He's throwing really well. He's taken over the closer's role right now, and he's good. He's got a good fastball, good breaking ball. He's throwing strikes. He's made our bullpen stronger.
We thought it was a tired arm before. He's been throwing the ball really well. We thought we were over that.
He's the same as last year to me. He just has to control that slider a little better. Last year those balls were against the wall, caught. The ball was jumping tonight. There was a little breeze blowing out.
I can't say enough about the kid. It's fun to watch him play. He's got winner written all over his face.
Jordan has been swinging the bat good and he's running good, ... He can certainly help us.
If he throws like that, he's got a chance to win 30.
It's the only way I think I'm ever going to walk away from the game, is to go ahead and say I'm going to, and then I've got to. There's no turning back now - win, lose or draw.
We weren't trying to walk him; he just wouldn't swing at any bad pitches.
He looked like a 20-game winner today. He really did. He can't pitch any better than he did today.
With two outs and nobody on you feel like you're going to win a ballgame, ... We just did not get big hits.
It seemed long because we lost too many games. We're heading home and taking a day off and start on a winning streak.
He's got, as they say, electric stuff, I guess. He's got a number of pitches that are all above average. He's a great competitor. He does a lot of things to help himself win games. You know, he's the No. 1 in my book.
He's pitching as well as anyone we have this spring. He's throwing harder than he did when we got him last spring.
You've got to remember you've got to pitch in the first inning, not just throw. It's not a throwing contest. You've got to pitch. I looked at every single replay, and every one of them was right down the middle, belt high.
You have to tip your hat to Roger Clemens, ... He came in throwing the way he did, on a couple of days rest. He did a remarkable job.
Our bullpen glued it together really well. I thought we played a great game with our defense, pitching and offense. It's good to win the home opener.
The only thing I tell them is, 'Look, don't give the other (expletive) team too much credit. It's a baseball game. Just try to win the game.' We had a lot of things go wrong. But my theory is, you got a game every day.
I think you've got to do what you have to do to win right now.
It's awfully fun to win the way we've been winning. It's disappointing when we get knocked out. That last day comes too suddenly. We'll be after it again next year. We think we'll put a real good team on the field. We hope to go a lot further.
Bennett had a little elbow problem in the early throwing program.
Well we had the lead, then it got tight, of course, ... But with two outs, nobody on (in the ninth), you feel like you're going to win the ballgame.
It's always good to win the home opener.