I can bunt better to move runners, and I can hit better. I've worked on it and want to see how much I've improved.

He's the type of manager where if you get your work done, do it right and hustle, you get off the field. If you don't hustle, don't do it right, you'll be here all day. Honestly, that's the way it should be when you have a young team. A lot of these guys were in 'A' ball last year.

I'm not giving up a chance to win. I'm at a loss. I'm struggling right now.

It's definitely not his dress code. Some of the stuff he tries to wear to the field ... no hats ... ripped shirts. That's part of growing up.

It was a terrible game tonight, it's the only way to explain it. I didn't pitch well at all. Mechanically, I just don't feel right. Something is out of whack. The ball keeps running on me -- I'm having a hard time with location.

A lot of these guys are real quiet, so you have to go up and introduce yourself to them. They seem like good kids.

The bullpen could happen. I'll do whatever they ask of me. I'll keep plugging along. I'm fighting it, but we'll work something out.

We didn't kick the ball around today. We didn't throw the ball away.

There are a lot of guys who dip and when you see someone dipping on a baseball field, you just don't think anything of it. But (smoking) is the same thing.

You just want to give your team a chance to win.