Sean Morash

And this is where I think this comes into play.

So they're positioning.

They're propping him up.

They're giving him import.

They're making him feel very wanted.

I know that so far the track record of David Stearns and Steve Cohen, and if we want to call it a philosophy or whatever, has been we're not going to pay starting pitchers.

We're going to pay the position players.

I totally understand that.

However, they went out and they traded for Freddy Peralta, who's going to be an impending free agent.

So this is a different animal.

Yes, who's pitching today, by the way.

Who's pitching today.

This is a different animal than going out and just spending in free agency to spend.

When they trade assets for Freddy Peralta, I thought from the get-go, I think it was Evan that argued against me and said, well, how do you know they'd want to bring Freddy Peralta back?

Well, you're trading for him.

I'm assuming you want to be in the mix and negotiate with him.

Why would you trade for someone only to lose him a year later?

Yeah.

Unless you are...

we're winning a championship this year, and he's the missing piece.