Meet Me At Musial, Episode 430, Wether(holt)ing The Storm

And most of this week, I expected this to be a really kind of bit of a downer show.

And it may get there.

I'm not going to argue.

But today, a lot of news coming out that's really upbeat.

And of course, we'll start.

J.J. Weatherholt, an eight-year extension.

And as much as we've talked about extensions for these kind of guys, I'm still a little surprised the trigger got pulled on that.

I am too.

You know, I work with some really smart people at Camo X, Matt Pauly.

I remember having a conversation with him on the air where he, he thought it would be difficult to get a deal done with him because he pointed to JJ's age and pointed out that, you know, if he would sign a long-term deal, he wouldn't get a shot at free agent until the agency, until he was a lot older, which means, you know, he, he wouldn't get that big bonanza the first time he became a free agent.

And, you know, Matt was right.

His theory was correct because it's like, well, what are, you know, are guys really going to take this deal where they know that they're good enough and there's going to be amazing windfall if they're just patient.

And I think it, um, I think it says a lot about J.J. Weatherholt's character.

I really mean that sincerely in that he's a very, very smart guy.

He's a very centered, well-anchored guy.

He's a person of character.

There's no phoniness whatsoever.

He's tough-minded.

He works hard.

He has high standards.

He cares about his teammates.

He cares about his manager.

He is just such a good human being.

And I am very happy to say that.

And so I've already seen some stuff where people are saying they're not taking shots at him.