When I pull back and think about it, there's some accomplishment. But there's no sense of satisfaction. |
When you trade for a guy, you don't know his mental approach and the kind of teammate he is. That was probably the most encouraging thing, in addition to his physical tools. He fits in well with our team and our clubhouse. |
While we are disappointed in Jason's lack of judgment and self-control, we will refrain from further comment out of respect to the judicial system. |
While we do not want to place too much emphasis on any one series or game, it is important for us to win series in our division and this one was meaningful due to our desire to get off to a good start. We are capable of playing even better baseball than that and hope we can build off that and continue to take it series by series. |
Will all those lead to us getting a deal done? I don't know. |
With him not accepting arbitration and us having five starters under contract, it definitely takes us out of the Kevin Millwood competition at this point. |
Worry and bullpen are always in the same sentence for me. He'll be a welcome sight for us up here at this point. |
Yes, it is tiny. Can we survive injuries like the larger market teams? No, we can't. But if you're a competitive person, you have to believe you can win to do this job. |
You can't take stretches of weeks off, especially coming out of the Indy 500, or you lose your momentum. TV promotes a week out. The IRL will be there when its season starts in April and ends at Labor Day. |
You do everything you can to discipline yourself not to evaluate. |
You hope the back end is solid. The middle will have fluctuations. It's going to have some fluctuation over the next two to three days to get settled. |
You just hope to get back to that level and get in. These guys don't need to focus on getting better. |
You're talking about a guy that got moved from the 9 hole very shortly to the 6 hole and then, in his first full season in the big leagues, being put in the 3 slot in the lineup. And he didn't blink. . . How he handled that mentally and emotionally, as much as what he did statistically, really drove the confidence that we had in making an offer like this. |