Steve Phillips

If I'm a GM, I'll take both of them.

I'm more than happy to take both at some point.

But I think it's a great thing.

And look, Skeens seems all in on this to the point he'll ride it out to the end.

scruble obviously going to decide whether or not he's going to make another start for team usa or not he had committed to the one start and then he got the bug right he's around everybody everybody wants him to stay the excitement the camaraderie the we're in you know the team the country on your front of your jersey and you know guys don't want to leave that and so he's got a tough decision to make and he's got about 400 million reasons not to pitch in the wbc uh and and that would be enough for me a

Like, I get it.

I want to represent my country.

But I also am not going to risk my payday by any means.

So, listen, God bless him.

If he pitches some more, I'll love him and I'll appreciate him.

But I'm not going to ask him for financial advice.

His risk management is way too high for me.

Yeah, I think that every general manager would want players to play in the World Baseball Classic.

They just want your players to play, not theirs.

And so I would be pushing for him not to pitch in the WBC.

If I'm his agent, Scott Boris, I'm pitching for him not to pitch in the WBC.

And look, we're talking about generational wealth is what he's got on the table after this season.

I mean, look, I guess you already have it when you're making $31 million this year.

I mean, I could make that last for a few generations.

But I think that we're talking about the biggest contract in the history of any pitcher in Major League Baseball.