can pull this up and it doesn’t completely junk up the screen with the young bats that they have we know Brent Rooker can rake Lawrence Butler can rake I’m a JJ le guy I think Shay longers Tyler soderstrom Zack gelof are all going to be better in 2025 than they were in 2024 the Oakland A’s I’m not saying they’re going to win the west but we’re going to see a somewhat competitive and definitely interesting and I just said Oakland again didn’t I damn it we’re going to see a competitive Athletics team an interesting Athletics team next year now I feel bad because it’s not going to be in Oakland that Oakland fan base is not going to get to experience that Sacramento fan base will but the A’s again they’ll be interesting let’s take a look at the other and I also had this let me throw this on the board I don’t know if I have a whole lot to say about this um actually no I do I do so we had a report from Brian mctaggert Astros have an offer into Alex bregman six-year deal around $156 million a source mlb.com this week There’s also been and this was in the jeffp passing Buster only transcript piece on ESPN plus today that Boris bregman they think that he’s worth far more than that and that if bregman and Alonzo’s markets don’t get where they believe it should be that they might work the calendar again like they did last year how did that go that did not go particularly well and that’s an understatement I I was worried about this a month ago I don’t know if anybody who’s here now heard me say it then that Alex bregman could turn into this year’s Matt Chapman or last year’s Matt Chapman and now in the end it worked out he took this deal with a ton of options with the San Francisco Giants uh it was a perfect fit and he ended up getting more uh getting a better deal in season I wouldn’t count on that happening every time so for Alex bregman to say no you know what I’m worth 250 I really don’t think he is guys I I I tell you to to get to those kind of numbers my feeling is this you have got to you’ve got to have New York teams and La teams involved or at least one New York and at least one La team the LA teams are out unless they start to fabricate unless Scott Bor starts to blatantly lie Alex bragman will never be a Dodger and he will never be an angel for different reasons obviously and you know why as far as the Yankees go that fan base hates him and that matters so you may hear a lot of people on the radio on podcast online on TV talking about well what about Alex bregman to the Yankees you may trust those people I’m sorry but every time I hear that I call that fan base hates Alex bregman there is no shot he will ever put on Pinstripes Gio orella is available they’ll go Gio orella before they go Alex bregman even if Willie Adamas is off the board and any other options that they’re looking at for that ifield is off the board they will not overpay Alex bregman they will go Gio or shella that will happen first Yankee fan base can’t stand Alex bregman and if you’re in the small percentage of that fan base that actually likes Alex bregman you’re in the minority and as far as the Mets go well this is where it gets interesting because bregman and Alonzo are both Scott Boris clients uh as if you want to bring if you want to say the Mets are involved look I felt like it was kind of desperate to say that Alex bregman is open to playing second base felt like that was an indication that we’re trying to generate some interest from some teams because the interest for teams that are looking for third basement it’s thin the Seattle Mariners could use a third baseman not a fit with that fan base the Yankees could use a third baseman not a fit with that fan base it it it matters it matters if your fan base hates the player and if there are other options you’re that that that you know Cashman depoto they’re going to go in a different direction if the the fan base hates the player so I don’t feel good about Alex bregman’s offseason I think he needs to go back to the Houston Astros take this deal if you can negotiate it up maybe you negotiate it up you get an extra year and you get closer to 200 million but I think you have to go back to Houston I don’t think he’s going to I don’t think he’s going to find the market that he’s expecting and here’s the thing if this drags on Houston may move on Houston may move for another piece and replace Alex bregman what if Houston signs willly Adamas if they feel like Ah that’s Alex bregman thing we’re spinning our wheels and we know Tucker’s gone next year we’re not going to be able to pay him what if the Astros out of nowhere swipe will thas up off the market because they read the tea leaves it’s not going to happen bregman wants 250 okay fine well then you know what we’re moving on we’re going to go look at Willie adamus and we’ll have Willie adamus be our third baseman Willie adamus is apparently willing to play anywhere you need him to all of this should materialize once Soto’s off the board speaking of stto let me get back to the other thing I said it was going to sort of bookend my uh my my pre pre-planned Thoughts with the SoDo stuff so this came out today Boston Sports Gordo tweeted some information about the Red Sox what makes Otani even more valuable blz the Dodgers can carry 14 pctures instead for 13 like the rest of the league they will run a six-man but have 13 starters to choose from starting the season Justin thank you for the super chat a lot of options endless amounts of options for the Dodgers and their pitching yes you are uh you you are right on I I think that there is such a wealth of pitching that they may move on some of