00:00I'll go first, that Jeff Passan was on with Maz on the Baseball Hour this week.
00:04We've played that sound in various forms several times over the last couple days.
00:07I think those are whoppers.
00:09And as the deals are starting to get made now across Major League Baseball,
00:13there was one today, there was reports of the Red Sox turning down,
00:17a pretty big trade it sounds like, as well, with the San Diego Padres
00:20where they offered you a starting pitcher in Dylan Cease.
00:23He is a starting pitcher, yeah, ma'am?
00:24Yes, he is, yep.
00:25Dylan Cease, it's a couple prospects for Jaron Duran that was quickly rejected.
00:30So it's starting to pick up.
00:32Just remember, folks, according to Jeff Passan, who is tapped in as it gets,
00:38the backdrop to the Red Sox at the trade deadline will be the, one,
00:44budget constraints set by ownership, and, two, the Red Sox' willingness
00:50to go against what their computer models tell them.
00:54So, again, budget constraints of the owner, and what does a computer tell us to do?
00:58Those are the two backdrops to the Red Sox at this deadline,
01:02and we all sort of knew it, feared it.
01:05It's unsettling to hear it, though, from an insider who knows,
01:10and should know and probably has been told by the baseball people here on the Red Sox
01:13that that's the score.
01:14But don't forget, that's the score.
01:16617-779-0985.
01:18Who wants to go next?
01:19Go ahead, Murray.
01:20I'll go next.
01:20So I thought there was some very refreshing commentary from Mike Vrabel today at training
01:25camp regarding defensive tackle Kristen Wilkins, who just got cut by the Las Vegas Raiders.
01:30Hit it, Ryan Garvin.
01:31Well, I mean, I think we'll have a conversation.
01:33Again, this is pretty new, so I don't have all the information on where Christian is.
01:39I've known Christian.
01:40I've recruited him when he was up here in the area in Connecticut and going to high school.
01:44So, you know, I'm sure we'll have a conversation about it.
01:48Here's why I like this, because Mike Vrabel actually dared to acknowledge the existence
01:52of another player who's not on the roster.
01:55How many years, decades, really, did we have to hear old Boobs McGee snort and give a death
02:00stare because a reporter covering the team down at training camp dared to ask about a
02:04player who got cut that could potentially be signed by the team?
02:09So I welcome that.
02:11More of that, please.
02:11It ain't that hard to be human.
02:13It actually was a little shocking.
02:14I'm like, it wasn't just a two-word answer.
02:15He kept going.
02:16Like, there's some rapport there, knew him, coached him, like, wow, great.
02:19Now, as far as Christian Wilkins himself, no thanks.
02:22I don't care how well Mike Vrabel and any other coaches might know the guy.
02:26The Raiders, need I remind people, are now being held to be run by the best who ever
02:31did it, Tom Brady, who has an impossibly high standard.
02:34Also, Pete Carroll.
02:35Say what you will about him.
02:36But I think one of the better coaches in the league, he's back, Super Bowl winning
02:39coach.
02:39And so why'd they cut Christian Wilkins?
02:42Because he wasn't rehabbing properly, and he has a bum foot.
02:44So I'm good.
02:45No thanks.
02:45But as far as the commentary, I liked it.
02:48Maz.
02:49Okay.
02:49So the Dallas Cowboys have opened training camp.
02:54That's right.
02:54Open it up.
02:55Yeah.
02:55Among the participants for the Dallas Cowboys, as everyone knows, is Joe Milton, who I had
03:01this to say yesterday.
03:02According to John, I think it's Machoda, who covers the team for the Athletic.
03:08He was talking about Dak Prescott.
03:10At least he started by talking about Dak Prescott.
03:13And here's the comment.
03:14Dak is a great leader.
03:15All respect to him.
03:17He literally goes out of his way to help me.
03:19I've been in another building.
03:21I know how that goes.
03:24It's just very different over here.
03:27What do you think he means by that?
03:28So can I just say quickly up front that I wanted the Patriots to keep Joe Milton.
03:35I just want that on the record, especially given what they got for him.
03:39If they had traded him for a higher draft pick, a second rounder, third rounder, I certainly
03:44would have been okay with that.
03:45But I felt like they gave him away for nothing because clearly there was some sort of conflict
03:49or issue between him and Drake May.
