John Schneider

So we're looking at that with him and a few guys, to be honest with you.

You know, he's obviously a big part of our team and just trying to make sure that when he is in there, we're getting the, you know, the best physical version of him that we can get.

I think there may be, you know what I mean, based on kind of how we use the roster.

There may be for sure.

But I think at the ons, Kirk is definitely making progress and he's catching tonight at least five or six innings.

And he's feeling good hitting, which is what we were looking for in the last probably 10 days.

And in terms of when he gets back, hopefully it's pretty soon.

And we want him to be kind of a traditional role that he's been accustomed to.

But it may take a little bit of time to get to that point.

So it'll be...

Again, it may not be five out of seven.

It may be four out of seven or something like that.

As he gets more reps under his belt and gets back into it after missing a significant amount of time, we're going to need at least one other.

There could be a world where you carry three.

And we'll kind of figure that out when that time comes.

I mean, you know, it's yes.

You know what I mean?

I think coming through the 17 in a row and then having an off day and then, you know, not having another off day until next week, yeah.

I mean, there's certainly some plays where you have to nudge some guys and just not assume that a certain thing is going to happen, right?

That happens every year with almost every player.