I'm at the point right now where I cannot make a mistake, ... Every mistake that I make we are paying for. |
I'm just kind of settling back into what I did before, ... Having not started a game in what, four months, you don't forget how to do it, but there are little things that go with the day and the game that you try to settle yourself back into and get comfortable with. |
I'm nervous, anxious. It's been two years since I've been the guy I was. Until I do what I did before, there's a lot of questions. |
I'm not thinking about the things that I was thinking about last year. |
I'm not trying to hit anybody in the head. I'm just trying to either get him out of the box or get him uncomfortable, and to do that you have to continue to pitch in. |
I'm not trying to hit anybody in the head. Jim Tracy and those guys know that's not how I play the game. |
I'm not trying to hit people, but at the same time hitters were very comfortable facing me last year, much more so last year than any year in the past. But there's something you can do about that as a pitcher and you've got to be proactive and do it. |
I'm obviously lobbying for him to be a starter because I believe someone who can pitch 200 innings is going to help us more than pitching 60. I talked to Theo about it and he rolled his eyes like he usually does. |
I'm ready to be good again. |
I'm ready to be good again. I'm ready to throw a lot of innings. That's what starters have to do. |
I'm sitting there after the second inning and we're losing, 5-0, and I've shown no signs of being able to get them out. Like I said, after the second inning, I was at the end of my rope and I had to figure out which way I was going to go. |
I'm throwing my changeup to the point where I'm going to be able to use it now to get people out. It's something I've wanted to have and never been comfortable with until now. |
I'm trying to pitch aggressively in now. It's something I've always needed to do. I've never really been efficient at it and I'm going to change that this year. |
I've had a boot on for the past couple of weeks, so my ankle isn't getting any stronger. |
I've made a living for 15 years with my command, and it's something I've always prided myself on and [Thursday] night, the good pitches I thought I made that got hit didn't get hit at somebody, and the bad pitches all got hit hard, ... Part of the mental grind for me right now is trying to get past that and not make excuses. |