Our goal every year should be to
contend for a division title to
, you know, to poise ourselves
for a deep playoff run.
And, you know, with that as, as
the standard here, we fell
short.
There's no dancing around that.
We need to be better.
I learned a lot, you know, just
dealing with a young roster, the
player development thing doesn't
stop in AAA we, we can do it
here.
And I think as a group, you know
, from top to bottom, you know,
we did an outstanding job
helping these kids to be better
and, uh, you saw the results,
obviously, we fell short, right?
But at the end, you just, you
start, you know, looking at
piece by piece, right?
And, uh, there's a lot of
success stories, others not so
great, but we learn from those
ones for that one.
And, uh, we should be better in
the offseason attacking those,
uh, those things.
We need to improve our defense,
right?
We can point to a defense that
was, you know, kind of bottom of
the, of the league, you know,
especially our infield defense,
you know, we were, you know, we
have the second most blown saves
in the league.
So shoring up our bullpen,
September has been a challenge
for us the last few years.
Is it physical mental or
whatever?
You know, we'll, we'll take a
look at it, but I think the
message is loud and clear, you
know, uh, you know, you see
Jarren Duran playing 100 and 60
games, you know, you know, he's
very physical and, uh, we need
to do that.
Raffaella, you know, he played
100 and 50 games at 100 and 20
pounds, not a, you know, just
him doing what he did.
He showed the whole uh clubhouse
and obviously the kids in the
minor leagues that it's
possible.
I can assure you that, um, the
feeling is that our fans have
been through a lot, they've been
patient.
Um, and it's, it's time to, to
get back where we belong.
We thought we had a good shot at
getting there this year.
Um, but it's time to, to get
back and, and go for that
division title, um, play
baseball in the postseason.
That's why we're here.
That's literally why the three
of us are here.
There's nothing like October
baseball.
Um, and that's our
responsibility and our
obligation to the best fans in
baseball.