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Could Penn State Buy Out James Franklin? | WNBA Tensions Rise: Engelbert, Collier Relationship "Beyond Repair"

In this episode, we discuss the potential buyout of Penn State's head coach James Franklin amidst the team's struggles, alongside the rising tensions in the WNBA between Commissioner Kathy E...

Could Penn State Buy Out James Franklin? | WNBA Tensions Rise: Engelbert, Collier Relationship "Beyond Repair"
Could Penn State Buy Out James Franklin? | WNBA Tensions Rise: Engelbert, Collier Relationship "Beyond Repair"
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spk_0 New felony charges against Mark Sanchez plus is the WNBA relationship with Commissioner
spk_0 Kathy Engelberg beyond repair.
spk_0 Welcome everyone to Front Off Sports today from FOS Studios in New York City.
spk_0 I'm Baker Machado.
spk_0 And I'm a Washington and thanks so much for joining us to start off the week as we're bringing
spk_0 to the biggest stories happening in the business and culture of sports.
spk_0 We also have former two-time Stanley Cup champion Daniel Carstillo on to talk at the NHL's
spk_0 taking player concussion seriously.
spk_0 But first let's dive into the story.
spk_0 Yeah and let's start with that serious story and updates that happened over the weekend
spk_0 as Fox Sports and former NFL quarterback Mark Sanchez is now facing a new felony battery
spk_0 charge.
spk_0 This carries up to a penalty of six years behind bars.
spk_0 This all according to Marion County, Indiana prosecutors.
spk_0 Now Sanchez was also hit with three misdemeanor charges including battery and public intoxication.
spk_0 Sanchez and a 69 year old delivery driver were both hospitalized.
spk_0 This after a late night altercation on Saturday, Fox Sports briefly addressed the situation
spk_0 in their pregame show on Sunday with college football analyst Brittany Quinn filling in for
spk_0 Sanchez during that Cold Sridor's broadcast on Sunday.
spk_0 Yeah, Baker.
spk_0 When this story first broke, I thought Mark Sanchez was the victim in this.
spk_0 But now after I've heard more and seen the pictures of the 69 year old known as P.T. as
spk_0 they're referring to him, it's a really, really crazy sad story.
spk_0 And he was in the truck, could not hear Sanchez.
spk_0 He didn't have his hearing aids in actually when he was when he was confronted by Sanchez.
spk_0 A lot here.
spk_0 It has as you mentioned, escalated to that level five felony, which does bring from one
spk_0 to six years of sentencing, but they're still investigating.
spk_0 There's still potential charges that Mark Sanchez could face.
spk_0 And questions for Fox does break when filling for and replace Mark Sanchez for the rest of
spk_0 the year for the NFL coverage.
spk_0 Meanwhile, the NHL, the Edmonton Oilers and Conor Medave had reached a new two year
spk_0 deal that will keep the three time MVP in Edmonton and will pay him an average of 12.5
spk_0 million a year.
spk_0 And McDavid confirmed the news on social media with the caption, our journey continues
spk_0 here.
spk_0 McDavid was set to become an unrestricted free agent after this season.
spk_0 So great news for Edmonton here.
spk_0 And this deal significantly lower than the record setting numbers we saw for a Curlica
spk_0 Presov, which was a 17 million dollar AAB when he inked that contract with the Minnesota
spk_0 Wild.
spk_0 For the Oilers, they had to get these deals done because we saw them last September,
spk_0 lock in Leon Giats at all to an eight year extension for 14 million AAB.
spk_0 They just recently signed a three year extension with coach Chris Nullbock.
spk_0 And the coach himself said, listen, this is exciting.
spk_0 But the more exciting thing with the season coming up is to get some more player contracts
spk_0 done.
spk_0 One of those players who's referring to, of course, was his casting Conor McDavid.
spk_0 So with this deal does keep him there.
spk_0 Does take a pay cut, but he wanted to stay in Edmonton for the team by no surprise.
spk_0 It's been in a Stanley Cup.
spk_0 The last two seasons.
spk_0 I think I'd want to stay there too.
spk_0 True.
spk_0 Well, ESPN has denying report that they canceled longtime college football host Paul
spk_0 Feinbaum from appearing on its other network shows.
spk_0 This after Feinbaum said he was interested in running for the US Senate seat in Alabama.
spk_0 Outkicks Clay Travis says Feinbaum did not appear on his regularly scheduled sports center
spk_0 and ESPN appearances.
spk_0 This after he also declared his support for President Trump.
