Been looking for an everyday third baseman. Uh We
feel like this is a guy that adds the power
element, good defender, um, everyday player to
position that as, you know, we've been platooning
for a few years now. I think it adds
a little stability to that spot. Um And an
incredible clubhouse guy, obviously, we lost some of
our really good clubhouse guys at this point, um
, after the season via free agency. Um,
and we feel like he's gonna step in, into
, into part of him, step into that role
. Um But, you know, it's, it's
, uh, this is somebody we'd like for a
long time and we feel like it's a natural fit
given what our team's looking for. I started the
GM meetings. So that was the first conversation I
had with Jerry. We sort of watched him,
our scouts said that he really worked hard this season
on his defense. Um That's gonna be something we're
gonna continue to push. Uh, as, you
know, that's an area of our team that we
pride ourselves on and we'll definitely continue to pride ourselves
on and everything we gathered from his work ethic and
commitment to being a really good defender, really good
player. Uh I think he's gonna fit in nicely
with how we, uh how we approach things.