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00:00I think the one thing that was missing from this team was like a really good, strong, young, just core.
00:07And in order to get that, you have to take your lumps.
00:10You end up screwing up. You end up losing games you should win, right?
00:14You win some games you shouldn't also.
00:16But in the end, the overall experience is something that all these guys were lacking.
00:21So, seeing Cora, I think he understands where he's at.
00:26And if they make the playoffs, I personally feel, no inside info, but that if they made the playoffs, they would be ahead of the game.
00:35They would be ahead of where they think they should be.
00:38And if they don't, they're still fine with it.
00:40He's securing it. He's got a bunch of years on his contract. He's not going anywhere.
00:44They're on the same page, finally, as far as what the team needs, moves they should make.
00:48Yeah, I mean, it feels like, because I didn't think they were going to be any good anyways.
00:52I didn't think they'd be playing meaningful games, but they're in it.
00:55They're in the hunt. They'll probably be in the hunt until the end.
00:58And this will give them something to kind of lean on next year.
01:01Yeah, I'm torn on this because it's hard to say that a playoff year, or a non-playoff year, excuse me, was a successful season.
01:13But we had such lowered expectations that I think if you're being honest and you want to react now, it's,
01:21Oh, you got to make the playoffs. At the beginning of the year, no one was saying this team was making the playoffs.
01:27In fact, it was, if we can just be 500, that would actually be a successful season,
01:34as long as the young guys stepped up and played well.
01:38Yoshida is not young, but he's been swinging it.
01:41But I think you feel good about Bayo, Hauk, Rafaela, these other young guys that are on the roster,
01:48to where the record doesn't show it, but it's still a successful year because I think most of us would come away with,
01:57Hey, they have this group of guys to be able to build with.