[No fastball. Average changeup. Nothing special in his pitching arsenal against his former team.] I battled with my cutter and slider, ... I didn't have great stuff. I tried to keep them off balance with my slider and cutter and sprinkle in a fastball. It did the trick. |
Any other ballpark, maybe it would have stayed in. Here, unfortunately, it didn't. It put me in a little bind. |
But we're doing this just because we have the luxury of Trachs coming back. I'm not tired. My shoulder isn't bothering me. |
He was very passionate about anything that he did. |
He's going to make a big impact on all of us. |
I didn't feel like going to the clubhouse that early. |
I didn't really think much about [facing] Victor. But it's just ironic that I'm facing them twice in spring training. It was fun. No doubt it was fun to face the guys. They've got a great lineup. |
I don't have my best stuff but I'm still winning. I'm struggling a little bit with my command. |
I don't think that my location is killing me right now, |
I had a nice slider tonight and I was able to elevate a few pitches on them and get fly balls. |
I know it's going to be a miserable night. It's already been a miserable night. But what can we do? |
I think about it all the time when I'm out and about, ... but I've got a job to do. It doesn't cross my mind when I'm on the mound. |
I think we've both kind of moved on. We realize this is a great opportunity for me. |
I thought I was through having to try to hit when I got traded. |
I was [ticked] off about my slider. I gave up a majority of my hits on the slider. I wish my spot in the [batting] order didn't come up [in the seventh] inning. ... I was frustrated because that inning was going to cost me the game. |