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Jarren Duran and Willson Contreras are heating up and the Red Sox are coming alive. Can they keep it up as the season goes on?
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00:00Just call the man to my left, Ken Stradamus.
00:02The 3-1 to Jaron Duran, and he swings and hits a fly ball deep towards left field.
00:07Collins back, at the track, at the wall, he leaps, and it's gone!
00:12Two straight nights of Jaron moments.
00:17Oppo and the Red Sox take a 4-3 lead in the seventh inning.
00:22Jaron Duran doing his best Joel Embiid in round one against the Celtics impression
00:27is playing a million times better than he should be, or usually is.
00:31Oh, Oppo, that's not the driveline.
00:33What is happening there?
00:34First thing I thought, you're not pulling the ball.
00:36Did you get chastised?
00:38Did you get into the dugout?
00:38I could get benched tomorrow.
00:39By the way, was that a little too much sauce from Boardman there?
00:43That might have been.
00:44I don't think it justified that scream.
00:46Maybe they're just...
00:46It's gone!
00:48I mean, that's a...
00:49Oppo!
00:50They've only hit like 15 homers this year.
00:51I mean, they've got to get excited.
00:52I think that was the put them ahead, right?
00:54So they're 3-3 when that happens.
00:56Yeah, that's a late-game comeback.
00:58I'm a little excited.
00:58Sure.
00:59That's a leverage comeback win.
01:00It's water in a desert.
01:02That's two, by the way.
01:03They had a comeback Saturday and a comeback last night.
01:05And a sweep.
01:06And baseball is parody-filled, as you know.
01:09A lot of teams stink.
01:10When you sweep a team, that is impressive.
01:12I don't care who it is, it's impressive.
01:14It doesn't matter if they're worse record than you.
01:15It doesn't matter.
01:16You swept them.
01:17You swept a team in baseball.
01:19And you're coming around on Duran now, right?
01:20I don't...
01:21Because you traded them yesterday.
01:22They didn't even win because you traded them.
01:24I did.
01:24I did.
01:25I did.
01:25You know what?
01:26You've come up with some stuff.
01:27And I've come in at you hard.
01:28I might have to just back down a little bit on the Duran.
01:31Well, he has been everywhere over the last three games, including that two-run homer there.
01:35And yeah, what a sweep.
01:374-3.
01:37The bats are back.
01:39And thank sweet Lord Almighty the bats are back because it was bad for a while.
01:43Wilson Gutierrez had three of the Sox's 11 hits, including a triple.
01:47But defensively, look who's again making the highlight reel.
01:50The 0-1.
01:51Swing and a high fly ball down the left field line.
01:54Way up in the air towards the corner.
01:55Duran runs over in that corner.
01:57Foul ground.
01:58Leaps and makes the catch!
02:01He does it again!
02:03Over his head last night.
02:05In front of him last night.
02:06This time to his right.
02:08Jumped up.
02:09Backhand against the foul wall down the left field line.
02:14Hits the wall with his shoulder.
02:16Pulls the ball out of the stands.
02:18And gives the Red Sox, with a sterling effort, their second out.
02:22All right.
02:23Easy, Duran.
02:23Ken's getting a big head after going to watch you yesterday.
02:26By the way, can I ask you, why does Will Fleming and Cooper Boardman switch off?
02:29Well, that's the standard way.
02:31And by the way, having scheduled these guys, you can't imagine the fight over five innings
02:36versus four innings that I have had in the last couple of years.
02:39Oh, my God.
02:40Oh, really?
02:40Oh, it is like behind the scenes.
02:41Is that one animation difference?
02:43Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
02:44Oh, wow.
02:44You know, I can't get into the details.
02:46Wow, that's cool.
02:47So why can't Cooper?
02:48Cooper will do whatever he's asking.
02:49Yeah, yeah, yeah.
02:49I'm going to sound really dumb because I've never been in the booth.
02:52Why can't one person call the whole game?
02:54Well, sometimes they do if it's a color analyst who's just a player.
02:58Like, so when Fleming and Middlebrooks do the games this weekend, that'll be the case.
03:00Okay.
03:01But in this case, Cooper's a play-by-play guy.
03:03So it's two Syracuse guys, you know, that they're going to share off the duties.
03:07But why can't they, like, draw straws?
03:08Like, I'm going to be the one who calls the game and you're going to be the other guy.
03:12It's just, it's really odd.
03:13It's like, you know, it's like every other sport we play and I'm like, oh, yeah, there is
03:18so-and-so doing the call.
03:19There it is.
03:19But it's like, I never know who I'm going to get.
03:21Am I going to get Will Fleming?
03:22Am I going to get Cooper Boardman?
03:23It's strange.
03:23Yeah.
03:24Well, that's the problem.
