He actually asked me if I wanted him to come up here. I told him to just wait. |
He almost tore my hand off. I don't want to go anywhere near him. |
He always has a smile on his face. |
He and Dougie did a great job. They weren't able to run on him. He managed that. They were going to have to get hits to beat him. |
He came in today and thinks he's like a week away. The other day, I thought he was going to retire. |
He came, got outs and gave us a chance to win. Then he went back out and ended up throwing 30, 31 pitches, and located pretty well. He had some good changeups. It's a positive step in the right direction. |
He can run into a problem, all hitters do. But I think the best chance for him to do some damage is to play a little bit. |
He competed right away and handled everything. Nothing seems to shake this kid. |
He competes well. This kid is going to be fun, he's going to do well. |
He didn't have to answer anything from me. As long as he's healthy, he's a good pitcher. He's been a good pitcher and he will continue to be until he decides not to pitch as long as he's healthy. And he's very healthy. I understand what happened last year and we all know why. But he's too good a pitcher not to be good. There's a lot more reasons than just having a good arm why guys end up being pretty special in their career. |
He didn't let them spread it out (after falling behind 5-0). As far as he goes, I think he looked more confident. The velocity of his fastball is fine. Executing it and throwing his other pitches, I thought he got a lot better. |
He didn't look comfortable. To me it was a spring training day. The wind is [blowing hard]. It just didn't look like he got that three-hour ride out of his system. |
He doesn't have to go out and throw a two-hitter on opening day, but he's healthy. ... He's strong as a horse and he's going to compete. |
He doesn't need to change things. He just needs to tighten up the breaking ball, start locating his fastball and Bronson will be just fine. |
He feels it. I think it's a spot, not an entire area, which I think is somewhat good news. I don't think he's going to be available the next couple of nights. I don't think this is something that turns out to be a couple of weeks. We'll continue to evaluate it. |