August 9, 2025 • 29 mins
Alanna Rizzo and guest host Fansided Insider Robert Murray discuss why the Red Sox extending Roman Anthony made sense for both sides. (Top of show)
(4:28) The Brewers are baseball’s first 70-win team. Are they peaking too early?
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(12:39) Alanna and Robert take your live Grillin’ Robert questions, including next season's manager candidates, if the Yankees struggles are Aaron Boone fault, if Pat Murphy is slam dunk NL Manager of the Year and how the Brewers will approach first base when Rhys Hoskins returns.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Good afternoon, everybody, and welcome to the Thursday episode of
A Fair Territory with Ken Rosenthal. Do not adjust your screens.
Ken Rosenthal is finally taking a few days off to
reflect on his life choices. I am your host for
the day, Alana Rizzo, joined by Robert Murray, MLB insider
for Fan Sided. Obviously great to have Robert with us.
(00:23):
Thank you for being here, Thank you for doing this
for us. Looking forward to a good day. Because there's
a lot to talk about, Robert, Let's get right to
it and start with the lead.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
Yeah. So, the Roman Anthony extension here with the Boston
Red Sox sent shockwaves throughout baseball because it was not
something that anybody really anticipated. There were some conversations early
on in the off season, but as soon as the
trade deadline ended up getting done, the Boston Red Sox
were very aggressive in trying to get Roman Anthony extended.
(00:56):
And from what I gather from start to finish it
may have taken about forty eight hours. And by keeping
Roman Anthony in Boston long term, this was a huge
move for the Red Sox and for Roman Anthony as well.
And for the Red Sox it gets Anthony, who's one
of the top young players in Boston long term one
hundred and thirty million, which could end up being a
(01:18):
huge steal in the long run. And for Anthony, it
gets him in Boston for at least eight seasons, perhaps
nine with a club option for all sides. It's a
good move. I know there's some controversy and some people
who think it maybe wasn't like the best move for Anthony,
but you can't fault the gap for taking one hundred
and thirty million.
Speaker 1 (01:35):
Oh, absolutely not. I also want to welcome our new
friends watching on NBC Sports in Philadelphia, the Bay Area
as well as California and Robert. You bring up a
really good point. Now. Some folks are saying, why would
Roman Anthony do this. He's just twenty one years old,
He's leaving money on the table. He is expected to
be one of the big superstars of the game. But
(01:56):
you know what he said, yes, and I guarantee you
it wasn't just him making this decision. I know, having
been at Fenway this week and listening to what everything
was going on with Roman Anthony. He talked about it
with his family, he talked about it with his agents
and this is a place that he made clear he
wanted to play for a long time. What do you
make of what he was saying in his press conference.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
No, it's by taking this deal. It's very clear that
he wanted to be in Boston if he if he
had waited, he may have gotten three, four, maybe even
five hundred million dollars. And that's that's a projection for sure.
But it's also a good projection considering just how good
and talented he is and how highly tauted he was
coming through the miners. But figure, you're twenty one years old,
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you have one hundred and thirty million dollars thrown at you,
You're in the town that you want to play in,
and I mean, that's just a situation that's too good
to pass up, if you're Anthony, or if you're any player.
We even saw Jackson Merril do it, we saw Corman
Carroll do it. There's been other players who have done it. Anthony,
I mean, I can't blame him at all. I know
there's some people in the background and around baseball where
(03:02):
questioning why he took it, But he took it for
all the right reasons, because he wanted to be in Boston,
and I can never fault the guy for that, all.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
Right, So let me ask you this. Do you think
the age is a factor in this, Robert, Because he's
only twenty one years old, and when he does end
this contract, even if the club picks up the option,
he's still entering a free agent period at around thirty
years old. It's not as if he's going to be
thirty six when he's able to go to another team.
I mean, that has to play a factor into it
(03:30):
as well. I would imagine.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
Oh, it totally does, and as it should. I mean,
from his age twenty one to the thirty seasons, he's
going to make a hundred the thirty million obviously it
bought out some free agent years, and maybe that could
cost him some money then, but he's still going to
be in a position where he can land a maybe
ten plus year contract, could end up getting three four
hundred million dollars. So by the time it's all said
(03:53):
and done, he could be in a position to really
maximize his value and get maybe five hundred plus million
throughout his entire career. So even though he may have
left some money on the table now, he's going to
be able to make it up in the future for sure.
So for him, for his family, they're in a very
good spot to be set for life. I mean, shoot,
(04:14):
is even his great great great grandkids could end up
being several life But no, it's a great deal and
it sets them up for future success in earnings as well.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
Yeah, Roman Anthony is gonna get paid and make no
mistake about that. Okay, Robert, switching our focus now to
the Milwaukee Brewers. I'm not certain entering the twenty twenty
five season if either one of us would have thought
that the brew Crew would be the first team to
reach seventy wins on the season. Are you buying what
they're selling?
Speaker 2 (04:42):
Oh? I'm totally buying, And how could you not? With
Pat Murphy, I mean, Murphy is he is such a
common presence. He's intimidating for sure, Like if you're around him,
like you can you can sense he's like a grizzly bear,
but he's also a teddy bear at the same time,
And he cares about his guys so much and he
has them believing and that ross feels like exactly like
what Pat Murphy is. He's hard nosed, he's aggressive, and
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he just he plays the game. That entire team plays
the game the right way, and we even saw throughout
this entire wind streak and throughout this entire stretch they've
been by far the best team in baseball. They're putting
up runs, they're pitching really well, they're playing great defense
as well. Throughout the stretch. Their last win streak here,
they haven't had any errors on defense, so they're just
playing really good, fundamental baseball. I think they're here to stay,
(05:29):
and to me, they may not have the payroll of
the Dodgers or the trade deadline of the Padres, but
there's still a really freaking good baseball team. So I'm
absolutely buying everything that's that's going on with the Brewers
right now, and I would not be surprised by the
time it's all said and done if they actually represent
the National League in the World Series.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
Wow, the whole thing, HU, Why do you have so
much confidence in Milwaukee being the pennant winner in the
National League.
