What will new O’s manager Craig Albernaz bring to Baltimore? | “The Bird’s Nest”

What will new O’s manager Craig Albernaz bring to Baltimore? | “The Bird’s Nest”

Three swinging. United we play. United we win. Deep right field. Another absolute bomb over the play. We are family. Outstanding effort again. We’re busting ours to kick yours. That’s big time. 15. Respect all. Fear none. Oh, he built that one. Intensity is not a perfume. It was a no doubter. 5 4 3 2 1 We are up in the bird’s nest here for the first time in a while. I’m Annie Claf along with Brendan Mortonson who’s joining virtually. But as we are in the middle of the World Series between the Dodgers and the Blue Jays and a wild 18 ining game three last night, there is some very important news here in Birdland as the Orioles are one of nine MLB teams in search of a new manager. This off season, Mike Elias and the front office have finally found their guy, and it’s Craig Albernaz making his first MLB managerial role for the Baltimore Orioles. Uh, and Brendan, welcome in to the show. And we have a lot to break down on who Craig Albernaz is, uh, and beyond because it’s been a while since we’ve gotten together. Yeah, I’m just glad I woke up by noon. To be honest, I tried so hard to make it through 18 innings. I think I fell asleep in inning 14 or 15 if I remember correctly. That was an insane game. And you know, it’s it’s kind of surprising. I know a lot of teams are not encouraged to make manager moves before the World Series ends because Major League Baseball wants the focus to be there. But the Orioles had a candidate in in Albernaz who was a a widely sought after managerial candidate. And so they thought the earlier that they could pull the trigger on it, the better. and they get their guy. I know. And it’s crazy, too, because now the Orioles are one of four teams that have named their new manager already. Uh, but five remain. So, it’s definitely important news in Birdland. And let’s let’s dive right in on who Craig Alberaz is. He played at Eard College in St. Petersburg, Florida. He is from uh Fall River, Massachusetts, which is why you will kind of see that Boston accent from him, which is very, very thick. Um but for the majority of his career, nine seasons in the minor leagues, definitely a minor league floater, but from 2006 to 2013, uh he was with the Rays farm system and then the Tigers farm system in 2014 and after that did a whole boatload of different coaching uh positions and most notably he had held a bullpen coach and catching instructor for the San Francisco Giants from 2020 to 2023 and then the bench coach for the Cleveland Guardians in 2024 where he became very close with the manager Steven Vote over there. Uh and then this past season 2025 the associate manager for the Guardians where in the off season going into 2025 he also had managerial role interviews. So definitely like you mentioned a widely sought out candidate uh both for the Orioles and for other vacant teams. Yeah, it’s it’s hard when there is a manager brought in that doesn’t have big league managerial experience to truly evaluate who Albernaz is going to be as a manager. All we have to go on is, you know, what people are saying about him in the organizations that that he was in. As you mentioned, he was a former minor league catcher. I think it says a lot that he didn’t put up particularly great numbers in Tampa Bay’s organization, but a lot of people in that org just liked what he brought from a catching standpoint. He was a solid defensive catcher by all accounts and and had a heck of an arm. Uh in a great article from Rockabakco this morning, uh talking with uh Mitch Luc who was the farm director in Tampa Bay, basically there was an injury in their organization. They needed a catcher and they bring in this guy. He was he was undersized. He couldn’t hit but he knew how to play the game defensively. He had a great arm. He had great intangibles. And so they bring him in and he stays in the organization for a while. And then after he retires as a player in 2014, he stays with the Rays organization in 2015. Luke Vic saying, you know, he had wonderful player intangibles and those same intangibles are great for a staff member. attitude, aptitude, work ethic, genuinely a good person. Who do you want to teach your players? You don’t want some schmuck. So, I think it speaks volumes that, yeah, he maybe wasn’t the best minor league player in the world, didn’t have big league upside at the catcher position, but he was so valued in Tampa Bay’s organization that they brought him back as a coach just one year after he retired as a player. Right. And I think that it’s important to note and as it was well noted in that article by Rock is that this guy was an undrafted free agent. So he had to make his way up to the top and kind of make your way to professional ball. And he’s doing the same thing here to making it to the big leagues as a manager. And I think that that’s really admirable from a guy that you want kind of paving the way for so many of these young players on this Orioles big league team and even in the farm system as well. Kind of someone to look up to. But I think that what really catches my eye for him is that he was a catcher because I think you take a look at that load of responsibility and leadership on the baseball field. And I I think that’s huge and I think that that’s going to be a huge pivotal piece of who he is as a manager. Yeah, it’s funny. It it kind of seems like if you’re between the ages of 40 and 60 and used to be a catcher, then you might be able to be a big league manager. It just it seems like that’s the wave, right? And