He could go out and pitch the same way this year and have a tremendous year because things go his way. This may be his year to get run support.

Let's see what has kept this guy where he's been, ... Is he a usable part for next year?

Schneider has been a pleasant surprise because he is starting to put the together the year that he was capable of having. That's nice to see. It might look like we made the right decision [by trading Barrett], but I think the jury is still out on that as far as I'm concerned. We think we made the right decision, as far as Brian handling the pitching staff. He has been very good.

It's just going to be a tremendous year.

I'd certainly prefer to finish fourth than finish fifth. There's a stigma to that: last. 'You finished last, last year.' And after the start we had, ... that just kind of throws cold water completely on the whole season right there.

Things are always darkest just before they go pitch black.