spk_0 Now Feinbaum would have to make a decision to run by January 26th of 2026.
spk_0 That's the qualifying deadline for the Alabama Senate race today.
spk_0 Yes.
spk_0 And we did see, as Clay Travis mentioned, we have not seen Paul Feinbaum.
spk_0 He's on the four hour SEC network show.
spk_0 He's on the pregame show.
spk_0 He's on sports center.
spk_0 He wasn't in his usual shows that you expect, but he was on the YouTube show for ESPN's
spk_0 Matt Barrett.
spk_0 And so for Sports Center, that's the biggest surprise.
spk_0 I think that had people most shocked myself included.
spk_0 But I know ESPN quickly came out negated all the claims that this is not true.
spk_0 It's completely false.
spk_0 Totally false was the terms that they used that outkick had claims that Feinbaum was not
spk_0 going to be with them.
spk_0 But if he does run for Senate, it does make you wonder how much longer he'll be with
spk_0 ESPN.
spk_0 Very good point.
spk_0 Well, it was not the best of weekends for four more precees in number one, Texas in
spk_0 number two, Penn State.
spk_0 As both those teams fell out of the top 25, making their pass to the football playoff
spk_0 much more precarious.
spk_0 Also for James Franklin, specifically, talk now centers on if he even stays with the
spk_0 NINI Lions and what they do with his $50 million buyout.
spk_0 So let's get to that and more.
spk_0 And today's made event.
spk_0 All right, let's bring in FOS reporter David Ramsey.
spk_0 So David, let's start with Penn State.
spk_0 Not a lot of people expected things to go this bad for the NINI Lions.
spk_0 So what happens here?
spk_0 We coach James Franklin and what's the latest on his buyout here?
spk_0 Yeah, absolutely.
spk_0 Baker and A great to be back with you as always.
spk_0 And yeah, if Penn State wanted to move on from James Franklin right now, this season,
spk_0 it'd be somewhere in the neighborhood of $50 million to buy him out.
spk_0 Now, obviously, he's struggling to win those big games.
spk_0 And then this weekend, even bigger disappointment.
spk_0 And then that lost to a top ranked Oregon last week, right?
spk_0 So I think the problem for Penn State though is, what do you do if you buy him out?
spk_0 Not just getting the cash and paying him.
spk_0 They can they can round that up with their donors.
spk_0 But it's a really a better option out there this off season or even in the future years.
spk_0 I think that's why he's been able to retain his job because he is such a good coach and
spk_0 it's hard to get to that very, very next level.
spk_0 All right.
spk_0 So we're talking Penn State, but also some other teams that were ranked in the preseason
spk_0 and top five across College football in Clemson as well as Texas who has the preseason
spk_0 highest men favorite in Archie Manning.
spk_0 Those three teams struggling right now out of the top 25 rankings as of today, is this
spk_0 more of a case of upsets or is this more saying that college football is in a space where
spk_0 the middle of the talent has caught up to the top of the level?
spk_0 That's a great point, Renee.
spk_0 And kind of something that all of us has been covering and following closely here at
spk_0 the office for this season, just the parity that College football seems to have now with
spk_0 teams being able to get players out of the transfer portal with expansion of these conferences
spk_0 making them bigger and bringing more teams in.
spk_0 It's harder to compete and it's giving some teams a chance to compete like they wouldn't
spk_0 have before, whether it's in IEL money or revenue sharing money now this time for the first
spk_0 time this season.
spk_0 So yeah, I think here is really the example here.
spk_0 Let's move to Boulder in my school, University of Colorado, obviously the buffs lost to
spk_0 TCU over the weekend.
spk_0 But the bigger news obviously is Dion Sanders saying that his health issues, especially his
spk_0 blood clots, have returned and if anything, they're getting worse.
spk_0 So the big question here is how much longer does Coach Prime stay in Boulder and doesn't
spk_0 even finish out the season given that this health scare is back here?
spk_0 Yeah, Baker.
spk_0 I mean, no question.
spk_0 We all know what Coach Prime has been able to do for that program and really elevate them,
spk_0 not just off the field with the spotlight, but on the field last season and then now
spk_0 without Shedore Sanders there this year and Travis Hunter, things are still searching
spk_0 for that first big 12 win.
spk_0 So yeah, obviously we had his cancer scare this off season and now the return of his blood
spk_0 clots, which he mentioned on Saturday night.
spk_0 So we'll see, I think he'll give an update on that either today or on Tuesday when he
spk_0 meets with reporters.
