Did it take a little while to get over just trying to maintain health and make sure you could get through the season and then really make sure you're throwing the ball well?

I mean, yeah, obviously, like, first season back, there's a lot of, like, thoughts and, like, personal, like, thinking.

And I feel like each time I'm on the mound and I get off the mound, post the out, and I kind of, like, surprise myself.

And it got to a point during the season that I was like, okay, I'm actually doing this.

Like, take it day by day, done, done.

You know, don't act like you haven't done it before because I have.

And to me, it's really cool that obviously the results and just to be here with a big league club and just putting my little grain of salt to be able to win games and just helping.

You think back to spring training and I think your goal was to be pitching at this point in time, but how excited are you to be a part of this?

Did it take a little while to get over just trying to maintain health and make sure you could get through the season, and then really make sure you're throwing the ball well?

I mean, yeah, obviously, like, first season back, there's a lot of, like, thoughts and, like, personal, like, thinking.

And I feel like each time I'm on the mound and I get off the mound, post the out, and I kind of, like, surprise myself.

And it got to a point during the season that I was like, okay, I'm actually doing this.

Like, take it day by day, done, done.

You know, don't act like you haven't done it before because I have and to me it's really cool that obviously the results and just to be here with a big league club and just putting my little grain of salt to be able to win games and just helping.

and it's september the team's independent race you think back to spring training and and i think your goal was to be pitching at this point in time but how excited are you to be a part of this

i mean i'm super excited this is kind of like a dream come true but also not taking away that that like the vision of going day to day and getting better every day and just if we take care of today um tomorrow is going to take care of itself so just keeping personal that mentality and just having fun too baseball is a fun sport and don't taking that for granted

The reaction you receive from your teammates, what does that mean to you, teammates and coaches and everyone else involved? It means a lot.

I've always talked about how this group of guys, how great they are and how good of a person they are.

And to see them, how they...

Ils m'ont accueilli cette semaine.

Je n'aurais pas pu demander plus.

Même les équipes de coaching.

J'en parlais plus tôt sur comment tout le monde a changé un peu dans ma carrière et dans ma vie.

les stands la nuit dernière, votre mère et beaucoup de famille, qu'est-ce que c'était comme de les voir après le match, après tout ce qui s'est passé ? C'était surprenant.

And were you surprised at all at the command that you had, that you weren't spraying the ball all over and that you were able to keep your delivery where it needed to be to be able to throw enough strikes to be effective?

Yeah, I think for the last couple of months, I felt pretty good about how I'm commanding the strike zone, how I'm getting ahead, how I'm using my three pitches, the fastball, the curveball, and the slider.

Just confident on that and leading up to yesterday, I felt that I was in a really good spot.

Just got to continue to work and today is another day and get ready to compete and go out there and attack the zone, attack the hitter and just enjoy

The reaction you receive from your teammates, what did that mean to you, teammates and coaches and everyone else involved? It means a lot.

I always talked about how this group of guys, how great they are and how good of a person they are.

And to see them, how they welcomed me this week is, I couldn't ask for more.

Even the coaching staff and I was talking about earlier about how everybody kind of like has chipped in a little bit into my career and into my life.

Um,

crying.

I was crying a lot.

It's been probably emotional days.

I got told on Wednesday after the game.

And from there, just talking to family.

Yeah, they're all here.

Who did you lean on during that time, whether it was maybe someone out in Arizona, someone on staff, family, friends? Who did you look to for support?

But he met with the media before Friday's game to talk about how it felt to get the news that after a long, long trip through the minor leagues and injury issues, he finally made it to a Major League clubhouse.

Crying.

I was crying a lot.

It's been pro-emotional days.

I got told on Wednesday after the game.

And from there, just talking to family.

Yeah, they're all here.

Who did you lean on during that time, whether it was maybe someone out in Arizona, someone on staff, family, friends? Who did you look to for support?