ESPN's Sean McDonough Joins the Show! He says when it comes to Red Sox deadline, "Try to win!". Trade top prospects?
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00:00Sean, the undecided, before I get to my question, I will say, greatest broadcaster of a generation
00:06really can't be sealed until you get an invite to the Numb Nuts Invitational, so I hope you're
00:11able to make it.
00:12Well, if that's what it takes, you know, to push me over the line for that honor, then
00:17just count me in.
00:18I'll move whatever I have on the calendar off to play in the Numb Nuts Invitational.
00:23Thank you, Sean.
00:24No, but the undecided is what agitates me.
00:28Red Buster only on Sunday Night Baseball reported that the organization was undecided about
00:32the deadline, which tells me they're trying not to buy anything, but if the team forces
00:38them to, they will.
00:39Am I wrong in how I read that?
00:43I think a lot of this is probably analytics-driven.
00:48You know, they're trying to make the decision, you know, is this a little bit of a fluke?
00:53Are players overachieving?
00:55Is what they're doing right now and after the last couple of months sustainable?
00:58And if so, should we add, and if we think, you know what, this probably isn't really
01:03going to happen, maybe we won't add.
01:06So if I'm guessing, I think that's it.
01:09I think they want to take the time to, if in fact they are undecided on which way to
01:15go, and I certainly trust Buster, he's extremely well-connected, you know, then that's probably
01:22why.
01:23They don't have to go all in to that decision right now, but I think if it keeps going like
01:28this or even close to it, you know, please, you know, step up and make the team better
01:34and try to win this year, be in the playoffs, you know, and try to create more interest.
01:40You know, it's quite apparent in the attendance and in the ratings that people around here
01:47don't have the same interest in the Red Sox that they once had.
01:52And it's because they haven't won.
01:54So if you really want people to be interested in your team, and you know, why would you
01:58own a team if you don't want people to be interested in it, particularly this team where
02:02people have been interested in this for decades upon decades, then why do you own the team?
02:08So try to win, you know, I'm not saying give up these prospects.