He tracks the ball. He doesn't panic. He doesn't get out on his front foot. He lets the ball travel. |
He wants to get it out of the way. It's a huge deal. Just look at the names on that list. |
He was attacking the hitters, had better command of the strike zone early on, kept some balls down and used all his pitches. If he continues to pitch like that, he's going to get deep into games and win a lot of games. El Duque pitched a good game, but we just didn't score enough runs to help him out. |
He was bad. I didn't think we had any chance today with him. We were waiting to see how he felt today. Once we conferred with the doctors, we thought we better go another day. |
He was in the mid-70s today. We should get him into the 90s and ready to go. He will get one more start. |
He was throwing a lot of sliders in fastball counts and was almost effectively wild with his fastball. He got good movement on it, and he's always had a delivery where he hides the ball pretty well. You just don't really get a real good feeling on a certain spot, where he's going to throw the ball. |
He wasn't as crisp in the strike zone. |
He's (Hernandez) a guy you feel can get that big out for you. |
He's a four-pitch pitcher. He mixes it up well, and he kept us off-balance. |
He's a guy that, as far as his arm goes, he's always been a rubber arm -- resilient arm guy. |
He's a little wiser, able to step back and make adjustments more on the fly. |
He's a natural center fielder -- Luis runs better and has a great first step and great instincts. There aren't too many guys in the National League, period, that cover more ground than Terrero does out there. Shawn's done a good job, but Luis is defensively pretty special out there. |
He's a natural, an absolute natural at his position. He has all the action down very well. You can see he has ball sense. He knows how to play guys, when guys are off a little too far. Instinctively, he gets over there. |
He's a very versatile guy. We always knew he'd be successful as a starter, and then last year he showed he can be a successful closer. I think he's taken his career to another level. |
He's always had to fight for everything that he has gotten. And he's excelled everywhere he has ever been. |