00:00The Tigers are two and a half games out of the wild card race right now.
00:04It just shows you how bad the American League is in baseball.
00:07You know, they got out to a brutal start here, and there they are.
00:10They're still two and a half out in the wild card.
00:12I mean, George, do the Tigers make that move and move him,
00:15or do they sit tight and get closer to August 3rd, the trading deadline,
00:18to see what's happening and what potentially shakes out?
00:22Well, I think that's the first thing you do, right?
00:24You wait until – you're not going to trade him now, all right,
00:26unless someone makes you an offer you just can't refuse, right?
00:29Then, okay, I got no choice.
00:31If the Dodgers are going to say, hey, you can take any three players in our forum system,
00:34well, then you're making that trade, all right?
00:36Now, it's three weeks, right?
00:38That's the deadline.
00:39You mentioned they're two and a half out, but they're also behind Baltimore,
00:42Toronto, Boston, Houston, Minnesota, Seattle, Cleveland, and the Yankees.
00:45They've got to hop a lot of teams.
00:48You got to have that come-to-Jesus moment with yourself.
00:51You're not winning the World Series, all right?
00:53That's not happening.
00:53I don't care how bad the American League is.
00:55You're not winning the World Series.
00:56You cannot lose Schubel for nothing, and you're not going to resign him, right?
01:00He's going to get $300 million, $400 million, whatever it is with him and Boris there.
01:05You can't let him go and get zero back.
01:07That sets your organization back too far.
01:09So I think in some ways – I know this is going to sound weird,
01:12but if I'm the GM of the Tigers, I'm sort of hoping –
01:15can we be like six, seven back at the deadline?
01:17Make it easier for me to deal with this guy where I'm not going to hear the blowback
01:19from the media, from the fans who now hate me?
01:21I think that's sort of what they're hoping here.
01:23They fall out of it a little bit.
01:24But if they're closer, if they're in a playoff spot, maybe they do hold on to him.
01:29But I think you're doing a disservice to your team for the future
01:31if you just lose him for nothing.
01:33I have no problem holding on to him if your owner's going,
01:35we're legitimately going to try and resign him during the offseason.
01:38But they've already said no, Dan.
01:39They've already said no.
01:41You can't let this guy hold you back.
01:42You can't let this guy hold you back.
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