Russ Dorsey

He could potentially start somewhere else.

Yeah, there might be other scouts and GMs that see that.

On the club control portion of it where it's like,

Correct.

Also, they don't have a ton of dudes under club control after...

the 2026 season.

Ian Happ, good call.

He has three more years after this year.

Oh, is it three more?

Oh, man, he's that guy.

He signed in December of 22.

So yeah, Ian Happ, Nico, um...

look say yeah say yeah like they have guys on the roster that will be free agents very very soon so it's not like you can just abandon him and it's like oh shoot i wish we had that guy with five years of club control on the rosters yeah and i think that probably means more to that value is perhaps i don't think it's his greatest value to the team right now but maybe it's 1a

The club control portion of it?

Yeah.

I mean, I think it changes the calculation.

And who's to say there isn't a point in the year where he has to get the bats in Iowa?

Right.

We just don't know what their needs will be in July, which is why it's hard to say.

You hope, knock on wood, everybody's healthy, but we know baseball, and that's just not how it is.