It could end up being a good thing and relieve some tightness,

I thought he did a nice job; he battled and made some good pitches when he had to.

It doesn't get any better than that. It's what we've been talking about all spring - we went up there looking for something good to take a swing at.

First of all, I happen to think he was a pretty good player before he was selected to play for his country. I don't need to see him go play for Mexico to see that. But, absolutely, it can be a confidence-building experience.

That was as good an at-bat as we've seen taken all year.

Things are going to be done differently than they've been done in the past, I can promise you that. And it's going to be different in a good way.

I've never signed up for anything with the thought in mind that I wanted to be mediocre. I feel pretty good about it.

We threw a ton of strikes and we made some very good 0-2 pitches.