00:00Steve, you mentioned maybe David didn't get enough credit for that first year when you do go to the NLCS.
00:06But I wonder what you think of the trend line, which is you did get in the playoffs on the
00:10last day of the season that first year.
00:12You could argue with the team that was least David's team.
00:15You just missed on the last day last year.
00:18And this is probably more David's team than ever before.
00:20And you're 14 games under 500 and probably looking at being sellers in July.
00:25And the top of your farm system does not seem to be performing well right now.
00:29I wonder, do you worry about the near future?
00:33I'm extremely worried.
00:35I think good teams develop players, have a pipeline of players.
00:39When we looked at it last year, we were genuinely feeling pretty good about our farm system.
00:45We've had regression in our farm system.
00:47Now, I'm told that development isn't linear.
00:51And we've graduated some good players, right?
00:53I mean, Noah McLean, A.J. Ewing, Christian Scott's come back.
00:57So there's a good core there.
00:59And we've got an outfield, right?
01:01And this year we built a pretty good bullpen.
01:03So it's not all bad.
01:04But, you know, between signings where we couldn't get the players on the field and some, you know, lack of
01:10performance from some of our younger players, it set us back.
01:14And so when you think about, okay, where is the help going to come from, it's really concerning to me.
01:2127 looks tougher, right?
01:23Our budget is, you know, depending on who opts in, who opts out, we could be close to $300 million
01:28already.
01:29And so it doesn't allow us a lot of flexibility.
01:31Do we see other players coming from the farm system to, you know, sort of buttress what we already have?
01:37Well, you know, maybe, maybe not.
01:39I mean, we'll have to see how that develops.
01:41You know, when I look at 27, I get concerned.
01:43But this is where, you know, well, I look to my front office to be creative.
01:48It'll be a good test to see how creative we are.
01:51You know, I look to my front office to be creative.
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