He had struck him out the first three times up. I was going to give him an opportunity to face him, and he struck him out again. That was the turning point of the game. |
He had very good stuff. He had an outstanding (split-finger fastball). He's working one expanding (his strike zone) a little bit. |
He had very, very good stuff today. |
He hadn't thrown in four days and I wanted to get him an inning, keep it within one run and see if lightning might strike for us in the bottom of the inning. |
He has done a nice job. He's been impressive. |
He has grown up in this atmosphere. That's why he wasn't in awe like some guys will get. He's been there, done that. |
He has made tremendous defensive improvement at every position. He's good at all of them. |
He just never really got it going tonight. He felt good, he felt all right. At times he popped it at 93 and most parts he got it around 90. He had a lot of balls up (and) his location just wasn't very good. |
He just provides so much depth for us, so much protection. |
He just struggled all night long. They weren't smashing balls all over the place. They hit some balls off the end of the bat and they found some holes. |
He just struggled. They didn't hit the ball hard, but they found holes. They put five runs on the board on him quick. |
He just treats people like people instead of treating them like players. If a guy has a bad day, he doesn't treat them any differently than if they had a great day, and that makes everybody feel comfortable. They can all go out and play, and not worry about their manager changing his disposition every day. |
He knows what he's doing and knows what he wants. He grew up in this game and knows the game extremely well. I think he still has to work on his defense, but he will play every day. |
He looked outstanding. One ball was smoked and he made it look like a slow roller. |
He might get an occasional day off but he's not coming out of the lineup. |