He's so locked in, but he's worked at it. He was a perennial slow starter until this year. All that tells me is he has a chance to have a big year. |
He's still not ready, ... He's just getting treatment. He's not far enough along [to run]. |
He's still young enough. He can finish this year and go down to play some winter ball, |
He's struggling out of the gate, he's a better pitcher than that, he'll bounce back. His location is a little bit off. |
He's the logical guy -- that's the way our team is set up, anyway. He knows that. Everybody knows that. |
He's up there in appearances in the league and he may have had more tougher type saves than other guys out there, more than one inning saves, |
He's up there in appearances, and he may have had tougher type saves than a lot of guys out there. He's had more than just the one-inning saves. Just a couple times, we've held him out due to number of appearances in a row. Do you guys remember any of those? |
He's using the whole field. Last year he was primarily pull -- when he did things he was pulling the ball. He made a conscious effort to go back to using the whole field like he did when he first got here. He's a natural. He's a gifted athlete. |
His command is there. That is a big thing of his and he has it early. |
His curve ball was missing, ... but he still pitched well. |
His instincts told him he had a shot at him. It's a tough play when the third baseman is on the move. |
His location has been off, |
His presence, that's a big boy. He commands respect that way. |
How many guys in the league would love to do that? |
How many guys would love to do that? Very few do it. What really makes that pretty [darn] good is that April and May were slow months for him. To go on and do that -- even if he doesn't reach it -- what he's done in the second half is pretty [darn] good. It just speaks to his talent. |