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<v Speaker 3>Hunter Brown.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, we talked about the possibilities for him all

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<v Speaker 1>Star wise, Sean. Here was another thing that came to

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<v Speaker 1>mind for me last night. I immediately started looking, and there's

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<v Speaker 1>a good site you can go to. Spot Track is

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<v Speaker 1>the name of the site where you can check on

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<v Speaker 1>contract situations and how much control do the astros have

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<v Speaker 1>over him? Well, he's got three more years of arbitration

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<v Speaker 1>and he is currently making eight hundred and seven thousand

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<v Speaker 1>dollars this.

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<v Speaker 2>Season, most underpaid pitcher in baseball. Problem easily easily.

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<v Speaker 1>I took it a step further that I know that

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<v Speaker 1>sometimes we kind of feel like there's a slow playing

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<v Speaker 1>when it comes to contracts here, and I feel like

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<v Speaker 1>that this organization turned over a new leaf last year

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<v Speaker 1>of saying kind of like what you guys talked about

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<v Speaker 1>yesterday with Steve Sparks, thirteen years of club control over

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<v Speaker 1>having a guy for one year because we're not lost

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<v Speaker 1>on what Kyle Tucker's doing right now, but so but you.

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<v Speaker 2>Shouldn't be surprised. Sure when the guy's on the field,

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<v Speaker 2>he's been a producer bad right, you knew this was

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<v Speaker 2>and this is you traded him because if he came

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<v Speaker 2>back it was productive. It's gonna cost you four hundred

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<v Speaker 2>million or three eighty or three fifty whatever it is,

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<v Speaker 2>thirty five a million, of course, so you got it

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<v Speaker 2>while the getting was good. He's raking he I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>they're gonna love him there, quiet takes care of his business.

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<v Speaker 3>I didn't expect anything more.

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<v Speaker 2>Heck, I'm actually pleased with the three guys when you

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<v Speaker 2>knew what Kyle Tucker was gonna do. I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>if we knew west Nesky was this good. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know if we knew that Paradus. It feels like Paradis

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<v Speaker 2>has been a leader on the team for a few

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<v Speaker 2>of me just kind of fits right in.

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<v Speaker 3>You're hitting him in a two hole.

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<v Speaker 2>You can hit him in a two I mean, did

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<v Speaker 2>dive if I'm not mistaken, he was hitting in the

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<v Speaker 2>three or four hole?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, yeah, exactly, that's right.

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<v Speaker 2>And uh so I don't and then you obviously Cam

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<v Speaker 2>Smith's a budding superstar. You can see just simple things

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<v Speaker 2>like getting thrown upstairs at ninety eight and fighting it

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<v Speaker 2>off and base hit the right field. I mean the

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<v Speaker 2>guy in then a couple of homers. So yeah, I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>I think both teams are winning with this trade. No shock,

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<v Speaker 2>Kyle Tuck, you weren't going to him, but I got

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<v Speaker 2>news for you. You're right, certain guys fall under the

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<v Speaker 2>you might want to get out in front of this thing.

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<v Speaker 2>He's becoming that guy. Not just a guy, he is

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<v Speaker 2>that guy.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's where I'm going is Dana Brown? I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>just from his words and also just how the Kyle

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<v Speaker 1>A excuse me, the Alex Brugman contract situation was handled.

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<v Speaker 1>I think that more or less it was just looked

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<v Speaker 1>at as hey, look, we're not going to bit against ourselves.

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<v Speaker 1>We know that somebody is going to be a higher

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<v Speaker 1>bitterer than us. We're just we've got to move on.

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<v Speaker 1>We've got to be able to build up our team

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<v Speaker 1>this way. But if you're Dana Brown, now, hey Scott,

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<v Speaker 1>how you doing, buddy?

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<v Speaker 3>It's Dana.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's talk about Hunter and Letty. Let's let's avoid these

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<v Speaker 1>three years of arbitration. Let's get the guy paid right now,

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<v Speaker 1>and let's get this thing locked up. And if you're

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<v Speaker 1>Hunter Brown, you look at it, and he's what twenty

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<v Speaker 1>five years old? You put us six years twenty five

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<v Speaker 1>per in front of him right now. I think he

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<v Speaker 1>takes it because one question is does Scott Boris take it?

