Shawn Spradling

I mean, if they got Aaron Nola, that was a big one.

Did they really?

I didn't know that, really.

Yep.

If they get actual pitchers to, like, commit like him, that's, I mean, that's a game changer right there.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I mean, if you ask any Dominican baseball fan, it was a total disaster.

Like 2023, I think because of how bad of a showing it was, I think that's why this team is all the stronger, the players and the coaching staff.

Pujols and Nelson Cruz are not messing around.

They're like, we're going to get everyone we can.

Yeah, but I think that might... I've seen a lot of people attribute it to that.

There were a lot of big personalities.

There was a lot of...

maybe conflict, like maybe conflicting personalities and not much of like not much leadership.

I've definitely seen like Juan Soto take sort of a leadership role in recruiting this go around.

I think Pujols and Nelson Cruz aren't really going to stand for any other messing around now moving forward.

And a lot of the like young guys like Jeremy Pena or Julio Rodriguez, they're a couple of years older now.

And so I think that,

Not that they were immature by any means, but that there's just even more maturity in the clubhouse now.