00:00Ranger Suarez, in theory, was brought in to be your number two, right?
00:03To be your number two pitcher for $140 million,
00:07where you feel like if those two guys start,
00:11shouldn't you feel like you have a lot of two-game winning streaks there, right?
00:14From, you know, assuming they fell in line.
00:17Again, they don't fall in line right now, but assuming they fell in line,
00:20you should think you're going to win a lot of back-to-back games
00:23led by Crochet and Suarez.
00:24So I think if you're going to be a 95-win type team,
00:28team built around, I believe they said, pitching and defense,
00:33well, your second-best pitcher better have a really good season.
00:35So I think Ranger Suarez needs to have a great year
00:37if you're going to have a great season.
00:38He should for almost $27 million a year.
00:41That doesn't go as far as you think it would anymore.
00:44Not in this economy, no, especially with gas prices being what they are,
00:47groceries, eggs, et cetera.
00:48Oil.
00:49My God, have you been to a mall recently?
00:51The price is there.
00:52Never again.
00:54Never again.
00:54So, yeah, that $130 million deal just came completely out of the blue
01:00as far as I was concerned.
01:01So that must have meant that they really felt like investing in this guy
01:05and really thought that he could carry being the number two starter on a team
01:09with postseason, if not World Series dreams.
01:12Yeah, they're going to need him to do that.
01:13And, yeah, you should be able to pencil in two out of every three times
01:17getting a win at the top of the rotation from Crochet and Suarez.
01:21And if you get to the postseason, then we know that's really where he does
01:24his best work because he's been nails in the postseason.
01:28To me, I got one pitcher and I got one guy on offense that if they –
01:33I think to get to 90-plus wins, you need these two guys to help carry you
01:38above expectation.
01:39And they are Sonny Gray and Jaron Duran.
01:43Okay.
01:43The Sonny Gray one, obviously good performance yesterday, is similar.
01:47He's looked pretty good this – I'm better than I expected this spring.
01:51I know it's spring, but he looks pretty good.
