00:00You wrote a good column about all the more realistic possibilities than Seager, right?
00:04Royce Lewis is more realistic.
00:06Schmidt from the Giants is more realistic.
00:08Westbrook from the Orioles, they needed a major upgrade in offense.
00:12They were like 24th or something, 26th on base percent.
00:15I mean, they're not even close at this point.
00:18And Seager is a two-time World Series MVP.
00:20We're talking about a very special player.
00:22I don't think people realize how special he is.
00:24The other two-time MVPs of the World Series are Reggie Jackson, Sandy Koufax, and Bob Gibson.
00:29Now, he's probably not any of those three guys, but he certainly has a Hall of Fame case.
00:34And the Yankees haven't been good enough for 17 years.
00:37So the fans want to get young superstars for nothing.
00:40That's their goal.
00:41But I'm trying to be how I think they should operate this team and not worry so much about,
00:46you know, making a profit every year.
00:47Can I agree with the thesis and not agree with the player?
00:52They just blew it last year.
00:53Alex Bregman should have been a Yankee.
00:55Alex Bregman is a born winner.
00:57He's never not been in the postseason.
00:58They should have gotten over the 2017 stuff and just spent some of the money and answered it.
01:03My concern on Seager is this.
01:06He's entering his age 32 season with five years left.
01:09You mentioned Royce Lewis has been on the IL nine times.
01:12Seager has been on the IL nine times over the last four years.
01:16He's been on it three times in each of the last two.
01:18And nothing scares me.
01:20We've covered Don Mattingly and David Wright twice for inflamed lower backs.
01:24That would scare me.
01:25We've covered Don Mattingly and David Wright twice for inflamed lower backs.
01:25We've covered Don Mattingly and David Wright twice for inflamed lower backs.
01:26We've covered Don Mattingly and David Wright twice for inflamed lower backs.
01:26We've covered Don Mattingly and David Wright twice for inflamed lower backs.
