Chris Antonetti

I mean, you're number one and number two run producers.

I don't know how much better you could have done if you're Chris Antonetti, Mike Chernoff, at the deadline outside of going to try and acquire bigger bats that might not have been available.

And I understand what those costs would have been With the backdrop, guys, of not knowing what our CBA financial structure is going to be like moving forward, if we already knew that, okay, there's going to be a floor, there's going to be a cap, there's going to be both, what have you, if we had a little bit more clear guardrails of what we know the financial structure will be for the next five years once this agreement gets done, then maybe you see a change in offloading some more top prospects for maybe some bigger echelon bats.

I think bottom line, guys, We know what the priority is this off season.

We're going to hit on everything you need to know about the Browns and the Titans, 5 to 6 here on WTAM 1100.

And the Guardians, so they had their season-ending press conference, Steven Vogt, Chris Antonetti, answering different questions.

The Bybee question did come up.

Here's the question.

I think it was today.

There's a quote from Chris Antonetti about Kwan.

It says, as we sit here today, we're expecting Stephen Kwan to be a big part of a contending team next year.

Now, of course, like he's not going to be like, you know what, we're actually trading him.

He had probably the best season of his career, at least with Cleveland, at the plate this past season.

And Chris Antonetti said it himself, he's earned the right to go out and test the market and see what other teams are willing to pay for him at this stage.

You brought up a good point, though, last week, is that if you look back, the last time the Guardians played, you know, let this guy, you know, walk and go elsewhere.

It was 2023.

Yeah, you can, but I think that this is an organization that really prides itself on almost...

And I'm sure they don't always get along and see eye to eye at all times, but I do think that this is an organization that prides itself on its... empowerment of people in charge meaning the manager meaning Carl Willis the pitching coach who takes great pride and is very protective of his pitchers means the same thing when it comes to the guys in the front office and Mike Chernoff and Chris Antonetti again Mike Chernoff could have went to the Mets a few years ago Stayed.

Mets have a bigger budget.

Mets are in a bigger city.