Somebody his age and at the stage of his development, we don't want him sitting around for a long period of time and not playing.
We told him that we support him but it's time to step it up. We're starting to make decisions. He seemed to embrace that. We'll see how his next outing goes.
Thirty teams believe they have a chance. Some are more realistic than others but it's a very positive time of the year.
I'm glad we're down to one spot in the rotation, and we've got time to decide. It's time for them to show us something.
I just encouraged him to take a little extra time now rather than have issues down the road. I just told him to take care of himself because his health is important first.
I certainly expect him to go out and have a good year. But with the things that had transpired in the past, we just decided that it was an appropriate time to go in a different direction.
The longer this went on, and the more time between when we indicated we'd meet what was ultimately their asking price, it was clear that other teams were involved,