That's got to feel great for Cody Bellinger. Stay
hot belly right now. Cody Bellinger looks like the
2019 version. His wife Christy in eager anticipation of
this moment for a long, long time. Liam
Hendrix is through his first inning of baseball as a
cancer survivor. Liam Hendrix is your comeback player of
the year in the American League. Cody Bellinger in
the National league. Let's talk about Hendrick just uh
inspiration to, to everyone really, you know,
what he went through and how hard he worked and
how he cared about his teammates. He cared about
people. What he's done in the community in Chicago
has just been, it's been awesome. And uh
what a great representative, you know, of the
Chicago White Sox that he's been Cody Bellinger. I
mean, these numbers are ridiculous. His average went
up almost 100 points, his on base went up
almost 100 points slugging way over 100. That's what
he did in his one year in Chicago, spent
all off season, um getting myself in the best
position to, to succeed. And, uh really
just, you know, the consistent aspect of my
game this year was something I kind of strive for
um something I always felt like I needed and,
and, and I had it this year. Um
, you know, just the way my body was
feeling, um the work and obviously just going out
and being able to play the game that uh I
know I could play. And um it was,
it was a fun year. We wanted to add
uh a veteran presence in our rotation that could both
help us win games and influence our young starters.
Um Ken does a lot of things very well.
He's a plus strike grower. He's an excellent competitor
. He's a great teammate. He does a lot
of things that we really like. He does a
lot of things that we hope, you know,
rub off on our young starters. Felt like he
would be a uh very strong addition to our 2024
rotation. I love it. Um I'm very excited
about it. Uh Just talking to some of the
, some of the guys since, since yesterday and
then yesterday, it's um everyone said very easy place
to live. Um very good place for families.
Um And then everyone knows about Saint Louis and the
Cardinals and the culture and the organization and the winning
tradition. Um All those things are, were very
important to us throughout this process. To the here
and now. Show and Yoshi, you know,
we have a moto with the San Francisco Giants.
The Giants are right now set on trying to acquire
one or the other. They're pursuing both very aggressively
. They have been trying for so long to land
the iconic player and the Giants are set. They
are devoting their full hearts and finances to landing one
of Shoe Otani or Yoshinobu Yamamoto in the coming weeks
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