J.J. seems to be the guy that when he pitches, we win. He's always down in the zone. |
Jeffrey and Larry will do what they can to give me the best product on the field, ... They want to win, they want championships. And that's what I'm all about. |
Jim is a guy who played a long time in the big leagues. Every day he had to battle to fight for every hit he got. I like that, guys who have battled through adversity. |
Just because you're young doesn't mean you can't play. I expect you to do it just like you did in Double-A and Triple-A. ... It'll be exciting. Don't underestimate these kids. |
Just because your payroll is not $200 million [doesn't mean you will win], ... You look at Dontrelle Willis. He's a pitcher making $350,000 or whatever he is making. If you look at him on the open market today, if he were a six-year free agent, what would he be worth? Just because your payroll is low doesn't mean that you don't have a ton of talent, which the organization is producing. |
Let's let the pitchers concentrate on pitching for a while and then we'll get them their at-bats. Pitchers are getting plenty of batting practice, but we can't win if they don't get people out. |
Miguel can't afford to get hurt in a game like this. Not if I want to continue to manage. |
Miguel played a few days in a row. Josh is going to play a few days in a row. We'll eventually work up to three days in a row. It's hard because we have two catchers that need to play. We'll start stretching them out the last couple of weeks. |
Miguel seems to be right where he always is -- locked in. |
Miguel was begging the opposing team to give them one more inning to hit and see if they could get those two runs, but sorry, you can't do that in the real game. |
My expectation for him is to be a leader. From everything I know, and from talking to him, he already is a leader. So I just want him to be himself. Don't try to do too much, because I'm not going to let him. |
My expectation of him is to be a leader, and from everything I know about him, talking to him, he already is a leader. So that point is not going to change. The way he works, the way he carries himself, he's a leader. You talk about makeup, he's a 10. |
My goal is for [Willingham] is to hit well all year and get 500 at-bats. |
None of us know what it's like to be Pokey Reese and the issues he has to deal with on a daily basis, so I'm not upset with him. We don't know if something personal came up that he had to tend to. We're waiting for a phone call. |
Nothing says that [Stokes] can't play first base either. He's played well enough. He's fighting for a spot, just like Jake. You can't just say it's Jake's job. He's playing well. He's done everything we've asked. It's another interesting battle we've got going on. |