He's got so much potential. He's so instinctive. He's going to get bigger and stronger. He kind of reminds me of Brandon Inge.

The interesting thing is we've got a lot of returnees, but not a lot of them have had seasons at the Diamond. Offensively, we all have to [readjust] because it does play so much different. Where it really magnifies is your defense in the outfield.

His granddad was here for the games. He hadn't seen him play, so that was nice. His brother came from Japan, and he hadn't seen him play before. He actually played real well for us.

It's going to be challenging. There is some optimism out of our guys, and, hopefully, they feel good about themselves. When there are expectations, sometimes you forget about the little things, but hopefully these guys won't.