These guys are going to have to step up and be the pitchers they were the majority of the season for us to have a successful postseason. |
These guys pay attention, ... All of these guys are interested in it so that makes you pay even more attention to it because they'll come to the bench and we'll talk. |
Thursday's game (against the Padres) was tough because there were so many left-handed, right-handed situations, |
To be a vert guy, you have to train and put on your gear. It's physically demanding. |
To fight through a day like that when everything was a struggle, that was a great performance. |
Unfortunately, the toughest competition comes the last two weeks of spring, and I'm not sure where we're going to be (with the starters). It would be nice to be able to see them all in the toughest competition of spring. Will we be able to? I'm not sure yet. |
Unless something changes tomorrow or Friday, I expect he'll be out there. |
We don't want people coming up just to sit around. |
We think we're a pitching-strong team. Our guys aren't doing anything they don't expect to do. |
We thought Marquis would be very valuable to us in the bullpen. He can be used in a lot of different situations, and often. I would be surprised if he doesn't pitch quite a bit yet in this series. |
We want to keep Marquis live, ... It's a possibility, a good possibility. It's an idea we've played with. |
We'd like to see him get on track and feel better about himself. He's an important guy for us. He knows that. |
We'll keep them ready to pitch and look for opportunities to get them experience. I'd rather see them come out of the bullpen than not pitch at all. |
We'll see how patient they are in St. Louis. If they're the same, I'll be impressed. |
We'll see how that goes. It's a long season. |