He's had a nice (hitting) streak. Has he been hotter? Yes, |
He's had to have two very very big months to get him where he is right now, but he can get hot like nobody's business. He's probably learned some very valuable lessons through this year. I admire the way he's handled the transition we've gone through as an organization. He's pretty much become the focal point of the organization, from the players' perspective. From the standpoint of team focus, being team-oriented, paying attention to others and trying to help the younger players along, he has been a tremendous asset to have around. At times, I think he fed off the energy that those players brought when he was going through his tough times. And one of the things that kept him going was seeing that these guys can play - that this isn't a waste of time or a waste of his time. |
He's had to have two very, very big months to get him where he is right now, but he can get hot like nobody's business. At times, I think he fed off the energy that the young players brought when he was going through his tough times. |
He's healthy, which is saying a lot. Physically and mentally, he's in a better position than he has been in for a long time. |
He's hit some balls up here at this level that he didn't sniff in the past. Anything down, hard and away, anything down spinning away, he's really worked hard to make some adjustments, and it's really nice to see a guy that's worked that hard. |
He's in a good place. He's confident. |
He's kind of playing behind, catching up, as far as seeing pitches. He saw a number of pitches today. |
He's never going to hurt the lineup when he gets back in. |
He's not going to be invited back to be a part of the starting rotation. We have interest in bringing him back, but it's only in the bullpen. |
He's not happy about it. He'll learn from it. It won't happen again; I'm confident of that. |
He's not making his best pitches in traffic in his three starts so far. That's the next step for him. |
He's our third baseman. We'll give him the freedom to play. We're not going to give him any power goals. We feel he's a good enough hitter and a smart enough hitter to be a good run producer. |
He's out there -- we have some interest in him. We'll see how much interest he has in us. That being said, I'm not a hypothetical guy and I don't like to speculate. We'll try and get him signed. If we can't get him signed, we'll move on. |
He's probably on the outside track, but we have to prepare for a lot of different scenarios. |
He's staying on pitches so well. He's got power. When he catches the ball, he can click it. |