On his offseason focus
I’d say one of the weaker parts of my game has been my swing decisions. When I’m swinging at good pitches, it goes well, and then when I’m not, it’s when it kind of goes downhill. So offensively that’s been the biggest thing for me.
And then also just getting really comfortable behind the dish. I mean, last year for the whole first half, was kind of like I was in fight-or-flight mode the whole game. So just trying to get to where I’m comfortable on the plate and working to get these guys strikes and call better games and stuff like that.
On resetting after a difficult 2025
I mean me, personally, I don’t want to forget about it.
I think that it kind of lights a fire under you. It’s a tough year. Nobody wants to lose that much. Nobody wants that to happen.
I think the guys who are here, you have to look at that and be like, “You can’t let that happen again.” That’s, that’s just my thoughts on it.
I don’t know what Kyle thinks about it, but that’s kind of the way I’ve thought about it this offseason.
On becoming a team leader
I mean, we’ve had a lot of conversations [with manager Warren Schaeffer], even starting back from when he was the interim, calling me into the office and talking about it.
I think that’s something that I would love to be able to do. I’ve never really had a role like that, but I think that would be something that I could potentially be good at, and I’ll be able to learn from Kyle [Freeland] or [Michael] Lorenzen or some of the older guys on the team that can help me step towards that role because at the age I’m at, I don’t think I need to be like the main guy saying something or doing something.
But I definitely think that in the future, I would love to try and get better at that and put myself in the position to be there.
On what he hopes to see the Rockies do better in 2026
Last year, we had a super young team — me included. And I think we had a lot of guys, at least from watching games or being in the clubhouse, I think we had a lot of people that were happy to be here.
When I first got called up, it’s like, you’re just happy to be here, and you can’t play like that.
You’ve got to walk on the field and be like, “We’re the best team. I’m the best player on the field.” You got to walk on the field with a different level of confidence.
And I think there were some series and some games last year where you’re walking onto the field as a team looking around, and maybe guys aren’t super confident. Guys aren’t. They’re just happy to be there. So I think bringing a different mentality to the game would be a big step in the right direction.
On front office changes
I think just talking to them, getting phone calls when they were in the hiring process, and getting new guys and just how open minded they are and how ready they are to try and tackle this, playing at elevation and playing at sea level and finding new ways to try and improve how we tackle both both sides of that.