John Schneider

You got to get out of your comfort zone a little bit and you can't just say, Hey, we're missing guys.

But I think it is easier when you're just a little bit more familiar with people that are around you.

A lot of it, you know, you can say that about the lineup too, kind of when you have everyone quote unquote, everyone that, that,

is, you know, projected to be on your team, how that kind of unfolds and affects each and every at bat.

It's the same thing for defense, you know, so the more they do it, the better they're going to get, the more comfortable they're going to get.

But it has been, you know, a little bit of a factor of different personnel and different foot speed, different reactions and different skill sets out there.

Yeah.

And a lot of it is that is they, you know, keep in faith with us to, you know, coming from Cleveland to Tampa to here.

And the report was always just a consistent player.

And it's funny when you change organizations at different times.

You know, I remember talking to him with Tampa.

They wanted him to help.

to slug more, you know what I mean?

And then how does that affect, you know, you're at bats.

How does that affect your chase rate?

You're this, you're that.

And, and he, he was hesitant to do that, which is understandable because of the player that he is.

And then you want to do with the organization you're working for is telling you.

So it was almost like a little bit of a reset to get here.

And at the time we're kind of leaning into some contact too.