00:00So, B, this account, ML Football, I don't know who runs this.
00:06They've done a good job of getting a giant following, right?
00:11They like to start a lot of stuff, too.
00:12For a lot of people, getting a giant following is what's most important,
00:17not necessarily having correct content.
00:21Stallion, the list came from ML Football, right?
00:23Yep.
00:24Okay.
00:25So, I'm trying to find it here.
00:26They ranked the top 10 D.C. sports athletes.
00:33And I think they tried to do it kind of going forward,
00:36not necessarily where guys are right now or where they've been in their careers.
00:43Because if you're talking top 10 athletes in Washington, it's Ovi by a mile.
00:51As exciting as Jaden was the rookie season,
00:54like he's not close to what Ovi has accomplished.
00:57I think what the thing about it, they're probably talking about team players now moving forward.
01:03Ovi's best is behind him.
01:04Right.
01:05So, the top 10 current athletes in Washington sports per this ML Football,
01:09and this generated a ton of response, okay?
01:12They have Jaden at one, Ovi at two.
01:15I can get down with that.
01:17But I can see that.
01:20If you're going forward, though, I don't think – and people are going to forget.
01:25If you're going forward, you don't put Ovi on his list.
01:29Ovi's the guy, okay?
01:31But if you're looking at the future and what's going on,
01:33he ain't going to be playing here in three years.
01:38So, at number three, I'm not going to pretend to be enough of a hockey guy to dismiss this,
01:45but number three on this list is Dylan Strom.
01:48And I like Stromer a lot, and he's a good player.
01:53But I think you can make a real argument.
01:55If you're talking about current and going forward, James Wood maybe should be number one.
02:00I'm looking at James Wood right now and just knocked the cover off the baseball.
02:04I think you could argue he should be number one.
02:06I think Jaden showed you a ton his rookie season.
02:09But right now we're seeing Wood showed you a ton and is now building on that in year two.
02:14Jaden did not build on it in year two, and that was largely a byproduct of injuries.
02:19I couldn't put Wood any lower than two.
02:24Stallion, you're the baseball guy.
02:25Do you agree with that?
02:27Absolutely.
02:28That was going to be my point.
02:30I was interested to see what you guys would say about Strom, but James Wood.
02:35Now, Ovechkin should be one, but I think James Wood, he's number two even ahead of Jaden there.
02:41Like, at this point, James Wood is an MVP candidate.
02:45And it's not to say that Jaden won't be.
02:47I just think you take Ovi off of this list because Ovi has done so much in his career, in
02:53his past,
02:54that he's going to exceed everybody on this list put together.
02:58So, Ovi has his own place by himself.
03:01If this is for moving forward, then we're not going to waste the time of even, you know, trying to
03:07compare it.
03:08There's nobody on this list even close to him.
03:10I totally agree.
03:13Like, so the total list is Jaden, Ovi, Strom at three, Wood, Trey Young at five, Alex Saar at six,
03:22which seems very optimistic,
03:25C.J. Abrams at seven, Terry McLaurin at eight, Tom Wilson at nine, Anthony Davis at ten.
03:32Anthony Davis hasn't played at all.
03:34So, how do you even put him on the list?
03:37I mean, that's a question.
03:40Obviously, this is someone who's really more on the hockey, baseball side who wanted to start some stuff.
03:48To be honest with you, because I've got to put Terry higher than some of the other guys.
03:53Totally, man.
03:54By far.
03:55And if you really want to go with, like, a young Caps player, I think at this point there's probably
04:01more excitement about Hudson or Leonard.
04:04Or even, like, the Protus brothers.
04:07I'd have to lean on a more hockey-centric person.
04:09Like, also, isn't Wilson better?
04:14I don't know.
04:15I find that whole thing interesting.
04:17I just think what James Wood is doing is, like, really rarefied air right now.
04:24And the fact, last year the Nats kind of stunk and Wood had a – he really slowed down in
04:30the second half of the season.
04:32But right now they're playing good baseball.
04:34He's raking.
04:36And, I mean –
04:37Did he hit home right last night?
04:39Yeah, he's got 15.
04:40They played 60 games.
04:43So, I don't – this list to me, and I'm not mad at the content game.
04:47I understand how it works.
