We'll see how he reacts. |
We'll see how he reacts. It will be more than a bullpen session — we'll keep counts and outs, things like that. |
We'll see how he rebounds [from Tuesday's outing]. If it goes well, hopefully we can send him out. |
We'll see how he rebounds, and hopefully, we can get him out [to the Minor Leagues]. |
We'll see where he is in a few days. |
We'll watch him the next few days and do a side and make sure he's OK. He may be back up in a few days. |
We're just now building up his strength and stamina. I don't use timetables. It's impossible. |
We've been working on some of the things mechanically and, obviously, I'll pay attention to what the doctors say and try to build arm strength the best we can without getting him hurt. It's kind of a freak injury for a pitcher. You never know where it comes from. We've been trying to stress mechanics even back to when he started his throwing program before this came up. We'll keep stressing it. |
We've talked about [contingency plans] just because we had to. You have to be ready. |
What was faster was the amount of throws he made on flat ground and how much better he felt. |
When he gets to hitters, we can probably accelerate it pretty well. Until we get to that point, I don't want to accelerate it too much. |
When his arm speed comes back, his slider is going to be close to what it used to be, and we saw that (Monday). If he comes in (today) and feels good, we are probably looking at a three-inning game in the rookie league in Arizona on Thursday. After that, we'd like to get him up to four or five innings and think about where we've got to go with him. |
When I took the job four years ago, it was with winning in mind, and we haven't accomplished that. So I felt an obligation to ... the organization. I like Chicago. I'm from there, and our kids love being there, and there's no place like Wrigley Field. |
When I was with Dave [Dombrowski, Tigers GM] and Jim before, we won a World Series. Obviously, I had a relationship with both of them and it made it tough. In the end, my obligation here was more important. |
With Greg, I think you saw in the second half of the year there's a lot of upside for him, |