The guy's been struggling. We figured if he takes the day off, watches us play and sits on the bench and just enjoys himself, with the day off today and the off-day tomorrow, we think we'll see a new man Friday.
Quotes about off-day (15 Quotes)
I feel good. I felt strong today. I felt like I could have gone longer. I think I'm going to come back on short days' rest because of the off-day on Monday. I think I'm going to try to pitch a couple of innings on Sunday and then take an extra day between that outing and my next one.
The whole club was upset from yesterday's game, but they were pretty determined when they came out. It meant a lot to me. It's important to finish, especially with an off-day on Monday, and enjoy a win -- especially bouncing back from a tough loss like we had last night.
This is just purely hypothetical. If he's the fifth starter with the second day of the season being an off-day, you won't have to use him until the second time around. So you can get a little simulated game or something more on the side, a bullpen session. There's different things you can do to take care of that. If he just stays well, there should be no problem. If he gets to the point where he's hurting again, that would obviously cause an entirely different scenario.
They're going to keep me from throwing for a couple days. I felt pretty good, but I think they're going to wait until after the off-day on Tuesday. It's a temporary setback, nothing major.
He had a good throw, and we're leaning towards him, but we'll wait and see how he feels tomorrow during the off-day. If he comes in feeling great, he starts. If not, we'll go the other way. But he had a good throw and we expect him to pitch.
I think there are a lot of factors, ... One is the first round, it's only five games, you do have that off-day, and then you look at sort of how the rest of your staff is constituted. We think we're covered in a variety of situations. Obviously, if we play four 15-inning games, we're going to be scrapping. I think, realistically, we're in pretty good shape with what we have with our 10 guys. I think we're more likely to go with 11 in subsequent rounds.
I have to see the big picture, not just today. I have to see Sunday and Monday and Tuesday and Wednesday before we have another off-day. I know a lot of people just see today, but I've got today and tomorrow and the next day.
He's the best defender in the Big East. Everybody he plays against he shuts down. The game you saw Mejia have wasn't an off-day - that young man makes people have off-days.
He jammed his knee a bit on the play. He called me over today and said he was a bit sore in his leg, so we'll give him a couple of days off with the off-day tomorrow.
Right now, it's hard to tell, because the back is very tight right now, ... With an off-day tomorrow, I think I should make my next start, but it is hard to tell.
It's going to be nice to have an off-day after a blowout. This couldn't come at a better time.
He's puffed up pretty good. I think he'll be able to play on Friday. We're fortunate to have the off-day tomorrow. That works well.
Friday was a demoralizing loss. To get two wins going into the off-day and a tough Tampa series, it's good for our psyche.
You don't want to go into an off-day in another city with a loss. You want to have a big W there and go into an off-day with a little steam ahead.