Ben Nicholson-Smith

So he's playing the piano again.

And, uh, and seemingly the tendonitis has, has gone away and the thumb issue is, is good.

His arm is good.

So he's saying he's good to go.

Um, but yeah, I think, I, I think that the C's

Return is the biggest lever they can pull.

But man, I mean, as much as Scherzer is, of course, an older pitcher at this point in time, they could use him.

A healthy version of Max Scherzer can give you four innings and keep you in a game, five innings, six innings, keep you in a game.

That would help this current team.

I'm okay with that too.

If that's what's needed, if that's what Scherzer needs, because he knows himself so well at this point.

Scherzer just understands what a buildup looks like.

He was telling us in Tampa at one point, he knows doctors.

He talks to all kinds of pitchers.

He's kind of in his own category when it comes to just...

understanding what it means to get back from an injury or to try to build up.

Like he's, he has so much experience, more than a lot of pitching coaches, more than a lot of managers.

When it comes to doing this, not, not Pete Walker and John Schneider necessarily, but this is, this is someone who knows himself in that process really, really well.

So if he says he needs time, give him time, totally agree.

You can roll with Spencer miles.