Mark Grody

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?

What do they need individually as relievers to feel their sharpest?

For some, that means pitching more frequently, regardless of what the game situation might dictate.

For others, it might mean they need to be down an extra day to recover better.

So I think that's kind of what you're seeing right here in the early going.

Yeah, I mean, I think obviously there's some difference with Kade's injury, just with the location of it.

But I mean, both of them talked about it.

Like Boyd isn't and hasn't done any imaging on it.

Like, honestly, if it, if it wasn't for, I think Sunday's double header and then subsequently Kade's injury and, and not having him available.

they could have just skipped his start, but they weren't going to have enough innings.

They needed another arm.

And Boyd said, you know, when he threw a bullpen on Sunday, he felt pretty good after it.

Like, you know, he felt like if it was later in the season, this would not have been an IL situation.

He might have not even missed a start.

So some of it was the situation that, you know, like they couldn't,

handle not having another arm on the staff because of just where they were in covering innings.

So everyone sounded very optimistic that he's going to be back, I think, for the Mets series in two weeks.

And so it doesn't feel the same level of, like, ominous as it did with Cade or, you know, someone like Steele last year.

So there's a lot of belief and expectation that, you know, once the 15 days are up that he'll be good to go.

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