Alex Anthopoulos

So,

Our plan is not to just get one reliever and be done.

I mean, we're going to need to do more.

How that's going to present itself, who, what, when, where, I don't know yet.

But closer is definitely the anchor, and you definitely want to get that solved.

Yeah, I think, look, ideally you'd love to have someone that can play, you know, when you have center field and shortstop, that's hard to find guys that can play both positions like that, right?

Those are two premium spots.

Every team needs a backup center fielder.

Every team needs a starting shortstop or a backup shortstop.

Those are just harder positions to find.

So when one player can fill both, that has value.

So were we looking for that?

I mean, I guess you'd always like to have that, right?

Anytime you'd always like to have that.

So once we got word that, you know, there was a world that we could acquire him, start doing the work on the background, the makeup.

I mean...

We've probably touched base with the Astros, you know, various forums a little bit last summer.

We checked in a little bit and then early in the off season and today it came together.

So, but yeah, he's just a really good, good fit.

And, you know, we were, he was a good fit for all the reasons, his ability on the field, but also what he brings to the team and the clubhouse and his experiences.