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
last week won
We won one last week like this, so we'll try to do it again.
celebrated won
It was huge. By the way we celebrated on the field, it was about like we won the World Series.
everybody obviously paper reading regards spring training trying wall win
I've been reading the paper like everybody else, and the writing's obviously on the wall in regards to me being in the outfield. I'm going to spring training trying to win right field. Apparently.
foresee next
I don't foresee this going into next week.
either lines past played week
Obviously, the past week I haven't played at all in right field, so you know you can take that for what it's worth. Nothing has been said either way, but you read between the lines and that's what's out there.
baseman behind good green huge lead light playing since
Lew had the green light and I had a pretty good lead since the first baseman wasn't playing behind me. That jump-started things. That was huge for us.
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.
foresee next taking
It's nothing that I see taking a long time. I don't foresee it going into next week.
behind build character confidence definitely giving helps matter nice regular win
No matter if it's a come from behind win or a regular win. It's nice to have to build our confidence and build character in the clubhouse. It definitely helps the team. We're not giving up on each other.
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.
competitor everybody wants
Everybody wants to play all the time, and I'm no exception. I want to be out there every day as a competitor and a player. Unfortunately, that's not how it's been. I'm not complaining but at the same time, it's not something I particularly enjoy.
certain deal dealing easy guys
It's frustrating. It's tough. It's not easy to deal with. Certain guys deal with it in certain ways. That was probably his way of dealing with it.
add hard imagine itself playing rookie year
It's hard to imagine what he's been going through, to just get back out there and do what he's doing now. Being a rookie in itself is tough, and then to add in a whole year of not playing ...
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.