I like to play every day. I don't like to sit on the bench.

Come on Carlos, show me something!

He doesn't want to make any excuses. If he got lit up, he's going to say that he got lit up, and he's not going to say it was because of this or that. That's the way he is.

They haven't been intimidated. Every time they go to the plate, their confidence is enough that they feel like they belong here. That's great because the only thing that goes against you when you get to the big leagues is fear.

If you want to be playing in October, you have to win the close ones. We ain't going to win them all. But if we keep playing the way we're playing, we're going to win a lot of them.

Everybody knows he's going to hit. He's seeing the ball better. He laid off some pitches today and that's what it's going to take.