Keegan Matheson

Man, I know this last six, eight months has not been good for Berrios, but I still look at Jose Berrios as a guy who for a decade has been really damn durable and really important.

in this league, so he is further away now.

Max Scherzer got a shot, cortisone shot in his forearm.

That's five days until he starts throwing again.

A lot of these guys bumping back and bumping back.

Alejandro Kirk swinging a bat.

I guess I'll end on good news.

Alejandro Kirk is not hitting a ball yet, but he's swinging.

He's getting closer, and man, this team needs Alejandro Kirk.

You have to.

And people only say it's early, oh, dog, when they're not doing well.

You know, you don't see teams off to a 10-1 start saying it's early, this doesn't matter.

It's always that soft excuse.

And it sounds baseball-y, so we accept it.

I don't like accepting it.

You know, these games really, really count.

These games really matter.

In an American League East where the Yankees are heading up top, the Rays are a lot better than people realize because we don't talk about the Rays a ton anymore.

They look very good this year.

The wild card is going to be crowded.