Paul Toboni

But I'll tell you exactly what I told him.

Like, we're going to hold a really high bar.

And if a team meets it, a team meets it.

Now, like...

A team hasn't met it to this point in the offseason.

Right.

Could other teams behavior change between now and the start of spring training?

Like, yeah, that's a possibility.

Right.

And my approach on this is like instead of trying to like tiptoe around that fact, I think you just acknowledge it and acknowledge that like, hey, that's really how every organization works.

Right.

And, you know, if I'm a Nats fan, like and I'm smart enough to realize like, hey, this is a possibility that we trade McKenzie.

it kind of just sounds like artificial and misleading.

If you say like, Oh, there's, you know, there's not a chance.

So there is, you know, is like, no, let's just be honest about it.

Like there, there is a chance.

Right.

Um, but, uh, at the same time, we are 100%, uh, excited and comfortable, uh, rolling into the earth McKenzie, cause he's an awesome player and he's going to make our team better in, in 2026 and maybe beyond.

So, uh, that's the reality of it all.

And, um,