I'm not a fast starter in spring training, and I need to be careful. I want the Dominican Republic to win as much as anybody back home, but I also want to be able to help the team.

I know it's only spring training. But if you're not careful and you get greedy, or if you're pushed up against the wall because of the situation, you can make a major mistake. What I'm afraid about is the guys that are here are going to play too many innings. And this early on, that could be a disaster.

We'd need him then. But if we're not close, see ya in Spring Training.

I want to show them I can be a starter. I feel ready to be a starter. But I'll do whatever they want me to do.

I want to be comfortable and not live out of a suitcase for the whole Spring Training and having my family doing the same.

I've always approached spring training as I have something to prove.