BIB on the Radio: Reacting To Sam Kennedy's Curious Alex Bregman Comment
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Yeah, we're so grateful to Alex Bregman and what he meant to us. But look, in the end, when you have choices the way he did, you work really hard to be in a position to become a free agent and to perform at that level. He chose a different path, and we wish him well. And looking forward to seeing him at the end of the season at Fenway.
The no trade plus thing. Is that an organizational policy that you don't give out full or partial no trades?
Oh, look, if Alex Bregman wanted to be here, ultimately he'd be here.
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What comment did Sam Kennedy make about Alex Bregman?
At the spring training facility of the Red Sox up in the broadcast booth in Gordo of the Play Tessie podcast. is back at the baseballs and boring studios in Brighton and Gordo. I'm a little bit behind the scenes. You texted me, said, there's no way he said that. It's a, it's a crazy quote. It's a crazy quote. I mean, now that I hear it, I feel like that is something – and we've talked about that dynamic on the bench, how there's always usually something that takes – to take away. A couple that jumped to mind is the whole like, oh, you know, we screwed up the John Lester thing, the Pablo Sandoval body fat thing. There's been plenty of them, right? But that one was – Yeah, yeah. Thoughts? Thoughts, Gordo?
It felt like he was ready to say it. He was asked if they had an organizational policy against no trade clauses, and that was the answer to it. Isn't that weird? It feels like he wanted to fit that in somewhere, and he didn't want to answer the question about if they're willing to hand out no trade clauses or not, and so he just fit in the line that he had ready to go, which is weird because there's no upside to saying that. The obvious, and I don't know what any follow-ups were, but the obvious rebuttal to that, Gordo, is, well, yeah, but you think that it was fair to say that? That if you want to be here, that he'd be here when you offered him less money and a no-no trade clause? And more deferrals, too.
It's an objectively worse offer. Yeah. Yes. I mean, so it's kind of crazy to say, well, if you want to be here, it's one thing to do like the whole going way back, the mark to share a deal where I think that they felt like they had made a competitive offer or, you know, or, you know, if, if they said Pete Alonzo, we're going to offer the same as the Baltimore Orioles and, and Hey, listen, if you want to be here, I'll be here.
How does the organizational policy on no-trade clauses affect player decisions?
Like that fits some places, right? In no world does it seem to fit here. And I would imagine Alex Bregman is sitting there saying, what are you talking about? Because, Gordo, I'm going to be honest with you. I had one player say to me definitively he wanted to be here. He wanted to resign. So, yeah. I think we all thought that. That's not surprising to hear. I think it's unfair to Bregman, to be honest with you, Rob. To put that on him, to say that he didn't want to be here, that to me is unfair when your offer was in no way, shape, or form on any level what the Cubs offered. And the Cubs are a good organization. It's not like he chose to go to the Pittsburgh Pirates and took the money. The Chicago Cubs are a good organization.
They're a historic organization. They're an organization on the rise, and they made a better offer than you did. So, yeah, to me, I think it's unfair to put that on. Yes, but if you want to weigh in on this or anything with the Red Sox, 617-779-7937. I should say anything with the great game of baseball as well, 617-779-7937. Zach Coe would be happy to talk to you and get you in the queue, in line to talk the great game that we're talking about.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–1:17
2
What comment did Sam Kennedy make about Alex Bregman?
1:17–3:15
3
How does the organizational policy on no-trade clauses affect player decisions?
3:15–8:25
4
What are the implications of Bregman's decision to join the Cubs?
8:25–13:28
5
How does the Red Sox roster compare to last year's team?
13:28–25:31
6
What challenges does the Red Sox face in the upcoming season?
25:31–42:18
7
How does the pitching depth impact the team's performance?
42:18–44:59
Speakers
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