2026 Yankees Bullpen PREDICTIONS—Will Carlos Legrange and Jake Bird CRACK Opening Day Roster?

I do feel like the more we talk about him and the more he's talked around baseball circles

because this isn't just a Yankees story by the way. He's become a national storyline

and I want to highlight that and really go over his chances of making this roster and who's

going to have to beat out for that job.

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John Carlos Stanton and Max Fried because they made appearances on Tuesday. But first, let's talk

about the Yankees bullpen heading into the upcoming 2026 regular season. Yeah, and I want to highlight

the odds now of Carlos the Grand Hay being able to make this team right out of camp because

I do feel like the more more we talk about him and the more more he's talked around baseball

circles because this isn't just a Yankees story, by the way. He's become a national storyline.

And I want to highlight that and really go over his chances of making this roster and who's going

to have to beat out for that job. So more often than not from most teams, there's eight bullpen spots

available. And the Yankees have a lot of there is kind of solidified. It's really there's really two

spots that are kind of available at the back end of the Yankees bullpen. Right now, what I'd say are

the deathments that are going to make the roster stay see it would be David Bednar be closing,

obviously. Camilo Duval is going to be a setup guy and Fernando Cruz. They'll both be set up guys

then you'll have Tim Hill, Ryan Yarbrough was a middle relief guy and Paul Blackburn.

Those are the guys that are definite to me. There's no way they don't make the roster. They're

a part of this team. That's it. Then there's four guys that are going to fight for two spots.

And I think one of these is kind of solidified if who's going to get it, but you know, let's discuss

Jake Bird, Fahel Chivi. That was the guy that they acquired from the Rockies earlier in the year

on the offseason. Cade Wind Quest, who has moved through their system quicker than, I mean, maybe

anyone we've ever seen it's insane how much they love him and Carlos to ground hit.

I think with that list of four guys that he's got to win one of those two spots,

I think it's a legitimate chance that he makes it at this point, Stacy. He's looked that good in

camp. His numbers are that good. His velocity has been great. And again, he's become a national

talking point, not just the local talking point. So I think there's a real chance at the only

guy that I think's going to kind of definitely get one of these spots is Jake Bird.

He's a major league talent. They did acquire. They liked his stuff already. They put him in

AAA last year to refine his stuff because they didn't trust him for the end of 2025. They let him

have a whole offseason. I can't imagine the Yankees intent is not to have Jake Bird make the roster.

If that's not the point, then why would they not just cut Jake Bird at that point?

Right. You know what I mean? If he's not going to make the roster, he doesn't serve him any

purpose in the minor leagues. They probably cut him at that point. I think Carlos, the

Grondheim, makes this roster. I think it's going to be Bird and the Grondheim that make this team

honestly. You don't think it's too soon? Stacy, he's one of two pitchers in spring training this

year to average over 100 miles an hour on his fastballs. Right. He's doing that good, right?

And the other guy is Mason Miller. So that's like a pretty good guy to be associated with.

I just like, he's been that good. Also, he has the fastest pitch in spring training, by the way,

102.4. Remember that that strikeout that he had? I agree with you. It could be too soon.

I don't think there's anything wrong, though, with calling up a guy too soon that actually has

this talent level. I think he's taking a league by storm in spring training. He's been one of the

better pitchers in all of spring training. Again, not just with the Yankees throughout all of

baseball. Too soon, age wise, sure. Maybe prospect wise between who he's fighting for the job with,

I can hear you on that. But to me, who's better is who's better? And I would put the Grondheim on

this major league roster almost immediately. I think he's been that good. I think he is that good.

The talent level's that high. You don't agree or no? I don't know, because he's only been with,

he hasn't even made it to AAA yet. And I'm always worried, like, no matter how well a guy's throwing

in spring training, I feel like some of these guys need to have at least some AAA experience.

I'm not against bringing him up at some point in 2026, but I think it might be too soon,

no matter how well he's throwing in spring training for him to start the year,

completely skipping AAA and starting with the major league roster.

I would say this to your point, it would be very un Yankees to just have him make the team

without ever seeing time in AAA. They've kind of shown a tendency to do that a little less

with smaller AAA time of late, especially with Anthony Volpe being one of the prime examples,

Jason Dominguez. They're not afraid of letting guys get major league time before they...

