All right. So now we can get to the business of the day. We have some AJ Hinch quotes.

And look, our rule has been this. We're going to handle things in real time.

But we can't say things with finality until the offseason wraps up.

Now, thus far, the Tigers have been largely silent. And the one thing they did, I don't think anybody was real hopped up on, which is sign a guy who was thinking of retiring and make it look like a gross overpay, which is Alex Cobb.

Well, A.J. Hinch had quotes, and I want to read these to you, and I want you to tell me if you believe this team's doing everything it needs to do to accomplish AJ's goal.

Quote, I think the biggest challenge for a young team, and I've seen it before, is not looking backwards as you're trying to progress.

We can't repeat last season.

We're not trying to repeat last season. We're trying to do

better. We want to win the AL Central. So my snarky response would be, then act like it. But I'm

not going to do that. Let's do a topic, not me being a smart ass.

No, I think we all said the same thing, Mike, but you can continue.

Okay.

No, no, brother, I just would like to know, do you believe they're already in a position to do that?

And that we have somehow underrated them, that the things we want are not commiserate with winning the AL Central?

Or what could they do that would make you believe they are acting that way?

Now, for instance, I know in the notes here, and I think David, you wrote it in here is,

hey, is it Bregman or Bust?

I'm going to say no to that because I have a rule.

I generally don't.

I'm not myopic about my pursuit of players.

I'm in pursuit of the idea.

I'm in pursuit of the production.

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