Alex Anthopoulos
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So now if deal isn't there, you can't force a deal at the same time.
So, you know, you don't know if you could draw it up.
You do things in a certain order and so on.
It just doesn't work that way.
Right.
You know, some players need more time.
Some players are ready to.
to sign.
Some teams are ready to make trades.
Some teams need more time to do that.
So, you know, we made the Chris Sale trade on New Year's Eve.
We've been talking about him for two years.
So it would have been nice to do that in November.
It just didn't materialize.
Right.
So this is, you know, once a deal is closer within range, we'll try to get it done.
And, you know, if we can get it done early, there's obviously tons of advantages because it gives us clarity for the remaining moves.
Yeah, no, I think it wasn't, we weren't looking to do that in that order, but we knew we needed to address closer.
He was prepared to sign, prepared to sign on a one-year deal.
And, you know, he was a priority for us.