David Stearns

But I would certainly expect all three to have a role in the major leagues at some point next year.

Don't know exactly when, but I think those guys should be really proud of what they accomplished this year.

Joe?

Two things.

One is kind of a piggyback on that.

How tough of a navigation system is it when you don't have clear feel for like some of the position guys who are close, Benj, Jet Williams, et cetera, and some of the pitchers putting together the roster as far as making sure you want to leave space for them to come maybe, but you got to win next year, especially after this year.

I think incorporating young players into the mix is part of winning and part of winning consistently, so we can't shy away from doing that.

The second thing is, last year at this time, obviously, your team was coming off of a high, and a lot of faith had been built in your administration for this.

It feels like a lot of that has been lost.

Do you feel that, and do you feel any of it from the owner of the team, from Steve Cohn?

I think Steve expects excellence from our organization.

And we did not display excellence this year.

And we've got to do better.

No, I do not.

Andrew?

I think a day after the season, we haven't had in-depth discussions on how we're going to approach this offseason.

Nolan had a tremendous run for us.

I'm not going to sit here and map out our starting rotation for next year, but I would expect Nolan is going to play a big part in our team next year.

Whenever we're talking about departing free agents or players who were with us who are then free agents, it's always the holistic package of what that player brings to an organization.

what he means to the team on the field, what that player means to the community, what that player means to the fan base.