03:25We've had a lot of heavy hitter play-by-play guys together over the last few years.
03:29So sometimes there's some jostling.
03:30Well, they're both good.
03:31It's good!
03:32I mean, that was a little intense.
03:35But I get it.
03:36I get it.
03:36It's been a, you haven't gotten many of those lately.
03:38It's very rare.
03:39It's like a woman at the Steve Vai concert.
03:41Oh.
03:41I had one in front of me.
03:43Now, even more important than the sweep.
03:46Yes.
03:47Was the appearance of Theo Epstein on a podcast.
03:50He has emerged from his cave, his Pearl Jam cave, whatever it is.
03:54And he's talking on the Rich Eisen show.
03:57And it isn't even what he said.
03:59It's just that he's out there, which means they care.
04:02And yesterday, John Henry spoke at this business journal thing in New York.
04:06Yep, yep, yep.
04:06Not to his comments.
04:07Not to the media.
04:08No.
04:08Just speaking to his people.
04:10But I love that they're out and about.
04:11It's just a good sign, Rich, that something's coming.
04:13Dude, is it wrong that I forgot that Theo Epstein was even involved in this team?
04:17Oh, totally, right?
04:17No.
04:17Like, I saw it.
04:18I totally forgot.
04:19Oh, so him and, you know, Big Papi are talking, huh?
04:22I wonder what that means.
04:24Are they feeling the heat?
04:25I don't know.
04:26Good.
04:27And I think you're going to have to trade something, one of your young guys, for a big bat.
04:33And maybe not a veteran bat.
04:35If it's Jordan Alvarez, he's not that old.
04:36But we've talked about Mark Trout and all kinds of names have floated about.
04:39Yeah.
04:40So, I do think they have some decisions to make.
04:43Breslow loves pitching.
04:45Loves it.
04:45Like, covets it.
04:46Would he ever part ways?
04:48Would you ever give up Toley or Early, who we saw last night?
04:51Some of these guys that are very valuable.
04:53Even Crochet, maybe, in the mix.
04:56Okay.
04:56Roman Anthony.
04:57Roman Anthony.
04:58Would you give up Roman for a different position, Big Bat, who's more established?
05:03You see, Roman Anthony might be the only person I wouldn't touch on this roster.
05:08Almost anyone else except for Roman Anthony.
05:11Even some of the big-name pitchers you just named.
05:13They have to do something.
05:14They've got to get some bats in here.
05:16And if you're going to get Jordan Alvarez, I mean, then, yeah, absolutely.
05:19There's no one outside of Roman Anthony.
05:21And you know what?
05:22If you're going to get Alvarez, then I'll give up Roman Anthony.
05:24Would you really?
05:25Yep.
05:25I think I would.
05:26Because then you're, like, facing Houston has him for 15 years.
05:29He could come back to haunt you so many different seasons.
05:32How old is he again?
05:33Remind me.
05:34Alvarez, I think, is 28.
05:35Okay, so 28's a good age.
05:37I think 28's a good age.
05:38You're not at 30 yet.
05:42He's a bigger guy.
05:43He's got calf problems.
05:43I don't want anybody to think he's Giannis.
05:45I would do that.
05:46I would, too.
05:46I would do that.
05:47Yeah, I would, too.
05:48Because, honestly, Roman still hasn't become a superstar yet.
05:52We're all projecting him to become one, right?
05:54Yeah, right.
05:54So he hasn't been there yet.
05:55Exactly.
05:55We know that Jordan Alvarez is a superstar.
05:57He's a superstar.
05:58He's going to get here.
05:59He's obviously going to be effective.
06:00Roman Anthony, and I believe that this injury thing that he's been going through is not
06:06going to be something that is going to be worrisome throughout his career.
06:09But you don't know.
06:10You don't know what he is yet.
06:12You really haven't.
06:13He doesn't.
06:13What's scary is that his two injuries are him swinging the bat.
06:18Yeah.
06:18That's your job, is to swing a bat.
06:20And he gets injured swinging the bat?
06:21Well, one of it got hit on the hand, right?
06:23So that's sort of.
06:24Yeah, all right.
06:24That's kind of a freak.
06:26Yeah, I get it.
06:27But the last one that's kept him out for longer than we all thought it was going to
06:30be was just him swinging.
06:31Yeah, add the muscle.
06:33Yeah.
06:34So that's.
06:34What did you think of what Trace told you yesterday about Roman?
06:37He had the whole sort of rundown of.
06:39I listen.
06:39I think Trace is just playing it as it is.
06:41And you know what?
06:42You got to be careful with him.
06:43I'm not.
06:43I don't want to rush the guy back.
06:45I right now.
06:46There's no reason to rush him back.
06:48You said setback.
06:49And he responded with this.
06:50First off, I wouldn't call it a setback.
06:52Like he.
