After the worst three innings of baseball I've ever seen, I think, at the big league level, I mean that was just awful. But to our credit we didn't die. We came back, we had a lead, had our closer in the game. Can't ask for much more than that. |
All the way around, he's done a nice job on both ends. |
An infectious spirit. It rubs off on everybody. |
And then we may be close to getting him into a game. |
Any step in the right direction and finishing up like this can carry over to next year. |
Anything's possible. But just looking at what we saw last year, maybe he needs more seasoning. Believe me. This is a guy that we feel like is going to be here for a long time once he's here to stay. |
As a starter, you need to mix in a couple more pitches, at least one more. |
As far as I'm concerned, and with all my discussions with Josh (Byrnes, general manager), yes. |
As far as the coaches go, he's one of our favorite guys. You throw him in at any position you know you're going to get a guy who's going to defend at a plus level. |
As long as, maintenance-wise, he keeps the muscles ... strong, he is going to be able to play. He's a very diligent worker. We have no concerns about him keeping himself ready to play. |
As much as has been said about us not having any heart and all this stuff, we've been battling all year. We could have quit a while ago, but we don't. We're not the type of team that is outwardly enthusiastic, and I think it sometimes might be misconstrued for no desire or whatever, but this is a team that could have called it in quite some time ago, and we're just not going to. |
At some point in time we'll probably need to go to [12 pitchers]. Whether we start the season [with 12] or not remains to be seen. |
Both of them pitched well enough to make the team, no question about it. |
Both the guys deserve to be on the team. One of them won't be, which is too bad because they've both pitched well enough to make the club. |
Boy I tell you, (Tracy) has been our guy of late. He came up big again tonight. |