20 Quotes by Rafael Chaves

There's no doubt that he's going to have a good year this year. Once again, we're talking about getting him healthy, him regaining his confidence, and getting him back on track and having him believe in himself.

This is very cool. It's not like I pitched in the game, but for me, it's the same thing.

I told him not to do that any more. That's why they make gloves.

It's the one pitch you can throw over the plate and you don't have to be perfect. It's a fastball, yet it moves. What can be better than that? The only concern is to get the ball down.

I want my pitchers to believe they can beat anybody. I believe they can, and that the season will show that they can.

I'm happy to see what I saw. The rest of the guys can learn from how he does it. We just couldn't finish it out at the end.

His fastball location the first two innings was not there, and that was forcing him to make too many pitches.

He's ahead of everybody else in camp and he has thrown more bullpens than anybody else. By the time he has to leave us, he'll be able to go three innings. That way he should be able to go four innings down there.

I don't want to discuss anything that has to do with Felix. I would like the medical department to discuss that with you guys.