They came to me and asked me about the rumors. I said, 'Hey, look, they're a great team.' But if you see a quote from me that says I want to be traded, it's not true.

I was asked, and they said, 'Hey, we'll pay you to do it.'

I had asked Herm myself last week because the rumors were something that was eating at me. And he said, 'I'm not going anywhere.' Those were his exact words. And I slept easy.

His stuff is good. Hey, we're 9-2 and he's a part of our team and as long as we're doing well I don't feel I should waste a lot of energy talking about him.

because they asked me.

He's the glue that holds this team together.