In this early morning episode, Joey provides an instant reaction about the Boston Red Sox letting shortstop Xander Bogaerts walk to the San Diego Padres on a massive 11-year, $280 million deal. Joey explains why Chaim Bloom may have chosen to let Bogaerts walk, rather than give him a heavy deal like San Diego offered. With 9th-best MLB prospect Marcelo Mayer and 2B Nick Yorke coming up in the next few years, it may have been best to move on from Bogaerts, but at the end of the day, homegrown talent needs to be kept.

Then, Joey offers a reaction to Aaron Judge’s monster contract extension of $360 million over 9 years, the highest average annual value for a position player ever ($40 million per year) and the third largest contract in MLB history ($360 million).