Rob Long

But, you know, again, a lefty where, you know, the scouting report maybe says if you're a guy with kind of his mix, that it would be tough to face a guy like that.

And, you know, he's able to move on to Sandy Leone and get his first career striker right after that.

So I kind of think long term, obviously, you do kind of want things to move forward.

kind of in all different directions and, you know, kind of have that sinker maybe be a little bit more prevalent part of his pitch mix.

But, you know, for what's worked for him this year, you know, the cutter curveball sweeper have been really good and really effective.

So I think, you know, that could be a long-term plan to kind of work in whether that's a sinker or whether...

Maybe it's a little bit more of a change or a splitter to kind of work off that stuff as well.

I think that you could certainly see that long term if he kind of does want to stay as a starter.

Obviously, you talk about Blue Jays pitchers who are going to go curveball and spin heavy.

The easy comparison is Braden Fisher, obviously.

And he's kind of found a way to to use his breaking pitches more more often than not.

But of course, that's that's in a relief role.

So we'll we'll really be interesting to see kind of what he does and how he goes about finding his way in the major leagues.

I think, you know, as you said, we didn't see a single last night, only a fastball kind of off that cutter curveball sweeper.

So kind of.

interested to learn more about Chad Dallas as a major league pitcher and what he's able to do and how he kind of evolves in his time as a big leaguer and whether that involves a trip back to AAA this year, depending on how the Blue Jays kind of need the bulk and what they kind of need from that spot on their staff here in the coming weeks.

But I think for now, kind of seeing him have success yesterday with that cutter curveball sweeper against a really good lineup with some really good lefties was a really encouraging sign.

Yeah, I think that'll be super important for them to kind of find their way back into, you know, a more normal workload for a bullpen, right?

I mean, we saw it last year where Hoffman and Little and Yario Rodriguez were really overworked early.

And we saw the velocity kind of drop later in the season.