Alex Anthopoulos
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But you just know you're protected.
The fact that you're protected at premium positions, right?
You're protected in center.
You're protected at short.
You've got all these other areas that he can play as well.
And he's got some speed.
And he's got contact skills.
And he's a good teammate.
Good energy in the clubhouse and all that stuff.
So it just made sense for us to get this deal done today.
Like I said, we had talked about him during the summer.
The Astros weren't in a position to move him.
But we did spend time with him last summer, beginning of the offseason, had some conversations.
There wasn't anything there.
And then finally today it came together.
I just couldn't tell you the guys that at the time.
Now, that being said...
The offers that we got at the time were just, you know, Iggy's numbers at the time were okay, right?
They had started off slow and they really rebounded in August and September, but his numbers didn't.
So, you know, again, you're still going to be open-minded.