If I understand correctly, it'll be a couple weeks before they even want him to pick up a ball. That's going to set him back there. We'll make sure he's ready to go. |
If it all clicks for this kid, you've got a very good player because he can do everything. He's a five-tool player and those guys are very rare. So when that does happen, those are the kinds of guys that you want out there all the time. |
If somebody takes the bull by the horns, it makes sense to keep the hot hand out there. We'll see. It won't be easy because guys all want a lot of playing time, but we can make it work. |
If someone really gets hot and we're trying to win some games, it could come to that. |
If that happens to Lilly, we're kind of in a jam. You've got some young kids down there in Triple-A, but, ideally, you don't want to have to go to that, because they aren't that far along, either. |
If the Yanks don't win the division, they'll win the wild card. New York knows how to win when it has to, plus Joe Torre holds things together. |
If we need another guy, it will be (Scott) Downs. |
If we need another guy, it will be Downs. He would be the guy we'd go to. We've got to see where A.J. is in a few days. |
If we're going to do anything this year, we need a big year out of him. So the sooner he can get ready the better. He's feeling good. |
If you want them to fight for you, you have to fight for them. |
In the past, if he gave up a few runs early, sometimes the game would get away from him. But he's been a new guy now for the last few months. He's just getting better and better. He showed that tonight. |
It all came down to that big inning. |
It breaks it up a little bit -- gets them out there to face some competition. It gets the guys on the mound seeing hitters that are swinging and working on making some pitches. It revs things up a little bit. |
It could be his forearm, and it could be his elbow. We don't know. He has had that elbow reconstructed in the past, so he knows his body. |
It could happen. We'll just have to wait and see. We'll make sure [Burnett is] good and ready, but we could do that. Never say never. |