PFT (Pardon My Take co‑host, Big Cat/PFT Commenter — likely PFT Commenter/host)

Oh, we couldn't afford to build around them.

They're the worst.

I fucking hate them.

Yeah, here's the quote from Ken Rosenthal and Evan Drelick.

The Pirates never actually made an offer to Naylor, according to people briefed on the discussions.

Just two weeks after the conclusion of the World Series, Naylor reached an agreement with the Mariners, five-year contract worth an average of $18.5 million.

The deal happened so quickly, the Pirates did not get seriously involved.

But they want you to think that they did.

Yeah.

Because that, to them, is as good as signing a free agent.

Absolutely, it does in their head.

Okay, my hot seat is the Maui Invitational because we're in Feast Week and this Players' Era tournament has completely cannibalized the Maui.

And I understand it's probably hard to get to Hawaii, but the Maui used to be... The Maui means something to me.

It's something special.

They're playing in a high school gym in Maui.

The rims are soft.

It's like a core memory of Thanksgiving week, but now you got the teams there, no knock on the teams, but they're not, you know, it used to be Kansas was there or Kentucky or UConn was there.

Now we have Boise and Washington State.

Again, no knock on these teams because they showed up, but it's because this players' era, is that what it's called, players' era?

Yeah.