there is obviously credence in the fact that a catcher knows how to manage the game when they are playing in the game. So it would make sense for those guys to turn into big league managers down the line. And Albertz does have some managerial experience. It is not big league managerial experience. But after he started off his coaching career as a hitting coach, he became a high manager in 2017. He managed the Yankees high affiliate, the Hudson Valley Renegades, to a pen league championship. And then the following year in 2018, he goes back to Tampa Bay’s organization and manages high bowling green. He manages them to 90 wins, which was the most in my league baseball that season. And he won mid Midwest League manager of the year. And then after that, he goes up to the big leagues as the bullpen coach and the catching instructor for the Giants, like you mentioned. So, it’s just two years of managerial experience and it is at high A. But in those two seasons, he put together a really good record for whatever it’s worth at that level of the minor leagues. And then with the Giants there in his four seasons from 2020 to 2023 as the bullpen coach and catching instructor, they the Giants bullpen led baseball in ERA in 2021. and it is four seasons they’re cumulatively Giants pitching staff to the third best ERA in the National League. How much does the B the bullpen coach and the catching instructor have to do with that specifically? I think that’s probably up for debate, right? As I think a lot of this conversation is going to be a manager and their success is oftentimes just dictated by the players that they have and the Giants had some good pitchers, but certainly doesn’t hurt to have that kind of track record. And then the last two seasons when he’s in Cleveland is the right-hand man to Steven Boat. The Guardians win the division both years. Right. So again, what his role specifically looked like, we’re we’re not really sure. In Cleveland, the bullpen coach is is responsible for being in the manager’s year a lot, being kind of that that baseball gameto-ame basis adviser for a lot of in-game decisions. So, he clearly has the experience of doing stuff adjacent to the manager, even if it’s not in the manager seat itself. And Steven Vote, I I think most would agree, right now, is probably one of the best managers in all of baseball. And so, being his right-hand man for two years says a lot. Yeah. And I think that it’s also very important. You mentioned that adjacency. Yes. You kind of can’t really depend solely on the manager. have a lot of weight that’s held in the players themselves. But when you look at the the state of the Orioles bullpen right now, the state of the Orioles as a whole, I think that it is going to be crucial to have a guy like Albernaz who had that experience with the Giants working solely uh if not just with the bullpen group as well as with the catching uh group like it was mentioned in that title as well. So, I think that when you look at the bullpen for the Orioles this off seasonason, yes, there’s going to be a lot of restructuring that’s needed with Felix Bautista’s injury. Lots of guys dealt away at the trade trade deadline. A and kind of to have a new voice that’s had some very direct experience in a bullpen group and catching group uh at the big league level. That’s going to be huge regardless if it’s just by adjacency to a manager role or not because you’re going to have someone new who has a little bit newer of a voice of who you’re bringing in in the offseason and who you’re how you’re going to structure what guy is pitching when when you go into the relief group. So, I think that that’s going to be really important um regardless of who you get to be a reliever in the off season because that is going to be a great deal in part of just who the p the pitcher is regardless. Uh but I think having that new voice from Albernaz and his experience with managing a bullpen group is huge. Yeah. And again, how much of the Giants success then was Alberz being a great bullpen coach and catching instructor and how much of it was, you know, the Giants just having talent. That’s certainly a conversation that that you can have. And I think based on, you know, your opinion of bringing somebody in without managerial experience, if you like it, if you don’t like it, you, you know, your bias will probably fall on either ends of of that conversation. But I think the general takeaway that you have, regardless of how much of it is the talent and how much of it is the coaching, it’s just that he has come from a bunch of successful organizations and forwardinking organizations. I think the Rays and the Guardians especially are two organizations that are known around baseball for doing a lot of the small things right for being pretty forward thinking analytically and for making a lot out of a little. And we know that the Orioles have the ability to go out and sign free agents with this new ownership group in place. We have heard from Mike Elias and from David Rubenstein that there are not going to be restrictions on what they were able to go spend. If it makes the baseball team better, they have the ability to go do it. But the Orioles are still not the largest market in the world, and they have to compete with teams like the Yankees and the Red Sox and the Blue Jays in that division that are pretty consistently going to be in the top 10 when it comes to salary. And there’s no saying that the Orioles can’t be there down the line if that’s what they decide to do. But organizations like the Rays and the Guardians find ways to consistently have success despite not having the largest payrolls in