The first question to Silverman cut to the chase, when a reporter asked him what would prevent the Rays from again finding a place at the bottom of the American League East in 2017. Calmly, the Rays president of baseball operations spoke about the club's mindset.
"First, we're incredibly disappointed in this season and how it went south so early," Silverman said. "It feels like we've had this press conference a couple of times already, just talking about how the team's out of contention early and never really was able to crawl back into relevance."
Silverman emphasized that the disappointment resonanted throughout the organization, stressing, "We don't want that to happen again.