I'm sure it was a relief for my teammates and management, |
If they need to trade me, they need to trade me. If they can better themselves by trading any one of us, they should do it. It's not going to hurt my feelings. To be traded, somebody has to want you or be willing to take you. |
In spring training, if you told us we'd be four up with seven to play, we'd all take it. So that's where we're at. |
It's a blessing, ... I'm looking forward to not having a winter where I'm trying to figure where I'm going to be. I'm excited that I will be here unless they trade me. We've got a lot of pieces in place. |
It's frustrating that you give up a touchdown in the first inning, but what can you do? You can't read too much into it. |
It's got to start with me, ... That's what they brought me here for. It's a role I'm ready to take. |
It's happened before, and it will happen again, |
It's happened before, and it will happen again. The longer you play, everything is going to happen to you. |
It's survival of the fittest. You can only put up with so much. I'm experiencing the worst year of my career. Am I gonna give up? No. Things have to turn around. It can't get any worse. |
My whole feeling is that I feel like I let the whole organization down. I gave it everything I had, but they brought me over here to do something and I had the worst year of my career. |
One start shouldn't make someone feel differently about the way they go about their business. I felt I threw the ball pretty good. It was one of those things where it's out of my control. |
Other than two pitches, most of them were pretty much pitches I threw where I wanted to throw, |
That was the best defensive game that I pitched in when wearing this uniform. I don't see how you can play better defense than we did. |
The difference between being successful and not successful is where you're missing -- over the plate or off the plate. I missed over the plate too often last year. |
There's no point in dwelling on all that. I'm way better now [than at this time] last year. I didn't do as much heavy lifting, more stretching and cardio. I know I'm going to go through a lull when I don't feel good -- it happens to every pitcher -- but right now I feel good. |