It's going to take a week to get Barmes and Hawpe their 30 at-bats, ... And Neal just needs to pitch. |
It's Jason's time to take the next step, and sometimes when players can't get to certain places, it's up to a coach to take them there. I want him to know going in that I've got the confidence in him to do that. By giving him the ball Opening Day, I can't make a bigger statement than that. |
It's just another example of backing up what we've talked about with action, nothing more than that. We need him to get some games in [at second]. An opportunity today presents itself. We move upon it. We'll see how it goes. |
It's kind of like a lab experiment. Keeping [his swing] short and simple won't be a power reduction by any means. It'll probably play out in the long run that he'll have more opportunity to drive in runs because the ball will be in play more effectively, harder [and] more often. |
It's not an easy job, ... It's [easier] to look at things when they're not right and say who's to blame than when they're going right [and saying], 'Well, they're supposed to.' That's where I come into play, to look at what happens when things go right. |
It's not free. He is going to invest in his future. It's a good plan. |
It's not something we drew up in the dirt. Our best chance was to put him on. |
It's played out well so far. We've got options. You're never going to replace a Todd Helton, but you've got capable people that can come in and you can move some people around. It's not as big a drop off as maybe we've had in the past. |
It's really nice for our team to get another road win, especially after a tough one-run loss. It's another step in the right direction for us, no doubt. |
It's something we have thought about and if it falls into place, it falls into place, ... But I don't want to do it just as a novelty; I want to do it for some meaning. It think it would emphasize the job player development has done for us, and the job the scouts have done. |
It's still a long season. We'll see how it plays out. |
It's unfortunate it's Matt. But those kinds of errors in judgment ... we're not last year's team. We're not going to be last year's team. |
It's up to them now to go down and be a reflection of this camp. I told them eyes will be on them. A lot of guys down there will be looking at how they walk and how they talk once they've been in a big league camp. |
Jamey's a spot starter in Kim's spot, ... We've seen Jamey start 40 times in the last year and a half, I feel very solid about my feelings about Jamey. |
Just giving him a rest, right in the middle of spring training. We just want to slow him down a little bit. |