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, I get that, but I mean I think

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<v Speaker 1>if you're Hunter Brown as opposed to making five six

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<v Speaker 1>years plus.

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<v Speaker 3>You said six years for a buck fifty.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, all going from eight hundred thousand to twenty five

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<v Speaker 2>million years ago. Yeah, that's a hell of a pay race.

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<v Speaker 2>But one thing you got to remember is who you're

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<v Speaker 2>dealing with. Because if you go in right now and

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<v Speaker 2>say six years for a buck fifty, do you know

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<v Speaker 2>what Scott Boriss is gonna say. If that's your first offer,

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<v Speaker 2>You're gonna have to raise that. You get I'm talking

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<v Speaker 2>about if you're boss, because what listen, it ain't like

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<v Speaker 2>he's he low balls anybody. You know, he's gonna he's

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<v Speaker 2>gonna squeeze the turn up for every ounce, knowing what

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<v Speaker 2>he's got as a frontline starter, knowing the premium placed

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<v Speaker 2>on guys like Connor Brown at his age, being that dominant,

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<v Speaker 2>you could actually hold the cards on this one and

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<v Speaker 2>say twenty five is not enough. Now to you and me,

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<v Speaker 2>it's like, come on, man, you get this. You you know,

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<v Speaker 2>eliminate three years of arbitration, You got a six year deal,

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<v Speaker 2>You get your stud locked up quite frankly, by the

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<v Speaker 2>time he's thirty. It's a bargain price, man, even hell,

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<v Speaker 2>it maybe the second he sidnes it right in this

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<v Speaker 2>day and age. So I am with you, Oh, if

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<v Speaker 2>you're I don't know what the price is going to be,

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<v Speaker 2>If you're asking me, do you jump all over it? Absolutely,

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<v Speaker 2>You've got to treat Hunter Brown as the Pitcher's version

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<v Speaker 2>of Jordan Alvarez.

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<v Speaker 3>That's what you have to do.

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<v Speaker 2>And I think you're at that point because you know,

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<v Speaker 2>it's one thing to keep losing people. You need what

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<v Speaker 2>Jim mister Crane has with had with Verlander, that that's

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<v Speaker 2>just the guy that this is. He's our guy, and

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<v Speaker 2>he's you know, when he came here, We're going to

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<v Speaker 2>pay him extra whatever it takes to keep him here

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<v Speaker 2>for the most part until you know he's in his forties, right,

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<v Speaker 2>and get that production and they did, you know, whether

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<v Speaker 2>it's leave and come back, whether it's keeping here, sign

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<v Speaker 2>another twenty five million dollars, whatever it is. And Hunter

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<v Speaker 2>Brown's a younger version of that for the obvious reasons

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<v Speaker 2>that we all have talked about. But yeah, I like

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<v Speaker 2>the idea and I love where you're going with it.

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<v Speaker 2>I just don't know what it's going to take. And

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know if in Scott Boris's mind, if twenty

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<v Speaker 2>five million year is fair.

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<v Speaker 3>Now you and I are looking like, dude, you make

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<v Speaker 3>eight hundred grand a year and you're the most underpaid pig.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know what schoobl makes. Do we know what

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<v Speaker 3>he makes? Did he get a new contract? Not yet?

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, so he's on line to get paid, right, But

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<v Speaker 2>I'm just going through and thinking, Man, if if I'm

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<v Speaker 2>if I'm if I'm Scott Boris, wouldn't you battle that

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit?

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<v Speaker 3>I would?

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<v Speaker 2>And if you're Dana Brown, you don't want to let

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<v Speaker 2>this continue on because you know what the truth is.

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<v Speaker 2>If this keeps up by the end of the year,

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<v Speaker 2>you won't be offered in twenty five million a year.

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<v Speaker 2>You'll have to offer him more than that. Right, It's

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<v Speaker 2>almost he can pay me now or pay me later.

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<v Speaker 2>Will you want to jump out in front of it?

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know if they think it's premature to get out.