spk_0 But keep in mind, he did sign a five year, $54 million extension back in March, which
spk_0 makes him one of the highest paid coaches in college football.
spk_0 So I don't think Colorado would want to move on from him necessarily if he's willing and
spk_0 able to coach even though he has an expensive option to your point Baker.
spk_0 Could he step away to take care of some health concerns and maybe his heart just isn't
spk_0 in it anymore with how difficult it is for him health wise?
spk_0 We can't talk coaching chaos without going down in Chapel Hill because we have the
spk_0 highest paid coaches in the ACC and on the top coaches across Cogpapal.
spk_0 Bill Bellachack his tenure has not been good.
spk_0 Now, he does have about 70 new players and there's a lot of new there.
spk_0 They've been outscored 120 to 33 across their losses and not only are they losing on
spk_0 the field, but off the field, Bill Bellachack is still going at it with the patriots with
spk_0 some weird back and forth.
spk_0 The latest is that they can't even tweet or retweet anything from the UNC football
spk_0 account about the patriots, including Drake May.
spk_0 What is happening here with Bill Bellachack?
spk_0 Do you think that realistically his tenure is going to even last past this season, let
spk_0 alone the extent of his full contract?
spk_0 Man overreaction Monday.
spk_0 Listen, would it surprise anybody if he left after the season, whether he walked away
spk_0 or got fired at this point, probably not.
spk_0 But if I were a betting man, I would say he does get another crack at it next year.
spk_0 He's trying to preach patience saying, hey, we're going to target a lot of freshmen
spk_0 in this upcoming class.
spk_0 It's going to take some time.
spk_0 Obviously he's up there in age.
spk_0 Maybe we're thinking he doesn't have a lot of time, right?
spk_0 But yeah, just set that game against Clemson.
spk_0 I think when we wrote preseason kind of forecasting from a media perspective, hey, that could be
spk_0 a huge game, ABC game of the week, maybe college game day would visit Chapel Hill.
spk_0 Instead, also Clemson wasn't too hot coming into the game either.
spk_0 He's 12 o'clock, on ESPN, Clemson comes in, blows him out of the water.
spk_0 So yeah, just like Colorado, search for their first conference win.
spk_0 It might be a while before UNC gets their first conference win as well.
spk_0 Not to be apoplectic here, but which of all of these teams that we just discussed basically
spk_0 is in the worst position out of all of them, right?
spk_0 A lot on the struggle bus right now in Cutsford Ball.
spk_0 Well, I mean, as far as competing, you have to say it would be UNC, right?
spk_0 Because they just don't have the standard typical traditional resources that a football
spk_0 powerhouse would, right?
spk_0 And maybe you could argue Colorado as well, really, because those two teams are probably
spk_0 struggling to gain the most amount of talent, right?
spk_0 I know it looks bad for Penn State because they want to win a national championship, but
spk_0 they're still going to be right up there.
spk_0 I know with Texas, Archmaning isn't living up to the hype, but they're still Texas.
spk_0 They're going to be there.
spk_0 We'll see how the season plays out, right?
spk_0 But yeah, for these teams, they maybe got an initial spark with a celebrity coach.
spk_0 It's kind of shunned, hey, you need the players.
spk_0 You need the talent to keep up with it as well.
spk_0 So hey, get those in I.L. dollars out, get those revenue sharing dollars out, try to keep
spk_0 up the amount of empty seats in the stands at Chapel Hill last weekend.
spk_0 And leave it left and right.
spk_0 Absolutely.
spk_0 David Ramsey, good stuff as always.
spk_0 Thank you.
spk_0 And coming up next, everyone on front office sports today is the WNBA relationship between
spk_0 the commissioner and the players beyond repair.
spk_0 We're getting into that next.
spk_0 Hey, welcome back, friends.
spk_0 A front office sports today with today Washington, Rebecca Bacchatt, about the tension between
spk_0 WNBA commissioner Kathy Engelberg and players like Nefesa Collier have reached a new level.
spk_0 This after ESPN reported that a planned meeting this week between the two is now officially
spk_0 canceled.
spk_0 This is the current collective bargaining agreement expires at the end of the month.
spk_0 So let's bring in WNBA insider Christina Williams.
spk_0 She also hosts the podcast in case you missed it with Christina Williams.
spk_0 Christina, good to have you here.
spk_0 So I guess let's get to the big question.
spk_0 Is this relationship between the commissioner and players like Nefesa Collier beyond repair?
