His pitches had gotten up and certainly we did not want him to extend any further than he had extended it. He got his work in. |
Hopefully, it's nothing serious. From what the trainers told me, he took a lot of ice and felt a lot better when he left. We'll reevaluate in the morning. |
I am really happy to see it. I don't want him to do well against us, but this guy is good for the game of baseball. You look at his numbers, and they're just tremendous. |
I don't think they dislike me in any way. Duke pitched every fifth day and was 8-2 for me; he did a great job. He will have a great career. I never had one run-in with the young man. And I like Ian Snell -- I mean, I really like Ian Snell and I've told him he has a bright future. The one thing I've always tried to demand was he gives me everything he's got. |
I felt Kip had given us all he had. Torres was a better option for us in that situation. It had nothing to do with getting the ball up or pitch count. It's just what I saw. |
I had a good spring and I was the last cut. I had an opportunity to play and I took advantage of it. |
I just forgot how many outs there were -- nobody's perfect. You don't like to do it, but sometimes that stuff happens. |
I knew he was going to be rusty coming back. It doesn't surprise me. You figure it's going to take at least three starts down there. Hopefully he gets it together in five days. |
I know we haven't been playing well, but I was somewhat surprised. We've struggled for so long, but now that we've got a group of good young players, some excellent young pitching, I was excited to see what we could do. But I've been with the Pirates for 15 years, and I appreciate the opportunity and wish them well. |
I like what we are as a ballclub right now. We're young and going about our business the right way. |
I really think that this team, if we can acquire a couple of pieces next year and shore up the pitching, is going to do a lot of damage in this league. You can see it. You can see the core group and you can see these guys coming together and the chemistry in the locker room. |
I think Jason was scared more than anything. When we were coming in, he didn't say anything bad at all. He wanted to stay in the game, but at this point you want to make sure everything is OK. |
I thought his first inning was pretty darn good. |
I thought Kip was outstanding. He threw the ball extremely well, particularly on short rest. |
I tried to be as frank and honest with Daryle as possible. I pretty much told him this is probably his last stop. He was being given an opportunity to turn things around. |