John Schneider

You need them to kind of stabilize some games, and they've been doing it really, really consistently for about a month.

Right, yeah.

I mean, it definitely, you know, has been building to this point.

But the guys that you mentioned and guys that are here and it's just kind of has become the expectation.

I think even guys in the bullpen have kind of done that, not just this year, but in years past, where they understand where we are in the season.

They understand where we are with our schedule.

Yeah, that's kind of been their mentality for a number of years.

Like, hey, what do you need from me?

It's that way in the postseason for sure, but I think regular season is a little bit different.

But they've been outstanding in terms of being flexible, being available, and being effective.

What does that say about him?

He's the manager's best friend, where you pretty much know what you're going to get.

The stuff is going to be there.

He doesn't push back when we say, hey, we may need you for two.

He just wants to pitch.

He loves to pitch.

We're

We're lucky to have him because it's not an easy thing to do to have a couple high-stress outings that are two, and you're closing out games, then you're asked to come in and get four outs.

We try to be aware of it.

It's kind of why we kept him the one last game at home against Miami.