Ned Yost
Ned Yost
Edgar Frederick "Ned" Yost IIIis a former Major League Baseball catcher and current manager of the Kansas City Royals. He previously managed the Milwaukee Brewers, and played for the Brewers, Texas Rangers, and Montreal Expos...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth19 August 1955
CityEureka, CA
breaking easy feeling geared knowing life second talked
Knowing he would be a little more geared up, he wanted to back off on his breaking ball. It's something we all talked about. The second inning he had easy life on his fastball. You could see he was feeling good. He's right on schedule.
player type types veteran
He (Cirillo) is a veteran type player who is comfortable in those types of situations.
bothering game since
It's been bothering him every game since (Aug. 18), ... It's something he probably could play through, but that doesn't make any sense at this point. We need him to be what he can be.
crushed far
I don't have any idea how far it went but he crushed it.
dull felt good pain pull scar strange tissue
He didn't pull anything. It just felt strange to him. It was not a knifelike pain, just a dull ache. He has some scar tissue back there, and it could be he popped some of that, which would be a good thing.
glaring hype leagues minute player toughest
I don't see where it's going to get any more glaring than it's been from the minute he signed. How much more hype does a player have than him? So it's not going to get any tougher, it's only going to get easier. The toughest thing to do is to get to the big leagues and produce.
worthwhile
It's not going to be easy. And nothing worthwhile is easy.
depth provides
He just provides so much depth for us, so much protection.
credit good
He didn't have his good stuff. I give him credit because he was out there competing, but he just wasn't sharp.
double nice plays three turned
J.J. has been outstanding. We have turned some nice double plays already (nine in three games). He's been great.
exactly fill reason saving situations throw
This is exactly why he's here. He can fill that role. And the reason we don't use him (more) is we're just not going to throw him out there. We're saving him for situations like that.
balls bat found hit night smashing struggled
He just struggled all night long. They weren't smashing balls all over the place. They hit some balls off the end of the bat and they found some holes.
defeating fighting fights-and-fighting hard
Our guys, what they're doing is they're fighting real hard to try to get out of it. It's defeating the purpose.
balls felt location parts
He just never really got it going tonight. He felt good, he felt all right. At times he popped it at 93 and most parts he got it around 90. He had a lot of balls up (and) his location just wasn't very good.