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...
balls benefit guys hard hit
We hit some balls hard right at guys today. That's baseball, we also benefit from that, too.
breaking bush definitely good hard needed
Bush was outstanding tonight. He had a good breaking ball. He had that hard crisp one. We definitely needed that, no question.
ball breaking gets hard tough
He can overpower you. He's got that big, hard breaking ball that's tough to do anything with when he gets ahead.
coming finds gates groove harder rhythm starts tougher trying
He finds his groove -- finds his rhythm a little bit. Naturally, when a guy's struggling, he starts pressing. He's probably coming out of the gates trying a little too hard. Sometimes the harder you try, the tougher it gets.
hard intimidate moving starts throwing
He starts moving and then bam, it's on you. He can give you fits. You don't feel comfortable and when he's throwing that hard and he's that big on the mound, he can intimidate you out there.
expect harder slow stretch tougher won
Sometimes the harder you try the tougher it gets. (Towers) will be there in the end. He's just going through a tough stretch right now. He's always won for us and we expect him to again. He's just off to a slow start.
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.
describe hard ok pitching
It's hard to describe his outing. He was pitching OK in spots,
answer games ready
There are 10 games left, and he's not ready to go today, ... Or tomorrow. So I can't answer that yet.
hits platoon
The platoon is still on, he just hits Vazquez good.
developing near win
We think we can win when he pitches, but we're also developing him for the future. You've got to do it sometimes -- and what's the other option? The more he's out there, the better he'll be in the near future.
ahead coming expect spring throw
We kind of had (Janssen) ahead coming out of spring training. Experience-wise they're all pretty similar. You know (Janssen) is going to come up and throw strikes, you expect him too anyway. It's his opportunity.
ahead coming others spring
We kind of had him ahead of the others coming out of spring training.
guys
You guys are pretty much right on it. But things could change.