Mark Grody

Um, you know, they pretty much had a pretty set everyday lineup, righty versus lefty.

Um, and so it'll be interesting to see once they, it comes back kind of what that lineup order, um, looks like more consistently, but yeah, there's obviously a lot of reasons to like Nico in that.

Top spot.

So it'll be interesting to see, um, if that evolves at all, um, especially against right-handers kind of how they end up, you know, like setting up the top of the order in particular.

Yeah, I mean, obviously, bullpens are just so volatile, which is kind of why Jed Hoyer has kind of taken the quantity approach to that equation because, I mean, you just look at last year, the opening day bullpen to what it was going into the postseason, I think there were only three guys that were there from start to end.

So, inherently, there's probably going to be some turnover over the course of the season.

I mean, specifically in Maton's case, I mean,

Council talked about it going into Monday's series opener that, I mean, he hadn't pitched, you know, since Tuesday.

And so basically it was like we need to get him out there more.

You know, that's just something that works better for him, pitching more frequently.

We saw him pitch in the back-to-back in the first two games.

And so, yeah, like unfortunately not always, like the bullpen is not always going to be clicking altogether.

But, yeah, they certainly need to get,

Mayton rolling.

He's obviously going to be a really important piece.

They're also being very cautious with how they're using Hunter Harvey early in the season, which, you know, if that's fans are curious why he really hasn't pitched much in the last week, it's because they're really trying to manage his workload and keep him healthy because given his injury history.

So like, for example, in the double header, like they predetermined going into Sunday's double header, like they, they were staying away from him.

So, so, so it's a lot of mix of,

combinations and factors.

And so, yeah, this early part of the season is really kind of a feeling out process, I think, for everyone on staff of, you know, what are the ideal situations to use some of these guys?