Should Duran and Chapman now be off the table?

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Should Duran and Chapman now be off the table? Should #redsox keep all of their current players on their #mlb roster? Can Bello be a reliable #2?

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00:00I hate to start the show on a negative note, but we have an issue, and that is Curtis

00:05cannot be allowed back in this studio until the Red Sox lose a baseball game.

00:13This studio, like the continental U.S.

00:16Okay.

00:16He's going to have to stay over in the Pacific Ocean.

00:18I'm here for that argument.

00:21Maybe not the state, maybe not the New England region, but maybe you're right.

00:25Maybe not the lower 48.

00:27Maybe he has to stay in Hawaii until they lose, which may not happen until August or September.

00:35The way they're going, they're rolling.

00:38He's going to mess with the mojo.

00:40Yes, definitely.

00:41And he was the guy who wanted, well, you were also a guy who wanted Alex Kora fired.

00:47I did.

00:48Not so long ago.

00:49No, I did.

00:50I did.

00:50He wanted Craig Breslow gone.

00:54He wanted John Henry to sell the team.

00:56He wanted massive changes to be made over there.

01:00What a weekend.

01:01I am, this city, by the way, is so different when the Red Sox are winning.

01:07It was, it was an unbelievable weekend.

01:10And, and I give them credit for part of that.

01:12Yeah.

01:13They, you know, cause I think when you look at, you know, these, the teams around here,

01:17they're obviously, they're the ones with the longest history.

01:19And, you know, the diehards, they're out there and, you know, everybody loves going to Fenway

01:24and it's an, an amazing vibe and just being part of that ballpark and that history.

01:29I mean, how can you not the way it is right now?

01:32Right.

01:32Friday night was to, to borrow a Courtney word, electric, uh, and the walk-off, which is arguably

01:40the most exciting moment in baseball that can ever occur.

01:44Saturday, I was there for the, the Crochet gem, absolute gem, uh, full, full, uh, full gamer

01:53from Garrett Crochet.

01:55And then yesterday they get it done and, and complete the sweep.

01:59And I mean, it's the, they are on a 10 game win streak.

02:04Right.

02:04And that is the first 10 game win streak from this baseball team since 2018.

02:11And we all know what happened that season.

02:13Well, and what's kind of eerie about that is that happened over July 4th in 2018 too,

02:19against the Nats.

02:20Like it really is history repeating itself.

02:22And I feel like I had to issue a little bit of a mea culpa because earlier this summer

02:28on some show, I was probably the afternoon or the, um, Saturday show with shine.

02:35I was, I, good morning.

02:37On your, your apology, your mea culpa this morning.

02:40I made fun of Alex Cora earlier this summer because he said that the, all the Red Sox needed

02:44was to rip off a 10 game win streak.

02:46And I was like, oh yeah, it's so easy.

02:49You know, those 10 game win streaks that you get every season from Alex Cora.

02:52It was Red Sox.

02:53The last time they did it was in 2018, starting with a, with a Nats series in DC.

02:59And now here they are doing it again.

03:01So doors open to anything.

03:03Maybe the, maybe the Cora situation is because we, we've had this conversation about Cora.

03:09Like when the team was, was not playing well, no one blamed Cora.

03:13Um, and now like you can't give them too much credit, but maybe the credit comes in with

03:18the, you know, just the, the, the vibe of not maybe having endeavors around and being

03:25able to, you know, manage that situation rather than let's say the X's and O's or the, you

03:34know, the end game adjusting so much on the field because guys are playing better.

03:38Um, so maybe it's more of that than anything.

03:41Um, well, it's not like they haven't had sloppy showings since Devers got treated though.

03:45Remember that streak of losing games.

03:47Right.

03:47That is true.

03:48But I think like a lot of people like will say, you know, when I was one of the people

03:52beating the drum of like, all right, is it time for Cora to go?

03:55And now with this turnaround, you can't say like, you can't put it all on Cora's plate

04:00and still like give them a pass because they're winning because when they were losing, you

04:05blame the players.

04:06Yeah.

04:06So now that they're winning, you don't credit the players.

04:08Now you credit Cora.

04:10I credit the pitching.

04:11Oh yeah.

04:12Pitching is what's totally different from this point last year.

04:14I mean, Brian Baio, the resurgence of Brian Baio is so important for this baseball.

04:22Right.

04:22And you got another, I think that's six straight starts for him, Shyam, where he goes six innings

04:29and eats up six, I think.

04:31Yeah.

04:31And fewer than three earned runs, I believe.

04:33Yeah.

04:34He's been on fire.

04:35Is he, he was like three, one, four heading into that game.

04:38Is he, I think he left, I think he's heading into the break three, one, four.

04:41Yeah.

04:41I mean, so I don't, and we got to get into this.

04:45I'm sure it'll be somebody's lead, but I don't know that I want anybody at all gone from,

04:51I don't, I don't want you messing with the mojo.

04:54As I said earlier, when it comes to the deadline now, I think I've completely reversed myself

05:00on, I, if you can buy pitching, then buy, buy some pitching somewhere, you know, do what

05:07Jackson does and roll up to the dollar store at nine 59 and hope they're open.

05:12And I, I, cause I don't know that I want, whether it's Jaron Duran or you name who it

05:18is or a roll this Chapman.

05:20I don't want them messing with the chemistry of the baseball team.

05:24Like maybe I'm an idiot, but it's, but you're definitely going to need pitching, especially

05:30after the Dobbins situation.

05:32So you're going to need, and you were in the market before the Dobbins situation of looking

05:38for another legitimate starter.

