Ben Ennis
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Or even if you can't salvage the season, at least get us to the early part of July in something resembling a respectable operation.
And then you can, if you have to trade guys in the later stages of July at the deadline, do it.
But do it after the All-Star game.
There's so many years of planning have gone into hosting this.
They awarded this, MLB did, to the Phillies.
years before they awarded the 24 and the 25 All-Star Games because it mattered that much to the game and to the organization to have the All-Star Game in Philadelphia in 2026 because of America 250.
So you're not going to do that and then trade Bryce Harper.
So it's a different set of circumstances than you normally have, but that's the reality right now of a very proud owner and a very proud organization.
This version of the team?
As they are right now, today.
I would rather โ so I believe of those three teams, the Red Sox are the better team and are the more salvageable 2026 season.
So that's my answer to that question.
The Red Sox are โ they've got the best chance to turn it around and are the most fixable.
I mean, again, you saw them last night.
They're still a good ball club.
So there's โ so to me, it's the Red Sox.
I would also say the Red Sox are the answer to the corollary question that you just asked, which is, which is the hardest of the markets to manage in, in terms of pressure, intensity?
I really believe that.