Richard Griffin

Now the monkey wrench is that he's got an injury, which has never happened.

So I think as soon as he's healthy and ready to pitch, he will not be in the equation after the trade deadline in July.

I think that if he proves himself healthy, that they'll move him because of that.

sort of the feeling in the clubhouse that he's no longer.

You see television shots of the starters together, and he's not in that group.

He's never in that group.

So I think the die has been cast there and that he will be somewhere else by the trade deadline.

They will have forgotten about Cleveland.

And...

To me, they are like Beeston, Gillick, and Cito light.

You know, a trio of guys moving forward together.

They're now under contract.

It's, you know, to see Mark Shapiro basically is rewarding Ross Atkins.

And to me, Ross is still the same Ross that we thought should be run out of town recently.

But I think the complex in Florida is like a Lamborghini to an introvert.

You know, you go into a bar, all of a sudden you're more popular, you're more likely to have more success.

And this is what has happened in the recruiting thing.

You've got the new facility, the new ballpark.

winning the reputation, and that got Ross his extension, and John Schneider is a big part of that because he was a success too.

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