00:00I'm going to get in the weeds a little bit here.
00:02Was it a mistake given that qualifying offer to Trent Grisham?
00:05And could that prevent Bellinger from really being brought back?
00:10I mean, to me, it looked to me, and I don't know.
00:13You hear whispers that they felt that he would decline it
00:16and they'd get the draft choice.
00:18It feels like, I mean, obviously they had both guys last year,
00:21but they've got Spencer Jones coming.
00:23They hope certainly that Dominguez will be able to play more games.
00:25I mean, was this a mistake to bring Grisham back at four times the salary
00:31that he made last year?
00:32I mean, he certainly hit a lot of home runs, more home runs than any center fielder
00:35in the game.
00:37But I mean, he's a .218 career hitter.
00:40His defense has gone backward.
00:42Did they gamble and lose on this?
00:45Well, the day that they made the offer, John, I was on my radio show
00:48and I was absolutely aghast because I think he's a good player.
00:53And I said that once they offered him the $22 million, he was going to take it.
00:57He's not dumb.
00:58He's a smart guy.
01:00He was not getting $22 million on the market, and there might not be a 2027.
01:05So why worry about a multi-year contract?
01:07If the Yankees loved him so much, I almost guarantee you, John,
01:11that if they offered him $36 million for three years, he would have taken it.
01:15That would have been an average annual value of $12 million.
01:17You're paying Neiman Marcus prices for a guy who's not a Neiman Marcus player.
01:22And I thought it was a huge mistake.
01:25And if they are, in fact, committed to staying under 304, you just killed yourself.
01:31You took away so much maneuverability, and it might cost you Bellinger, again,
01:36if you're committed to staying under the 304.
01:39But if they loosen up on that, then, you know, I love when people go,
01:42well, there's no such thing as a bad one-year contract.
01:44I think that's ridiculous.
01:46It's ridiculous.
01:47I mean, if you gave him Mudd Rosario, who's a good player, $30 million for one year,
01:52that'd be a bad one-year contract.
01:54And I think that Grisham is a terrific power hitter for one year,
01:59and he was great last year.
02:01As you said, his metrics defensively went down, but he did have a hamstring issue,
02:05so you wonder if it was that.
02:07But once you tied into that $22 million,
02:09and here's the one thing that bothers me the most.
02:11They thought he was going to turn it down, and they'd get a draft pick.
02:16Oh, wow.
02:17That draft pick that they would get between the first and second round
02:20is worth $22 million gamble?
02:23I don't see it.
02:24I just don't see it.
02:26Mike, as a multi-time payer in the system,
02:29it wasn't between the first and second round.
02:30It would have been between the fourth and fifth round.
02:32That draft pick was worth even less.
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