 Why did you ultimately stick with Boyd? Once Edwin was OK, we decided Edwin was good to go. And obviously, he was going to be in our lineup and look at him as our DH. Then you're talking about filling out more of a bench roll and just felt like the right-handed element with Luke probably made a little more realistic pinch hit option. Probably wouldn't hit for any of our right-handed hitters necessarily. And certainly Luke's body of work and what we believe he could still provide is certainly in there, but a tough decision. And that's credit to 40 for how well he's performed. Buster, towards the back. Aaron, one of the big questions coming into the month of September was, when Stanton came back, what would he look like? In your eyes, what does he look like as you get going here? Good, good. And frankly, even a little bit better than I thought, I feel like his ad-bats have been good. One thing he was able to do this past month, even leading up to getting back with us, was I think see a lot of live-at-bats off of pitchers when he was down in Tampa, even up here to a degree. So I feel like his work was really good. And then what I've seen, I've been impressed with how he's moved around physically, with how he's run the bases, how he's moved in the outfield, cutting balls off. So that's been a little better than I expected. And I feel like he comes into this series in a pretty good place and in a good frame of mind. And one round in front of Buster, Bryant. Eric Lerbert Torres is one of a number of guys in their early 20s in the league who could come up in big spots in October. Do you think that managers look at players that young with a little more trust in October now than they did when you played? Yeah, I think that's fair. I think in a lot of ways, these guys are probably a little more well-prepared early on. And I think that goes from a big league level. I think we've seen more and more the last several years guys come up from the minor leagues and instantly have impacts, probably more so. I don't know if that's actual reality, but it feels that way to me. And so my answer to your question from my perspective is, yes. And in the back, we have a question. Thank you so much, good evening. I just wanted you to talk about the lineup, how you came to the decision, how that decision plays into the fact that both you and the twins are hitting so many long balls. And how important it is that the bullpen has been rested for the last four days coming into tonight's game? I mean, we certainly like the rest as far as any time we get our pen guys that are obviously so important to what we do. So hopefully these four days is something that serves them well, moving forward not only tonight, but throughout the series and hopefully throughout the month of October. As far as the lineup, shook out pretty clear in my eyes. Obviously only having two lefties in there against Barrios, so just spacing them out and deciding how to line them up. But it wrote itself pretty well, to be honest. Joel, standing to your right. Erin, you've been asked a lot about the playoff history of these two teams. Do you think playoff history means anything, including potentially that it's a burden for the team that has the dominant position in that rivalry? Right. Well, I'm hoping it means something. But honestly, I don't. I don't think it factors much in here. We understand we're up against a great opponent. And I think a lot of people have talked about looking in the mirror a little bit, and I certainly think that's understandable with the quality of hitters we have and, frankly, the quality of pitchers. So I don't think history plays a huge role. One way or the other, I feel like the team that executes the best in this series with these two teams, obviously in the power that both teams display, who can limit the damage from a run prevention standpoint, I think, goes a long way in winning this series. We'll stay right there, Andy. When you're looking at one of the kind of roster bubble decisions, like with Lyons, are you weighing more how you think his stuff is going to play against a particular part of their lineup? Or is it just how what he's showing you lately? I think it's a combo. I think we've really tried to get Lyons into some situations this final month against some really good left-handed hitters and to see how it would play. And I feel like, by and large, he did really well. And we saw him have a lot of success. And left, he's not necessarily see the ball real well against him. So we do think there's some spots for him in this series that make some sense. This is a guy that, even though he wasn't with us for a long time and spent a lot of time in the minor leagues this year, is a guy with a lot of major league experience and feel like he was the right guy, especially when we didn't have CC, he was the right guy to round out our rotation. The second row and you're right. Aaron, obviously the situation is a little bit different from last year to this year. You're kind of preparing for the wild card game last year, this year, when the vision. How has your preparation as manager changed from last year to this year? And what were some of your biggest takeaways from last year's