Jim Tracy
Jim Tracy
both catch games guys situations
Both guys are going to catch in situations and games that make the most sense for them and the club.
believe dad delivered delivering eventually gets kept kid message realized talking
I believe that if you keep delivering your message that it eventually gets through and it will be delivered every day. It's like when you were a kid and your dad would tell you something day after day. After a while, you realized it must be important because he kept talking about it.
baseball clubhouse needs people player room shoulder
If you have them, great. If not, there are people in every clubhouse in baseball that every player in the room identifies with. I don't think that he necessarily needs a 'C' on his shoulder or anything like that.
against chart depth guy obvious outing perform younger
He's part of that organizational depth chart and you like to see a younger guy like that go out and perform well against major-league competition. His outing was very encouraging and it was obvious he was more comfortable this time.
approach type
He's doing everything you could ask, with the type of approach we want him to take as a top-of-the-order guy.
ball hit point protect purposely
I purposely ... started him, just to see how he'd respond, ... And he hit the ball long and foul, but the point is, you've got to protect the runner.
clear definitely expect favorable guys interested jumping perfectly point
I don't want to have those guys out there feel like you're completely jumping the gun. I want to also make it perfectly clear that we are definitely interested in results. And we're going to get to the point where we expect to see very favorable results.
approach change damage expand fair share strike zone
He'll do his fair share of damage when it's all said and done. For him to change his approach and expand his strike zone would be wrong. It would do him no good.
approach fourth game liked looked third
He was terrific. He looked like it was his third or fourth game of the spring, not his first. And I liked his approach at the plate, too.
against fault mistake whose
I don't know whose fault that was. But you can't make a mistake like that against this club.
ball base easy home player third versatile
He can go get a ball and make it look easy and effortless. I want to see how versatile a player he is, but he will have a home at third base for some time.
care choices couple fastball few good life numbers pitches quality seen strike throwing
I don't care what the numbers suggest. I thought the life to his fastball was as good as we've seen all spring. I think there could have been a couple different choices he made in a few two-strike counts, but I'll tell you: He was throwing nothing but quality pitches in the strike zone. ... He was actually too fine.
good seen taken
That was as good an at-bat as we've seen taken all year.