John Gibbons
John Gibbons
John Michael Gibbonsis an American former professional baseball player and the current manager of the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball. Gibbons briefly played in the Major Leagues as a catcher with the New York Mets, in the mid-1980s...
against awful confident pitches
He's really confident when he pitches against them. When he's on, he's awful tough.
good putting swings
He's putting good swings on the ball. And he's aggressive.
games good guys rise shut won
He's one of those guys that, when he's on, he can shut you down. And the good ones, when they get in jams, they get out of them. A lot of times, that's where games are won and lost, but the good ones rise to the occasion.
games good time
He pitched some good games in August, too, and didn't get a decision. But that's good. That's No. 12, and it was a long time coming.
coming likes
He really likes coming out of the bullpen. He's said that.
felt hard progress ran
He ran (yesterday) and felt good. Hopefully, he can make progress and we'll see what he has. It's hard to say.
last left picked
He picked up right where he left off last year.
couple pick ready sure understand weeks
If I understand correctly, it'll be a couple weeks before they even want him to pick up a ball. That's going to set him back there. We'll make sure he's ready to go.
clicks good guys kinds player
If it all clicks for this kid, you've got a very good player because he can do everything. He's a five-tool player and those guys are very rare. So when that does happen, those are the kinds of guys that you want out there all the time.
ball clutch drives guys hits knack puts scoring
If he drives in 60, that would be fine. He's got the knack too for some clutch hits because he puts the ball in play and that's a big thing when you have guys in scoring position.
best good mean pitch role saying send stage
If he's going to be in a role where he's not going to pitch much for us, it does him no good at this stage of his career. In saying that, it doesn't mean he's not going to make this team. But we're not going to send him out there and let him rot. We're going to do what's best for him.
conscious effort field gifted last primarily pull pulling using year
He's using the whole field. Last year he was primarily pull -- when he did things he was pulling the ball. He made a conscious effort to go back to using the whole field like he did when he first got here. He's a natural. He's a gifted athlete.
guys league saves tougher type
He's up there in appearances in the league and he may have had more tougher type saves than other guys out there, more than one inning saves,
couple due guys held number remember saves tougher type
He's up there in appearances, and he may have had tougher type saves than a lot of guys out there. He's had more than just the one-inning saves. Just a couple times, we've held him out due to number of appearances in a row. Do you guys remember any of those?