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Bradfo

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1734 total appearances

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Baseball Isn’t Boring
The Realities Of No-Trade Clauses, Opt-Outs And Free Agency, With Zack Scott

other than bringing in Simeon, it seems like they've taken an enema to the whole roster.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
The Realities Of No-Trade Clauses, Opt-Outs And Free Agency, With Zack Scott

I've always felt like, and Mets fans are screaming and yelling, but it always feels like, and I know they're in on Tucker, that, okay, we're clearing it out, but we're building it back in, whether that's because of the clubhouse dynamic or whatever it is.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
The Realities Of No-Trade Clauses, Opt-Outs And Free Agency, With Zack Scott

Um...

Baseball Isn’t Boring
The Realities Of No-Trade Clauses, Opt-Outs And Free Agency, With Zack Scott

What is your perception about the bats, about the way they're doing things?

Baseball Isn’t Boring
The Realities Of No-Trade Clauses, Opt-Outs And Free Agency, With Zack Scott

Because I think it's really, really interesting because, again, we're trying to piece all this stuff together and get in David Stern's mind.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
The Realities Of No-Trade Clauses, Opt-Outs And Free Agency, With Zack Scott

So what's your perception of it?

Baseball Isn’t Boring
The Realities Of No-Trade Clauses, Opt-Outs And Free Agency, With Zack Scott

What's weird, Zach, is that, and this isn't the reality, but it's going to be perception.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
The Realities Of No-Trade Clauses, Opt-Outs And Free Agency, With Zack Scott

As long as you have Juan Soto sitting there with this $800 billion contract...

Baseball Isn’t Boring
The Realities Of No-Trade Clauses, Opt-Outs And Free Agency, With Zack Scott

the expectation is you're always going to compete with the big boys.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
The Realities Of No-Trade Clauses, Opt-Outs And Free Agency, With Zack Scott

Like, that's it.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
The Realities Of No-Trade Clauses, Opt-Outs And Free Agency, With Zack Scott

Like, that's the expectation.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
The Realities Of No-Trade Clauses, Opt-Outs And Free Agency, With Zack Scott

So any hint that you're rebuilding or have to sort of turn things over, say, wait a second, you know, this was the ultimate example of going for it.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
The Realities Of No-Trade Clauses, Opt-Outs And Free Agency, With Zack Scott

We were going for it.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
The Realities Of No-Trade Clauses, Opt-Outs And Free Agency, With Zack Scott

We're the team going for it with Juan Soto.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
The Realities Of No-Trade Clauses, Opt-Outs And Free Agency, With Zack Scott

But to your point, sometimes it just has to be done.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
The Realities Of No-Trade Clauses, Opt-Outs And Free Agency, With Zack Scott

And you can't just keep trading Nolan McClain's and Jonah Tong's and these guys for – put all those guys together for lack of a better example.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
The Realities Of No-Trade Clauses, Opt-Outs And Free Agency, With Zack Scott

All those guys together for Peralta or even Joe Ryan because we're going to win it now.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
The Realities Of No-Trade Clauses, Opt-Outs And Free Agency, With Zack Scott

At some point, you have to just reset.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
The Realities Of No-Trade Clauses, Opt-Outs And Free Agency, With Zack Scott

But the Soto thing is interesting to me.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
The Realities Of No-Trade Clauses, Opt-Outs And Free Agency, With Zack Scott

The last thing, who do you think...