Jim Tracy may refer to: (wikipedia)
He's a special player, a very special player. People know that in our game.
He's a very smart young man. He's done all the things that he's been asked to do on a day-to-day basis. There is, in fact, not anything I've seen from him that I haven't liked.
He's going to have a lot more good days than bad days, because he gets it.
He's going to get the ball in the ninth inning. We'll see how it goes. We've got a guy who is a complete novice in that environment. But what I see is a player that an opportunity has been created for him and he's seizing the opportunity.
He's been very professional about this right from the start of spring.
He's done a great job and he's really shown me he has a chance to be a very special player. He's a tremendous talent.
He's doing everything you could ask, with the type of approach we want him to take as a top-of-the-order guy.
Tonight was, in my opinion, dramatically better than what we saw in Florida. In Florida, he battled, but his fastball command was erratic. Tonight, it was crisp, it was good to both sides of the plate. It's a big step forward for him.
To me, he's one of the game's best pitching coaches in the National or American leagues. He has not only the ability to teach the physical aspects of the game, but also the ability to communicate with his pitchers.
What the schedule says is what you do. I think we came out of it pretty good, all things considered.
