That was a real positive for us. We turned that double play, and then we came to bat and scored six runs. It was the turning point of the game. |
The arm is progressing along the timeline he hoped it would and he's optimistic it's going to be ready. If he's sound and healthy, he wants to play. |
These seniors have done more for me than I could ever hope to do for them. We have a good baseball program here, and it's because of these kids. I hate that it had to end this way for them, but they've definitely left their mark. |
They're pretty exceptional players, guys who are impact players that can make a significant difference. In Eric and Rich's case we're still ongoing. |
This is an important tournament to us. It's competitive and it offers us a good evaluation tool. |
To be honest I can understand the position of the ball club. |
We couldn't get any consistency to it. It wasn't going to benefit him or us. |
We had a good talk recently and I'm going to chat with him again in another week or so to see where we stand. |
We haven't really decided where he fits into things. He's a guy we could use as a starter in that piggy-back role, but we also feel he can help us out of the bullpen. He's got two plus pitches, the fastball and the slider, but we haven't defined his role yet. |
We like our bullpen. We can look, with those pitch counts, at reducing games to our bullpen a little quicker, potentially. |
We may be in a situation now that we don't need to (piggyback starters). Depending on the game, you look at what your bullpen brings. We're just looking at the schedule now figuring where we need to slot people. |
We want to make a decision soon. He should get an indication of whether he can pitch or not after the outing, and then he'll have to sit down with the club and see what they think. |
We're going to figure out what we do during the games. We're going to try out some options and see what works best for us. |
We're prepared to be creative. |
What we are naming is 23 solid commitments. We've committed them, they've committed to us, all the paperwork is in place, there's no physical issues and concerns on the part of the clubs. |