Courtney Finnicum

The fact that the Sox got involved in that and signed him, really, really big deal.

You know, two weeks ago, we had Sox Fest here in Chicago as well, which was a really positive experience for a lot of the fans.

Drove a lot of excitement.

And then obviously this trade has really brought some excitement as well, too.

Along with the players, though, there's also some new coaches as well, too, including your new pitching coach, Zach Bove.

Has Zach reached out to you at all?

I mean, obviously, you're in the middle of camp now, but how much has he talked to you about your progression or your role or anything like that?

And it is very, very funny.

I mean, it is a very small world.

Like you mentioned, I mean, the Sox have had, you know, more than one big trade with the Boston Red Sox.

So it is kind of just like an overlapping of guys coming together.

And I mean, one thing that has really been very, very obvious with this new core, this young core is like this.

there's everyone's kind of a bunch of good, really good guys on this team, you know, like, and it's, it's good to see that this is a team filled with baseball players.

And I mean, I remember I interviewed chase my draft a couple of weeks ago and, and he really, he said that, you know, we're a group of baseball players and we, we love the game and we want to win.

So on that note, you know, you mentioned about like what kind of pitcher you are.

You've been talking to both about that.

What do Sox fans have to be excited about, about your style of pitching?

What are you working on right now developmentally to get you to the next level?

When I'm sure you heard that Chris Gatz came out and said that he really feels that you can make an immediate impact on this team.

What is your mentality going forward, hearing something like that from the general manager?