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00:00Let's get to some Red Sox mid-season awards.
00:02That's right, shall we?
00:03So this is specific to the Red Sox at the halfway point,
00:07really past the halfway point.
00:08So all-star break awards.
00:09I think we have 10 to get to.
00:10I think we have 10.
00:11We had an 11th that we had to put on the chopping block.
00:15Yeah, it doesn't fit the graphic.
00:16So we're going to do 10.
00:17And instead of each of us coming up with our own list,
00:20this is going to be the show's list.
00:22So we're going to talk our way through it.
00:23Yeah.
00:23So Nick, Billy, you guys are encouraged to participate.
00:27Break ties, participate.
00:28Don't hate, participate.
00:29The whole thing.
00:30But we have 10 different categories for our Red Sox mid-season awards,
00:34our season superlatives to this point in time.
00:36All right.
00:37What do we have first up on the list here?
00:40Billy reading these?
00:40If you have, yeah.
00:41Yeah, am I going top to bottom?
00:42Yeah, let's go top to bottom.
00:43MVP.
00:45Right off the rip.
00:46So let me nominate a few.
00:48Okay.
00:48Toss out a few nominees.
00:49So the ones that would jump to mind would be Garrett Crochet.
00:52I feel like that's a strong candidate.
00:54I think maybe it's recency bias.
00:55I think Sadan Raffaella would be in the mix.
00:58Wow.
00:58I think he'd be in the mix for team MVP.
01:01I think a Raldus Chapman could be in the mix for team MVP.
01:04He's one of the three all-stars they have.
01:05Bregman's also an all-star, but he hasn't played enough, so I would remove him from this
01:09category.
01:09See, I think you've got to have Bregman's name in the mix there.
01:12In the mix?
01:12Okay.
01:12It would not be my pick.
01:14But I think we've covered it.
01:15I mean, have we missed anybody else?
01:17Obviously Narvaez.
01:18Oh, that's your guy?
01:19Is that a really nice year?
01:19That's your guy.
01:20That's probably one of the new guys or Raffaella.
01:24Does it have to be a player?
01:26Most Valuable Player.
01:27What's the P's?
01:28Oh, yeah.
01:28Well, I mean, former player.
01:30That's what I was going to say.
01:31I'm not a Breslow guy.
01:32Breslow should be credited for most valuable player.
01:34Wow.
01:34Get out of here, Nick.
01:35Wow.
01:35And I didn't even have to say it.
01:36Most Valuable Player of Breslow?
01:38Nick, I love it.
01:39I mean, he did get three all-stars.
01:40It's not Most Valuable Person.
01:41Most Valuable Ex-Player.
01:43Most Valuable Ex-Player.
01:44Wow.
01:44I love that.
01:44Most Valuable Person.
01:45I didn't even have to say that.
01:46Breslow?
01:47Nick, good job.
01:48I'm not a Breslow guy.
01:49Nick gets it.
01:49Sounds like you're a Breslow guy.
01:50Nick gets it.
01:51I'm not even a Breslow guy.
01:52He's the MVP of the team.
01:56MVP?
01:57Wow.
01:58Good.
01:58This is why everybody's participating.
01:59Good job, Nick.
02:00Good job.
02:01I'll have to say Garrett Crochet.
02:03Yeah, the answer's correct.
02:04Okay, Garrett Crochet.
02:05Right?
02:05Yes.
02:06Yeah.
02:06Now, I was looking this up.
02:07I was surprised to know this.
02:09This is from the Rich Keeves Stats and Info Department.
02:10Oh.
02:11The Red Sox.
02:13He has made 20 starts this year.
02:15What is the Red Sox record in Garrett Crochet's starts?
02:18Not his record, but what is the team record?
02:20Off the top of my head, I think he's won six straight.
02:23So does he have 10 wins?
02:24Is that what he has individually?
02:25He is 10-4.
02:27Okay.
02:27So I'm going to guess they are 14-6.
02:3113-7.
02:32There was a little run there where he was pitching okay.
02:35He had a couple ones where he didn't pitch great,
02:36but he lost a few games there, or the team lost games.
02:41So I thought the record, believe it or not,
02:42might be even a little bit better than it is.
