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00:00I know you were concerned about Hauk coming back to Earth a little bit anyway.
00:04Definitely.
00:05And now, this isn't coming back to Earth, this is bad.
00:09Well no, now this is bad.
00:10Yeah, this, before you were like, well he was pitching like an ace for the first half of last year.
00:14There's just, there's no debating that, right?
00:16He looked like a Cy Young contender for the first half, made his first All-Star team.
00:21And then as the season went on, it's not like he got shelled, right?
00:24It's not like he got destroyed.
00:25There were some like, Cutter Crawford starts where you're like, alright, this guy is falling apart.
00:29Just getting teed off.
00:29I don't think Tanner Hauk really had that.
00:31You know, we went back and looked at his month-by-month stats from a year ago.
00:35And he just became more average.
00:37Still like, worth being in your rotation.
00:40But not an All-Star.
00:41Like, that almost looks more like the outlier, that first half.
00:44Second half, you're like, alright, that's the guy that would be in your rotation.
00:48But also, probably why they, being the Red Sox front office, prioritized Crochet and the guy pitching today, Walker Buehler.
00:55Because if you only add one, and I know Hauk technically got the game to start.
00:58But still, just another arm that you can rely on.
01:01Because I don't know what Tanner Hauk is going to be.
01:04He, like Crawford, hit career highs in innings last year.
01:09He was also a full-time starter, which he hasn't always been.
01:12Right? He was a guy that would pitch out of the bullpen.
01:15They didn't really know what the role was for him.
01:16So when you take last year's second half, where he was like an average starter.
01:21Then a bad spring, and a couple of not great starts.
01:24Yeah, he should definitely be on that list.
01:26If we're doing the list of pros, and it's highlighted by Campbell and Crochet.
01:31And then you're looking at guys, you know, so you started with Kassus.
01:35I would just say with Kassus, I'm more worried about health than anything else with him.
01:38So if he made it through the first week, and he's okay.
01:40I'm just kind of worried about the whole Kassus experience, honestly.
01:44The total package.
01:44Yeah, I'm worried about all of it.
01:46And like, I know he can hit for power when he's out there.
01:49And he was a big prospect.
01:51And like, if he hits, I'm really genuinely not going to care.
01:54No, I know.
01:54But I worry if that kind of stuff gets in the way with him a little bit.
01:59Yeah, I get it.
01:59We'll see.
02:00But yeah, health is fair with him, for sure.