He's swung the bat fine. We sat him out for a game because of a little bit of a groin and leg issue, but I'm not concerned about him. He's had a big game already, and he's in the three hole for a reason. We don't worry about him.
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I don't think he's comfortable doing that. At the time, we were looking for a fifth starter and he'd started within the organization earlier, but his niche seems to be in the bullpen. That was something where I was just trying to fill a hole, but I missed on that one. Oscar is a bullpen guy.Bob Melvin
You always wind up needing more than five starters. When you think of a rotation, you can't just look at it as five guys.
Bob Melvin
You spend any time around him, he doesn't act, look anything like an 18-year-old kid. He's got a lot of savvy. You can tell he's been around a family and brother who's been in the big leagues. He handles himself very well.
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After the worst three innings of baseball I've ever seen, I think, at the big league level, I mean that was just awful. But to our credit we didn't die. We came back, we had a lead, had our closer in the game. Can't ask for much more than that.
Bob Melvin
Casey Daigle is really starting to climb the ladder around here.
Bob Melvin
If we finished the year at a 2.60 ERA, I'd probably be surprised. But certainly, that was something that everyone was kind of looking at to be our Achilles' heel right away. And so far, six games into the season, we feel pretty good about where our pitching is.
Bob Melvin
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