He didn't talk me into it. We'll go at least one more time with what we're doing. |
He finished up pretty strong. Everything's where we thought it would be. We'll pick it up the next time and keep building on it. |
He has done well, other than a little bit when he goes over his head. That's pretty normal. |
He helped so much with the young guys. He was just easy to talk to and would give you a straight answer and follow up on everything you would ever ask of him. It was a great situation with him here. |
He is going to be built up as a starter. With the rehab, he needs to be built up that way. You can't retard the progress by putting him in the bullpen and limiting the innings and pitches. He is going to need to get the work as a starter. |
He knows that he does sides in between and the days he does them. I'll talk to him in the next day or two but the scheduling, as far as pitching, is not in our hands. |
He looked good. As we do more throwing, it takes a little longer to get loose just because we have been trying to tire his arm out a little bit to build it up without having any problems. That may be a routine he has to keep for a while. |
He looked OK for where we are. We'll pick it up next time and keep building on it. Today was just to get him on the mound and get him going. |
He looked OK, for where we are. He finished up pretty strong. We'll pick it up there the next time. |
He never came to us. He hasn't said anything. I told him what the plans were. His take on everything is you play every game to win it. I think you're trying to win when he's pitching. Those two goals are in unity with each other. |
He probably threw a little more than we first intended. We'll see how he reacts [on Tuesday] to the throwing. I'll go by what the doctors say at this point in time. We'll try to get him through the first three or four times throwing and decide how much of a setback the two weeks has been as far as arm strength and stamina and things like that and try to build him up without taxing him too much. |
He shows us the ability to throw strikes any time in the count. He has a high level of concentration on every pitch, and that's something we like. Because of his experience, he has an excellent chance to be in the rotation. The ball is really in his court. |
He started throwing some breaking balls. We'll probably go at least one more time with what we're doing. |
He stood up and threw without putting a lot of pressure on the knee. Just basically tossing 90 balls to keep the motion and looseness through the shoulder. |
He threw about 12 pitches off the mound and a bunch off flat ground. It's pretty amazing to watch. |