It's more of a hitting thing, though, with them, though, right? It's true. It's not really the

pitchers, I feel, they get more time for the pitchers. I would agree with you. They tend to leave

pitchers in the majors a little too long, to be honest with you, and at the minors, I'd say.

Here's what I will say, though. They're giving him time in spring training, starting games

towards the top of the order, facing the actual major leagueers and the other teams. They're not just

having him go up against the scrubs of the other organizations. He's facing the real major league talent

and he's doing this well. I think that bodes well for them, too. We've always said this and

we're not rooting for this by any means. These things every year have a way of figuring themselves out.

We've talked about it for years and years and years where we've analyzed, oh, the Yankees have

too many guides at exposition, too many guides at Y position. And then all those guys are not playing

throughout the entire year because somehow, some way, guys get hurt, you know how it is,

and they find playtime for guys. I think at this point, it's pretty much solidified, at least in

my head, and I wonder what you think. We will see him in Yankee uniform in 2026. At some point,

this year, he will make it in any Yankee uniform. If he's pitching this well in AAA in spring training,

I can't imagine his numbers aren't going to be great in AAA. So I think it's sooner rather than

later, if they start him in AAA, would you start him starting games or would you start him in the bullpen?

Oh, yeah, I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I go bullpen because he's going to be a bullpen

pitcher for the Yankees, at least in the start of his career. I would go bullpen, have him in there.

I mean, there's the potential too. I think this guy has a very lively arm and a new season,

and an off season is going to help this guy out a lot in a guy in Camilo DeVal. When they

acquired him last year, he has some of the best stuff in all of baseball. So I think that guy

throws hard. Very similar stuff to what LeGron hey has. What if DeVal isn't who they acquired?

And what if he just can't handle New York and he's terrible and what if it's another dev in

William's situation? That's going to create a roster spot, right? It's going to create a spot.

They're not going to pitch him as much. So I do think there's going to some some way somehow

LeGron hey is going to make his way onto this roster. I just don't know when. I don't hate the idea

of opening day though. I just don't. If you're that good, you're that good. I hear your point.

I think they're going to hold off and that's the difference between my opinion and what is

actually going to happen. My opinion is I don't hate the idea of him appearing in opening day.

I'm not saying he's closing games start year, but I don't hate the idea of him making it that

quick. The Yankees opinion though. I don't think there's a chance he's in the Bronx in opening day

or in right. I could see him starting the year in triple A because he hasn't been there yet.

Yeah. I can't imagine that. I think that's more of a possibility. But I also to your point

agree because I said it earlier, he's if he keeps this up, he's going to be up sooner rather than

later. I just don't see him on the opening day roster, but you're going to see him with the Yankees

in 2026. I would be willing to bet money on it. Yeah. The other guys, you don't have a problem

with the guys that I said are deaf and it's right. DeVal, Cruz, Bednar, Tim Hill, Ryan Yarbro,

Paul Blackburn, who are the two that you would say get the last two roster spots in the bullpen?

I think it's definitely, I think Jake Bird is definitely one of them. I think it's hard to argue that.

Yeah. Yeah. I think it would be him and maybe Javier maybe I would agree. I think Javier

has got a really good chance. I think they're going to want to see him at the major league level.

The only thing is he, again, all these guys have minor league options available.

That's right. They're not pitching well. The Yankees can send them down to work on things.

Again, with Jake Bird Lescher, they show they're not a freak to do that. So I don't think that's a

crazy thing to kind of keep in mind too. If these guys don't work out, they can send them down. But

I would say this too, just to draw out there. I don't think their bullpen is as bad as people have

kind of said to start the offseason. Like throughout the offseason, people were complaining they

haven't gone after bullpen arms. They hadn't really improved the bullpen. I don't think this bullpen

is as bad as people think it is. It's not right. Like Bednor having a full year, Bednor

maintain USA. He's one of the better relievers in all of these. I feel like Doval having a full year

also and working with the Yankees in the offseason and working on things. I think we'll

vote well for him. Winquest has also not been passed double A. By the way. Yeah, but they love

but they love him. Like they are they are obsessed with him. So I mean, we could I think he's

going to move up real quick. Um, Doval is an interesting one. And we should do a breakdown on

