Matt Clement

First guy gets on, they need me to hit the ball out of the yard this time, not necessarily get the guy over.

So I think it can mess, but at the same time, I can't blame Donnie Kelly when people struggle moving him down or if you have absurd splits.

And what I mean by that is I'm awful against, like Cruz last year against lefties was 102.

I'm not going to leave him in a one or two hole against Chris Sale when he's 102.

I'm going to move him down.

So some of the splits and how you do against some of those players is going to dictate where they put you in the lineup.

Absolutely.

And I think you're seeing a little bit of that from him right now.

I was fortunate enough in my career to have two only minor league and major league relief appearances.

The first guy I pitched in the big leagues and the last day of the four times I pitched my rookie year.

So I never had that.

And if I put myself in his situation...

I'm not going to lie.

Part of the reason I retired at the end of it was if I figured out a way to get back from the major shoulder surgery I had, it was probably going to be in the bullpen.

And I didn't know if my reconstructed shoulder would be able to bounce back and pitch back-to-back days.

I was so used to having a certain amount of time in between to get into my – similar to being in what spot you are in the lineup, right?

Good segue to that.

I was used to having that time off.

I think with Barco, you know, there's just – why I didn't think he'd be in the rotation early, but I think he will be in the future, is just because you have some younger guys in the rotation.

So to add another guy that you're going to take care of in the rotation, even though the one thing he has that none of them have is he's throwing left-handed.