Having two No. 1s is really what put us over the top, and I think we have an opportunity to have that here with Josh and Curt if they're both healthy. |
He can definitely handle whatever they throw at him. Johnny's a cool cat. |
He comes in consistently throwing the ball hard and where he wants to. I'm amazed each time he goes out there. |
He forces everybody to say, 'This guy's off the wall. I can be myself around here. I don't have to walk on eggshells. |
He knows when to put pressure on guys and when not to. It's wonderful playing under him. He never kills us in the paper. |
He took a chance on me. Obviously it's worked out for me personally. I appreciate the opportunity. |
Huge. We had no chance if he didn't get the ball to Edgar [Renteria] as fast as he did. |
I agreed to the contract with the strong advice not to sign it simply for the reason that I want to play in this town and I love being a Red Sox. I wouldn't have signed this deal in any other place. |
I couldn't believe where that pitch was. |
I definitely noticed it. It just means that people are expecting big things from me. I hope I can come here and satisfy that need for us to have some quality pitching. |
I didn't feel like I had my legs under me, but that's what spring training is for, trying to build up stamina. |
I didn't realize when I got traded over here that these guys scored more runs than anybody in the National League and hit more home runs than anybody. So, they put up some runs. |
I didn't want to feed him fastballs. I threw him some breaking balls off the plate. |
I don't feel like they betrayed me. It's just a tough situation. I'm disappointed. I felt like I had done enough around here that they would keep me. |
I don't think a lot of decisions rested on just Theo's shoulders, ... I think a lot of people were involved in having a roundtable discussion and having different ideas, so I don't think it will change all that much. Obviously it's going to hurt some because of the relationship he had with the players. |