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00:00Tommy, what do the Cubs have in Matthew Boyd and how would you characterize that
00:06signing? Is it high risk, high reward? Do you consider those risks with his injury
00:11history, you know, things that aren't factors now? Because if he is
00:16healthy, would seem like a big asset. Yeah, I think there's definitely some
00:22some risk-reward there, just with the fact, you know, for his innings limit
00:27basically over the last, you know, three to four years. But with that being said, I
00:33think part of the process when you're evaluating players is, you know,
00:39where are they now? What injuries are they coming off of? How did they finish?
00:45How are they feeling, you know, getting eyes on them in the offseason if it's
00:48important. And for a guy like Matt, I think, you know, if we're sitting here today and
00:53we say, like, Matt Boyd throws 120 innings of really good, really good
00:58baseball, I think we'd all be, like, really happy about that. Anything above
01:02that would be great. We know when he's on the field, he's a
01:05really good pitcher. He's a really good pitcher and he's proven that, you know,
01:09over time. So, you know, the communication side of things, making sure that he's
01:14feeling good and that he's, when he's out on the field, he's going to be the
01:20best version of himself. It's extremely important. And one thing Council talks
01:23about all the time is, like, it's a puzzle. It's a puzzle to cover 1,400, almost 1,500
01:30innings in the course of the season. Starters, if you're a good team,
01:35your starting rotation is good, you're covering 850 to 950 of those innings.
01:42That's all one big puzzle and you're putting the pieces together. I think the
01:47combination of signing a Matt Boyd with the upside, with some injury history,
01:53with guys like Colin Ray, being able to cover some of that, knowing that you have
01:58some guys that can step in and cover some major innings if we need to
02:04make some moves, I think is really important. But for me, Matt Boyd is a
02:08guy who, you know, on the field, I'm going to keep him on the field, like, he's going to
02:12be a really good pitcher.