Rob Bradford

You got traded over a really key part of a playoff run.

But did you know, OK, but I do want to start like this is what I want to prioritize heading into the 2026?

So you mentioned the Rays, like being the, like going to a place like this.

I've talked to a lot of people about like the Rays, the way, like the, and the, the

I don't know if this is a taboo to words, but it's the words that keep coming, the secret sauce, right?

The secret sauce, the secret sauce.

But you probably were interested slash fascinated slash, you know, like, okay, this is a place where I want to see how they do that.

Would that be fair to say?

So, again, secret sauce.

So now I'm going to say the secret sauce, and tell me if I'm wrong.

Throw your best pitch for a strike one.

When you came over to the Red Sox, we talked about going to different teams, different philosophies and everything else.

Was there anything, I know it was only a couple months, that like, okay, you know, I was able to do this, I was able to do that, they tweaked this or tweaked that.

Whatever you did, it worked, but was there any differences at all?

When I got over to the Red Sox?

know going through each lineup and so i think it was super helpful going in it was just it simplified things for me in a way where i can really trust you know when i'm out on the mound what i need to do i want to talk about a couple guys that you played with who are now over there right and because i find it interesting like anytime you come from a place and you know these guys better than most sonny gray is an interesting guy right he seems to like really

And then you have Wilson Contreras.

One I want to ask about him is that the clubhouse dynamic of leadership and all that is really important.

I think it's one thing the front offices try to quantify, but it's really hard.

Talk to a little bit about his personality and what he brings to a team.