Simon Mathews

and really valuing not just the throwing, not just the pitch design, but the work in the weight room, the delivery components that we're going to measure on a pitch-by-pitch basis in every major league ballpark, right?

Because I don't believe fundamentally that durability and stuff are these mutually exclusive ideals, right?

I think we are...

really good training away from really maximizing guys' potential to perform and stay healthy at the same time.

And, you know, like it's baseball and stuff happens, but we can put guys in a position where they stand the best chance.

Yeah, I mean, I remember sitting in the dugout feeling helpless watching Mackenzie Gore pitch against us in Cincinnati last year.

and just kind of this feeling that there was a ton of talent on this staff.

Diving into guys like Cade Cavalli, Jake Irvin, Mitchell Parker, watching Jose Ferrer come out of the bullpen, slanging 100-mile-an-hour sinkers from the left side, right?

It's a really exciting group from a young talent perspective.

But there's also a ton of guys coming up through the minor leagues that –

are really interesting and exciting in a lot of different ways.

And I'm excited to see what this group can do to maximize those guys' ability to get to the major league level and be ready to contribute.

Yeah, I'm really lucky in a lot of ways.

The way I learned Spanish, my mom's an English professor.

And when I was in fifth grade, she got a Fulbright to teach at the University of Barcelona.

So I went to fifth grade in Barcelona.

Kind of nailed that one from a learning Spanish standpoint.

And then followed up on that through high school and college.

I got a minor in Spanish at Georgetown.

And then took a real turn into Caribbean Spanish when I entered pro ball, first as a player.