Speaker 2 (05:56):
That you look at their pitching. Their pitching has been
their foundation throughout, I mean to shoot, the last five
ten years, and now they have offense as well. They
have Jackson Curio, Christian Yelich, Isaac Collins South Freelick is there.
They have, I mean, so many young pieces on that
team who were just emerging and playing really good, like
(06:17):
as I said, fundamental baseball. And their bullpen is very
good as well, even after trading Devin Williams, even after
trading Josh Hater a couple of years ago, and they
added Shelby Miller at the trade DeLine, and that was
one that actually I was able to drop about twenty
five or so minutes after the trade deadline, and they
only gave up a player to be named later cash
in the deal, and it just it felt like a
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classic Brewers move. Well, actually maybe not classic Brewers move
because they added Salary and Jeordan Montgomery, but a under
the radar arm even when that wasn't the most pressing
need for him. He's going to be debuting in the
next couple of days. I think it was a great
move by Milwaukee and it strengthened what was already a
really good unit for them. So I think they have
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all the ingredients, especially them on defense as well, to
just be a force in the postseason.
Speaker 1 (07:05):
Yeah, going back and forth with the Chicago Cubs and
then NL Central, changing our focus now to the AL
West and the Seattle Mariners. Everybody arguing perhaps that the
Mariners did the best job at the deadline, getting not
only a U HENNYO Suarez, but also getting Josh Naylor,
and Naylor seems to like playing there because he's raking.
What do you make of what Seattle did at the
deadline and are they for real in the AL West
(07:27):
perhaps to win that division against the Astros.
Speaker 2 (07:32):
I think they're also I'm on the on the hype
train this morning, but I'm also thinking they're legit. They
added Josh Naylorano Suarez and they all they almost got
Joean Duran and there was at one point that morning
that he was traded that I thought he was going
to be in Seattle, but they ended up getting the
two sluggers, and both of them have been very good
(07:52):
since coming to Seattle, and Naylor has provided it with power,
but he's also doing it with stolen bases as well.
From the from the I'm spotting the lineup, so everything
that they could have hoped for so far has been
reality with both of those players. But I don't think
anybody necessarily expected Naylor to go ten for ten and
stolen basis since going to Seattle. It's a stroke of
(08:13):
genius by Jerry Depoto, and it's something that I've said repeatedly.
I've said it on Fall Territory a bunch that the Mariners,
they have such a talented team that it only made
sense for them to go all in at the deadline
or even in the off season because I wanted to
design Pete Alonzo. Obviously that didn't happen, but I got
to give them credit where credits due. They actually went
(08:33):
all in, didn't sacrifice the future as well, and their
chances of advancing into the World Series this year are
about as good as they've ever been.
Speaker 1 (08:41):
Do you think they have enough offense to hold off
the likes of the New York Yankees, who I am
very well aware or struggling right now, but the New
York Yankees, the Cleveland Guardians who are still in the mix,
the Texas Rangers that are still a part of the conversation.
Do the Ems have enough?
Speaker 2 (08:58):
I think they do. I just need to see him
actually do it in order to believe it, because it's
it's one thing to do it in the regular season,
but doing it in the postseason is a whole other
beast And they haven't proven that they've They've been able
to do that in recent years, but this year it
feels like it's they're set up to be different and
adding Suarez and adding Naylor provides veteran leadership, and they're
(09:18):
they're talking about Naylor being a being one of the
better leaders that they've seen in the clubhouse, even since
Corey Seger. There was a Mariners reporter who ended up
mentioning that yesterday. I thought it was a really astute
point by them. But to me, they're they're in very
good shape. I'm not rolling out Texas by any means,
because they got better at the deadline. They added Merrill Kelly. Obviously,
(09:38):
they have de Gram, But the most underrated pitcher in
baseball who is not getting enough national recognition is Nathan Yavaldi.
He has been phenomenal for them this year. He's got
an era I believe in the ones and he's just
been been remarkable for them. So the Rangers feel like
the scary team. The Yankees are still scary for sure,
but this latest stretch for them has been wondering how
(10:00):
far exactly they get to the postseason, if they even
make it at all.
Speaker 1 (10:03):
Yeah, I had that question. Yesterday over on Nissan on
Unobstructed Views, we were talking about how many teams in
the American League East actually make the postseason. So let
me ask you this, do you think well, I'll ask
you how many teams in the AL East make the
postseason and how many teams in the AL West make
it into the playoffs.
Speaker 2 (10:23):
So it's a great question, and I'm pulling up the
standings right now, so I'll make sure I don't forget anybody.
The Blue Jays to me, I think they absolutely make
it for sure. The Red Sox to me, they're in
a position to make it as well. And the vibes
are in Boston are just very good, especially after extending
Roman Anthony. The vibes before that were good, but now
that they got Anthony in town and signed long term,
(10:44):
the vibes there are great. I'm going I'm gonna leave
it at that as of this point. Maybe it's an
overreaction to their latest stretch, but I don't think that
the Yankees are gonna end up making the postseason. That's
kind of my hot take for right now. So if
I'm wrong, people can clip this and expose me, which
I would deserve. That for sure. But going to the
(11:06):
Ale West, I have the Astros making it, I have
the Maritors making it, and I somehow have the Rangers
squeaking in even after their early season struggles. So I
think we see more teams out of the Al West
than we do the Ale East.
Speaker 1 (11:18):
Wow, Okay, I do agree with you. On the Al East.
I think it's the Toronto Blue Jays and the Boston
Red Sox. I don't think the Yankees make it, and
I think there's two also in the Al West, the
Astros and the M's all right. Much more to come
with Robert Murray here on Fair Territory with Ken Rosenthal.
We're going to get those questions in. We're doing grilling
Robert today, so get those questions in. We'll be back
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This is great. I love the frunt end with Grill
and Robert. Of course we're talking with Robert Murray, MLB
insider of Fan Sided. Robert, we have a couple of
questions before we get to our folks on the YouTube chat.
I want to ask you what this is like. I mean,
being an MLB insider is not an easy job. It's
not for the week. So tell me a bit about
your trade deadline recovery program. How you feeling?
