99 Quotes by Larry Rothschild

I don't want him to go out there without having completely built up the arm strength to where he should be. I want him in an environment where we can build him up without any kind of risk. We've gotten a lot further along with that in a short period of time. I think he's on schedule to do everything we need him to do and not have any problems. That's the way I'm assuming it's going to go, and we'll keep progressing.

I don't want him following somebody in relief at this point in his career. He gets a lot out of stuff early.

I don't think it's going to affect his timetable for June 1. He just fatigued pretty quickly.

From the time he started throwing the ball all the way through the mound, you could see there was more quickness to his arm and he looked more comfortable throwing the ball.

He went through his throwing and we'll see him after he gets the procedure done and go from there.

He's become a good catcher for us. He takes a lot of pride in it, and he's improved in every phase.

He's a young guy. It's like Billy Martin said -- if you tell him 10 times, tell him 11. Hopefully, that's the one that catches. He's gotten better and better at a lot of things. Obviously, there's room for improvement in concentration and not getting distracted by things. That's something we'll keep striving for. A lot of pitchers face that. Hopefully, we'll get through that.

He has done well, other than a little bit when he goes over his head. That's pretty normal.

Greg has had a strong spring. His command is obvious. When he's got his command, he's tough. He's more consistent with it than most.