And it just took years of experience to become comfortable with yourself, and your own insecurities, to be able to lead people with trying to create a common vision for people. |
Because I think there is the thought process out there that (a knuckleball) wouldn't work in our particular place. We necessarily haven't come across somebody that's been willing to roll the dice and give that a shot, so to speak. |
But I think he's at a point in his life where some things are more important to him. He understands what happiness is. |
Even though Coors Field played fair this season, his numbers will hurt him. You have to blow everyone else away because of the [bias] against the field. |
He was obviously very intelligent, very mature beyond his biological age. He got along with people real well. He had a nice way about him. |
He'll definitely be given a chance to make the rotation. We discussed that thoroughly. He wanted to make sure we gave him an honest chance to start, and we will. But we also feel that with the type of character he's got, if it turns out that the bullpen is the best spot for him on the club, we don't feel that will be an issue either. |
He's a different player. But we're a different organization that the one he left. The one he left had a lot of issues. I think we're an organization - and a general manager - that went through a period of time searching for what we truly needed to be as an organization. |
He's a sinkerball, changeup guy. The thing we like more than anything is he's always been a plus strike thrower. |
He's a very sick, sick individual right now. Our focus is on Todd and his family. We want him to get better. |
He's done fine. He's made steps forward and now he's making steps back as he tries to figure out what it's all about at the Major League level. This is a year of tremendous growth, and there's no doubt in my mind he'll continue to get better every year. |
He's going to join us in Spring Training before he goes. I talked with Sunny today. He's excited and ready to go. He'll play an important part of our club this year. |
He's got to pitch better. He's got two outings left to go. Hopefully, they'll be good outings. |
He's powerful -- 6-2, about 190 pounds with an athletic body. He has a history as a starter and has pitched a lot of important innings. |
I believe you're going to see him become one of the elite pitchers in the National League. You saw it at the end of last year. Our team takes on a different personality when he's on the mound. |
I don't remember the exact date [of the injury], but he attempted rehab but didn't get any better. It's a bad break for Ryan. He's a good kid, and I feel very bad for him. |