Doval at some point. But his people forget because Yankees fans tend to forget because of how he

finished up the 2025 season. They kind of have a sour taste in their mouth on Doval. Don't forget

how good he was in San Francisco. He also had the tendency to be up and down with them as well

because I have a friend who is a Yankee fan and a Giants fan. I guess the Giants are her

NL team. So she kind of warned some of us about Doval. She's like, in case you don't know, in case

you just see the highlights from him, he does have a tendency to be kind of up and down. But when

he's good, he's really good. Yeah, they acquired him for stop. And you know, I think again, it's

the bullpen is not nearly as bad as people think it is. It's just not. So I'm intrigued with this

pitching staff, the pitching department as a whole. I think they've done a really good job. And

this feels like one of the first years they really let Map Lake have full control of what they

were doing starting last deadline of they're getting they trust Map Lake so much. It's bringing

guys who he thinks that he can fix who he likes their stuff. He likes their analytics that he

has full control with the pitching department. I think that's a real big key to the one thing I'd

like to change though. Give Map Lake in in-game control of what he does with the pitcher,

somebody does things with them. Don't leave that to Aaron. There's nothing wrong with splitting

divide here. Nothing wrong with doing that. There's nothing wrong with having Map Lake have more

than an insert on when guys should be putting games. What lane they should be used in. I don't

think, you know, does that make sense to you? Don't go out there and ask Map Lake his opinion on

guys that he likes the deadline. And he has guys he likes who should be called up when who should

be. And then when it happens to the game get going. We don't trust him when it comes to making

decisions on the sixth, seventh, and eighth in it. You know, trust him there too. So I would I would

change that a little bit, especially because Aaron Boone kind of has a track record if not operating

the bullpen very well. Right. There's experience there. All right coming up team USA is stacked

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in the every day or club content will be going up very shortly. I did say baseball is back and it

really is because we watched team USA debut for the first time of the spring uh playing a game out

at the Giants facility against the San Francisco Giants which is really hard to say because

they got to borrow Giants players later in this game the USA got to extend the game to 11 innings because

it really was at exhibition as exposition you can possibly be so they played they played 11 innings

of baseball uh it wasn't tighter and going into extra innings they just get the team USA requested

they get 11 innings because they just wanted more time to get out there and play uh the Giants

allowed that the Giants also lent them players because the USA team didn't want to play all their

players throughout the entire game it was one of those kind of things so when I opened up the

sports app that I was looking at earlier today and I looked at this lineup I don't know if you

did the same thing did your jaw kind of drop a little bit when you saw with the lineup looked like

um well no because I expected it but it's still like when you look at it you're just like wow

could you imagine a regular season team having that stack of a lineup? I mean there's potentially

seven Hall of Famers in this lineup it's it's that good so leading off was Bobby with Junior

batting second was Bryce Harper batting third was judge batting fourth was Kyle Schwarber batting

uh fifth was Alex Breggman batting sixth batting sixth was Kyle Rally seventh was Roman Anthony

eighth was bar and bucks and it was Bryce Tarang I mean that's absolutely ridiculous oh not to

mention Paul skiing started the game right it went three innings mode guys down I had four strike

outs you know if we run in the first inning uh it was ridiculous oh by the way the first two

guys with their bench they see Gunnar Henderson uh uh P. Cora Armstrong pretty ridiculous uh

pretty ridiculous how good this team is um Roman Anthony also hit a ball to Mars uh that was

I don't think the things landed I it's hours later as we're recording this and I don't think

that thing landed yeah he's he's one guy that we should that you know we'll be rooting for

for the next two and a half weeks and then hating for the next 15 years because right he's going

to be very very good so he's gonna be so annoying I could feel it in my bones yeah so team USA wins

the game 15 one uh they dominated this game in every way possible they did bring in a lot of

their bullpen arms as well Benar got some time uh so that was pretty cool to see um again they

played like not to watch his he also got to watch his brother pitch for the Giants which is pretty cool

yeah yeah so um and again towards the end of this game the Giants for unlemming players over

to team USA so they could feel the full team because they don't want to have these guys playing

