00:00I would say this is that I'm more optimistic about this team
00:05than I was, say, three weeks ago.
00:07And I think that, Adam, a big reason is what you said.
00:11It's hard not to look at what Roman Anthony did,
00:15Willi Obreu did, Jaron Duran did, like these guys did,
00:18and say, okay, that's what they need.
00:20This is what we talked about with this team.
00:22They need the alphas.
00:23They need the guys to step up and be the guys.
00:26And I think that what they showed is that they have the capability
00:29of beating the guys.
00:30Now, I can poke holes in the team, absolutely.
00:33I think one thing that isn't good is that you've taken out two guys
00:37in Romy Gonzalez and Rob Refsnyder who had OPSs of almost 1,000
00:42against lefty pitching, and you haven't replaced them.
00:45So you're banking on Obreu and Meyer and Anthony to all hit lefty pitching.
00:50I think that's – and by the way, Tito Francona, how about him coming out
00:54saying we're starting two lefties out of the gate because, you know what,
00:57the other team that we're playing probably doesn't want that to happen.
01:01So that's going to be a very real challenge for this team.
01:04But I think overall watching the team and being around the team,
01:08I am more optimistic than I was probably three weeks ago.
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