Steve Phillips

And he can't pitch out of the bullpen either.

With having had arm issues, you go to the bullpen, and you can't have everybody out there be somebody that you have to warm them up, and they're going to come in and start an inning, and you're going to perfectly assign when they're going to pitch, everything else.

It doesn't work that way.

At times, someone's got to get warmed up quickly and get in the game.

Bieber's not going to be that guy with his arm.

With the surgeries, the wear and tear there, he can't do it.

I wouldn't think Burrios, at this stage, would probably do it with the issues he had last year.

There's guys who really should only be starters.

Scherzer's never going to pitch out of the bullpen.

No.

He needs to get lubed up.

They've got to put oil in every joint for him.

He's like the Tin Man.

I mean, you've got to get everything oiled for him to be able to get up there and ready to go.

Then you've got to dial him up and turn it on to get him going.

So he'll only start in a game.

Yeah, I don't think they had any chance of doing a long-term deal that would coax him out of this deal.

And the other way to do it would have been to do an inappropriate –

bizarre, outrageous contract on a long-term basis.

I mean, remember, he came out of the season last year when Vladdy signed his contract.