He had a great batting practice today. He hit a bunch of balls into the water. |
He had a great BP today. He's coming along. |
He had a pretty decent sinkerball and a good slider ? and good hitting. He can hit, by the way. Some people might besurprised. |
He had to do a couple of things he hadn't done all spring -- score from first base, go in the gap. |
He had two at-bats and saw some pitches. It was not enough, but better than nothing. Maybe he'll get four at-bats in one of the [weekend] games. But it's still better than last year -- no at-bats. |
He hasn't been a very successful guy, but I like the movement of his fastball. I believe SBC Park will be an excellent place to pitch. He'll gain confidence and be a better pitcher there. |
He hasn't had much to do yet. The ball was hit right at him. There are going to be some tests down the road as he stays longer in games. |
He is a great player. He has always been a great player, a complete player, a super player. And I hope he is judged by real baseball people when he is finished, by people who know a baseball player when they see one ... on the basis of true facts and not assumptions. |
He is his own boss when it comes to that. He has been since I've been here. He knows what he has to do with BP, outfield, running. So far it's worked pretty good for him and for the team. |
He is the only pitcher I went (behind the cage) to see. I hope he didn't mind that. |
He knows we like him a lot and we have confidence in him. He's not here to turn the team or anything. We have other guys to do that. He's here to help us. |
He knows we need him real bad. Even if he's not up to par. |
He made tons of big pitches. It is hard to believe that a guy making his first start would be so sharp. You do not find a guy throwing eight innings on his first start. |
He makes it look so easy, it's almost like a joke. |
He needed a GPS to get close to it. |