Felix has handled it all extremely well. He's kept his mouth shut, he's taken the abuse from the veterans, and he's gone out and done his job. It's been an abnormal amount of focus on someone who's a 19-year-old kid. |
Gonzalez was tough early, but we made some adjustments and got some big knocks (hits). That's what you've got to do to win ballgames. |
He looked for me for two hours. I was hiding under desks, in the shower, the bathroom. He couldn't find me. |
He threw the ball very well. ... That's a good hitting team over there. |
He's a very, very talented young man. As he has shown in the Majors he is well deserving and wise beyond his years, pitching wise. |
He's a very, very talented young man. He has a lot of gifts others don't have. |
He's gotten some big hits for us. … He's got great instincts and has been a game-saver for us. |
I think the biggest thing is his pitch selection. He's starting to recognize the breaking ball a little sooner. He's got tremendous hand-eye coordination. The more that he gets comfortable, the better hitter he's going to become. |
Sometimes trying to find yourself is a lot like swimming upstream. I don't think that he had a whole lot of a plan of attack when he first got up there. |
We had an uphill battle. |
We played as hard as we can. … Sometimes you just get beat. We've got an uphill battle now. |
When our pitching is like that, we're in pretty good shape. |