His last 20 at-bats or so, he's really seeing the ball well. And tonight? You can't square up a ball any better than those couple of home runs. |
His stamina would be the main thing. We need to see if he can go out and throw 90 pitches. We need him to get us to the point, like any of the starters, to get us to the bullpen. But we have Esteban Yan and we have Kevin Gregg to give us innings if we need. |
His stuff was fine, (but) we didn't make a couple of plays behind him, and they had some hits fall in. The wild pitch certainly didn't help us, but it's just one tough inning. Shields will be fine. |
His talent is eye-opening. We felt he was ready. |
His velocity was good, his command was not as crisp as it has been. In the deep counts he ran, he came back and made some terrific pitches. When he had to make a pitch, he did. |
His whole game is built around speed but he will provide coverage for us in the outfield, specifically in center. |
Historically, if we can get one guy locked into DH, we will be more productive, but we might not be able to do that. The versatility of our team gives us depth, and that might allow us to carry an extra bat or a DH on the team. |
Hopefully he's gonna be able to get out here early next week and test it some more, ... and hopefully get him in the rotation next weekend. |
Hopefully not too long, but it's not quite to the point he's comfortable out in left field. I want to get his bat in the lineup. It will give us more options if we get him in left field. We'll take it day-to-day. I don't want to put a guy out there if it's a risk at all. |
Hopefully, he feels at a level that he is able to finish the spring in left. If he can get out there in left field, it means we have a deeper team with more options. |
Howie Kendrick is a guy that can hit right now in the big leagues, and hit in a big way in the big leagues. |
I couldn't be in a better environment for us to achieve our goals, ... From everything from what Arte has committed to this organization, from the top down to the Minors couldn't be better. Nobody has a crystal ball, but I don't know if there is a better managerial job out there in baseball. |
I didn't expect the scoring, |
I didn't need to see a replay. |
I don't know how you could be any more consistent from Day 1 than he has. |