In fairness, Cedric had some injuries and he had some nagging things that slowed him down some that I think were out of his control.

It would be fair to say Ryan is searching for his swing a little. With the nagging injuries he has had, he just hasn't gotten a chance to get locked in at the plate.

Absolutely. If they have nagging injuries and do something to irritate them, you're going to knock them back another week and a half. They've already have a week and a half [of recovery] so instead of setting it back, we're way ahead.

I didn’t want him to think I was nagging him,

He's done a fantastic job with this team. I think of the injuries we've had - he's had his whole team out the whole year. They still play extremely hard for 48 minutes.

It?s not anything we haven?t done. It?s been in the cookbook. We?re doing a lot more of it.