John Schneider

Kind of a weird, obviously weird incident in Baltimore there, and any time a guy is taking himself out of a game, you want to make sure that he's good to go, but he's feeling better today.

They've got a pretty consistent, pretty veteran group of players that can do some damage at the top of the order.

some really savvy starting pitching, and they match up well in the bullpen with some good velo.

So I think it's just, for one, making good pitches and keeping some big bats in the yard, and two, having a pretty, I don't want to say,

but a pretty stubborn approach against some of their pitchers that execute at a pretty high level.

Yeah, I mean, I think the way we came back in one of the games, I think the way the bullpen stepped up in a couple of the games, yeah.

And I think the way certain guys swung the bat, I think hopefully that carries over.

We're at the point where I think when we can get some guys swinging the bat consistently, especially the top of the order, I think that'd be key for us and allow for a little bit less of these one-run games and using some bullpen arms.

So I think it's there, the offensive stuff, the slug, the on-base is there.

just need everyone to kind of do it, you know, at the same time.

And I think you can start playing in sync a little bit more.

Yeah.

Yeah, I feel like this group, they enjoy playing against good teams.

I mean, I think every team is good in the league now, right?

But I think that, yeah, this is a big part of our season, big part of our schedule to where we have to be on top of our game.

And getting some guys back will help, I think, both in the rotation and in the field, you know, over the next couple weeks.

But I think we've got to continue to –

do what we're good at with the guys that are here and continue to force the issue in terms of our offensive approach and take care of our relievers accordingly.

I mean, again, I think 10 and seven over the 17 in a row and the last two games kind of stick out, but I think the way me and the staff, the guys are looking at it is,

It's progress.