05:41So I know Giolito and Bale have been doing really well, but you were in the market for

05:46another legit starter.

05:48So I don't think that changes just because you're playing well and those guys are doing

05:53well, yeah.

05:53Okay.

05:54But, but if you were, whether it was, you know, Craig Breslow alluding to, you know,

06:00going out and getting a serious number two starting pitcher, I don't know that you need to go out

06:05and get a serious number two now.

06:06Like I, I, I just don't know that you'd, because of what you're going to have to part

06:10with, like you have, you, you know, crochet lockdown, zero, zero concerns there.

06:18Um, Giolito has been excellent.

06:21But can you put, can you say, can you go all in with Giolito?

06:27Like, can you say, all right, he's going to be Giolito and what we're seeing all the

06:31way through the remainder of the regular season into the post season.

06:35But that's what you're going to have to do is you're going to have to look at the last

06:3810 games or the last month and, and a day and assume, uh, correctly that that is what

06:46your baseball team is going to be going forward.

06:48I think a lot of people look at the Duran situation and because they've heard so much

06:53about his name going out, they assume that there's just going to be a lot of deals Duran

06:57for X starting pitcher who could be your two or three, but he's most often linked to the

07:02Padres and the Padres only have starting pitchers who are rentals.

07:07And like, it's hard to think that the Red Sox front office is going to give up all the

07:12control they have of Duran for a rental just for this season.

07:16Like they just don't usually operate that way.

07:18So they would need the Padres to go and bring in another team and execute their own trade

07:23even to be attractive enough for Duran.

07:24So like, I do wonder when you hear Craig Breslow with us last week saying we don't

07:30necessarily need to trade an outfielder just because we have all these outfielders and it's

07:34a log jam.

07:35I wonder if that's him saying like, because there's not anything attractive enough for

07:39us to give, give Duran to a team, which I think is a good thing because it means like

07:45they're not just going to throw out Duran because they have an extra piece.

07:49Yeah.

07:50Well, there's a lot to talk about this morning and all day long when it comes to your red

07:55hot Red Sox.

07:56And we will do that with you this morning.

07:59This is Chris from Worcester.

08:00Hey, Chris.

08:01Good morning.

08:02Hi.

08:03Good morning, Greg.

08:04Really, Greg, Mago, Simon, Wiggy.

08:08Thank you for taking my call.

08:10Yesterday I was doing my lawn and doing everything, listening to the game on the radio.

08:14And I don't want to get burnt again because I felt like I got burnt yesterday.

08:21I'm angry eyebrow, Chris Mago.

08:23Oh, nice.

08:24With the angry eyebrows.

08:26Chris and I both have resting bitch face.

08:28Oh, yeah.

08:29Yeah.

08:29It's an affliction.

08:31Do people say you have resting bitch face?

08:35Yes.

08:35Really?

08:36I don't know.

08:37Me too.

08:39Listen, Chris, you got to be all in.

08:43Don't worry about it.

08:44But one thing, though, but would you give it like the two series before the Tampa Bay

08:51series, they were crap teams.

08:53But Tampa Bay, that's when I started buying in because they swept Tampa Bay.

08:57That's why I'm like, I'm in.

08:59I'm in again.

09:00I'm back in, but I don't want to get burnt.

09:03That's all.

09:03And I love you guys.

09:04You have to be.

09:05You have to be back in.

09:07How can you not be back in?

09:09No, I think that most people are looking at it, are back in.

09:15And I think, see, the biggest question that I think the Red Sox organization has to have,

09:21because Megal, you brought this up for a rental, is what is their view on this season?

09:29Forget about next season or the year after that.

09:32How do they view this season?

09:33Do they view this season like they are a legit World Series contender?

09:39And if so, would they be cool with a rental knowing that that rental is going to help them

09:45ultimately accomplish their goal of winning a championship?

09:49And if they believe that, then you roll the dice on a rental.

09:53Because a rental is great if that rental helps you win a World Series.

09:57Yeah, if it's Dylan Cease.

09:58Like, that makes sense to me.

09:59I don't know if they'll think that way, though, if they have to give up.

10:02So you don't believe they think that this year they can win a World Series?

10:07I don't know if it's about that.

10:08Like, I wonder if it's like the old Danny Ainge thing of, like, I'm not going to lose the trade.

10:13I'm not going to give up three years of control of Duran, who was an all-star last year,

10:17to bring in a pitcher who's a rental.

10:19Even if it's somebody who is a big name and can maybe push you over the line where,

10:24you see how many teams were in the wildcard spot that ended up in the World Series

10:29over the last several postseasons?

10:31Yeah.

10:31It's wide open.

10:33Like, it is wide.

10:34It's not like the NBA where you are basically one of three teams who has a real shot there.

10:39Like, it is wide open for them.

10:40But they might look at it and say, business-wise, we're not just giving up the farm for a rental.

10:46I mean, Chapman has to be off the table.

10:48Oh, yeah, I don't think so.

10:50That dude is so good.

10:51I mean, he struck out the sides yesterday.

10:53Oh, my God.

10:54You watch him yesterday, finish that game, and it's like, how can you part with that guy?

11:00No.

11:01Like, I just—

11:02Because I don't think you have anybody to, like, fall back on, at least in the Duran situation.

11:07I feel like there are other guys that you can fall back on if you lose Duran.

11:12Yeah, like, that's the issue.

11:13There's so many other guys that now you're moving Sadan Rafael up to second base to see, like,

11:19if he can work out there just so you can keep all the guys on the field.

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