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So to go from high A all the way to double A to triple A and then ultimately pitch in the big leagues and

and in big games in september there was a lot of things moving fast and uh to be able to come to a spring training after he has been here a year he knows the coaching staff he knows what is expected he's pitching the playoffs uh to have that in his second full season uh he's in a much better spot mentally and and certainly physically as well you know he continues to improve his his body i know he's a big guy but just strength mobility um

his ability to repeat a delivery challenge in the strike zone.

But we've definitely seen some progress.

We had meetings the other day, and the most exciting thing about both those guys is they are really good arms currently, but there's a ton of room left for development, which to me is the most exciting thing.

I did tell him yesterday we did have meetings to go over some of our players, and Peyton was one of the players that we talked about.

And I told him that I stole the quote that he stole.

Off the T-shirt.

Right?

It's probably going to be a bumper sticker across New England.

Third monkey on the ark or something.

The third monkey.

It makes a ton of sense.

It does.

You have to kind of peel off the layers a little bit, but it makes a ton of sense.

I think just overall as an organization, we have some really good processes in place to improve players.

I think, as you said, we're always trying to adjust, pull different levers to make sure our guys are competing, challenging themselves, and improving.

I don't think it's far away from what AC has talked about and Brez has talked about, some of the fundamental play defense.

Players are going to care about what we care about.

So if we are intentional about the training, intentional about the work, whether it be team fundamentals in the backfields,