We might not have any rookies next year, or maybe one or two. We've had the young players we wanted to look at this year show us they can handle the challenge. |
We need better from him. He's capable of better. He knows he should be better. I talked to him a little bit during the game and then again after the game. ... He's capable of better. We've all seen better. He needs to take the momentum from the last two innings and roll that into his next start. |
We need cleaner innings from the bullpen. He has had a lot of people on base when he has been out there. |
We play them 14 more times ... I think the replay speaks for itself. |
We probably didn't get the number of runs we should have been able to get. We left a lot of people on base. |
We saw a different pitcher than what we heard about. |
We stuck him in there when we ran out of other options last year. He settled into that role real well. He's not just a guy hitting behind (Todd) Helton anymore. He's a legitimate fourth-place hitter. |
We think he will be a bona fide power guy. He has played against left-handed pitchers everywhere he has been until this point. There's no reason he shouldn't be able to do it here. |
We told Garrett he does not have to flinch. I think he's actually having fun watching what is going on. We are all having fun watching. Someone is going to have to tell the kid (he is going to the minors). I guess that is my responsibility. . . . Garrett is having a special spring in his own right. |
We took a chance, but it's not like we were drawing plays up in the dirt. We talked before the game that he wasn't going to get a chance to beat us. |
We took steps all over the joint. It's another positive for us. |
We tried to create some game situations, and he moved around pretty well. |
We tweaked the lineup a little and everybody who got a chance jumped in and took advantage. We finally got out of that hitters' graveyard, Coors Field. That's the beauty of this game. You don't know what to expect. |
We want to see his command, we want him to utilize his pitches, ... We also want to see him use his two-seam fastball and sinkerball. |
We wanted to do something early. We talked about it there [at Coors], we really weren't able to. He's a guy you got to try to keep heat on, make him pitch, make him elevate his pitch count, which we did at our place. |