Jim Tracy
Jim Tracy
approach candidate fact good guy kid league major matter mentality pitcher possesses start starting strongly talking time type
If this kid maintains the same type of mentality and approach that he possesses right now, it's a matter of time before you start strongly talking about the fact that he is a candidate to come here and start a Major League game. I look at this guy as being a very good starting pitcher some day.
bullpen expect rampant
I don't expect perfection. Just keep us in the game, keep us around. You can't use the bullpen at that rampant of a pace.
bat coming early grips looks stage swing until
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.
continue hope intensity order played type
I'd like to hope so. But in order for that to happen, we have to continue to come out here every day and play with the same type of intensity that we have played with. And we will get to that point.
believe continue hope intensity shown
I'd like to hope so. But for that to happen, we've got to continue to come out with the intensity we've shown so far. And I believe we will.
feels
I'd like to know what that feels like.
hands love routine sooner start stretched
I'd love to be able to get my hands on Oliver, the sooner the better. I'd like to get him a routine and stretched out for the start of the season.
asking milwaukee question start time tough
I don't know that we'd be asking that same question ... he had a start in Milwaukee that was awfully good. He had a tough time today.
chance freddy guys hot possibly topic
Obviously, that's the hot topic these days. I've done everything I possibly can to keep Freddy involved, and he has responded big-time. You have to get Freddy at-bats, but you also have to give those other guys a chance to jump-start themselves.
happen prepared
Obviously, it's not something you want to see. That's for sure. But I think you always have to be prepared for something like this to happen to one of your players.
baseball good helped team
Obviously, he helped make us a good baseball team two years ago.
people wondered
People wondered was he ever going to 'get it? ... He got it.
gave good run
Only the one run wasn't going to be good enough, and we gave them two others.
gear gearing himself knows
Oliver knows how to gear himself up for situations. But, while he was gearing up, he was maintaining his focus.