I think he’s the brightest thing to happen to us this season. He’s a big piece of the puzzle.

If we’d have swept them, I don’t think we’d be going into Boston, or Chicago, or Cleveland any different.

We don’t have the finished product yet, we have a learning 21-year-old. But we like what we have. I give him credit, going through what he went through last season, getting on-the-job training. He handled...

(Oakland) got back on track and we just couldn’t stop them. It was just a night the Tigers got pounded.

Comerica Park a bandbox. Who would have thought?

It was a big play. Who knows what might have happened after that? If he doesn’t make that play, we could have arguably scored two runs.

He only had 95 going into the inning, and we were hoping he would go seven. It didn’t happen, but he still was great for us.

It’s just kind of the way things have been going for us. We’re not catching any breaks.

We didn’t score any runs. We had opportunities to score runs and we didn’t do it. That was it.

I don’t think Jeremy was sharp. Velocity-wise he was fine, but location he was not. He didn’t have it. We got pounded. Honestly, it could have been worse. We scored in three innings and all...

Down the stretch, we’ve been struggling with our pitching staff, but he’s taken the ball. He’s been our best pitcher down the stretch when things have been tough. It means a lot, it really does....

Really, I’m OK. I’m a big boy. I’ve been through enough that I understand how things are.

Matt and Andrew handled themselves very well. I was very comfortable. They were very comfortable talking baseball.

They’ve done everything in their power to get that field ready. It can’t be perfect. It’s a groundskeeper’s worst nightmare.

Just to even say there’s a possibility, wow. But I’d have to say chances are we’re going to have to make an adjustment.

It’s not easy right now. My stomach, I’ve got a knot. I don’t like it at all. I am in charge so it is my responsibility. It bothers me. I’d love it to stop as...

With the options we have right now, Sean remains our best one, even though he’s not pitched well and it hasn’t been pretty lately. I think he’s capable in my mind — he’s pitched some...

We did some things to better ourselves to play with that group. For the most part, we haven’t been able to do that. We thought we’d have more depth. We just haven’t been able to...

He doesn’t appear to let things bother him. That was a tough situation.

He’s saying that he’s not feeling as well as would like to. He says he can pitch, but why. We’re hoping it would be better and it is not.

I don’t want to get ahead of ourselves, … but if he continues like this, we’d have to rethink some things.

We’re not getting it done, … I’m not getting the message across, for some reason. For us to finish like this, it really does bother me.

We got a lot of big hits today and that was one of them.

Physically I didn’t see anything wrong with him, … but I think right now Jeremy is overthrowing.

He can’t believe it. From our view, it’s a little low, but you could see the ball got away from the shortstop, it was a poor throw and he was safe. When you’re going bad,...

It would rank right up there. It’s number 1A, with the injury to [Carlos] Guillen [being] 1B.

We’re struggling, … and we could use a little help right now.

He had a cramp and just couldn’t get rid of it. He was in the dugout later in the game, so that was a good sign.

Somewhere after the All-Star break he started dropping down a little more, especially to the right-handed hitters. He has just been pitching lights-out. He’s tough. There’s no question about it. He was the story of...

I know it didn’t look good when it happened, but it’s hard to say how long it’s going to be. I feel for Rondell because he’s had a history of injuries, and he’s a great...

If someone is going to get thrown out, it should be the manager.

I’d say the pounding continued. Right now there are no answers. … We just can’t seem to get out of these jams without giving up something huge.

I would like to get back into managing, or coaching, next year. I think that’s in my best interest.

The Sox haven’t been scoring that many runs, … but it didn’t look that way to me.

At this point, in September, it’s probably caught up to us.

We come right out of the chute and don’t play well. It was very sloppy.

Losing gets old. It’s just been a heck of a month, to be honest with you.

In light of how things are going, this guy is too valuable. We want to make sure that he’s OK. Hopefully, it’s just one start.

We’ve said it before, when Carlos Pena hits a home run — wow! That might be the furthest ball ever hit in this ballpark. He’s been a different player since we brought him up six...

He has ties with the Tigers. He was there when I signed. Whether I’m there or not, I’ll always be a Tiger, and I’ll always root for the Tigers, because I’m a part of their...

They believe they are going to get the thing done.

Those are lessons that we need to learn. I made my statement. I talked to him. It’s over.

Our job now is to put this one behind us and go on. There’s really no other option.

He (Rodriguez) even mentioned it. He can’t believe it. From our view, it’s a little low, but you could see the ball got away from the shortstop, it was a poor throw and he was...

Right now we’re a little bit limited in the outfield with Dmitri not being able to play.

It sounds like an excuse, … but it’s a fact that this club, the way that we had set it up, for the most part has not been able to be out there the way...

There’s no question this guy has a special arm, but he’s still a little raw.

I think there’s a possibility he’ll be activated this weekend.

We’re not sure if he’ll (Bonderman) be able to make his next start. We’ll have to wait and see.

I think it’s just the losing, the day in and day out, … It’s probably a little too much for us to overcome.