Ned Yost Quotations | Page 3

He's as tough as they come, ... and when you fall behind a guy like that it's tough to come back.

He's a very mature young man who has a chance to be a real offensive force. He's a pure hitter. He grew up in this game, and he's ready for his chance at stardom.

He's going to be a 3, 4, 5 hitter throughout his career. He's not going to sit in the seventh spot. And I don't know if you've noticed lately but we haven't been winning too many games, so something's broke.

He's fine. Right now, it's almost as if nothing happened.

He's been an important piece to our starting rotation, along with Ben Sheets and Doug Davis. They've really solidified the first three starting spots.

He's done everything we've asked him to. He's worked very hard on his defense and played very well defensively.

He hadn't thrown in four days and I wanted to get him an inning, keep it within one run and see if lightning might strike for us in the bottom of the inning.

He had enough savvy to get through it.

He has done a nice job. He's been impressive.

He grew up in this atmosphere. So the expectations others had for him have never bothered him because they can't match those that he's had for himself for a long time.