I'm in favor of this thing. I think the World Baseball Classic is a great thing. But I also have to have consideration of my players, and this is a guy that is healthy this year. We had a little bit of a plan, and now it was backed off, so you can blame this one on me.
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In talking with the doctors last night, he's not going to have the fluids in him. No matter how well he feels today, we'd be a little concerned about when he hit a wall out there. So, it's not the right thing to do.Bob Melvin
We have an idea already. I just don't want to announce anything until he actually is here.
Bob Melvin
He's put up big numbers in the Minor Leagues and as an organization, we feel like he's got nothing left to prove. And for a guy like him, he needs to play.
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He didn't have his command today.
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He was bad. I didn't think we had any chance today with him. We were waiting to see how he felt today. Once we conferred with the doctors, we thought we better go another day.
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His power surprises me. Obviously, he's got some leverage because of his height, but he keeps impressing. (Friday) he swung at a bad-pitch slider, he made the adjustment, they threw him another slider and he made it travel a little bit. He hit it a long way into the wind.
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