Rob Ratner

Congratulations.

And I also, Ryan, want to proclaim that you – I am stating that you are the baseball isn't boring free agent signing of the offseason.

I'm going to say it.

Yes.

Why is that?

Because we've looked at – this is an exhaustive process.

I look at –

People who I think are going to have great years for a lot of different reasons, right place, right time, right skill set, right personality, may or may not have a baseballs and boring t-shirt, like all these things.

So I just, I just, I got it.

I got the feeling, man.

I got the feeling.

Wow.

Um, so how this, if we could go, I got, I got plenty of, uh, stuff I want to talk to you about, but I do want to jump right into the weird world of free agency.

I know it's, it's a bizarre thing and you've, you've had to Bob and weave your way through a career of DFA and everything else.

But this is, this is the old, other than being in the all-star game, which awesome.

Um,

But other than that, this is a landmark moment where you have earned the right to do that.

And you signed fairly early, but take me through your thought process.

A, going through the year and trying to fend off the, oh, it's a contract year thing, which for some guys is easy, some guys it's not.

And B, now you get into the offseason, you have great agents in the Levinsons.