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Here's Jeffrey in Montreal on the Red Sox.

Hey guys, thanks for taking the call.

Pleasure.

Just a quick thought on the Red Sox. I mean, you have a team right now that, you know, less than a year ago was the best team in baseball. Convincingly beats the Dodgers, Yankees in Houston to win the World Series. I mean, you have basically 4.30 home run hitters this year. I know Betts at 29, but pretty close. and now they're thinking about getting rid of J.D. Martinez. I mean, if you get rid of him, you're not going to have those 430 home run hitters.

And I thought it was pretty obvious to the... but pretty close. And now they're thinking about getting rid of J.D. Martinez. I mean, if you get rid of him, you're not going to have those 430 home run hitters.

And I thought it was pretty obvious.

The pitching was the problem. And if you look at Betts, the year after David Ortiz was in the left-the-line, his OPS is like 801, which is the lowest he's had in a while. So what do you guys think? Okay. do you think they lose both Martinez and Mookiee Betts? I mean, my gut says

no, but I

wouldn't rule it out.

And I didn't feel this way up until, you know, they really started digging into the payroll.

Like if they want to get down at, call it, you know, $200 million, $195 million, they may not have a choice.

But remember, it's Martinez's call, at least at the outset.

They can always trade him if he decides to opt in.

But five days after the World Series is over, within five days, he has to make a decision.

Didn't he have some line like a day after the last game of the season like, oh, I don't

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