Derek Shomon

I think that was one of the most like intriguing things about this position was there are there are a lot of parallels and it makes it super exciting.

Very, very young roster, very talented young players.

Right.

As a whole.

But the again, like the strides that they made year over year from 24 to 25, like we saw the Chicago White Sox roster.

or line up last year, make better swing decisions.

I think it was the best swing decisions they had made in the last three or four seasons.

That matters, right?

And that's my product of the work that they did, and they value that, and they want to continue to work on that and continue to improve that.

That was something that we harped on with Miami, right?

Like Miami was 30th in 2024 in chase rate, worst in the week.

or swing decisions in the league based on that and saw massive improvement last year, just because again, like the white socks, like we prioritize that.

So you start to like see these parallels and it gets super exciting.

Young guys, talented, making better swing decisions can move the ball forward.

And then the areas for improvement are also fairly similar as well.

Right?

Like want to be able to open up just the, some more, you know, hard hit line drives, just like harder contact things that you absolutely can work on, should work on, but like,

There's definitely a lot of parallels there that make it super exciting as far as like that transition.

Yeah, I think you said it right.

Like, it feels like a little bit more open in the AL Central.