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Say that more slowly because I'm stupid. Felger and Maz on 985. The Sports Hub. Board, Alex and Newton leads us off this hour. What do you got on the socks? All right, I've got to preface this by saying this is probably going to be a pretty petty phone call on my part. But, Mad, I called you a couple weeks ago. We talked about how Mookie, in my opinion, is going to get $30 million a year.

Felt Grieg with him. phone call on my part. But Mad, I called you a couple weeks ago. We talked about how

Mookie, in my opinion, is going to get $30 million a year. Feltger agreed with me. You disagreed. And then a few days later, maybe a week later on SportsUp.com, you pretty much wrote an article, not saying $30 million a year, but hinting that, yeah, that's probably what it's going to take. So, you know, once again, it's Teddy.

I know you're kind of agreeing now that he's probably going to get $30 million a year.

I hope you will. hinting that, yeah, that's probably what it's going to take. So, you know, once again, it's petty.

I know you're kind of agreeing now that he's probably going to get $30 million a year. I hope you will admit to it. But he's going to. I just got to tell he's going to. Your whole thing about pitching him to the outside part of the plate, he can't go opposite field. That may be true, but he's got a long swing. he can actually turn on those balls.

The other

petty part of my phone call is the J.D. Martinez aspect. In the offseason, he did not want him

because he wasn't a sexy name like Giancarlo Stanton. But I think you're starting to realize

he's definitely as complete of a hitter as Giancarlo Stanton, if not more. He had 45 home runs last year in 119 games and batted 300. That is a complete hitter. That's a rock star, as you would say. And hold on, last thing. At Dan Lyftschat, who I was going back and forth with on Twitter, said, well, yeah, I agree, but let's pump the brakes.

Things could still change.

I want to use Felger strategy. Scoreboard. Scoreboard. Let's judge it now. J.D. Martinez, better than G. Carlos then. Boom. Okay. So, I mean, you don't sound petty at all. No, no. But you know what? It's okay. you can be as petty as you want.

So on the mokey number, especially given where the market's going, you're right. He'll get 30. Man, he's going to be one of the highest paid players in the game. And what, 30, 35, whatever it is, when he's up, he'll be a top five player in the game at the time. Top five. Well, he might already be. Because, again, he, and not that I did two poops about this, but the front offices do. He had the most runs saved defensively of anyone in baseball last year. Correct. So he's arguably one of the best defensive players in the game. And he's going to be an MVP candidate every year. He made 3,100. He's going to be one of the top paid players in the game. And he's going to be an MVP candidate every year.

He made $3,100.

He's going to be one of the top paid players in the game.

Yeah.

So, look, there's no disputing what he's doing right now. The guys had two, three homeowner games in a week for crying out loud. I mean, he's got, I think, 11 now for the season. and today he hit, if you care for these kinds of details,

a change-up down, a slider middle in and a fastball up and away okay now the fastball he pulled but three different kinds of

pishes and he crushed them all now so look i'm i'm not gonna you know i'm not going to

you know i'm not going to sit here with a collar and get into a fight because i can admit what I'm wrong. So, Mookie's going to get his money. To me, I think the Royals pitched him wrong today. Oh, stupidly. There was his second at, I think his second at bat. He had homered in his first. And then one pitch, he clocks right down the left field line for a home run, but it just goes foul by a little bit. Next pitch, the pitcher puts it right in the same place and he clubs it out of the state. Like, what are you doing? Well, exactly. So this is, now look, part of being a good player is hitting mistakes. Pitchers are going to make mistakes, and Mookie hits him. So I also, one thing I do disagree with the collar on, Mookie doesn't have a long swing.

Mookie is compact, man, and he's fast.

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