“I am a hands guy, but I can catch it with my body. I am sure it will change my catching philosophy just a little bit down the field. But when I get back I'll practice so I'll have to figure out which balls to catch with my body and which to catch with my hands when I am wearing (the cast).”
“I talked to the guy who did the surgery, and he told me, `Yeah, it's probably a little bit weaker, but you'd still have to hit it at quite an interesting angle and with a lot of force to get it to come back out again,' ... So I probably have as good a chance of doing it as I originally did.”
“I don't know if I was ever apprehensive about how things would go. But I have definitely been sold on the system. I am confident going into the season with what he has brought here.”
