Bob Pompiani

And still, it's like a pleasant shock to see that they got this done.

That's kind of how I feel right now about it.

I mean, I thought that him getting called up was hand-in-hand with a contract getting done.

We started the show with that before we had the information.

I thought that was why he was here.

That was my guess, because I didn't think five games in the minor leagues was enough to prove anything.

It's just five games.

I mean, they're the organization that probably wanted to slap fans on the wrist and people like us on the wrist for reacting negatively to anything that happened in the first week of games.

Too small of a sample size.

Yep.

So I thought it was about him getting a major league contract from the second they made the announcement today that he was going to get called up.

And it's... Look...

Signing Brian Reynolds to a $100 million deal, that was a step in the right direction.

Not an all-time great player.

Good player.

Let's keep somebody around for a while and give him market value money.

Going out this offseason, putting your money where your mouth was, we need hitters.

We've got the pitching staff.

We're not going to do it on the cheap.

This is not going to be a Michael A. Taylor, Yasmany Grandal offseason.