Pete Crow-Armstrong

And your whole family for trusting me enough to keep me around and...

I'm just very proud to represent you, your organization.

I've loved every day that I've been here since 21.

So thank you for trusting me.

God.

Yeah, Jed, you've made this such an easy space for me to be myself, and every day I'm grateful for the encouragement to do that.

Yeah, I think you've gotten the best out of me.

up to this point and we got six more years of that.

So, um, and then JB, we go way back.

Um, and I don't know if I'd be in a Cubs uniform if it wasn't for you.

Um, so I appreciate the, the tough love the very first day that I showed up late to meds camp.

Um,

But I think that's where our relationship started.

And I gained a lot of respect and admiration for you that day just because you didn't care that I was a first-round pick and this guy that's walking in with his hair all bleached and an earring in.

And with the tough love, you still encouraged me to be myself.

So I guess we're seeing a common theme here.

But

That's what I felt from this organization, and I appreciate how you guys run this ship.

So, Carter, thanks for working with me and Ham and Ollie.

And then Counts, excited to be with you for another six, and I appreciate the way you lead all of us.