BMitch, JP, and Rooster discuss the young talent across the Washington Nationals roster. Rooster believes Washington needs to make extending James Wood and Dylan Crews a priority this season.
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00:00When we heard about the haul that they got back,
00:03C.J. Abrams, obviously with a lot of power, pop, speed,
00:07you know, he's got to be disciplined off the field,
00:10as we all know, starting at shortstop.
00:13Susana's not even here yet.
00:15Hassel had a huge spring, he'll be here soon.
00:18And then of course, in left field, James Wood, right?
00:22And that's ultimately where this goes,
00:25is on the back of James Wood.
00:27He is your new Juan Soto,
00:29and hopefully they treat him ultimately
00:32like he's going to be a national forever.
00:36He's got to prove it first.
00:37Sure.
00:38Yeah, he's got to prove it,
00:39because Juan Soto did some amazing things.
00:41Yeah.
00:42That's the expectation for him.
00:43Yeah.
00:44Juan, you knew, from start to go.
00:47Yeah.
00:48Yeah.
00:48I think-
00:49But the point is, they didn't take care of Juan,
00:52because-
00:53Well, we can go down a whole gamut of people
00:54they didn't take care of.
00:55Right, but they were trying to,
00:57now they'll say Scott Boris and Juan Soto
00:59were not going to sign him.
01:01And to be fair, the Padres felt the same thing,
01:03and the Yankees ultimately got burnt by it too, right?
01:06I mean, he's turned his back on three different franchises.
01:08But Doug, I'm so tired of the like,
01:10oh, Scott Boris, Scott Boris.
01:12You're a baseball owner.
01:13Dealing with Boris is what you signed up for.
01:15Absolutely.
01:16And they have dealt with him successfully.
01:19Yeah.
01:20It's just, the learners want everybody,
01:22including the name of this ballpark,
01:24which is still Nationals Park after all these years.
01:26I kind of love that.
01:27All their weird, stubborn things.
01:28I know, but they need the revenue.
01:29They need the revenue.
01:30They want people to buy tickets
01:32in order to spend money on the payroll.
01:34That's what the owners have said.
01:37They want people to buy tickets first.
01:39Well, sell the damn naming rights,
01:41which nobody cares about.
01:42Make it Geico Nationals Park.
01:43Whatever you gotta do.
01:44Sell the damn naming rights.
01:46Put a jersey patch on.
01:47Find other sources of revenue.
01:49Obviously the Masson deal will sort itself out,
01:51and they'll get a new TV deal, probably with Monumental.
01:54But the bottom line is, is do that
01:57so that they can then reinvest that again,
02:00like they did for about a nine-year period,
02:03heavily reinvest that in making sure
02:05that you lock up more than just Cabert Ruiz.
02:08They need to lock up Dylan Cruz and James Wood,
02:11say, at the end of this year,
02:12not wait until they're a year or a year and a half
02:15away from free agents.
02:16That makes total sense.
02:17I think many owners think that,
02:19oh, we only receive money, we don't have to spend none.