Sparky Lyle Quotes (30 Quotes)

Down the road, with our depth, how can you rest guys I hope we can make adjustments, because the only way we're going to change the team is to upgrade.

He knows what he's doing out there. Unless they (batters) hit that first fastball of his, they're in trouble because he has those two change-ups. That was like men pitching versus boys.

We feel that Fernando and Travis are going to give us a lot of depth at the catching position. Fernando ... was one of our strengths in the playoffs, and we're glad to have him back.

We always try to get some new players because they bring a freshness. But we're not going to not take somebody (back) if the new guy isn't that good.

He's definitely got the tools. He's accurate and he could hit with any of the big hitters on the tour.

Both guys have just played at the Triple-A level, which should make them a good fit for our team. Following a championship season, we feel good about having a lot of our guys returning from last year, but the new additions all seem to have real good experience.

When we were up 6-1, the game was not over. Not versus that club. Not by any means.

I'll miss him for sure.

Those 12 guys will run the clubhouse. I don't have a lot of team meetings and when I do, it's not a good one.

Pitching is always our strength. We try to have the best possible pitchers -- as everybody does. But we have a good mix, I think.

He's going to play the rest of the way out.

It's very hard to repeat because your team gets dismantled every year. The biggest thing for us last year was winning the first-half title, and that will be our goal again.

Jeff has been a big part of our success the past three years. He's been one of the top offensive threats each year and he continues to be the best third baseman this league has seen.

Last year I didn't think he was ready to throw, and I told him to take the rest of the year off. I gave him my word that we would bring him to spring training.

I can't see us trying to steal a base in a 0-0 game until the late innings. We'll have to see how that one plays out.

We had a lot of success last season with guys that came with major-league experience. I'm glad to see that we're going to have about five pitchers with big-league time with us to start the year.

Billy actually passed the pitcher but I thought that the pitcher got the corner of the bag and Billy got the middle. It was close.

Ryan really carried us offensively through the playoffs and was a big reason that we won our championship. He gets better every year here and we look forward to having him and Nettles in the heart of our line-up again.

They threw the ball well. Pitching, for being the first time out, was pretty good on both sides.

The thing is you (pitchers) can't be messing around with the guys in the front of the order. Eventually, it will catch up with you. They could be the best at those positions (in the batting order) in the league.

I really don't know why. I know one thing My guys go out there and play hard for me. That is such a confidence booster for me.

When George found out about it, it was church.

There's been good pitching, but the hitters' hands are cold and they are just trying to keep them warm.

I knew this guy was a bona fide closer, but to see him go out and throw, he is very very good. A lot of times you don't know about these guys until you see them a couple times, but he is very legitimate. He goes about his work seriously but still has a good time.

There are two things going on. Do we have the money to sign another player That's probably something we'll talk about tonight, but we can't go into the season without a shortstop.

That's how you get to learn pitchers, and he is adapting to that very well. Brett is very astute at what he's doing. He's taking it seriously and getting a good read.

Sylvester was very good. He threw the ball hard.

When you sign some new guys, you are selling them on the league. Joe Klein has been very good about it. Sometimes he has apologized, and sometimes he has said deal with it. Moaning about it just made everyone else think bad about it.

The best pitching coach in the world is the guy who leaves you alone. When you are having trouble with mechanics, they straighten them out, but they don't try to change you.

We feel that we are in pretty good shape heading into spring training. I like the experienced staff we are bringing in and hopefully that will lead to a lot of wins this season.