I’m going to take it step-by-step. I’m not going to rush anything. This was a serious injury. It’s going to take some time to heal and get the shoulder 100 percent.

He’s never been afraid to pitch inside, but I think enough is enough, and I’ve had enough. I’ve been hit so many times by him. We used to be friends, but our relationship, I think,...

This is a day that everybody is looking to be together, meeting your new teammates, I think it’s pretty good. Spring training, your first day, this is the day that everybody has been waiting for....

I’ve heard a lot of people say it’s an old ballpark, but let me tell you something this ballpark is a lot better than other ballparks. You go outside to the field and see the...

That’s part of the game. You just have to get used to it.

The way I’ve been swinging the bat the last week-and-a-half, … I’m not producing offensively the way I’m capable of doing.

It’s not even close to the team we had in the first half.

I’m the one that is going to make the decision on how I feel.

I know how to take care of it, don’t worry. I’m going to make sure I play in all the games he’s in. … I want him to throw inside. Now I want him more...

It’s pretty sore, man. I got lucky it didn’t get my wrist.

I’m not going to hurt any of my teammates and do something stupid.

I just hope they can fix the situation. That’s up to the people upstairs and Soriano.

A lot of people in baseball are trying to figure out how we can win. It’s kind of tough. It drives people crazy. … I don’t know how we are still there. I think we...

Lots of times, you really need guys for motivation, guys trying to help your teammates. Lots of times, you see a lot of guys, they don’t really care. But what can you do? It’s a...

We’re poor people who live here and we don’t know where to go. The situation is tough. We’d like to know specifically what they’re going to do and not leave us stranded on the street.

Hey, everybody knows how Frank is. He doesn’t ask you for much. He wants us to play hard, run the bases hard. If you don’t do that, you know you are going to have a...

Everything [has changed]. It has been a great year. A lot of times you really need that extra motivation to help your teammates. Lot of times, you see a lot of guys that don’t really...

This is a pitchers’ ballpark. Everybody knows that here. It’s not in my mind anymore. I’m just here to play baseball — that’s what I’m going to do. Some of these guys are worried about...

It’s pretty much none of my business. That’s up to the people upstairs and Soriano.

We have a happy team. We had a great group of guys last year. There was a great chemistry in that clubhouse, and we don’t want any distractions.

It doesn’t matter who we play or where we play anymore. We just have to play better than we’ve been playing.

There comes a time — and this is the time, as far as I’m concerned — that … it’s time to say, ‘Hey, guys, that’s it. Take the rest of the year off

I will face him again, and he will not be afraid to pitch inside. And I’m going to make sure I play every one of those games that he’s on, too.

If we lost that game, it was going to be a different atmosphere here tomorrow. I don’t know where we were going to go from there.

This is the last thing I need right now this is serious. I have to take my time and let it heal. If I have to take two weeks off to get better, I will.