Jim Tracy
Jim Tracy
bay jason last player
I don't want Jason Bay to do anything other than be the player he's been here for the last two years.
expect five four giving innings runs starter
Giving up four or five runs through five innings with your starter ... that's a lot of runs to give up and expect to win.
ahead entering good hitting life pitch seen
Go ahead and take that gun. What was important was the life of the pitch when it's entering the hitting area. That was as good as I've seen him.
club easiest five
I give the club a lot of credit. It hasn't been the easiest thing in the world for this club in our first five games.
acquire draft guy opportunity previous record resume rule seen shows somebody whose year
His record wasn't all that impressive, but I've seen this guy do very well at times. And I think the opportunity to acquire somebody in the Rule 5 draft ... it's not all that often you get somebody whose resume from the previous year shows 141 innings.
people special
He's a special player, a very special player. People know that in our game.
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.
bad days gets good
He's going to have a lot more good days than bad days, because he gets it.
ball complete created guy ninth novice opportunity player
He's going to get the ball in the ninth inning. We'll see how it goes. We've got a guy who is a complete novice in that environment. But what I see is a player that an opportunity has been created for him and he's seizing the opportunity.
start
He's been very professional about this right from the start of spring.
chance great job shown special tremendous
He's done a great job and he's really shown me he has a chance to be a very special player. He's a tremendous talent.
fourth game good three
We made the most of three first-inning runs. The reason: Derek Lowe. For the fourth game in a row, he's been phenomenal. Not good, not great, but phenomenal. I can not say enough good things about Derek Lowe.
command consistency course delivery fifth fourth good hurdle maintain needs next overcome throughout
He was real good early, and then his command wavered some there in the fourth and fifth inning. The next hurdle that he needs to overcome is to maintain the consistency of his delivery throughout the course of his start. He's making strides.
behind early good zone
He was fine. He was up in the zone early and pitched from behind more than I'd like, but he had good stuff.