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...
hits needs tying
He's right where he needs to be. The hits they got off of him, he was tying them up or they were off the end of the bat.
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.
couple pick ready sure understand weeks
If I understand correctly, it'll be a couple weeks before they even want him to pick up a ball. That's going to set him back there. We'll make sure he's ready to go.
future good iron question
He's a big part of the future here. There's no question about that. He'll iron it out. He's too good not to.
learn
But he'll learn from that and some day he'll look back at this and laugh.
clutch few guy past watch
You watch Ortiz over the past few years and there is not a more clutch guy in the game.
figures throwing tough watch
Cabrera, when he's throwing strikes, he's as tough as anybody. When he figures it out, watch out.
fastball run trying
He was just trying to run the fastball inside.
alex both drive gives looked speed swinging
They looked great. They both were swinging it good. I like the way it gives us speed up top. I just like them up there. And Alex I think is going to drive in some runs, that gives him the chance.
cleared sure
I just made sure I cleared it with Hillenbrand first.
affected ball baseball credit giving good influences last outside proved
I think the baseball world is not giving them as much credit as they deserve. They're a good ball club, they proved that last year, just too many outside influences affected them.
couple gets learn pitch settles sign takes trouble
I expect, once he settles in -- it may takes him a couple hitters, it may take him an inning or two -- once he gets over that, he should be fine. We're not going to yank him at the first sign of trouble because he's here and he's got to learn how to pitch in those situations.
bothering
It's still nagging, still bothering him. It's not 100 percent. If he's got to go out there, he can go out there.
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.