How has everybody around here handled it?

Yeah.

You know, it's, it's always tough when there's things that you don't necessarily feel are in your control right there.

And, and, In the case of both teams, there are some circumstances where important players go down and get hurt, and those are pieces that are very, very difficult to replace.

And so we went through that period early on where eight of our nine regulars went on the I.L. in the first half of the season, and that was tough to overcome.

On the bright side, similar to what you're seeing in San Francisco, it forced some younger players like A.J. Ewing and Carson Benj and Zach Thornton and Nolan McClain had thrust them into the spotlight, and they've arrived, and now we know we have viable, everyday Major League players in that space, and so it gets you excited.

And then as our veterans started to come back, and Soto came back from Nile, and Lindor came back from Nile, and they partnered with those young players that filled their space while they were gone, it's been promising and exciting because it gives you something to look forward to in the seasons to come.

Maybe you can speak to the challenge of a guy who isn't fully formed, isn't fully developed, getting to this level and trying to put those finishing pieces in place in the big leagues.

How has everybody around here handled it?

Yeah, you know, it's always tough when there's things that you don't necessarily feel are in your control, right? And In the case of both teams, there are some circumstances where important players go down and get hurt, and those are pieces that are very, very difficult to replace.

And so we went through that period early on where eight of our nine regulars went on the I.L. in the first half of the season, and that was tough to overcome.

On the bright side, similar to what you're seeing in San Francisco, it forced some younger players like A.J. Ewing and Carson Benj and Zach Thornton And Nolan McClain had thrust them into the spotlight and they've arrived.

And now we now know we have viable everyday major league players in that space.

And so it gets you excited.

And then as our veterans started to come back and Soto came back from Nile and Lindor came back from Nile and they partnered with those young players that, you know, filled their space while they were gone.

Maybe you can speak to the challenge of a guy who isn't fully formed, isn't fully developed, getting to this level and trying to put those finishing pieces in place in the big leagues.