the world, despite being those smaller markets and being able to bring somebody in from those organizations. He has shown the ability to be able to win with those organizations. He knows what it takes to get those clubs to the right place. And and if you go and find older videos of of Albernaz, whether he is doing interviews with the Rays, with the Giants, with the Guardians, it’s somebody who preaches the small things. It’s somebody who knows the importance of just playing fundamental baseball and making all of the little things count. And I think that aligns pretty closely with what the Orioles are going to be able to need to do to sustain success. you’re not always going to be able to compete with the Yankees and the Red Sox and the Blue Jays of the world in terms of salary, but the Rays and the Guardians have shown that you don’t really need to in order to compete with them on the baseball field. So, I think regardless of, you know, the specific roles that Albertaz has had, you know, in Cleveland, it was the right-hand man to Steven Vote. with the Giants, you know, it was the bullpen and the catching instructor, but you’re still coming from organizations that know how to win from the ground up, regardless of the amount of resources that they may have at their disposal, right? And also kind of win in dire needs. I mean, we saw the Guardians this year come from 15 and a half games back uh to win the division. So, I think that that is huge. And yes, that’s a small sample size. brings in the debate again of the players, but I think that it’s a really unique position for Albernaz where it’s different from when Brandon Hyde was brought in. This was a rebuilding team back then. Right now, the Orioles don’t have a need for a rebuild. The core is very much intact. You’re just looking for a lot better from that core, bringing in some new guys and a manager that can bring a new voice and try and get the team back on track. And I think that that’s a really unique position for Albernaz. I know that there were some other names into the mix, some some managers that had uh veteran experience, some guys that maybe didn’t, but I think that with Albernaz, he aligns very well with not only in age, but like you mentioned, coming from other teams that know how to win and know how to fight back to winning. So, I think that it’s really important uh to keep those in mind when you think of a guy like Albernaz who hasn’t necessarily had a lengthy resume when it comes to managerly man managerial experience. Yeah, and I think that’s a conversation to have too, right? Because there was a discussion this off seasonason when the Orioles were looking for a new manager. You were thinking, okay, do they need to go out and get somebody who has big league managerial experience, somebody who has won in the postseason and, you know, maybe won a World Series, right? With somebody like Bruce Bochi potentially getting back into managing this year. So, it’s an interesting conversation with Auburn. obviously does not fit that bill as somebody with managerial experience. But if you take it a step further and ask yourself what are you really looking for with somebody who has experience, I think it’s somebody that the players are able to resonate with because they have the trust that they are going to take them to the next level, right? It’s somebody that you have the confidence in that can win and it’s somebody that you can make a connection with and have a baseline of trust with that they are going to put you in the best position to succeed and to win. And by all accounts, Albertaz is going to be able to do that. The biggest thing that I have been reading when you’re trying to, you know, catch up on on who Albernaz is as as a guy, as a coach, what Jeff Passen in the article that he wrote for ESPN when Alberise got hired said, you know, I I think a few times highlighted his ability to connect with players and how that was really a staple of his time in both San Francisco and Cleveland. John Marosi echoed that sentiment as well in his discussion on MLB Network just about the fact that Alber is able to build these really strong connections wherever he goes. In the article that Rock wrote this morning on massports.com, you know, he talked with some guys in the Rays organization who said that they were so happy that Alber got this gig that like there were tears last night when they when they saw that he was the guy getting this job. So clearly he is able to make some outstanding connections that have la have you know made a lasting impression in these organizations. So when you’re talking about the experience as a manager versus a lack of experience at the big league level Alberno he does not have that but what does that experience really mean? And if it means being able to connect with players and get the best out of them, that seems like exactly what Alberz has been able to do in his past few gigs here. Yeah, I know. And I think it’s important also to kind of acknowledge who else the Orioles were linked to to kind of maybe bring in as the next manager. Obviously Tony Mancelino was one of those guys that you knew was going to get a chance just because of what he did as interim manager this past season and having that kind of four and a half monthl long or however month-long uh interview process of him just being a manager in general or an interim manager for that matter. So he was obviously going to be a candidate but it’s different in the sense of okay you fell short completely in a 2025 season where you were supposed to make it to the playoffs. you kind of almost need a new voice completely to start the season, the next season