Daniele Franceschi

I mean, hopefully it's just, hey, I felt a little tweak or something and that was off.

And then, you know, in the moment, obviously, better be cautious with it than to overextend yourself.

So I totally understand even the decision to pull him in that particular instance.

But, I mean, it's important.

Like, it would be great to have him.

Certainly back, not missed time.

We talked about it, just starting to find his rhythm, hit his stride, and he is an important piece as a guy that is a part of this Jays rotation that likes to flip their lineups based on the handedness of opposing pitchers.

He's a huge piece of that puzzle, and hopefully he will avoid an I.L.

stint, and this is something minor, and you'll see him back in there as soon as humanly possible.

Yes, I would agree with that, the overall sentiment, absolutely.

I want to go back to one thing that you said earlier, though, regarding Vladi and the idea of, hey, hitting the ball and there's sort of an element, hitting the ball with force and power, and there's an element of maybe some positive batted ball luck and some negative batted ball luck.

That's just the nature of baseball.

That is true.

That is true.

Tonight he has a line out to center field that,

He tattooed that baseball.

I bet you the label of his bat was stuck on the ball with how hard and how much friction was created when he made contact there.

Vladi does things, and this is why even when Vladi has struggled historically, the Jays have always exercised so much patience.

He does things that other human beings don't.

can't do on a diamond when he's standing in the box and swinging at baseballs.