Yoshinobu Yamamoto, there's not many guys as far as
a pitcher of that caliber that has that combination of
stuff and command at that age to dominate the way
he has Martino reporting a Mets hot ST Steve is
in the process of making a very serious offer.
The rest is speculation and misinformation and there's more of
that on this plan that I have ever seen in
any free agent. This is Andy Slots frankly and
the terms generally that are dealing with him feel the
same way. I think the fact that he's 25
years old is what separates him from every other pitcher
that we've seen go until free agency. Normally,
when we see a pitcher going to free agency,
he's 28 29 30 years old. Majority of the
time to have a 25 year old pitcher that's had
six years of experience. It's just something we,
we haven't seen in the States and he's been dominant
the entire time when you have a guy who can
not only be dominant but can also give you innings
. I mean, he really is a combination of
a lot of pitchers out there on the market right
now. He has the durability to go out there
and be a front line starter and give you innings
as well, which, which is, uh,
hard to come by right now. If you think
about it, the Mets are telling him selling him
on a lot. Long term vision can be competitive
this year. But here's what we're trying to become
. Whereas the Yankees and the Dodgers are saying,
well, no, we're not thinking long term,
we want to be great right now. Assuming the
money is somewhat relatively the same. I would believe
that they have a more compelling argument right now uh
than the other clubs that might be in on this
thing. The Milwaukee Brewers, more dialogue has been
generated around who's going as opposed to who's coming.
What's the latest? Well, they're a team and
I spoke with a source about this last night,
Matty. It, it appears that both Adama and
Burns, both Willie Adams, the shortstop and Corbin
Burns, the starting pitcher are available. They have
talked with multiple teams about both players. What I
was told last night is the most likely outcome is
not that they're in the same deal if they're moved
, but separate deals. And, and there's been
a uh Susan Ser of the Chronicle in San Francisco
talking about how Adama is someone that the Giants have
looked at. Uh Ben Nicholson Smith has talked about
how uh you potentially look at Adama there in Toronto
as Well, uh, with burns, I would
expect that his market again, we talk about Yamamoto
once Yamamoto signs, maybe that next group of,
of teams if he does not go, let's say
if, if Yamamoto does not go to the Dodgers
, I think the Dodgers and Burns become a potential
pairing. I do think in general, the Brewers
are looking at potential fits to trade these veterans with
the financial component of things. The Brewers thought that
they could get some prospects if they moved. Woodruff
. Obviously, the surgery made that not possible at
the moment. So that is probably a greater argument
for them to pursue a trade for burns. You
know, basically voicing prior to when I, you
know, when I signed last year was, uh
, you know, me being able to vocal,
vocalize it. Obviously, I don't wanna be anywhere
else and hope I'd be able to have the opportunity
to retire as a pirate. And I feel like
for me, this is like my final stop.
I don't, I don't wanna go anywhere else.
So there's a lot of I can still bring to
this team, not only off the field, but
on the field too, so they're always showing their
support to me. So when I came back,
the expectation of that, of course, in the
beginning was probably there, but for them to sustain
and do it all season, you know, it
shows just um how awesome and great the fan base
is to me and, you know, feelings are
mutual on my end. No, I'm really excited
to be here, like, just for the opportunity
um the chance to, to go out and,
and learn and compete with these guys and, uh
you know, it was just like a finch and
, and fet and uh be able to hear just
kind of what they thought, you know, this
thing could go, you know, there's a lot
of belief in this team. There's a lot of
belief in these guys and it's one of those things
that, that excited me about the opportunity to come
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