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Talked about the Giants disappointing performance against the 49ers.

Did that for the first hour.

Now let's shift to the World Series, which ended on Sunday, or Saturday, Sunday morning.

And before we do that, it's being reported first by John Heyman of the Post that Cody

Bellinger has opted out of his contract, which was expected.

And so he had $25 million due in the final year of that deal, looking for a multi-year

contract.

So he opted out, which is the thing most expected him to do.

And he said he was going to do it too.

But he did it in a respectable way while others did not.

Edwin Diaz also, according to Ken Rosenthal, has opted out of the final year of his contract

with the Mets, and he did it in a respectable way as well.

Unlike, you know, what Soto did and what Alonzo did right after the season was over,

I thought that was a little much.

And, you know, even a guy that I like a lot, um, uh, Garrett Cole did it, uh, after a World Series lost by the Astros. You know, he took off an Astro cap and, you know, he was a free agent from that moment on. Soto lost a World Series of the Yankees. He said, yeah, you know, the Yankees didn't have any advantage. Alonzo, they didn't even get into the playoffs, and Alonzo on that day said, yeah, I'm going to opt out. Again, don't want to get into that. But I think the Mets have a tougher decision on Diaz than the Yankees do going after Bellinger. Diaz is one of the top closers in the game.

But you want to give him a four-year contract at more than $20 million a year with how volatile the closer role is where a guy could have a great year and a bad year, a great year, and a bad year. I think they'd like to keep them, but am I giving him another five-year, $100 million contract? I'm not sure I do. But the Mets, you know, their bullpen's a mess.

So you almost forced to bring him back, but is that the wise move?

And you wonder, is that what David Stearns would want to do?

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