FastSaying

I think [it bothers him] more so in the field than at the plate. It's when he slows down or takes off or when he dives for a ball and hits it wrong, those are the times you see it. He's had to play with it all year and some days it's better than others. We've tried to monitor it and give him a day off when he needs a day off. The way he's swinging right now, it's hard to give him a day off.

Bob Melvin

BothersFieldPlateSlowsThinkWhen

Related Quotes

You'll see that when the tides slow down, everything slows down.
— Steve Coby
SlowSlowsTides
When a fastball is coming in at an angle like that, it's very tough to tie him up.
— Bob Melvin
AngleComingFastball
It certainly isn't the same we looked at last year when [Michael] Gosling and Halsey were neck-and-neck, and we didn't know anything about those guys. It is a much different battle this year.
— Bob Melvin
CertainlyGoslingLooked
In a year when we've shuffled quite a few things in the bullpen, this guy's really emerging as a guy going into next year you look at to pitch deep innings. He's a very high-energy guy out there, likes to be out there and has that look in him that he's going to get you out.
— Bob Melvin
BullpenEmergingGuy
The thing that bothers me is we just had too many passes that they touched, and we can't do that. We did too many things that made it look like we hadn't practiced.
— Bob Punter
BothersPassesTouched