I kind of expected he was going to be a little bit behind. He only pitched one other inning in the tournament, against Canada. But the thing that really encouraged me the most was that he made the quality pitches when he needed to. He made quality pitches and got three quality innings.

More tough luck, man. For Sean and for us. It's a big blow.

He was strong. He was almost like the old Oliver.

He'll be at least in the low 90s by the time the season starts. He has to catch up. His arm strength is not there yet.

I was only going to catch one game [for Mexico]. I thought it would be better for me to work with the new coaching staff and manager here. It was a tough decision, but this is a big year for me and I want to do everything I can to be ready.

I really hate that word, 'competition.' I don't see it that way. Me and Ryan, we can push each other. We can both get better. We're not hating each other or anything like that. Bottom line is we both want to get the best out of our pitching staff and help this team win more games. If we keep going like that all year, it's going to be good for everyone.