He has a combination of three pitches that are really paralyzing pitches. When he's on, he can really take over a game, dominate a game.

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That's what I heard [Thursday], but I don't know. I don't have any idea. I spoke to him right before I came down to camp, but I have not spoken to him since.

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We all feel for him. It's tragic that that happened at that time. It's a bad situation for him to be in the situation he is in now. But I'm just down here to keep things in line. He put a good program in place, so I'm just trying to carry it out right now. Hopefully, he gets healthy and he gets back down here and is able to carry on the program. I'm just keeping the seat warm for him right now.

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I have not spoken to him in probably a month-and-a-half or two months, so I'm sure he's probably in pretty good shape, getting ready for the [World Baseball Classic]. We're all waiting to see how he does in that. He'll make his decision when he's ready to make his decision - hopefully he'll make a decision that is favorable for the Red Sox.

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