He's shown the ability to make that kind of adjustment. Now he's got to show it consistently. |
He's still a young kid. We just need to see him not get frustrated by everything. |
He's stronger and a little more sure of himself. It is early, but it's obvious he worked real hard this winter. He's got good power right now, but he's got a chance when he puts it together to have really big-time power. I'd like to be around to watch it. |
He's thrown strikes when he's pitched. He's shown a good breaking ball, which we knew he had. |
He's trying to show he's a competitor, that he can deal with adversity. Great reasons, wrong results. |
He's very mature for his age. |
Hernandez left two pitches up in the zone, and that turned out to be the difference in the game. |
His command the first two innings was not good at all — the first two innings, everything he threw was in the middle of the plate and waist high. |
His style of play makes him the player he is. When he runs into a wall, he sticks his hand out to brace himself and it hurts his wrist. If he keeps challenging fences the way he has, and I hope he does, then he is going to have to learn to crash into them a little more softly, or brace himself with something else. |
His swing looks a lot better. His mechanics are night and day different from at any point last year. He looks good. |
His trouble has been more mental than anything else. You have to think the 14 days he didn't pitch have set him back. |
His velocity was good from the first pitch on. Joel threw the ball extremely well. |
Hopefully we'll play the (Angels and A's) as tough as we did the White Sox and Yankees. Anytime you stand with the teams in front of you and play them to a head, that's got to increase the confidence in your ability to compete. And that's a very important thing for a young club. |
Hopefully we'll play them as tough as we did the White Sox and Yankees. Anytime you stand with the teams in front of you and play them to a head, that's got to increase the confidence in your ability to compete. And that's a very important thing for a young club. |
Hopefully, we'll use him three or four times. There is nothing wrong with his arm. It was just dead the other day. |