Noah Hiles

That happened last year.

Now a year later, he might want a little bit more than that.

So that's part of this whole process.

And if you wait and he is legitimately what you think he is, now you're going to hurt yourself longer term also.

That's my point.

You've seen what the bar is right now based on a guy who was ranked as the number one prospect in baseball, which is exactly what he is now.

But that's all good.

Yeah.

I don't think there's anything wrong with that.

And if he doesn't do it, okay, you don't have to pay that.

No.

Not if you're trying to get this done before there's a work stoppage.

If you have a chance to do it, maybe they're thinking that as well.

Maybe the game will change completely after that.

And maybe Connor Griffin and his representatives are saying, you know what?

We don't know how this is going to look, so therefore we are hesitating.

Then the Pirates have to decide, okay, if that's the case, we better bring him up here now because we still don't know.

All the rules may be different.

Yeah, if you sign it, you'd be up here right now.

I mean, I think the difference may be much bigger than we're making it out to be here.