He threw the ball well. He had good velocity on his fastball and a good breaking ball. He was impressive.

I still don't think that he'll pitch for us. I know he wants to but ... he's talking about pitching winter ball and we're going to talk about that, too.

I think it should be a lot better. It is going to need to be better because we're going to have some pitchers who are going to be able to throw strikes. Our starters will put the ball in play. It has got to be better.

My perspective on that was I don't think the call was made correctly. My perspective was if it's a catch, the ball would have stayed in his glove. It's pretty elementary for me. He (plate umpire Mike Winters) called me nuts. It's not the first time I've been called that.

I'll tell you, having a guy like that out there is such a comfort. He gets such a jump on the ball and can hit for power. He's a true professional.