Ross Atkins

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316 appearances 4 recordings 1 series first heard Dec 2024 last heard 4 Aug

Ross Atkins’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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We just focus on what's best for winning and operate as business as usual.

We're certainly planning to play baseball next year.

Yeah, never wanting to have a clear target in acquisitions at the cost of talent.

There are tiebreakers and positional fits that can be goals, but in the end, talent is going to trump all.

And if we were breaking ties, we wanted to acquire pitching because we do feel like we have a good position player group here and below.

I feel like we've complimented them well.

Yeah, I mean, that was the most, not the most, that was the most difficult part of that trade was making that decision.

He's been very good and he's going to be.

So, you know, that was tough for us.

And, you know, adding Bateman in south of the scene softens that blow somewhat.

The progress of other players in our system and some of the depth we have in AAA already and in AA was part of the equation as well.

Just gave them updates to the extent that I could, asked them what questions they had.

We had some philosophical discussions.

We had some accountable discussions.

We had some problem-solving sessions.

So it was really just being available to them to answer questions that they have.

Yes.

Hi, Ross.

How are you?

Great.

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