 Last week the Rays received permission to explore a plan that would have the team split their home games between Tampa and Montreal Yesterday owner Stuart Steinberg addressed the move by saying it's unlikely the team would play in Tampa four-time longer than the 2027 season the women's lease ends in the city. Oh my gosh They're averaging like 14,000 fans again. That's second lowest in the baseball right now. What's the latest? Well, this is to me Mike the big takeaway of the press conference that Sturmburg gave was that note that you just mentioned about how He acknowledges that the odds of this team remaining in Tampa Bay on a full-time basis Beyond 2027 are rather slim. That is a huge story. That means this team is going somewhere Now the question is are they gonna be going to Montreal for half of a season to keep baseball live in Tampa Bay? Or will they be going wholesale somewhere else by the middle part of the coming decade? That's the question they're wrestling with right now and Rob the mayor of St. Petersburg Rick Christman is not a fan of this proposal He's he's not totally shot it down But it's gonna take some time to work through the governments in both cities both countries for that matter And it's a very difficult situation for Tampa Bay I have a problem with both and I don't understand why baseball is going to go back to Montreal I don't speak French, but I say PU to this because there's no way They're romanticizing with Montreal and failed there at one point they didn't even have a radio deal You needed two tin cans in a string to listen to the expo games. No Montreal No Tampa Bay Tampa Bay's been a failure. I'm sorry major league baseball needs to take a look at somewhere I would go to Portland. I would give some city like that a chance rather than revisit to failed places I'm not with this plan. I think it's a bad plan baseball needs a better plan than this my friend We disagree on this matter. I think Montreal to me is a major league city It's also the largest Market in the US or Canada without a major league baseball reason well But listen when you think about the way the media rights work or at least the way they used to work It's a fundamentally different circumstance now you can sell the rights TV radio in both languages you make double the money when you think about it that way and One of the aspects of the way that attendance worked in Montreal They did turn out for a good team you look back at those videos of the early 90s when they were competitive The fans came out there in a way that they never really have in Tampa Bay So they've shown up for a winner things got a little awkward at the end with the MLB ownership of the club there in the early 2000 so I don't think you can really judge Montreal based on the early 2000s the 80s and 90s a much better measure I believe Montreal would support a team especially with an outdoor ballpark downtown and maybe the sharing agreement while not Traditional could work now. It's definitely going to be sellers. Yes. Yes, we know that the names being thrown out there Madison Bum Garner who is lights out in the postseason Will Smith the baseball player not to catch it for the dodgers not the active but their reliever also out there What are you hearing? Well, number one bum Garner is not close to being traded I was told by a source today Mike that there's not close not close not close Okay, in other words, it'll be probably later after the all-star game in between those probably all-star game in the 31st straight Atlanta, I think he's going to go somewhere just not quite yet One team I would mention on bum Garner to keep a close eye on here. Atlanta Braves They've got Mike Fulton average down in the minor leagues. He's really struggled. I'm told bum Garner potentially Of course, he's from North Carolina. If he goes to the Braves Maybe you would want to sign there long term during the offseason So I think stay tuned there the Brewers though an excellent fit for bum Garner as well But you mentioned will Smith will Smith to me is probably guys the most talked about player in baseball right now among the executives Because everybody needs bullpen and he you look at that left side the slider that he's got right there a devastating pitch Interestingly we talked about this earlier in the week the possibility of maybe him even going to the Dodgers and a rare trade between those two teams But Boston I would say is a fit there Atlanta as well because they're their bullpen needs Rob He fits for just about every single team. I am certain he's gonna be somewhere else by July 31 I want to see Madison bum Garner in the Bronx the Yankees need to stop being cheap I'm telling you the last time they won a World Series sportswriters were still using typewriters. It's been that long It's been a decade the time I know the time though is to go out and go get you another starter They need one they have a great bullpen a great lineup But one more starter a guy like him who's had nothing but success in the postseason would strengthen that Rotation he's the guy who needs to be with the Yankees and the last time you heard somebody say the Yankees are being cheap I mean well first of all He's got a want to go to the Yankees for somebody like bum gone or whatever I'm going from the kikal that he was linked to the Yankees all the talk was about him going there and the Yankees didn't pull the trigger Because they had a number set they didn't they weren't gonna budge. They have all the money in the world Well, and that's you're both right okay, so it may well be smart based on terms of really drawing the line and being firm there But Rob is correct in that kikal signed a one-year deal And it was at a number that he obviously the Braves were comfortable giving him and that the Yankees think about that to Rob's point The Yankees could not outbid the Braves Dallas when you think about it it really does put things in perspective and they have been to Rob's point to They've got to be careful here Louis Severino. He's supposed to come back in the second half But you don't really know that he's been out since right training Domingo Hermon They were letting him so much he has been injured as well And we talked about today Paxton hasn't quite been who they thought it was gonna be and the final point I'll make here and I know Mike you're gonna love this one Okay, if you're gonna make a trade though if you're the Yankees the one reason why I would say maybe no bumgriner Sure sure you've been saying that now listen I think the nationals are gonna try to keep him certainly for all the obvious reasons He's an amazing picture going to the Hall of Fame However, the Yankees if you're gonna make a move the reason why I wouldn't say bumgrinder necessarily is you want to find Something that can replace CC next year when he retired So get someone who's controllable unlike bumgarner the rental Scherzer Strowman Matthew Boyd potential in Detroit We'll see what happens. Thank you doing fine without all those guys right now