Evan

So you couldn't do it.

become professional at as being an infielder yeah but also they needed to upgrade this offense like they lost a lot of production and quite frankly they still have lost a lot of production with losing pete alonzo i don't want to make it out like oh everything's fine but they they close the gap right in terms of replacing what they lost with a player in bichette who's very different than pete alonzo he hits for a much higher batting average yep 311 last year does not hit for as much power

strikes out a little bit less.

He's more athletic, obviously very different defensively, but he's that right-hand hitter that this lineup surely needs.

So he's not the same as Pete, just like Kyle Tucker wasn't the same as Pete.

He's a different kind of player, but a valuable player.

Sean, the WRC Plus on him versus Stephen Kwan, 134.

Wow, okay.

That means he's 34% better than everybody else.

So, ask me how I'm feeling, Tiki.

No, you should be feeling great.

I'm excited.

Because there's a pivot.

The pivot happened.

Yes, and it happened very quickly.

And it happened quick, immediately, basically.

And they followed the script.

Yeah.

Which is, as much as we may disagree with it, and that's irrelevant at this point, about long-term deals versus short-term deals, if you're going to play in this marketplace...

If you're going to play in the place of we're only going short-term deals, you got to pay up with enormous average annual salaries.