The fact that he has talent plays into it. |
The fact we're losing games is weighing on them more than the fact we're losing at home. |
The first one I thought he had a chance. The second one, I wasn't too sure he was going to get there. Both were outstanding. |
The game was huge. We're not out of it, but we need to win. We definitely can't lose any more games. |
The game was there for us, ... and tonight we couldn't do it. |
The games you're supposed to win are the games where you get chances, ... You'll always look back and say, 'Holy [cow], we didn't get it done.' |
The guys were working and fighting hard every game to win. That's what we want and how we want to build as the regular season starts. |
The job is his to lose. I've said that over and over again. How many at-bats has David gotten? Not too many. |
The last three or four games, Jon has been very good for us. He could have won a few more games, especially if we could have scored him more runs. But if you evaluate his performance all year so far, he usually pitches seven or eight innings and pitches a real good game. And any time we can score him runs, he can win a game for us. |
The last three starts, I liked what I saw. I think he's more into it. He's grown up some since last year. The more success and experience this kid has, he's going to throw the ball much harder. There's more left in his arm. |
The last three-four times he pitched in spring training, he was a lot sharper than that. You know, he's young and that's going to happen some. |
The more you face certain pitchers, the more comfortable you're going to feel, and you're getting to get a better idea of what they're trying to do. Sometimes it's that much easier. |
The problems he's had this spring is his command. His arm is good, but he's having trouble throwing strikes. |
The rain got us. [It lasted] too long to send him back out there. I didn't want to take a chance. He was going to go at least two, maybe three [innings]. It's a bad break, but we have time to get him back out there and get him ready. |
The scoreboard is very hard not to look at. It's sitting right up there in front of you. I find myself just kind of staring at it. They can cut it off if they want to, but then I'd probably ask somebody to go up there and see what the scores of the games are. |