Well, we're going on adrenalin. |
What Francisco did in 2002, ... was remarkable. |
What he brings to our club is exactly what every championship-caliber staff needs, ... You need that horse. |
What he has to do now is regain some stamina to become a starter again. He has as good a stuff as anyone. |
What kind of role he is able to forge, we will have to see. There is still time. |
What's important is how you're playing, not who you're playing or where you're playing, ... It would be great to have home-field advantage, no doubt about it. But not at the cost of putting some of these guys at serious risk of missing the playoffs. |
What's really been impressive is to see his work ethic and how much his defense has picked up. We're really excited about that part. |
When a guy gets hurt you want to back him off and work him back up to where he needs to be. He has to work on his stamina and then he'll throw at least one more bullpen before he gets a start. |
When he had to make a pitch, he did. |
When that happens it puts more of a burden on a guy like Vlad. Sometimes you can pitch around one guy in the middle, and we've seen that. When Vlad was out of the lineup we hung in there. We had some guys swinging the bat well. I don't think we go as far as Vlad goes, but we need more than that. |
When we saw him in September working out and he was getting into shape, there was a mountain of work for him to overcome to even begin to help us. He has put that in. |
When you're not swinging the bats well you look flat. Our club was ready to go. We had a lot of energy. |
When you're not swinging the bats well, you look flat. |
Whether he's a DH or in left field, ... his confidence with the bat has to come around. |
Yes -- in every way. Maybe not in the outfield, but the way he's running -- he ran very well (Thursday in a Cactus League game with San Diego). Bat speed, he still has a knowledge of the strike zone ... put it all together and it's a very exciting piece he might be able to bring. |