Chris Bassitt

They won't be here by next season.

A- and you just don't wanna have to rely on another Chris Bassitt as your four-five starter.

I mean, that's, that's really what it is.

If you get a Bradish, Baz, Young, and Rogers top four, that's not bad.

Just based off of everything and all things considered.

And the bullpen's more of a C, so I just averaged it out at a B.

It, which is surprising because if you think about, imagine Chris Bassitt not getting hurt, imagine, um, what's his name got hurt first?

Eflin.

Every now and then I'm wrong, and I, um, I will admit it.

I'm glad he didn't go get [laughs] Chris Bassitt.

I was all over signing Chris Bassitt last off-season, was actually just floored that he didn't.

And, and that would not have worked out.

Like, and it's hard to say on a different circumstance, different team, maybe things would have gone differently.

Young has tons of team control.

We'll see what happens with Trevor Rogers and how else they're gonna, uh, work around the contracts of Zach Eflin and Chris Bassitt, what they wanna do there.

But Trey Gibson's the guy that I think is gonna get those opportunities in 2027.

And sticking to the starting pitching side of things, I'm gonna go with Another guy that I'm...

You've got Robbie Ray, who's, well, nearing his age 40 season as well.

Chris Bassitt is a little bit older.

But Kevin Gausman's somebody who has just made it work every year of his big league career.

He's still got the really good split finger, really good changeup, I believe can be productive for somebody next year.

I think it's why I thought the Rockies should've done that at the trade deadline when Goodman's value was the highest it will ever be.

Um, but I think if the Rockies can find some starting pitching somewhere in the middle of that pile, somewhere in the middle of that camp that we were looking at, you know, if you're looking at free agents across, for starting pitchers across Major League Baseball, um, you know, Michael King, Luis, uh, Dustin May, Chris Bassitt.

Like, some of these guys who are very good pitchers but are kind of in the middle of that, you know, Shota Imanaga.

Um, it's funny, Cal Quantrill's actually kind of in that middle range, you know, as well.

And it expands how much, um, maybe other pitchers you have to use, how you have to roll out bullpens, how you have to roll out your starting pitching.

Do you have to use guys like, you know, we talked about throwing either a José Berríos or a Chris Bassitt in a bullpen, uh, role.

Do you now use, utilize that stuff way more than, you know, having four or five starting pitching? I, I think it really changes up the mentality of managers, which I find super, super interesting.

Um, and for, I think just for players' health, Carter, this is, this is really, really good, uh, i- cutting down on the amount of games, making scheduled off days.

Like-

Well, even the guy that you had on before, that Chris guy.

Chris Bassitt.

Yeah.

The Yankee- the Yankees get to the, they get to the postseason because they're talented.