At the start of the season, I thought it might be 92, but now looking at it, someone could win with 88 games. It might take less. |
Balance in a big-league lineup means a whole lot. I might change my mind in a couple of days. |
Basically, your question is whether we are good enough to make the playoffs. I believe we are. Whether we do or not speaks for itself on the field. |
Believe me, I pull for him. |
Big guys do strike out a lot, but I think that's an area that Ryan will improve on once he gets more experience in the major leagues. |
Billy Wagner's great. Believe me, Gordon can do that job, too. |
Bob Hayes couldn't have scored there. |
Bob Hayes wouldn't have scored there. |
Bob Hayes wouldn?t have scored there. At the end we had a chance, but we couldn?t get it done. |
Brett is so full of energy, and we've talked about how to handle that energy. He did a great job last season. He kept us in almost every ballgame with a chance to win. That's what you want out of your starters. I think he's going to have a great year. He's focused in on what he needs to do. |
Brett Myers, he is probably the guy with the big stuff on our team, ... He's got, consistently, the best stuff of the guys on our club. |
But I will play him. Victorino had a big year in Triple A. Reports say he's improved, especially from right side. I haven't seen him enough to judge yet. |
Chase and Jimmy are the type of players who work so hard to improve and get better on the field. They strive for that. They want to get better all the time. They're fine up-and-coming players who are only going to keep getting better. |
Chase did an outstanding job for us last season. He got a lot of big hits. He's a [heck of a] player. He wore down a bit at the end, but it was always exciting when he was up and we needed a hit. |
Chase is in new waters right now. The last month of the season is always hard on a young player. I might give him a day off. He'll be fine. |