Marshall Harris

He's got that skill set.

He just hasn't had a third pitch that has worked well for him.

He's been working on a sinker most recently.

He was on Hit and Run yesterday morning talking about what he's been working up on the most leading up to the season.

And I think his most recent outing was his best of the year, two innings against the Pirates on Saturday.

Gave up just two hits, had one walk and three strikeouts, no earned runs to his name.

Yeah, you need Ben Brown.

You need Ben Brown to perform.

You need him to progress.

And Ben is a guy who will tell you how the sausage is made.

I remember last year, especially, when he talked about how the first inning really would set him back.

And if he struggled in that first inning, or he would explain that even if he got the ship right in innings two through whatever, that the first inning set him back in such a way that was a problem.

So to hear him speak like this when it comes to his new role...

It's encouraging.

I know he had the three and a third against the Angels as well to start the year.

But to me, it's another thing to be able to replicate a similar performance later on.

You know, you come out of the gate strong because that's typically how you want to see guys go.

But for me, this last outing on Saturday, whether it's more conducive to hitting, I just feel like we were in a better place to watch a more accurate version of him.

And there are some pitchers who can use only two pitches and maybe they throw the fastball a bunch of different ways.

They can give it some arm side run.