John Gibbons Quotes on Work & Career (8 Quotes)

We have to keep them happy. We'll make it work.

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.

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He's been swinging the bat good. He started the season with us because he had such a big Spring Training. We like the kid a lot, and we think he's going to have a good big league career. We're going to give him some playing time this month, and he's taking advantage of it.

He was the best we had out there. It was his game. Sometimes your best moves backfire and your worst moves don't. Naturally, if you make a decision and it doesn't work, the other move probably would've been better. That's just baseball.

I'm grateful for it. Now it's my job to make it work.

If he's going to be in a role where he's not going to pitch much for us, it does him no good at this stage of his career. In saying that, it doesn't mean he's not going to make this team. But we're not going to send him out there and let him rot. We're going to do what's best for him.

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.