11 innings it was a whole thing but um judge also had a two run single in the first inning

now it's pretty cool to watch um this is going to be a lot of fun like when these games get started

on friday for real for team USA this is going to be an unbelievable amount of fun to watch when this game

actually counts and they have these nine guys on the field for this like it's going to be ridiculous

to watch in my opinion like I'm super excited the closer and closer we get just to what when especially

when they again it'll be really good when we get to that the championship rounds and it's

Japan to make a republic like that'll be really great baseball but stacey these early these early

rounds against Brazil I mean crazy when though those some of these teams don't even have major

leakers on them right so it's going to be really wild to wind up watching um did you see the

speaking of the WBC to uh Canada played their exhibition against the blue jays and lost

the blue jays won the game which I think is insane to me like that is just thinking about that

is so crazy to me like and the Yankees this is what's crazy the Yankees played the Giants who

actually have major leakers on their team and the Yankees the USA played the Giants and who

actually have major leakers on their team and USA won the game 15 to one I don't know lost

it's Ronald blue jays something about that is wrong and should not be and the blue jays aren't

fully manned either so right some of them are in the WBC on various teams so yeah not not featured

on Canada by the way Freddie Freeman not playing for team Canada which is crazy because he usually

plays there every year um the Yankees speaking of which I just mentioned them I it's in the funny how

I confuse the Yankees and team USA I just got those two mixed up right there yeah um that's how

my I guess you can you can call me a homer for this episode for sure the Yankees beat team Panama

11 to 1 that's pretty impressive on their part uh we've saw the debut this spring of John Carlos

Stanton which is pretty cool if you saw it it would it's stringed nowhere these games nowhere

it's hard to watch nowhere I saw I only saw a video because uh John Brophy who's been on the show

has a bit on a while but he uh takes pictures and videos at games so I got to see Stanton's

at that the first one where he hit the 114 point two mile an hour ball I guess his elbows are

feeling okay or okay enough for him to swing the bat but not open a bag of chips so you know

what's crazy too is I said these games were hard to find streaming wise they were hard to find

information on yeah the box scores weren't even available everywhere very uh great job

imageally baseball promoting this thing it's as always they do a tremendous shop promoting things

yeah no I I here's the thing it's 2026 okay at this point I wouldn't care if you put a camera

at the top of the ballpark and just showed the entire field like you're watching a taped

literally game or like a high school baseball game and you just have the crowd noise

but I got to watch a game I'd be happy with that I don't need people talking to me just I just

want to see baseball yeah so too much to ask apparently yes um so yeah as we said Stanton uh hit the

absolute leap out of the baseball everything seems normal on that and um Max Fried pitched and he

was quote unquote fine three walks but again he's ramping up it's the start of his spring would not

take anything that he does uh seriously whatsoever like don't you know about uh Max Fried doing yoga

on the field before his starts because I know is he one of those guys he was in a pose that I've

never been able to do because I don't have the arm strength to hold up my entire body with my arms

but he was doing I can't remember what the pose was but I saw a picture of it and I was like um

Max are you okay and someone said oh no he does yoga before he starts I was like oh interesting

I've done yoga I just can't do it I can't do advanced moves I'm not strong enough for that

really um I've never tried yoga I've had a very big interest in trying hot yoga I really want

to know just what everything yoga is not easy at all because there are certain poses where you're

literally holding up your entire body with your arms like like the air you know certain moves

where you're just like I could do downward dog I could do um what's that one move that you go

downward dog and then onto your belly and then up like a snake I can do that but other things

no oh I could do tree pose too yeah but yeah he was doing yoga I thought that was so funny I was

like oh and on the field like I thought these guys would be doing that in the clubhouse before the

game so I I was wondering that because a lot of these guys have done this in the last couple of

years um where grounding has become a thing that I don't NFL players do it a lot where they

so they walk around barefoot you feel the earth in your feet they also have grounding they have

grounding mats if you live in an apartment and it's not really like grass it's just like a rubber

mat but you're grounding yeah I don't like it um but Christian Walker, Marcus Strowman,

Sean Maniah, Mike Talkman, Nick Costiano's are just a few guys who uh rice Harper doesn't

ease into all that nonsense he does the ozone he does red light all that stuff he should be

rice Harper spends an insane amount of money on his body per year it's it's it's sickening

but rice Harper is actually very very very into peptides he's like campaigning that all

baseball players should get to use peptides and they want to get me started on that I have a whole

