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00:00Biggest reason for optimism, Keefe. We'll start glass half full. Red Sox 3 and 4, right at the ship.
00:06What's your biggest reason for optimism?
00:08I'm gonna give you two. That's how optimistic I am.
00:10I'm gonna give you two. Biggest implies one, but you got two.
00:12Biggest is two in this case because it's the two guys that signed their extensions.
00:16It's both Garrett Crochet and it's Christian Campbell.
00:19So Crochet comes in with a mountain of expectations for thinking he's gonna be,
00:23I mean I predicted him to be the AL Cy Young winner.
00:26First start, very okay. Even by his own accounts, not the best start.
00:31He then comes out and has his first 8-inning appearance since he was in college.
00:36And just mowing guys down. 100 pitches.
00:40Inks this extension, which you and I both think long term could be pretty team friendly.
00:45He also could have maybe gotten a little bit more money.
00:47But he looks like an ace. I know it's only two starts, but he looks like an ace.
00:50And then the other one would be Christian Campbell.
00:52Does not have a great spring at the plate. Makes the team out of camp.
00:55Starts right away. One of the minor league guys that we're all excited about
00:59that actually breaks camp with the team.
01:01And he's hitting the snot out of it. Early on it was just him and William Bray.
01:04Now other guys are heating up, but he's staying hot.
01:07So for one of your top prospects, it's a week into his career.
01:12But for him to look the way they did and signing another team friendly contract.
01:16I think it's been a great week for the Red Sox despite their record being what it is.
01:20500. But those two guys in particular are the main reasons for optimism.
01:25Those extensions might just be reason for optimism in and of themselves.
01:30John Henry is not going to have the top payroll in baseball.
01:34I think we can kiss that goodbye. Dodgers are running away with it.
01:37The Yankees are tapered off in their spending.
01:39But okay, fine. The Red Sox won't be number one.
01:42They should be high up there. They should never be outside the top five.
01:45But let's say you're closer to five than one.
01:47How are you going to manage that payroll and still be competitive?
01:50Get to these guys early. Get to Crochet with two years left on his deal.
01:54Get to Christian Campbell when he has five games under his belt and get him paid.
01:59Do the same thing with Meyer. Do the same thing with Anthony.
02:01There's no reason to drag this out and lose a guy or have to trade away a guy
02:06for pennies on the dollar like you did with Mookie Betts when you're the boss in Red Sox.
02:10So getting to these guys early might be its own reason for optimism.