Hitting right now has been a little frustrating. I credit that to me … missing the pitches to hit. I'm a year in, and scouting reports get around the country. I feel like I'm a good hitter, but I don't think it's very hard to get me out if you pitch me right. |
I guess I just had to fail so much that I just didn't care anymore before I could start hitting a little bit. I got way under a ball and it floated out, and that made the rest of the day a lot easier. |
I like to say that I can hang with anyone (athletically). So to get a chance to show that and help my team out in the process was a lot of fun. |
It's just a mindset. It's a commitment to not walking people. In my struggles with the running game, I can't allow guys to get on. If they're going to get on, they're going to have to earn it by getting a base hit. |
My first four starts I've had trouble with that, and finally you just get fed up with it. If we were going to win, I had to get ahead and get people out. |
They're the standard right now. They've been in the World Series the last four years, to the finals the last two years and won it last year. |
When I'm throwing hard and have all my stuff, you can afford to miss a little bit more. But I needed to go after them. I figured we were going to hit the ball. |