06:52That's what I called it a setback.
06:55But Ted's right, because a setback is when you have been informed that someone will
06:59be back at a certain time and it isn't that time that they return.
07:03And we were told day to day.
07:04And then we were.
07:05First, we were called.
07:06How many days was it?
07:07Like, was he on the 10 day for a while?
07:08And then it was the 10 day.
07:09And the injury happened May 4th.
07:10Yeah.
07:11So it's been longer than 10 days.
07:12So that is the definition of a setback.
07:13And I understand why he's trying to protect his players.
07:16I get that because the last thing that you want is as a manager to have the pressure on
07:22a player to think that the world thinks that he's dogging it and not coming back in time
07:26because he's resting or, you know, Gronk had that kind of a chip on his shoulder because
07:30the Patriots kept putting stuff out there that he was supposed to be back.
07:33Remember that butting of heads between Gronk's family and the Patriots?
07:36It was awful.
07:37And I kind of felt bad for Rob because it's like there's nothing worse, I'm sure.
07:41And you know this better than anybody because these teams keep things so secret than being
07:46hurt and the players not understanding that you are hurt.
07:50Because what do the players say, Ted?
07:52I'm sorry.
07:52What do the fans say?
07:53What do the fans say when they think that you're actually okay to play but you're dogging
07:57it?
07:57Yeah.
07:58Yeah.
07:58I mean, it's not good.
07:59So you want people to know that.
08:00That's why hockey players, you always hear about all their injuries the day after the season's
08:04over.
08:04Yep.
08:05They want everybody to know, hey, I was playing with this.
08:07So, you know, you need to judge me through that prism.
08:09Yeah.
08:10Yeah.
08:10Yep.
08:10Yep.
08:11Well, as I said, for Alvarez, everyone's on the table.
08:15There aren't many other people I would give up Roman Anthony for.
08:18Really, anyone else.
08:19For a big bat, even the big pitching names you just mentioned, like Tully, yeah.
08:24They got to do something.
08:25They have to do something.
08:26I love Tully so much.
08:27I do, too.
08:27It would be depressing to let him go away.
08:29One guy with character and swagger, he just went eight innings in Atlanta.
08:32He's got that machismo about him.
08:34He probably is, like, flawed in a certain way.
08:37He's just a fastball guy with, like, some other stuff he's trying to work out.
08:40But when he's on, he's on.
08:41But here's what Theo did say, real quick, just a quote of it.
08:45It's not that easy to have this foundation.
08:48He threw that in one of his answers.
08:49We're talking about pitching and defense.
08:51So if Theo Epstein, who's not – I don't know how hands-on he is.
08:55He said it's Breslau that's got to fix the offense.
08:57But if he's in there evaluating the team and he says to Craig Breslau and John Henry, more importantly,
09:02we have a World Series caliber pitching staff.
09:05John, you've got to do something.
09:07We have elite defense.
09:08I think that could go somewhere to push the owner to do something like this.
09:12John, you've got to do something is the key, though.
09:14Right.
09:14John's not going to do something.
09:16His philosophy of spending money – and he's definitely not going to go in right now.
09:20If this team is in – right now, they're tied for third.
09:23They're tied for third in the AL East.
09:24You think he's going to go all in at the trade deadline when you're tied for third in the AL
09:29East?
09:29I think he – hey, maybe you go to Linda.
09:32She's our age.
09:33She's maybe more engaged right now.
09:34She's around.
09:36If you want to talk to Belichick, you go to Jordan.
09:38You're grossing out Stiz.
09:38I see Stiz shaking his head over there.
09:40I'm not going to totally dismiss this idea.
09:42A lot of these guys in power, believe it or not, their muse, like Belichick's muse, is Jordan.
09:49They listen to the women in their lives.
09:50It's not the craziest thing to suggest.
09:52Yeah.
09:54So, just – I'm on watch.
09:55You know, now that Theo's out, it's Giannis' watch, it's A.J. Brown' watch, and now Theo' watch.
09:59Well, here is Jaron Duran, your guy, taking a little bit of a victory lap after the game last night.
10:04Yeah, I mean, it's always fun to hit a homer.
10:06I mean, especially Oppo, because, I mean, it's into our bullpen, too, so that was always a cool thing.
10:11And I got to see them jumping around for me.
10:13It was probably what made my night, is watching them jump up.
10:15Did he say something along the lines of, I'm willing to get injured for my boys?
10:18Yes.
10:19There's, like, a quote where he's just like, man, I'm willing to take a bullet for this team.
10:22I'm Rambo.
10:23He's got to settle.
10:24I have it right here.
10:24Here we go.
10:25This is with Jemai.
10:26I mean, I'm willing to risk my body to make a play for my pitchers.
10:29Hell yeah.
