“'He's going to make them rip that uniform off his back, he loves it so much. You wonder why someone didn't give him a chance earlier. You know it's because he doesn't throw 94, 95 [mph].”
“His arm strength is right where it was before he (got hurt). If you asked me if there was anything I didn't like, I'd only say that, in general, the quality and crispness of his pitches wasn't quite as good as when he left. But he's not far away at all. If they decided to have him pitch in the majors, I don't think it would be a problem.”
“Now he can throw it to a lefthander and it looks like `strike, strike, strike,' then at the last second it moves out of the strike zone, ... Or he can throw it inside, and at the last second it catches the plate.”
“You might say he didn't get a chance because his fastball wasn't fast enough, or his curveball wasn't crisp enough, ... But he can do a lot of things.”
