Mark Shapiro

It certainly was a positive.

It certainly took away what could be a distraction.

So I think that maybe eliminating a negative, you know, maybe more than anything.

But I'm sure it also was a positive for Vlad, you know, to not have that distraction as well to his own performance and to his own peace of mind and to his ability to lead and impact our players.

Did he be a generational player at some point?

I feel the same way I felt last year.

He has a chance to be a generational player, yeah.

Mitch?

The first part, Mitch, can you just say again?

I'm sorry.

We often see, like I'm thinking 2015 Royals, 2016 Guardians, like teams react.

The league reacts to specific teams.

Like our contact, is everybody going to look at you?

Yeah.

Um, that's, that's just part of the sports industry in general, right?

Like a narrative gets written based upon an outcome and people try to say, what parts of that can we learn?

Um, good, you know, executives, good organizations are trying to stay ahead of that.

Always thinking about where the opportunities by the time they react to it, it's probably too late because then you're competing with everybody else for the same talent.

Um, I'd like to think that some of the things that happen here are not quantifiable.

You know, they're not analytical.