Drew Butera

on their coaching staff, they felt like there was a bit of a gap there.

So enter Drew Butera, whose title is Major League Coach, the most nondescript thing of all time.

But really, he's there to work with the catchers, Alejandro Kirk and Brandon Valenzuela and Tyler Heinemann when he was around.

So if there was like a gap this year on the coaching staff that John Schneider or Ross Atkins identify and say, yeah, that's something that like, We'd just like to have somebody who sort of takes on that responsibility, you could add.

It's actually a credit to how hard it is to carve out a seven-year career in the big leagues as a backup catcher.

I've talked to, like, Chris Stewart, Chris Jimenez, Drew Butera.

There's Rene Rivera.

There's a list of these guys that go on and on and on and on, backup catchers.

Yes.

And they, uh, did not this year, so the, the new manager, the, uh, Paul Taboni, their new president of baseball ops, their new manager Butera, has been great.

It's not Drew Butera.

I always wanna call him Drew Butera, but it's not.

No, no, you're right.

I know.

It's, uh, it's Drew Butera?

Blake.

As long as...

I think it's Blake Butera, right? I always get confused 'cause I know Drew Butera was a player before.

I think they're actually brothers.

I think they're related.

So if you're not asking questions, if you're not willing to improve, change, adapt to the environment around you, to the people in, around you to get the most out of those people, you're definitely cooked as a manager.

And maybe because we're putting Tony Vitello on, on the burner here, and this is who we're talking about, because Drew Butera, Drew Butera [chuckles] sorry, um, with the Nationals-

Blake

...

Now, there's, there are obviously, there are other voices when it comes to that.

There's Pete and probably Drew.

I would imagine Drew Butera might also have, uh, yeah- Yeah, big ... have a- Oh, uh- ... have a say in- Yeah, yeah ...

in, in those decisions.

And those dudes have, I mean, they've, they've spun the wheel and had, had it land on the right number most of the time this year.

... keep somebody.

I mean, he was raking at the time

... and he also, and I will have to say this, I mean, he's worked-- I've gotta think, I, I take that back, 'cause I've gotta think being around Pete and Drew Butera and the Major League team and catching games that Dylan Cease is in and, and-