Arden Zwelling

John Schneider saying it's even a possibility he plays on Monday.

So like just from from how it looked then, it's hard to imagine any like matrixing those bullets any better than the Blue Jays did.

Yeah, it's interesting that it's cramping yet he's going for an MRI, right?

So like when you go for an MRI, like there is some uncertainty there.

Like if it was just cramping and he just like got an IV and felt better immediately afterwards, you would think, okay, we don't really need to go into the MRI machine right now.

So that's like the one thing that gives me pause and makes me want to hear a bit more about this from John Schneider and the Blue Jays and sees himself on on Monday night.

But like we're we're clearly talking about one of the most durable pitchers in the game, like leads baseball in starts since the beginning of the 2020 season.

I mean, this is a guy who does not miss starts.

So if he misses his next one, it's actually going to be a pretty exceptional circumstance.

So my expectation of Vlad is almost just that he sits out Monday because you just give him the day just to relax.

Look, Cosmo Okamoto can play first base.

He can move some guys around.

Lenny Nsoso at second, and you stick Ernie at third, and Jimenez at short, and off you go.

However, I was just down on the field with our colleague Shai, who went and talked to Vlad, and we just did our TV stuff after the game, and he mentioned that Vlad told him, and I'm sure that Shai will have reported this by the time this comes out, so I hope I'm not scooping anything here.

Let's hope not.

I think you're safe.

I'm sure that it'll be up by then.

He said, like, Vlad told him that he had a similar incident prior.

Like, he was hit in a similar spot last June in Cleveland and came out of the game.

And then the next day he was in the lineup and got two hits.