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00:00I get concerned that the Yankees are going to tie themselves up

00:02into another DJ LeMay-like contract with a Cody Bellinger.

00:05Could you potentially see them trying to negotiate less years

00:09with more AAV for a Cody Bellinger return?

00:12Yeah, you're asking all the right questions, I think, Ryan.

00:14I think there's a very strong market for Cody Bellinger.

00:17He's a very talented player.

00:19In shows at this time last year, I was screaming,

00:22the Yankees got to go get Cody Bellinger in a trade.

00:25I loved Cody Bellinger.

00:26Then I watched him play for a year, and I like it even more.

00:30I think he's got five tools, and I think that the most important thing

00:33that comes with five tools is knowing how to use them

00:36because you have a high baseball IQ, pretty good motor, get on the field.

00:41He was everything you want, and in a way, if he goes,

00:46you've now replicated Soto.

00:48You traded for Soto, had him for a year, had great results, let him go.

00:51The question on Bellinger that comes up over and over and over again, Ryan,

00:56is about volatility of result.

00:58Like, if you go to his war, there's highs and lows and highs and lows,

01:04and last year was a high again.

01:06That volatility, if you try to find somebody like that,

01:09it's a lot like Jacoby Ellsbury, who also was a free agent after age 29.

01:14Go look at Jacoby Ellsbury.

01:16There's six war.

01:17There's two war.

01:18There's five-something war.

01:20There's one-something.

01:21And it was bounce, bounce, strong year.

01:23The Yankees signed him for seven at 153, and as we know, that was a disaster.

01:27I think Cody Bellinger loves baseball.

01:29I didn't think Jacoby Ellsbury loved baseball, and I would not give long-term money to somebody

01:34who doesn't burn to play.

01:35That's a mistake, and I think he burns to play.

01:38It's one of the questions I wonder about Kyle Tucker.

01:40Does Kyle Tucker burn to play?

01:42I know Cody Bellinger burns to play.

01:44I think there's some questions about the motor and the desires on somebody like Tucker that have

01:50been expressed to me by organizations.

01:52Bellinger's also played in the three largest markets you can play in, Chicago, at Los Angeles,

01:56in New York.

01:56We know that's not going to bother him.

01:58He's excelled in all three places.

02:00I love the player.

02:01I would stretch somewhat for him.

02:03But does stretch mean five at 110, or does stretch mean seven at 210?

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