Nationals Need To Extend Young Talent This Season I BMitch & Finlay

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BMitch, JP, and Rooster discuss the young talent across the Washington Nationals roster. Rooster believes Washington needs to make extending James Wood and Dylan Crews a priority this season.

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00:00When we heard about the haul that they got back,

00:03C.J. Abrams, obviously with a lot of power, pop, speed,

00:07you know, he's got to be disciplined off the field,

00:10as we all know, starting at shortstop.

00:13Susana's not even here yet.

00:15Hassel had a huge spring, he'll be here soon.

00:18And then of course, in left field, James Wood, right?

00:22And that's ultimately where this goes,

00:25is on the back of James Wood.

00:27He is your new Juan Soto,

00:29and hopefully they treat him ultimately

00:32like he's going to be a national forever.

00:36He's got to prove it first.

00:37Sure.

00:38Yeah, he's got to prove it,

00:39because Juan Soto did some amazing things.

00:41Yeah.

00:42That's the expectation for him.

00:43Yeah.

00:44Juan, you knew, from start to go.

00:47Yeah.

00:48Yeah.

00:48I think-

00:49But the point is, they didn't take care of Juan,

00:52because-

00:53Well, we can go down a whole gamut of people

00:54they didn't take care of.

00:55Right, but they were trying to,

00:57now they'll say Scott Boris and Juan Soto

00:59were not going to sign him.

01:01And to be fair, the Padres felt the same thing,

01:03and the Yankees ultimately got burnt by it too, right?

01:06I mean, he's turned his back on three different franchises.

01:08But Doug, I'm so tired of the like,

01:10oh, Scott Boris, Scott Boris.

01:12You're a baseball owner.

01:13Dealing with Boris is what you signed up for.

01:15Absolutely.

01:16And they have dealt with him successfully.

01:19Yeah.

01:20It's just, the learners want everybody,

01:22including the name of this ballpark,

01:24which is still Nationals Park after all these years.

01:26I kind of love that.

01:27All their weird, stubborn things.

01:28I know, but they need the revenue.

01:29They need the revenue.

01:30They want people to buy tickets

01:32in order to spend money on the payroll.

01:34That's what the owners have said.

01:37They want people to buy tickets first.

01:39Well, sell the damn naming rights,

01:41which nobody cares about.

01:42Make it Geico Nationals Park.

01:43Whatever you gotta do.

01:44Sell the damn naming rights.

01:46Put a jersey patch on.

01:47Find other sources of revenue.

01:49Obviously the Masson deal will sort itself out,

01:51and they'll get a new TV deal, probably with Monumental.

01:54But the bottom line is, is do that

01:57so that they can then reinvest that again,

02:00like they did for about a nine-year period,

02:03heavily reinvest that in making sure

02:05that you lock up more than just Cabert Ruiz.

02:08They need to lock up Dylan Cruz and James Wood,

02:11say, at the end of this year,

02:12not wait until they're a year or a year and a half

02:15away from free agents.

02:16That makes total sense.

02:17I think many owners think that,

02:19oh, we only receive money, we don't have to spend none.

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