spk_0 Well, it certainly seems like it, especially after news broke earlier this week that the
spk_0 meeting between commissioner Kathy Engelberg and the PC Collier had been canceled.
spk_0 And it all stems from the PC Collier's exit interview that happened earlier in the
spk_0 week as well.
spk_0 And it seems like the players are really unhappy with Kathy Engelberg's relationships with
spk_0 them personally.
spk_0 And in her address to the media, the head of the WNBA playoffs, she talked about how she
spk_0 wanted to be better and how she wanted to work as a commissioner to repair some of those
spk_0 relationships.
spk_0 But it certainly seems like the players have the upper hand.
spk_0 We talk about CBA negotiations coming into this and the commissioner and this relationship
spk_0 being overshadowed.
spk_0 And yeah.
spk_0 Yeah.
spk_0 And I'm curious your thoughts because as Kathy Engelberg came out and denied the claims
spk_0 that Nefesa Collier made regarding their conversation that happened around Unrivaled, do you think
spk_0 that she's telling the truth?
spk_0 Do you believe Kathy Engelberg when she's saying that she did not make those comments that
spk_0 they were taken out of context with their conversation with Collier?
spk_0 Well, whether I believe, if you told the truth or not, I don't think that's important.
spk_0 But certainly when you talk about credibility, determination, there have been other stories
spk_0 leading up to the exit interview that come out about Kathy Engelberg making comments.
spk_0 We talked about the CBA negotiations.
spk_0 Nessa Agumake has reportedly made a comment saying that commissioner said that she didn't
spk_0 know business and that rubbed a lot of people the wrong way.
spk_0 And so if we look at who has the public's opinion right now and who they're leading towards,
spk_0 it's definitely the players.
spk_0 They feel more sympathetic towards the players.
spk_0 And in her, it's Russ Timber, the media, Kathy Engelberg said that, you know, I'm human too.
spk_0 And she tried to win the public's opinion in getting their empathy for her as a commissioner
spk_0 and saying that she will do better as a leader.
spk_0 She didn't deny that the conversations happened.
spk_0 And I think that that is something that struck me as someone who was in that room.
spk_0 She didn't deny that the conversation has.
spk_0 She says she was disheartened by how it was characterized.
spk_0 And so I think that that opens up a lot when you think of when you talk about whether or not she was
spk_0 told us, she didn't say she didn't have those conversations.
spk_0 She just said she was disheartened by how the conversation was characterized.
spk_0 Well, given all of that, does Engelberg even stay on through the negotiations or does she
spk_0 either resign or is she forced out by the person she reports to?
spk_0 Mind you, that's NBA commissioner Adam Silver.
spk_0 I mean, I guess this Kathy Engelberg even see the end of these negotiations.
spk_0 In her address to the media, she said that the reports that she would resign after the CBA
spk_0 was done was inaccurate.
spk_0 And she said that she is not a quitter.
spk_0 She doesn't shy away from big moments.
spk_0 And that she would do everything that she can to make sure that her relationships with the
spk_0 players is better.
spk_0 She also mentioned and referenced her 40 years of business experience.
spk_0 And so it certainly seems that Kathy doesn't look to step down according to her own words.
spk_0 And she also mentioned that commissioner Adam Silver is very supportive of her.
spk_0 When we look at the structure of the WNBA in terms of the ownership states,
spk_0 you have to go back to 2021, right?
spk_0 And look at the $75 million capital raise in which the WNBA split up the 50-50
spk_0 ownership leave between the WNBA and the NBA as well.
spk_0 They gave 16% equity to new stakeholders.
spk_0 So I think what you think about Kathy Engelberg and whether or not she resides,
spk_0 she answers to a lot of people.
spk_0 And her job as the commissioner is to be that bridge between the players and the owners.
spk_0 So Kathy says she's not stepping down.
spk_0 I certainly don't think that getting rid of Kathy will solve the problems that the players are
spk_0 looking to solve in these CBA negotiations.
spk_0 We talk about wanting more money, um, um, getting their fair share of the pie.
spk_0 Because the NBA controls who will be the next commissioner.
spk_0 And certainly they will want to hire someone who will be in their favor.
spk_0 And so I think that there is fair criticism of Kathy and her leadership in terms of her
spk_0 personal relationships with the players.
spk_0 You have to look at her entire body of work and her tenure as commissioner for the WNBA in the
spk_0 last five or six years.
spk_0 She certainly has been able to turn the league around.
