He's fine. [Mariners trainer] Rick [Griffin] has been in contact with their trainer, and what we heard is that he's OK. |
He's fine. We'll wait a couple of days on him. |
He's going to have a lot more chances to throw shutouts. |
He's got a lot on the ball. He's the best young pitcher I've ever seen. I didn't see Dwight Gooden when he was young, but of all the young kids I've seen, he's by far the furthest along. |
He's got to throw strikes. We didn't plan for this to be a one-day thing. But he's got to throw strikes. |
He's just a good player. He's a good hitter, a good defender and a good baserunner. He's a tremendous role model for all our younger players. |
He's not afraid to swing the bat. |
He's not going to hit 30 or 35 homers, but when he gets his pitch he can hit it out. He can drive the ball. |
He's not searching for things. He seems to have settled on a couple of ideas he's really concentrating on and not, when it hasn't really worked, gone off in search of something else. |
He's not the fastest, but he's a good, aggressive base runner. He gets a good lead and when he commits to stealing a base, he really commits. He pushes the envelope and that's the key to his success. |
He's one-for-three as an outfielder. That's catching balls, not hitting. |
He's out of jail. So are [ J.J. ] Putz and [ Rafael ] Soriano . |
He's pitched well every outing. The last two have been exceptionally well pitched. But he's been good every outing. It's good to be able to win one when he's pitched well. |
He's putting the ball in play, seeing a lot of pitches. He's using the whole field, too. Before, the thing with Jose is that he was pull-conscious. Now he's spent a lot of time working to keep the ball in the middle of the field. |
He's said two words since he has been here. That's about all he said in spring training, so I don't see any difference. |