00:00I see you're wearing a San Diego Padres hat, and there is a – are they getting Tarek Skubal?
00:07Like, what's going on with this?
00:09Somebody posted – remember this?
00:11Did you see the thing I posted I put in our group chat today?
00:13Marty Caswell.
00:14Yes, it had me confused.
00:16Friend of mine.
00:17And what was that about?
00:19It's like, oh, yeah, hey, the Skubal to Padres press conference is happening.
00:23It's like we're trying to scramble to find it.
00:26But they said that the press conference got moved four times, and yet the press conference still has not happened.
00:31So I think sometimes as a reporter, you get some information, and one person tells another person, and then things
00:37kind of spread.
00:37Now you're looking for – I'm not a fan of Tarek Skubal to the Padres.
00:42I just want that to be out there, spoken, because I think his arms – I think he's got an
00:46arm-shoulder issue that will come magically somehow out of nowhere once he signs for that absorbent amount of money.
00:52So I hope that that's something that the Padres can get two pictures as opposed to just signing one picture,
00:59because I think the Padres, they need multiple pictures.
01:02If they still had Michael King on the books, if they still – because they have Joseph – if they
01:06had Joe Musgrove, Michael King, Nick Pavetta already on the books, and you spent money to get Tariq Skubal, now
01:11we're talking because that's a monster four-man rotation.
01:15I like that. But right now, on your books, you have an injured Joe Musgrove who we only really saw
01:20pitch one inning in a playoff game, and if you sign Tariq Skubal, who a guy who I think's arm
01:25was going to fall off for about a year and a half, that's now two guys, and both of them
01:30are probably going to be hurt midway through the season next year, if there is a season next year.
01:34So I think it's great that the ownership is ready and willing and showing that they're ready to spend some
01:41money to improve the team, but let's be smart with it.
01:45Let's not do what the Mets owner did and just start throwing bags of cash at people, whoever can catch.
01:51Mets are in on them too. I mean, I feel like all these teams are going to try to get
01:53it done.
01:54I think that's what's going to get it.
01:55Okay. I mean, the Dodgers want to do a short-term high AAV deal like they try to do with
02:00everybody. It's not going to work.
02:02So, again, I think other teams are going to be really aggressive here before the December 1st CBA expires.
02:10But in any case...
02:11Don't be shocked if the Giants sneak in there and steal them.
02:15Giants need to do something, man. I mean, with their front office and what they've tried to go get,
02:20they need to go do something to keep up with these guys in the NL West, even if it doesn't
02:24even get them up there near the Padres and Dodgers.
