“Not the way he was pitching. Everyone knew he'd come back and pitch well. I'm just happy he's OK.”
Carl Crawford
“It's a good feeling to have. I know they're not going to pitch around me. I'll get some pitches to hit. I'm just looking to hit spikes (line drives).”
Adrian Gonzalez
“We went in with the notion of not having him pitch more than five or seven and 80-something pitches or whatever. He went 120 last time out. He's been really banged up.”
Willie Randolph
“He pitched good, not great. And if he doesn't give it up to Johnson, he pitches great.”
Cliff Floyd
“Our pitching. I told them that we're not going to do anything unless we pitched well. Our starters have done a nice job and our bullpen has been much better.”
“Obviously, there's a step before [pitching on Saturday]. Baby steps. I'm not going to go out and pitch if I'm not ready. The good thing is it's only been a handful of days [since the injury], so I shouldn't be that far behind.”
A.J. Burnett
“He threw 74 pitches and hadn't pitched in a while, so we just decided to be careful with it. Not that I wanted to, because we need pitchers to go late in the game. I thought he was pretty good. He had more pitches early than he probably wanted, but he looked very good for a guy who hasn't pitched in three weeks.”
Pete Mackanin
