We want him to work on command of his fastball. |
We were concerned about the defense coming into the season based on last year's numbers, but so far so good. I like what we've been doing defensively [this spring]. |
We were expecting something bad to happen on a daily basis. You try to convince yourself not to think that way, and we talked about it at the time, but that doesn't work. |
We were going to attempt to strike out less, and by striking out less, sometimes you walk more. But I did not think it would get to this point. |
We work on that play ad nauseam. We get maligned for it when someone gets thrown out. But it's a play that puts a tremendous amount of pressure on the defense. Look at the percentage when it's successful and you know why we do it. |
We'll just have to wait and see. We're not going to try and do anything in return. |
We'll take that slowly. It's such a weird injury, you just don't know. And the guy's all muscle and bone, there's nothing else there. |
We're going after an attitude. And an attitude is a decision. You learn how to win. |
We're going to get them ready for everywhere. That's why they are utility players. |
We're going to wait and see. I really don't know yet, but I'm not extremely optimistic. It's so early in the year you don't want to push anybody. |
We're just going to treat it cautiously and get him back out there as soon as we can. |
We're just looking to see if we can get someone in the right place more often. If you look at the charts, he rarely hits a ball on [the left side] of the field in the infield, rarely. It might be a pop up now and then. ... He can bunt if he likes. You know, God bless him. It's just a matter of you've got all this information, why accumulate all this information then not use it? I don't quite get that. |
We're just trying to cover our spray chart as well as we can. |
We're not going to back off just because we're playing games. |
We're not going to be a doormat every night. Why do you play if you don't want to go to the postseason? We're out there to win. There's a lot of pride in this room. |