You told me on Monday Joel that
this is the week of one Soto and
that Mike Rizzo is a scout at
heart and he's looking for?
Jung controllable guys.
The Mariners, Mariners fit that.
Yes, There's no doubt.
And I think the point I was
making then is there probably
should be no more motivated team
to do it right.
They haven't made the postseason
since 2001.
It's the longest among the four
professional uh, sports in our
country.
They clearly have the prospects
to do it as they've seen playing
Houston I believe now four times
the second half they're not as
good as Houston, they need to
get better and yet.
And I do think there one of the
teams that's in this and I
always want to say this things
are fluid this time of year the
example uses, I do think SAN
Diego is the front runner.
San Diego was the front runner
from max Scherzer last year
until the moment he ended up
with Trey, Toerner going to the
Dodgers.
Why did they go to the Dodgers?
Because Mike Rizzo, who is a
scouted heart, Love Keibert Ruiz
the catcher from the Dodgers
more than anything else.
He was in the trade.
So that's where it was.
So I always say like keep an eye
on it.
But I think SAN Diego is very
motivated here when I talk to
other teams and I say who, where
do you think he'll end up,
nobody's part of these
conversations they keep
describing SAn Diego as the most
motivated potential buyer here
and that this might be a team
that they Nationals are really
locked in on plus the Dodgers
plus the Mariners, plus the
cardinals.
I think that's kind of the major
field right now as we head
closer and closer to the
deadline, san Diego, they lost
Mackenzie board to an elbow
injury, would he have been part
of this trade?
Even if he wasn't, Does this
mean that san Diego that has to
focus more on starting pitching
and has to get off soto.
This is what I always mean by
things are fluid at this time of
year, every new injury,
everything changes as we get
closer and two, the Mariners
speaking to the circling back to
the Mariners, they have not only
the talent and the resources in
the minor leagues to get it
done.
But I could see Mike Rizzo
asking I'd like Jorge Kirby to
be part of this package in
return.
I know that Mariner fans don't
want to hear that, but you're
going to have to give up that
type of young talent to get
someone like juan Soto.
If we were playing the game,
we're taking it bad in Game
seven of the World Series for
all your money, let's start
making the list 1234, where
would Soto be if he's not one?
He's too, if he's not to be,
he's certainly there and by the
way you get him for three
pennant races, not just to, he's
23 years old.
So you've got to put your best
out there and it's why Mike
Rizzo, I'm sure he's going round
and round with two or three or
four teams To see where he could
get the most for this player.
I think the league would be very
surprised if he wasn't traded by
six p.m. On Tuesday, wow, I love
your point about san Diego
coming close to max Scherzer.
So the nats know the Padres
system very well, very well.
And look, you know, the SAn
Diego and and general managers
matter, right.
AJ Preller is about as
aggressive gm as there is in
part, he is probably the most
willing to trade prospects of
anyone.
We've seen it and he has more to
be able to do this again.
The Mackenzie gore thing, how
much does that complicate things
late here?
But he wants the big game fish.
One of the questions is there
very close to that first luxury
tax threshold?
Does ownership willingly want to
go over that?
Does he have to be able to
attach someone like Wil Myers or
Eric Hosmer to a trade?
So they don't go over that.
So, I mean, again, these are the
complications as we get towards
the deadline