Sam Dykstra

They really value speed.

So even if you aren't so great at the power position, they think if you take away runs, that's just as good to us as scoring them.

So this might be a really good organizational fit here between Slater to Braun and the Rays.

No, I appreciate it because it adds some spice.

It sometimes feels like there's a giant G calendar, Google calendar somewhere, and execs have like, hey, on Thursday, you need to make a move, and on Tuesday, you'll make a move.

It's not all condensed into one day, except for when this happened.

I was joking with you earlier.

It felt like a mini trade deadline yesterday in some ways because

as somebody who had to update these lists and the D backs and Phillies did a minor deal off to the side too.

I was like keeping track of it on my yellow notepad.

I'm just like, okay, who do I need to replace?

Who do I need to, who do I need to re-rank it?

It was, it's a nice way to spice up the middle of December.

I get that.

I would love everybody to be done by mid January.

Just so we can really get into season preview mode.

And, and that's when I'm starting to write up prospect lists.

So I don't want to write somebody up, find out he's been traded a week later or not just the writing up part.

It's all the research we pour into these guys and all the people we're talking to about, about these guys having to pass on my notes to Jim or Jonathan.

They're very happy to accept them.