He is one of those unique individuals and there's no way to explain it. ... I'm not saying he is a throwback, but he knows himself. He knows his body, his arm and he understands what he is able to do or not do. |
He kept yapping at me, and I was talking at him, and he's telling me, 'No more,' but he's still yakking at me, ... I'm trying to tell him, 'You stop talking to me if I can't talk to you.' |
He looked fine. When I look at him, the question is, is the knee holding up? So far, so good. He gets the day off tomorrow and we'll look and see if he wants to play another three games. |
He looks very comfortable at the plate, ... It doesn't look like he's overmatched. |
He may come back from this and be able to compete. But if they go in there and operate, he's done for the season. If it does work, we'll lose him for a month or so, and that's about it. Maybe two months at the most, but you would have him for the rest of the season if he holds up, which is another gamble. It's worth the gamble to try this first. |
He may have one more of these backup-type things of coming into a game after a starter. Then he should be in line to start a game. |
He pitched very well. You couldn't ask for anything more. He should have got out of the first inning with 16 pitches with a zero up on the board. After that, he went about his job. He did pitch. He didn't throw. |
He prepared you to go out and play baseball and have an opportunity to win ballgames, ... We were well organized. He knew the rules of the game. He executed the game fundamentally -- offensively and defensively. He could show you both ways. In the infield-fly rule, he would teach you how to do it defensively and offensively. |
He said he would like to pitch. I said, 'OK. |
He said it about six or seven times, ... Brinkman is the one who deserves a suspension. |
He seems more comfortable and relaxed in camp this year. |
He tells me [how he's feeling], and I make the decision. |
He threw free and easy out there. He had some pop on his fastball and was able to throw his breaking ball without any complaint. So physically he was fine. |
He threw strikes, ... He hit the ball around the strike zone. He used all of his pitches today, and he was ahead of the hitters. He made them swing the bat and made pitches to get them out. |
He threw strikes, but he doesn't blow you away. He is only averaging 86, 87 [miles per hour]. |