that bring in a relief pitcher bring in h a position player they could definitely use some of the wealth that they have in that starting pitching department and bring uh bring some other or or or address some other areas of need with with with that excess of pitching they have a ton of pitching they have a ton of options and that’s a good thing I think you’ll probably if you see some of this stuff go down I don’t know do we see it in the off seon I think you got to put it all together see how it looks see how it plays out you know if Otani is going to be delayed if you’re worried about glass now injuries you kind of need you need all of that depth so here’s the thing that I wanted to talk about cuz and and I don’t I’m worried because I feel like this going to make me look like a Boston hater and I’m not I’m really not I respect Boston’s history I got to tell when when when when when they’re winning championships um most of the time I’m I’m rooting for it uh Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz I love that combo uh Pedro Martinez awesome Kurt Schilling like look I I respect and I appreciate Boston Red Sox baseball so I this is going to make me sound like I’m a Red Sox hater and I apologize in advance but this came out today that the Red Sox have requested a meeting with Scott Boris and Juan stto they’ve requested it so they could try to find out what would it take what’s the price to get the deal done now it is unknown as it is placed here uh this is from Alex spy unknown if the meeting has been or will be granted and this feels like it fired up and galvanized the Red Sox fan base and they were kind of looking for something right because everybody’s hopes got up back on Thanksgiving and nothing happened and Jeff passon nuked the whole thing and despite more momentum on social media throughout the weekend still nothing happened and then we start getting updates and then we start hearing more from Passion and more from Boris and all of a sudden it’s like a okay there’s nothing to anything that I heard on Thanksgiving okay so this was almost like a breath of her sh like oh thank God we’re we’re back baby okay I don’t think that this is the good news that it maybe appears to be and I say this as somebody before before I did this I worked in sales I sold advertising in radio I sold advertising in sports I sold advertising in malls uh for a little while I dabbled in uh shortterm uh and common area space leasing in uh in shopping malls so that that’s my background my background is doing deals working with clients trying to get deals across the Finish Line like the Boston Red Sox are doing these are now now now these are two obviously completely different scenario right I’m selling you know advertising they’re trying to sell the Red Sox to woto if I got to the point in the sales process where I had to call up and leave a message because that’s basically what this sounds like it is unknown if the meeting has been or will be granted okay we know that the me that this is that this is out there but we don’t know if it’s happening number one the fact that it’s even been leaked is kind of suspicious so let your antenna should be going off from that anyway that this is out it’s it’s very suspicious but if you get to this point in the sales process it kind of feels like you’re approaching desperation that your product hasn’t sold itself that you feel like you’re going to lose so you’re trying to get controll back because you feel like it’s slipping away this is your endgame attempt because doesn’t feel like it’s going your way you can’t get a return phone call you’re getting very cryptic responses you’re not moving the ball closer to the end zone you’re sort of stuck on the 20 yard line let me call them up and and I’ll just I’ll just straight up ask him what’s it take to get the deal done again there’s there’s as the the salesperson in me from the first you know 15 or so years of my career after college when I got to this point it wasn’t going well so I don’t and and I’m saying this with hesitation because again I I I I feel like I just I have to in the you know with with my transparency and with my honesty and how I give you guys what I’m thinking I got to I got to tell you what’s on my mind now I could be 100% wrong and this could do the trick and maybe I was a shitty salesperson and because of that um I don’t know what I’m talking about but 15 years of working deals closing deals working with business business owners advertising agencies Brokers going through all these different process I’ve seen it all all the different games and tricks and Gatekeepers and all of this stuff this just the excitement that this generated I just have to caution Red Sox fans yet again hold your breath don’t get excited we have this is not the the good news that it maybe appears to be you you’re like that they’re trying to gain control back that if they feel like they have lost it and they’re falling behind that they’re doing something yes that is a good thing here but it’s what’s not a good thing is that it has gotten to this point that they feel like they have to put that out there so where does this even come from is sort of an interesting piece where’s Alex getting this from is he getting it from the Red Sox he can’t right because if you’re the Red Sox you don’t want this getting out you don’t want the Mets the Yankees the Blue Jays the Dodgers to know that’s your play similar to if you’re Steve Cohen in the Mets you don’t want everybody else to know that your play is 50 million on top of whatever anybody else gives you will go over that you don’t want everybody to know