 Aaron clearly not the end result you would have liked but how much of a silver lining was Michael King today? Yeah, he pitched great You know and to be as pitch-efficient as he was to be able to complete that game Was huge for us, you know just you know save some guys obviously But just especially after the way it started for me I think he had a four-pitch walk to start ball one to the next guy and then he really locked it in and Got really pitch-efficient. I thought he used all his pitches really well He had his cutter going using his sinkers change up it shaped some good sliders, so He was really in command and gave us a chance, you know I mean fell behind seemed like we're down big there early and but we're right in that game We just couldn't muster enough offensively, but he did a heck of a job You mentioned the pitch efficiency with King also just command in general something He struggled with at times throughout spring training. What was so dramatically different about his stuff this afternoon? Well more than anything we saw that guy in spring training There were a couple outings where he gets a little you know He gets a little out of whack with his delivery and gets a little rotational and his you know The first hitter when he walked the first four pitches weren't overly close and then he he settled in he got real directional and You know ran through a really good lineup there to keep them at bay and give us a chance, so Really encouraging another encouraging outing for him What do you make of her months outing I Thought he was pretty sharp actually in the first inning finished off Hernandez with some really good breaking balls and then Obviously in that second inning, you know He's probably a hitter away from getting out of that or getting taken out Just because his pitch count got so high in that second inning I just didn't feel like he was a sharp with some of his secondary pitches You know the home run to Vlad he's gonna happen Then he hangs a breaking ball to Gurriel to get it going and then Gritch it hits a hanging change up after putting together A pretty good at bat, so just made a couple mistakes. They made them pay Just not overall is sharp with some of his secondary, you know, especially as I thought he wasn't the first inning Tom Merriam you have the next question, please unmute You Yeah, I mean they held us down for the most part this weekend, you know You know we obviously today didn't muster muster a lot didn't have a lot of great scoring opportunities you know just a little bit of a Cold weekend part of that's you know them I thought coming in and pitching well and pitching well against us And you know, we just were a little bit cold overall throughout but These guys will get it rolling So I'm not too. I'm not too worried about it. I mean, it's frustrating any time You don't you know score runs especially when you pitch pretty well, but that's also part of it Eric Boland, please unmute Aaron with King going six today. You guys have to make a move tomorrow Are you guys well enough protected in the pitching department? I mean that was huge for us, so You know, we should we should be okay Anyone else for Aaron? Kristi Acker go ahead and in spring training King said that you know his goals give you a hundred innings whatever way you guys needed them How how reassuring is it to have something like that in the bullpen when you know You're not sure what you're gonna get from your starters this year. Well, he's got six in the book So it's a good start for him Look, he's he's he's come a long way I feel like he he along with a few other guys have really, you know shown real significant improvement and today I think proved it and And he's certainly on our board as somebody that can do a lot of different things for us, you know, whether it's You know, we value him being built up like he is right now You know, we certainly feel like if we need to he can he can start for us But obviously come in and give us that kind of length out of the pen So how it all adds up in the end. I don't know but I feel like he's put himself in a good spot to be a real contributor Go next to Joel Sherman Erin appreciating that it's just one weekend Series and I know you like to break up the righties Would you think about moving picks out of the three-hole especially while he's not swinging the bat well I'll go to your how you prefaced it and it's one weekend You know, I think up and down our lineup Aaron included It's guys with with a pretty good track record So I'm always willing to mix things up and change things up a little bit just depending on Circumstances and things like that, but you know over the long haul Aaron Hicks is gonna is is is gonna be all right Aaron thank you for the time