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And it is Chief Baseball Officer Craig Breslo, who joins us this morning for the first time this season

after a sweep for your team. Craig, good morning.

Good morning. How are you guys doing? We're doing good. And it looks like, at least in this

series, things may be turning around here for the ball club.

It was a great series in Detroit, I think.

We saw performance improve across all aspects.

We got quality starting pitching.

Bullpen came in and held leads.

Got some big hits with runners in scoring position, hit the ball out of the park,

and played consistently good defense, and ran the bases really well.

Craig, on the firing of your manager, Alex Cora, what were specific things that he was not doing

that you need your new manager and Tracy to do for this club?

Sure, look.

You know, I think any conversation about Alex has to start with what he's been to this organization,

the contributions that he's made, the success that he had in the role.

And I'm not going to sit here in spite and cite specific criteria or decisions,

because that's really not what this was about.

Ultimately, the performance on the field was not what we had expected, and accountability for that falls on me,

but I also have the responsibility to do everything I possibly can to turn that around,

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