Fausto was in command. He showed tremendous poise when they tried to put together a couple of innings later on. |
Fernando did a great job. He worked ahead in the count and made his pitches. His fastball was explosive. And his poise. I love the way he stands on the mound. He was a big part of us winning the game. |
First, you think about getting Westbrook through the first inning. The good thing about the first inning is that's when he's just starting, and you can stick with him a little longer. Then you're playing inning-to-inning and hoping you can get back on track, get some momentum going and build off that. I guess we did that tonight. |
For a young man, he was focused on what was coming around the corner vs. getting caught up in what was happening at that point in time. |
For a young player, Brandon has been through a lot in a short period of time. |
Good luck. I'm pulling for you. |
Grady is a special player, and a very special young man. |
Grady is just a fantastic young player who goes about his business the right way, |
Grady was outstanding. He drove the ball all over the field and had an all-around great day. |
Grady's a fantastic young player. |
He banged up his shin pretty good. We're going to have to see where he's at. |
He battled even though he didn't have good command of his fastball. |
He beat up his shin pretty good. We'll take a look at where he's at [Saturday]. |
He came in here and looked fantastic. He used all his pitches and all of them were working. He's more consistent and confident. These are all good things. |
He can give us 80 to 85 pitches, if we need. We like what we saw from him in Spring Training. |