Speaker 2 (13:08):
You know, if you would have asked me that question
about three days ago, I could barely speak. I was
I was mentally exhausted. I was in Chicago and usually
you're out doing different things, and I was in bed
by about seven o'clock, So that was. That was pretty
pathetic of me. But now I'm starting to feel a
lot better. The recovery has just been trying to stay
off my phone as much as possible because my social
(13:29):
battery was at about a zero. Because my days throughout
the trade deadline typically start around four am and got
done around eleven or twelve pm, so long days for sure,
but staying off my phone, trying to cuddle with my dog, Cooper,
who is showing behind me right now. I mean, you
got to give Cooper a shout on the show, but
that was He's been an absolute hero throughout this entire stretch.
Speaker 1 (13:51):
Yes, Cooper, my guy. Love dogs, Love Cooper. Okay, let
me ask you this. This is a question from our
chat on YouTube. Thanks for being here, you guys always appreciate.
Daniel Rothenberg wants to know question for you and I
do you think any interim managers will stay on for
next year? If not? Who were the top manager candidates
Who's going to get rewarded?
Speaker 3 (14:11):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (14:11):
I don't know if there's any interim managers who end
up staying in place this year, maybe in Washington, but
I'm gonna I'm going to try to branch out a
little bit here. The obvious one is Skip Schumacher, and
he is going to be the top candidate for so
many different teams throughout the league. And when he left
Miami he was asked about plenty like behind the scenes
(14:35):
with me, people were wondering where he could end up
going or what his future may end up looking like.
He's in Texas now. I don't expect it to be
a very long stay in Texas unless he ends up
replacing Bruce Bochie down the line. But he stands out
to me almost immediately. I'm going to go under the
radar candidate here, and this is going back to my
ties with the Milwaukee Brewers, but I would go with
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Walker mckinvin. He's the current bench coach of the Chicago
White Socks. He is as respected of a coach or
just a baseball person as I've been around in Milwaukee.
And he's smart, he's analytical, former player in college. He's
somebody who I'm I'm definitely keeping an eye on for sure.
And the last one would be would be Walt Weiss.
(15:19):
I could see him being a candidate in Atlanta should
Brian Snicker end up retiring at the end of the
year as expected. So those are the three names that
I'm keeping an eye on both now.
Speaker 1 (15:29):
In long term. Yeah. Well, Weiss has had managerial experience
obviously with the Colorado Rockies, longtime baseball man. All right,
our focus is now on the New York Yankees. We
cannot make it through a show without talking about the
pin Stripers. They are struggling. Zach Ge wants to know
from you, Robert, do the Yankees have an Aaron Boone
problem or a player problem? Devin Williams was chosen to
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pitch Game one and two in Texas and handed the
win to the Rangers both games. That is zach GE's opinion.
Is it a managerial issue or is it a player issue.
Speaker 2 (16:01):
It's a good question, Zach Gie, and I wonder if
it could end up actually being like an organizational issue,
because you see just the overall mistakes that they make.
They I talked before about the Brewers and just how
fundamental they are on the baseball field and just how
well they play the Yankees make so many mistakes on
the on the on the field that it just makes
you wonder what exactly that they're being taught in the
(16:22):
minors or or just in general. So I can see
it being an organizational issue, but I also think it's
also a managerial issue issue as well, and clearly something
is not going right in New York. I don't think
they're going to end up making a change anytime sooner,
like during the season. Year. If they make a change,
you would probably be after the season. But I don't
(16:43):
they They're about as patient of an organization as there
possibly is. But something has to change there, like whether
it's the way they're teaching the players, the message to
the players, or just whatever they have to do. Something
needs to change. And that absolutely stems with with Aaron
Boone because Brian Cashman's handed him very good roster.
Speaker 1 (17:02):
Sticking along the lines, the topic of managers is Pat
Murphy the man to beat as far as n EL
manager of the year. If it's not Pat and his pancakes,
who is it?
Speaker 2 (17:14):
I mean, how can you turn on a pancake man
for this? Absolutely it's Pat Murphy. The job that he's
done in Milwaukee is remarkable, and they they were written
off going into the year after losing William Damas, after
losing Devin Williams. It felt like how we were talking
about them in previous years after they traded away some
of their best players, and yet time and time again
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they've been able to just prove people wrong. And this
year has been their finst performance. And to me, Pat
Murphy is absolutely the favorite to win Manager of the Year.
He's deserving of it going back to back, and I
mean he's got competition in Miami because what the Marlins
are doing in Clayton McCollough. The job that he's done
there has been tremendous, but it's got to go to
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Pat Murphy. I mean, who expected this deep into the
regular season for the Brewers to have the best record
in baseball? Not me, even though I did have them
winning the division at least I think. I think that's
something that I that I have, but no, it's just
incredibly impressive the job that he's done.
Speaker 1 (18:13):
Yeah, Pat Murphy's a lot of fun to be around too,
and as you mentioned, he's very stern, but he also
has a very fun and playful side about him as well. Obviously,
the guys like playing for him. He's probably the front
runner as far as that category is concerned. All right, Max,
what's up. Great to have you with us. What do
you think the plan is for Reese Hoskins upon return
from the IL, given King Vaughan's emergence for the Brewers.
Speaker 2 (18:36):
Yeah, it's a great question, Max, And for the Brewers,
they got to figure that out. And something that I
found out during the trade deadline is is they were
looking for infielders and they were looking at Ryan O'Hearn.
They were looking at Ehano Suarez. They were interested in
both players and tried acquiring either one. Obviously didn't get either.
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So I'm wondering what exactly it could end up meaning
for Hoskins. It's future in Milwaukee this year. I mean,
I don't know how you end up keeping a gully
Andrew Vaughn out of the lot. The job that he's
done is just incredible. Hoskins is obviously a very talented player,
but if I'm Milwaukee, you got to ride the hot
hand and you got to keep Vaughn in there, and
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that could end up meeting a lesser role for a
Galy Hoskins, or even moving them to a DH spot
or something along those lines. But you have to end
up keeping Vaughn in the lineup for sure.
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And by the way, make sure you guys tune into
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on Fair Territory, we're going to talk about Dude and
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Speaker 2 (20:49):
Dude, dude, dude.
