00:00All right, McCarthy, we're just talking Roman Anthony.
00:01Give me your top five most important Red Sox players going into this season.
00:06All right, so number one is Garrett Crochet.
00:08He took the Red Sox as far as they went last year.
00:11He was essentially the sole reason why they were a playoff team.
00:14I mean, they won basically every start he made and was tremendous in the playoffs.
00:19I think he is the ultimate tone setter for this team.
00:22They will go as far as ultimately he takes them.
00:25He is undeniably the most important player on the team.
00:28But Roman Anthony is a close second because of the offense, because of their, frankly, their lack of offense.
00:35They are relying on him to be a true tone setter in that lineup.
00:39I was going to say in the middle of the order bat, it's a little different in baseball now.
00:43Your best hitter hits one or two.
00:45He's going to be your leadoff hitter this year.
00:47But they need him to be their best hitter, which, again, is a lot to ask of a 22-year
00:52-old kid who's barely played in the big leagues.
00:55But he has that talent and he has that ability.
00:58It's Crochet and Anthony, one, two.
01:00And then I think there's a real drop-off after that.
01:03I mean, those guys are so critical.
01:05Put it this way.
01:06If Roman Anthony isn't a star, the Red Sox are in trouble.
01:09If Garrett Crochet is hurt, they have a lot of pitching depth, but that changes so many things.
01:15I was going to say, do you switch those two because of the depth with the rotation?
01:20Because you have so many options.
01:21Obviously, you're talking about one of the best pitchers in baseball.
01:24So that is going to sting.
01:26But the fact that they have as much depth for that starting rotation that they currently do, do you think
01:30they'd be able to withstand a Crochet injury more than a Roman Anthony?
01:37What's the replacement for Roman Anthony if he goes down?
01:40No, there is none.
01:41And the reason I rank Crochet number one is purely philosophical.
01:46I think ace, number one starting pitcher, is the second most important position in sports after quarterback.
01:52And Crochet proved that to you last year.
01:55They have way more depth in their starting rotation this year.
01:57If Crochet misses time, they can weather the storm.
02:01But he's just – I mean, if you want to do anything in the playoffs, you need Garrett Crochet starting
02:07game one in Yankee Stadium.
02:08So I just – I rank him number one.
02:10But you're right.
02:11I mean, if Anthony gets hurt or if Anthony isn't a star, there's nobody else who can really be that
02:19true level of impact player for the Red Sox.
02:23I just – but again, if you're also talking about asking too much of players, me asking Roman Anthony to
02:29be the most important player on the Red Sox, the best player on the –
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