David Stearns

We want to see him handle the outfield.

It's also going to depend on what some other guys do, right?

It's not all going to be dependent on how Carson looks.

We're not going to get too preoccupied with surface line results one way or the other, and we'll make the best decision that we can on opening day.

recognizing that opening day is one day.

And rosters can change pretty quickly.

Nelson?

Yeah, unfortunately we don't get do-overs.

I think every year of my career, I've looked back and evaluated how we've done.

And there have always been decisions that didn't work out that we would like to take back.

And that's true with years that end really, really successfully.

And it's true with years that, like last year, that ended disappointingly.

So we're always in that post-mortem and evaluative process at the end of the year.

but we don't get do-overs, and so we need to move forward.

Yeah, I mean, we had nothing to do with that.

I actually don't know why he wasn't given clearance.

He wasn't approved for insurance.

Clubs have no part in that.

That's all done through MLBPA and Major League Baseball.

So I really don't know why.