postseason experience? Well, I mean, having the four days off, I mean, last year it was obviously right into the wild card game and then winning that and right onto Boston. So it was, we've had four days of knowing our opponent and kind of digesting it and being able to have our big advanced meeting with our organization a couple of days ago. All our coaches in their particular areas have been able to dive in to all the things that they prepare normally. So I think we've just had more time, obviously, getting some answers on some guys as far as health goes. This week was important for us. And hopefully it's something that served us well. As far as taken from last year, I take stuff from every day. And that hasn't stopped since I got the job. So whether that's spring training, regular season, postseason, hopefully I'm always growing as far as how I go about things. The same road, John. With the two best home run hitting teams in MLB history facing each other, does that have to change anything about the emotional reaction both to giving up and also hitting a home run on the bench? I mean, hopefully myself, our staff, our team is emotionally prepared to handle anything. You know, how you handle things is a big factor in how you perform in this game. And that's the regular season. And that's certainly the playoffs. You know, you've got to be able to take a punch, handle success, handle failure. You've got to be able to do that if you're going to succeed at the highest level. And I feel like our guys are excellent at that and certainly equipped to do that moving forward. Left center aisle, Dan. You said leading up to this that you thought Dede, this time of year, would be good for him in terms of turning his season around. What gives you that confidence that this is the time for him to finally get into a groove? First and foremost, he's a really good player. And I just feel like he's one of those guys that the bigger the stage, the brighter the lights, feel like he thrives in that. And I feel like he's been healthy now for a while. And I feel like he's a guy that has a good at bad or two here. I think that's something that could really propel him moving forward. And have you been convinced the whole time he's been back that he's been healthy? I think the biggest thing with Dede is obviously returning in a timely fashion like he was able to do from Tommy John, probably getting back a little earlier than some people expected. But I think then having a couple bumps along the way as far as things he had to play through with the finger and then the shoulder that kind of altered his season a little bit, things he was able to play through, but probably really kept him from getting on one of those hot streaks that he's kind of been known for. But I do feel like he's been healthy now for a while and still feel like his best baseball is ahead of him. Yeah, on the far left, Dave. Erin, is it kind of fitting for the season that you guys have had that I think this is the first time that these nine players have been in a lineup together and it happens to be in the first game of the playoffs? Yeah. Yeah, it's remarkable. I think we've had some good fortune here this last month. A couple exceptions, obviously, with CeCe and Dallin. But for the most part, I think John Carlo being able to get back in the way he has had has gone pretty well. Obviously, Sevvy coming back. Edwin having the questions going into this week, would he be able to get over that final hump and feel comfortable that he is? So it's definitely good to go in with pretty much a loaded barrel. Just with the kind of year that Brecht Gardner has, and he winds up being your number three hitter for tonight, just some of the thinking going into that with some of the other big sluggers to actually have on the team. Well, I mean, having two lefties. So just trying to, first and foremost, space those guys out. So our lefties have hidden some spots all year because we don't have a lot of them, and especially with Aaron Hickstown and stuff. You're just trying to space them out. And I feel like Guardi, the year he's had and the match up here makes sense to have him as clear in my mind to have him in that three hole. Two last ones with Meredith and Ron. Aaron, I know you touched a little bit on it yesterday, but the twins have played you tough this season. What do you look at as some of the challenges in facing this Minnesota team? Obviously, a lineup that does a lot of damage and can hurt you up and down, certainly with the long ball, but also a balanced attack. So good balance of right and left-handed hitters, switch hitter and Polanco up there towards the top, and I think a pitching staff that's probably a lot better than people know. And I think some bullpen arms that have emerged for them, especially in the second half of the season, that maybe a lot of people don't know about, but certainly have got our attention. I'll finish up with Ron. Is Hickstil in Tampa on the throwing, and what is the time frame for determining whether he'll have surgery or not? Yes, Aaron's in Tampa doing well. I would say probably looking more and more like he won't need it, but I don't think that final determination has been made.