00:00Bregman or the polar bear? I've been trying to go back and forth. What are the pros and cons of each?
00:05I have made a decision. If you have to pick one, which I know people want both, but it's probably not going to happen, right?
00:10You may have to pick one that you're going to pay the money to.
00:13Right.
00:14I go Bregman.
00:16Really?
00:17Yes.
00:18Because of the intangibles?
00:21Intangibles are huge. The guy has a proven chemistry with this clubhouse. He fixed Roman Anthony last year.
00:27And Curtis says polar bears are not going to go extinct. They are going to go extinct. So he's wrong about that. I'm just going to remind him of that today.
00:35And you go with the proven commodity. And he's a better all-around player really when it gets down to it. He's a better third baseman slash hitter than Pete.
00:44Pete Alonzo gives you home runs. He gives you that big righty stick in the bombs at Fenway. I get it. There's appeal to that. You could probably sell some polar bear merch.
00:51But if you've got to choose, it's Breggy.
00:54Wow. Ken, you're the baseball guy. What did the team lack this year offensively?
00:59Well, they lacked a lot of things. They lacked him healthy for a while.
01:02No, no, no. But what was it statistically? What did they lack most of all? It was power hitting and home runs.
01:07But Bregman, when he's on, will give you some home runs.
01:10He'll give you, what, 20 to 25?
01:11He'll give you 30, 35.
01:13No, he's not going to give you 30, 35.
01:15I mean, to be fair, his swing was not the same after the injury.
01:19Correct.
01:19I don't think. So you think that will be repaired?
01:22Yes. And he and Roman and Marcello, when you get those three, that should be good enough as a trio in the heart of the order.
01:30If they're all healthy and playing, then it'll make the difference this year.
01:34Who's your first baseman? Tristan Cassis?
01:36That's tough. You may have to put Marcello over there. Teach him how to play first.
01:39And then Cassis will be, like, in the mix. But I don't think you can run him out again.
01:44Okay. And then you're still holding them accountable, I hope, on some sort of a number two arm.
01:50Yes. Then you've got to make that trade or acquisition.
01:53No, no, no. They've said they're going to get the pitcher.
01:55But in terms of the stick, Bregman or Alonzo, who do you choose?
01:59But to be clear, Bregman was on this baseball team last year.
02:04He was.
02:04You were paying that salary last year.
02:07Yep.
02:08You got rid of the salary of Rafael Devers.
02:11That's true.
02:12Don't you need to go out and spend that money on somebody else?
02:15Well, the pitcher.
02:15And wouldn't that be Pete Alonzo?
02:17The pitcher and the Super Bowl pen, which they are assembling now.
02:20The Super Bowl? Oh, you're in on the Super Bowl pen.
02:22Yes. I like that.
02:23Yep.
02:24Okay.
02:24All right.
02:25All right.
02:25I think Ken's out of his mind, but I mean, Bregman's best year was 2019, where he hit 41 home runs.
02:32That's a pretty good year.
02:33Yeah, but since then, he's hit 12, 23, 25, 26, and 18, where Pete Alonzo basically has hit 40, 46, 34, 38, 37.
02:45Aren't you worried, though?
02:46Aren't you a little bit worried that Alonzo could come here and flop, especially on a long-term deal?
02:51Did he play for the Mets?
02:52Played for the Mets, yeah.
02:53All right.
02:53And isn't the New York media pretty harsh over there?
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