00:00The question for Giancarlo Stanton isn't so much about this year, Tom.
00:04It's about his future.
00:05He's played 764 games with the Yankees and missed 694.
00:10This is since the Marlins traded him to New York after he won the MVP of the National League.
00:15His contract states, Tom, that he will be paid $25 million next year,
00:21and then he's got a club option for 28 with a $10 million buyout,
00:26and the Yankees will pay that buyout.
00:27Do you think he's played his last game, Tom, for the Yankees?
00:31I mean, they could.
00:33I mean, some teams do.
00:34Just say farewell and we'll eat $35 million.
00:37My sense is no, but I don't think the Yankees count on him next year.
00:43Let's pretend it's a regular, regular season next season, Tom.
00:46What I can see, bring him in spring training, make sure everything is good.
00:50If there's a spring training, he plays.
00:53If not, I think that could be it.
00:57I would say it's partly that, and I think a lot of it comes down to what they potentially get
01:03from Spencer Jones and Jason Dominguez.
01:06Can Dominguez stay healthy?
01:08Because if you can roll into the season with Judge and Bellinger's there,
01:13and what are they doing with Trent Grisham?
01:14Do they make some remedy there?
01:16I think it also depends on the other players, because if no one steps forward and truly grabs the reins
01:22of saying,
01:22oh, they are going to be a full-time player that can stay healthy and produce,
01:26then the Yankees will keep Stanton around.
01:28But if those other players step up or there's another move to be made with a trade or signing, whatever
01:32it is,
01:33then they'll have the flexibility to say, okay, we'll eat the money and we can let Stanton go,
01:37because there's no reason for us to keep him around if we just can't keep him in the lineup
01:42and we constantly have to deal with, oh, when he'll be back.
01:45Do we have to take someone else out of the lineup that's producing for us?
01:48That's going to be a tough one for them.
01:50And...
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