Last year, some of those guys kind of got their veteran status. They went through the trials and tribulations of a real good year and came up a little bit short, but they're a good, young team. We won't underestimate them.
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And I went back to make sure he wasn't lying. I checked in the cage, and asked the guys who were throwing to him.
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We're going to try to get him to the point -- whether it's a week from now, two weeks from now -- where he can carry that load that he needs to carry. That's how we're going to do it. I think we all agree in our organization that if he's doing what he's supposed to, we're better. So we just got to get him there. That's not the easiest thing in the world because we're not 20 games up. So we'll do the best we can.
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I think he was frustrated, but he understood. He wants to get deep into the game.
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It's not like we can live it up and pound our chest. We've got to come back and beat maybe the best pitcher in the league.
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It worked out well. We put a nice crooked number up early and we got to stay away from some guys in the pen that we wanted to.
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