00:00And for those of us who wanted Brezbot to go and get a bat, our wish has been granted.
00:08Yes, it is.
00:11So I am.
00:13I like this deal, Curtis.
00:15I don't know how you there are.
00:16There are some who are whining that the Red Sox overpaid.
00:22I listen, you certainly had an excellent young pitcher in Connelly early that you could have gotten a lot of
00:31years out of at a at a at a cheaper price than than some some others.
00:37But in this case, you needed a bat and we were all asking him to go get a bat.
00:43And the guy you got, should he stay where he's where he's been, is automatically the second best bat that
00:51you got on the baseball team as soon as he gets here.
00:54So I think anybody that's ripping it would have ripped the Red Sox if this same Curtis Mead went to
01:00the Yankees or to another competitive team in Major League Baseball.
01:03Connelly early young under control pitcher that this shows the organization.
01:07The organization is investing.
01:09Yeah, there is nothing more valuable than a three starter that you have under your control for the next five
01:13years.
01:14And they decided to move on from him and they brought in a bat that fills a need.
01:19I just it was awesome.
01:21This weekend was awesome.
01:22We'll get to all of it.
01:23But you have Kraft talking about Gonzo.
01:25Yeah, and you have the Red Sox addressing a need a week before the deadline.
01:28I don't know how you complain about it.
01:29Yeah, this should be no complaints at all.
01:31I mean, this is what everybody wanted.
01:32No complaints one bit.
01:34If anybody's complaining, they're just being a contrarian.
01:36That's all they're doing.
01:37I also think and I'm going to address it in my lead.
01:39Craig Breslow said something over the weekend to Chris Cotillo that to me tells you everything you need to know.
01:45It's what we've complained about year after year.
01:47For the past five years that I've been on the show, we've complained about it every time around the trade
01:50deadline.
01:51And it seems like they're going a completely different direction.
01:53Wow.
01:54Absolute.
01:54You brought absolute fire this morning.
01:56And that was a tease for your lead at the same time.
02:01Big market tease.
02:03Goodbye, Russ.
02:04She's a new gal.
02:05My Lord.
02:06Not a big deal.
02:07Like four months away.
02:09And you're right back where you were when you left.
02:11Yeah.
02:11Yeah.
02:12It's because she had a boy.
02:14Well, I think it also says that Craig Breslow is pretty secure in his job.
02:19Like, I think if he is given the permission to deal Connolly early, then I think he's pretty secure in
02:28his job.
02:28Don't you, going forward?
02:29Absolutely.
02:30Yeah.
02:31And, I mean, you're going to hear people say that they overpaid.
02:35Those same people, just so you know, would be saying, why are they not going for it if they didn't
02:40make that move?
02:42It was a great move.
02:44I don't think Connolly early is ever going to be a one or a two starter.
02:46Do we agree with that?
02:48He's not going to be a top front of the line rotation guy.
02:51No.
02:51No.
02:52You get a guy that is also under your control, that's 25 years old, that fills a significant need in
02:57your organization.
02:58It's a brilliant move.
02:59So, and what's it tell you about how they feel about the rotation?
03:03Does it give you any insight to make it?
03:07Yeah, maybe or anything?
03:09If they're willing, I know Curtis was like, well, I'd like another starter, but if they're willing to move on
03:14from a starter,
03:15doesn't that give you, like, some, like, oh, okay, they must feel really good about the rotation
03:19if they're willing to move on from, you know, a guy that's been a quality starter for them?
03:23I think it tells you they feel good about the rotation.
03:25I don't think it tells you anything about Garrett Crochet potentially coming back.
03:28Like, do you need him right now?
03:30I mean, no, you don't need him, but it would be like.
03:32No, it'd be great.
03:33It would be ultimate icing on the cake.
03:35You know, he's probably, arguably, when he's healthy, he's one of the best pitchers in baseball.
03:39Your rotation is one of the best in Major League Baseball right now.
03:42And if you get a guy who's one of the best pitchers in baseball to go with that rotation, it'd
03:46be pretty damn good.
03:48So, I'm not saying that it's, like, going to shed a light on.
03:51I think it has more to do with Jake Bennett and Peyton Tolley than it does with Garrett Crochet.
03:56Yeah.
03:56All right.
03:57The emergence of Jake Bennett, I think, was a big deal.
03:59Like, he has been so good this year.
04:01They felt comfortable to move on from early, knowing you had Tolley and Bennett in the wings.
04:05Can I ask if you guys talked to Connelly early at spring training?
04:08We did not.
04:09Okay, thank God.
04:10There is no Hillman jinx scenario.
04:12There is a massive Hillman jinx.
04:14Well, I think it's, if you think back, I think it's more of a roadshow jinx.
04:20Sox are going for it, clearly.
04:22And, Curtis, you would like to see one more deal because you want to add an arm, correct?
04:26I would like a righty starter, three, four starter that can come in and solidify that rotation
04:31because you can't rely on health of all these guys and you can't rely on Crochet.
04:34I know a lot of people thought this meant the return of Crochet earlier than expected.
04:39I think it was just an opportunity to fill a clear need, and they had a redundancy with Early,
04:44and they said, Jake Bennett is our future.
04:46We can afford to do this right now.
04:48Yeah, and a lot of, when it comes to the argument that they overpaid,
04:52I've seen a lot of seam heads suggest that you have to, at this point,
04:57the way things are going this season, you have to overpay to get a bat.
05:01Like, you just have to.
05:04Right.
05:04And because so many people are in it, because of that additional wild card,
05:08you have to, it's always going to be a seller's market because you're not going to be able to say
05:13that we're the only one that can afford this.
05:15There's several teams.
05:16And also, you get a weak head start of getting your team better.
05:20Like, why wait till the third to bring in an important need?
05:23Do it now, and then when you're, you know, playing the A's, you get a chance to win.
05:27And it's not a bad thing when you technically overpay for a guy that you know is going to be
05:32part of your future.
05:32Right.
05:33Is that kind of really like an overpay?
05:35I think when I like think of an overpay, I think it's more of a rental.
05:38Like, all right, you overpaid for this guy.
05:39Yeah.
05:40And you only have him for half a year.
05:42You got four years with me.
05:43Yeah.
05:43So I kind of look at that as not like necessarily an overpay.
05:46Also, what about the news this weekend that Tristan Cassis cannot swing a bat yet?
05:52Unbelievable.
05:55But does anybody, I mean, I don't care about him.
05:58He's never coming back.
05:58Yeah.
05:59I mean, I.
05:59Okay.
06:00Then you should have offloaded him when you had a chance a long, long time ago.
06:04Unless you're Brad Stevens, really?
06:05Who's going to give you anything for Tristan Cassis?
06:08You know what I mean?
06:09You're going to need a moron to be like, oh, okay, we'll give you something for that guy.
06:13And all he had was.
06:14Really anti-Brad Stevens now.
06:16Well, no, no, no.
06:16I'm just saying, like, who's going to take a guy that had.
06:19Morons.
06:20It's injury after injury.
06:21Injury after injury and then only had a small sample size of production.
06:25Yep.
06:26So it's like, who was going to take a guy like that?
06:29So basically in Fort Myers at the park down there, you got two guys who can't swing a bat.
06:34And Brad Foe.
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