Ben Nicholson-Smith

And could you use a breather?

And I don't know what you think about that, but that would be one way to make sure that you still have the combination of depth and performance for for everyone involved.

I would guess, as we sit here in early June, that they would take the long view and option Valenzuela and keep Heinemann for a couple days a week.

You know, because the alternative is you have Valenzuela playing a couple times a week, which that could be fine.

But...

Probably something to be said for keeping his back going.

He's got two swings, of course, as a switch hitter.

Still has development there offensively that is probably good to test that in game reps.

Tyler Heidemann has had his moments this season where, especially defensively, we saw that game against the Marlins where he threw out four would-be base stealers.

He's good at receiving the baseball, good at getting called strikes around the edges of the zone.

My guess is they would hold Heinemann for a bit and preserve that depth.

What about you?

And then also, like, when it comes to... Just to jump in on that, the highest upside move for the Blue Jays might actually be DFA Heinemann.

He clears, you keep him, and you have Valenzuela at the Major League level at a time that Valenzuela's performing best.

So...

It would both be the highest risk and the highest reward to DFA Heinemann and then see what happens vis-a-vis a claim.

100%.

Oh yeah, you're always wondering what other teams know about you.

I think that's, you have to, is kind of playing defense in a sense.

To me, part of this comes down to the assessment of where McIver is defensively because it seems like he can hit at least a little bit and Tyler Heinemann's not hitting.