As time goes on, guys are going to start realizing that we can stay in games. Hopefully that will transpire into getting more and more experience with it so that late in games, we can hold onto those victories that we should win. |
Be who you are. If you're comfortable leading, you're comfortable. And if you're not, it's OK. |
Before I took the job, we talked about going younger this year. We didn't talk to what degree. But I'm still excited about this opportunity and I'll manage whatever team they give me. |
But you think about it, what does a catcher do? His job is to keep the other team from scoring, try to set up the bullpen, put your guys in a position to win. And most catchers have to do the little things as hitters to stay around. |
Closers seem to be all over the place now. For a while the trend was to go with hard throwers, but if you have that one pitch that's a dominant pitch that can get people out, it's usually where you see the closers come from. |
create runs when we need to. We will look to expose weaknesses of other clubs. There are a lot of clubs that don't have the ability to hold runners on. I'm not going to sit back and wait for runs to be driven in. If we can create runs, we're going to do it. |
Danny was going to get most of the playing time anyway. He was ready to be the everyday second baseman. |
Defensively we played well. We ran the bases well. We just didn't get that one hit when we needed it. [Marshall] pitched well. He didn't give us many opportunities. |
Derek Jeter, in his rookie year, put up numbers comparable to the rest of his career. Not exactly the same. But comparable. Check it out. |
Don't accept being the fourth or fifth outfielder. Don't accept being the long relief. Push each other. Take someone's job. |
Don't read too much into that. I wouldn't make too much out of that. |
Eric gives us a little more speed, and with the way Hanley goes to right field, it can be a pretty good combination. |
Every hitter has holes in his swing. Some holes are smaller than others. When pitchers figure Jacobs out, he will have to make the changes. |
Everything we heard about him, he's a complete player. There wasn't really anything he couldn't do. He's done a lot of great things in camp. But so did Robert. Robert did a lot of great things. It was really hard sending Robert down today. |
Everything we've seen from him this spring has been a positive. |