02:44But the key with him is he's made every start,
02:47and he has piled up innings.
02:49He's at 129 in a third innings.
02:51So as much as, for a stretch, this bullpen was getting overworked,
02:55chances are it wasn't on Garrett Crochet games.
02:58You know, like Garrett Crochet, he's been everything we've hoped for.
03:02A 2.23 ERA, 160 Ks in 129 innings.
03:09Yeah.
03:10Three-time Haas of the week.
03:12I mean, he could be Haas of the year at this point.
03:13I mean, it's really the Garrett Crochet honorary Haas of the week is really what he is.
03:18Yeah, he's the face of it.
03:19So Ben Grieve is the face of a random baseball player.
03:22So my pivot off Crochet would be Bregman.
03:25I'm surprised you were so dismissive,
03:26and I agree exactly with what the text line is saying.
03:29Bregman's been huge for the young hitters.
03:30So he has missed a big chunk of time.
03:32True.
03:33He needed to play more games for me.
03:34He's played half the games.
03:35And by the way, if I'm going to be consistent,
03:36the Red Sox have a great record without Devers.
03:38They have a great record without Bregman, too.
03:40Sure.
03:40So if I'm going to be halfway consistent on that, we should cite it.
03:44I just think some of that intangible stuff,
03:46freeing you to move on from, I think, a candidate for our next category.
03:50Yeah.
03:51But also the way he's worked with some of the younger players on the team,
03:55I think some of that intangible stuff would put him higher than Raffaella
03:58or Chapman for me.
03:59He could be a nominee.
04:00For the first time in a while, they have a lot of good candidates.
04:01Yeah, yeah.
04:02They do.
04:02So we agree.
04:03Garrett Crochet is the MVP.
04:05Congrats, Garrett.
04:05At the midway point, your award is in the mail.
04:08He might get a bevy of awards.
04:09Wait, we're not done.
04:10Okay.
04:10We're not done.
04:11What's next, Billy?
04:12Least valuable player.
04:14Oh, hey, Ralphie.
04:16So, I mean, do we just hand it to Ralphie?
04:19I was going to nominate Walker Bueller.
04:21Great one.
04:21Oh, Connor Wong should be on there.
04:22Wong should be on there.
04:23Connor Wong stinks.
04:24Now, Connor Wong is saved by the fact that Narvaez,
04:27who he thought was going to be a backup, is way better.
04:29Yep.
04:29And it's like, they don't even need Connor Wong.
04:32Devers is a good one, but I think it's Bueller.
04:34Like, Bueller sticks out of this rotation.
04:37I like this.
04:37I thought he was going to be the number two starter.
04:39He has an ERA over six.
04:41And Cora was like, well, the last two times he was all right.
04:43You're like, he's been bad.
04:45Like, to the point where their number one need is a starter,
04:49specifically because of how bad he's been.
04:50Yeah.
04:51That's my choice.
04:53While we're talking through names, is Duran a candidate for this?
04:55Duran.
04:57So I think he's just having a down year.
04:59Based on, like, expectations, he's underachieving,
05:01but he's not actually one of their least valuable.
05:03He's not the least valuable player.
05:05He went from an MVP candidate to an average player,
05:09which is not the least valuable on the team.
05:11That's a big draw.
05:12It'd be like, Casas.
05:13No, Casas is a good one, actually.
05:15You know what?
05:15I know it's an injury, but whatever.
05:16It's our list.
05:17So I'd say, like, Casas.
05:18Unfortunately, Christian Campbell is not very valuable.
05:21Ooh, wow.
05:21Good one.
05:22You know, he started hot, then was bad.
05:23I think he's one of the few players that was, like, playing every day
05:26that has, like, a negative war.
05:28Who's ruined the team more, though?
05:30Campbell while he was here or Walker Buehler?
05:32I know Buehler's still on the team and they're winning,
05:33but, like, I think Buehler is the right one.
05:35I think Buehler deserves that.
05:36And I think just scapegoating Devers for that isn't fair either.
05:39Let's give it to somebody who's on the roster.
05:40No, we all know he stinks.
05:41And, like, they're better off without him.
05:43But Buehler's the guy.
05:44Okay.
05:45Walker Buehler.
05:45Who's your Cy Young?
05:47Okay.
