David Singh

There's not much on any of the names from yesterday, except for Nathan Lucas, who went two for three with a home run and played right field in his second rehab game for Dunedin.

So I believe they were going to see after that one if he needs a couple days in Buffalo or if he can make his way back.

So that's the first Addison Barger and Alejandro Kirk somewhere in there as well.

We'll see how all that shakes out.

B, they have a couple injuries to the bullpen, but obviously managed a bullpen day with a shutout.

Yesterday, Jeff Hoffman got a save against a beefy part of the Yankees order.

And Louis Varlin has transitioned really, really well to that closer role.

I know that there are enough blips from earlier in the season.

And Brendan Little and Jeff Hoffman had some tough stretches.

era wise they're not necessarily special but they are top five in innings covered for a bullpen and top five in wins above replacement so far for a bullpen so taking out some of the defensive aspect there does that number surprise you at all and acknowledging that every team will need to add to the bullpen by the trade deadline how do you feel about where the back end of the group is right now

When it comes to the offensive side of the ball, you mentioned Alejandro Kirk there, and we touched on some of the guys who were injured.

The guys who were in there have not been performing.

And guys have had little blips.

Barshow had a good week here.

George Springer had two home runs and got on base six times in this series.

But no, a lot of the top guys aren't hitting like they're supposed to be hitting, and then there are some issues further down the lineup.

When you look at that, is there anything at the individual level or at the trend level that worries you most about their ability to turn it around?

No, definitely not.

I mean, even without that postseason, it's just you can't be on pace for single-digit home runs when you're making that kind of money and when you're that important to this lineup.

V, before we let you go here, first of all, are you going to any of the games this weekend?