Jim Tracy
Jim Tracy
feeling guy home horse productive race today work
You're not in a horse race with this guy either. For him to come out here today and do the things that he did, get his work in, I think he's going to go home today feeling like he had a very productive day.
biggest chance element fifth good last pitcher starting
Did the starting pitcher give you a chance every fifth day to go out there and win? -- that's the biggest element I look at. (Santos) was pretty good at that last year.
awful center covered defensive double field himself plays quite sullivan
Cory Sullivan had quite a day for himself today. Not only did he do the big thing with the leadoff double offensively in the 10th inning, but he made two outstanding defensive plays in center field and covered an awful lot of ground.
baseball good looks number player
He's been terrific. He looks to me like a very good baseball player and a very good number two hitter.
innings opportunity younger
It's an opportunity to get some more innings for some younger guys.
capability great guy
As a two-hole hitter, this guy has the capability for doing great things for us offensively.
fourth time
Derek Lowe, for the fourth time in a row, was just phenomenal. Not good, not great, phenomenal.
ahead batting behind gets players
He gets it. He gets situations. He gets who's batting ahead of him in the lineup and he gets who's batting behind him. To have a winning-caliber team, you need players like that.
level quite ready seventh
They're going to be going at a level that they're not quite ready to go at on the seventh of March.
asked seen smart
He's a very smart young man. He's done all the things that he's been asked to do on a day-to-day basis. There is, in fact, not anything I've seen from him that I haven't liked.
breaking good impressed interested numbers strikes threw
I know the numbers didn't look too good. However, the thing I was very impressed is that he, for the most part, pitched ahead, threw a lot of strikes and threw some very good breaking pitches. He went after hitters, and that's something we are very interested in seeing.
consider offense
It's kind of unfortunate when you consider how the offense is playing, and you get pitched right out of the game.
afraid bit certainly people shy
I'm certainly not the least bit shy or afraid of having young people out there competing,
leg plan responds time until
That's the plan right now. But until we see how the leg responds in game-type situations, there is nothing that is completely certain. But there has to be a plan. And for the time being, that is the plan.