that because all it takes to negate that is to say if you’re the Red Sox or the Blue Jays or the Dodgers or the Yankees we will also give you 50 million above whatever anybody else is offering then that play by Steve Cohen is irrelevant an attempt to have a meeting to find out what’s the price to get the deal done let’s say that’s happening all you got to do if you’re the Mets or the Blue Jays or the Yankees or the Dodgers is do the same damn thing and it’s irrelevant it’s it is a it is a play that is blocked and broken up so this had to come from the agency side it had to and if that’s the case if I’m is Alex Spire Alex spear apologize if I mispronouncing it if if this is what you’re getting and you are in fact getting it from the agency side keep it to yourself don’t put it out there because that’s what they want hey uh Alex you’re never going to guess what happened what agency guy just got off the phone with CB CB Craig all right breslo yeah got it what’s up they just left me a message they want to set a meeting to find out what it’s going to take to get the deal done oh yeah this is great hold on I’m tweeting away as I as I get this I would not have put this out there because I don’t think it helps the Red Sox number one and number two again it’s not the positive update that you want so I just had again I could I could keep that to myself but in the interest of being transparent with you and giving you guys my thoughts letting you know what’s in my head um that’s what I do here sometimes it backfires sometimes it doesn’t that’s where I’m at with this I do not hate the boss of Red Sox if Juan stto Signs with the boss of Red Sox I think it will be exciting to see him in that lineup we looked at the lineup the other day and holy it’s incredible that lineup with woto they will do amazing things we will have historic Seasons with him in a Red Sox lineup so I’m good if he goes to Boston I I don’t like this I don’t like that it again it it there is a desperate nature to it if it is actually what’s happening and if you’re one of the maybe hundred or so people that have hopped in and hung out for the last couple of minutes that are like what the hell is he talking about kick it back like to the 30 minute Mark I don’t want to repeat it for everybody else that’s here um there’s there there’s just an element to this that’s not as exciting and galvanizing as maybe it seems also wise it out it seems kind of leveraging intended to get to the other teams and for that point why is somebody from Boston putting this out there if somebody from New York or Toronto or La put this out there I would get it it would be an attempt to shoot the Red Sox plane down oh there goes the Red Sox plane they’re trying to steal woda shoot the damn thing down the Red Sox are going in they’re going to try to find out what it takes to close the deal quick get Steve on the line let him know if that’s Boston if that’s your play if if that is your your endgame play you can’t let people know holy am I right you can’t let people know so there are two terrible uh really three but two for sure awful elements to this being out so Red Sox fans just take a breath don’t get get excited about this just like you need to keep that heart rate down on Thanksgiving you need to keep your heart rate down on this because it’s not it’s not great anyway that’s my thoughts on the whole s of thing this is really why I came on today I said at the beginning I was like yeah I didn’t know if I was going to go on today but I was like yeah I had some stuff pre-planned which I did I had the bregman thing and the Oscar thing and the Sasaki thing and the srino thing I wanted to talk about and there was the sto stuff about the whole final offer for the Yanks thing but when I saw this I was like oh God there’s just times that I’m like I’m I I have to it’s why I started the channel this is an opinion-based Channel sometimes you will agree sometimes you disagree those of you that have disagreed over time which I’m sure of the 900 plus that are hanging out there are many times you have disagreed with things I have said and and I’m that’s okay that that is I’m I’m good with that um that’s that’s written all over it Michael it does it truly does whether it is Boris or a Boris talking piece out of his agency it just doesn’t doesn’t doesn’t smell good it doesn’t smell good uh so I get with the whole opinionated nature of this channel uh there’s going to be some disagreement but it is opinion it is an opinion Channel and I have learned this over the years too right like that’s part of it um that’s why when I do like when I try to do things where like it’s rankings and stuff while those are opinions they’re not necessarily opinions or I I don’t know it’s tough to explain I could probably spend 20 minutes on the whole YouTube Element to it um where’s he going I’ve been asked that couple times today that I can track anyway I still have it Mets one Yankees 2 narrowly Mets one with the Red Soxs in at three um Dodgers and blue jays are kind of going back and forth at the four and the five spot that’s where I’m at that’s where I’m at today winter meetings is going to be based on where sto signs I think I was I was telling my wife earlier tonight before she went to bed I told her that we are entering Soo watch tomorrow Saturday Sunday Monday because I gotta let her know because we got kids we got things that we’re doing and I may have to disappear through over the weekend to come and do this for several hours as we’re building up to it um I let her know and I’ll let you guys know I think we are officially entering ju sto watch this everything