Dan Schulman

Blaine Bullard, another one who they – I think it was a 12th-round pick that they went over slot to keep around.

He's got 16 stolen bases in 27 games already at A-ball.

So fun to see those kind of guys in the system.

The other thing with Simpson, too, is that transition from he wasn't an outfielder coming up and now he's an outfielder and now his defense has gotten better is that like –

Last year, there was a question, and as a fantasy baseball sicko, you love a guy who has 50 stolen base potential, but if the batting average and or defense aren't enough to keep you in the lineup, like Nassim Nunez, for example, with like a 270 OBP, he's not playing every day.

Chandler Simpson's now gotten good enough with the contact and with the defense that he's a real everyday guy for that team.

Annoying stuff on the Rays side.

Not unexpected that they have figured out a way to nobody projected them to make the playoffs.

None of the underlying metrics really say they should be this good.

And of course, they're the Rays, so they're this good.

Want to circle back on the Kevin Gosman thing.

So again, he did reach the 2000.

career strikeout mark last night.

You mentioned 91 players ever to do it, sixth active player to do it.

And while he would have liked it in better circumstances, surely from a game perspective, it's pretty cool.

Like you look back at his career and he was, you know, bouncing between starter and reliever.

He changed teams a couple times.

He was designated for assignment.

And now you look, and not only is he sixth among active pitchers and strikeout leaders, he's starting to make a dent in some of the Blue Jays leaderboards here in year five with the Jays.

So when you look at,