Taking Your Calls On Baez's Sustained Elite Play

The Valenti Show

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🗓️ 14 May 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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The guys go to the people to hear their thoughts regarding Javier Báez's play.

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0:00.0	TJ, completely out of line.
0:02.2	A hobby, two homers, six RBIs.
0:04.7	Rico's asking, are you buying this or are you waiting for the other shoe to drop?
0:08.8	It's 34 games.
0:09.8	I don't think there's a wrong opinion.
0:11.7	If you're buying it, cool.
0:13.4	If you're not, I don't think it makes you Satan.
0:16.1	I think all of us can be united.
0:17.9	We're thrilled.
0:18.3	It's happening because I don't care about right or wrong. I don't. It means nothing. Right is a parade.
0:25.7	If Javi Baez is 75% of this, he lives up to the contract.
0:32.2	And he helps you at a time where you had no able-bodied humans to play centerfield.
0:38.5	He's giving you an 870 OPS.
0:41.7	Whether I think it's sustainable or not, clearly I don't.
0:45.4	It doesn't matter because you needed it now.
0:48.2	I don't need it in July or August when I'm either out of the race or Meadows's back.
0:52.9	I needed it now.
0:55.0	He's delivered it now.
0:56.8	In that sense, whatever, the value he's offered right now, it's, it's embedded.
1:05.8	It's absolute.
1:07.3	It doesn't matter what happens this point forward.
1:09.2	I'd argue he already delivered an MVP performance.
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