has been the buildup this week I think we are officially entering SoDo watch tomorrow that does not mean I’m going to come on and we’re going to be doing live streams all day Friday Saturday Sunday when it starts to get hot and heavy we’ll fire something up as long as I’m not coaching a basketball game which I signed up to do this year usually I coach baseball I’m coaching basketball which it’s going to be fine in like January but if I’m sitting there coaching the game and we’re in like the second quarter and I got kids that I’m trying to like substitute and plays that I’m trying to get off and I see a Twitter notification from Jeff passon that stto has signed is it okay for me to fire up my phone and do a live stream while I’m trying to coach a game I don’t think that works right I’m going have to wait so outside of game time you got a game on Saturday around 12 what’s it 12:30 to 115 book your calendars that’s probably when Juan sto is going to be uh is going to be signed when Juan soda was traded to the Padre’s right it was a padre it was the Padre’s trade I was at the dentist with my kid so and when he was when he was traded to the Yankees I think I was home for that but one of the two big sto transaction I was busy so watch that 12 the 12:30 to 115 window because the baseball Gods sometimes like to laugh at me and and and have this stuff happen when I am unable to do anything that would be pretty funny yes I’m yelling at kids to do to take a shot or to pass the ball and at the same time I’m I’m giving my thoughts on one soda that’d be great that’s what a lot of it’s going to be on Saturday it’s going to be a lot of pass the ball question who do you think the angels are going to get for a nauy pitcher or another batter or who do you think they will trade for Jonathan thank you for the Super Chat I appreciate that the angels I got to say from a hitting perspective I think the Angels probably if you do anything it’s going to be lowkey because I I kind of like some of the stuff that they’re building I think if you hold on to Ward um you’ve got ohappy uh you’ve got uh why am I blanking on the short shop Netto you’ve got shanell I like a lot of what the angels are building with their with with their bats so I want it to be on the pitching side and there are two two three actually very big prominent California based or born and raised or or Hometown free agents Corbin Burns Max freed and Jack flare you have I I I think with everything they have done they need to go out and truly get a topof the rotation guy you say Kikuchi to be the the number one doesn’t work so I think that the the Angels need to go out there and try to land one of the top five free agents and conveniently three of them are from California so go grab one of them Max freed we’re hearing all this stuff about East Coast teams we hearing a little bit sprinkled in with the Giants go to the angels the Dodgers that door closed for Max freed go to the angels if if you want to go to California if you want to go home want soda why does wodo want to be on the on the East Coast proximity to getting home to the Dominican Republic that’s why the West Coast teams are sort of having to take a backseat doesn’t mean he won’t go to West Coast team so proximity to home matters now it doesn’t always end up falling in your in your fortune because we can’t always work where we want to live or where home is sometimes our job takes us some else for a period of time so you know I don’t expect Burns and freed and flarity to all sign with California based teams give me maybe one of them but the Angels need to go out and get somebody big I think that they should truly go out and make a strong effort for one of those Rend I don’t think they can the salary is too great the injuries are too uh are mounting and and don’t seem to ever stop uh there have got to to be questions you know we have our questions in the uh in the fan space there have got to be questions in the uh in in inside the game on his um on his commitment to the craft on his commitment to the game that’s the problem with some of those quotes that we were getting last year from Anthony randone is okay that’s what you’re telling us that that tells me that is it possible may not pushing as hard as you should goes back to Cohen and he honestly just said okay here’s 15 for 900 LOL is it really that crazy eventually Ed thank you for the donation um and Jonathan thank you for the donations so I don’t think they can trade renon um moving on to Ed’s comment about the SoDo thing this is why eventually it I don’t think think it’s going to be about money the money is going to get up to a point and this was brought up at the beginning of the off season some point in early November it was brought up that Juan stto once the money reaches what he believes is a fair offer then he may just choose the opportunity that he feels is best for him why do you think they’re asking questions and this is coming from all of the reporters at this point he’s asking question questions about facilities and farm system and plans and all of this he’s asking about the team the development what the next five years look like all that stuff because yes the money’s obviously a driving Factor but the opportunity to be in a good position on a team that’s going to win is right next to it and it will get to a point where nobody’s willing to back down and Soto is just going to have to say okay I get it Steve you’re going to give me $900 million that’s great but this 750 million that I have from the yanes or the Red Sox or I feel like that’s the best place for me I feel like I’m going to be in