There's a lot of people who weren't sure what we were getting. I think the scouts that recommended him obviously felt that he was a good pitcher that could probably fit in the four or five slot in the rotation.
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We know what our young guys are capable of. We're building that way. I think, actually, we're beyond building at this point. We're wanting to be competitive now.Doug Melvin
You get six weeks to get things together. We came in here with the expectations to build on last year's first .500 season in 12 years, and I think we're on track to doing that.
Doug Melvin
I don't know if the players recognize it because none of the players were here the last 12 years. They want to go out and win every game. I would bet that some of them keep hearing about it and they wonder what we're all talking about.
Doug Melvin
There were a couple times that we talked about it. We were just going to let him go out (to the minors) for two or three weeks to get some consecutive at-bats, then we were going to bring him back. It wasn't a matter of sending him out and leaving him down. We didn't want to lose the progress that we made.
Doug Melvin
The most important thing is to get him back 100 percent. If it takes a few days longer than we thought, we'll do that.
Doug Melvin
We hope sometime in April but again, as long as there's no setbacks. We don't want to get into a Mark PriorKerry Wood thing where it's a day-to-day 'watch.' It's better where we're guarded in talking about it until we get to the point where he's going to go out and pitch in games.
Doug Melvin
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