He said he wanted to play. After that first at-bat, you could tell he was hurting. |
He said he'd had enough, ... He had some stressful innings to get through. |
He said, 'Hey, man, there's a good chance he can relate to you and perform. There's a bunch of talent that's left there, he's only 27, 28 years old. |
He said, 'Kid, you're swinging at everything,' ... He said, 'You've got to zone in or out,' which helped me a lot. He said, 'Look outside or look inside because you can't cover the whole plate.' |
He started out not very sharp and he had 37 pitches in the first inning. That's almost three innings worth and we were debating whether or not to send him out in the seventh or not but he wanted to pitch and he ended the game strong. |
He still has a shot, but it's not nearly as good as it would have been if he was healthy. |
He strained something in his arm the other day doing double plays. He's just trying to take it easy. We're trying to get everybody out of here healthy. |
He struggled early on and made a couple of young mistakes, ... The last two innings, the sixth and seventh, were when he threw the best. |
He struggled some last season. He made some mistakes he doesn't usually make, and they didn't miss them. He's in great shape. |
He takes, he doesn't strike out a lot, plus he knows how to play the game. |
He threw a ton of pitches. He threw a lot of near strikes, and he wasn't sharp. We thought that was the time to get him out of there. |
He threw the ball pretty good. He was better the second inning than the first. The important thing was, he was on the mound. I thought he did pretty good. |
He throws strikes, he's not afraid. He doesn't pitch away from the bat. He knows how to pitch. He has three good pitches. He's still trying to get a feel of his breaking ball some. He's been impressive. It's the first time I've seen him and I like what I see. |
He very well could be. Everybody heals differently, everybody progresses differently. The dates are a preliminary thing you shoot for. As long as he's not feeling any discomfort or soreness from throwing, we're very satisfied. |
He wanted the victory and knew we needed it. His fastball was moving. |