Michael Cuddyer
Michael Cuddyer
Michael Brent Cuddyeris an American former professional baseball outfielder who played 15 seasons in Major League Baseballfor the Minnesota Twins, Colorado Rockies, and New York Mets. He batted and threw right-handed. Cuddyer was a two-time MLB All-Star, and won a Silver Slugger Award in 2013, when he led the National League in batting average. Cuddyer announced his retirement after the 2015 season...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth27 March 1979
CityNorfolk, VA
both case deal felt focus great happy nice spring strong twins
It's nice to have the deal done and be able to focus on Spring Training. We felt like we had a strong case and the Twins also felt that way, so it's great that we could get a settlement where both of us were happy with the result.
couple days ensure last rally winning
The one thing we had to play for now is a winning record. To be able to rally like we have the last couple of days and ensure us a winning record, it's pretty good.
bit hope maturing
I hope so. I'd like to think that we are maturing a little bit and able to get some things done that we couldn't before.
count pitch threw
He threw every pitch that he wanted for strikes. He threw it where he wanted, any count he wanted. As you could tell by some of their swings, he was on today.
definitely exciting four hard time
The only thing we can do is go out and play hard now that we're out of the playoffs. (The four hits) is definitely exciting any time you can do something like that.
asked best coaching few happen learned might past planned position prepare staff whatever
Over the past few years, I've learned that you never know what might happen and what position you might be asked to play. I'm just going to do my best to prepare for the 162-game season, and whatever the coaching staff has planned for me, I will do whatever they ask of me.
closer feeling full games good plate start
It is frustrating, because I've been feeling good at the plate and it's getting closer to the start of the season. We only have 12 games left. It's frustrating, but you can't do anything about it but just try to get back to full strength.
call drive salary
I think that's in every player's mind. They call it the salary drive -- September.
call drive salary
I think that's in every player's mind, ... They call it the salary drive ? September.
drove good sit swing
I was able to sit back on it, had a good swing and drove it over the fence.
coming easy happen happened
It ain't easy coming off the bench. That's not going to happen every day (coming off the bench) what happened out there today.
advantage cheer coming easy happen happened opportunity
It ain't easy coming off the bench. That is not going to happen every day, what happened out there today. When you're on the bench, you just cheer for your teammates. When you do get an opportunity to go out there, you've got to take advantage of it.
bullet few hit inches past short
He hit a bullet and I was able to make the play on a short hop. A few inches over and it would have been past me.
bunch finish next people plans strong team thinking
You want to finish strong for a whole bunch of different reasons, as a team and individually. You never know what people are thinking or what their plans are for next year.