05:47So some would say, well, the MVP's Crochet,
05:49so it just should be the Cy Young.
05:51But Aronis Chapman is lights out.
05:54He's filthy.
05:55I just told you.
05:56The game you were at on Saturday,
05:57I would have gone to him in the ninth.
05:58And it's not like I didn't trust Crochet necessarily,
06:02but Chapman's been so dominant.
06:04Yeah.
06:05And I just felt like coming in for the ninth inning,
06:07I wasn't worried about Crochet and his season-long workload or anything,
06:09but that was really more of a credit to Chapman and how he's pitched
06:13and how dominant and lights out he's been than any knock-on Crochet.
06:16Do you know what his K per nine is, Chapman?
06:1915.
06:20Yeah, 13.7.
06:2213.7.
06:23He has a 1.18 ERA.
06:2517 saves.
06:27And he probably could have had more saves,
06:29but Cora's actually brought him in several times in the eighth inning
06:33to get the best hitter out
06:34and then allowed somebody else to pitch the ninth,
06:36which, again, not a lot of guys would be signed up for.
06:38Do you remember?
06:39And the ninth to get to extra innings.
06:41He's done that.
06:42He's done that, too.
06:43That's true.
06:43He'll get you to extras.
06:44You won't win once you get there,
06:45but he'll get you there.
06:46Oh, heavens.
06:47You're going to lose an extra.
06:49But, no, he's making a good case.
06:52As of right now,
06:53both guys are going to get votes for the real Cy Young.
06:56Well, that's what I was just going to ask you.
06:57You think Chapman gets actual real Cy Young votes?
06:59I think he should.
07:00Crochet, I think, is the second favorite behind Scrooge.
07:02Yeah, yeah, yeah.
07:02I think at this rate, he should.
07:04Now, it's weird how sometimes closers do
07:06or don't get credit from the voters,
07:08but at this rate, his ERA,
07:11it also helps just like you're going to be on people's radar
07:13because you're on a good team.
07:15Where does 17 saves even?
07:17Let me take a look.
07:18Oh, no, that's pretty far off.
07:19But, like, the leader's 28 in the majors.
07:23But, again, and I don't know how deep some of the writers would look into it,
07:27but him pitching the eighth inning to go up against, you know,
07:30big dumper or whatever, like, the biggest, like,
07:32get the biggest out of the game, that's pretty significant.
07:34You remember our off-season discussion about who the closer is
07:37and we're like, I don't think he's on the team.
07:39Oh, I think I said Hendricks and you said new guy.
07:41I was like, they're going to trade for somebody
07:42who's going to lead the team in saves.
07:44Wrong all the way around.
07:46But our team Cy Young is?
07:47Team Cy Young is crochet.
07:49As much as we talk through Chapman, it is crochet.
07:52We got a good nominee, a guy I completely forgot about.
07:54I saw this, too.
07:55The least valuable player?
07:56Well, there's two.
07:56David Hamilton is one, but you're talking about Tanner Houck.
07:59Tanner Houck?
07:59Yeah.
08:00That's actually a great one.
08:01Yeah?
08:01So bad, I forgot he's even on the team.
08:03I forgot he's even an option.
08:05No Cy Young votes for him?
08:07Not this year.
08:08No.
08:08Not this year.
08:09Not going to see that.
08:10What do you think of the selection for crochet?
08:12Do you guys, do you think more love for Chapman?
08:14Should we look at Chapman?
08:14No, no, no.
08:15I just found it hilarious because you guys just presented this amazing case
08:19for Raw this Chapman.
08:20And then Cy Young, crochet.
08:22Well, obviously crochet.
08:24Yeah, no, I'm not going to argue it.
08:25I just got a kick out of the effort you made for Chapman just to finish on crochet.
08:29Here's the case that we're not actually making.
08:32Rookie of the year.
08:33Okay.
08:34I think you got to go with the Narv.
08:36Narv Ayes.
08:36I think it might be Narv.
08:38I think it might be Narv.
08:39He's played 73 games.
08:42Marcella Meyer has played 40.
08:44Roman Anthony's played 31.
08:46That feels like way more than I would have guessed.
08:48Actually, more than I thought.
08:49I would have guessed like 15.
