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All the work that he's put in.

He had spent the last two off-seasons here in Fort Myers.

He put on good weight.

His velo jumped.

His pitch shapes were improved.

Just the mindset, the maturity, the personality, all those things, all the intangibles were there.

To say I would have thought he would be pitching Game 3 in a playoff deciding game, probably not, but at the same time to make an impact in some capacity in the big leagues, I think that's fair to say.

We thought so.

We hoped.

I think that we hope that's the case.

We try to put these players in the best position to have success and

Ultimately, it's up to the player to take the resources, to take the support, to take the adjustments, the challenging and training environments, and then be the best version of themselves, which Connolly certainly did.

It is early, but I've seen a couple of sides I've seen alive.

Um, you know, I know he feels like his changes come a long way.

He's added a, a fastball to seamer that has, that will go the other way compared to his four seam.

I know we're still working on the breaking balls as well.

I think a big thing for him is just being able to slow the game down at the highest level.

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I don't think he probably went into camp last year thinking he was going to be pitching in the big leagues necessarily.

I'm sure he hoped, but his transition, his progress, his path was really quick.