Jeff Passan

Like, the guy slugged 500 over a full season last year.

He was really good last year.

Is he this good?

No, of course not.

But is he an all-star?

Yes.

Is he going to be doing this for years to come?

Yes.

Is he a...

Is he a guy who, at the minimum salary, you might rather have in the lineup instead of paying Juan Soto $60 million a year?

You sure can make a decent argument about that, that having Ben Rice there behind Aaron Judge or ahead of Aaron Judge, depending on the day.

but surrounding Aaron Judge is the kind of thing where if you can take the $60 million and go and spread it out elsewhere and you're getting 90% of the production, and right now even more production than you do with Sano.

I mean, Ben Rice, what a find, what a gem.

And among him and Cam Schlittler, Will Warren, the Yankees,

player development process right now is really working, and that is a scary thing for the rest of the American League.

Yeah.

That's a lot.

I don't think he's hitting 50 tanks, but...

A 35?

Yeah, I can see that.