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if rice Harper tested positive for something he doesn't seem like one of those guys um but speaking

of testing positive for things uh next segment gerickson pro far uh we got to talk about him

yeah we're we're going to talk about that just quickly uh Ryan McMan played shortstop and he'll

do it again on Thursday he went two for three JC Escara went to for two with a home run and uh

bebas your bit bebas there you go three runs driven in for the Yankees one on a sack fly and two on

a single so good for them they had fun against Panama Panama didn't have fun but the Yankees had fun

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an update on france is golden door met shortstop he's again not playing in wbc was four insurance

reasons prior to him getting hurt but he did he was one of the guys that suffered the hamate bone

injury um he's been taking part in baseball activities uh but today was well yesterday was the

first time that he actually played catch so that's a good sign in the roads recovery they do want to

try and get him available for opening day that to me seems a little over zealous but hey if they

can get him there uh good for him and good for them it just seems like it's a little optimistic

in my head that's like three weeks from now yeah yeah he had the he had the surgery on February 11th

this is the first time that he's playing catch since he got a stitches removed i think he should be

more careful i think maybe if he starts like two weeks after opening like maybe mid mid mid mid mid

mid april that wouldn't be that much of a loss but don't give it i don't think they should touch him back

yeah yeah it's there's no need to rush someone back in baseball there's never a need especially

early on in the seas i mean season is so long it's i mean and he's so pertinent to their success

yes like they need him in the lineup so i would not i would not don't want to screw that up

yep speaking of the guys that i've got that screw things up big time um jerks and pro far

pops repeat these once again uh he it it is confirmed he has a full year suspension majorly

baseball suspended him for a full 162 games um just to pull the curtain back a little bit

stacey literally wrote in the rundown what is wrong with him that was the actual question

it's ridiculous it's the second time he's been popped for testosterone growth hormones which

you're a professional athlete and i'm sorry like the if you've seen the brave's new facility by the

way not even in Florida in Atlanta that he has access to a year round yeah how could you not

just like get involved in working out they've got private chefs they test your blood work to know

like what protein shake you should be eating um any meal you could possibly want at any time

personal trainer is everything at access to you can't you couldn't even imagine how much

access these players have to modern day fitness what are we and like also too it's so much

rarer now that a guy actually gets popped for PDs right stuff never happens anymore like it's usually

lower level guys like you hear about minor league guys getting popped for PDs like but at this level

especially twice how are you doing it again how are you getting to the point where you're getting

suspended an entire season now you're gonna miss out on 15 million dollars this season it did

you not want to be dh is this what you did to not put to not be the dh i'll give you a perfect

example like i don't think anybody should risk their career when it comes to that kind of stuff but

but let's use just from a Yankee reference right a guy like i you just said players in the minor

leagues i get it when it's the minor league players when you're a fringe like someone that i could

totally see using PDs again not accusing anybody of doing it or having any information whatsoever

i wouldn't be shocked if Spencer Jones got popped if he was like three years and years and years

i'm sitting in the minor leagues and trying to get up and trying to get up and thinking that if he

takes PDs maybe i had 50 home runs in triple i next year and Yankee's having an option but to call

me up not saying he's doing that insinuating at all you know another guy that wouldn't surprise me

at all again not insinuating things chase Hampton that would explain a lot to me like like he's trying

to get back from Tommy John surgery if he was this close to making the major leagues and then you

find out that he's taking PDs to get back quicker kind of like what Andy Pettit did when he got

popped years ago it just those things would make sense to me at a minor league level when you're

trying to make the major leagues and it becomes it's so important to get your chance because

hey getting wally pipped exists in baseball there's a reason wally pipped played baseball played for

the Yankees so it does you know that kind of stuff makes sense you miss time and those things can

get you back quicker that makes sense if you're jerks and pro far you're going to be the starting

