The show. Hey, oi sweepstakes continuing the unanimous
A LMVP. Where will he land? That seems
to be the biggest question mark every day in the
major league baseball world. I think there are five
teams that really have a legitimate chance. I,
I don't like to eliminate anyone just because I don't
like to be wrong. But I, you know
, I'm gonna stick with the Dodgers as the favorite
. We, we had them as the favorite a
year ago and I, I understand what you guys
are saying. It isn't the perfect fit right now
because they do need pitching now. But let's not
forget he is still a pitcher and a year from
now or maybe a year and a half from now
. He is going to be back pitching and we
expect he'll be a great pitcher. He is a
historic figure. They've got Jackie Brown, they've had
Cindy go back, they've had other historic figures and
I think they just love the idea of adding char
a ot one reason I do think they are a
fit. I don't think he's all about the money
and I don't think they are the ones who are
likely to give the biggest offer as they didn't in
several other cases where they still came up with the
player. Uh, they do a good job with
that and, uh, you know, I just
think that consistent winner Southern California, I'm gonna say
they're the favorite governor. Clearly in, I believe
the Giants are still in the Jays are obviously in
as well. Uh, we got five teams in
right now as far as I can tell what it
would take to acquire Juan Soto, will it happen
at the winter meetings? Who's in play? Apparently
, reportedly the Yankees and Padres exchanged names. Nothing
more serious than that. What are your thoughts on
soto's trade? You gotta start somewhere, you know
, um, it's gonna happen, there's too much
smoke, he's getting Dell, there's too many teams
in it. I think the Padres can kind of
re but I also know for the sport we need
him to move on one hand. They want to
drop underneath the threshold for this year, which is
237 they're probably projected under it now, but they
have to add three starting pitchers, a reliever or
two, a backup catcher and whatever outfield replacements they
need for. So if he goes, that's going
to cost more than just so. So does a
team have to do the David price here? Do
they have to take Jake Cronen work? Do they
have to take Robert Suarez? Do they have to
take Matt Carpenter? Do they have to take Trent
Grisham. Do they have to take something else to
allow the Padres to live in both worlds? Gabe
Kapler, hired as assistant general manager for the Marlins
. Gabe is a very thoughtful guy. I think
it's very possible this is his best fit. You
know, a lot of those thoughts that he has
as a manager, players sometimes aren't sure what to
make of him in the front off. They welcome
those guys. He was the farm director for the
Dodgers and I thought he's much better in that type
of role or where he can roam and bring his
ideas to different areas where a manager, you really
, obviously, it's an important job, but the
parameters are much more narrow. Sunday night, we
will learn who gets into the hall of fame on
the contemporary era ballot with Keith Goss's help. We
have profiled all eight candidates and they are all so
strong. Again, I know it's a cop out
answer. I say it all the time. All
of them need to be in the building at some
point. It's just a matter of who gets in
. Voters can vote for three. You can only
vote for three of the eight distinguished names. Again
, we'll have the results of the ballot 7:30 p.m.
Eastern time, Sunday night live coverage from Nashville from
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