Bob Pompiani

No one's going to tell us we can't do it.

We're doing it.

We're deferring money.

That would be something that the Pirates could do.

I don't know how much of it they'd be willing to do, but if you want to do it, it's available to you.

I'm not talking about Yamamoto deals or Otani.

What I'm talking about is even if you have a $100 million deal and you want to defer some, ask the player, can we arrange this for you?

Yeah, when you're out of the game, you can still get some money as you're done.

So that's a vehicle I may look into a little bit more, even if it's not at the big-time money, which the Dodgers, that's what they're doing.

They're getting all the big names, and they're deferring just about all of their contracts so that they can continue to sign bigger and bigger names.

They did it with Kyle Tucker, too.

All right, here he is.

Mark Caballi is back.

What's up, Bob?

How are you there, big guy?

In the old waiting room here.

Well, we had the big news of the day with Connor Griffin.

Now, first off, does this change your mind about the Pirates?

Because you predicted they'd have 72 wins.

But this is, you never really had the number one overall prospect twice, and that's what they have here with Skeens and Griffin.