This is my second chance at the opportunity of a lifetime. |
This kid has got some abilities with the bat that are hard to ignore. His bat will dictate how much he plays and where he plays as much as anything else. His bat dictates the change (in position) in the first place. |
Today we got a good glimpse of the pitcher we've been hearing about. He's got a strong arm and he took it right at hitters, and the results showed. |
We could have the same meeting we had last night. |
We definitely have some tough decisions to make. |
We feel good about him being able to do that. He's at a point where we hoped he'd be when he takes off to go to the World Baseball Classic. |
We feel he's more ready to face those challenges than a year ago. The only factor Monday is he didn't make enough quality pitches to get the job done. In Boston, those things weren't an issue. We've talked a little bit about it. We'll make him as right as he can be for the next game. |
We had a few chances and weren't able to get any more runs. |
We had a Mexican pitcher, a Puerto Rican catcher and a Korean pitcher all yelling at each other. I couldn't understand what any of them said. |
We have some awfully good choices. They all want to be in the game. Sometimes the choices are made for you, sometimes there are some difficult choices to be made. That's what we hope happens. |
We have some concern for Navarro. They're saying 10-to-14 days. |
We know he wasn't close to what we saw in 2003 and 2004 and, until he gets back to that point, we don't know what to expect. |
We like his stuff and we're anxious to get him back to the Major League club. We feel he could be very useful in the bullpen later on. We liked the person, his character. He's an awfully good teammate. |
We saw the way they operated together in Spring Training and liked that, and we'll try to stick with it unless something happens to dictate otherwise. |
We told him all the other rookies had already been sent down. |