Scott Merkin

I'm just talking in terms of the whole layout of the American League.

I think they believe.

It reminds me on a much smaller scale of the 05 team in the sense that

In spring training, no one really talked much about the White Sox until they went on that amazing run.

99 wins, 11-1 in the postseason, never a day out of first place.

So many good things about that team.

But they believed.

They sensed something was brewing that year.

Now, you're talking a rebuild in the middle of a rebuild right now, or maybe nearing the end of the rebuild.

where guys were thinking the same thing.

And I think this goes back to the end of the second half of last year after the All-Star break, when you saw the offense pick up.

They made some nice acquisitions.

We talked about Murakami.

I talked about Murakami.

You know, I think the sky's the limit, but I don't think, and Chris, you know, last time we talked to him, Chris Getz made this point that, you know, it's beyond 26.

Now, again, it's kind of a double-edged sword because you can only win the year that's in front of you, right?

So if you feel like you have a chance this year,

I'm not saying destroy every, not destroy, but change around everything you've built up to this point.

But, you know, you can make some moves if you feel like, geez, you know, we have a pretty good team and we can compete with anyone in the AL there.

But again, I don't see Chris and the front office and Will Venable doing all this meticulous work to get to this point.