When you talk to the player development people, and you go over those reports, they're still flipping a coin as to who's going to be a better pitcher. For me, that's awesome. |
When your starter gives you seven, it certainly makes your options a lot better. You don't have to ask guys to do more than they're supposed to. Your chances to win are certainly a lot better. |
Where he'll be used, when, that will depend on the games. If he comes in and gets one hitter out, that might be enough. |
Whether it was the sixth or the 10th, I think I have a huge amount of confidence in him. |
Whoever we put out there, we always feel like we're going to win. |
Winning this game is awesome. It's a big, big game. But the part about Gabe is hard to swallow. |
Winning this game is awesome. That's a big, big game for us. Last game of this trip. It's been a hard, hard trip. Winning this is huge. The part about Gabe is hard to swallow. |
With him in the bullpen, the stability was really, really good. Even the games Schill had a tough time, we didn't have to use [Mike] Timlin so often at a time when Foulke went down. We might have run into some problems, but we didn't. It was really good for us. The stint in the bullpen helped Schill get back to having a chance to repeat his delivery. It worked out well for everybody. At the time, he just wasn't ready to be a starter. We tried to time it to when Foulke came back. We had to get him seven starts. Just three wouldn't be fair. But we said all along we wanted to get him back in the rotation. |
Yeah, 12-7 is a lot better than 11-8. We got knocked around yesterday and the first night was a tough loss, so it was good for us, because we have a long road trip. |
Yeah, he deserves [more playing time]. We're going to split it up with him and J.T., and some of it depends on how they're swinging the bat -- that's the way the game is. That's the way it's supposed to be. But he's going to definitely play a lot [because] he deserves it, and I think he'll be able to handle it. |
Yeah, he tolerated it pretty well, ... I think the hope is, and again, we might be reaching a little bit, the hope is that he might be available towards the end of the week. If he's available, he's a pretty good hitter. From where I sit, I appreciate him trying. |
Yeah, it's different. You still get the anxiety and the nervousness, but it's different. It's better. It's a little more comfortable. You can think more about the game and less about distractions. |
Yeah, maybe that's part of the reason I have some feelings or sympathy for people because of what they go through. At the same time, we're still playing them and trying to do right by everybody. We'll continue to do that as well as we can. We ask guys to show up and be professional and try to do that back to them, regardless of the situation. |
Yeah, that was much needed. We got deep enough into the game where we didn't have to overextend somebody. It ends up being a great day. |
Yeah, that was much-needed. We started getting the runs and spread the game out. He got in deep enough in the game where we didn't have to overextend somebody. It ends up being a great day. |