I'm glad to be here. Uh This place has
always been a forefront of, of in my mind
of where I wanted to be. Uh mostly because
the talent that came before me, obviously, the
guys I played with like Moustaki Osmer uh Shields,
all those guys like that, uh could say nothing
but great things about this organization and this place and
, and that just makes me even thought, thought
, think about me being here next year is,
is pretty special and, and possibly like raising my
little girl here and, and uh moving forward with
, with my playing career and, and obviously trying
to win a uh division first and foremost, it's
the, the young talent they have here and obviously
, uh me being with Q and who hove and
other guys that uh in Tampa uh are invaluable.
But the young talent that these guys have is,
is pretty fun to watch and is always on the
other end of the, the field was fun to
watch even then. But uh talent they, they
come up with and, and bring through the minor
leagues and, and that they have in the ma
major leagues right now is pretty spectacular. And obviously
the guys that they've added, uh this off season
, uh made it just a no brainer for me
to, to come here. And obviously, uh
the way the central is right now, I do
believe that we can win it. Oh, no
question. You know, anytime the ownership puts a
, uh an exclamation point on uh AAA team where
like, hey, go out, spend some money
and go out there and put a better product on
the field and, and help this team move forward
. I think that's, that's huge and um,
and, and, and it hats off, you
know, II I love that, you know,
I was part of the San Diego Padres organization when
we were, we were just growing and uh moving
forward and all of a sudden, you know,
we, we sign guys like Eric Hosmer and,
and Manny Machado and those type of guys that they
bring into the clubhouse and I was able to learn
from. Uh it's incredibly and, and, and
like I said, I'm, I'm very heart warmed
that I was able to be part of this team
and, and that JJ and, and Scott were
able to bring me in here and, and maybe
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