Guardians Skipper Still Confident With Growth as Trade Deadline Nears
Cleveland Guardians' manager Stephen Vogt still believes his team has the talent to reach the playoffs as assembled.
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I know you can't share specific conversations, but as we get to this point in the year, like, what's the chatter like in and around the clubhouse with regards to the trading deadline?
Is it, it's kind of where everybody shows- It's kind of the same every year, I think, right?
It's who's gonna add, who's gonna subtract, and I mean, with the way the league is right now, I mean, what did I hear?
I heard today it's like 23 teams are within four games of a playoff spot right now.
You know, I think the next two weeks are gonna tell us a lot.
But, you know, the guys are always talking about the trade deadline.
Some excitement, some, "Ah," you know, it, it's just the way, the nature of the beast.
So I love our team.
I love the guys we have.
I, I love the development that we've seen with some of our hitters, and, this pitching staff has just been incredible, and, it's been fun to watch these guys grow.
You don't wanna speculate what do you need or what do you Like, we need to just keep playing good baseball.
This team is good enough to make a run, and, whatever happens here in a couple weeks is gonna happen, and, you know, this group will rebound and, and go from there.
