I don’t think he’s completely locked in. I’ve seen him further along. But he’s been through this before. He knows how to get himself ready.

Colby has worked with him a lot. Oliver is being given information that can help him succeed as a major-league pitcher. Sometimes, the player has to take the information and make certain adjustments in order...

We’ll adjust as we see fit. But Mike won’t necessarily be pitching the ninth.

I haven’t convinced myself that he’s played his last bit for 2005, but I do know today he should sit back and relax, … He’s quite a professional player and a professional person. I believe...

I know the state law already says that, but I just want to clarify it. We want to study it and make sure that the law is strong enough to keep that from happening.

For a kid his age, he’s off the charts. He’s going to be a good — make that really good — Major League baseball player some day.

They’re going to be going at a level that they’re not quite ready to go at on the seventh of March.

Things are going to be done differently than they’ve been done in the past, I can promise you that. And it’s going to be different in a good way.

I came here to make this club markedly better.

We did everything we could to get ourselves back in it. We were a base hit from tying it or a ball in the gap from taking the lead. You have to have a lot...

He’s got himself a backer here. I’ve made him aware: ‘You will find yourself on the field.

I thought he did a nice job; he battled and made some good pitches when he had to.

It makes sense to have him where he’s at today.

I wanted more than [the split]. We have to be kept around in the game for us to do some things.

I think it’ll put a few more rear ends in the seats. The fact Washington is still very much in it will add to the intrigue. Obviously people go out to see him, no doubt...

With a young kid you can’t take everything you’ve got and fire it at him, … You’ll short-circuit the guy.

the attention span is a bit greater when he does speak to something.

In a perfect scenario, you’d have Joe hitting sixth. But if it’s not perfect, I could see him hitting fifth, somehow behind Casey and Jason Bay. This is a guy who knows how to keep...

When Ian Snell gets consistent command, his stuff is more than good enough for the major-league level. I’ll take pitching like that anytime.

One of the toughest things in the world when you’re playing on the road is a leadoff walk in the bottom of the ninth, and that’s exactly what happened. It’s tough. It’s unfortunate. It’s something...

We’ve got a tremendous amount of baseball to play in 2006. If you get effort like that every night from that group of players, things are going to get going here and we’re going to...

It’s safe to say we made miscues that led to every single run. We have young players out there. To expect them to perform like seasoned veterans is asking a little much. When you’re involved...

He was around 90 pitches, he had gotten out of the previous inning with the tying run at second. You’re going to hit for him there. He did a very good job, pitched six very...

As a manager, I came here to make this club better, markedly better. The guys in the clubhouse, they have to realize that as a player, you have to produce. I’m not saying you’re perfect...

We’ll just see where he’s at physically. If he gets to the point where he’s physically able to pitch, yeah, there’s some benefit to getting him out there before the season ends. Absolutely, there is.

It could end up being a good thing and relieve some tightness,

You can’t help but be pleased by what you saw out there. As a matter of fact, it’s too bad that we didn’t have additional pitching that could stay out there longer. That’s how much...

Would [health] have made us a to 95-win club? No,

If there’s a better double-play combination, show it to me.

He is on a mission to pitch himself into this rotation, and right now he is succeeding.

It’s an opportunity to get some more innings for some younger guys.

Ian Snell threw the ball extremely well. He was very impressive.

He’s done a great job and he’s really shown me he has a chance to be a very special player. He’s a tremendous talent.

Coming out of Spring Training, I thought we’d score some runs. We’ve scored 20 runs in the last three days and haven’t won a game.

We will be strong up the middle.

He’s made improvement defensively. Is it finished yet? No. Is it making headway? Absolutely.

I don’t know whose fault that was. But you can’t make a mistake like that against this club.

He doesn’t walk many. It changes the perception of the guy that’s hitting against you versus a guy who tries to hit the corners. Against [pitchers who go after corners] a [hitter] will say, ‘Let...

I think Oliver Perez has to realize that has to help settle the waters.

This is not a punishment. [Castillo] just needs to understand and realize that in order to become the player that he is capable of becoming, you can’t allow environment to change your approach as a...

That was another terrific performance by Derek Lowe . You can’t ask any more than what he has given us the past few starts.

There’s a lot of things that can happen in 20 games. The thing that we know is that of the 20 we play, we have to win a bunch.

You’re down 8-2, that’s a long way to come back. The starting pitching is the thing that is holding us up. We have to settle that matter.

He just needs to realize that you can’t allow the environment to change your approach.

I don’t have any idea as to the Pittsburgh Pirates and what their thinking is. I have no idea about that situation or what direction any club is taking.

Werth can run, he can steal a base. Robles doesn’t run well enough to steal bases, … The other way around, you have a swing-and-miss guy and a guy without great running speed.

He has the pitches … his versatility is tremendous. It enhances your opportunities as far as when a major-league club looks at the 25 guys that you head to Milwaukee with.

He got 13 ground ball outs, and that’s good for a nine-inning game. That’s an indication of how well he pitched. That’s a very positive sign … It’s March 18th, and you want to see...

(Playing the Dodgers) is kind of special. It was five years that I spent there. In my opinion they were five very special years. There were a lot of very special things we accomplished there....

the (player) personnel factor and the evaluation of those players.