Steve Phillips

What do you expect, and how much can they expect out of him this evening?

Yeah, so, you know, he, at his best, is a guy that will give you a chance to win a game.

He's not a shutdown pitcher.

I don't expect him to put zeros across the board.

You know, he hasn't – I mean, he went from –

in no time.

You know, thinking about where he was throwing bullpen sessions, gets signed, makes a minor league start, and boom, here he is.

You know, he's up here in the major leagues.

And so, you know, I don't feel like he's overly prepared for this.

And so if he can give you a chance to stay close, give up three runs and five innings, and I think that's the best you can hope for.

And, you know, I think you can't expect, hey, go give me six shutout innings and, you know, go out and dominate right now.

And so it's not really the way you want to start a series.

but it's the best they have right now.

And if he could just keep it close and then let the offensive bullpen do their job.

Great catching up with you, Steve.

Enjoy the weekend.

We'll do it next week.

Okay, guys, my pleasure.

Anytime.

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