Crochet was nails again. Bregman and Abreu (2) hit homers- Cue the Duckboats?? ...maybe not so fast. Red Sox are in the same place they were the last two seasons
00:00Good morning, Greg. Great to be here. I missed you all, genuinely.
00:0454-47. That would be the Red Sox record today.
00:09That would be the Red Sox record at this point last season.
00:12And that would be the Red Sox record at this point the season prior.
00:16And a stick tap to the great Terp, who I saw put this out on social media over the weekend.
00:20He did the due diligence.
00:22So, 54-47. So I know you guys had the Duck Boat Parade last week, and that's great.
00:27We determined that the Devers trade, in your absence, was the very best thing for this baseball team, by the way.
00:35I just think it was at a time where they had...
00:37I mean, talk about one of the most contrived, non-nothingburger stories.
00:42The Devers not meeting with Will Clark.
00:46Total and complete, inaccurate report.
00:50My God, was that brutal.
00:52Anyway, but yes, I would say that the Red Sox, at this stage, are where they were the two prior seasons.
00:58And now, Craig Breslow and the front office have a task to do what they failed to do, the two prior deadlines.
01:05And I think Wiggy, and what I heard from you, has been spot on.
01:09And he's the only consistent one when it comes to Cora.
01:12Where, when the Red Sox go on a winning streak, everybody's talking about Alex Cora.
01:17But the last two years, when they suck between now and October, oh, well, Cora, he was hamstrung.
01:23What do you expect from him?
01:25You can't have it both ways.
01:26Either their wins are a direct result of Cora, and the losses are also, or neither are applicable.
01:34But to me, you have Devers gone.
01:37Obviously, it's helped the organization in terms of, you know, getting Masa and the more guys that you're able to get with Roman Anthony de-aging at times.
01:44All that.
01:44The flexibility provided the team has been obvious.
01:47But if they don't reallocate those resources between now and the 31st, then it's going to be another second half swoon for the Red Sox.
01:55Are you okay with them trading somebody of value that is currently playing on the big league team?
02:02Of course.
02:03Okay.
02:04Yeah.
02:05I mean, I feel like if that's, if you're going to bring in salary and you're getting better, we'll know it when we see it.
02:11Don't you guys feel like...
02:13I'm on board with you, Curtis, on that one.
02:14Because the whole thing where you were gone is would you be willing to trade Jaron Duran?
02:19Because if they do that, who's going to charge into Yoshida when he's trying to catch a baseball?
02:24We can find somebody else to put the Wally head on.
02:28We can?
02:29Yeah.
02:29But that's been the biggest thing since you guys have been gone is like, and you know, Greg's been on it a little bit of it.
02:34Well, Duran, chemistry, would you trade him?
02:39And this is for a impact on we're talking about, not just for like, and I've been on, well, you're probably not going to have Duran in the future anyways.
02:48Why wouldn't you move on from a guy that could make you much better this year when it comes to your rotation?
