this is the best pitcher in baseball. I'm projecting
a monster year for the Great Jacob deGrom strike three
for his 12th strikeout when he's on the mound.
He's better than anybody out there playing? Period 13
strikeouts in five innings for the incomparable of Jacob deGrom
diagram d gone from the new york Mets as he
signs a whopping five year,$185 million contract with
the texas rangers. The most talented pitcher in baseball
for many, as I said, is now bring
the texas team that is desperate for some starting pitching
quite a night in major league baseball for all the
reasons that you mentioned. And I think it says
a couple of things, Number one, just how
badly the Rangers needed that elite level pitching that they
would go to 1/5 year for someone, as you
point out who did not even throw 70 innings in
the major leagues in 2022. I think it also
speaks to the reality that this is where Jacob deGrom
wants to pitch for potentially the rest of his career
. He's 34 years old. What do we know
about Aaron Judge and his decision making process right now
. Look, I'm always afraid because there's no more
familiar term that's used at this time of year than
mystery team or team. I don't think there's a
mystery team or teams. I think this is about
the Giants and I think it's about the Yankees.
And I think the question that is lingering, that
I believe steve will get answered before we leave these
meetings is does Aaron Judge really want to leave and
if he does, can the Giants offer him enough
money where the Yankees won't go match it because the
judge is so important to their success on and off
the field and would be so difficult to replace.
And the brewers and Mariners guys getting a jump on
the proceedings with the trade on friday Kolten wong is
headed to Seattle going back to Milwaukee and return outfielder
jesse winker and Abraham Toro. I think it's the
all around game. He touched on it a lot
. I think jerry's statement touched on it a lot
. Um, second base is really an area that
we've struck to, to, to get production out
of because they offensively his game is really seems to
be trending upward year after year offensively, particularly right
handed pitching. He brought it up to me on
the phone that he's prepared to to be much better
defensively next year. He's always been an outstanding defender
. You know, it's real interesting and Justin is
a rare breed. Obviously we talked about it.
The surgery coming back at age 39 doing what he's
doing. He's going to be 40. He wants
to max Scherzer type three year deal max Scherzer was
37 when he signed that three year deal. I
know the Astros might have a two year deal maybe
and that's what they're stuck on as a third year
deal. So you know, to be fair,
I mean to throw at this level at 42 that's
a lot to ask. But J. B.
Is one of those rare breeds that like body hasn't
changed. You know, it reminds me of Mariano
Rivera. All right, Joel, Let's start with
with trey. Turner, is it fair to say
that he is the most sought after shortstop of those
four and what's his market looking like right now?
I think there's a pretty good chance. He's the
guy who gets the most money of before. I
think they're all, you know, him or Korea
are gonna get the most money. I think a
lot of people in the industry think Turner ends up
on the film. Dave Dombrowski is on, on
the nose guy when he decides he needs something,
he doesn't like need a shortstop and get a right
fielder. If he needs a shortstop, he doesn't
play the analytics game. Oh, the value is
good. Big game hunter. He'll go there.
He has an owner who already was willing to spend
, I think this world series run by the Phillies
only made john middleton more willing to do that for
Stars. Carlos a big time player. What I
love about Carlos Correa and wherever he lands is he
brings postseason experience. I think Carlos Korea has got
a huge chip on his shoulder. He's gonna get
paid and have to worry about nothing but winning more
titles and getting back hitting more postseason homers, the
north side of Chicago seems to me, they've liked
, you know, for a long time now,
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