I am sure, also because of JP’s injury history, when Colt Emerson comes up, he’s going to get some games at shortstop. They’re going to want to keep him ready potentially to be in that spot. And here’s the other thing too. I do think with all these teams, when when you get to late in the year, let’s say the Mariners wind up winning the American League West but JP is struggling and defensively it’s an issue, at some point late in the year, all the niceties go away, and it comes down to, ‘you know what? We need to play the nine guys we think give us the best chance to win.’ And so it really, the question is, will JP continue to be one of those guys through the year?

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