Daniel Bard

So there was times where I was like, I don't feel 100%.

I should probably be rehabbing, maybe even starting the season on the IL, trying to get this thing really strong so I can get through the last five months of the season.

And instead, I'm like, nope, I got to be ready to be on my A game on March 10th.

Not using spring training as a preparation.

You're just like, I need to be full speed.

uh, playoff mode in, in March.

And that's tough.

Um, we had some guys throw really well, I'd say almost nobody was at least the veteran guys.

You know, we had a pretty veteran bullpen out of, you know, uh, Brooks, Rayleigh guys like that.

Not only anybody was at full velocity, you know, despite being in a huge, uh,

environment that should breed a lot of adrenaline just like the playoffs like everybody was down two or three it seemed like um so it's just hard to get up to full speed that early so um

I don't know if I answered the whole question.

No, you did.

I mean, it's tough.

I don't know a better way to do it.

At least my experience with the USA, the coaches they pick, they are very aware of what time of year it is.

And I didn't feel like...

Anybody got pushed beyond what they felt like they could do.

No one was being pushed from a pitch count perspective.

I think maybe one guy went back-to-back, one reliever.