Rob Bradford

But I think that, you know, they obviously stemmed.

Tim Haley was asking about the no trade thing.

And that's another thing that bugs me.

I'm not surprised, I guess.

But we all know what their policy is, right?

Their policy is no no trade.

I had Zach Scott, who used to work for the Red Sox, on the Baseballs and Boarding podcast a few weeks ago.

And he was talking about he lived through that life where, yes, there is this idea of a no trade clause policy.

flag in the ground but at the same time he said we get around that we get around that with Pedroia we get around that with Daisuke there's ways to get around that or at least attempts to get around it and ultimately Gordo what bugs me about this is that it's the very simplistic way of looking at it which is you knew that this guy that you were valuing more than anybody that

that you knew the way that you had to get them was in the world of free agency.

You knew that that gets uncomfortable.

You know how you know?

Because the year before, even though it fell to you, the year before, you acquiesced and gave the opt-outs, something that you didn't want to do.

But you knew that you had to do that to get the player.

So to get the player, you knew that you were going to have to do this, this no-trade thing.

And by the way, Gordo, this isn't Xander Bogarts asking for a no-trade for an 11-year deal.

It's a five-year deal.

It's okay.

It's okay.

Am I wrong?