 Well interesting we talked about the Phillies earlier in the premium probably talk about them again, but you know You're in first place. So even if no one expected an arrive now How do you as a front office just kind of ignore what's going on here, right? And plus think about it a Kunya who came up and was a superstar early It's been heard he hasn't even been with him for the last few weeks So that kind of a piece coming back, you know if I if I'm the Braves I think I make a splash and the reason I do that There's not really a team right now in the National League that just says we're dominant No, and so why not if you're the Braves, you know, do you make a play from a shadow? Do you go out and maybe try and grab a coal hammers? It's something that they're gonna have to entertain I think they have much more of a realistic shot of getting to the playoffs and doing something than the Phillies You know, I I still would say Arizona and Milwaukee But if if if Anthopolis decides to go out and do something you gotta put the Braves in the conversation They have all the pieces in the farm system. They have a deep deep farm system a lot of talent They need a bullpen arm the first and foremost They need a bullpen arm and probably another starter and some people could argue another bat But in their division with Washington not doing what people expected you said Philly I mean, I picked them in the pregame to at least make the wild card run So you did they're gonna have to do something I know from having played there at the end of my career and talking to people there They think they need a definitely a bullpen piece this guy, you know is fine in the ninth But they'd like to pick up someone else in there to take some pressure off them a veteran guy a Harare or maybe someone a little bit under the radar and then can they find a starter and do they need a bat? I mean Machado be nice Machado looks good on 29 30 teams, but can you get them? We always have and we always have this idea of well, you know, they'll be here in next couple years Well, maybe they won't because you know you think about the year that the national shuts down Strasbourg Well, they'll be there every year and they've been good and won the division almost every year But they haven't got out so you can't assume right well How about not only can you not assume that you're going to be good? But are you gonna assume that next year the nationals won't be dominant or the Dodgers won't be a juggernaut or the Cubs or There won't be some team that just okay. Everything is going right for you this year I mean in the National League this year You can make an argument that the only team that everything is gone right for the Braves. I agree I was just gonna make that argument Braves and the Mariners The two teams right that you say well the Mariners you can't say it's gone right for right everything's gone right Look at who they have. Yeah, but canoes goes down You know D. Gordon steps up Hannagers there So I mean you can say like because if you go into the season if you just said right now The Mariners are 20 games over 500 ahead or tied with the Astros There's you would have been there's no way everything would have had to gone perfect for him Well, guess what it hasn't gone But people have stepped up the Braves if they're at 500, you know, they're fighting for it Well, guess what they're 12 what 12 games over I think right now Yeah And in first place ahead of the Nationals ahead of the Phillies and ahead of schedule Well, I guess like what's gone? What has been the bad break the Braves? Well, couldn't you went down? Yeah, but you can you tell me that you were counting on him to hit 25 home runs or whatever you weren't count You were just that's hope like hope is hope is blue sky I mean right, but your point is and because I don't want to talk about the Phillies too So we'll show what they did tonight, but your point of the league being down Yeah, get out there in the American League or not even talking about right right league is down. Why not there is go for it I'm with we'll see how the Braves handle it So here this I mean neck and neck in these standings right Red Sox and Yankees essentially percentage points Red Sox are playing the Mariners tonight We'll get to that in just a second and you have a feeling this is gonna go on the whole year So when it comes to this American League East, what exactly is going to be the deciding factor age? We talked about a pregame I mean the phone call who's gonna make the call whose cell phone is gonna work better Dombrovsky Dave Dombrovsky the Red Sox are Brian Castro the Yankees. They're pretty equal teams Yankees have probably a little more power a little different lineup Red Sox probably have a little better pitching top to bottom They're pretty equal the standings are equal. I mean who's gonna make the move Who's gonna make the power move that both these teams are known for Yankees probably have a better farm system The Red Sox will always make that move if they think it'll help them win a world series So to me who's gonna step to the plate who's gonna make the phone call pick up their iPhone pick up their Android and say hey Guess what guys? I'm making the move to put us over the top and compete with the Astros for a world series Did you just cover all your phone bases? I did I only have an iPhone like you just ran through all it just in case anyone calls in case someone's watching out there That they want to give me a free one. I'll tell you that one quick thing He just free you go that we show the standings there and we didn't know we forgot to update with the Yankee They're a half game out now. I mean semantics, but just letting you know well Well, thank you very much. So you know what the interesting thing is the Yankees though They're they're gonna go after a starting pitcher that that's what they need most Boston they're somewhere in the bullpen and it's a lot easier to go out and acquire bullpen help than it is to get that Horse of a starter that the Yankees need and the Yankees I think have to make that move sooner rather than later because if they can do that now Then that allows them a better spot as far as winning that division and the winning the division is everything right now To wait and to try to do it later on you're just allowing Boston to stay around the entire time So let me throw some a they have an ace in Louis Severino, right? You know, you're talking about finding an ace Which is not easy to do What about a guy like a Jay Hap who would be a three-starter but all would absolutely make your starting staff better, right? I mean we would certainly take away innings you would think what about a guy like that It helps their bullpen also and why do the Red Sox not need a starter? They have sale price and pomegranates who's on the shelf Stephen Wright porcelo who's been up and down Who's to say the Red Sox wouldn't go get you have Eduardo Rodriguez who's been who's been yeah, and has a potential So what I'm counting on Eduardo Rodriguez to get you through a playoff series Compared to what the Yankees are featuring. No, they're compared to somebody that might be available But they're not gonna go out and get a whore I would rather have a bullpen piece if I'm Boston then to go out and try to Go out and get somebody that's a horse starter because you're gonna have to give up too much The Yankees need that for the postseason and especially you know who you can Severino and then what are you gonna do? CC CC for a what to knock on both his hamstrings drinks, right? I mean even off the bases. I just I The Yankees the way they're built and they're so close to having that complete team You know Brian Cashman I think owes it to the organization to go out and try and claim a good starter have a feeling they will