Speaker 1 (20:57):
All right, Robert, this is where you and I get
to give props, give our flowers, give praise to a person,
a person's an organization that is doing something good. Who
is your dude of the week.
Speaker 2 (21:09):
I mean, how could it not be a J. Prazinski
and of being Hall of pretty good? I believe that's
what he's what he got elected to. I mean, does
it get absolutely better than that? To me, that's better
than being inducted into the Hall of Fame. Ah good,
you gotta make AJ feel pretty good on this show.
But the that along with his speech that he ended
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up having, I mean, that's as good as it gets.
So major props to AJ. If you haven't had a
chance go watch a speech which I believe is on
the Fall Territory Twitter account, So props to him.
Speaker 1 (21:39):
But what about you, Yeah, Aj Pierzinsky, we love you.
Congratulations on being in the Hall of pretty good. You
got you gotta love it, my dude, to the week
is an organization, it's actually both sides of the equation, Robert.
I'm going to give props to Craig Breslo, the Boston
Red Sox front office team, their ownership group, and Roman
Anthony and his team for coming together on what was
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a very tight lipped but very quick deal to extend
the Roman Empire for the foreseeable future at Fenway and
with the Boston Red Sox. This is a kid, obviously
that is going to likely be a superstar, right He
just assigned an eight year extension. I believe one hundred
and thirty million could have waited, could have forced it
(22:23):
into you know, arbitration, free agency, all those types of things,
but knew he wanted to be in Boston. And good
for Craig Breslo and the Red Sox for realizing that
they needed to lock up one of their young stars
and maybe atone for the sins if you will of
letting the likes of the Mookie Bets type go, you know,
getting rid of devors, which I understand that whole thing,
(22:45):
but maybe they're turning a page with how they're handling
young stars. Now, the next order of business is to
sign Alex Bregman to a long term deal. I live
in the Boston area. Vibes are high. You mentioned that
people are feeling good. Let's get Briggie locked up. Congratulations
to Roman Anthony. Those guys are my dude of the week.
Speaker 3 (23:05):
All right.
Speaker 1 (23:06):
Time now for our dork of the week, Robert. This
is when we're like, what are these people doing? Who's
your dork of the week.
Speaker 2 (23:22):
We talked about how high the vibes were in Boston,
but you also you got to look at the New
York Yankees and their struggles end up being contributing to
the high vibes in Boston. So I'm going with Brian
Cashman and Aaron Boone as the dark of the weeks
or dorks of the week. Cashman acquired three different bullpen
arms at the trade deadline, and Jake Byrd, after a
couple outings, was immediately demoted to triple A. The rest
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of the relievers David Bednar struggled right away. Camillo d'vall
has struggled. So all three of the guys that they
targeted to have this Super bowlpen have struggled almost immediately.
So I absolutely have to have them as Dork the
Week because it just it feels right. I expect them
to bounce back at some point, but the struggles right
now with the Yankees are too much to ignore. So
(24:08):
Cashman and Boone, I'm sorry, but you are indeed the
dorks of the Week.
Speaker 1 (24:11):
Yeah, they are struggling, but at least they're not the
Colorado Rockies. Robert, I tell you why the Rockies have
a run deferential. Listen to this, and I'm this is
not a misspeak. They have a run differential of minus
three sixteen for the season. They're one hundred and fourteen games,
are the fewest to reach a minus three hundred run
differential since nineteen hundred, surpassing the nineteen eleven Boston Braves
(24:35):
Boston Rustlers. Rather with the one hundred and eighteen games.
The last team to reach the mark and fewer games
was the eighteen ninety nine You weren't breaking news back then,
Cleveland Spiders. In seventy three games. The Colorado Rockies, I believe,
gave up sixty three runs over the course of their
most recent series sixty three runs the Colorado Rockies. The
(24:58):
Monforts are my dorks of the week. Something with that
organization absolutely needs to change. It is unbelievably embarrassing. They're
not even a big league team. I do not fault
the players. This is not from a lack of effort
for the players at all. I know that they want
to win. It obviously wasn't Bud Black's fault because they're
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still not winning with their interim manager. It's embarrassing. It's embarrassing,
and I'm sorry for the fans, and I'm sorry for
the players. All Right, that is my dork of the week.
Much more here. If you're watching on TV, thank you
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let's talk about Kyle Schwarber right now leading the league
in terms of the National League in home runs. This
guy's so much fun. I love this team. I love
Kyle Schwarber. How much fun is it to watch what
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he's been able to do. We know he's a banger,
but he's easy to root for.
Speaker 2 (26:28):
Oh, he totally is. And in my eyes, besides Shoe Otani,
he's my favorite player in ball and schworbombs are absolutely electrics.
He's thrived in Philadelphia, He's thrived in Boston, He's thrived
almost everywhere that he's been. I mean, he did so
in Chicago, but not to this level. And we're at
the point now where he absolutely belongs in the MVP conversation.
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Do I expect him to win it? Like no, but
his name should absolutely be mentioned within like the top
five or even top three candidates for sure, And It
is setting up for what should be the one of
the most interesting free agencies of this entire offseason, and
Schwarber is going to have a huge market with I
would expect Philly to be involved. Boston makes a lot
of sense as well. And for a guy who was
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once non tendered by the Chicago Cubs, he's probably going
to have five hundred home runs throughout his entire career.
Is a very strong candidate for the Hall of Fame,
especially the Hall of pretty Good. He's better than pretty good,
but he is absolutely the most one of the more
underrated players in ball and he should be rewarded for
this offseason.
Speaker 1 (27:34):
All right, less than a minute to go in the show,
does Kyle Schwarber win the home run race in the
National League? And if so, who is it? If he's
not it? And what about the American League?
Speaker 2 (27:45):
Yeah, I think it'll end up being Shorber in the
National League. I'm not going to bet against Kyle Schwarber,
especially leading the National League in home runs going into
a free agent year, that to me is a pretty
special deal. In the American League, I'm gonna I'm gonna
bet on cal Rawley. I think he ends up doing it.
I know what Judge is as a Fears competitor, but
I'm gonna go with cal.
Speaker 3 (28:06):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (28:06):
I think that's a pretty safe bet in the American lead. Robert,
thanks so much for pinch hitting today for me, and
thanks for letting us pick your brain a little bit.
