When I heard this story, and I'm surprised because I remember a lot of details of our show. And it was about a couple days ago, a guy called in, very geeky baseball question, but you know I love it. And he said, hey, guys, when Luis Heel is activated, because we knew he was, who's going down? And I very quickly went through the options. I said, well, Jake Bird's got options. It could be him. A DFA, Paul Blackburn, that's always an option. and I got to Cade Winquest and I said,

they're not going to do that to him.

He's or he's got options. It could be him. A DFA, Paul Blackburn, that's always an option.

And I got to Cade Winquest, and I said, they're not going to do that to him.

He's a rule five guy.

They have to keep him on the roster the entire year. I just doubt they would do that. Like, he's made the team, and then we made jokes about how I was in pitch chat. So I didn't take it seriously that they would actually get rid of him.

I didn't either.

And they did.

And you say 007, which is a very funny nickname.

I didn't understand the context of it. I call him Moonlight Graham. Because let's be serious about this. This is a 25-year-old pitcher who's going to likely go back to the Cardinal organization. They could cut some kind of deal where he stays. And there is a chance, and I hope it doesn't happen.

But there is a chance that this man never makes it back to the major leagues.

And there is a chance that while he warmed up seven times, and he can say I was on a major

league roster, he will have never gotten into a game.

At least Moonlight Graham played the field for half an inning, right? Yeah, he did. He recorded outs in the outfield. He's in the book. I poured water all over my life. That's not going to count on your fluids. It's okay. Do you think Cade Winquist eventually will be a doctor and then climb over rocks and get young again and then go play? I mean, I hope for his sake. Otherwise, he gets forgotten in the a annals of sports history. And it just, it sucks. And like, on a serious level, why not get him into a game? Well, this is what I know. You've had opera. It's been two weeks. We saw Paul Blackburn 150 times. Thank you. You know what Paul Blackburn is?

Hey, even yesterday, Paul Blackburn comes in.

Like, why does Paul Blackburn need to make these opportunities?

Give the kid a chance.

You spent the rule five pick on him.

You had him leave Tampa to come up here with you.

You could have stuck Louise Heel in the bullpen.

You wanted him for long enough, only to never give him an opportunity when there have been opportunities it doesn't make sense now boone's going to be asked about this and he's going to say well our pitching's been so good look at yesterday start ryan weathers goes eight innings but it's you could have found a spot for him and i just it kind of i got to tell got to tell you, it kind of breaks my heart, not only for him,

but for his family.

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