They're the next wave; they're definitely the next group of some good young pitching we have in this organization. |
They've endured the call-ups, the injuries, and the players who have come up from Double-A to Indianapolis have done a nice job, |
This guy does a lot of things well. We have to decide where he fits best and where his best development slot is. It's not a matter of where he plays. It's gotten down to a matter of where he hits in the batting order. |
This season has been very gratifying and extremely satisfying as well. The player development system validates itself when players come to the big leagues and not only just get there, but perform well. |
Tom can be emotional. This reminds him of how to handle this situation. |
We felt that because of our own catching situation and this was a left-hand hitting catcher, that if he was healthy, it's a very small price to pay to get a player who could potentially be a big leaguer some day. |
We should be more used to the play. Last year, the younger kids got beat up. But this year, we should be tougher. |
We were just letting (Montoya) dribble through the middle, which was bad. He was a good player. |
We've been extremely honest and straight with players in terms of development and why they're staying at certain levels. Players need to perform. They just don't get promoted based on potential. It's performance-based, same as in the big leagues. |
We've got some great arms in this organization. It's a little bit scary if you stop and think about it. |
We've had a couple bad spots on defense, but it's been pretty solid overall. We had good starting pitching, hitting and solid defense. It was a very good team effort. |
What a great thing to have your first-year kids learning lessons from a guy who played the game like that. |
You can't put a time-table on anybody. Sometimes it's necessity. Sometime it's the right circumstance. But I'm fairly confident that you're going to see all of them eventually. That talent in these guys is just too great. |
You have a room full of about 60 college guys and you couldn't hear a sound. It was devastating for us, |
You just have to know something like that to have a good at-bat in that situation. Our purpose in doing this is to see where they are and adjust our teachings accordingly. |