the World Series every single year with that team so that’s where I’m going thank you so much for the 900 million dollar offer so because this will just continue to go up it will continue to escalate wants to trade for another hitter I heard they want to trade Taylor Warden High from Southern California from newand Empire and that’s another reason why this that’s another that’s like the fourth or fifth reason why this is not that big of a deal or as not as much of a galvanizing uh you know wave generator as it seems to to some is that the Red Sox are focused on how much is it going to take they if they have this meeting they may get something that scares the out of them they may get to a point where they or they this this may be at the point where Juan soda was like look you guys have all passed the fair offer threshold now so it doesn’t matter this is now about where does feel best they try to steal peteo from the Mets account move uh Michael I’ll get to you in one second let me get back to Jonathan here who you think Perry wants to trade for another head I heard they want to trade Taylor Ward so I feel like after the deal for um Solair it it kind of got crowded in that Outfield SL DH situation for the angels and if you’re going to trade anybody you’re probably if if you’re looking to improve the team you got to trade the guy with the highest value and could you trade Taylor Ward for for some good pitching in return I think you could so now now here’s the trouble with that is a lot of the teams that have some pitching you could go and get they’re division Rivals the Astros or the Mariners uh the white socks are not going to take Taylor Ward the Miami Marlins are not going to take Taylor Ward while he’s a great player it’s not really what they’re looking for they’re going to be looking for that the arbitration clock has not even started to tick yet but Taylor Ward for pitching makes sense I can see it happening especially after the Solair deal uh with Mike Trout situation uh with Joe Adell you can’t I don’t think Joe Adell has the value Ward would actually bring something significant back so it’s going to be interesting to see how that plays out uh thank you again Jonathan for the Super Chat let me get to Michael’s comment believe if the Yankees lose stto they may try to steal Alonzo from the Met as a counter move well here’s the thing Micha if sto’s going to the Mets I think that’s the end of Pete Alonso with the Mets I don’t think they’re going to go and give Juan stto $45 million a year and then give Pete Alonzo 25 to $30 million a year I don’t I could be wrong for the number of years Pete Alonzo’s looking for knowing that Christian Walker’s out there for probably one or two years less because of his age um so the the Yankees could go that route there was some uh cold water thrown on that idea today from one of the top five I’m I’m I’m forgetting on who it was it might have been Rosenthal talking about how the the Yankees may not want to go the route of a first base SL DH long-term contract after just going through uh a a a fat bloated contract with John Carlos Stanton Stanton’s got one more year of the 30 plus million dollar and then the dollars come down drastically for the end of that contract uh but I makes you think that the the pivot move for the Yankees might not be Alonzo it might be Christian Walker or it might be Willie Adamas indicate feel from like from Jeff pass and others that Willie adamus Market picks up quickly after stto signs but there has been talk about the Yankees looking at pet Lonzo and I understand why and I wouldn’t rule it out I’m just telling you that you know again we heard uh again I believe it was Rosenthal sort of throwing some cold water on the whole Alonzo Yankees thing but they need the PO they will need the pop st’s got one more year of big money and then after that if at any point if the Yankees want to the contract gets to a point where you essentially could DFA him and just eat the rest of it if you’ve got young talent that is that is warranting his spot in the lineup I think the PIR what’s what’s it going on to like 15 million for some teams you are you you don’t cut somebody like that but for the Yankees maybe so especially if you’re halfway through a year and he’s not cutting it you just cut bait and move on open up the spot for open up the 40 Man spot for somebody else I love this channel in ball cap Nation but I disagree with you Jim this could be Soto’s fourth team by age 26 Soto cares about the highest bid and nothing else you are underrated Toronto’s chances go Blue Jays so uh it’s fine again disagreement is going to happen that’s that’s cool um I have no problem with that here’s the thing we’ve got the we’ve got reports that the Blue Jays are going to be the highest bidder there is Steve Cohen there are reports that the Yankees will get the final uh opportunity but then there are also some that are well they’re not they’re not they’re not saying no to that but they’re they’re unable to confirm that so there’s three like we’re not going to stop situations there’s this suspicious thing from the Red Sox that they’re going to go in and ask how much does it cost to get the deal done eventually the it gets to the point where where if you’re already at $700 million for Wan sto you’ve kind of identified you’ve you’ve got the means so if you’re at 700 well you might as well go to 800 you ever been in an auction you ever been in like a a silent auction or anything like that and you’re looking at something and you really want it and let’s bring it down to like normal dollars and the things like 50 bucks and you’ve