He still likes baseball, I'll tell you that. He likes this team, of course, and he still has a lot of fun coming to these games. |
He still likes baseball. He'll always ask me, 'Who's pitching today?' He always tells me the game goes in cycles -- he's right. |
He threw as good as we were expecting and hoping he'd throw, ... He was throwing the fastball, using the fastball, locating the fastball and working off of that. Once he does that, his slider and changeup are unbelievable. |
He threw the ball real well. He went right at their hitters. |
He threw well and felt fine afterward. That's good news. |
He told me he's willing to do whatever it takes to help us win. |
He told me they didn't play him at all in a position in Spring Training, and then they get to the season and half way through they start him in the outfield. We just need to get him out there so he can see balls off bats and try to get him acclimated. |
He understands that this is what we have to do to get ready for next year. |
He wants to play. But I'm just going to give him a day break. |
He was a little out of whack before, but he's not out of whack anymore, |
He was a little out of whack before, but he's not out of whack anymore. This guy is making a case for himself. You get down toward the playoffs, you start looking at who can do it and who can't. It looks like he can do some things. |
He was apologetic and that's all that I cared about. He understood that you have to handle situations a little better, and that's part of the growing up process too. I'm happy with it. I feel better about the whole situation. That's really all that matters. |
He was breaking a lot of bats early in the game. His cutter was getting in there. He had good stuff tonight. The ball was jumping out of his hand. |
He was missing the plate a little bit, but he was throwing the [heck] out of the ball. |
He was okay. When he got out of whack, he made a few adjustments to get back in the zone. We like the way the ball is coming out of his hand. |