I don't care if you've been drafted No. 1 or signed as a free agent. You're going to get out of the game what you put into it. His commitment level is very high. I can tell he's on a mission.

One pitch was low, and it would have been a 3-1 count. Instead, it was a strike. This guy is throwing 98 mph and changing speeds on him. And he battled and smoked that ball off the right-field wall.

Cody, he's the type of guy, no matter what, he's going to work his rear end off. He wanted to get off to a good start and might have been trying a little too hard.

We probably could play him at first (base); he just wouldn't be a very big target to hit.

He's Mike McCoy, his own player. He's trying to be himself.

You look at him after the game and he's always dirty. That's the kind of a guy a manager would like to have on his club.