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The Valenti Show

HOUR 4: Tigers Pass On Matt Chapman, Cannot Pass On J.D. Martinez

The Valenti Show

Audacy

Sports

4.31.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Rico and Stoney begin the final hour of the show by touching on the news that Matt Chapman is San Francisco bound to play for the Giants. They dish on their new target for the Tigers and take your calls and read your ticket texts on the topic before being joined by Wojo and Riger to wrap up the show.

Transcript

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0:00.0

A deal was made over the weekend and a lot of Tigers fans including a lot of people on this show was hoping

0:08.5

It's gonna be the Tigers making the deal for Matt Chapman bringing him here to solidify third base now we kind of all knew that that was going by the wayside when they brought in Geo Yusheler

0:21.0

You Sheller, Yushel see the terms that Chapman signed for it's what makes you angry because it was something that could have got done and you're wondering

0:39.0

When the world Scott Harris up to what is he doing?

0:42.0

Let me ask you a question though here Scott Harris up to what is he doing?

0:42.6

Let me ask you a question here.

0:45.3

And look, would I have been happy at the Tiger sign,

0:49.1

Matt Chapman for the same amount of money?

0:51.2

Sure.

0:52.4

But let's look at this realistically and by the way

0:57.6

and I know Reiger will be here with Woe Joe and I'm based on Twitter Reiger and Costa and a lot of other folks.

1:05.0

When is Matt Chapman going to Cooperstown?

1:10.0

You'd think that this guy was like the greatest player of all time the way people were bitching about the Tigers not signing.

1:17.2

Now like I said, go, hold on, gold glove third basement.

1:20.8

Gold glove, yes, okay. So the contract, you know, for one-year

1:25.8

contracts everybody says so it's so but he can opt out right he can opt out

1:30.1

but suppose he doesn't perform well. That means he doesn't have to opt out.

1:37.0

Is there a player on this team that you wish could opt out?

1:41.0

It is. But see, I that's and here's here's the other thing okay?

1:46.3

You can't be afraid to make moves because you made a bad move with Harvey Byers.

1:49.6

No, but you can't go crazy over just because of home runs.

1:53.7

Now last year, Chapman, he didn't get injured late,

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