I had a new team, new teammates, a new baby. It seems a lot more settled right now. The dust has settled. It feels a lot more like it's supposed to right now. |
I had a really good (split-fingered fastball) and a good sinker. It feels like I'm getting more into a groove. It's the first time in a long time that I had a really good splitter. |
I had pretty good command. I'm really happy with my changeup. I had a couple of good strikeouts with the change. It had a lot of movement. That's good to see. |
I heard so many great things about (Cox) before I got here, |
I heard so many great things about him before I got here. To be able to experience it firsthand, it's a thousand times better than I could have ever expected. |
I hope I'm not too hard to handle. But it's a good thing, I guess. If my ball is hard to catch, they'll probably have a hard time hitting it. |
I just kind of backed off it a little bit. They were great workouts for me, but I think there's a point in time where you can overwork something. |
I think home a week, gone a week is a good breakup of the schedule. What's going to stink is we're only home for five days. You kind of wear it when the schedule isn't in your favor. |
I think it's going to be great having his personality around the team. |
I think it's just stumbling out of the box from a pitching standpoint. We just have to get some confidence back. It's just executing, that's about it. |
I usually hit doubles and homers, ... I didn't know whether I should turn left or right at second base. |
I want to lessen his workload this year, whether it's pitch opening day or work after him, so he doesn't have to do what he did last year. That's the main goal. |
I was dealing with a lot of stuff last year. The contract, a new team, new teammates, a new organization, a new baby. This year, I feel more like I'm supposed to. I'm not worried about making a good first impression. I just want to come in and be myself. |
I wasn't that shocked, I had heard the rumors that something could happen, so it wasn't out of the blue. I think that if Billy were going to trade me, he was going to make a conscious effort to trade me somewhere where my family would be happy. And there isn't another place that I'd rather be traded to than Atlanta. |
I wish I didn't have to pitch. But the way the scenario is, we've kind of got our backs to the wall, ... I want to be out there if something is on the line. I feel like I should be out there to give us a good chance to win. |