He's had some lumps, and recent health issues, but the guy can pitch, and if we can hang on, the postseason is a place where he can perform. |
He's progressing to where he needs to be. That's the main thing he needs to do. |
He's the only guy in baseball who has been through the things Jose's been through, who can relate to him. Jose has a great support system here. He's exorcized a lot of demons - beating Boston, beating the Yankees, pitching well in the postseason. I don't know if it was impatience or what it was [in New York], I'm just glad we got him. |
Hey, everything is up for grabs. Nobody is jumping up, so we will look in-house here, down below. |
His confidence is where it needs to be. |
I always expect good performances out of our starters, want them to go deep and believe in them -- but what they did is way above and beyond my expectations and those of a lot of other people. |
I bet if you asked McCarthy about pitching in the bullpen, developing, getting his feet wet and learning a new tool to make himself an asset to the organization and to benefit himself, or whether he wants to go to Triple-A and pitch, you know the answer. |
I didn't ask him about the back. But I'm not going to ask him about it anymore. If he's able to go Sunday (his next scheduled appearance), he'll be there. I don't think he felt great because of some of the movements he was making in the dugout, but it's going to be: Can he manage the pain? |
I do think that at some point or another this season, we're going to need 12 pitchers, but we're leaning toward 11 right now. That's probably going to happen. |
I don't [care] what he uses, as long as at the end of the night we've got six, seven, eight innings out of his [butt] with a chance to win the game. We've been picking it up as a staff. It would be great to get another little shot in the arm where, 'Hey, Garland is getting it going boys. Here's another guy on board. |
I don't foresee him here anytime before the All-Star break. If he could get better and give us a half like he did last year n the second half (in 2006) instead of the first half. |
I don't know, nor do I really care, about what went on in New York with Jose. I think Contreras' future is ahead of him. |
I don't look at it as AL vs. NL. I look it as the team that's opposing us. |
I don't think anybody could tell you, 'Yeah we were expecting three CGs against a club like that.' It's pretty amazing. I don't know, maybe I should stop being amazed by these guys. |
I liked our chances from Day One in spring training, |