Vernon Wells

I think losing someone like Kirk, even though he's not going to do the most damage, but he's going to give you consistent battling at bats.

You lose a person like that, you hope to have Barger back for a good extent, but that seemed to be quick too soon.

In a lineup, you need your team to be whole.

You need that group to be used to just knowing who's hitting in front of you, knowing who's hitting behind you, and everything within a lineup is contagious.

It's good and bad.

When you go through bad streaks, unfortunately, most of your guys are going through the same thing and vice versa.

Injuries suck.

I think the prolonged season that they went through last year is kind of paying a price, and I think that's part of that process, and

That's why when people say, oh, man, okay, hopefully they'll get another chance this year.

I was like, hopefully they do.

But the hardest part is repeating that because the depth that you have to have to be able to replace injuries throughout the season, your farm system has to be ready.

Some of the guys that you have on the bench have to be ready.

And that's why you see the Dodgers have been so successful and being able to replace guys and –

have guys step in because they've developed so well and they've been able to be strategic in the signings that they've had.

Yeah, I would probably say so.

He was... I mean, when you talk about arms, you talk about...

There's a few things that come into play, whether it's how hard you throw, but sometimes it doesn't matter how hard you throw.

We're not throwing it in the right place.

Barger does more over the top and does more of a four-seamer when we're speaking in pitcher's terms.

Rios with the nasty two-seamer.