He threw a great pitch. He kept his composure. He had some tough outs he had to get, and he got them. |
He told me he's changed a lot. He used to yell and scream a lot. I think a lot of times when you yell and scream you appear to be out of control. He said that I'm going to have to learn how to handle difficult situations and be patient at times. It's already been tested in spring training. |
He was a different pitcher. He pitched much better. What we got from him was what we expected to get. |
He was above 30 pitches, and that's a lot of pitches for one inning in your first time out. I wanted to protect him. He was underneath the ball a little bit and he didn't have command of his fastball. That's going to happen in his first time out. I just didn't want to make too much of it, get him out and not get him hurt. |
He was probably the only guy excited that we were coming over here. |
He will have one more start. |
He will take batting practice today, and we'll make an evaluation. We'll see how it feels. |
He's a good looking young hitter. He showed that last year. We made some mistakes, and he beat us. |
He's a little bit behind, but we just have to make sure we don't rush him. He still has a ways to go. It's almost like day one for him for spring training. |
He's a little bit behind, but we've got to make sure that we don't rush him. He's in a little different boat than all the other pitchers here, but we said all along that we weren't going to rush our pitchers. We're not going to abuse him. We're going to evaluate him later down the road. |
He's a little bit behind. We've just got to make sure we don't rush him. He's still got a ways to go. |
He's a nice guy to have. He can do a lot of things. |
He's a talented young man. You know what, he's going to make some mistakes. |
He's a very talented offensive player that put up big numbers. He has not had the chance to probably catch enough games to make a fair judgment if he can be an everyday catcher. But the work ethic is there, and that's something that you cannot always teach. |
He's an amazing talent. He's a special player. |