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guys, just when you thought the White Sox, we're going to settle for Kevin Smith and Omar

Novias behind the plate. What happens? Rick Hahn throws a 12-6 curveball signing Wellington Castillo.

Your thoughts? I was surprised and then immediately turned into, of course, like this is a perfect signing for the White Sox for now.

And then possibly just that brink of foreseeable future.

This is this helps you.

This is the bridge that gets you over, you know, the get me over fastball to 2019 and 20 that we keep talking about.

But then it also, there's that little flexibility window too with the team option that I

think is the best part of this whole contract that allows you to go, okay, like you took care

of an immediate need for the past, basically since A.J. Prisinski left.

Yeah, two words. Why not? Why not? Why not?

Yeah, you didn't want Narvaez and Smith for another year?

Here's what I look. We know what they are. And so are the White Sox now. I think last year

was like, let's figure out what these guys are. We know what they are. We do. We know what

they are. So last year, Narvaez had two home runs and 280 plate appearances.

Wellington had ten times as many.

Right.

Now Wellington had a clear year.

But still, I mean, the best part of, yeah.

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