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...
came helped mental spring tone toughness valuable year
From day one of spring training, he came in with mental toughness and helped set the tone for our team. He had an all-star year for us, so he's very valuable for us.
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.
good guy spring
You want a guy to have a good Spring Training. But it's just Spring Training. That's how you look at it.
approach ask bats couple days extra face pitching spring training year
There were days in spring training when I would approach him after he got a couple of at bats and ask him if he had had enough. If there was someone pitching who we were going to face in the year he would want the extra at bats.
advantage bat good kid league playing season spring swinging taking time
He's been swinging the bat good. He started the season with us because he had such a big Spring Training. We like the kid a lot, and we think he's going to have a good big league career. We're going to give him some playing time this month, and he's taking advantage of it.
bat diligent goes good great happens path spring swing swinging
He goes through streaks every year, good streaks offensively and defensively. He was very diligent during Spring Training. He's got a great swing path working right now, and just happens to be swinging the bat real well.
spring trying
He's erratic. That's not him. He's trying to find it right now, and he will. That's why you have Spring Training.
eric questions spring whether
I don't think we have any questions this spring other than to find out whether Eric can play right field.
offence
We've been swinging. We like the way our offence is built.
bats offense swinging
We've been swinging the bats pretty well. I really like how our offense is built.
break facing
We just want to break it up for them a little bit. Get them out there facing some competition. It revs things up a little bit.
months
We were raving about him two months ago.
balls benefit guys hard hit
We hit some balls hard right at guys today. That's baseball, we also benefit from that, too.