04:48I got tagged in this for some reason.
04:51So, the people that got tagged in this were –
04:53They tag you so they can get your followers to follow the crap.
04:56Me, Bickle, Hogshaven, and Payne.
05:00Zamanders, I guess, is the account.
05:02And Commander's Realm.
05:05I don't believe I responded or retweeted this or anything because I saw it just as engagement farming.
05:10But I find this pretty flawed.
05:13If you're talking best players in Washington today and kind of moving forward,
05:21ton of excitement around Jaden still.
05:23I think that's warranted.
05:25Wood's certainly on there.
05:26I would still include Terry for what he's produced.
05:29Terry wants to have a big year.
05:31I kind of think he will.
05:33I have a tough time putting Anthony Davis.
05:35Until we see him put on a uniform.
05:37Okay, I see him put on a wizard uniform.
05:38I'm not going to give him any credence or credit for this town.
05:42He hasn't played here.
05:43Where do you land on Trey Young?
05:46I'm still not going to get Trey.
05:47How many games did Trey Young play?
05:48Trey played a few games.
05:49Eight.
05:49At least Trey showed you what he could be.
05:52Yeah.
05:52But still, I'm not putting him way up there yet.
05:55The tough part of looking at this list,
05:59Stallion, it seems like because they're playing such good baseball,
06:03fewer and fewer people believe C.J. Abrams gets traded in season.
06:08Do you agree with that?
06:09Like, at the deadline, it seems like they're not going to move C.J.
06:12Do you agree with that?
06:13I do agree with that, for now.
06:15Is he a Boris guy?
06:16He's not.
06:17He's a Roc Nation guy.
06:19Okay.
06:20So maybe an extension's possible, right?
06:22It's possible.
06:23How much by this time next year do you think C.J.'s on this team?
06:29Oh, like, I'm going to say no.
06:35I'm going to say no.
06:36I'm not 100% sure if a trade will happen.
06:39I don't know what's going to happen,
06:41but I think they might have some other plans in the future.
06:46What do you mean?
06:48I just think that the way that their farm system is,
06:50like, they've got a couple of shortstops, like Seaver King.
06:53He's ready to make the jump this year.
06:55He could be your everyday shortstop.
06:56And also, I think that C.J. right now,
06:58the value is at an all-time high for him.
07:01And who knows what's going to happen?
07:03Like, a team is going to be calling about C.J. Abrams,
07:06and they're going to be offering a lot.
07:07And with the way that a new CBA is coming,
07:10teams are going to be going it this year.
07:12Like, they're going to want to go win a World Series
07:15before there's going to be a lockout.
07:16I think it's going to,
07:17I think there's going to be a lot of desperate teams calling
07:19who may give up a little bit more than what he's worth.
07:23That's just my thought.
07:24That's just my thought.
07:26Cameron was asking me about this last night.
07:28And I think, similar to the Wizards trading away Denny Avdia,
07:33who's now an all-star in Portland and playing really well,
07:35and their logic was he's just not on our timeline.
07:39Like, when we think we're going to be really good
07:41and compete for, you know, playoff series wins and stuff,
07:45Denny's ahead of that.
07:46And that was kind of their logic in trading away Denny.
07:49I fear the Nats are going to be in a similar timeline with Abrams,
07:54where if he's good right now, and their control window,
07:59the contractual control with CJ is running out, right?
08:03Like, they're in a lot more of a pressure situation.
08:06I think the timelines may be the problem.
08:08But I do think for all the excitement of the way the Nats are playing baseball
08:14right now and being two games over .500 almost to June,
08:19like, if and when they trade him,
08:21it's going to be a real gut punch for a lot of fans of the organization.
08:25Probably will be, but what if their success continues this year
08:29and they change their timeline?
08:35It would require spending money.
08:37Yeah.
08:38I'd love to be surprised.
08:39You don't know if they're going to spend the money.
08:40Do you?
08:42Not necessarily, but we'll see.
08:48Dude, I mean, if they rattle off seven in a row
08:50and then all of a sudden they're eight games over .500,
08:54that changes the calculus too.
08:57That's what I'm saying.
08:57If they just keep having their success, does it change up stuff?
09:02But in short, to this list, let's be clear.
09:04The list is whack.
09:05Okay.
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