Show Tai's decision is imminent. We are on alert
. We are ready. The Blue Jays have built
some momentum. None of the teams that are in
this have said to me that they have been ruled
out. We appreciate you taking time away from refreshing
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But yes, we are all waiting on the decision
. That's what I was. I was caught red
handed there right overhead cam and I'm like checking on
showing. I want the latest. We're refreshing,
we're refreshing, but we still don't want to miss
it where we're standing right now is that we are
getting close to the and here this is the finalist
stage of the show. A Otani sweepstakes again.
I've been told throughout the week, we should expect
the decision by the end of the weekend. I
was told today that decision was imminent, but very
importantly, the decision has not been made yet.
The Blue Jays are part of this final group and
there has been optimism building in Toronto during the course
of the week. So yes, it's important where
show he is right now, but perhaps even more
important is the fact that the Jays are part of
this final mix, which is a surprise based on
where things stood just a week ago. We are
at, I would say the beginning of the end
here in terms of his decision making and we do
expect that decision to come again within the next several
days. The Mets certainly are one of the favorites
, if not the favorite right now to land.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto, we know according to the athletic that
owner Steve Cohen flew all the way to Japan recently
to have a dinner meeting with Yamamoto that I think
reflects the Mets seriousness. The Red Sox, I'm
told also very heavily involved. As are the Yankees
, there are such strong levels of interest in Yamamoto
across the major leagues because of his age as we've
talked about before. But I, I really do
believe the Mets and let's remember this too. If
Shoe Otani chooses the Blue Jays today, as is
possible, we could see teams like the Dodgers and
Giants then redouble their efforts to acquire Yamamoto. But
one wonders if the seriousness of the Mets all along
and the fact that while the Otani sweepstakes were ongoing
over the past week that Mets owner Steve Cohen made
that effort to travel and see Yamamoto will potentially endear
the Mets even further in Yamamoto's decision making. Red
Sox acquiring Tyler o'neill from the Cardinals in exchange for
right handed pitcher, Nick Robertson and minor league right
hander Victor Santos. Well, I think it's a
good deal for Boston. You look at what the
situation in ST Louis one. They had a log
jam in the outfield anyway. But I think many
of us could have kind of predicted this. When
you look at the whole situation would happen to him
getting pulled out of the game up early in the
season. The run in with the manager, a
change of scenery is probably good for Tyler o'neal.
He now gets an opportunity to wipe the slate clean
. He'll be a free agent at the end of
the 2024 season. So there'll be a fire that'll
be lit underneath him to try to perform. This
is a really good move by the Red Sox taking
a flyer on a guy that if he's healthy,
he could hit 25 to 30 home runs in that
ballpark easily. Definitely, definitely mixed feelings. Um
I, I'm incredibly excited to be a San Diego
Padre. You know, I love the West Coast
, I grew up there. So it's definitely gonna
be, uh, I think an incredible experience and
, and I'm looking forward to this challenge and,
and meeting a new group of guys and trying to
win a world championship with that. But, you
know, at the same time, I've been,
been with the Yankees for so long. It's definitely
going to be sad to leave all of them,
but like I said, I, I'm just really
excited for this challenge. I'm really high on King
Brito Vasquez and I've, I've heard great things about
Thorpe. So, um, I'm really excited to
have him proxy be at home was very attractive for
me. Um, but on the other hand,
I've heard nothing but great things about this organization.
Um, everything that, you know, I've heard
about the organization has been top notch and then you
also get a chance to go out and compete for
a championship every year. I don't, I don't
know if you want anything else as a player personally
, I, I think going into last year that
the one thing I just, you know, I
needed to do for me personally too. Also to
kind of see where my career is gonna go.
I need to stay healthy. I needed to check
the box that I can still pitch for major league
season healthy on the pitching side. I thought there
were times where I was good, but there were
times where I was really bad. Um, but
for the most part, you know, I was
satisfied with last year and the way it went and
, um, I do expect to be better next
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