Shawn Estes Quotes (10 Quotes)

Put it this way, when you play for the Rockies, you have no other choice but to go out there and compete, ... When you have a chance to pitch here three times a year, max, you don't mind missing that. You just have to concede the fact there are going to be base runners and runs scored and just make pitches when you have to.

I feel very good about my delivery right now. I really haven't felt great all spring, but tonight is as good as I've felt.

Sometimes you want it to rain. Today wasn't one of those. I was looking forward to getting out there.

The third inning is when the struggle started. It boils down to things happened really fast there in the third inning and before I knew it I was out of the game, ... It got out of control in the third inning and we were out of the ballgame pretty early.

We're talking major baby steps here.

I took a lot less money to play here.

My curveball wasn't great tonight. I got a majority of my outs on my fastball, but I kept them off-balance with my changeup.

Playing in this ballpark allows me to do that. If anything, it was a confidence builder. Unfortunately, I won't be able to pitch for a while, but when I do come back, I'll have this to build off of.

I don't notice it the ankle and that's a good sign.

What the MRI showed was to me the best-case scenario. We're dealing with muscle, not ligament. That was very good news. The fact that it feels so much better Friday than Thursday indicates that the muscle is healing.