spk_0 And so, um, I don't think it would be in the players' best interest to necessarily get rid of her
spk_0 while they're in the middle of negotiating this current CBA.
spk_0 I'm glad you brought up 2021, Christina, because what a lot of people don't realize is the WNBA
spk_0 the last few years has been working to truly establish full-time staff.
spk_0 I mean, we're seeing it from the officiating to the commissioner to the, you know,
spk_0 just staff in general.
spk_0 Realistically, it doesn't feel like they have steps in place to prepare if they do have to
spk_0 part ways with a commissioner or have their leadership questioned.
spk_0 When you look at this process and where we are now, where things stand,
spk_0 can the WNBA truly even survive something like this if they don't have the true process in place
spk_0 that maybe other leagues might have built in?
spk_0 Yeah, right now you, you certainly did bring up a great point.
spk_0 The WNBA doesn't have the same structure as the NBA and not even the same resources as well.
spk_0 And so, I personally don't think that the league could survive.
spk_0 Should there be a lock-up, but the commissioner again and her, her address to the media
spk_0 ahead of the WNBA finals, she certainly mentioned that she feels that the C-Cart CBA will get
spk_0 extended. And if we look at 2020 and those CBA negotiations, the deal didn't get done until
spk_0 January. And so, the commissioner is optimistic that the players and the players union will be able
spk_0 to extend the current CBA, but on the other end, Sophie, Sophie Cunningham came out this weekend
spk_0 that the players will prepare for a lockout if necessary. And so, it certainly seems like there
spk_0 are two different stories happening with the two sides, but the commissioner again is optimistic
spk_0 that they will be able to extend the current CBA and get a deal done by January of February of
spk_0 2026. Christina, with the last little bit of time we had with you, you're in Vegas covering the
spk_0 WNBA finals. The Aces are up two games to nothing. And we now had DeFenix for game three.
spk_0 Where do you see this series ending up? And do we think this potentially could be a sweep
spk_0 and putting Las Vegas in a very prestigious category of one of the greatest dynasties in WNBA history?
spk_0 Yeah, the Las Vegas Aces are on the hunt for the third championship in four years at the
spk_0 Helma four-time MVP Asian Wilson. And this is the first time that Elita's seen a best of seven
spk_0 series and the Aces got off to a great start. Two in O in their matchup against the Phoenix
spk_0 Berkeley looking to finish it in four. When you look at the experience of the Aces, they have found
spk_0 every single way to win whether it was in the regular season going from the Aces to the two seed
spk_0 and having their bench, Julloy taking that lesser seed coming off the bench, Dana Evans happened
spk_0 to stand out game and game one. So I think that the Aces, they definitely have the upper hand. And
spk_0 I have the Aces winning in six. I have the Aces winning in six.
spk_0 Christina, good to have you here. Thank you so much for joining us. WNBA inside or
spk_0 and also host of the podcast in case you missed it with Christina Williams. Thank you again.
spk_0 Thank you. We got a lot more front office sports today. Hedge away right after this break.
spk_0 Welcome back everyone off the sports today with Renee Washington on Baker with Chad on his
spk_0 conversations and research continue around brain health across all major sports leagues.
spk_0 Former two times Stanley Cup champion Daniel Carsello has won one of the players really at the
spk_0 forefront of all of this, especially discussing alternative therapies to help navigate concussion
spk_0 symptoms and mental health challenges. And the former Chicago Blackhawk and NHL player Daniel Carsello
spk_0 joins us now. Daniel, thank you so very much for joining us. Let's start with the NHL specifically
spk_0 when it comes to concussions. Do you feel like the league is taking this seriously? Well, they're the
spk_0 last league to admit a link between repetitive head trauma and neurodegenerative disease.
