Clint Hurdle Quotes on Power (4 Quotes)

It's kind of like a lab experiment. Keeping his swing short and simple won't be a power reduction by any means. It'll probably play out in the long run that he'll have more opportunity to drive in runs because the ball will be in play more effectively, harder and more often.

When he plants his front foot and really stays behind his swing, he's got a little gap power. How it plays out, time will tell, but he has the ability to hit a ball out of the ballpark.

When you have a reliever that's a power guy that can strike people out (80 in 67 innings pitched), he's never out of the inning. As wild as some of these innings have gotten with him, he's been able to put them away.

Initially we stuck him in there because we had run out of options. He is a big kid who has some power and we thought maybe we can find a guy to pick up some run support when they didn't want to pitch to Helton. Obviously he took that opportunity and ran with it. He is a legitimate fourth bat in the lineup. He is not just hitting behind Helton any more.