David Stearns

I guess obviously his rotation depth, but do you see him as a reliever if you don't have the need there on the major league roster or would you want or could he potentially be a triple A?

I think Tobias can pitch in either role, and I think we're going to need him in a length role.

So we are going to stretch him out and follow a more line to maybe a starter's ramp, at least for the first part of spring training, maybe for a little bit longer than that, and then see how our spring is going and determine where he fits best.

He's had success out of the bullpen, so we're not afraid to do that either.

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.