Ken Rosenthal will be back next week. I think I'm
with you guys on Monday as well. Don't forget Foul
Territory is next. Scott Ron, Cameron Mab and Kevin Palar.
Welcoming Andrew Vaughn and Jack Harris. I'm also hosting Dodger's
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A Fair Territory with Ken Rosenthal. Do not adjust your screens.
Ken Rosenthal is finally taking a few days off to
reflect on his life choices. I am your host for
the day, Alana Rizzo, joined by Robert Murray, MLB insider
for Fan Sided. Obviously great to have Robert with us.
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Thank you for being here, Thank you for doing this
for us. Looking forward to a good day. Because there's
a lot to talk about, Robert, Let's get right to
it and start with the lead.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
Yeah. So, the Roman Anthony extension here with the Boston
Red Sox sent shockwaves throughout baseball because it was not
something that anybody really anticipated. There were some conversations early
on in the off season, but as soon as the
trade deadline ended up getting done, the Boston Red Sox
were very aggressive in trying to get Roman Anthony extended.
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And from what I gather from start to finish it
may have taken about forty eight hours. And by keeping
Roman Anthony in Boston long term, this was a huge
move for the Red Sox and for Roman Anthony as well.
And for the Red Sox it gets Anthony, who's one
of the top young players in Boston long term one
hundred and thirty million, which could end up being a
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huge steal in the long run. And for Anthony, it
gets him in Boston for at least eight seasons, perhaps
nine with a club option for all sides. It's a
good move. I know there's some controversy and some people
who think it maybe wasn't like the best move for Anthony,
but you can't fault the gap for taking one hundred
and thirty million.
Speaker 1 (01:35):
Oh, absolutely not. I also want to welcome our new
friends watching on NBC Sports in Philadelphia, the Bay Area
as well as California and Robert. You bring up a
really good point. Now. Some folks are saying, why would
Roman Anthony do this. He's just twenty one years old,
He's leaving money on the table. He is expected to
be one of the big superstars of the game. But
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you know what he said, yes, and I guarantee you
it wasn't just him making this decision. I know, having
been at Fenway this week and listening to what everything
was going on with Roman Anthony. He talked about it
with his family, he talked about it with his agents
and this is a place that he made clear he
wanted to play for a long time. What do you
make of what he was saying in his press conference.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
No, it's by taking this deal. It's very clear that
he wanted to be in Boston if he if he
had waited, he may have gotten three, four, maybe even
five hundred million dollars. And that's that's a projection for sure.
But it's also a good projection considering just how good
and talented he is and how highly tauted he was
coming through the miners. But figure, you're twenty one years old,
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you have one hundred and thirty million dollars thrown at you,
You're in the town that you want to play in,
and I mean, that's just a situation that's too good
to pass up, if you're Anthony, or if you're any player.
We even saw Jackson Merril do it, we saw Corman
Carroll do it. There's been other players who have done it. Anthony,
I mean, I can't blame him at all. I know
there's some people in the background and around baseball where
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questioning why he took it, But he took it for
all the right reasons, because he wanted to be in Boston,
and I can never fault the guy for that, all.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
Right, So let me ask you this. Do you think
the age is a factor in this, Robert, Because he's
only twenty one years old, and when he does end
this contract, even if the club picks up the option,
he's still entering a free agent period at around thirty
years old. It's not as if he's going to be
thirty six when he's able to go to another team.
I mean, that has to play a factor into it
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as well. I would imagine.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
Oh, it totally does, and as it should. I mean,
from his age twenty one to the thirty seasons, he's
going to make a hundred the thirty million obviously it
bought out some free agent years, and maybe that could
cost him some money then, but he's still going to
be in a position where he can land a maybe
ten plus year contract, could end up getting three four
hundred million dollars. So by the time it's all said
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and done, he could be in a position to really
maximize his value and get maybe five hundred plus million
throughout his entire career. So even though he may have
left some money on the table now, he's going to
be able to make it up in the future for sure.
So for him, for his family, they're in a very
good spot to be set for life. I mean, shoot,
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is even his great great great grandkids could end up
being several life But no, it's a great deal and
it sets them up for future success in earnings as well.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
Yeah, Roman Anthony is gonna get paid and make no
mistake about that. Okay, Robert, switching our focus now to
the Milwaukee Brewers. I'm not certain entering the twenty twenty
five season if either one of us would have thought
that the brew Crew would be the first team to
reach seventy wins on the season. Are you buying what
they're selling?
Speaker 2 (04:42):
Oh? I'm totally buying, And how could you not? With
Pat Murphy, I mean, Murphy is he is such a
common presence. He's intimidating for sure, Like if you're around him,
like you can you can sense he's like a grizzly bear,
but he's also a teddy bear at the same time,
And he cares about his guys so much and he
has them believing and that ross feels like exactly like
what Pat Murphy is. He's hard nosed, he's aggressive, and
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he just he plays the game. That entire team plays
the game the right way, and we even saw throughout
this entire wind streak and throughout this entire stretch they've
been by far the best team in baseball. They're putting
up runs, they're pitching really well, they're playing great defense
as well. Throughout the stretch. Their last win streak here,
they haven't had any errors on defense, so they're just
playing really good, fundamental baseball. I think they're here to stay,
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and to me, they may not have the payroll of
the Dodgers or the trade deadline of the Padres, but
there's still a really freaking good baseball team. So I'm
absolutely buying everything that's that's going on with the Brewers
right now, and I would not be surprised by the
time it's all said and done if they actually represent
the National League in the World Series.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
Wow, the whole thing, HU, Why do you have so
much confidence in Milwaukee being the pennant winner in the
National League.
Speaker 2 (05:56):
That you look at their pitching. Their pitching has been
their foundation throughout, I mean to shoot, the last five
ten years, and now they have offense as well. They
have Jackson Curio, Christian Yelich, Isaac Collins South Freelick is there.
