Austin Bechtel

You might as well be big spenders this offseason.

Look at the White Sox.

Who are the biggest spenders this year other than the Dodgers with Tucker?

It's the Pirates and the White Sox.

If they find a way to sign Griffin, Bob, and it is like an eight-year deal –

If they would bring him up at the start of the year, he'd end up with six years of team control because he would lose one if he was on the opening day roster.

Ideally, you want seven years of control.

If they can find a way to sign him to an eight-year deal with an option for a ninth, I will stand up and personally applaud Ben Charrington for a full long minute.

that we could just air me clapping on the air because that would get me completely on board.

And right now, I'm like, right there, I think, hey, this is probably an 82, 83 win team.

83 got the Reds in last year.

A third baseman, a left-handed starter, maybe can get you to 85.

I don't think that's out of the realm of possibility and unrealistic, Bob.

It's right in that range, right?

You're talking $50 million a year.

Right.

I just find it really hard to believe, Bob, that Robertson can be left off the Olympic team right now.

And maybe it's because they want more grit and grind with Miller and Trocek.

And those guys are probably going to be on the fourth line, I would imagine.

Robertson is more of a second-line Olympic winger, I would imagine.