Marc Topkin

He goes on the IL by 10 days into the season, and Griffin Jacks can't get anybody out.

So Brian Baker goes from being the fourth high leverage guy, kind of the A bullpen and the B bullpen.

He was the last guy in the row on the A bullpen, and he ends up being their guy, and he's nine for ten maybe in saves right now.

So that would be it on the position player side.

Ben Williamson, who is Ben Williamson?

He might be able to raise one of their most valuable players right now.

No doubt, no doubt.

I mean, I don't know if you guys saw it.

It just broke right before you called.

He and Steven Matz have been great.

Now, Steven Matz has gone on the IL, it turns out, with an elbow issue.

So we'll get a sense here shortly how big a deal that is.

But, yeah, for two veteran guys that they sign them and you're like, huh, this isn't, you know, they like to have that veteran guy.

I mean, they've had Kluber here.

They've had a couple other guys that, you know, were kind of that veteran starter line.

guy charlie morton obviously over the years several years ago was the best one of those probably uh then you're like okay two of them and you know 15 million two-year deal for mats 13 million guaranteed it's a nine nine million dollar contract and a four million buyout

uh for martinez like that's a lot of money for a couple of these on the other side of their you know best you'd think guys but they've both been great to this point obviously now with matt's outfit martinez and they rave about the team leadership he provides it's one of those guys that people gravitate to he's got to been there done that you know he's played on several different teams he's played in japan he's he's been on good teams he's been on bad teams brings a lot to the clubhouse

Yeah, we could talk a lot about that.

Everything on the field level had to be replaced.

Everything was flooded.