Pete Alonso

Pete, John Meoli, Baltimore Banner again.

I feel the need to ask after Scott mentioned it, what was it about your interactions with Craig and getting to know him for the first time that maybe changed your perception of what you could be joining?

Yeah, I mean, Craig just did an unbelievable job of just kind of like outlining, like just like manager style and also like just kind of like just overall baseball philosophies.

I mean, being in I mean, being in SF and then going to going to Cleveland and kind of like responsibilities, just outlook, just how he approaches the game.

And I mean, it's just like, yeah.

That's going to be the guy.

That's going to be the guy driving the ship.

And, like, seeing that, hearing him talk, and then, like, not just in the meeting.

I mean, we've texted, like, a couple times.

Just, like, just general passion, appetite for the game.

And, I mean, I'm just so excited.

You know, it's like when you have the passion, not just for the manager, the front office, ownership, players, it's like you just having that –

group attack to whoever's going to be coming into town or wherever we go.

It's like, it's, I mean, that's really special.

And I mean, again, I feel like this is going to be a type of situation, like as we kind of grow chemistry, get closer over time and during the regular season that has that, it's like, listen, everyone's going to want to run through a wall for each other.

You know, that's going to be the type of culture.

I feel like that's what we need and that's what we're going to have.

Mike, Pete Gilbert again with you.

They got it done.

Well, I think people have known we've really been out looking for talent all winter, and not just this winter, but our front office has been working very hard, and we've been in communication not only with all the free agents, but also all the other teams.