Ron Coomer

I understand why they made the decision that they did.

Are you concerned at all, though, about Jamison Tyone and what he has said after some really recent struggles in terms of having his throwing, pitching, being where he wants it heading into the regular season?

I'm not overly concerned.

I hope he's not overly concerned.

I watched him pitch in the World Baseball Classic after two outings.

He was in one or two outings with the Cubs.

I don't know if it was a backfield time.

I saw him throw and he got banged around a little bit.

Um, and both of those outings with the Cubs, then he went to the world baseball classic.

We were pitching for team Canada and I watched that game on TV and he was lights out.

You know, everything was where, you know, when he's at his best, what he was doing, his backdoor slider was outstanding.

The lefties, he was able to get the ball in on the right hander with that cover.

Also, um,

So those games, that was not an exhibition.

That was for real, right?

I mean, those guys were playing for their country, and he was really good against a good ball club.

So I think they were playing Dominican that day.

But I'm not concerned about Jamal.

You know, spring training is different for different players.

And when you're a veteran player that's been around a long time, spring training is different than somebody who's, you know, maybe in their second year.