 Aaron Cortez heard a little bit by the the long ball tonight. What were you seeing from him? Yeah I mean obviously Salvi got him a couple times for big blows and then the stolen base of third was the other run that we didn't execute on but overall he you know he was pitch efficient. He was in the strike zone you know not as sharp as but definitely kept us in the ballgame and gave us a chance and you know pitches into the sixth inning with a chance there so we just you know couldn't finish tonight. Bullpen faltered a little bit tonight as well same with last night. Do you think fatigue is at all an issue when it comes to the bullpen? I don't know you know obviously with you know we try and you know protect these guys and you know make sure we're you know giving them their proper rest and stuff. Fatigue is always going to have a factor on a given day with with particular pitchers throughout the season especially when you're leaning heavily on the bullpen and you know it's why right now we have so many guys down there in the bullpen to carry the load a little bit so you know I just thought some mistakes in the strike zone that you know they made us pay. Aaron you said yourself all of these games are incredibly important for this team right now to see the amount of errors you saw out of your team tonight just what do you make of that and why do you think they were they were such a struggle defensively? Well I mean Higgy Higgy just two throws got away from them and then we you know we didn't play good catch on a on a bunt back to the pitcher and then you know the last one where it goes goes under the glove so yeah I don't know why I mean you'd have to it happens Higgy's elite couple got away from them you know obviously maybe a little fatigue setting in tonight and you know back-to-back you know long nights hot nights but you know overall we just didn't play our best tonight. We can take a next question. Eric Bowlin please unmute. Aaron what did you see from writings tonight he had been so good as first three outings? Yeah you know it comes in gets ahead of Dozier with two strikes and then look like he made a mistake down middle right there that Dozier put a good swing on him made him pay for maybe just a little flat in the zone you know I have to go back and look at some of the pitches but you know look like he just made some mistakes probably a little bit down a little bit middle you know I think I think he lost a couple pitches armside that kind of just you know he lost a little bit and then obviously made made the throwing air on the on the bunt that they're they're giving us the out so yeah just not as sharp as obviously for as good as he's been in his first few. And Aaron do you do you have a starter for tomorrow? We're gonna go talk about it right now we'll have that for you shortly. Thanks Aaron I know we've asked you a lot about Joey Gallo since he's been here some some highs but tonight three strikeouts yeah strikeouts total I just what do you think about the plate? Well he's gonna strike out I mean so along with it you're gonna get a guy that over time is gonna get on a ton he's gonna hit with with authority and he's gonna be a really great two-way player for us so and along the way there's gonna be these nights and but it's a guy that's I've seen from Jump Street having quality at bats on a lot of pitches and you know I'm I think he's I think he's in a good spot right now. Aaron with that being said he's still a young hitter and young player are there areas that you would like to see him kind of improve on? Of course I want to see all our guys improve and I think I think actually Joey has made some I know adjustments over the last 12-16 months that that have taken him probably to another level and are gonna allow him to have more success moving forward you know the bottom line he's in the middle of a really good season and all-star season and you know from what I've seen you know since we've gotten him but he's in the fight all the time as far as the at-bat quality and you know so there's there's gonna be a stretch where I know he's gonna he's gonna you know get super hot and and you're gonna see on base and slug with him but as far as at-bat quality I don't see him fooled I don't see him over matched I don't see him you know you know he's its quality against left-handed pitching as well so you know there's gonna be some peaks and valleys in there but and then of course we want to work alongside him to with all our guys to continue to always try and kind of reach for the stars.