Will The Phillies Be Outbid For Kyle Schwarber? #phillies #ringthebell #philadelphia
But if the Mets offer one more year than the Phillies, if the Red Sox offer one more year than the Phillies, I think he goes to the Red Sox. The Mets anywhere but the Mets, right? This feels like what was it two years ago we were doing the Aaron thing and the Braves all of a sudden appear. It’s like well the Braves are going to give him this contract. It’s like, are the Braves really going to give him this contract or the Braves going to threaten to do this because it’s going to push you up to give a higher number to someone who probably shouldn’t get that many years and you’re going to give a lot of Yeah. If I’m the Mets right now, hell yeah, I’m messing with the Phillies. Sure. Uncle Stevie is sitting up there like, “Yeah, oh, John Middleton, you think that tobacco money runs forever? You think so? Then call their bluff.” You saw Yeah. Well, you know what? He didn’t care. I mean, to your point, they’re in a no- lose situation because they probably like the player and and Steve Cohen is definitely the owner of the Mets is definitely the guy that that be sitting there smiling be like, “Yeah, put another 10 million on top of that.” Because you think Middleton, do you imagine John Middleton being outbid by the owner of the Mets? We’d lose it. I Oh my god. Could you imagine?
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