They have, I mean, so many young pieces on that
team who were just emerging and playing really good, like
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as I said, fundamental baseball. And their bullpen is very
good as well, even after trading Devin Williams, even after
trading Josh Hater a couple of years ago, and they
added Shelby Miller at the trade DeLine, and that was
one that actually I was able to drop about twenty
five or so minutes after the trade deadline, and they
only gave up a player to be named later cash
in the deal, and it just it felt like a
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classic Brewers move. Well, actually maybe not classic Brewers move
because they added Salary and Jeordan Montgomery, but a under
the radar arm even when that wasn't the most pressing
need for him. He's going to be debuting in the
next couple of days. I think it was a great
move by Milwaukee and it strengthened what was already a
really good unit for them. So I think they have
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all the ingredients, especially them on defense as well, to
just be a force in the postseason.
Speaker 1 (07:05):
Yeah, going back and forth with the Chicago Cubs and
then NL Central, changing our focus now to the AL
West and the Seattle Mariners. Everybody arguing perhaps that the
Mariners did the best job at the deadline, getting not
only a U HENNYO Suarez, but also getting Josh Naylor,
and Naylor seems to like playing there because he's raking.
What do you make of what Seattle did at the
deadline and are they for real in the AL West
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perhaps to win that division against the Astros.
Speaker 2 (07:32):
I think they're also I'm on the on the hype
train this morning, but I'm also thinking they're legit. They
added Josh Naylorano Suarez and they all they almost got
Joean Duran and there was at one point that morning
that he was traded that I thought he was going
to be in Seattle, but they ended up getting the
two sluggers, and both of them have been very good
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since coming to Seattle, and Naylor has provided it with power,
but he's also doing it with stolen bases as well.
From the from the I'm spotting the lineup, so everything
that they could have hoped for so far has been
reality with both of those players. But I don't think
anybody necessarily expected Naylor to go ten for ten and
stolen basis since going to Seattle. It's a stroke of
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genius by Jerry Depoto, and it's something that I've said repeatedly.
I've said it on Fall Territory a bunch that the Mariners,
they have such a talented team that it only made
sense for them to go all in at the deadline
or even in the off season because I wanted to
design Pete Alonzo. Obviously that didn't happen, but I got
to give them credit where credits due. They actually went
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all in, didn't sacrifice the future as well, and their
chances of advancing into the World Series this year are
about as good as they've ever been.
Speaker 1 (08:41):
Do you think they have enough offense to hold off
the likes of the New York Yankees, who I am
very well aware or struggling right now, but the New
York Yankees, the Cleveland Guardians who are still in the mix,
the Texas Rangers that are still a part of the conversation.
Do the Ems have enough?
Speaker 2 (08:58):
I think they do. I just need to see him
actually do it in order to believe it, because it's
it's one thing to do it in the regular season,
but doing it in the postseason is a whole other
beast And they haven't proven that they've They've been able
to do that in recent years, but this year it
feels like it's they're set up to be different and
adding Suarez and adding Naylor provides veteran leadership, and they're
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they're talking about Naylor being a being one of the
better leaders that they've seen in the clubhouse, even since
Corey Seger. There was a Mariners reporter who ended up
mentioning that yesterday. I thought it was a really astute
point by them. But to me, they're they're in very
good shape. I'm not rolling out Texas by any means,
because they got better at the deadline. They added Merrill Kelly. Obviously,
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they have de Gram, But the most underrated pitcher in
baseball who is not getting enough national recognition is Nathan Yavaldi.
He has been phenomenal for them this year. He's got
an era I believe in the ones and he's just
been been remarkable for them. So the Rangers feel like
the scary team. The Yankees are still scary for sure,
but this latest stretch for them has been wondering how
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far exactly they get to the postseason, if they even
make it at all.
Speaker 1 (10:03):
Yeah, I had that question. Yesterday over on Nissan on
Unobstructed Views, we were talking about how many teams in
the American League East actually make the postseason. So let
me ask you this, do you think well, I'll ask
you how many teams in the AL East make the
postseason and how many teams in the AL West make
it into the playoffs.
Speaker 2 (10:23):
So it's a great question, and I'm pulling up the
standings right now, so I'll make sure I don't forget anybody.
The Blue Jays to me, I think they absolutely make
it for sure. The Red Sox to me, they're in
a position to make it as well. And the vibes
are in Boston are just very good, especially after extending
Roman Anthony. The vibes before that were good, but now
that they got Anthony in town and signed long term,
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the vibes there are great. I'm going I'm gonna leave
it at that as of this point. Maybe it's an
overreaction to their latest stretch, but I don't think that
the Yankees are gonna end up making the postseason. That's
kind of my hot take for right now. So if
I'm wrong, people can clip this and expose me, which
I would deserve. That for sure. But going to the
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Ale West, I have the Astros making it, I have
the Maritors making it, and I somehow have the Rangers
squeaking in even after their early season struggles. So I
think we see more teams out of the Al West
than we do the Ale East.
Speaker 1 (11:18):
Wow, Okay, I do agree with you. On the Al East.
I think it's the Toronto Blue Jays and the Boston
Red Sox. I don't think the Yankees make it, and
I think there's two also in the Al West, the
Astros and the M's all right. Much more to come
with Robert Murray here on Fair Territory with Ken Rosenthal.
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This is great. I love the frunt end with Grill
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insider of Fan Sided. Robert, we have a couple of
questions before we get to our folks on the YouTube chat.
I want to ask you what this is like. I mean,
being an MLB insider is not an easy job. It's
not for the week. So tell me a bit about
your trade deadline recovery program. How you feeling?
Speaker 2 (13:08):
You know, if you would have asked me that question
about three days ago, I could barely speak. I was
I was mentally exhausted. I was in Chicago and usually
you're out doing different things, and I was in bed
by about seven o'clock, So that was. That was pretty
pathetic of me. But now I'm starting to feel a
lot better. The recovery has just been trying to stay
off my phone as much as possible because my social
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battery was at about a zero. Because my days throughout
the trade deadline typically start around four am and got
done around eleven or twelve pm, so long days for sure,
but staying off my phone, trying to cuddle with my dog, Cooper,
who is showing behind me right now. I mean, you
got to give Cooper a shout on the show, but
that was He's been an absolute hero throughout this entire stretch.
