It really did happen very quick. They came out swinging the bats, not just against me, but every pitcher out there. They didn’t get deep into a lot of counts. I left pitches up, and...

Getting consistent at-bats… makes it much easier when you’re out there.

Early in spring training, I am fine with it because I need some guys to have at-bats, too. But once pitchers start going five innings, I want my pitchers to hit.

Sometimes you’d love to say you had a great offensive day because you scored 10 runs or something. But sometimes you score five runs, but every at-bat is a good at-bat. …I think we had...

The current report only raises a hypothesis that the bats might be the source of the virus,

That’s part of being a freshman. He’s had some really good bats at times, some really bad at-bats. It’s part of the learning process.