I think it’s very safe to say that Ryan is not a finished product defensively. I also feel that, when you look at a major-league baseball team that has 25 active members and half of...

One-and-7 obviously isn’t the way you want to start. But the (Dodgers) team I managed last year started 12-2 and we won 71 games. So it’s not a large enough sample size of games. It...

I’m not sitting here suggesting that guys don’t get hits on an 0-2 or a 1-2 pitch … but ordinarily, on 0-2, you don’t see balls get hammered. When you come up through a minor-league...

I don’t find myself coming to grips with doing things like that at this early stage until we see him swing the bat and see what he looks like.

He had a little extra jump in his delivery. This was precautionary.

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.

Cirillo didn’t hit the ball well at all. He just hit it in a wonderful spot.

This guy has got a lot of mileage out of the ability he possesses. He becomes a better player when you’re able to work within the framework of his ability.

That was as good an at-bat as we’ve seen taken all year.

Those hits in games like this are obviously huge. We did very little offensively for the majority of the night.

He threw way too many pitches last night, with 100-plus still trying to get through five innings, … But he’s getting plenty of seasoning this year. He has exceeded expectations for a Rule 5 Draft...

It’s important for him to remember to throw early strikes consistently. Fastball command is very important for Mike. If you have a guy who has the type of stuff he does, the ability to throw...

Offensively, whenever we creep back into the game. It’s followed up by more runs by the other side of the field.

That was an extremely tough loss for our starting pitcher to absorb. You can’t ask for much more than he did tonight.

That run ends up being the difference in the game.

I think we took a lot of major steps in that direction this morning. In order to change a perception, when the perception is the way it’s been for a period of time, there is...

If there are two areas right now that you’d like to see us [improve] it’s the consistency of our starting pitching and our execution in game-changing at-bats.

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...

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.

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.