I'm still getting some good life on the ball without the max effort. Everything is finishing toward the plate and seems pretty smooth. My location seems better because of that. |
It gives us and the fans, ... something else to look forward to. |
It seems like about 15 years ago. The last couple years have been kind of rough. It's all behind me now. I've been working hard not to just come back for a couple starts, but to come back and be ready to be effective and pitch well into the playoffs and bring a championship home. I'm looking forward to getting back. |
It was a different scenario to come into the middle of an inning. It's different warming up in the bullpen. I need to stay loose and make sure to be ready to go in the game when they call me. |
It was nice to go out and throw an inning. It's been frustrating going on the DL three times with this injury and not knowing what the problem was. They will go in, clean it up and send me on my way. |
It's been pretty boring. But I'm sure it's going to pick up in a little while. |
It's better if people have a choice. |
It's nice to get a hitter in there, just to have something in the box. I'm pleased with the way things are going. Today was another step. We got some hitters in there, and we're just progressing. |
Mark told me he didn't expect me to be doing what I did today until six or seven days after surgery. We're going the right direction. |
My shoulder feels better the more I throw. I really don't want to miss more than one day without doing something with it. |
Obviously when you can't contribute the way you want to and you miss extended periods of time, you feel like you didn't help the other 24 guys out there. |
There are some things I want to do as a starter. |
They're not fixing anything. They're taking a piece out. We're not in danger. |
Things were going real well and they still are going well with my shoulder. It was better than I expected. A month ago I wasn't looking to be where I was at. It (the knee) is what it is. I don't know really what happened and how it came about. It just kind of gradually got more sore and sore. |
When I can go out there and throw the way I want to throw and recover the way I want to recover, that's when we're ready to go. Until then, that's what we are waiting on. |