We just want to break it up for them a little bit. Get them out there facing some competition. It revs things up a little bit. |
We kind of had (Janssen) ahead coming out of spring training. Experience-wise they're all pretty similar. You know (Janssen) is going to come up and throw strikes, you expect him too anyway. It's his opportunity. |
We kind of had him ahead of the others coming out of spring training. |
We kind of had him, coming out of Spring Training, ahead of the group that's starting [at Triple-A now]. Experience-wise, they're all pretty similar. We know he's going to come up and throw strikes. You expect him to because he's always done that. It's his opportunity. |
We knew what we needed to do to improve. We targeted some guys and we were hoping to get one or two of them. You never expect to get your whole wish list and we almost did that. |
We knew when we lost those two there was going to be some games like this and it was going to take its toll on our bullpen. That's just the situation we're in. |
We know what these guys are doing. They're a very aggressive team and they're playing really good baseball right now. That's the way they play. They've got some guys that can run the bases. ... Let's just keep the guys off the bases. Then they can't steal. |
We left some guys on. We had some chances to get to Leiter, but we just didn't cash in there. It happens. |
We like a couple guys down there in Triple-A that can come up and do that job. We're not looking at it as a one-time deal. Of course if the guy comes up and struggles, we may change that. But we want the guy to make a few starts until A.J. is ready. |
We looked like a team tonight. It's the first time we have had our whole lineup out there and, yeah, the pitching was solid. |
We make sure we're not pushing guys too fast, too early. And then, as we get about a week or 10 days away (from the regular season), we'll push it a little bit harder. |
We need him. He's a big part of this team, if we're going to be successful he's got to produce this year. |
We needed that. He did his job. |
We played a good ballgame, ... We scratched a couple runs and caught the big break. |
We played a good ballgame. We scratched a couple runs and caught the big break. |