Mark Grote

And he got us into the sixth inning again.

So really good start and, again, tough day to pitch.

Yeah, I mean, I think, look, we talked about, you know, we've had injuries and you get opportunities from them.

You know, are you ready for the opportunity no matter what's kind of gone on before?

And Javi seems to be always at the ready for an opportunity.

And you recognize that for sure.

That's a great way to put it.

I thought he encapsulated it perfectly in that last sentence.

He was ready for the moment because that's what, unfortunately for Javier Saad, that's what he was forced to be.

This whole season has been, you're not going to start the season with us.

We're going to keep you down there, but you will be used.

Be ready for the moment, and that guy has been ready for the moment.

As has Ben Brown, by the way.

Oh, Ben Brown in an even more spectacular way just because of how dominant he's been with the sub-2 ERA on the season and an even lower ERA as a starter than he has as a reliever.

So yes, he's getting contributions from a couple of guys in the starting rotation.

I still have lots...

and lots, and I know you do too, of questions about the bullpen and usage and who's doing what, who are your high leverage guys with Daniel Palencia on the injury list.

I guess they're not even going to do further testing, like no MRI.

They're just going to say, elbow inflammation, we're going to give you a couple of weeks and then you can work your way back, which I would want to know every single...

tendon every single part of the muscle like i want to know exactly what's going on with daniel i'm kind of happy actually that they're not doing the mri give me the data mri usually tells me something i don't want to hear but don't you oh so you're one of those people like you don't feel well you don't go to the doctor and find out what's wrong kind of