00:00What teams do you expect to be like Byers?
00:03Do you think the Dodgers are going to be in the conversation as always?
00:06I mean, they've just got a wealth of riches.
00:09Could you see a team like Tampa Bay being a team that could be in that conversation?
00:13And, Bob, who would have thought this?
00:15I don't know how they did it, but Boston, here they are.
00:19They get rid of Alex Cora at the beginning of the year,
00:21and everybody was talking and saying to John Henry, sell the damn team.
00:25And all of a sudden now they're fighting out for a playoff spot right now.
00:28And as you just said, everybody's within striking distance.
00:31Is there going to be a particular team that you think is going to be particularly active?
00:36Well, I think Tampa will be very aggressive.
00:39You talk to GMs, and they say they've got scouts everywhere.
00:44So I think Tampa will be very aggressive because the American League is so wide open.
00:47You're right about Boston.
00:49I mean, they're like 14 games below .500, and they went 21-4 in July,
00:55and now they're just six games back right in the middle of a wild card derby.
01:01So, yeah, they're a completely different team.
01:03How did they turn it around, Bob, in your opinion?
01:06What was the determining factor?
01:08I mean, I can't think firing Alex Cora was that big a deal, but here we are, like you said.
01:13I mean, the last month and a half, this team's been on fire
01:16and maybe the best team in the American League right now.
01:18How did they turn it around?
01:21Yeah, it started pitching on our minds.
01:22So the pitching was really dominant, and just guys came together.
01:26The more they won, the more confidence they had and everything else.
01:31But, yeah, it was the pitching that just lights out during that whole stretch.
01:35And that's how they traded away early to the Nationals to get some offensive help.
01:41And, of course, Mean gets hurt the first day and they get them.
01:44But they're still looking for a shortstop.
01:47I think if they get a shortstop, they've got a chance to go to the World Series.
01:49So, yeah.
01:49series.
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