Ryan Dempster

And I think just kind of establishing that tempo.

He's just got, you know, tremendous deception, obviously, an arm angle that's different than a lot of people's.

But with that fastball split combo, we saw it last year.

I think the sky's the limit with this kid.

You know, he's got great poise out there.

He knows what he's capable of doing.

I think when you do it on the biggest stage like that, that you now know that, you know, if you're taking care and prepping and you're doing everything you need to do, that you can be highly successful in this league.

And he has proof of it firsthand.

So, yeah, he's definitely got a bright future.

Yeah, I think, you know, it's like one of those things that just happens.

Like, you can pitch really great.

Like, sometimes you do.

Like, I remember one time Zambrano was going through a stretch and he kind of just made a comment like, yeah, you know, I can't ever get any run support.

And Maddox looked at me and was like, win one, nothing.

You know, like, and that's kind of the truth.

Yeah, but also, like, Maddox won a lot of games.

five to three or, you know what I mean?

But like, sometimes you're going up against somebody and you know, I can't give up a run.

Like remember that legendary playoff game between the Phillies and Cardinals and, and the Cardinals scored a run in the first inning off Roy holiday.

Yeah.