I'm not betting against him. |
I'm not despondent. I come from the school of, what can you do about it? |
I'm sure once people see he is being tendered a contract -- after a lot of people thought he wasn't going to be tendered -- we'll see an increase of interest for Corey. |
I've been real happy with him. He's a very well-grounded young man. He did not take his opportunity [last season] lightly. He went home and kept working after the fall league. He has improved his defense. He just gives you real good at-bats. |
I've never had any doubt that Dusty wanted to be here. All those things that were going around last year - he felt bad about it. He talked to me on two or three occasions and never expressed anything to me but that he wanted to be here. |
I've never lost an opener in my four years as GM. Of course, what does that mean? |
If Cedeno and Murton are playing, that's a positive, and I think our fan base would appreciate that. |
If he can pitch pain-free and this ongoing discomfort he's had after a certain amount of pitches, if that can be rectified, then you are going to have the same guy you are seeing for one inning for seven or eight. That's really everybody's priority. |
If he can pitch pain-free and this ongoing discomfort he's had after a certain amount of pitches, if that can be rectified, then you are going to have the same guy you are seeing one inning for seven or eight. That's really everybody's priority. |
If he chooses to stay in Atlanta, obviously nobody could fault him for that. I just told him what we're trying to do, what my plan may be for the next month, be open and honest. |
If he is not going to have a chance to be a full-time player, he is not going to be able to correct the things that led him to have a bad year last year. It was not a good fit for him to be a bench player here at this point, after what happened last year. |
If we can't, we'll table it for later on. |
In all honesty, he did not want to have the procedure. He was opposed to it at first. As long as it didn't hurt to pitch, he wanted to continue because his arm is feeling so well. After I talked to the doctors, we felt it's best to do it now. |
It can't be a real significant injury because it's hard to believe somebody can throw 98 miles an hour and have a serious arm problem. He hasn't had any discomfort at all. He hasn't had any complaints since going to the 'pen. |
It didn't work the way we all would have liked for Holly this year. But it was never out of lack of effort by him. He gave us a heck of a first 40 percent last year and never got back on the field after the injury. |