He's fine. I took him out in hope that he'll be OK tomorrow. It was cold out here. |
He's going to be a late-inning pitcher, a closer-type guy. He's been throwing the ball hard and improving his breaking ball. |
He's had a lot of things to work around. He's been trying to get back to the place he was. |
He's more confident now, ... He's not a hard thrower, and he was surrounded by hard-throwing guys in the minors. I think he probably pressed a little bit, but he's found a place as a sinkerball-slider-changeup guy. |
He's not getting many chances. His timing may be off. It's hard to get off to a good start when you're not being pitched to, not even in spring training. |
He's pitching as well as he did three years ago, maybe better. |
He's starting to do his thing. |
He's still in the hands of the trainers and doctors. When we're given the green light, we'll stick him in there. |
He's swinging the bat now, no question. He's starting to sting the ball. |
He's the guy we hope will be the opening-day guy. Two of the three years he's pitched for me, he hasn't been healthy enough to be my opening day guy. |
He's throwing harder. His first several fastballs had a lot of life. |
He's thrown a lot of pitches all year. I'm worried a bit about him, just personally. |
He's thrown the ball well in Los Angeles, and we are trying to win games - that's another factor. |
Here, it is not a developing situation. Not yet. If a guy gives up five or six runs in two innings, I'm taking him out. I don't care who the guy is. |
His delivery kind of left him for one pitch or two, but then he got it back. That's a good sign. With him, he's either good or bad, and today he was able to address his problem. Before, if he got a bad hitter or two, things got out of hand. |