These guys know how to connect with you about Boston sports.

Say that more slowly because I'm stupid.

Pelker and Maz on 985, the Sports Hub.

Hey, Matt, so if the Red Sox don't do anything right at the start of the season,

there's still all these players that are sitting out there.

Maybe they choose someone from there for even a year or two and get a deal that way.

And maybe that's a smart way to play this.

They find out what their team's like in April, and they say, we need this.

And there's still guys out there that aren't signed.

I think that's fine.

Yeah, that's the way I'd do it at this stage.

At this stage.

Yeah, at this stage, I would.

Again, I wouldn't throw a huge contract to J.D. Martinez. I'd even wait till the trade deadline for crying out loud. They're not going to fall out of the race. They're going to be in it. Their pitching's too good. Again, assuming health. And then if you have bad health, you weren't going to win it anyway. So what's a difference? Take your time. Wait. See what happens at the deadline. Go get a big don't get me jd martinez okay but the uh

the point is though again if i'd said to you at the end of the year after you once again get

you know shacked in the first round of the playoffs you win 93 games you get to the playoffs you get

totally outclassed you look like you're sort of not ready for the moment or the team team just lacked, you was just obvious. The team lacks something, some sort of winning quotient, toughness, or grit or something. And if I said, you, they're going to do nothing. Nothing on the roster, nothing. They're not going to bring in any infusion of power, never mind that, that you were last in the American League in home runs or second to last so you bring in no

home runs you bring in nothing for the clubhouse all you're going to do is change the manager are

you really okay with that are you really coming up to d'abrowski at the duncan in kenmore square

and saying yeah dave i'm good just do nothing no you're pissed you're pissed that's the thing is

again they've been on this treadmill for two years,

and they come back with the same team, and there was a huge fish out there, and they made a half-assed,

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