Trace has been swinging the bat well and using the whole field. |
Two days after the season was over, he was in the cages. He worked all winter on a consistent approach, whereas last year, at times, he tried to tinker too much and do too many things. We're going to try and get him in there against left-handers, because he's had more success against them. |
Unbelievable impression. He's got great actions for an 18-year-old kid. A wooden bat looks natural in his hands. He resists going out there and trying to hit home runs on every ball in batting practice. He hits the ball the other way. Just a very impressive 18-year-old. |
Unbelievable. We saw that same performance several times last year, but for a guy who hasn't pitched in I don't know how many days to be as mechanically sound as he was, was pretty impressive. |
Unbelievable. We were getting fluids in him. He was struggling and then he makes that play. So not only was it an offensive and defensive performance, he gutted it out, too, because he was scuffling. |
Unless the doctors tell me to shut him down, that's not something I'm thinking about, |
Valverde is really the one guy that hasn't pitched a whole lot, in that we haven't had a lot of save situations. It's the other guys who have been taxed. |
We are missing at all levels. |
We continued to battle, and got their closer in the game. If you keep battling and put yourself in position enough times, you're going to come through. |
We could get away with it probably for a day or two. But I think he's more comfortable at second or third. |
We feel he's ready for it. |
We feel like we have quite a few weapons down there. |
We feel like we have some strength in numbers. |
We feel like we need to see some results and we just haven't seen the results. |
We feel like we need to see some results and we just haven't seen the results. I don't want to run this guy down, but it's just something that we feel like to be more competitive that we have to do. |