"We uhh had a noble pursuit of a certain right handed pitcher named Gerrit Cole, we believed we had the highest offer with terms around the longest term, and highest dollar figure. However, it is uhhh important that both sides are protected through arbitrage in this process and the offer presented may have be uhhh misconstrued by certain media outlets to be lesser years with lesser dollars and incentives to push the offer uhhh to that highest dollar figure. That being said, uhhh we look forward to adding Clay Buchholz to this 40 man roster and win multiple championships with this 40 man roster."