We have had injuries, but when we sent [Upton] down, we sent him down there for a specific reason. That goal has not been accomplished yet, so I don't think it's wise to do that right now personally. |
We just did not get the starting pitching we needed against their starting pitcher and that made it more difficult. The errors didn't help, but that really wasn't the reason. We didn't pitch well enough early in the game. That was the real reason. |
We just felt at this point with Dunn being available, we had to choose somebody (to remove from the bullpen), and we chose him. |
We just felt it's best to back him off and make the decision for him. |
We just need to cut some things back, just to thin the numbers out a little bit. If we send somebody over there, some guys can still come back if we need them at different point in Spring Training. |
We just want to avoid the same kind of early rush back like we did the first time. He's going to tell you it's great. He's going to tell you he wants to play, and that's all good -- it's great to hear that. But we don't want to have him have another setback. |
We just want to see [Jackson] have a nice run of success. He did a great job here. We just have a couple things we want him to work on. We don't want him to be on the shuttle between here and Durham. We want him, once he's here, to stay here. |
We know he's got a great arm, but he used more of his pitches tonight. He pitched a little more. We've been trying to get the inexperienced guys to do that, and he did. That's a great outing for him to build from. |
We like him there and we really think he's going to grow into something special. |
We lost because those guys played better. |
We might be down to one or two players (by Saturday). |
We might have learned something ourselves about him today. |
We need him where he is for a couple of days and then we'll put him back. |
We talked last time about how high you bounce after the fall. He bounced very high today. It didn't surprise me. |
We thought about it and based on what he did last year, which is part of it, we feel good about it. |