 Aaron Taion joked on the field that the starters coming into the series and why don't we all just pitch seven or eight innings And he was a little nervous heading into it to this evening. How do you what do you think about the way he responded? Very well, he was great pitch efficient on the attack, you know get that one three ball count but rallied in it Yeah, I thought the defense behind him was really good number of good plays around the horn, but he was in control of the game and Had a little bit of everything going and Got the ball to play there to finish it off But just just another great performance from one of our starters He was pretty economical 93 pitches through eight any consideration of sending him back out there. No No, I was I was going to clay there in a safe situation had we tacked on a couple runs Then I would have considered going to him there, but I was gonna go to clay there in the ninth No, I think it's been a point of emphasis for you know years now, you know, you got to be in the strike zone You know You know obviously getting the heads important strike throwing is really important and then When you're doing that then you can start leveraging counts and dictating counts And then you can you know start to get chases by moving it off the plate when you have that count leverage, so I don't think it put up more of a point of emphasis this year than it has been in past He also mentioned he wasn't sure if he necessarily had his best stuff But just found a way to make big pitches when it mattered. Did you see that as well or did you feel different? I don't know. I felt I felt he was pretty sharp to me Maybe not quite the life that maybe had his on his fastball that maybe had the last couple of times And and you know, there was some sprinkled in some hard contact there against them But like I said, the defense was was really good, but I thought Jamo was You know, maybe not his best stuff, but I thought he was really sharp coming into this season people look at the rotation There were question marks Severino first four year back time and come up the surgery cold struggles at some point last year But when you look at what they've done so far beat basically all five guys What can you say about the rotation as a whole? I think they've been the best group to this point in the league You know, we're Like I caution that with it's early and we got to keep doing it But I'm not surprised that they're going out and pitching as well as they are. I know what they're all capable of and I know how prepared they all are. I know how together they are all they all are and And it's good to see them, you know You know taking pride in their day and and being the next guy to really step up But I'm not surprised at any of their success Laborers talking about the infield defense and how excited they were to play up with my own pitching How does that work together the picture on the defense? Yeah, you know, I think anytime you get into a good rhythm and pace You know as a as a fielder, I know You know just Personally and playing anytime a guy had had a good rhythm and pace to him and worked Not necessarily all the time quickly, but just a good solid pace to him It did feel like you were just a little bit more engaged a little bit more on your toes And I thought Jamo certainly did that tonight and certainly set a good tone from that standpoint and and you know The result I think you look around the diamond a lot of guys chipped in with some really nice plays Yeah, I mean you guys need to look it up how many sub three hours It's a lot. It's a lot. I mean 223 is really good Man Wasn't seven I can almost make it to birds What's that was that I got like after carpet that was good Pretty fired up. He's he's coming and right away. You get a sense. He's he's kind of fit in with the group really well You can really tell he's excited to be here and be a part of this and You know for a guy that's had the career. He's had you know to be in here with these guys I think he fits in well and for him to really make some some really strong contributions here in these first two games Has been big and glad to see him have some some instant success coming over How hard is that to do when he hasn't played in a week? Yeah, they have his base gauge of a pitching since last year Probably a little challenging but You know hitting's fickle like that, you know, sometimes, you know, you kind of have a little down You pick it up right away. Sometimes it it takes a minute. So You know, you never quite know with with your timing and swing and all but certainly it's been good to see him Have really, you know, what's he been on base four times probably now? A lot of good at bats You know and you know facing a lot of lefties to where he's had really competitive at bats They're really good to see Yeah, I was you know, if we got in a certain situation I was kind of had DJ moving to to potentially Hit so yeah, they were options. Cleaver has eight humbers already. No, I think he had nine last year All year What do you see in there that is a home run swing bag or just better at bats all around? I think What the home runs are gonna come and go and you know, sometimes they happen in bunches I think what what we've seen to this point is just a better quality of contact throughout the season and You know, I think that's I Think his lower half's been better and getting himself into better stronger positions More consistently and that's allowing him to get off some really good swings and so it's been nice that he's hit the ball out of the ballpark and Some but but I think overall You know, and I would I would say he's probably even been a little bit unlucky, you know with as consistently as he's hit the ball hard That's what we're seeing better is consistently just Better contact and I think that starts with his base and getting into better positions consistently Oh, it's great. I you know off the bat. I I didn't think he was even gonna be in the vicinity and then it's just kind of Yeah, it was I think they got a fist pump from me so that was it was a good play