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00:00So if I asked you, was this year a failure, you would answer, no, not a failure, but if
00:05I ask, is it a success?
00:07I would also answer no, like this wasn't a success, right?
00:10So it's something we live in a world where it's black and white.
00:12Okay.
00:13Well, I would, I would say no to a success.
00:15I mean, if you're asking me that question, I would say no, this wasn't a success to success
00:19than failure.
00:20I guess I would, I would call it a step forward, step forward.
00:23Like is that, is that, you know, being too much in the middle?
00:26Yeah.
00:27We can debate how large of a step.
00:29But it was a step forward.
00:30The farm system feels like it got a lot better.
00:32Roman Anthony is the number one prospect in baseball.
00:34Christian Campbell, Christian Campbell was baseball America's player of the year.
00:39So it feels like the kids are coming.
00:41They're close.
00:42The kids are on the way.
00:43You had a big league season, not, not a kids at, at, at Worcester, you had a big league
00:47season out of Jaron Duran.
00:49That was, I think in some ways special.
00:51Also, I would say had a much better year than anticipated.
00:54And you're like, that was the guy that might not have even have been in the rotation.
00:58If Lucas G Alito didn't get hurt in camp, he ends up being an all-star, you know, he,
01:03he was in the Scion conversation for a few months that, that obviously dipped, but still
01:06an ERA just over three and the first full season as a starter for how I would look at
01:11how can Duran as sort of wins a few other players had their moments.
01:15Like, you know, will your brain, you looks like he's like a major league player stayed
01:19on Raffaele.
01:20It looks like a major league player.
01:21So I'd call it a step forward.
01:23And so was it a sick, if you would've told me before the year, they're going 80 to an
01:2680 or whatever, they're going to wind up going.
01:29I probably would have signed up for that, I guess.
01:32But what if I told you they were 10 games over at the deadline?
01:35And what if I told you they were playing that level of baseball, would you have signed up
01:40for that?
01:41So the second half was a failure.
01:43The second half of the year was a failure.
01:44They fell apart again.
01:46So can I answer it that way?
01:48Yeah.
01:49This year was not a success.
01:50Oh no.
01:51The second half was a failure again, maybe overall they took a step forward, but really
01:57more at AAA than at the big league level.
01:59It feels like we're one year closer to finally not having to deal with a bridge here and
02:03actually have a real baseball season.
02:05That's how I would answer that.
02:07And it's not enough.
02:08Like if you take a step back and look at it from a thousand feet, you're not, you're not
02:12doing what a Red Sox baseball team should do.
02:14You've missed the playoffs three years in a row.
02:17You've collapsed after the trade deadline three years in a row.
02:20And you just extended and rewarded the manager for that.
02:23Oh yeah.
02:24Big extension.
02:25I don't love any of that.