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All right, Maz, on the Red Sox, a big takeaway, losing three or four in Seattle there.

As we come to you from our Town Fair Tire Studios, our three, Felgren, Maz on a reentry Monday.

Anthony, the big takeaway there was the starting pitching, 22 earned runs and 15 innings for a 13.2 ERA through the first four games for the Red Sox starters. They will have

left Seattle. They've left Seattle allowing 34 runs over 33 innings. Okay. A lot of people go back

to the spring training and how they handle the starting pitching, which was really, really soft. I mean, it's sort of like a soft opening. And they sort of set the stage for this slow start with how they pitched in spring. Is that how you believe? Or is that what you believe? No, I don't. I don't believe it's totally catcher related. But I do believe that they were sort of lined up for this. And I think there are a lot of variables to it.

One is that the season one late, they stuck to the same program, they backed everybody off.

And I think the big thing is the mentality, Mike.

Like I look at it and I say, they don't have as much to prove this year.

They just don't.

So when they have a slower spring, there isn't a same focus on the ultimate goal. It's, yeah, but we're going to be better at the end. Now it's, yeah, we did this last year. No problem. We're good. We got it under control. They're just, they're a little bit more complacent. They're a little bit on cruise control.

And I think it bit him in the ass. I think that's part of it. Part of it. I also think the Mariners are hot. You know, they're on the West Coast. Like there were a lot of little elements that when you add it all up, I looked at it and I said, they're not going to start well. I, you know, again, how many games did they win in the spring?

Not many.

Well, yeah, one many games did they win in the spring?

Not many.

Well, yeah, one of the worst grapefruit league records.

So I'm not telling you, I think that winning a lot of games in spring training is important.

But I do think the whole vibe out of there was that we're good.

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