I came here to make this club markedly better. |
I can sit here and know wholeheartedly that I've given it everything I could possibly give. I've put my heart and soul into this. |
I certainly don't want have to use Mike Gonzalez in that situation. |
I certainly think that's part of it. |
I could sit here and talk about those things until I'm blue in the face, but those are things if you're going to become a good club you have to pick up on and capitalize. Thus far, we've not been able to do that. |
I couldn't be happier for Jeff Weaver, looking at the job that he's done here over the last two years, being the workhorse of the staff and pitching deep into games more times than not, ... To see this guy grow into what he's becoming now, you feel awfully good about that. |
I couldn't be happier for Jeff Weaver, looking at the job that he's done here over the last two years, being the workhorse of the staff and pitching deep into games more times than not. To see this guy grow into what he's becoming now, you feel awfully good about that. |
I did not want to overdo it [Wednesday]. I am a firm believer that too much information too quickly can short-circuit people. We take it very slowly and make sure the concepts are understood. We'll see more action each and every day from this day forward. |
I didn't see a dead arm. I saw some pitches with a lot of life and a lot of movement. The problem was that Oliver didn't do that consistently. Until he gets a consistent arm slot, he's going to continue to struggle to throw strikes. |
I didn't want either guy to go out there and feel that the weight of the world is on their shoulders. We don't base decisions on 4 2/3 [innings]. You don't look at today and say, 'He won.' There are a lot of other things that come into play. |
I do feel that way. And that's because I've seen some of the guys in this rotation be very good, even though I was looking at that from afar. What's more, I know that they know what they have to do. |
I don't care what the numbers suggest. I thought the life to his fastball was as good as we've seen all spring. I think there could have been a couple different choices he made in a few two-strike counts, but I'll tell you: He was throwing nothing but quality pitches in the strike zone. ... He was actually too fine. |
I don't expect perfection. Just keep us in the game, keep us around. You can't use the bullpen at that rampant of a pace. |
I don't find myself coming to grips with doing things like that at this early stage until we see him swing the bat and see what he looks like. |
I don't have any idea as to the Pittsburgh Pirates and what their thinking is. I have no idea about that situation or what direction any club is taking. |