Michael Cuddyer Quotations

The one thing we had to play for now is a winning record. To be able to rally like we have the last couple of days and ensure us a winning record, it's pretty good.

Lew had the green light and I had a pretty good lead since the first baseman wasn't playing behind me. That jump-started things. That was huge for us.

Obviously, the past week I haven't played at all in right field, so you know you can take that for what it's worth. Nothing has been said either way, but you read between the lines and that's what's out there.

I don't foresee this going into next week.

He hit a bullet and I was able to make the play on a short hop. A few inches over and it would have been past me.

It ain't easy coming off the bench. That's not going to happen every day (coming off the bench) what happened out there today.

It ain't easy coming off the bench. That is not going to happen every day, what happened out there today. When you're on the bench, you just cheer for your teammates. When you do get an opportunity to go out there, you've got to take advantage of it.

It is frustrating, because I've been feeling good at the plate and it's getting closer to the start of the season. We only have 12 games left. It's frustrating, but you can't do anything about it but just try to get back to full strength.

I think that's in every player's mind. They call it the salary drive -- September.

I think that's in every player's mind, ... They call it the salary drive ? September.

I was able to sit back on it, had a good swing and drove it over the fence.

Over the past few years, I've learned that you never know what might happen and what position you might be asked to play. I'm just going to do my best to prepare for the 162-game season, and whatever the coaching staff has planned for me, I will do whatever they ask of me.

The only thing we can do is go out and play hard now that we're out of the playoffs. (The four hits) is definitely exciting any time you can do something like that.

We won one last week like this, so we'll try to do it again.

I've been reading the paper like everybody else, and the writing's obviously on the wall in regards to me being in the outfield. I'm going to spring training trying to win right field. Apparently.

A win is a win in our book, and we don't care how we do it.

It's nothing that I see taking a long time. I don't foresee it going into next week.

It's frustrating. It's tough. It's not easy to deal with. Certain guys deal with it in certain ways. That was probably his way of dealing with it.

It's hard to imagine what he's been going through, to just get back out there and do what he's doing now. Being a rookie in itself is tough, and then to add in a whole year of not playing ...

It's nice to have the deal done and be able to focus on Spring Training. We felt like we had a strong case and the Twins also felt that way, so it's great that we could get a settlement where both of us were happy with the result.

Everybody wants to play all the time, and I'm no exception. I want to be out there every day as a competitor and a player. Unfortunately, that's not how it's been. I'm not complaining but at the same time, it's not something I particularly enjoy.

No matter if it's a come from behind win or a regular win. It's nice to have to build our confidence and build character in the clubhouse. It definitely helps the team. We're not giving up on each other.

It was huge. By the way we celebrated on the field, it was about like we won the World Series.

I'm excited to get it done. Now we can just concentrate on spring training and getting better and getting ready for the season.

I mean, I only missed six games, that's nothing. Six games is not a substantial time at all. And then when I came back, I hit three home runs in three days, so I don't think anything has to do with the injury or the little bit of a setback in Spring Training.

I hope so. I'd like to think that we are maturing a little bit and able to get some things done that we couldn't before.

He threw every pitch that he wanted for strikes. He threw it where he wanted, any count he wanted. As you could tell by some of their swings, he was on today.

You want to finish strong for a whole bunch of different reasons, as a team and individually. You never know what people are thinking or what their plans are for next year.