Rich Keefe

I mean, happy birthday to Sonny Gray.

He just turned 36 on November 7th.

Happy birthday, Pickles.

Yeah, Pickles.

There you go.

No, he doesn't have the upside that a Dylan Cease does, a Mackenzie Gore does.

No, but what he does have is sort of that reliability.

You mentioned Giolito, same sort of deal.

That reliability that the guy pitched, what, 32 games last year?

The last three years, he's pitched at least 28 games.

In 2023, he was that elite guy, but that was 2023.

I think that you still are looking for the upside guy, and that's the cease, that's the gore, and maybe they blow up, but I think this is a very, very reliable guy.

And you mentioned Giolito.

I'll mention another one, what maybe they thought they were going to get in Walker Bueller, which they clearly didn't.

But they needed this.

This is a guy who's not going to walk guys who's pitched in big games, who's going to give you innings, who is going to give you good starts.

But, you know, is he going to win the Cy Young?

No, probably not.

But still, like, that's OK.

I still think that you've got to go after the upside guy because you know what?