The knee's great, I feel fine. I was actually quite surprised with how seamless the rehab was because I've had some tricky rehabs in the past, so to have a smooth one and be able to just come back smoothly has been nice. To get minutes back into the legs has been great, and finally feeling like I'm in rhythm again is nice as well after that past 90 [minute appearance].
Neither has made a great first impression. Rodriguez has allowed seven runs with a 7:6 strikeout-to-walk ratio through eight innings. He has at least had encouraging velocity, averaging 95 mph on his fastball. He's a wild card after missing the past season and a half to shoulder issues.
Lucchesi, 32, was effective for the Giants in a middle relief role last season. He appeared in 38 games and tossed 38 1/3 innings of 3.76 ERA ball. His 18.8% strikeout rate was well below average, but Lucchesi's 7.3% walk rate was strong and his 53% ground-ball rate was excellent.
Jak was responsible for like 10 of my points. He just sets great screens, bigs got to worry about him...His screening and rolling set a lot of things up, especially for me when I'm coming off screens like that. He's getting rebounds, blocking shots, doing everything. So, it's a great thing to have Jak back.
At the end of the day, you saw a guy in his most vulnerable state and you're seeing that journey back. That journey may start today, but there's no endgame to that, it may be a long time. I think along the way you have to have a sense of gratitude and a sense of perspective.
