00:00If Lindor comes back well, do you break it up and say this group is never going to work as
00:05it is?
00:06I'm assuming you can't trade Soto. Do you break this up and try to do something else?
00:12You know, I'm not going to be shocked if Lindor is out there. I like the guy. I think he's
00:16on his
00:18way to the Hall of Fame. There's something wrong with the mix, I think. We've said this on this
00:22show many times. It's probably been underreported in the press. I'm not knocking our competitors.
00:28It's underreported everywhere, but I think they've got to figure out how Lindor and Soto can become,
00:34no, they're not arch enemies. They're not at each other's throats. Soto has moved across the room,
00:39but they're not speaking as far as I can tell. I say get them together in a room and figure
00:45it out
00:46or investigate potentially a trade of Lindor. I did hear that when Lindor got hurt, Soto went to
00:52the trainer's room to check on him and see on him, but I agree. What I would say, John, is
00:57there's
00:57just not a lot of camaraderie warmth in it, and it's your two-star players. I know how aggregation
01:04works now, John, so I'm almost hesitant to say it because I know nothing, and if I were a betting
01:10man, I would bet heavily that neither player is traded, including me. Toronto was run by two
01:16ex-Cleveland guys in Mark Shapiro and Ross Atkins. They know Lindor well. They have some
01:23offsetting contract types, either Santander, Jimenez kind of guys who could, even if we have
01:30a salary cap coming, it would not be as dire if they put a prospect or two in. I'm only
01:36saying,
01:36I wonder about it. That's the one I've been wondering about.
01:39Yeah, that's interesting. Jimenez and Lindor, again, they were traded once before. I'm not
01:45trading him for dead money like Santander. I think Lindor is still an excellent player.
01:51Yes, I agree.
01:51He's still an excellent player. I don't consider it dead money at all. I know he's got five years to
01:56go, and I expect him to be worth what he's being paid. I would want to get something positive if
02:03I'm
02:03going to do that.
02:04Again, I know this doesn't stop aggregators from doing what they do. I think both players will
02:09stay. I think that they'll continue to build around them. But I think the way this season
02:13has gone, they have to be open to everything. And besides Peralta, I don't think they have
02:19another thing that they would trade that they could get significant return on.
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