got the $50 bid in and somebody else comes in in at 60 but you really want that are you going to let that go for 10 bucks no you’re going to throw 65 on there and then somebody comes in and they throw 70 on it you’re like damn it 65 I’m not going to lose this thing over five bucks the next thing you know you’re at 65 or you’re at 75 whereas you position to win each year so you you get to the point where you just you you if you’re the bidder you’re looking at this thing like well I’m already in it for 700 what I I can’t lose this thing over a a $50 million bid I can’t that we’re getting to a point where the higher the dollars go it’s a smaller percentage so I might as well go and if you have three teams at least three teams with that mindset this thing just keeps on going forever and eventually Juan stto is going to have to say and this is just my opinion again you may disagree with it and and I respect you for it if you have a different opinion of it that’s fine but but my opinion is that eventually Juan Soo is going to say okay once we’re at 700 million these these are all fair offers I am now going to pick the destination that I believe is best for me for the next at least four years because that’s probably when there will be the first opt out but potentially for 15 years I’m going to make a decision where I believe I will be in the best clubhouse culture I will be in the best winning situation that’s a big part of it I mean the the other here is the Toronto Blue Jays think about the the the the future there it’s so clouded um even just look at the manager do do do do do blue jay fans I don’t believe that John Schneider is the guy to lead this team to to World Series Championships and that’s the guy who’s sitting in the chair right now ju stto maybe look at at that say I could be looking at like two or three manage managerial changes whereas with the Dodgers it’s Dave Roberts um with the that’s like me at strip clubs already paid the bottle might as well blow it up exactly uh N9 in piter exactly you’re already there just go for it um so um you’ve got and with the Mets it’s Mendoza he was in his first year and how well they did his job security is about as good as it gets Boon I yeah I know every week he ony sander go to which team so the Blue Jays are in a tricky spot I think they can come in with the highest offer but I don’t know if that’s going to get the job done um let’s see but look again um KD I respect your opinion if you have the opposite opinion of mine I I’m fine with that I I I I I I I I respect your opinion uh let’s see here anded outside of La who’s in the best position to win each year I mean it’s a team that’s got the money to spend outside of La the next uh Atlanta is in there Philly is in there the New York teams are in there am I forgetting anybody I feel like those are really the teams that I kind of every year bookmark as I’m expecting them to to see them in the postseason and a lot of it is current talent and a and and financials money payroll wealth let’s go down to again 9 in thank you yes we’re we’re we’re in agreement on that uh Jonathan where does Pete Alonzo and Anthony sandir go to which team out of the final five teams who has the better future and who is more promising for Soo my Jonathan real quick you first my feeling on pet Alonzo is that he would end up back with the Mets but that was based on a woto to the Yankees prediction I don’t know if woto and pet Alonzo both put on Mets uniforms in 2025 and lately I’m leaning more towards the Mets for stto but my prediction is Alonzo to the Mets that was my prediction if that doesn’t happen it gets kind of murky Seattle could use him but they’ve got a financial thing Jays aren’t just for the JS RS are a consideration too Rogers has a vested interest in making to a premiera destination if the Blue Jays do not get their their their splashy bats signing or trade and like was alluded to today that Alonzo and bregman’s free agency could test the calendar if Alonzo’s still out there maybe he ends up with the blue jays and they move vlat to third or vlat dh’s that could happen again if sto’s if ronzo is not going to the Mets it gets kind of murky trying to find a fit Anthony sond there my prediction my hope I guess it was a it was prediction and some hope that he would end up in Kansas City that Kansas City would spend the money to go out there and get a legitimate power threat but but with this SoDo thing there could be a Red Sox team a Toronto team a New York team that is feeling the loss feeling a pain in their gut having missed out on woto and they may pivot Toc sandir because it sounds like T Oscar is this close to going back to the Dodgers so the next big Power bat that is in the first baseman is sere so you could see that market he up really quick and I think you’ll see sandir go to one of the teams that misses out on Juan sto I’d love to see him in Kansas City that was my prediction let’s keep going down Jonathan thank you for the donation we’ve got a super chat from Andrew out of the final five teams who has the better future and who is more promising for stto the Dodgers I mean they just won the World Series they have Shani they have Muki bets it’s the Dodgers after the Dodgers it’s really close between the Yankees and the Mets the Yankees were just in the World Series but they lost to the Dodgers with Juan soda Juan SoDo does Juan does SoDo look at that and say damn we couldn’t beat the Dodgers even with me on board the Mets made it to the NLCS and that wasn’t the the goal this year wasn’t to to so okay the Mets are typically in World Series or bust mode but they weren’t