John Axford

And those, I think, from a staff standpoint, from, you know, the opposing team, okay, there's not going to be damage done.

If it's just a solo shot, fine, whatever.

That's no big deal.

We just don't want the two run, the three run, the grand slam, the double in the gap when bases are loaded.

I think so, yeah.

I think...

when there aren't guys on base there for him, though, too.

Yeah, you know, it's from a pitcher's standpoint, I think for me, when I saw what I saw yesterday and what I have been seeing,

There seems to be a little bit of an overzealous approach at times.

And for me as a reliever later in the game, I would pick up on that pretty quick.

You would go over that pretty quick and you would just throw something as nasty as you could that either started just edge his own off, try and get him to swing.

And if you could, you're in a good spot.

If he's not, you adjust from there.

And if you're still falling behind, then maybe if the damage can be done, you can put him on.

But if he's showing that he's going to be swinging at those pitches, you just keep doing it until he stops.

I think that's it.

Definitely huge adjustments that he's been making.

Yesterday, his first at-bat, the adjustment that he made, power sinker in, swung over top of it, missed it, power sinker to the exact same spot.

As a pitcher, you're kind of following the last bad swing.

That's what happened.