I expect his command to be a little bit better. I talked to a couple pitching coaches that I ran into last week and they said, 'Hey, you'll find out that when he's on, you sit back in the dugout and it's fun to watch him.' We hope he has one of those [on Friday]. |
I expect, once he settles in -- it may takes him a couple hitters, it may take him an inning or two -- once he gets over that, he should be fine. We're not going to yank him at the first sign of trouble because he's here and he's got to learn how to pitch in those situations. |
I feel we'll win between one and 162. |
I guess he thought I was arguing balls and strikes. |
I had Vance for three years in the Minor Leagues, and I thought he was going to be an All-Star catcher one day. But he got in a collision at home plate and cracked a bone in his wrist -- so he was done for the year, |
I hope he's not as good as they say. |
I hope it doesn't (hurt his chances), |
I just made sure I cleared it with Hillenbrand first. |
I just think it's his timing. He's off-balance a little bit more -- and he's getting caught out front a little bit more. But he's always hit. He's going to hit. It's just one of those things. |
I just told him that it's still the same game. You make your pitches you get guys out. You don't and they get you. It's still the same game of baseball. Sometimes it takes a while to figure that out. |
I knew it was going to be a tough day when they scored those four in the first. When you come in this place, you know you're going to slug it out with them. |
I like what's going on. |
I really can't complain about not having this or that, now. |
I saw enough of him out there last year. The big thing is he's got to get his footwork down. He's got to get his hands down. [Toronto infield instructor Brian Butterfield] is working with him on getting his hands together on the turn and that's going to come with time. |
I saw the replays and it looked like he got lucky. |