Every individual has been attended to. But you can't simulate what it's like unless you pump 50,000 people into the stands. |
First of all, passing judgment on the guy, that's kind of strong. (The starting staff all) showed us what they can do. We know what they're capable of doing. Heck, they're capable of winning a World Championship. |
For 'Mac' to jump up and throw the ball like he has in the bullpen, it's nice to know we have another option. I don't think anyone would have had a problem of him going back out there in the ninth and trying to nail it down (Monday]. It's a good thing. It's a good problem to have. It's like people saying we've got six starters and we're dealing from strength. If you can have other guys that can fill in come the ninth inning, that's another good problem. |
For a while there, people were thinking we were going to let them down. Well, we didn't let them down. |
For all these guys, whether you're getting eight to 10 days off before a start or haven't pitched in the last series as a reliever, it's not a bad thing. You're going to have that energy and (need to) control that energy. Don't be concerned that you didn't get the ball. Don't be concerned when you get the ball. |
Freddy worked and Freddy prepared. |
Good pitchers, after a tough outing, bounce back. Real good pitchers don't let too many poor games get in there. |
He became that guy in the second half. |
He told me that he really felt the pressure pitching in New York and trying to live up to all the money, |
He'd be excited about it, ... But his focus would be where mine is, on trying to win a world championship. |
He's a good, quality guy, and we have to get him back to when he was at his best, which looks like when he was with Montreal. It's nice to have that sort of quality you can count on. Every time we ran out one of our six starters last year, we felt like we had a chance to win. There's no change at all with this group. |
He's a man-child. He's a man-child that got a man's save [pitching two innings] a couple of days ago. |
He's a man-child. Nothing seems to faze him. |
He's an interesting character. There are days when A.J. has that look, and you know that no matter what you have to say, he's going to say the opposite. |
He's got toughness, heart and he's pretty calm. He's been in some pretty big moments for a 24-year-old guy coming up from Double-A. And he's really handled it. |