It might be a little different, but I'm sure I can adapt to it. It's a young group of players, and everyone seems to be having fun. It ought to be a great year and a successful year. I'm glad to be a part of it. |
It was an outing that wasn't well period, regardless of battling for a spot or not. |
It wasn't necessarily my best start, but it wasn't necessarily my worst start. |
It's a comforting thing. If you get beat up by a team, and you come back against the same team, and you do pretty well, it shows once you get knocked down in a tunnel you're not going to give up. You come back stronger the next time. |
It's definitely something you have to believe in. People can say that you have great stuff, but if you don't believe it, you're not going to pitch with conviction like you have good stuff. |
My dad served in the [Army] for 23 years, and a couple of people I talked to grew up Army brats like I did and they continued to pursue it. I have a lot of respect for them. They are protecting our country and sacrificing their lives. And they have families they don't get to see a lot just from being deployed and going over and going over and serving our country. So they have much respect from me and I'm sure a lot of other people. |
My first thought when I got here was 'Maybe I should have stayed home. But I love to dance, so I stayed. |
My mind frame is that I'm going to break (camp) with the team and contribute to the team like I know I can. Any thought of the minor leagues hasn't crossed my mind. I'm going in focused on one goal, one mission. |
Sometimes it's tough (to be patient). But you have to be strong-minded and understand that you have time and you're still young. |
That was something that just came from a bad habit. It was no mechanical reason that made me do it. Just a bad habit. It made me inconsistent. The ball would be high or low. |
That's going to be a big thing for me, to get ahead. A lot of the time when I've struggled I've walked people and been behind in the pitch count. I just want to come out and get ahead. |
The big hits they had were where I was behind in the count and I had to come at them. They got the hits when they needed to. |
This year I'm just going out and using my best stuff. I'm not trying to paint. I'm not a finesse pitcher. I'm not going to be the one who is going to paint here or paint there. I'm going to throw hard to a certain area and keep the ball down. |
Throw hard, be aggressive, make the hitters earn it. |
We'll see how it goes from there. As far as leaving it out there, I gave it my best. |