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From the Quantum Fiber Studio, this is Brock & Sock on Seattle Sports. Brock Ewerd is my hero. James Guter just punched me in the kidney. We're going to excuse you what I'm running. That really worked that way, Sherman. This is a show that has my name on it. It's kind of does, though. Now here are your hosts, Brock Ewerard and Mike Salk. Hello!

All right, a couple pieces of news from Shannon Dreher in the last hour.

One, Bryce Miller is scheduled to throw a bullpen today.

Good news.

Hopefully this one gets going.

He has thrown off flat ground and all that.

So him throwing a bullpen today would be really good news as you're waiting to see if he can come back from this little oblique strain deal.

I don't think even if he throws the bullpen that's successful today, it's probably too late for him to be ready for his first start of the year.

But it doesn't mean this is going to be a big long-term thing.

The second piece of news, though, is that J.P. Crawford is heading to see Dr. Keith Meister today in Texas to, quote, make sure they are on track with the shoulder, according to Hollander, said imaging was good. The concern level is low. All right. Well, the concern level has been low the whole time, but now he's going to see Dr. Keith Meister. So I believe him. I mean, I'm not going to, if they say the concern level is low, great. I'm sure they're being precautionary. And this is the time to do that. There's no reason to push too hard during spring training. But for a moment, walk through this with me, Brock. What happens if this isn't a nothing burger? What happens if Dr. Keith Meister looks at it and goes, yeah, I don't like this. I need to do

surgery or I think you want to do injection, whatever the case may be, and you're going to miss

the first few weeks of the season, or you can hit, but you can't feel it. Whatever the case may be and you're going to miss the first few weeks of the season or you can hit

but you can't field it whatever the case may be where are you at with the whole idea of

colt emerson man he is young i know and this is one of those situations where where i'm at is you make

sure you do the best thing you can do

for J.P. Crawford for the sustainability of the season and you make sure you do the best thing

for Colt Emerson in the course of his career. That the big leagues is a different animal.

That I do think of my dear friend, my umpire in the major leagues, it reminds me of, I'm holding up my palm right now,

that the difference between high A and single A and double A is all the, the width of my fingers.

And then the difference between AAA and the major leagues is that thumb space. It is,

it is an enormous, enormous step. and make sure he's ready for it.

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