It's almost surreal he's going to be out there.

It was a little surreal that the bleeding never stopped.

That?s our goal -- to make the tournament. We?re almost there. We?re so close, it is surreal. I felt like we had to win this tournament to make sure we were in.

We've seen when the team's on the field, we're certainly as good as anybody in our division. Who knows, if the season was two more weeks ...

He's had his challenges in spring training to get out of the gate. If ever there a year that he needed to be on time, it's this year. He's a free agent-to-be, and we certainly need him.

I don't want to be too hard-line about it, but the more we see of the old Jason Schmidt, the more you want to sign him.