Michael McKenry

He maybe goes out for the fifth, and the next time he has a bad outing, but he was supposed to have five innings.

They pull it back to four.

It's that balance for me because every inning doesn't stack up the same.

You have these high-stress innings that matter more.

It's harder on your body.

You lose your feel.

Those are the ones you want to stay away from.

When they're shoving, and they're going to have times where they're shoving, they're going to have times where they're struggling, you've got to balance that out, and I think Donnie's going to do a great job of that.

Yeah, he played his first game yesterday as a DH.

Hit two balls over 105.

Got a double.

Had a really good bat even though he struck out.

So, sort of off high.

He's playing left today from my understanding.

So, I'm excited for him.

And I think the biggest thing for me is it was thoughtless about the Pirates.

He moved completely forward into, I just want to play.

and he had a hunger that i haven't seen and i'm really excited for him his family he's got a family in texas that he's going to be with on a daily basis first base coaches related to his wife so it's going to be fun to watch him just go play not have a city on his back he loves the city

He would do anything for the Pirates, I think, in the long run.

But right now it's about him and kind of making sure that he gets to walk away from the game the way he wants to.