off on a completely different note. And I think that you could have gone with Tony Manscolino and I think that he was great coming in as an interim manager. Shared a lot of the same qualities that Alberaz does in terms of being able to connect with the players uh and being a really solid voice, not necessarily being too hard on the players, but he mentioned he had a very tough love small ball approach to coaching. So, I think that you have some of the similarities there, but in terms of starting a new season where you’re trying to write all the wrongs of what happened in the previous season, you kind of have to go with a new voice completely. Yeah, it’s interesting, you know, the the similarities there. John Morosei again, you know, describing Albert as as a bluecollar type of player who’s learned a lot of the advanced analytics as he’s gone along with the Rays and Guardians and, you know, he wasn’t somebody who was the best minor leaguer, but had, you know, a lengthy baseball career that kind of sounds like Manso a little bit, but you know, just real quick, shout out to Tony Manelino, as you mentioned. He goes over 500 on a team that he took over at 15 and 28. And he had that team playing competitive baseball down the stretch. They they weren’t in the playoff hunt, but that was a team that fought until the end. And I think Tony Manscelino played a a really large role in the fact that they had a a three games over 500 record in September with not a ton to play for. And I think that speaks volumes about the job that Tony Manelino did. We are assuming at this point that he is is probably not going to be back in the organization. I suppose there is a chance Manolino did say that he would have conversations with the Orioles potentially about other roles. I would be surprised at this point if Manolino comes back. it it is a bit of an an awkward situation if he were to come back as a bench coach, you know, per se and and maybe there would be don’t need to get into that whole conversation, but assuming that this is the last we see of Manso with the Orioles, just shout out to him and and the job that he did last year. But with Albertz, yeah, I mean it’s it’s an interesting spot, right? This is an Orioles team that, as you mentioned, does not need to go through a rebuild. The core is here. They have young position players that have played some outstanding baseball more so in past seasons than they did last year, and they need to be able to get back to the spot that they were in a few seasons ago if the Orioles are going to be competitive in 2026. And so Albernaz is tasked with not coming in and reinventing the wheel, but more so just implementing some fresh ideas. And I do think bringing in a fresh voice, like you said, is something that needed to happen because clearly something last year did not work. I I think there are a lot of things in this organization that have worked over the past few seasons. If that weren’t the case, they wouldn’t have won 100 games in the AL East two years ago. But something last year did not work. There were injuries, but there was also underperformance. And you’ve got to bring in a new voice who has come from successful organizations to be able to to write the ship. You are not building a new ship. You just need to write the one that was on a pretty good course until last year. And I think Albertz hopefully, you know, will have the ability to do that. Yeah, completely agree. It would have been great to see Tony Manscelino come back in whatever role, but I understand why they went with a guy like Craig Albernaz at the helm uh for 2026. Some of the other guys I think it’s important to mention that were linked to be uh in the interview process or maybe someone that the Orioles were looking at for the next manager uh former Mariners manager Scott Service. Uh he ended the season with the Mariners at 64 and 64 uh in nine years with Seattle at 514 winning percentage. He was linked to both the Orioles and still linked with the Twins. Former Mets manager Luis Rojos, uh, former player and 11time all-star Albert Puh Holse, and Cubs bench coach and former Orio Ryan Flity. So, those are some of the other guys that have been linked to the Orioles, but alas, uh, Craig Alberz gets the nod. Yeah, and I think important to note too along with just the the group of guys that the Orioles were reportedly linked to, it’s important to to note that Aernz was a, as Jeff Fassen described him, a widely sought after candidate. This is somebody who even going back to last year during that coaching cycle was reportedly a finalist for both the White Socks and Marlins manager openings but withdrew from consideration from both of those positions and instead opted to be the associate manager of the Guardians for this season. And he is somebody that we, you know, had seen reports of getting multiple interviews with other teams as well. So, the Orioles make this manager decision early. And, you know, it seems like it’s important that they did because not that Alberz would be able to specifically pick and choose which exact job opening he wanted, but he had the ability to pick which role was right for him. He didn’t think last year that those White Sox and Marlins managerial openings were the right positions for him and he doesn’t take those jobs. You know, who knows if he would have ultimately been the guy that they picked reportedly was at least a finalist though and so he had the ability to wait for the right opportunity. And it’s important from both sides where the Orioles went out and they get Alberz pretty quickly in this process and you have the buyin from Alberz as well where he clearly