Last year we finished sixth in the league. It was our best finish since joining the league in 2000.

I always said I would finish the year and the year is not finished yet,

Abel finished fourth in league as a sophomore. We're looking forward to having him back. Justin finished sixth in league last season. He's also running very well.

best young lineman we've brought in since Birk (sixth-round pick in 1998).

Nobody finished the season in the two best away gyms in the league like our guys (did).

We've been in our bullpen with a lot of regularity this year in the fifth inning or starting the sixth. We've had to use (Julio) Mateo, (J.J.) Putz and (Rafael) Soriano in two-inning stints a lot already this year. If we continue to do that, when we get to August and September and we're in this, those guys are going to be out of gas because we had to use them so much.