Hey struck him out and going the distance is a
great job by Carlos Hal Steinbrenner lived up his word
, he told Aaron Judge when they were negotiating that
nine year deal Hal Steinbrenner said, look, we
can get this deal done and we can still do
more to make the Yankees better to close that gap
on the Houston Astros and he's delivered by getting Carlos
Jordan the best available starting picture on the market now
that Jacob deGrom and Justin Verlander off the board uh
this is a big one for the Yankees, I
think you'd have to go back probably two decades to
find a more formidable starting rotation in the Bronx.
I'm going back to when mike, you've seen a
roger Clemens Andy Pettitte, those guys were all in
there because even in 2009, when they won the
World Series, they did that by having only three
guys make starts, I think top to bottom this
yankee rotation, it's probably the most formidable in the
american league right now. I think it's a big
step forward for a team that needed to do more
here this offseason last season. We, we had
a great season um, and then, you know
, came up a little bit short of the ultimate
goal um, and I'm, I'm here to try
and see that through, I'm I'm here to try
and see it through from from start to finish and
uh, this organization uh, and the Cohens have
have made very, very clear, Billy's made very
, very clear um the goal is to win here
and and that's why uh big reason why we decided
to stick around and, and you know, to
be able to start your career with someone, be
able to finish your career with, with the same
team. Um, you know, that's something really
, really special. I'm excited to welcome Masataka and
Rita and their and their Children who are not here
, but we'll be excited to, to welcome them
to boston uh, into the red Sox family.
We're so excited to have you. We've watched Masataka
for a while and the thing that really stood out
from all angles, just the quality that, that
there's a very unique combination of contact and skills and
strike zone discipline and an ability to impact the baseball
I have played in order for seven years and then
I focus on the heating heating wise to contribute the
team winning, I want to keep doing to contribute
winning the team this season. In the, in
the weeks we became the champion in Japan. Uh
, so next, next season I would like to
contribute to beer world Champion for red Sox, getting
on a zoom talking with C. Y. Talking
with understanding the direction the trajectory of the team,
the organization, the way they viewed me as a
picture, understood who I am, what I do
, what I do well, but also like understood
what I want to do better and how they can
help me. I had just a few teams that
we're reaching out early on that had serious interest.
A lot of teams checked in, but no other
team, um, gave me more attention than the
blue jays from the start and ultimately I signed where
I wanted to end up as a player. You
just want to feel wanted and I am so excited
to go to Toronto and play, see where the
backbone is of this team with, you know,
pitching and defense, like, like most successful teams
, I think being on the opposite side of it
, you always know what teams have great arms and
Cleveland has always had that, you know, so
I'm looking forward to coming in and and continue to
share what knowledge I've learned over my career and help
these guys take the next step. Adam Frazier to
the Orioles on a one year,$8 million deal
. Listen, you had an off year last year
. He knows that he's going to get to work
to 38 got it. And now we hope that
the reforms back to 2021 where he is the All
star. So that's what they're thinking. Nice little
pick up and see what happens betting himself for more
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