 Aaron just raise your hand. We'll get you the microphones. Who's got the first question? Good day. Yo All right, we'll start with Meredith right here And what do you expect the atmosphere to be like tonight? Buzzy It'll I'm sure it'll be awesome You know that cool cool down today fall in the air To great teams to great franchises to great fan bases Should be Should make for a special environment looking forward to it Other questions Is it one of those things where you're looking to get one of two is it tough to say that to your players because you're looking When every game is it take it one at a time can you kind of walk us through that mentality? It's it's difficult coming here on the road, but but what's that team mentality? Yeah, we don't look at it like that We look at it go play our go play our game go play well You know starts with first pitch win the pit win a pitch You know offensively have quality at bats control the strike zone You know play catch on defense You know Jay go out pound the strike zone. Those are the things that You know we can control to some degree And that's the focus and if we do that well, we'll put ourselves in a good position not only this game But in the series Dave Alex was in here earlier and just keeps emphasizing the importance of keeping you guys in the ballpark Which every team tries to do what is it about the lineup with you guys that makes that so hard I mean is it the strength to hit even good pitches out of the park as a guys that just have the mindset to hit home runs? What do you think is some of the underlying thread there? I mean that happens by controlling the strike zone and especially when you're up against good pitching where that's very difficult to do and it's very difficult to Hit the ball out of the ballpark, you know, I don't think you go up there trying to hit the ball out of the ballpark We just have hitters that have power and that's part of their game but it starts by Control in the zone and if we do that as a group consistently Then usually you you give yourself a chance when a pitcher does make a mistake And if you're doing that up and down the lineup over time You'll net yourself more mistakes and those are those are the ones you got to take advantage of Especially in the postseason when you're up against elite pitching Tom to your right here Aaron you'd obviously rather avoid the wild card game But as you sit here now having survived that could there be a benefit to your team that you got to play that you get to win An important game that you get to take that into this I think there's a little benefit to that You know certainly when you start out on the season, you know You want to win the division and you know have the ability to set things up exactly how you want Rest guys if you need to but but I think there's a lot to be said for you know We've we've been playing meaningful games all the way till the final Sunday of the season And had to beat had to win games against some good clubs down the stretch to kind of secure our position to secure that home home field advantage for the wild card, so Hopefully there's a sharpness that comes with that. I think there is and and I feel like You know our club is as healthy and as whole as we've been throughout the year And I feel like we finished the season playing well and we're able to carry it into the first game of the postseason Dear left erin Brian in the wild card game You were pretty aggressive Defensing and to our bringing a hatch of area. Do you feel like that's something you're going to do again here? It'll be something that's kind of game-to-game Fluid you know I'd call it You know the the wild card games a little bit different in that you know I think we had 10 pitchers and a deeper bench So you had a little more flexibility to make some moves earlier in the game So, you know, I envision us using our roster But it'll be kind of a game-by-game inning by inning kind of Strategy or or how we'll deploy our guys, but it's a little bit different now that we're in a series And with the way our roster is constructed now Other questions Brian Tyler And one of you learned about Andrew McCutcheon since you got him and why has he been you know, what do you like about his game? How's he helping you? Well, I talk about controlling the strike zone and he's as good as there is at that He's come over here immediately fit in with our group You know, I think You know, I've pretty much inserted him at the top of the lineup and his ability to get on base to take close pitches He's also hit for some power from that spot You know, we've asked him to play different spots in the outfield when he first got here and Aaron was injured He was playing mostly right field then we've switched him over to left field where he hasn't played up since since the minor leagues He's been willing to do any and all of that Whatever you need kind of and he's done it. Well But I think you know going along with you know Us as an offense and controlling the strike zone He kind of sets the tone for that at the top and he's been a he's been an impact player for us In front of Tyler David Aaron just the way you drew it up in spring training Luke Voight that in fifth and gave one of the division series Did you know anything about him before you got him and what has impressed you or surprised you most about him? Yeah, so I was actually broadcast and I think his major league debut last year in st. Louis So I do remember him just because he's a little unforgettable when you first see him, you know with the buttons button down and First thing I thought of was Dante Bichette when I saw him he reminded me of that I think I might even set it on the broadcast but You know I again I've said this but I give our front office and our Analysts a lot of credit for really identifying him and as as somebody that they felt was undervalued and and Potentially a really good hitter at the big league level and he's been that for us He's come over here and and you know I talk about coach having an impact and being an impact player That's what Luke's been for us another guy that does a really good job with the strike zone and then the power he has The power he has the other way Which really obviously plays well in our ballpark? He's just been he's been really consistent for us a consistent producer since he You know got some opportunities to get in the lineup and and he hasn't turned back He just kind of kicked the door in and took it Anything else for Aaron? Nothing else. All right, Aaron. Thanks so much