Joe with Theo Epstein

At the opening day a day late but -- you're seventh opener is Red Sox general manager. How does your feeling or your outlook. Any different than it wasn't 2003. Year in 2009.

But I hope and about four or five hours -- that first on back in -- either raise obvious for the walk off home run house a tough it's tough when it debuted this at GM but. You know a lot has changed and make them. But overall the organization isn't much better place now we've. We feel really good about how things run from top to bottom starting with -- scouting and player development operation which fuels the entire program here. That is the the professionalism of our players the fact that we have more well rounded club at the Major League level pitching defense and offense is supposed to. Back in -- three were we really this slightly oriented club. So you know and we had everyone here buying hints the Red Sox way of doing things in common goals and common ideals that we -- so. It's a pretty special time to be a small part of the organization and -- we don't take for granted we enjoy and no better sound and opening day at a celebrated with a went.

We know the old adage never have enough pitching by. To build this kind adapt is really unprecedented at least to start the season and pitching.

Yeah yes always -- all -- a lot of depth and you know circumstances and rose to more difficult than others this is just this is one went there were a lot of things came together. That Florida suggested that a lot of -- you know. We have kids in the minority who we think can help this year but didn't necessarily Warren roster spot to start the year like like Micah Buchholz that we certainly could it's right now that is. Also us some things stick continue to work on AAA it was oh winner over you can get some. Good one year by low gambles on pitchers elite hitters coming off. Injuries like a penny in the smoltz and and we are also returning. This -- staff from last year so. The depth is scheduled need every bit -- that you can't build that they're in the season for you candor in the winners -- respected him.

Hey Chris you come up with -- young players just the body every year or sometimes a more than one that to make. We'll contributions both for every -- players and pitchers.

Yeah that's that was the goal you know. We. To take over six years ago he said it we knew it take a few years it can nationalism takes about. For five years old farm system -- that they can and that's -- Major League level but. Thank with the way. You know the grassland -- agree with Koppel on for android O five Ellsbury buckles -- and others. Six Lars Anderson is in every year we've in this international signings along to every you may have hit on guys and now it's become part of institutional way of thinking here. That's how we want it isn't it means he's more or fans when they see it is that system and it's also the only way to meet sustained success we don't want it to the team. As to be -- one years and it's here -- and a bad here and reload so trying to stay competitive every year about getting younger doing it from. Doing it from homegrown. Cores is important to us. Would you agree that the best three teams in baseball -- in the American League east I would novel of that bias but you know it does allow the the pundits and advance projection models all of those three teams investments on that's even given the schedule and play one another some time so. I think it's unprecedented competition. Right now and if you hear memory the American League east and we'll just after -- the town. -- that's the like this season thanks lots of take care John back to you.