Speaker 1 (13:51):
Yes, Cooper, my guy. Love dogs, Love Cooper. Okay, let
me ask you this. This is a question from our
chat on YouTube. Thanks for being here, you guys always appreciate.
Daniel Rothenberg wants to know question for you and I
do you think any interim managers will stay on for
next year? If not? Who were the top manager candidates
Who's going to get rewarded?
Speaker 3 (14:11):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (14:11):
I don't know if there's any interim managers who end
up staying in place this year, maybe in Washington, but
I'm gonna I'm going to try to branch out a
little bit here. The obvious one is Skip Schumacher, and
he is going to be the top candidate for so
many different teams throughout the league. And when he left
Miami he was asked about plenty like behind the scenes
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with me, people were wondering where he could end up
going or what his future may end up looking like.
He's in Texas now. I don't expect it to be
a very long stay in Texas unless he ends up
replacing Bruce Bochie down the line. But he stands out
to me almost immediately. I'm going to go under the
radar candidate here, and this is going back to my
ties with the Milwaukee Brewers, but I would go with
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Walker mckinvin. He's the current bench coach of the Chicago
White Socks. He is as respected of a coach or
just a baseball person as I've been around in Milwaukee.
And he's smart, he's analytical, former player in college. He's
somebody who I'm I'm definitely keeping an eye on for sure.
And the last one would be would be Walt Weiss.
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I could see him being a candidate in Atlanta should
Brian Snicker end up retiring at the end of the
year as expected. So those are the three names that
I'm keeping an eye on both now.
Speaker 1 (15:29):
In long term. Yeah. Well, Weiss has had managerial experience
obviously with the Colorado Rockies, longtime baseball man. All right,
our focus is now on the New York Yankees. We
cannot make it through a show without talking about the
pin Stripers. They are struggling. Zach Ge wants to know
from you, Robert, do the Yankees have an Aaron Boone
problem or a player problem? Devin Williams was chosen to
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pitch Game one and two in Texas and handed the
win to the Rangers both games. That is zach GE's opinion.
Is it a managerial issue or is it a player issue.
Speaker 2 (16:01):
It's a good question, Zach Gie, and I wonder if
it could end up actually being like an organizational issue,
because you see just the overall mistakes that they make.
They I talked before about the Brewers and just how
fundamental they are on the baseball field and just how
well they play the Yankees make so many mistakes on
the on the on the field that it just makes
you wonder what exactly that they're being taught in the
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minors or or just in general. So I can see
it being an organizational issue, but I also think it's
also a managerial issue issue as well, and clearly something
is not going right in New York. I don't think
they're going to end up making a change anytime sooner,
like during the season. Year. If they make a change,
you would probably be after the season. But I don't
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they They're about as patient of an organization as there
possibly is. But something has to change there, like whether
it's the way they're teaching the players, the message to
the players, or just whatever they have to do. Something
needs to change. And that absolutely stems with with Aaron
Boone because Brian Cashman's handed him very good roster.
Speaker 1 (17:02):
Sticking along the lines, the topic of managers is Pat
Murphy the man to beat as far as n EL
manager of the year. If it's not Pat and his pancakes,
who is it?
Speaker 2 (17:14):
I mean, how can you turn on a pancake man
for this? Absolutely it's Pat Murphy. The job that he's
done in Milwaukee is remarkable, and they they were written
off going into the year after losing William Damas, after
losing Devin Williams. It felt like how we were talking
about them in previous years after they traded away some
of their best players, and yet time and time again
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they've been able to just prove people wrong. And this
year has been their finst performance. And to me, Pat
Murphy is absolutely the favorite to win Manager of the Year.
He's deserving of it going back to back, and I
mean he's got competition in Miami because what the Marlins
are doing in Clayton McCollough. The job that he's done
there has been tremendous, but it's got to go to
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Pat Murphy. I mean, who expected this deep into the
regular season for the Brewers to have the best record
in baseball? Not me, even though I did have them
winning the division at least I think. I think that's
something that I that I have, but no, it's just
incredibly impressive the job that he's done.
Speaker 1 (18:13):
Yeah, Pat Murphy's a lot of fun to be around too,
and as you mentioned, he's very stern, but he also
has a very fun and playful side about him as well. Obviously,
the guys like playing for him. He's probably the front
runner as far as that category is concerned. All right, Max,
what's up. Great to have you with us. What do
you think the plan is for Reese Hoskins upon return
from the IL, given King Vaughan's emergence for the Brewers.
Speaker 2 (18:36):
Yeah, it's a great question, Max, And for the Brewers,
they got to figure that out. And something that I
found out during the trade deadline is is they were
looking for infielders and they were looking at Ryan O'Hearn.
They were looking at Ehano Suarez. They were interested in
both players and tried acquiring either one. Obviously didn't get either.
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So I'm wondering what exactly it could end up meaning
for Hoskins. It's future in Milwaukee this year. I mean,
I don't know how you end up keeping a gully
Andrew Vaughn out of the lot. The job that he's
done is just incredible. Hoskins is obviously a very talented player,
but if I'm Milwaukee, you got to ride the hot
hand and you got to keep Vaughn in there, and
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that could end up meeting a lesser role for a
Galy Hoskins, or even moving them to a DH spot
or something along those lines. But you have to end
up keeping Vaughn in the lineup for sure.
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All right, Robert, this is where you and I get
to give props, give our flowers, give praise to a person,
a person's an organization that is doing something good. Who
is your dude of the week.
Speaker 2 (21:09):
I mean, how could it not be a J. Prazinski
and of being Hall of pretty good? I believe that's
what he's what he got elected to. I mean, does
it get absolutely better than that? To me, that's better
than being inducted into the Hall of Fame. Ah good,
you gotta make AJ feel pretty good on this show.
But the that along with his speech that he ended
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up having, I mean, that's as good as it gets.
So major props to AJ. If you haven't had a
chance go watch a speech which I believe is on
the Fall Territory Twitter account, So props to him.
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But what about you, Yeah, Aj Pierzinsky, we love you.
Congratulations on being in the Hall of pretty good. You
got you gotta love it, my dude, to the week
is an organization, it's actually both sides of the equation, Robert.
