Ross Atkins

Yeah, I mean, the bow one, relatively straightforward, just based on talent and health, and felt like he was in a good enough position to help our team and make us better.

Ty's been working tirelessly since his injury.

He's gotten back to an incredible position physically, has looked really good in all of his live at bats, and is a good matchup against this team.

And that contributed to the decision to keep the extra pitcher off.

Great.

You know, he's battled through a lot all year, and, you know, I think he could articulate better, but we feel like he's in a strong enough position to continue to be an incredible contributor.

I thought we were going to wrap it up after a while.

Not with me.

I'm sure there were with Mark Shapiro and Marnie Starkman and others.

I didn't have those.

I've always been taught and learned and believed strongly that hiring and identification of whether it be players, coaches, scouts, anyone that's helping support the organization, that hiring is the most important thing we do.

And if you do that with values that are important to you, then over time that's going to pay off for you.

Yeah, I'm not sure that I could describe it better than what happened on the field.

Seeing that competitive nature come out the way it did, I can't describe it better than what we saw on TV.

But it has been incredible to be around him under the hood in our clubhouse and to see how he prepares, how he helps others prepare, how he processes information as it relates to getting ready for winning a baseball game.

And then just how important that is to him at this level in his career and how real that is, has a massive impact on our environment.

Yeah, I mean, it was more about what we were seeing and then talking about upside, downside.

And then I think the most important interactions were those with Bo and just how he was responding and feeling, his confidence level and hitting that top gear and what that could mean once adrenaline factors in.

And ultimately, our confidence in his hands, his athleticism, his instincts, that was the easy part.

Yeah, it's interesting.