thinks that this was the right opportunity for him. He had interviews other places. He had been a finalist at other places but he said no that the Orioles are the place that that I want to go. This is the right role for me, the right team for me, the right organization for me. So I think that speaks volumes as well. The fact that he was a widely sought after candidate who had the ability to kind of filter out which positions he wanted and it’s the buyin on his end as well that he feels like this organization was the place he wanted to be out of his other options. And I also think it’s important to note too when we look back at when we find found out how many teams had manager vacancies where okay you got to compete for a lot of vacant managers but at the same time how would you kind of not want to go to a team that isn’t fully in a rebuild has a really really raw group of talent a raw talent group uh in this young core and is just trying to get back on on track. I think that it’s important to think back on just how much talent there still is at this ball club. Uh yes, there is a a big need to go out and get some extra pieces to implement into this core, but at the same time, I think it shows a lot when you have a widely sought out candidate in Albernaz that wants to work with this team that’s trying to like fight back into contention. And I think that um it’s it’s far from over and and if it’s really exciting news to see someone like Albernaz who is going to align very well with this young core and also work to bring in some veteran uh big names in free agency. Yeah. And this was not an an easy coaching cycle to hire a manager in. There were a lot of attractive jobs open right now. I think the Orioles are probably close to the top of that list, if not at the very top of that list with a core that includes Gunnar Henderson and Jackson Holiday and Adi Rutman and and a lot more guys there, Jordan West. Like, you can go down the list, right? But you’re also talking about a Rangers team that had one of the best pitching staffs in baseball. I know their process with Skip Shoeacher, it kind of felt like he was a shoe in. Um, no, pun intended. Pun pun intended. I mean, the Giants opening where Tony Vatello, the former Tennessee head coach, ultimately ends up going, I think that was very attractive opening. And you still have teams like the Twins who were a playoff this year. The Padres’s, I mean, the Padres’s are a darn good baseball team that has an opening right now. The Braves, talk about their core with Ronald Akuna and Michael Harris and up, like there are plenty of teams in baseball right now looking for a manager that are really attractive openings. And so to have a widely sought-after candidate like Albernaz, you know, put his stamp on the Orioles pretty early on in this process, again, it just speaks volumes to the buyin that he had and and the fact that the Orioles had a lot of conviction in thinking that this was their guy. I think right now kind of the crucial conversation is a little bit of where do they go from here because you had the utmost priority for the Orioles for an office in Mike Elias to find that manager. There’s a boatload of other tasks that they need to check off the list this off seasonason especially because it’s still very early. The World Series still hasn’t even been complete. But you have the general manager fill option to fill in. Uh you have all the offseason needs and acquisitions that you need to get in terms of starting pitching, rotation depth, uh bullpen depth, maybe a veteran hitter. So, it it’s nice to know now that you’ve kind of checked off the top priority on Elias’s list and kind of where do you go from here? It’ll be very interesting to see what kind of role uh Albernaz plays in any of that because we knew that Hyde and Elias had a very close role when it came to uh roster moves or offseason acquisitions, all that jazz. So, I think with a new voice and a new guy at the helm, uh, you can kind of only continue down the list of what needs to happen for this Orioles off season. And yes, it’s still very early, but uh, important to think about. Yeah, and we’re going to find out a lot more in about a week when we hear from Albert. Well, exactly a week as we are doing this podcast on Tuesday and and he will have his introductory press conference next Tuesday. It kind of remains to be seen what sort of role he will play. We’ve got to hear from him and and find out. Obviously, he is is the skipper and he is going to have those game-to-ame decisions. How much input is there in terms of those roster decisions? How much input is he going to have in bringing in his own staff potentially? Right. We we don’t know exactly what the staff is going to look like going into next season. when Brandon Hyde was hired. You know, there were a few coaches that that Hyde brought with him, guys like Tim Cousins. So, we’ll see if if Albernaz brings over any coaches with him and what roles those guys might be in and and what it means for the rest of the coaching staff. But the roster construction is is now going to be the main focus for this Orioles off seasonason. They get the manager out of the way pretty early on in the process, even before the World Series is over with. And I’m sure Albernaz will have a say in what kind of free agents are brought in this off seasonason, what kinds of moves are potentially made. It obviously it is still going to be up to Michaelas and that front office, but I would be shocked if the new manager doesn’t have at least some sort of input on those kinds of roster decisions. And I I think look, I don’t I don’t want to downplay the impact that a