08:50Wow.
08:50Yeah.
08:5131 games already.
08:52Is that enough to be our midway point rookie of the year?
08:55Out of those two, who do you think has been better?
08:58Anthony or Meyer?
08:58Yeah.
08:59Anthony, for sure.
09:00Yeah, but Meyer's pretty good in the field.
09:03Nick said Anthony's one of the best defensive outfielders in the bigs.
09:06And I got to be honest, all the stupid advanced metrics back it up.
09:09Like, he does not necessarily pass my eye test, but what do I know?
09:12Yeah, I agree.
09:12I mean, Anthony's been better.
09:14A couple more ding-dongs for Meyer.
09:16But no, I think right now, both those guys should pass him in the second half.
09:20But right now, Carlos Narvaez.
09:21Good one.
09:22Okay, let's go with Narvaez for our team rookie of the year Red Sox midseason awards here
09:28on Jones and Keefe.
09:29Next one should be obvious.
09:30Who's your role age relief man of the mid-year?
09:32Now, that one's Chapman.
09:33Chapman.
09:34Yeah, Chapman.
09:35Kind of unopposed.
09:36Although, they've had some guys pitch really well out of the bullpen.
09:39That's why I don't think it's their biggest need.
09:42But, yeah, it's Chapman.
09:43I mean, we got to give Chapman some award.
09:45You want to give it to Greg Weissert?
09:46I don't want to give it to Greg Weissert.
09:47Weissert weren't falling apart.
09:49Yeah.
09:49Because he feels like he's falling apart.
09:51Yeah.
09:51The official role age relief man of the year at the halfway point.
09:54No doubt.
09:55Is a role this Chapman.
09:56Yeah.
09:56All right.
09:56What's next, Billy?
09:57Gold glove winner.
09:58All right.
09:59All right.
09:59Well, Nick's our defensive metric guy.
10:01Maybe Nick should weigh in on this.
10:03Well, if you just want to go pure numbers, it would be Narvaez again.
10:05Hell yeah.
10:06Or Rafaela.
10:06One of the two.
10:07So, well, Rafaela plays.
10:09It's steady ballgame.
10:10Yeah.
10:10Okay.
10:12Narvaez, though.
10:12Don't sneeze.
10:13Could he win an actual gold glove?
10:15I think he could.
10:16I think they both could win gold gloves.
10:17They should.
10:17It's like him and Raleigh probably for the top two.
10:19Wow.
10:20What can't Raleigh do?
10:21See, that good defensively?
10:22Cal Raleigh?
10:22He's really good defensively, yeah.
10:24Ask Nick.
10:24Nick is also our big dumper expert.
10:26Yeah, that's true.
10:27He's literally the one who started the big dumper discussion this offseason.
10:31Yeah.
10:31Say that, Rafaela, I think you see it a little bit more.
10:34And then now that they're asking him to play a couple of spots, I'd give him the nod
10:38as well.
10:38Give the man a platinum glove.
10:40In real life.
10:40He could.
10:41He's going to be in the mix for that.
10:42So, he is our midseason.
10:44Well, Jeff Passes said the other day, one of the best centerfielders in baseball.
10:47Period.
10:47End of sentence.
10:48That's it.
10:48Full stop.
10:49Full stop.
10:51Who else would be in the mix?
10:53Go glove.
10:54I mean, if Bregman played enough, Bregman had such a bad April, though.
10:57I was going to say, he had a lot of errors early.
11:00Willier Abreu won a real one last year.
11:01That's a good one.
11:02Abreu probably should be in that discussion.
11:04Story's been really good.
11:04Oh, Story has been good.
11:06Story has been really good.
11:07You know what?
11:07That's another guy I've been down on in the past who's having a good year right now.
11:11Trevor Story, I think, is our honorary comeback player of the year.
11:14He wouldn't come back.
11:14I think.
11:15That was the category we had to lop off of this, but I think Trevor Story would get
11:18that.
11:18Next year, it'll be Houck or Connor Crawford.
11:22Connor Wong, maybe.
11:23Connor Wong.
11:24Okay.
11:25That's our gold glove we're handing out.
11:27What else do we have, Billy?
11:27Silver Slugger.
11:28Silver Slugger is the best bat at their position on the team.
