Steve Phillips

I think that they're a World Series-caliber team in every aspect except the ninth inning.

And I love – listen, Jeff Hoffman's a really good guy, and I think he could be an effective pitcher.

I just want him in the seventh inning or eighth inning.

I don't want him in the ninth.

I wanted Diaz, or I wanted – and here's the money.

If you had money for Tucker, I would have put it on Diaz instead and gone with the position player group that I had.

I would have put it on Robert Suarez.

and foregone my pursuit of Tucker in that group.

Now the closers are gone, and you didn't get Tucker.

And so, you know, and if he had that money, I would have spent it on a closer myself.

And that's the one area that, but at the trade deadline, they'll be able to save some prospects and then go out there and get a closer at the deadline.

Full season of Varshow, and Varshow's home run rate was fantastic when he came back in last year.

And he's going to be motivated in a walk year to become a free agent at the end of the year.

So there's a lot of reason to think the guys will be as good or better than they were last year.

And you're getting full seasons out of just some of the guys who really blossomed last year, too.

And so a full season of Yosevich in the rotation is, I think, going to be huge.

I'm excited for the Jays for that to see what he can do with a full season.

and the depth of that rotation.

And look, if they end up with that much depth, they can always trade a starting pitcher to somebody at some point to fill a hole if they need it along the way.

But they're still going to be a good defensive team.