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Congratulations on the pick. What was it
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about Eli that made you confident he
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should go at the age of 17? One of one.
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Oh, thank you so much, Greg. We're We
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couldn't be more excited. Um, you know,
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Eli, he's a special player. You know,
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great hit tool. Um, you know, makes
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contact, uh, controls the strike zone.
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We love his swing, switch hitter. U,
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just a clean operation at the plate and,
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uh, you know, with developing power. So,
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you know, impact to the plate and then
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just an elite shortstop, somebody who
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stays at shortstop, uh somebody with
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great range, uh you know, smooth hands,
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um great arm, accurate, and then you add
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on top of that, uh you know, just uh
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intangibles and confidence and work
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ethic, you know, just uh maturity that's
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off the charts. So, you know, you put
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all that together, it's it's rare to get
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someone that we think is the best hitter
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in the draft and the best fielder in the
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draft. And so we just felt that was an
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opportunity we couldn't pass up.
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Hey Mike, it's uh Dan Odwan.
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Congratulations on the job and
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congratulations on the pick. Talking
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about jumping into the deep water right
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out of right out of the gate with such
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little time in the role. I got to ask
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you what role did you actually play in
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Thanks Dan. Uh yeah, so you know uh
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being named interimm GM on uh Sunday
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evening, you know, ownership empowered
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me with making the decisions, you know,
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in the draft uh and the trade deadline.
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And so uh you know, I flew back first
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thing on Wednesday morning from St.
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Louis with the team to meet with our uh
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amateur scouting leadership and uh just
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met with them non-stop through the week,
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you know, starting first thing Wednesday
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morning and we had great discussions and
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collaborative discussions and uh worked
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things through. And the nice thing was
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uh you know there was agreement across
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the board that Eli was the number one
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player on our board and the guy that we
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wanted and so that made things easier
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and u it's it's been a great
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collaborative effort.
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Well congratulations again Mike on the
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pick and I know you're busy you got to
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go make some other selections so go back
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to your war room and keep cranking. We
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appreciate your time.
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Oh my pleasure guys. Nice talking with
