Jeff Francoeur

A lot of that talent was out the window.

They were gone.

Whereas for the Braves here, you know, Walt was able to get a team with high expectations.

And I just chalk it up as one of those years last year where everything went wrong and nothing went right.

And sometimes that's going to happen.

And for them, they were able to kind of retool.

And they added, look, Don Smith.

Mauricio Dubon, Yastrzemski now is hitting it.

Like they brought some good pieces in, I think, to change the locker room a little bit too.

Yeah, exactly.

Sit there and deal with it, right?

Like be a man.

It's the way he's getting lefties out.

You know, he went and spent a couple days with Greg Maddox out in Las Vegas and learned how to throw a cutter.

And they went over the grip, when to throw it, you know, when to get back into counts, when to put it away.

And it has been the great equalizer for him.

Left-handers have really struggled against him.

Look, he's got a good two-seamer and he works quick, but guys love him.

Look, if I play defense, I'd love to play behind him because he gets the ball and he throws it, man.

Every time you look up at the pitch clock,