Baseball Brett joins the show to talk Red Sox! Could the recent Sox losing streak change the Red Sox Trade Deadline plans? Does this put more importance on a trade, or does it mean they should sell?
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00:00Did you catch Wiggy's knees?
00:01I did, yeah.
00:02Yeah, I heard Shine and I heard Wiggy.
00:04I think it's a combination.
00:05I think their leads are a combination of both.
00:07I think, I would say that the players are not performing.
00:12They've blown five saves in four games since returning from the All-Star break.
00:17That's tough to do.
00:18So I would say that, yes, the players aren't performing, but I would also say they need
00:22an upgrade in some of the talent on the team.
00:25So that's, I would just combine the two of them.
00:27But aren't you nervous that this little run here in the wrong direction gives John Henry
00:36an excuse when it comes to not investing?
00:39Yes, yeah, I do.
00:43And that would be, again, though, see the thing I think they're trying to avoid, that
00:45would be like three years in a row or three of the last four years in a row doing the
00:49same exact thing, right?
00:51So the one year that they did invest was the year that they made a pretty good run.
00:55They got Carl Schwarber, and they picked up a couple of nice pieces, and they made
00:59a little run, and they brought some excitement back.
01:02I think the time is now that they can certainly capture the excitement of the town.
01:07There's really not going a lot.
01:08I don't think there's much excitement with the Patriots in training camp.
01:11So I honestly think they could capture that magic.
01:15I don't think it takes a lot.
01:17They're $12.5 million under that luxury tax, right, that CBT.
01:22So they can bring on money and stay under that.
01:27They can bring on talent.
01:28I think we all know what they need.
01:30It's just a matter of whether they're going to commit the resources to doing it.
01:33And I don't think the resources are money.
01:36Isn't it frustrating, Brett, that literally every other year with this ownership group,
01:41a little bit of a losing streak before the deadline would actually be more of an impetus
01:47to do something instead of less?
01:49It's the most frustrating.
01:51Because all they need to do, I mean, like Shyam said, you should go the other way, right?
01:55You should be trying to explore.
01:58I mean, we're eight days away from the training deadline.
02:00You should try to be exploring every opportunity to help put players back
02:06into the program to make your team better.
02:09You know what I mean?
02:10It's like they're looking for reasons to not invest, which as a fan, it's frustrating.
02:15Where you should be going the exact opposite way.