Pete Fatse

Obviously we see guys and part of our process is trying to maximize everybody's opportunity at the big league level.

Development is a huge part of that.

I think you go into the season with this roadmap for a player and you try and build trust.

And I think the coolest part is when guys get to the big leagues and they start, they're contributing and they're helping, you know, they're helping us win real major league games.

To me, that's when it all kind of comes together.

And I think to your point,

you never know how it's going to show up, the adversity.

But at the end of the day, the fact that these guys are willing to grow and trust us and be a part of this thing, I think it speaks to, obviously, the depth that our front office created, but also every one of those guys' willingness to buy in and work extremely hard to help us achieve the goal.

Yeah, I guess zooming out, right, to the first part of what you talked about, I think we're at a point in the game where the stuff, I mean, stuff keeps getting better.

Everything's VLO driven, shape driven.

So, I mean, you have 94 to 96 on a nightly basis going two different directions, plus a secondary, at least one, you know, above average secondary and an additional, you know, strike steal option, like a curveball, you know, and it's,

I think the thing that I'm seeing more than ever is the emphasis on precision is probably the best way to put it, right?

Like, and that's something we talk a lot about with our guys.

I think obviously like the big punch speed is important, but precision, I think if you can maximize precision, you have a chance to hit the ball consistently hard.

And one of the things that we did all season long was hit the ball, hit the ball hard.

We tried to maximize keeping the ball in a line, help us put in position to keep the line moving, you know, as an offense and,

And I think that kind of, to your point, manifests itself throughout the season.

I mean, we saw the progress or the progressions with runners in scoring position, just the punch outs in general going down throughout the throughout the season.

But I think that's a testament to the guys buying in and understanding how hard it is to hit in the big leagues.

And no doubt there's a time and place where guys are looking to take their shots, but you can't afford to be long either.