Jones & Keefe: This should be a big week for the Red Sox

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00:00I'll be pretty disappointed if they leave the winter meetings

00:02without or with their full starting pitching outfield intact.

00:09Like, they got to start peeling that down.

00:13And by adding Sonny Gray and Oviedo last week,

00:16they have a surplus of arms.

00:18They still have a surplus of outfielders when it comes to,

00:21and they, I guess, chipped away at it a little bit organizationally

00:24by trading the password.

00:25But you still have Duran, Abreu, Rafaela, Anthony,

00:31Christian Campbell's lurking somewhere in that mix as well.

00:35So I'll be disappointed if they leave the winter meetings

00:38with that still intact.

00:40Those log jams, starting pitching and the outfield.

00:43If you're waiting to sign a big-ticket guy,

00:47I mean, let's see.

00:47Are they all gone at the winter?

00:49If they all sign, I'll rephrase.

00:51I'll rethink it.

00:52But if Pete Alonso hasn't signed by the end of the winter meetings,

00:55I'll be annoyed they haven't signed him yet.

00:57I'll still want him.

00:58But I'm not going to crush him for that.

01:00You leave with all these arms?

01:02You leave with all these outfielders?

01:04What are you there talking to other GMs

01:06and trying to line up your strengths with their weaknesses

01:09and what you need versus what would they need?

01:12That's what this is for.

01:13And I'll be pretty disappointed if they get out of the winter meetings

01:15with the full starting rotation, 10 deep or whatever they are,

01:20and all these outfielders still here.

01:22This is a week to start chipping away at that

01:25and addressing other needs on the team.

01:26I'm with you on that.

01:27That makes sense to me.

01:28I am of the, like, let's make some progress, though, on Pete Alonso.

01:31Like, let's get that closer to the finish line.

01:34So apples to oranges because it was the biggest contract

01:38in the history of the sport.

01:39But do you remember what date?

01:40This is a little bit of a gotcha media here because I have the answer.

01:43Okay, hang on.

01:44Do you remember the date in which Juan Soto signed his monster deal with the Mets?

01:48Yes.

01:49What is it?

01:49Oh, you need the actual date.

01:51Follow-up question.

01:51I know.

01:51Okay, good.

01:52Two-parter?

01:52Yeah.

01:53February 1st.

01:54December 11th.

01:55Oh.

01:56So, like, pretty early on.

01:58Like, he was, like, now, he was the big, big domino to fall.

02:01Other guys were probably waiting to see, all right, what's Soto going to get,

02:03and then he can kind of go from there.

02:05But it doesn't mean you can't get anything done here in this stretch

02:09and, you know, figure out if you really have this guy or if you don't.

02:12And if you don't, you know, first of all, why?

02:14And also get some other ducks in a row.

02:17Like, figure that out.

02:17Who's playing first base?

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