03:53But the story coming out of Foxborough at the time was that Joe Milton is some kind of
03:59a-hole and that Drake May didn't necessarily want him around anymore.
04:04And after this comment, now I can see why.
04:09This guy feels like a special a-hole.
04:11He has played one game in the league.
04:14One game.
04:15I've been in another building.
04:17I know how that goes.
04:18It's just very different over here.
04:21Now look, the Patriots last year were a calamity.
04:24We all know that.
04:25So it was a bit of a clown show.
04:27And if that's what Joe Milton is talking about and basing his experience on, then I'm not
04:32going to argue with him.
04:33But if he's talking about the quarterback leadership, Drake May was a rookie a year ago.
04:38Maybe he's ripping on Jacoby Brissett as opposed to Dak Prescott.
04:42What do you think?
04:43But it feels to me like that is a shot at Drake May.
04:47And again, I would say the guy's job is not to teach you when he's a rookie trying to figure
04:54it out too.
04:55So no doubt that Joe Milton might be a special kind of a-hole.
04:59I mean, that's the word coming out of there.
05:01I mean, fine.
05:03I'll take their word for it.
05:06I don't know.
05:07I like to think that the new coach and the new coaching staff could deal with the a-hole
05:10if there's value there.
05:12Does it make you change your mind on the trade mask?
05:14No.
05:14No, it does not.
05:15Nope.
05:16Nope.
05:16I'm just telling you that I now see evidence of him being an a-hole.
05:20Okay.
05:20There it is.
05:22That's what I said.
05:23I wanted them to trade him for something of value.
05:26I still feel that way.
05:27But I now do believe the assessment that he is an a-hole.
05:31All right.
05:32We have official Felger and Maz confirmation.
05:36All right.
05:36Opening takes in the books.
05:37As promised, call's opening segment if you're ready.
05:39And you are ready.
05:40Josh and Nash will lead us off.
05:42Hey, Felge.
05:43I just want to say, yeah, about the Red Sox.
05:45You know, like, I'm not in favor of them buying at the deadline, not because of, like, any, you know, analytical-type crap,
05:53but, you know, just based on, like, eyeball test, man.
05:56Like, you know, the Dodgers and the Yankees are out there, and, like, there's a fair amount of other good, you know,
06:01ancillary good teams out there.
06:03And, you know, the Red Sox, they're going to get rocked tonight, man.
06:08Whatever food people bring, they're not even going to want to eat it, man.
06:11Okay.
06:12So I disagree with you.
06:13Like, you're saying don't make a move because they don't have a chance.
06:15I strongly disagree with that.
06:17Strongly.
06:18I mean, like, obviously, they're not at their full maturation point.
06:24I mean, it would be a little early.
06:26Obviously, they have problems.
06:28Obviously, they have flaws.
06:30They could go on a serious run with Garrett Crochet.
06:33That, I'm just, I'm sorry.
06:35Garrett Crochet, and if they added, like, a real deal second pitcher,
06:37you're not relying on Lucas Giolito and Brian Bay to be your real number two going forward.
06:41The other thing, too, is the American League really blows.
06:44Like, they should invest in this team.
06:45So before I even get to that, Murray, even with Garrett Crochet, that second round's a five-game series, right?
06:51I guess.
06:52Yeah, the division round's still a five-gamer.
06:54Yep.
06:54So he goes game one and game five.
06:56Yeah.
06:57You win one more of those games.
06:58Like, with Garrett Crochet, that's like a big, and then you're in a seven-game series,
07:04and if you're really selling out to win this series, he goes one, four, and seven, like, that kind of stuff.
07:08Like, you're, you could seriously go on a run.
07:11I know they're not going to be a favorite, but the only, I mean, I know, Mads, you feel the same way about this.
07:15So the only time you make moves is when you're the heavy favorite to win a World Series.
07:18That's freaking stupid.
07:19Or I hate that mentality.
07:21Yeah, again, it's, you know, get in and see what happens.
07:25If you add to the team, who knows?
07:27Anything is possible.
07:29Now, again, would I make them a favorite to win the whole thing over the Dodgers, the Mets, maybe even the Tigers?
07:36No, but my opinion has not changed from, you know, a couple of weeks ago when I said they could be in the LCS against Detroit
07:42as easily as anybody else in the league, including the Yankees and the Blue Jays.
07:46Those teams aren't great.
07:47I know Toronto's played well, but they're not a great team.
