BRADENTON, Fla. -- Carlos Santana had sought out an audience with Andrew McCutchen a couple weeks ago. Nothing formal. More of a pull-up-a-stool kind of session Yu in the locker room at Pirate City. But it'd soon take on a focus -- a hard one, by the time it was done -- on forming a foundation of leadership.
They've both been there. They've both won.
Before long, Rich Hill, Ji-Man Choi, Austin Hedges, three other veterans acquired by Ben Cherington over the offseason who've done their own fair share of winning, became part of the process.