11:35Is that Bregman?
11:37I don't know.
11:38Is it Raffaella?
11:40No.
11:40No, I don't think so.
11:41Okay.
11:42Is it probably Bregman?
11:44He hasn't played.
11:44I think it's Bregman.
11:46I mean, Abreu leads the team at home runs.
11:49I think Devers still leads in RBIs.
11:52Romy Gonzalez.
11:53I mean, Romy Gonzalez.
11:54Romy Gonzalez.
11:54Hitting against lefties.
11:57Can we do that?
11:57Silver Slugger versus lefties?
11:59Silver Slugger versus righties.
12:00That is how they should break it down.
12:01They should break it down my position.
12:02They should break it down righty versus lefties.
12:04Split these things.
12:04Yeah.
12:05Romy's had a great year, but man, you might actually have to go Bregman.
12:09I think.
12:09Kind of looking at all the numbers.
12:10Honestly.
12:10His OPS is through the roof.
12:12If it's not Bregman, I think it might be Anthony.
12:15Roman Anthony?
12:15No.
12:16No?
12:17777 OPS.
12:19Two home runs.
12:20Yeah, but arrow up.
12:21Arrow up on Anthony.
12:22He was apparently on a double date with Meyer.
12:25You see those photos?
12:26Oh, I saw.
12:26Oh, doctor.
12:27I got to be honest.
12:28I'm still not sure the other person was Meyer, but I'll go with it.
12:31They said it was Meyer.
12:32The person taking the photo had to take a sneaky photo.
12:34Yeah, but it was a photo of them.
12:35Where were they?
12:36I don't know.
12:37Is that a place we're not allowed?
12:38I don't go enough cool places.
12:39I don't know.
12:39But you made a good point, Keith.
12:41Yeah.
12:42Roman Anthony has to go on double dates with Marcelo Meyer
12:45to make sure that Marcelo isn't taking out Lee.
12:47Exactly.
12:48Marcelo's like, I'm going out.
12:49Yeah, I'll go with you.
12:50Yeah, I'm going too.
12:51I'll come with you.
12:51I know a girl.
12:52We're going.
12:52You don't need to come with me.
12:53I'm going to go.
12:54I'm not meeting your sister.
12:55Don't worry about it.
12:55Yeah, I'll be the judge of that.
12:57I get it.
12:57Yeah, I'll stay on top of that.
12:59Thank you very much.
13:00Yeah, they were there.
13:00You're not going to any bars without me, ever.
13:02Two men amongst town.
13:04A couple of guys out there.
13:05So, yeah, in a weird way, despite a tremendous amount of missed games.
13:10Alex Bregman.
13:11Silver Slugger Bregman.
13:12Red Sox midseason Silver Slugger.
13:15Okay.
13:15What else do we have, Bill?
13:17Most surprising player in a good way.
13:19Raffaella for me.
13:21Raffaella, I didn't think.
13:22I mean, Narvaez would be another candidate.
13:25Narvaez is a very good one.
13:25It's amazing that you've turned from the Narvaez guy to now the Raffaella guy.
13:29I mean, you can be both, but I'm just saying.
13:31I feel like plenty of room in my heart for both.
13:32But I feel like you were the most bullish on Narvaez.
13:35Now, I think Raffaella has even surpassed that for you.
13:38I think based on how hot he's been, I agree with you.
13:40So, here's the thing.
13:41So, I went into the year with no expectation for Narvaez.
13:44I went into the year kind of thinking I knew what Raffaella was.
13:47So, maybe that's the difference.
13:48Whereas now, like, he has completely spun it.
13:51Where, of all the players you're most surprised by.
13:54I mean, maybe Giolito.
13:56Giolito, I thought was going to be like a 5-year-old.
13:594-and-a-5-year-old.
13:59He's been better.
14:00Look, Chapman?
14:01I think your answer is wrong.
14:02Oh, he's been actually quite shocking.
14:04Yeah.
14:04Matt?
14:05The way you guys talk about Baio in the offseason.
14:07Baio, too?
14:09Baio's a good one.
14:09A lot of good surprising players.
14:10I think Joe still hates Baio.
14:11A lot of good surprising.
14:12Abraham Toro?
