David Stearns

But I think his ability to provide length in either role is going to be important for us.

And just what was intriguing about him when you made that trade?

Yeah, so part of it's what we just talked about.

He has the ability to be effective in either role.

He's proven that.

He's open to that.

He has the ability to bounce back and forth between those roles, which isn't easy to do.

He fills up the zone.

He has no fear.

He can go after and attack hitters.

And those are all things that generally play at the major league level.

I think if we need that, we'll tackle that when we get to opening day.

I think right now we remain optimistic and confident that even if Francisco has to go through a surgery, he'll be back by opening day.

If we get closer to opening day, then we'll be able to have those discussions and determine what our best course of action is.

We've got a lot of different guys.

I mean, Brujan, Clough, Kessinger.

You might see Mauricio there a little bit.

Arroyo.

I mean, we've got a lot of guys in camp with shortstop experience who can play there.

Mendy is talking to our players regularly throughout the off season.