Kevin Towers Seen Quotations

He's a tremendous athlete -- we've only seen the tip of the iceberg. Last year was his breakout year. He's had some success at the big-league level now -- and he's going to get better.

I bet I haven't seen him pitch live in about 10 years,

It's a tremendous program. I've been here for 11 years and we've seen some of the youngsters who have come through the program and graduated college. It's very successful. It's kind of neat to see kids at this age, in the eighth grade, ready to embark into their high school years and be able to feel that the Padres have had something to do with it, which can lead to very long and successful careers.

He knows the runners a little bit now -- when he needs to rush and when he has time to make a play. I've seen a huge difference in him defensively.

I really think we've only seen the tip of the iceberg with this guy. He's only going to get better and better.