Mike Elias

I'm not going to talk about who we should get.

That's not my job.

That's Mike's job.

He's pretty good at it.

Actually, really good at it.

Please, Mike?

But no, my job is just the players in the clubhouse.

So whoever's in there, we're going to pour into them and get the most out of them.

Craig, one of the questions Mike faced a lot in this process was, are you going to bring in somebody with experience?

Yeah, I'm forever grateful for Voti.

I mean, being in Cleveland with that group, with Chris, Mike, and Matt, and obviously working alongside of Voti,

You know, they brought me into pretty much every meeting, every conversation they had.

So I got to see the, like the interaction, all those conversations, what really goes into being a big league manager.

It's not just being in a dugout with the coaching staff and the boys.

It's a lot of your day is consumed by what happens before the game.

So I kind of get to see that really open up my eyes and being able to navigate those conversations.

And then also, it's the leader that vote he is, the communicator with the coaching staff and the players.

And how he goes about just being a great person, who he is.

And that's something that I learned from him.

And that's something I'm forever grateful for.