I'm going to give props to Craig Breslo, the Boston
Red Sox front office team, their ownership group, and Roman
Anthony and his team for coming together on what was
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a very tight lipped but very quick deal to extend
the Roman Empire for the foreseeable future at Fenway and
with the Boston Red Sox. This is a kid, obviously
that is going to likely be a superstar, right He
just assigned an eight year extension. I believe one hundred
and thirty million could have waited, could have forced it
(22:23):
into you know, arbitration, free agency, all those types of things,
but knew he wanted to be in Boston. And good
for Craig Breslo and the Red Sox for realizing that
they needed to lock up one of their young stars
and maybe atone for the sins if you will of
letting the likes of the Mookie Bets type go, you know,
getting rid of devors, which I understand that whole thing,
(22:45):
but maybe they're turning a page with how they're handling
young stars. Now, the next order of business is to
sign Alex Bregman to a long term deal. I live
in the Boston area. Vibes are high. You mentioned that
people are feeling good. Let's get Briggie locked up. Congratulations
to Roman Anthony. Those guys are my dude of the week.
Speaker 3 (23:05):
All right.
Speaker 1 (23:06):
Time now for our dork of the week, Robert. This
is when we're like, what are these people doing? Who's
your dork of the week.
Speaker 2 (23:22):
We talked about how high the vibes were in Boston,
but you also you got to look at the New
York Yankees and their struggles end up being contributing to
the high vibes in Boston. So I'm going with Brian
Cashman and Aaron Boone as the dark of the weeks
or dorks of the week. Cashman acquired three different bullpen
arms at the trade deadline, and Jake Byrd, after a
couple outings, was immediately demoted to triple A. The rest
(23:46):
of the relievers David Bednar struggled right away. Camillo d'vall
has struggled. So all three of the guys that they
targeted to have this Super bowlpen have struggled almost immediately.
So I absolutely have to have them as Dork the
Week because it just it feels right. I expect them
to bounce back at some point, but the struggles right
now with the Yankees are too much to ignore. So
(24:08):
Cashman and Boone, I'm sorry, but you are indeed the
dorks of the Week.
Speaker 1 (24:11):
Yeah, they are struggling, but at least they're not the
Colorado Rockies. Robert, I tell you why the Rockies have
a run deferential. Listen to this, and I'm this is
not a misspeak. They have a run differential of minus
three sixteen for the season. They're one hundred and fourteen games,
are the fewest to reach a minus three hundred run
differential since nineteen hundred, surpassing the nineteen eleven Boston Braves
(24:35):
Boston Rustlers. Rather with the one hundred and eighteen games.
The last team to reach the mark and fewer games
was the eighteen ninety nine You weren't breaking news back then,
Cleveland Spiders. In seventy three games. The Colorado Rockies, I believe,
gave up sixty three runs over the course of their
most recent series sixty three runs the Colorado Rockies. The
(24:58):
Monforts are my dorks of the week. Something with that
organization absolutely needs to change. It is unbelievably embarrassing. They're
not even a big league team. I do not fault
the players. This is not from a lack of effort
for the players at all. I know that they want
to win. It obviously wasn't Bud Black's fault because they're
(25:19):
still not winning with their interim manager. It's embarrassing. It's embarrassing,
and I'm sorry for the fans, and I'm sorry for
the players. All Right, that is my dork of the week.
Much more here. If you're watching on TV, thank you
so much for joining us. We'll see you next time.
We have a couple more minutes with the YouTube fam
right after this.
Speaker 3 (25:38):
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Speaker 1 (26:02):
Spot, all right, we appreciate that Scotti Bee don't forget
fair territory or foul territory follows us. Right after this,
let's talk about Kyle Schwarber right now leading the league
in terms of the National League in home runs. This
guy's so much fun. I love this team. I love
Kyle Schwarber. How much fun is it to watch what
(26:23):
he's been able to do. We know he's a banger,
but he's easy to root for.
Speaker 2 (26:28):
Oh, he totally is. And in my eyes, besides Shoe Otani,
he's my favorite player in ball and schworbombs are absolutely electrics.
He's thrived in Philadelphia, He's thrived in Boston, He's thrived
almost everywhere that he's been. I mean, he did so
in Chicago, but not to this level. And we're at
the point now where he absolutely belongs in the MVP conversation.
(26:52):
Do I expect him to win it? Like no, but
his name should absolutely be mentioned within like the top
five or even top three candidates for sure, And It
is setting up for what should be the one of
the most interesting free agencies of this entire offseason, and
Schwarber is going to have a huge market with I
would expect Philly to be involved. Boston makes a lot
of sense as well. And for a guy who was
(27:15):
once non tendered by the Chicago Cubs, he's probably going
to have five hundred home runs throughout his entire career.
Is a very strong candidate for the Hall of Fame,
especially the Hall of pretty Good. He's better than pretty good,
but he is absolutely the most one of the more
underrated players in ball and he should be rewarded for
this offseason.
Speaker 1 (27:34):
All right, less than a minute to go in the show,
does Kyle Schwarber win the home run race in the
National League? And if so, who is it? If he's
not it? And what about the American League?
Speaker 2 (27:45):
Yeah, I think it'll end up being Shorber in the
National League. I'm not going to bet against Kyle Schwarber,
especially leading the National League in home runs going into
a free agent year, that to me is a pretty
special deal. In the American League, I'm gonna I'm gonna
bet on cal Rawley. I think he ends up doing it.
I know what Judge is as a Fears competitor, but
I'm gonna go with cal.
Speaker 3 (28:06):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (28:06):
I think that's a pretty safe bet in the American lead. Robert,
thanks so much for pinch hitting today for me, and
thanks for letting us pick your brain a little bit.
Ken Rosenthal will be back next week. I think I'm
with you guys on Monday as well. Don't forget Foul
Territory is next. Scott Ron, Cameron Mab and Kevin Palar.
Welcoming Andrew Vaughn and Jack Harris. I'm also hosting Dodger's
(28:27):
Territory today. Jill Pinter Lopez joins me and again special
thanks to you, Robert Murray. Check out his work on
fansided dot com. We'll see you next time.
Speaker 2 (28:38):
Thank you so much, appreciate you.
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