manager has. Obviously, they are important. We saw it last year with kind of changing up the voice in Baltimore and the impact that that had on the record along with guys getting healthy and playing better down the stretch. We have seen it plenty of places where a manager change makes a a big difference. But it’s also up to the players. A manager is going to be as good as the players play, right? his manager uh his managerial record is a reflection of what the guys are doing on the field and coaching plays a huge part in that. But it is still going to be a crucial offseason to be able to put the pieces in place for Alberz to have success. There are a lot of bullpen moves that need to be made there. It is needs to be a closer on this team going into next season, right? Who knows what position player moves will be made as well. Would there be a acquisition in the starting rotation? Whether it’s depth, they’re a front end guy. We’re going to get into all of those conversations after the World Series and as we kind of start to preview free agency, but Albert as a success. Yes, the coaching has a ton to do with it. You need to pair it with the quality talent on the field. This is not breaking news. This is just how baseball works, right? So, it is still going to be a crucial off season for this team to put the pieces in place for Alberaz to be able to have success. Yeah, 100%. There was a uh quote in the article from MLB Trade Rumors announcing the new manager hiring just saying how the Orioles will augment their young core with offseason additions is now the next goal for Elias with the managerial search concluded. I think that’s just kind of the perfect way to put it where we knew that this off seasonason was going to be critical for Mike Elias just because of how the last two seasons have gone falling short in the playoffs in 2023, 2024 and then not making it in 2025. So, there’s a lot to work back from kind of writing the wrongs of the last two seasons with injuries and underperformance uh guys you lost at the trade deadline, but also being able to utilize a a whole new farm system for that matter. extremely bolstered um after the draft and the trade deadline, how you can kind of use those pieces um in future moves maybe or or who can even make maybe break spring training camp. So, there’s going to be a lot to cover this off season for Michaelas and co. Uh but great to know that they have kind of moved past the managerial search. They can go into uh the next tasks. But it doesn’t go to say that, you know, how Albernaz rolls with this team is going to be watched with a very fine microscope because obviously everybody knows that a manager position in baseball and sports, whether you’re a coach or a manager, uh, is one of the hardest jobs to hold in sports because you are the first to blame and you’re the first to get credit. So there there’s a lot to be said for that position. Yeah, absolutely. And you know, kind of to to echo a point that we made before, this is a different expectation than most new managers are going to have around baseball. The Orioles are expecting to compete in 2026. They are expecting to win. And so, Alberaz is coming in right away and and yes, implementing new ideas, but those new ideas need to connect and resonate pretty quickly because you need to win immediately in in 2026 when you get this new job. No pressure, Craig. But, you know, it is important to get a new voice in here. Like you said, this team is constructed of a bunch of players who have been in the organization since they got drafted. And there is something to be said for the cohesion that that creates and the messaging that has been with them throughout their entire professional baseball careers. But clearly, you needed a shakeup after last year. And you bring in a new voice who comes from successful organizations. And so hopefully he’s he’s able to implement some new ideas and challenge these guys, challenge the front office, challenge the coaches, whatever it may be, and steer this thing in a bit of a new direction because, you know, not to say that whatever messaging there was last year was stale or or running out or anything like that. It just it didn’t work as well as you needed it to. So, Alberz being a fresh voice, I I think it makes a lot of sense for the Orioles to go in this direction and we’ll see what 2026 brings. Yeah, it’s as simple as starting a new season on a new chapter. Basically, just completely fresh slate, new voice uh to come in and take charge um for an Orioles team that desperately needs to get back on track. But I think that’ll pretty much cover everything that we needed to kind of tell you all about who Craig Albernaz is, who the new guy in charge is, but I’m sure we’ll have a lot more to discuss as well after the introductory press conference next Tuesday. I believe it’s at 4:00 maybe or maybe not, but we should tell you it’s at sometime. And we’ll let you know when it happens. Exactly. And we will have content, maybe a podcast afterwards. We have yet to discuss that fact. Um, but thank you so much for those who tuned in live. And if you missed it, you can catch this b this bird’s nest episode after the fact on Spotify, Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, wherever you get your podcasts. And be sure to stay tuned for future news, whether that’s offseason moves as we move further down the road, closer to winter meetings, closer to spring training. Uh, but I’m sure we’ll have a lot more to say about Craig Albernaz and his new role as Orio skipper. Thanks so much for tuning in. We’ll catch you next time.

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