He tried to throw harder and harder, and his pitches straightened out and were up in the zone. There was nothing cheap about any of their hits.

It kind of got worn down a little bit near the end of the year.

I had to convince kids that this was a good place to come to. There is no reason you can't have a good program here. We have good academics, we have good facilities and we play in Clearwater, Florida. I mean, come on.

A.J. is the only starter back. We lost our 1-2 and 4 pitchers. We have a lot of freshmen playing.

He's doing very well. He's had good at bats. He's hitting the ball hard. He also is doing the job in the field. I think he's a better kid.