DH for the braves on opening day what are you doing like and you got caught once you got and you

knew the next suspension was going to give you 162 games right why it doesn't make any sense what

whatsoever and i'm i'm sure I am he hasn't spoken on this yet but i'm like 99,000 percent sure

that he's going to come out and give you some BS excuse of he didn't know what was in whatever

he talked and he nonsense stop it these guys know exactly what they're taking yeah you what

these how much these guys take care of their bodies nowadays these guys know exactly what they're

putting into their bodies down to the microgram of everything so i don't want to hear it anymore

about they didn't know he took if you're dumb enough as a human being right to take something

that someone gave to you and you don't know what it is right they know so like i don't want to

hear it if if he's that dumb and took something that some random stranger handed him and it had

to sauce the road then you know what good for him you do deserve to get suspended for the whole

year and if that's not the case and he willingly took it double stupid because again you've already

been suspended for PDs taking this again i mean give me a break too yeah when i saw that come across

the wire otherwise known as social media i just thought to myself again what are you what what are

we doing it's 2026 this shouldn't be happening now i can see it happening 10 years ago 15 years ago

guys getting popped because we did see it but yeah i just i couldn't believe it when i saw it and i saw

33 years old too like like it just right right this is oh man just i mean i hope he comes out and

says something but i hope it's not a silly excuse like i want him to own it he needs to own it

i'm sure i'm sure i'm sure it'll be some stupid excuse because they all they all give the same

stupid excuse like every single player that's ever been popped gives the same BS rigor run around

of you know i didn't meet or i didn't meet it but no one ever apologized by the way it's always

a mistake i took something i didn't know this that the other enough and like you and you know

testosterone is against is against being able to be taken in baseball right that's one of the most

popular PDs you know you're not a lot this feels like mani remira is again

yeah i said you know i don't you don't i'll give many more credit many didn't care like many many

just kept taking them and then we just face suspension and come back and have 150 rb us like he

didn't care if jerry i would have actually like now that you bring that up i'm glad you did

i would have so much respect for jerks and pro bar if he just came out and said yeah i took

him i'm gonna take him again i don't care like that's pretty well that's pretty much what

mani did mani got popped and was like yeah i'm gonna i'm gonna many i think did steroids during

the suspension just didn't care and then came back had 50 and 140 and then got suspended again

and then came right back and he doesn't care and you know what i have more respect for that

like i do you know just like do you know i actually i say that publicly

i don't give me started on that either that might have to be a bonus show as well because

if you want to hear my thoughts about certain things uh the all access level of the everyday

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yeah we're gonna have some of that episode because we don't really get fun to talk about that

yeah i should really break down the steroid error because it really just highlights the

stupidity of mankind it's at certain points i mean some of these guys you really just want to shake

them and be like what were you thinking it's hard for us to process adds like regular people

when these guys have tens of millions of dollars in the line and they still go take the steroid

like charix and pro far is forfeiting 15 million dollars this year i can see certain guys

feeling the pressure of having to keep up with the contracts that they have in an order to perform

and in order to get back from an injury quicker like i kind of understand from that point of view

but there are a lot of times in terms just like guys what are we doing here like what do you oh like

i get it i get it from anti-penetizing i don't think he gets exonerated like i think like yes he did

use steroids he did it's unfortunate but like yeah i get why he did it and like i believe him like

he did it to get back quicker that makes sense to me he wasn't doing it's trying to throw 150 miles

an hour like he was doing it just trying to get back to baseball um this is dumber than dumb again he's

forfeiting 15 million dollars the billion dollars that is so much money it's crazy it makes no sense

i don't get these guys at all also i want to give one uh harsh opinion that i think you're

gonna disagree with before we close out here um mac surezer releasing this like letter that his

daughter wrote for christmas to try and get like everyone's calling like the cutest thing ever

oh we wrote on the show the other day yeah no i don't think it's the cutest thing ever

like i i think it's like the cheesiest cornpone thing i've ever seen like writing a

writing a christmas letter begging for your daddy to get a million dollar job like yeah i'd like

to ask for that for christmas too like give me a break i didn't find a cute i just i'm just

gonna throw that out there maybe people gonna hay on me for it i don't find his daughter asking

for him to make a major league roster to be like the cutest thing ever and conveniently he puts

this out after he gets signed that it becomes public just give me a break this guy's a future holo

famer let's relax with the you know my oh my daughter wants me to play another year yeah

my future kids only to play major league baseball too the Yankees aren't signing me

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