There are decisions we have to make that we don't like a bit. This was the hardest thing I've had to do. I was his first pitching coach.

He looked like he was on a mission out there. Like he had something to prove.

The mental part should be fine, as soon as we get some little things taken care of. His timing is not right.

He's ahead of everybody else in camp and he has thrown more bullpens than anybody else. By the time he has to leave us, he'll be able to go three innings. That way he should be able to go four innings down there.

We don't need anybody to be a hero. We need them to be healthy. We need him to tell us when something like that comes up. You like the fact that he wants to play though pain and go out and pitch. But we'd like him to tell us about something like this.

I wish him the best. Sometimes a different scenario can help. I still think he has a good arm and he has the passion. But sometimes numbers don't allow you to do what you want to do. But he gave it his best while he was with us, and that's all we can ask for.

Somebody has to step up and win a job. Right now they're not trying to win a job. They're competing to lose a job. That's not what they are trying to do, but somebody has to step up and want the job.

There's no doubt that he's going to have a good year this year. Once again, we're talking about getting him healthy, him regaining his confidence, and getting him back on track and having him believe in himself.

He's making a couple of mechanical adjustments to make sure he can maintain a good delivery, which will give him a good chance to make better pitches more often. But he's getting movement on the ball and tremendous explosion on the fastball.