No big deal. No biggie. Biggie or no biggie? Okay? So yesterday, very quietly, at the winter meetings, the Yankees did something they truly never do. They never do this. They selected somebody in the Rule 5 draft.

They select like three guys? No, no, no, just one guy. His name is Cade Wingquest. Now, they've lost guys in the Rule 5 draft. They select like three guys? No, no, no, just one guy.

His name is Cade Wingquest. Now, they've lost guys in the Roald Five draft. That's very common because the Yankees have a lot of talent. But the way this works is if you select someone in the Major League portion of the Rule 5 draft, you have to keep that player on your roster for the entire season or beyond the I.L. if not, you have to offer that player back to his former team.

So usually, if you look at the history of the World Five draft, and there are some amazing stories that have come out of it in the past, it's usually a small market team. Like they take a guy who is eligible to be selected. They pick him. Maybe they give that guy an opportunity. Maybe he works out. Maybe he doesn't. In fact, just to put it in perspective, Tiki, the New York Yankees have had one guy in the last 50 years that they selected in the Rule 5 draft who actually survived the entire season with their team. They have not picked anybody in the Rule 5 draft, is my understanding, in about 20 years. Well, they'd pick three yesterday.

No, one guy, Cade Winquest.

You're thinking about the minor league portion of it.

Oh, yeah.

Yeah, this is the Major League portion of it. Right. Minor leagues are a little bit different. In the Major League portion of it, like, that guy's got to be on your roster. So that's to start. Like, it's weird. They don't normally do it.

Now you may say, okay, Evan, why are you boring me with this information?

Right.

Why are you boring us with this information?

Is it a sign that they're not spending on their bullpen? That they selected Cain Winquest. Well, what is Quaid Winquest? Like, what is his career like? He's a minor leaguer. I know. So what do we know about him? What we know is he has to be on the Major League roster?

I know, but has he pitched?

It's like, what do we know about him? Nothing?

I mean, I can tell you what his baseball reference page says. Would you like me to read some numbers to you? I mean, yeah, I mean, you know what? Let's look at fan graphs. Last year, last year he pitched in double A and single A, and he made a bunch of starts.

So he was a starting pitcher.

So I assume they would be... Last year, last year he pitched in double A and single A, and he made a bunch of starts.

So he was a starting pitcher.

So I assume they would be converting him to the bullpen.

And he pitched to a combined DRA of 3.99. That's not horrible. I'm not saying it's horrible. I'm saying that when they select someone in the Rule 5 draft, which Brian Cashman never does, to you, and maybe you don't feel this way.

Is it a sign that they're not spending on their bullpen because they haven't done this in 20 plus years? Yeah, how much does this cost them? It costs him $100,000 if he stays the end. It costs him nothing. Exactly. So why would we be concerned about this? Because it means they won't spend on their bullpen. But they probably will spend on their bullpen. So you don't think this is a sign of it. It's $100,000. No, you're missing my point. It's not the $100,000. It's a roster spot. Yeah, I get you. That it's unlikely that they will buy a big arm or a decent arm in their bullpen because they did this. Okay, but if he works out, then great. If not, who cares?

No, I know that.

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