10:29I was either going through the wall or I make a play, so I was able to make a play
10:32for him.
10:33Yeah.
10:33Come on, Ted.
10:34I love this.
10:34Give me some Terminator music.
10:35He's bad to the bone.
10:37But the only thing about J.D., can you handle success, buddy?
10:40Because I think sometimes when he starts playing like this, he starts, you know, feeling it.
10:44And I don't know.
10:46What's wrong with feeling it?
10:47He's in the zone.
10:48Yeah, but it's just, then he takes the foot off the gas a little bit.
10:52Then he starts to relax because he's getting all this love, and he's not as focused as he needs to
10:56be.
10:57And that's where he goes back into a slump.
10:58So I'm just, well, you know.
10:59It did look like he chirped somebody behind home plate after the home run, and he crossed the plate, and
11:04he went back to the dugout.
11:05He had something quick to say to somebody.
11:07It's starting to get to the point where if chirping's what makes him play well, chirp all you want, man.
11:11Like, you know what?
11:12Like, we tolerated Johnny Gomes for a while.
11:15Like, Johnny Gomes was intolerable, like, with all this stuff.
11:18Like, man, I'm willing to tackle a bear for my team.
11:20Didn't he have that whole story about, man, this wolf, this wolf came out of the woods, and I beat
11:24it up with my bear hands.
11:25Like, that's a real Johnny Gomes story.
11:27And he was sort of beloved.
11:28Like, he's a little different than Durant.
11:30Oh, Johnny Gomes was kind of, no, I don't know if he was beloved.
11:32I think he thought he was beloved.
11:34I think, I mean, that was a fun team to like.
11:37But Johnny Gomes was like, yeah, man, it's men's league hard hat.
11:40You got your hard hat to work.
11:41Tell you what, a hit's a hit.
11:44Yeah, yeah, yeah.
11:45Yeah, I don't think Gomes was beloved.
11:46I think Poppy's beloved.
11:48Beloved is an easy word to throw around.
11:50Well, Durant is certainly not.
11:52But this is a pasta-like quote here.
11:54I mean, I'm willing to risk my body and make a play for my pitchers.
11:57No, that's what Johnny Gomes does.
11:58That's a great clip.
11:59Come on, Ted.
12:00That's a great clip.
12:00I like that clip.
12:01But good for him.
12:02Listen, I want him to feel it.
12:03Can we play better than two weeks?
12:04Can we get, you know, I don't know, three months, you know,
12:08where you're playing good before you start, you know, smelling your farts here?
12:12Listen, I'm not going to be a joy killer.
12:14The guy's on a streak.
12:15You talk like Rambo all you want.
12:18It's just, you know, but when you do that, you got to continue.
12:21You can't talk that way and then just slip back into what you were.
12:24You know what's interesting is part of maybe why he's playing as good is
12:28because someone that he rotates positions with, Roman Anthony,
12:32is on the shelf too, right?
12:34I mean, he wasn't an everyday player when Roman Anthony was out there.
12:37When Roman Anthony comes back, what happens to Darren Duran?
12:39A couple quick texts on this.
12:41978, Duran is a total frontrunner, zero leadership.
12:43I would still trade him.
12:45207 text, putting Anthony on a trade block after 10 months is crazy.
12:49You can get Alvarez with other assets like your young pitchers.
12:51You probably can.
12:52I think you could too, and I think that obviously the Red Sox,
12:55I would hope, are smart enough to put up a package that doesn't have Roman Anthony.
12:58I'm just saying that if for some reason you had to make a Sophie's Choice,
13:03you get Jordan Alvarez and you had to give up Roman Anthony, I would do it.
13:06I would do it.
13:07This is a little bit of a deep dive, but they have a prospect in AA up in Portland,
13:10which you love Portland, Maine, I'm sure.
13:11I'm a big fan.
13:12Actually, I love Portland, Maine.
13:12Anthony Ionson, and he's becoming a story.
13:15So in six starts, he had a .61 ERA with 42 strikeouts and seven walks.
13:21So people are saying he could help this year.
13:24Like last year, the Blue Jays had Trey Savage come up,
13:27who just had a duel last night with Schlittler, another young guy for the Yankees.
13:30So this is, I bet you teams around baseball are going to want Anthony Ionson.
13:35And then the other question is, well, do you just keep him for yourself?
13:38Is he, you know, somebody you could use at the end of the year
13:40if you're actually in a pennant race?
13:41There you go.
13:41Well, the Sox have now won four of five.
13:44They are nine and six in their last 15.
13:46The bad news, they're coming back to Fenway Park where they stink.
13:49They're eight and four and 14 on the season.
13:51But we'll be out there broadcasting tomorrow,
13:53and I believe we are three and three on the year.
13:55I think when we are broadcasting there,
13:57they have won all three games we've done so far.
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