Dan Shulman

Well, um,

I mean, I'm thinking about guys who are coming back from injury, but that's not the answer.

Well, you can answer that that way.

I'm thinking about Shane Bieber.

I'm really, really curious about Shane Bieber.

We haven't seen Shane Bieber pitch in a long time.

I talked to him today.

He was packing up his bag.

He's flying to Boston.

He's pitching in Worcester tomorrow against the Red Sox AAA affiliate.

He told me he feels great.

Everything is going according to plan.

And we talked a little bit about what happened.

And he said, he said, you know, guys who come back from Tommy John surgery, it's not always a straight line.

And even guys can come back and then have kind of like a second.

recovery period, if you will.

And he said he stepped into the highest intensity games he's ever pitched in in his life, which is true, right?

And certainly did through October as well.

But, you know, I don't think they're expecting Cy Young, Shane Bieber, but can you get good, solid number three, six innings, two runs, give you a chance to win a game, Shane Bieber?

That's really big for this team.