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Yeah, Lauren, appreciate the call.

On the Heinemann thing, just because we were just talking about Valenzuela, he's struggling, no doubt.

I mean, it's really tough when he comes up to the plate against a position player and is one of the few guys who can't really scratch some runs across.

But, you know, Heinemann...

I guess I just would be surprised if he got DFA'd.

Again, is that possible?

Sure.

Is keeping Valenzuela up, and I think this does tie in, just from a philosophical standpoint, to Barger being activated and neither Schneider or Sosa going down.

Obviously Schneider has an option, Sosa does not, so Sosa would have to have been...

exposed to waivers if he was the guy, but it ended up being Pinyongo, and he went down despite swinging, you know, a decently hot battle, things considered.

And again, they're playing the asset management game there, and I would be surprised if they didn't play the asset management game again, but much like I said to you when we heard that news on the pregame show, or just before the pregame show earlier today,

I just do think that, and again, what's the team now?

They're 18-21.

I do think even, and they were 17-21 earlier, and this is what I had said to you then, but at 17-21, I think it's the same now.

You're scratching and clawing.

I mean, today was not a scratching and clawing type of day, right?

But you're trying to get these wins by any means necessary.

And I do think that while Tyler Heinemann has utility, he very much does, it is...

It is tough when the hot bats are not a part of the group, just from, you know, we've heard the term accountability be used.

We've heard the term meritocracy be used a lot.