00:00One of the things I do feel good about, and a reason that I'm feeling better and better about the
00:04Red Sox,
00:05number one, we're almost to the opener.
00:06I think just anybody, any fan base, any team, any sport, just about,
00:11the closer you get to the opener, you're starting to talk yourself into that team.
00:15Well, if you don't feel good on opening day, you'll never feel good.
00:17No, and I just acknowledge that I might be getting sucked up into that a little bit,
00:21where it's like, you're 0-0, it's game one, a week away,
00:26and so I might be getting roped into that, I acknowledge that.
00:28But then, the World Baseball Classic is a reason to feel good about the Red Sox,
00:32not just because so many of the guys played well.
00:35And again, the final was not good for Whitlock, Roman Anthony ended the whole thing
00:38with the wrong kind of walk-off, but Anthony was great.
00:41You said the game before, they were both nailed.
00:43Whitlock was great, but now it's like, okay, who played well in the tournament?
00:47You mentioned Duran, like Duran has been great all spring, it started in Red Sox camp,
00:52it's continued into the World Baseball Classic,
00:55and he's such a massive swing player wildcard on this team.
01:00I think a real reason to feel optimistic about the Red Sox is the spring that he's having.
01:04And by the way, that cuts both ways.
01:06If you say spring training stats don't matter,
01:08then you can't read into Duran Duran and his big spring.
01:11You also can't ignore some of the slow springs out there for the Red Sox,
01:15like Meyer would be one that I would have on that list.
01:18But I buy into the spring, I buy into how guys look, he's looked incredible.
01:23And he looks like, if not Duran Duran, All-Star Game MVP from 2024,
01:29he at least looks like the 2023 Duran Duran,
01:32which is still a really, really good ballplayer,
01:34and definitely better than a year ago.
01:35I think that's a big reason to feel optimistic.
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