John Gibbons
John Gibbons
John Michael Gibbonsis an American former professional baseball player and the current manager of the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball. Gibbons briefly played in the Major Leagues as a catcher with the New York Mets, in the mid-1980s...
changed hitting path spread stance strong
He changed his stance a little bit. He's a little more spread out, a little more crouched -- in a strong hitting position. I see a shorter path to the ball.
kept key prove wants
He kept them off-balance, that was the key for him. He competes, man, he competes. He wants to prove something.
bothering push ready run
He just can't run on it right now. I mean, he can, but it's bothering him. He's doing everything but running. ... We don't want to push it too far, too fast. But he's ready to go.
extra guys happens location lose maintain reach suffers tired
Guys when they get tired they lose their location. What happens is they got reach back and give a little extra to maintain what they got and your location suffers but you maintain your velocity.
far happens kids
If that happens to Lilly, we're kind of in a jam. You've got some young kids down there in Triple-A, but, ideally, you don't want to have to go to that, because they aren't that far along, either.
gets hot trying win
If someone really gets hot and we're trying to win some games, it could come to that.
number three
He's had our number all year. Three times we haven't been able to do anything with him.
heck keeps knew last leagues minor saw september special
He's had a heck of a year. We knew we had something special when we saw him last September and with what he did in the Minor Leagues last year. He keeps getting better and he'll keep getting better.
ahead ball bring found game good groove hit kept missing pitch pitches throwing
He's got to pitch ahead to be effective. He was throwing some pitches and he wasn't missing by much if he was missing. When he had to bring it over the plate, they hit him. Then after that, he kind of found his groove and pitched a good ball game and kept us in it from there on.
sometime
He understands. If we get him through he'll back sometime during the year, at least September.
couple days easy plenty time
He tweaked his quad a couple of days ago lifting. He'll have to take it easy for a week, two weeks. He still has plenty of time to get ready.
looked typical worked
He worked at it and got groundballs. He looked like typical Doc out there.
ready
He won't be ready before the weekend, if then.
doctors few last obligated team toronto
He went to see team doctors in Toronto (on Wednesday). He wasn't obligated to go out there (at camp) the last few days.