David Stearns

Appreciate everyone joining us this afternoon.

Very excited to talk about our recent trade.

Very happy to be able to add both Freddie Peralta and Tobias Myers to our organization, to our team.

Freddie has clearly established himself as...

one of the top starters in baseball, one of the most consistent starters in baseball over the past few years, a player I know well, a player I trust, and a player who I think is going to mesh very well with our organization, our team, and our city.

Tobias is a player who's a great development story.

He worked really hard to get to where he is right now.

A pitcher who has demonstrated an ability to help a team both in a rotation and out of the bullpen.

That versatility fits well on our roster, and I think he's going to help us as well.

We've talked throughout the offseason about our desire to add to our starting pitching group, to find a starter who can pitch in the top half of our rotation.

And I'm certainly very pleased that we're able to do this here with this transaction.

And then before I take questions, just also want to thank our baseball operations department and our group.

really since the moment we made our last out in Miami.

We've asked a lot from this group.

I've asked a lot from this group and very much appreciate the work, the effort, the time that everyone from our leadership group in baseball operations to our interns have put in throughout this offseason.

And with that, happy to take questions.

Our first question comes from Tony DeComo.

I don't know that it's only my eyes.

I think it's probably anyone who's interacted with him, anyone who's been around him, and people have watched him pitch for a long time.

This is someone who, first and foremost, is a really good person.