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«For my money, he's the center fielder next year. I felt that he was capable of doing what he's doing. To me, the only question was offense. He's seemed to show that he can handle himself here. I don't know if he's going to hit .330. But he's a good enough hitter. [Defensively], he's a prototypical center fielder. He runs everything down. He's not afraid of the wall. He'll dive. The center fielder's job is to catch every fly ball that is hit. You have corner men to help him out. That's the way he is.»

«He decided that [Perez] was throwing [at him], but he wasn't. I can understand where you would be suspicious and could think something like that might happen, but we played two clean games. I think it was the wrong call, but I understand his suspicions and especially when the league office alerts you.»

«We all knew he was a better hitter than he was showing early in the season. Now, is he the 200-hit guy he was (in 2004) or the .260-.270 guy he is now? He's probably somewhere in the middle. But if Jack was anything close to what he his now, we probably would have won more games in the first half.»

«He had a good angle for his pitches, he was down in the zone and he had some good sliders. In general, that's as good as he's looked in a long time.»

«We were concerned he was going to have a high pitch count early. But he had a good angle down in the zone. He threw some good sliders. In general, that's as good as he's looked in a long time. Unfortunately, his stamina isn't built up to where we'd like it to be.»

«I'm looking at their lineup card, and they've got a football team. I'm looking at mine, and I've got three guys on the bench due to attrition.»

«He decided that [Perez] was throwing [at him], but he wasn't. I can understand where you would be suspicious and could think something like that might happen, but we played two clean games. I think it was the wrong call, but I understand his suspicions and especially when the league office alerts you.»

«He's going to be stiff, he could play but Tike [Redman] has good numbers against Carpenter. I anticipate him being able to play tomorrow.»

«With Castillo out, Freddy's shown he's more valuable as an everyday player than part-time. Besides playing well at second and short, he's played excellent third base. It's like having two shortstops on the left side.»

«Spin's trying to exhaust everything to help Kip get through his last two starts.»