this year and look how close they almost got to the World Series will take deferred money so the I’ll get one second I got you in one second um again super chats I like to get to them right away um so but as far as this goes uh with the Mets being able to spend the money they are right there too but the Dodgers out of the final five it would be soda or I’m sorry it would be the Dodgers with the better future for Juan stto Buu must die again my opinion that’s my opinion boo Must Die Jays aren’t just trying to get soda for the Jays wraps are a consideration too Rogers has a vested interest in making Toronto a premier UFA destination Toronto with all the money they invested into the Roger Center they can’t blow it up and and a rebuild mode anytime soon so they have to be aggressive so yes there is the team element just trying to be competitive and put a winner together but the reason why you want to be competitive and put a winter together is you need to keep people coming out that ballpark rumors I’m hearing so buai I’m with you on that I’m with you on that thought process uh let’s see good te why is that like it’s cut in half I don’t have the full no that’s not it good te nice house There It Is by the way love that handle when vlat resigns will he take theer money I don’t think so I don’t believe so I think vlat is going to want all of his money up front Riddler 1707 with the Super Chat will the Cubs get crochet or Castillo rumors I’m hearing thank you for that Don your 10th donation Riddler thank you for your generosity so I I’ve seen that too I didn’t bring that up because it came from some unaffiliated unofficial like podcast guys um if it was coming at least I didn’t see it from hayon I didn’t see it from fand or anybody that works for a major news Outlet or anything I didn’t see that maybe I missed that and and maybe those guys were picking it up from somewhere else but crochet to the Cubs is interesting Castillo so Castillo to the Cubs I actually kind of like crochet to the Cubs would Chris gets deal crochet toity Ral last few weeks thank you show is dope bro Goomba thank you very much I appreciate you man again thank you for the donation thank you for being here thank you for supporting thank you Goomba I appreciate that appreciate you man um but but Riddler I I like Castillo more than crochet the crochet rumors if the Cubs acquire G crochet that would be four left-handed starters in the rotation I’m not completely against that but it does kind of get to a point where you start to wonder really I had predicted Blake Snell as a as a as as a a landing spot or Cubs as a landing spot for Blake Snell I was wrong happens but I saw no reason in the Cubs adding or no problem in the Cubs adding a third left-handed starter and apparently neither did the Cubs because they went out and signed Matthew Boyd so the Chicago Cubs have loaded up with lefties they got imaga they got steel and they have Boyd would they add another one now obviously crochet look it’s a talent right it’s the talent it’s the skill it’s the elite pitching that you’re going for whether it’s a righty or a lefty if you can get them get the elite talented pitcher regardless of if they’re lefty or righty I the Castile one is interesting would the Cubs be willing to take on the payroll with the Cubs the reports that we’re hearing is the Cubs are kind of living uh in the middle they’re not they’re not sort of fishing in the deep end where all of the the big Prime free agents that that cost premium they’re not they’re not looking at those guys they’re looking at that middle part of the market and then we saw the Matthew boy deal go down would they take on it’s like I think 25 million a year for Castillo for three more years with a vesting option for a fourth I believe is the deal somebody could double check that but would they take on that salary especially with the Cody Bellinger salary in tow do they have to trade Cody Bellinger and get somebody to take that salary before they go and do a Luis Castillo deal it’s interesting the um the the the rumors around the Cubs and going out and trading for some pitching I think I like the Castillo won a little bit more than than the crochet piece in terms of believe ability I could see that happening I could see that happening uh more likely than a uh than a deal with the white sock Plus at and at that point too if you are the Cubs you should have to give up less to get Luis Caso then you would to have to get gar crochet part of the rumor if anybody that hasn’t heard it is it’s a three- team deal that would bring Nico Herer involved and I believe Nico goes to Seattle and and Garett crochet goes to the Cubs and the white socks get loaded up with prospects yeah I like the Castile one I think that’s a that that that works and is maybe more likely to push across the line Donnie I don’t know if they can trade Bellinger that was another thing they talking about they they want to trade Bellinger but they don’t necessarily want to keep any of that salary if the Yankees lose sto will they be desperate enough to trade for Cody Bellinger and that contract I don’t know I don’t know I don’t know about that um let’s see here do the Cubs want strowman back strowman’s got to get dealt uh I don’t think he’s going to the Cubs but strowman the Yankees they have to trade him they could the the the Yankees could trade strowman and not have to not have to add a starting pitcher I mean they’re talking to Max Reed they’re talking to Corbin Burns but they wouldn’t have to because let’s say they go this offseason and they do not make a splash in that rotation you still start