 Meredith as Jack mentioned, we've seen one pretty good outing from Kluber last time a little uneven. So what are the expectations today? Well, they're really hoping that he builds off that first start and forgets the second one I actually spoke to Corey Kluber about his second start of the season yesterday where he lasted just two and a third innings And he said that he felt as though it was just that one inning that got away from him And he didn't handle well aside from that he felt as though his stuff was really moving in the right direction He went on to say that it's very easy this early in the season to get too high or too low But overall he thinks as though he's certainly Starting to feel better on the mound now Matt Blake was in the zoom room earlier today And I asked him how he felt about Corey Kluber's first two outings And we've seen the the calming presence out there of Corey just as we you know I'm as a stoic, you know personality I think he hasn't necessarily been as as crisp as he would like and I think that there's some you know delivery stuff We're working through a little bit just to kind of make sure we're all on the same page about what that looks like when he's at his best And I think just getting back to an attack mindset now. He's competing again I think that's the biggest thing and just getting him comfortable competing in real games and I think that's where we're just getting back Into the flow with that a little bit With the exception of Garrett Cole the starters have not gone particularly long in games How do you manage building guys up like Corey Kluber and James and Tyone while needing to not rely so heavily on the At the same time. Yeah, it's a it's a delicate balance It's something we've talked a lot about in the preseason as an organization of you know How do we want to prioritize these innings? Obviously, we've got you know a lot of question marks and just in general about the durability of the rotation given the last couple years So, you know, the onus was on protecting that the pitch counts early on for them But obviously on the backside of that you don't want to overexpose the bullpen. It's a long season for them too So I think early on, you know with this the starters being held to some pitch counts that was by design And then there's some long innings involved there I think you know, we've probably gotten the bullpen more work than we ideally would like But I think it's something we're well aware of and I think we got it You know as the turns keep coming around the pitchers will keep getting built up and pull back on some of the bullpen innings So I think that's we're having some of those length guys whether it's Nelson Sessa, Licky, Lowell kind of carry some of the burden there to protect some of the more traditional one-inning guys in those situations And then just back to Kluber understanding it is early. It's a small sample size But just from your vantage point, how close does he look to returning to that old form when he was a Cy Young Award winner? Yeah, it's something we talked a lot about especially coming out of the last one where it was a frustrating outing Didn't go the way liked and I think just when we pull back and kind of take a breath and look at the outing as a whole You know, there wasn't a lot of hard contact that the pitch shapes were in a good spot I think he was aggressive early. Maybe got a little bit too fine You know deeper into the the count against certain hitters and that elongated some of those at bats So I think just getting closer to that attack mindset and just being aggressive over the plate I think that's for him is where we're gonna get to over these next couple starts