After three months, the executive director must come up with a plan to improve the overall performance of the agency. |
Eventually, everybody is going to have to pay their own bills. |
I don't like that he got a hit off me, ... I told him when I was at Fresno, 'Just keep pitching like you're pitching and you'll be successful for a long time.' |
I felt kind of down in the beginning of the year down in the bullpen. But the bullpen helped me out a lot, getting my confidence back, and I'm taking that out there every day now. |
I had to prove something, not to everybody else but to myself. Just that I could go out and pitch and not let anything get to me. |
I have no pressure [this year]. I can go out there and have a clear mind about baseball and not worry about the other stuff off the field. It's totally different. I feel like a new player now. When I go out there, I don't have to worry about anything. I can just worry about baseball. |
I just didn't make the pitches. When I came out of the bullpen I felt good. I just wasn't locating the ball where I wanted to. I got to concentrate more now. |
I learned last year that I need to have some confidence behind every pitch I throw, and now I have that confidence, and I think I can go out there and do that at any time. |
I live for the city of Toronto, ... I heard a few things, but I assume it's just rumors. |
I was going up against a guy that is an idol of mine. His stuff was good. |
I'm back in a city I love. |
I'm just hoping I have a chance. I just want to be a part of the team. If I'm a starter, I'm a starter. If I'm a reliever, I'm a reliever. As long as I'm a part of the team, that's all that matters. Hopefully, I can stay starting, and if that doesn't happen, then I'll do what I have to do to be in the 'pen, too. |
I'm known for starting out real bad in the spring. Spring is a time to work at things. It was just basically location. I have to get the ball down in the strike zone and be effective with it. It's no setback at all. |
I'm not throwing the ball where I want to and I'm not concentrating. I was just bad period. |
If we don't give these raises, some people will leave. |