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<v Speaker 2>The one thing they do, they get after it, but

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<v Speaker 2>they use the term we're not going to rush anything

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<v Speaker 2>injuries contracts, and there might be a certain time when

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<v Speaker 2>you might need to put a little rush order on it, right,

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<v Speaker 2>pay the extra three dollars fee to get it here

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<v Speaker 2>a little quicker.

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<v Speaker 3>But I just don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>The guy is so dominant right now, and every time

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<v Speaker 2>he goes out there, he's added he's changed more money

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<v Speaker 2>to his bank account.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's where I was going with the turnover a

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<v Speaker 1>new leaf. Because you didn't trade Kyle Tucker the last

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<v Speaker 1>few years. You would have let it ride. You would

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<v Speaker 1>have said, one more run with this guy and then

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<v Speaker 1>we'll worry about it from there. But Dana Brown, I think,

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<v Speaker 1>looked at this organization and said, we can't keep living

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<v Speaker 1>this life.

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<v Speaker 2>Guys, Well, eventually you lose a player, a player after

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<v Speaker 2>a player after player. Core Wise, yeah, eventually you don't

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<v Speaker 2>go from restock and you do have to rebuild m H.

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<v Speaker 2>The way they're working it though, by camp Smith playing

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<v Speaker 2>every day, Dezenzo getting his you're thinking, okay, there's a

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<v Speaker 2>future there. Paradis is a good player, you know. Christian Walker,

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<v Speaker 2>although in his thirties, hopefully has more game. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>Payne is young. Al Tuove is not going anywhere. Jordan Alvarez,

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<v Speaker 2>he's going to get it going. You look and say, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>we don't have to. This isn't a rebuild. We're starting,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean with the mix of youth and then the

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<v Speaker 2>pitching staff. You know, if Whitley can continue this, man,

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<v Speaker 2>what a blessing that is. You start to see wiz

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<v Speaker 2>an Eski, You start to see the gustos, you start

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<v Speaker 2>to see the way I mean Fromber's still young, obviously,

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<v Speaker 2>Hunter Brown, you used to look around Arraghetty's young and

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<v Speaker 2>the anticipation of mccullor's coming back. There's a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>good to like with veterans and youth mix, and you

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<v Speaker 2>do have to bridge that gap. That's why they suffered

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<v Speaker 2>with you know when they lost these first round picks

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<v Speaker 2>because of the sign stealing stuff set them back. But

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<v Speaker 2>how quickly you can retool that part of it to

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<v Speaker 2>be able to retool your roster and use it wisely,

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<v Speaker 2>it's huge. So yeah, the mix is there, and the

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<v Speaker 2>question is when do you decide the time. Now you

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<v Speaker 2>have them under control, that's fine, so they really that

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<v Speaker 2>urgency is not there. But the urgency to just secure

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<v Speaker 2>it up so you can go focus on something else.

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<v Speaker 1>Wouldn't be a bad idea. I mean, we see it

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<v Speaker 1>all the time in the NFL. You lock up your

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<v Speaker 1>franchise quarterback. This guy's a franchise pitcher. So the further

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<v Speaker 1>you get into arbitration, the lesser of a chance you

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<v Speaker 1>have to be able to have an agreeable number with

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<v Speaker 1>this guy. So I think you get it done as

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<v Speaker 1>soon as you can. Scooball by the way, has another

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<v Speaker 1>year of arbitration, but he's making ten point one this year.

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<v Speaker 2>Think about that now, and rightfully, the guy's worth far

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<v Speaker 2>more than that. But I think and a premium is

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<v Speaker 2>a lefty right, you're and he's underpaid.

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<v Speaker 3>So now do the math.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you think the guy here is underpaid, You could

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<v Speaker 2>almost triple that. Yeah, no question about it. So the Astros,

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<v Speaker 2>the ball is in your court right now.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, the Hunter Brown is absolutely worth it, and

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<v Speaker 1>he has proven that at this moment. All right, let's

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<v Speaker 1>stick with the pitching because something that you mentioned in

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<v Speaker 1>the first segment, Seawan, that reminded me of last year,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's much better this time around. We'll talk about

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<v Speaker 1>it here. Sean Salisbury Show