Dave Dombrowski

I don't think he wants to pitch in the beginning of the season anymore throughout his lifespan.

And so we have to build our bullpen based upon some of that.

We have some young guys that we like.

that we're looking to make some strides.

You've seen some of them, a Lazar type of guy.

So we'll have to just look at the overall picture.

But I do like the foundation of what our bullpen, when you start with Duran, and then if you have those guys from the left-hand side, and you have Kirkering come back to be the guy that he's capable of going, that's a pretty good foundation to start.

Sure, I think it's really important.

And when I say that, it's important for building on, I mean, basically what you saw there at the end, you know it's still in there, right?

So that's it.

I didn't think it wouldn't be in there.

I was a little bit more surprised, actually, and I don't really even know this answer I've asked.

When he pitched in the beginning of the season,

His stuff wasn't quite as good, and I was surprised that he had dropped to that point.

And I know Aaron's a hard worker.

He gets it.

I'm not really sure why.

I haven't been able to get a good answer from anybody why his stuff wasn't quite as good.

His fastball velocity was down.

And then as he progressed pitching, he actually started to throw the ball well a couple starts, and I felt very encouraged.