He saw a player who needed some help, and he felt like he could help him.

I'm not upset about it.

I did well enough to be a starter from Day One, which is more than anybody expected. It's not that big of an issue. I just need to do whatever I need to do to get back.

I wanted to go out there and go right at them and attack it, because I don't want to be asked these questions anymore.

It was a real good thing, everything that happened today. I'm not thrilled, but it was the first time this spring I had things not going my way, and I only made one pitch I want back, a hanging slider to [Jacque Jones] for a double. I felt really good and threw a lot of quality pitches. I could see myself going to the seventh, eighth, ninth inning.

I made some mistakes, yes. But it's not a good idea to give up on anybody at a young age, period.