We've seen him play short and how he can play there. We want to keep getting a feel for him at second base. |
We've seen this guy before in a Pirate uniform. He's no-nonsense. He comes after people. He's not afraid of contact. |
We've stretched him out to five (games) in a row, at the most, so far, |
We've told Garrett he doesn't have to flinch. He's experienced a special spring in his own right. I think he's having fun watching the guy. I mean, we all are. |
What parenting comes down to, I think, if you want to do it right, is you've got to get outside yourself. That's what children do for you. Well, the good Lord has given me all kinds of things right now to get outside myself. |
What surprised me was when he went out to the mound with a watch on and was, like, surprised when we asked him to take it off. I thought maybe he got a World Series ring and a World Series watch, so that's why he seemed to be angry about that. There was a little glare coming off of it. We don't complain about much here, but at times when he turned his wrist, you could see a glare warming up. Obviously, it wasn't very expensive, the way he flung it into the dugout. Then I realized it might not have been a World Series watch. |
What was important to me is the way the guys who didn't make the club performed. |
What we need to do is play better baseball. And then there won't be a section closed down. There will be a section opened up. |
What would you do if you were manager, and you brought a man into the office and you challenged him across the board, and he answered? You're getting my answer by looking at the lineup. |
What's unfortunate is the baggage the new players are carrying around. Of course, we acquire our share of it last year, but we'd like to think we are growing from that. |
Whatever we do, we won't make a big deal out of it. |
When he gets in a groove there's some pop behind it. He brings some noise. |
When he plants his front foot and really stays behind his swing, he's got a little gap power. How it plays out, time will tell, but he has the ability to hit a ball out of the ballpark. |
When you have a reliever that's a power guy that can strike people out (80 in 67 innings pitched), he's never out of the inning. As wild as some of these innings have gotten with him, he's been able to put them away. |
Whether it's an old team or a young team, ... there's a certain way the game has to be played. |