spk_0 But they have made some strides in the recent CBA to put you know,
spk_0 money towards players health and the NHL Alumni Association. So I think there's some good people
spk_0 trying to push some narratives and agendas when it comes to you know how
spk_0 when athletes leave the game, they're damaged and they need help. So
spk_0 and then now luckily there's a medicine that's being legalized you know through the states to
spk_0 treat a number of neurological and psychiatric disorders. So there's definitely tools out there
spk_0 to be used and I think they're you know they're looking at it and trying to avoid maybe any official
spk_0 statement that they can. Yeah, we looked at a study from Boston University last year that cited that
spk_0 every season a hockey player continues to play ice hockey. It increases their chances of any sort
spk_0 of a CTE or chronic traumatic issues by 34 percent which is extremely alarming. And when you look
spk_0 across sports at what soccer football others are doing especially the NFL around CTE. Do you
spk_0 think that the NFL is really sending the template or kind of the the road map of what the NHL could
spk_0 be following around protecting players in terms of CTE? Yeah, I think you know one of the things that
spk_0 I've always advocated for is just information and then let the guys make a responsible choice on
spk_0 their own to sign on the dotted line and and you know I've had this question a lot and my after
spk_0 my career you know what I still sign and I likely would have you know it's it's a trade-off that
spk_0 a lot of us would make. That being said I think there has to be some sort of programming or information
spk_0 about you know the true risks and then there has to be some tools for us to to be able to use
spk_0 and and luckily through the FDA and these FDA-approved studies there's a medicine out there that's
spk_0 natural and that the states are taking initiatives towards really pushing forward for not only the
spk_0 athletic community but also our veteran community people that suffer from falls and car accidents
spk_0 you know sport-related concussions are just a few in that bucket and can we be doing more? Of course
spk_0 I think you know everybody can can be doing you know their part but also I think the onus is
spk_0 starting to lie on the athlete as well to be able to seek out you know these alternative therapies
spk_0 that can give them even a performance edge regardless of how well they they help the brain heal.
spk_0 Well let's talk about that for a moment because a lot of former players like yourself have really
spk_0 attributed these natural and different sort of homeopathic therapies from psilocybin cannabis
spk_0 used to a bunch of different things that by the way the leagues don't support why do you feel like
spk_0 the leagues don't support a lot of these therapies? Well because of their legality they're federally
spk_0 illegal right you know cannabis I think it's in over 34 states and they're and the way that cannabis
spk_0 was able to weave themselves on to either these valid measures or being accepted was because of
spk_0 its medical use medical always came before recreational and now you have something similar
spk_0 although I think better in psilocybin which is the active ingredient in magic mushrooms
spk_0 it's going through the FDA it's been deemed FDA-break-through therapy designation for treating
spk_0 treatment resistant depression and major depressive disorder two really big issues in this country
spk_0 and it's been showing great benefit in reversing the actual signs of these tal proteins that end
spk_0 up leading to this neurodegenerative disease because of repetitive head traumas not just concussion
spk_0 it's a potent anti-inflammatory and so and it also promotes this neuroplasticity this
spk_0 phenomena that we can regrow brain cells new neuronal pathways around these injured parts of our
spk_0 brain which is you know really exciting really phenomenal and the fact that the FDA pathway is
spk_0 confirming this science then we use that to open up access to these legalized states right now it's
spk_0 Oregon and it's Colorado you guys are likely hearing this for the first time and maybe some of your
spk_0 listeners as well but there's also 32 other states that have active legislation just like this
spk_0 to be able to help treat our bettering population concussion survivors mental health people that
spk_0 that you know really have nowhere else to turn to for for treatments really going to be
spk_0 fascinating to see where all of these goes like Daniel such a pleasure to have you here joining us
spk_0 today and talking about all this for us today thanks for having me guys all right that is former NHL
spk_0 player Daniel Carsello and we see what's bubbling over at the FOS water cooler
spk_0 well remain what a 2025 for 22 year old blue jays starting picture tray is savage after being
spk_0 selected in the 2024 draft you savage pitched in double a ball back in April it made his blue jays
spk_0 debut back on September the 15th and in just his fourth major league start ever you pitched five
spk_0 and a thirds to hitless endings with a postseason franchise record 11 strikeouts against the Yankees
spk_0 in that game two of the ALDS with mom and dad in the stands watching what a moment for him yeah as
spk_0 you talk about that September debut that's less than three weeks ago yeah that he made his debut and for
spk_0 him to have 11 strikeouts through eighth splitters one of the best all bests is in major league
spk_0 baseball and the Yankees and silence them they had no response they said multiple postseason
spk_0 records for the blue jays for strikeouts and postseason game the second youngest picture because
spk_0 you mentioned he's only 22 years old the second youngest picture with a double digit strikeout
spk_0 the postseason game I mean the set records to have hitless performance like this I understand my day
spk_0 booed when it was time to come out but his job was done the masterpiece cannot be painted and now as
spk_0 he mentioned he said he was built for this and he's on cloud nine after that game which I would be
spk_0 on fine to be too and having your parents in the stands watching that amazing all right but it's
spk_0 good to do for this edition of the show we're now in our back for way more fun tomorrow we'll see you
spk_0 you next time