John Gibbons Quotes on Time (16 Quotes)

First of all, he's been in the organization a long time. Second, he's had a lot of these guys, ... He's a good baseball man, and he's paid his dues. And he's from the South.

Preliminary exams say the same thing. We'll let (Dr. Andrews) determine that and then go from there. It's big. The second time it's happened to him. You've got to move on. We've just got to hold down the fort and hopefully he's not out for any length of time.

A lot of the Latin players -- the guys who do Winter Ball -- are geared for that. They get some time off and then they pitch. Those guys pitch year-round, doing something, ... He's a strong guy. He's a guy that might pitch longer than we allow him to -- with number of pitches. You usually don't see that much of a drop off.

All we can do is hope he's not out a long period of time. It's unfortunate because we're expecting a lot out of him this year.

We want to get him some playing time. He's caught Bush very well. I plan on getting Ken Huckaby in there, too.

But there's not a lot of time left (in the season), so I don't know yet what it means.

If somebody takes the bull by the horns, it makes sense to keep the hot hand out there. We'll see. It won't be easy because guys all want a lot of playing time, but we can make it work.

It was good to have him back out there. He wasn't as sharp, but it's been two weeks. He's fine. He's healthy. He feels good. Any time you pitch against this team, I don't care how good you are, they test you. They make you earn everything you get and he did a nice job for us.

Yeah, Lilly might have to. Hopefully he'll pitch a good ball game. But there comes a time when you've got to eat some innings.

He's a good hitter, and he's having a tremendous September. He could arguably be the Rookie of the Year, and he should be here for a long time. He's starting to fit in he's very talented -- and clutch.

Any time he goes out there, you can count on him. At times he's been the odd man out but he's as good a competitor as there is.

He tweaked his quad a couple of days ago lifting. He'll have to take it easy for a week, two weeks. He still has plenty of time to get ready.

If it all clicks for this kid, you've got a very good player because he can do everything. He's a five-tool player and those guys are very rare. So when that does happen, those are the kinds of guys that you want out there all the time.

It's a big day for him. I saw him yesterday and wished him luck and told him to have fun out there. You only get that debut one time. He'll be nervous. He'll be scared. Everybody is -- and you hope he is. That's natural.

I saw enough of him out there last year. The big thing is he's got to get his footwork down. He's got to get his hands down. Toronto infield instructor Brian Butterfield is working with him on getting his hands together on the turn and that's going to come with time.

A couple homers for him now. Even the outs he's making, he's hitting the ball on the nose. It's got to help having extra playing time. He's getting plenty of work out there in the outfield. He's doing good.