Obviously, if I move my wrist in a certain direction, I might feel a slight pain. But the way I’m swinging the bat, there’s no pain there right now. I’ll call that a step forward.

Everything seems so positive around here. You want to see where this new positive way will take us. It’s time to get back in the groove so we can start this season off with a...

He stayed in there and worked hard and finally got his shot, that’s what inspired me. I was impressed with the way he handled his whole situation. Never complaining about stuff, never saying if this...

He’s in one of those situations where you just have to go through it, man. You just have to go through the punishment and move on.

Nobody should get hit like that. A guy should have a chance to defend himself. I think that was a sucker punch, because he couldn’t defend himself lying on his back.

I’m trying to be more selective and getting pitches to drive. I’m also trying to catch pitches out front more, … Once I have somebody teach how to do that consistently, I won’t have to...

Once I found out it was a bone bruise and it takes four to six months to heal, then I was fine with that. It’s only been four months, and it’s definitely gotten better. …...

Today was the last day I was tracking against live pitching. Even though I don’t think I would have swung anyway.

That’s the most painful triple I ever had to earn. It still hurts.

He knows what’s what and what he needs to do. He just has the mind-set to be a real professional and business-like and to find where he fits in.

I just want to come in and be myself, you know. And that means go out and play hard every day. Try to help the team win games. When you say a leader, you usually...

Add a few ingredients and maybe we can be the Cleveland Indians next year.

I’m glad to see him back out there pitching, … I was mostly scared for his health. He is important to their team. You hate to see somebody go down like that.

That’s a lot of bags. That will never happen again. Pitchers are holding runners on way better. They’re paying a lot of attention to us with slide step and all. I don’t think anybody’s going...

You just want the first pitch you can get the bat on. You do what you can do with it.

It’s been good. That’s the thing we didn’t have last year, the little fundamentals and stuff like that. I feel like it’s to the point where I love coming to the field every day because...

Yeah, that’ll just have to take care of itself, … I’ll just have to go out there and play, don’t try to do nothing different and just see what happens.

The adrenaline rush is there, … It’s fun to play in front of the big crowds. It’s exciting.

I just wanted to get it ready for the real season and I didn’t want to chance aggravating it even more [in the World Classic]. I know my trainers here will take extra care watching...

The thing about this team is that no matter who’s in the lineup, this is the kind of team that’s not going to miss a beat offensively.

That would be a good thing for this organization. It would give us some kind of identity. It would be exciting. He’s a fun player with a lot of energy.

We have bigger things on our mind than just Boston. We want to win some games.

I like the 4,000 hits. That’s the one that gets me. That’s a lot of hits. That’s the most eye-popping record to me besides the home run record. You ask anybody who plays the game,...

A nice solid number to reach a nice little milestone,

I’ve just got a little soreness in it that I’m not comfortable with, and to go down there and not have somebody treat it the same way, I didn’t think I’d get the same treatment...

It’s hard to deal with right now, … It’s been hurting for a while.

All we hear is Vince saying that he is not leaving anytime soon, … We don’t know what to believe. I really don’t think guys are thinking about it too much. We’re just kind of...

He looks great. You see him hitting in the cage? He looks like he’ll be ready [for Opening Day]. I can’t wait to get back on the field with him because we feed off each...

It was the most painful triple I’ve ever got.

We would do start-up testing in 2014 or 2015.

We’re gonna have to respond to the challenge a little bit. (Ownership) is setting up the pins for us, and we have to knock them down. They’re setting it up for the players, and we...

It was just one of those games. It didn’t matter what (Waechter) did. The way they came out, it was going to happen to whoever pitched.

They got tired of people asking why they can’t win against us. They tried to bury us early and just did what they had to do.

I just think the second half came. Guys were trying to put up numbers, to be honest with you. Guys trying to get jobs for next year and play well so they can try to...

It’s cool, because we never had that feeling around here. So it feels great. Now we just want to keep pushing and keep the momentum going.

He’s got the same kind of passion I have. We’re kind of similar in a lot of ways. That’s why I think that’s what brought us together, the demeanor that we have to get better,...

It’s just one of of those things you have to program yourself to not worry about. It’s no reason to jump on our starting pitchers. We just have to go out and score more runs.

[2. SQUAT PRESS TO THROW WITH MEDICINE BALL Holding a 14-pound ball, Crawford squats, then jumps straight up while throwing the ball upward. He does it five times and then switches to a six-pound ball...

Our fans shouted him down.

He’s stressing the little things this year. It’s fine with me because I needed to put that into my game. Joe’s the kind of guy that he’s cool enough that if he suggests something, then...

They make you raise your eyebrows when you understand how hard they are to get to.

[General manager Chuck LaMar said the agreement] reinforces our goal to sign, develop and retain our most talented, young players, … cornerstone of our future successes.