00:00I would tell you that my kids, my family, my friends over the years have told me I'm way too negative,
00:06so I'm going to try to emphasize some positive reinforcement, which includes me saying that for
00:12the Red Sox overall, beginning to end, big picture, direction of the franchise, they're headed in the
00:20right direction. It took a while. It took too long from Dave Dombrowski to High and Bloom and then to
00:26Craig Breslow. It took way too long to get here, but they're headed in the right way. Now, don't F it
00:33up. Okay, enough of the happy talk. Now that it's over, you move on to the next thing. That's how
00:40life works. Don't F it up. You're in pretty good shape, and a lot of people have asked me about this
00:46in recent days. Frankly, to an annoying level, particularly on the baseball reporters on this
00:52show, baseball hour. Yeah, Maz, how does the future look? The future looks pretty good. Crochet is
00:59signed. He's 25. Chapman is signed. He's coming back. Whitlock is signed. He's coming back. Slayton's
01:06under team control, so that's the nuts of your bullpen right there, all basically coming back.
01:12I'm sorry, I said Crochet. I should have waited on him. Crochet, Baio, someone from the tandem of
01:20early and Peyton Tolley. Your pitching staff, or at least the start of your rotation, looks okay.
01:27Not bad. You could still use a front-end starter. That should be on the wish list during the offseason,
01:34and I would tell you that as far as the lineup is concerned, you signed Roman Anthony. Alex
01:39Bregman's fate is a critical component. Whether you love the player or not, if he leaves, you're going
01:44to have to replace him. I think he's bluffing with regard to opting out, but let's see. If he comes
01:50back and you add another right-handed bat and one starting pitcher, guess what? Next spring, we could
01:56be talking about winning the World Series. So, it's an important offseason for the Red Sox, as they all
02:03are, but some get more important than others. Don't take your foot off the effing gas, and that's a
02:11message to ownership. That's a message to management and everybody else over there. You're heading in
02:17the right direction again. Don't just be one of these teams that wins 88 games and losing in the
02:25first round. If I wanted that, I'd move to Minnesota.
