Ian Happ

Just look how much time.

We've got end of the year.

Where do you want to start?

Oh, yeah, it's close.

I probably got a week or so before I'm down in Arizona and with the boys.

It's an exciting time of the year, and we get the best two months ever in Arizona.

Yeah, it's an exciting addition for us.

He has such a playoff pedigree, been on winning teams his entire career.

Obviously, we've had just similar timeline.

The big leagues we drafted the same year came up around the same time, and so we've overlapped quite a bit.

But he's a competitor and a huge addition for us.

Yeah, I think we had a really good run last year and a great group.

And one of the exciting things about when you can keep a group together is just the experience growing together.

Getting to watch Pete and Michael Bush and some of these guys continue to develop and

And, you know, learn how to play a full season.

The big league has been really fun to watch.

So this group that we've had together for a little bit to continue to add pieces and grow together has been a lot of fun.

And our coaching staff, too, just consistency of that year over year has been great.

I think we have a group that loves playing, loves being at the field and talking baseball and being around it and thinking about the game.

That's a really fun thing to be around, especially when everybody shares those same characteristics.