Clint Hurdle Catcher Quotations

He is as good as any catcher I played with or had on my team. He has top-shelf skills defensively.

I've had a number of people come up to me this spring, unsolicited, and tell me that he's the best defensive catcher in the National League.

If you watch the game, you know why. He's the best defensive catcher we have had here. Defensively, he is a playmaker . . .

His command was excellent. He was hitting his spots where the catcher set up and stayed down for the most part, except when he wanted to go up. When he went up, there was tilt on his breaking ball.

His confidence behind the plate is as good as any catcher in the National League. And he has the skills to match. He's changed the dynamic for us back there.

The (improvement) starts with the bullpen. That is a pretty good group for us, one of the better groups we have had. And at catcher we have depth there where before it was a fragile position for us.