For him to contribute offensively, it is going to be huge for our club. I think we're going to depend on Juan. |
For the most part, we have not been able to get it going offensively. That has been our Achilles' heel. |
Fossum was changing speeds and we were having trouble with him, |
From where he was at the end of last year in the Minors and into the Fall League, you can see that his stuff has improved. His stuff is picking up, there is no doubt about it. |
From where he was through the last half of last year through the Fall League to now you can see the stuff picking up. He's on the depth chart. |
Garret wants to try and get out there and play. We will pace him a little but he feels OK. |
Give him credit. We had some opportunities, but he made some pitches and shut the door. |
Guys who relied on them are going to have to find alternative solutions. Obviously, some players have leaned on them. There have always been things that players used. |
Guys who used them are going to have to find alternative solutions. |
He (Escobar) came out of last night (Friday) no worse for the wear, which is encouraging. Right now, it's a huge advantage to place him into games where we already have a lead or it's tied, and he can go shorter spurts that can be more meaningful, like last night. He can have a bigger impact if we can slot him in the right situation. |
He called him out, and that's what's disappointing. When he rings him up with a fist, he's out. |
He came in and got in the zone early and got in a groove. He made some pitches when he had to. I think we made him work for it. He found his release point. He's got great stuff. |
He came out and got in a zone early and got in a nice groove. We just couldn't pressure him enough early on to make a difference. |
He certainly feels healthy. He's moving well. You want to maintain that. His ability to play left field is important to us. |
He did a lot of the stuff we've seen him do. He shut the door when he had to. |