It's been bothering him for awhile now. It's now as bad as it's been all year.

Gil's been in the big leagues awhile,

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.

He is a great guy and he's getting better, which is the important thing. The things that were bothering him are improving. We're just going to ease into it.

It's been awhile since Dunedin's had a good team.

I know physically, he probably wouldn't tell you this, but his knee was bothering him last year. He's added 10 to 15 pounds in his lower half this year, and his legs are a lot stronger.