John Schneider

That's what it comes down to.

He's not a guy you can kind of wait out.

He's going to pound the zone.

Sometimes you've got to force some action on him, you know what I mean, if he's going really well.

So I think having seen him will help us.

We hadn't seen him in the regular season, so get some feedback from the guys and formulate a plan with Pop and Lou and Hunter and get after it.

I think it's always easier when you actually see a guy and kind of feel what his stuff is playing like and kind of what it does in comparison to other guys you've faced.

The delivery is a little unique, obviously, and there's some deception there, but that's about it.

It just comes down to putting together a good plan and kind of seeing how he's going to attack.

Is it going to be the same way, which he had a lot of success with, or is he going to deviate a little bit and can we be ready to kind of pivot with him?

I think just locating better.

Again, man, he's hit some pitches that weren't terrible.

Hit him for doubles, hit him for homers.

I just think we're locating better and kind of giving him different looks, different pitch types, different velocities, different locations.

you're always aware of when he's coming up.

And I think that we've done a good job the last two games of just putting the ball where we want to and pitching to some weak contact.

Hey, yeah, in the past, of course, you faced Shohei about 10 times, maybe 30 times or so.

And he has been working well, too.

Stay there with Steve.

Congratulations, Shane.