Matt Clement

And so you take skeins over like, wow, we need hitters, we need hitters.

We've been saying that forever.

And you passed up two, you know, Cruz has got off to a rough start.

Lankford's got off, you know, had some injuries, but been pretty good.

But like, it wasn't this no-brainer, because you also take...

taking a pitcher who had a unbelievable workload in college to win that national championship too, that can put you in a, you know, that can put you in a spot where you're taking somebody that has an arm that's been used.

You've seen, there's been other guys that have gotten drafted in the first round that have led their team to a college world series championship or the finals that never make it or get hurt right away.

So there was some, there was some risk behind the Paul Skeen's pick.

It's just like, you know,

is there a little bit of luck to the Connor Griffin?

Like, I mean, did anybody expect this to happen this quick as a 19 year old?

No, but Hey, give, you know, sometimes people just deserve credit for, for getting it right.

And like to see a guy, the first guy after all those stats you just read, Dave Buick, you know, give, give the pirates scouting some credit.

Yeah, I think Nick Gonzalez stays in the lineup at third with Triolo being a defensive replacement.

But again, what you've created, I think what Donnie Kelly's mindset going into this was, let's get competition.

Let's fight this out.

You have a couple first basemen.

You could always move Mo Hernan and play over Horowitz if he struggles.

You have multiple DHs.

And so I think that you're going to trail is going to get his his time.