Elias Schuster

probably being able to read the tea leaves a little bit of like, you know, you're not going to be back here next season.

So I do think personality wise, obviously there's a little bit of a difference.

And, you know, when you hear guys talk about Alex Bergman and kind of their initial impression is, you know,

He brings an intensity, brings an edge.

He brings a very focused level of what do I need to do to help the team win today.

And so I think there are some differences.

I don't think we should diminish how important Kyle Tucker was to that offense.

I mean, you look what they did in the first couple of months when, when he was healthy and clicking, I mean, they're the best offense in baseball.

And so, but I do think, you know, having Bregman here under contract for multiple years, he sold Dan's be under contract for a couple of years.

I think, you know,

having those kind of guys here is really important when you do look around and see, you know, Nico Horner is entering the last year of his extension.

Same with Ian Happ.

Seiya Suzuki is set to be a free agent after the season.

So in a lot of ways, this group is kind of viewing this as a potential last hurrah with the core that they've had the last few years because there's so many unknowns of what this roster could look like after the season.

I think the biggest one, which is hard to predict, is health.

I mean, they were incredibly healthy on the position player side last year, outside of not having Kyle Tucker those couple weeks and Miguel Amaya.

I mean, they really were able to host up with their stars on a daily basis.

And so...

I think that's a big question of, you know, they're anticipating some potential regression in that area because they were so healthy.

And so, in that case, you know, I'm curious how much they're going to be relying more on the bench.