Chad Epperson Quotes (7 Quotes)

Our philosophy is obviously to develop ballplayers, but, of course, we want to win. The Red Sox's goal is to put guys in the right situation to succeed. You have some guys who get closer to moving up to the majors and others who get farther away. The Red Sox let us run our own ship and give you a lot of leeway as a manager. You might lose a game, but when we take a look, we see a lot of positives. There are times you win a game, but don't develop a thing.

Obviously, this was not one of our better games this season.

At this time of the year, pitching is ahead of hitting. Timing is the biggest thing -- his swing plane is there. This was his first game facing live pitching, and I thought he did well.

I'd be a fool to say we don't miss them.

It's a very promising team. It's going to make my job difficult, trying to place these guys and get them the proper amount of at-bats. ... Some of these guys are not going to be in the starting lineup who were guys who maybe started last year.

We just struggled. We went down swinging. I don't care how many innings you play, you do that, you're not going to win ball games.

You will see a lot of excitement from these two quality players. They played at very competitive schools in college. An 0-for-4 game or batting slump will not get them down. The fans are going to fall in love with both of them.