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I, I, I love what the Royals are doing. And I, we, we, we talked about the Diamondbacks and I think they're a great example of how mid-market teams can and should operate. And I think the Royals have started to put themselves in that conversation as well. You get a superstar. You lock him up. I know that it's not always the same situation because if, if Bobby's represented by Scott Boris, that it's not, it's not the team's fault, right? Like, it's just not gonna happen. But you, you have a superstar, you lock him up. You have a, an emergent breakout player and you lock him up now. Uh, you spend some money in free agency, you don't fully sell at the deadline, even when. And, you know, armchair GMs like us are saying, no, they got, they got no chance to get back into this thing. They still, they stop by, right? And, um, and, and they make some savvy moves. I, I feel like this is how a team should operate, and they're in on other free agents, and they're still spending money, and they're aggressive with their prospects. They don't care about Jack Caglione's clock, but they still are operating efficiently, and they're still being careful, and they're not gonna be reckless. And I think that's. A great balance of the two things, right? It doesn't have to be Rays or Dodgers. It doesn't need to be so extreme. Royals fans can now just sit here and say, we've got the left side of our infield locked up for so long, and that's as good of a left side of the infield as, as you're gonna have in Major League Baseball. And that's a really good starting point for a franchise and for a fan base to hold on to. 100%. And we knew what their deficiency was offensively. It seems like they're starting to fill out. Vinnie Pasquantino had a heck of a year at first base. Second base, it's easier to find guys to plug and play. India was super underwhelming. Massey was underwhelming. You can fix second base. That fix could be somewhere else. It could also be in the state of Missouri. They could go get Brendon Donovan and keep him in Missouri. Is Missouri a Commonwealth? I think it might be, uh, a state. Wealth regardless, keep him in Missouri. Seems like Brendan Donovan likes it there. Shortstop, Bobby Witt, third base Mel Garcia, to your 0.1 of the better left sides in all of Major League Baseball. Catching, it seems like you have your long-term answer in Carter Jensen. You also have your captain in Salvador Perez there. So, that pretty much handles DH as well. You've got Cags that can cycle into DH. You have to figure out the outfield. You just have to. And maybe Cags can play right long term. But they also acquire Isaac Collins and they signed Lane Thomas. I wanna start with Lane because that's a quicker conversation. Lane Thomas, who is hampered by injury this year in Cleveland, didn't really play much whatsoever. Lane Thomas signs a one-year deal with the Kansas City Royals. This is a perfect low-cost bounce back option for them. I, and I, and this is what, like every, again, middle market team should be doing and, and even small market teams should be doing, right? And I'm sure others did, and, and Thomas took an opportunity to sign here, bounce back opportunity with a team that could also make the playoffs. Like it's, it's a perfect scenario for him, right? And, um, you know, I think it's a good insurance policy in case things don't fall into place the way that they maybe want. For via the trade market or other free agent options. Um, and, you know, I know, some people might look at the numbers and be like, oh, well, what, you know, what, what's he gonna do? He, he's had some really brutal and unlucky injuries. You know, I, this was, Thomas was a guy that was, you know, I think we were really excited about him, was a key acquisition, right, for the Guardians to, to help kind of make a push a couple of years ago. And, uh, at 30 years old, I, I, I still think he has plenty of time and he's gonna be 30 for most of the season to, to get things right. Uh, it was a wrist issue, which is always going to affect you, a heel issue that's always going to affect you as a hitter and outfielder. And I, I, I love the fit as a right-handed bat that at worst, like, should be able to shore platoon help you and it's not like it's extremely expensive. It was, it was a lost year for him last year. I'm really interested to see how they, they handle the India Massey situation there too, because I, I thought India was a non-tender candidate at $8 million after what he did last year. It doesn't provide you much value with the glove. Clearly, they, they don't want to give up on him just yet. Um, 669 OPS at Kaufman would have probably with no defensive value would have been it for me, probably. Uh, but that's why I'm just, I'm curious, like, clearly they were fine to take that $8 million on. So, I don't. I don't think they're, they're pinching pennies too much here, but that's where, like, there's a lot that you still need to sort out here and like, who's gonna play where, who's gonna DH. Like, if you got cags in the outfield in India at 2, like, you're really compromising such a good left side with like a pretty bad right side. Uh, and I, and I think that'll be interesting to see how they, how they go about that. I'm curious to see what they do with India as well. I was with you on the non-tender thing, but the more I thought about it, the more I came around to the idea that JJ Piccolo, who's their lead decision maker on the baseball operations side, I think he's the president of baseball operations, could be the GM. Those titles are pretty much one and the same right now. It doesn't matter that they all make decisions on the baseball op side. Um, I feel like trying to put my JJ Piccolo hat on. He saw a 10% chance that that $8 million Jonathan India price tag was movable. And if you have a 10% chance, it's worth trying because then at least you get a prospect and you're not letting him go for nothing. I bet there's a team out there that is willing to give you an intriguing prospect at the lower levels if you eat three of the eight that he's doing or two of the eight. That is a good point.

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