“You’re young with a long career ahead of you. What I need and what you need are at odds right now. I admire you and I’m looking forward to watching you progress, but right now the team needs someone with more consistency and experience. You get a few more seasons under your belt, stay healthy, and work on taming that fastball, and I’ll be one of many general managers fighting to sign you.” “With all due respect, sir, what we need might be different, but what we want is the same. You want a pitcher that will lead you to a pennant and I can promise you that no one wants to stand on that mound
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