Carlos Beltran

Yeah, it was hard, man.

It was hard.

But you know what?

At the end of the day, we feel that we have a good team, young team, good talent.

You know, there's no doubt that, you know, you miss some of the big pieces, guys like Lindor, Correa, Baez, you know, Berrios, but...

But it's a good environment.

I think this opportunity to represent your country and to play back in Puerto Rico, it will allow some of the younger guys here to have an experience for the rest of their life.

So I remember my four classics, and I told them early yesterday that 20 years that I played,

I don't know, man.

Like, the four classics have a special place.

The opportunity that you get to have to be around in the clubhouse with the guys that you never get the chance to be around.

For example, my first clubhouse, Bernie was a teammate.

I mean, Delgado, Ivan Rodriguez.

So...

Javi Lopez and there were guys that that I never got the chance to be in the same place with them so I got to learn a lot so one of the things that I told the younger guys is like I try to put I try to put a coaching staff that has a lot of wisdom and knowledge about the game of baseball so I told the younger guys like try to take advantage of that opportunity you know for as long as we make it work you know in the classic

You have Sandy Alomar, you have Edgar Martinez, Juan Gonzalez, Yari Molina.

So you have guys here that play the game at a very high level.

So as a younger guy, I think it would be fun to try to gain something out of that and add it to your game so you can continue to move forward.

You might have the most accomplished coaching staff in the history of baseball.

I love it.