00:00Uh, bottom, bottom line is you're right.
00:02Washington's headed in the right direction.
00:05Are they a playoff team next year, Joe?
00:08I don't think so, but they're closing in.
00:10I would say within two years with the prospects that they have, they should be able to make
00:15some noise.
00:15I am in agreement with you.
00:17I think they're finally now doing the right thing.
00:20The problem is CJ Abrams has one year left.
00:24So are they going to do the old Juan Soto situation and trade them next year and, and again, play
00:30with a few, or do you sign him?
00:34And I, I, and that to me is, we'll tell you everything you need to know about what the
00:39nationals, if they lock up Abrams and James Woods, and you know, they got Josiah Gray coming
00:45back.
00:46They got this kid Ortiz looks good.
00:48They've got some talent, but I think it begins and ends with CJ Abrams one year left, either
00:53sign them, or, you know, they're going to trade them and you think they're going to
00:58trade them?
00:59Yeah.
00:59Yes.
01:00That'd be that based on the way that they're doing business.
01:03It would seem to me, that's the move.
01:05All right.
01:06Well then, you know what?
01:07Forget that.
01:08I'm going to go with the Pittsburgh pirates.
01:10Then, uh, I think the Pittsburgh pirates are on the verge of maybe something better than
01:17we have seen from them.
01:18You don't buy an M either.
01:20Huh?
01:20No, you don't like.
01:24I agree with you, but that Joe, that was supposed to be this year.
01:29This is the year.
01:30The pirates were supposed to win 80 something games.
01:32They're going to end up losing close to 90, man.
01:36You know, no, no, no, no.
01:39Pirates are going to have to.
01:43Look, some organizations are going to have to make big decisions in the off season.
01:46And, and, and yes, how, how many chances do you give the pirates to show that you can
01:52make the playoffs?
01:53Joe, how many years in a row do we got to go?
01:55Oh, maybe this is the pirates here.
01:56They had some good signings.
01:58They signed Ryan O'Hearn.
01:59He turned out to be great.
02:00They traded for Brandon Lau.
02:01He turned out to be great.
02:04In the end, pirates.
02:05What's their record?
02:0773 and 89.
02:08You know, something like that.
02:10I mean, it's not good enough.
02:11They waited far too long with that bullpen was atrocious.
02:15Uh, and they knew it early and they was not good.
02:19But if you're going to give me a better version of Paul skeins, Ashcraft, Jared Jones, Mitch
02:26Kegger, I, that's a pretty formidable front group there.
02:30Uh, but the bullpen has got to be addressed.
02:32I even think Bubba Chandler has got some pretty good, uh, pretty good opportunities.
02:37Yeah, so that's a heck of a starting rotation, but again, it's nowhere, nowhere.
02:44I can't Paul, because Paul skeins likes his Doritos apparently.
02:47And that's the end of that.
02:49But, uh, the good news is next year is a totally different year.
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