This is career start. Number 2, 10,
last complete game came back in 2017 in Anaheim on
the ground to first and that's gonna do it.
Marcus Stroman. What a job and stroll with the
shutout. Wow. I'm not someone who shies away
from the limelight or pressure of the lights. I
think a lot of guys would avoid, avoid coming
to New York and, and playing for the Yankees
because because of that reason and I'm someone who,
like I said, I feel like it, it
brings out the best of me. So I'm looking
forward to this opportunity. I think Cash is,
is kind of right there. Um, in agreement
with me as far as he thinks it's gonna be
, um, a good situation for the both of
us and I thought it was a perfect fit.
I get the chills thinking about my first start,
Nicky Stadium. It's hard to put in the words
, it's something that I can't wait to feel,
to be honest with you in the moment, I'm
someone who pitches off kind of the energy and,
and the buzz of a crowd so I can't wait
for those, those days. On, on,
on my start day. I do think the best
is still in. I'm just excited to learn from
guys like Eric Cole, who's been one of the
greats in the game. Rodon who's been elite for
many years. Nestor, who's a guy who kind
of mess, messes around with timing. Clark Schmidt
is a guy with a ton of upside who's got
incredible stuff. So I think we have one of
the better staffs out there and it's just gonna be
the ability to share knowledge between each other and kind
of learn and adapt. I'm, I'm just excited
for all that, Ken Rosenthal of the athletic with
this tweet on third Thursday afternoon. Sources Astros making
a push for Josh hater. How do you see
as a possible hater reunion with the Astros? Well
, I, I think he's sitting where he's sitting
with clearly the best back and leave on the market
. Uh the sign for 100 and$2 million.05 year
deal with the Mets. So if I'm representing Josh
, right? I mean, I think that's where
you have to go. That was a couple of
years ago with the who was the best reliever.
So I, I think again, I think it's
evaluation but I'm with you, I think, do
you want to give him five years for 20 million
years? I mean, that's that, that if
I'm a player and representing him, that's where you're
sitting. They still have the Astros currently have one
of the best closers in the game right now,
Ryan Presley, this guy is closed out big games
, closed out World Series games and won a world
title. How do you think that could possibly impact
this? It impacts you because Ryan Presley has been
really good in this game for a long time as
a closer the back end guy, the guy that
gets the most pressure, the, the, the
precious three outs of the game to, to put
that win in the win column. I don't think
you, I don't think you wanna ruffle feathers,
but I think if you Ryan Presley, you welcome
this, I think you, you know, because
you can do some different things and if it's about
winning, which they've done a lot of then you
, you actually on board with shortening the game and
making sure you put yourself in position where you're fighting
for another chance to win a championship. Yeah,
it was the perfect fit from day one. The
Mariners were, were very aggressive and, and very
communicative about how they viewed me as a player and
, and as a person in the clubhouse. And
um they were by far the team that showed the
most interest and it was the perfect fit. It
is the perfect fit. Um I'm, I'm really
excited to be a part of this team. The
staff is unbelievable. I mean, the, the
, the pitching staff alone is one of those teams
that you just really don't like to face too often
because they're kind of tough to face. Uh It's
a low score in games where it's hard to score
runs and um the bullpen is, is stacked as
well. They have really good young talent. Uh
They have an MVP caliber center fielder, Julio.
Um There's a lot of things to be excited about
in this organization and uh you know, I'm having
the opportunity to, to contribute any way I can
. I'm, I'm super excited just to uh to
be a earner first year on the ballot. I
was so excited. I was like, man,
my name was brought up with these greats and,
you know, my legacy is gonna be with these
guys and, and, and I was like a
kid in the candy store just knowing the work that
I put in, you know, this is what
comes with it. And then after you felt like
, man, I didn't get the, the call
and then, so you kinda like leave it alone
and just let the process take care of itself and
now that we're here, you know, I'm excited
. I keep it in perspective, you know,
I'm, I'm appreciative and I'm honored to be mentioned
with certain guys and being in the same space,
but to me, I just felt like I could
do more. And so now that II I look
at this after 10 years being on the ballot,
you know, I really know and understand what it
means to my family and my friends now, for
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