opening day with Cole and rhon heel and Schmidt and Cortez you’ve got five as it is and you’ve got will Warren and some other pitching prospects uh looming so the Yankees don’t have to the reason why this is my read on it the yanes going after and talking to another Ace is because they understand what they’re going up against the bar is the Dodgers and look at the Dodgers rotation the Dodgers have four aces and if you are the New York Yankees and you are looking across the table and you see the big ass grin from that card player because he doesn’t even give a about having a tell he’s just like holy look at this hand I got four aces you have got to do everything you can to try to stack your deck too and I believe that is why the Yankees are talking to Freed and burns because they realize we want to win a World Series we have to get through the Dodgers and the Dodgers just handled us so we can’t let stto go and we have to go get an as well Virgil with the question if the Tigers brought in Verlander would it help woo in bregman possibly possibly bregman bregman truly truly is going to go wherever the dollar is the highest because if you’re Alex bregman you’re talking about the difference between 156 is what he’s got from the Astros and he’s trying to get up to 200 or 225 that’s a pretty big percentage jump when you’re W stto and you have 650 on the table and someone’s giving you 675 think the pirat for bats this off season and will Tyler O’Neal Winker or Kepler be one of their signings the smaller percentage again 650 to 675 is a small percentage comparatively speaking and if you’re bregman 156 from the Astros 225 you’re just you’re you are going to take the highest offer if you’re Alex prman because those $50 million jumps that’s a that’s a significant percentage Hunter thank you for your very first super chat with the channel I appreciate it man do I think the Pirates will trade arms for bats this off season O’Neal Winker or Kepler be one of the signings of that group I would like to have Tyler O’Neal that is probably going to piece that be the piece that cost the most Winker could be a good signing depends on if the if the Pirates front office is trying to uh Bargain Hunt because even though Winker had a nice bounceback year last year I don’t think he’s going to turn that into a a big time contract I think he could get a multi-year contract but I don’t think he gets big dollars um Kepler would definitely be a bargain signing I hope so I just put it that way I kind of wish the A’s were open to trading Brent Rooker because I would love a pirates Brent Rooker uh situation the Pirates can send they’ve got what do we got we got three of the top five prospects in that Pirates organization it’s pitching it’s starting pitching and they’re close and if you’re Oakland and you look at that rotation you got srino now but after that again you got to move Mason Miller back into the rotation you got to make another move well hey what if you traded Rooker to Pittsburgh and brought in two pitching prospects or at least one Elite pitching Prospect and added that guy into the rotation I would love that I I I really would love to see the Pirates make a splash in the trade market the problem is that I think the fit the guy they could get I don’t think Oakland wants to trade him not Oakland God eventually I’m going to get that right eventually the ace uh Hunter thank you for the donation I also wish that the Pirates owner would stop being so damn cheap hey this is interesting Paul SK being elected to that subcommittee board this is interesting right what are one of the things that we as fans keep talking about we would love for there to be we would love for there to be a spending floor and are the players going to start pushing for that and with Paul SK on Pittsburgh and we got like six years of Paul SK making far below his value and P ber releasing Rowdy tles when he’s like one game away from a a what was it a $250,000 bonus he earned that but they cut him the day before it happens but that was one of the like the the spotlight was shining right on that now that Paul SK is going to be a part of that subcommittee so when we’re going through this whole CBA thing and if we have conversations if we’re talking about you know there needs to be a payroll floor and you got Paul SK sitting there I find it very interesting find it very interesting that he has been elected as a subcommittee member and he’s on the Pirates and the Pirates are a team that notoriously doesn’t suspend so we’ll see what happens was there another Super Chat that was the last one Hunter thank you all right guys we are Jesus it’s 11:30 38 and I got an early morning to get the kids off to school so that is going to do it for this one everybody I got a bounce make sure to subscribe if you have not yet we’ve been doing this a lot lately these live streams have picked back up as more news has picked up and next week with the winter meetings it’s going to be a lot of live streams there will probably be some live streams over the weekend as well so again subscribe and turn the notifications on so you don’t miss anything we go live want you to be here want you to want the community to come in so we can react to and go through what the hell’s going on but that’s going to do it for me guys I got to get out of here uh any chance to cup trade for Shay longers in the offseason I don’t know I don’t think the A’s I don’t think the A’s are going to be trading any of those position players away they’ve moved soderstrom to a a first base right so I think I think they’re they’re 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