We've covered a lot. I want to just mention something here and I'm sticking with it because admittedly I love baseball and I'm excited about it and I'm stubborn. I can't let go with certain things. I can't let go of how inexplicable it is in my world

that the Tigers simply don't try and not with ridiculous players not with these 10 year deals not with it no no I'm talking about something that's like right in your face and proof of what I speak of came out today, which is the

player I really want them to go sign is J.D. Martinez. And if J.D. doesn't

want your money, I'm not mad. You tried.

And I always make the case when teams try you'll know about it.

Because we'll always get the smart-ass listener.

Well, how do you know they didn't make phone call?

I'll tell you how.

You haven't seen a report.

So, J.D. Martinez was offered a contract by the San Francisco Giants where Scott Harris used to be.

More than that in a second. He turned it down. We don't know the financial terms.

But here's what's interesting.

It was said in every piece that was released on this.

It's because he didn't want to go there.

However, they did present a counteroffer to the giants that the giants politely declined.

No harm, no foul.

They tried, right?

I thought it was interesting on multiple fronts, right?

Yesterday Bellinger signed and it's

way under market value and I talked about look I would have offered JD a two-year

deal I wouldn't have thought twice about it he was on a one-year deal. I wouldn't have thought twice about it. He was on a one-year

ten million last year with the Dodgers. I think if he had his druthers he'd go

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