Dave Dombrowski

And then he got hurt.

And he tried to pitch through that, which

in hindsight, probably wasn't a good idea.

And then once he came back, it also took him some time to start building up.

But at the end, what you saw, what we all saw, I think looks very good, encouraging for next year because you know it's in there and you know it, which is not really surprising.

So I think when you look at him, you say, okay, he's one of our five starters and I feel good about that.

His health is fine.

He's already received all the medical attention that he needs to have in preparation for next year.

So I feel good about that.

I think he'll be fine.

It was a tough spot, as we know, all year without going back into that.

But coming back in August, whatever, 19th, it was after not having pitched for a while.

It's a tough situation.

And coming back and then getting a little bit tender, but

Early in the season, he pitched great, and then had the downtime period, and then afterwards, probably not anywhere near as good, but not shockingly in that regard.

But I do think he's healthy, and we'll go into next year being healthy and ready to go.

Right.

Well, usually my take on those things are behind closed doors.

It really is what it comes down to.

And I said this in the past.