14:13Abraham Toro?
14:15Romy?
14:16Romy?
14:17The whole team's been surprising.
14:18All right, well, let's make a pick.
14:19Is it Chapman?
14:19Trevor Story?
14:20No, no.
14:20Well, that's not a bad one.
14:21The fact that he hasn't gotten hurt?
14:23That is the biggest surprise.
14:24The Jig could be the whole team.
14:25All right.
14:26I do think it's Raffaella, though.
14:27In the spirit of this.
14:28But maybe I overlooked Chapman.
14:29Because neither of us even wanted the team to sign Chapman.
14:32Yeah, yeah, yeah.
14:33Never mind thought he'd be good.
14:34Never mind thought he'd be this good.
14:35Oh, that's a good one.
14:36Let's go with a Seti ball game, though.
14:38Hat tip to Arkan.
14:39Yep.
14:39What else?
14:39All right, most surprising in a bad way.
14:41Most surprising in a bad way.
14:43Bueller would be a candidate, but I feel like we've already covered that.
14:46Oh, that's a great one.
14:47Right.
14:47Duran.
14:47So he wouldn't be.
14:50He doesn't qualify for, like, least valuable.
14:52But he was eighth in the MVP for American League last year.
14:55And now he's like, you can make the case he's not the eighth on the team.
14:59Right?
14:59If you include pitchers, he might not even be the best player on the team.
15:02Most surprising in a bad way, Duran.
15:05Yeah, the fall off for Duran.
15:06Yeah.
15:06Hauk.
15:08Well.
15:09But so I thought, if you were like, who's going to repeat their all-star season?
15:13I would have said Duran a thousand times out of a thousand before Hauk.
15:15I didn't think Hauk could be this bad, though.
15:17No, no.
15:17This is surprising.
15:19Does Cassis fit into this category?
15:20No.
15:21Oh, hey, Ralphie.
15:22All right.
15:23Duran.
15:24Duran Duran is the answer.
15:26Duran Duran.
15:26All right, last one.
15:27Duran Duran's a sweet band.
15:28All right, what could possibly be left?
15:30Manager of the year.
15:32Red Sox manager of the year at the midway point.
15:35Your finalists are.
15:36This one seems obvious.
15:37Yeah, yeah.
15:38Alex Cora.
15:39Uh-huh.
15:39And the undefeated Ramon Vasquez.
15:41Oh, right, because he pinch hit when Cora went to a never-ending graduation.
15:46A full-day graduation.
15:48Lunch.
15:48General manager.
15:49Slash snack.
15:50Slash dinner.
15:51No.
15:51He's already your MVP over there.
15:52Stop it.
15:53Trust me.
15:53Stop trying to shoehorn Brett.
15:54I would shoehorn Brett.
15:55I don't even think he's the general manager.
15:56I would shoehorn an executive of the year.
15:58Red Sox executive of the year.
16:00Okay, so our options are Cora or Vasquez.
16:02So Vasquez also, remember the next game back, Cora got thrown out early in the game.
16:07Vasquez won that game.
16:08Sure.
16:09I think it might be Ramon Vasquez.
16:10Ramon Vasquez.
16:10All right, he's our manager of the year at the midway point.
16:13Let's recap these.
16:14Team MVP, Crochet.
16:15Yeah.
16:16Least valuable player, Walker Bueller.
16:17Cy Young, Crochet.
16:19Rookie of the year, Carlos Narvaez.
16:21Rolaid's relief man of the midpoint.
16:23Mm-hmm.
16:24Makes sense.
16:25Aroldis Chapman.
16:26Our gold glover, Sadon Rafaela.
16:28Our silver slugger, Alex Bregman.
16:30That's the most controversial.
16:31That is.
16:31Well, most surprising in a good way.
16:34It was a competitive field.
16:36Also controversial.
16:37Steady ball game again, Sadon Rafaela.
16:39Uh-huh.
16:40Most surprising in a bad way, Jaron Duran.
16:42And our manager of the year, Ramon Vasquez.
16:43That's right.
16:44All right, Terp, get on that.
16:45We need a graphic ASAP.
16:46At Jones and Keefe.
16:48Twitter and Instagram.
16:49Those are the Red Sox midseason superlatives.
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